Patents Examined by Christopher R. Lamb
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Patent number: 11720191Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a sealing member disposed in the non-display area and coupling the first substrate to the second substrate; a sensing contact area disposed at an inner side of the sealing member; a sensing signal line disposed in the sensing contact area; a sensing contact pattern disposed in the sensing contact area and electrically connected to the sensing signal line; a control signal line disposed between the first substrate and the sensing signal line; and a shielding pattern disposed between the control signal line and the sensing signal line, the shielding pattern overlapping the control signal line or the sensing signal line.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Jun Jo, Kwang Chui Jung, Dong Soo Kim, Mi Na Kim
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Patent number: 11709381Abstract: A heads-up display may comprise a viewing screen having a reflective surface; a housing defining an opening; a display element disposed within the housing and comprising an integral linear polarizer configured to polarize light in a first direction; and a first linear polarizer disposed between the display element and the viewing screen covering the opening defined by the housing configured to polarize light in the first direction. The display element may be capable of causing images to be displayed on the viewing screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATIONInventors: David J. Cammenga, Adam R. Heintzelman, Gary J. Dozeman, Ryan B. Balili
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Patent number: 11709369Abstract: A head up display apparatus includes: an image display apparatus having a light source and a display element and forming an image; an image-light projecting means displaying a virtual image onto a forward part of a vehicle by projecting the image light emitted from the image display apparatus to be reflected on a windshield 3; and a point-of-view detecting system 6 sensing a point of view of the driver. In the head up display apparatus, the image-light projecting means includes a means generating illumination light entirely made of single-color visible light emitted to a face of the driver in a predetermined state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Akio Misawa, Yuji Fujita, Eiji Takatsuka
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Patent number: 11676552Abstract: A display panel and an electronic device are disclosed. The display panel includes a display area and a functional area. The functional area includes a first switch transistor, a second switch transistor, a sensing transistor, and a sensing capacitor. Specifically, an upper plate of the sensing capacitor is a transparent plate. The functional area can also serve a displaying function while performing color temperature sensing, gas sensing, or laser sensing, which increases an aperture ratio and transmittance of the display panel, so that an overall visual effect of the display panel is improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Haijun Wang
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Patent number: 11653523Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a base layer, a circuit layer, a display element layer, and an encapsulation layer, wherein a through-hole passes through the base layer, the circuit layer, the display element layer and the encapsulation layer; a compensation layer disposed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the compensation layer is adjacent to the through-hole; and a crack detection pattern disposed in a groove on a top surface of the compensation layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Changho Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Gyeongnam Bang, Hyeyun Han
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Patent number: 11644920Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitance detection circuit capable of reducing a chip area. The present disclosure relates to a capacitance detection circuit and an input device. A sense pin of the capacitance detection circuit is connected to a sensor electrode. A first driving unit applies a high voltage or a low voltage to the sense pin. A second driving unit applies the high voltage or the low voltage to a first terminal of a reference capacitor. A third driving unit applies the high voltage or the low voltage to a second terminal of the reference capacitor. A first switch is disposed between the sense pin and the first terminal of the reference capacitor. A second switch is disposed between an input of a post-stage circuit block and the first terminal of the reference capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Shimada
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Patent number: 11635857Abstract: A sensor system includes a touch sensor having a plurality of conductive sensing elements integrated with a flexible substrate. A first subset of sensing elements is coupled to a first side of the flexible substrate and a second subset of sensing elements is coupled to a second side of the flexible substrate. The sensor system is configured to obtain touch data associated with a touch input to the touch sensor. The touch data is based at least in part on a respective response to the touch input by the plurality of conductive sensing elements. The sensor system is configured to determine whether the touch input is associated with the first subset of conductive sensing elements or the second subset of conductive sensing elements based at least in part on the respective response to the touch input by the sensing elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: Tong Wu
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Patent number: 11635851Abstract: Calibration signals are transmitted across a touch panel in order to establish a baseline heat map. The touch panel may have a variety of differently transmitted frequencies and or patterns of signals that are able to help establish a baseline heat map upon which future touch events can be compared in order to improve characteristics of the receipt of the touch events by, for example, improving the ability to determine coupling.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.Inventors: Douglas Ainsworth Scott, Daniel John Morelli
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Patent number: 11634030Abstract: A vehicle smart garnish is provided. The vehicle smart garnish includes an upper casing formed with a plurality of symbols to which light is emitted, a capacitive touch sensor pad corresponding to at least one of the plurality of symbols and recognizing a touch, a holder casing in which the capacitive touch sensor pad is mounted and coupled from a rear of the upper casing, and a circuit board positioned behind the holder casing and on which a light emitting element emitting light is mounted and configured to detect a touch signal of the capacitive touch sensor pad, wherein the holder casing includes a light guide path for guiding the light emitted from the light emitting element to the plurality of symbols, and a light reflection layer is formed on a partition of the light guide path.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Inventors: Jong Hwan Jeon, Sung Won Lee
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Patent number: 11609656Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch module, a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a substrate, a driving circuit structure layer, a light-emitting layer including a plurality of light-emitting regions and non-light-emitting regions, an encapsulation layer arranged on a surface of the light-emitting layers away from the substrate, an insulating dielectric layer with a plurality of hollow patterns penetrating the insulating dielectric layer, including a touch region, a peripheral signal trace region, and a frame region, touch electrode pattern, arranged on a surface of the insulating dielectric layer, located in the touch region and including a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, and a plurality of touch signal lines distributed at intervals, electrically connected to the touch electrode patterns.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fan He, Xiangdan Dong, Hongwei Ma, Jun Yan, Kemeng Tong, Cong Fan
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Patent number: 11597278Abstract: A projection control device includes a projection controller configured to control a projector of a head-up display device to project a display image such that a virtual image thereof is viewed in front of a viewer, a video data acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured video captured by an imager capable of capturing a video of the viewer, and a detection unit configured to detect a relative positional relationship of a pupil position of the viewer with respect to the virtual image, wherein the projection control unit is further configured to control the projector to project a reference position determination image on the viewer, and the detection unit is further configured to detect the relative positional relationship of the pupil position of the viewer with respect to the virtual image based on the captured video obtained by capturing the reference position determination video projected on the viewer.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CorporationInventors: Ryohei Sunaga, Makoto Kurihara
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Patent number: 11580936Abstract: A display device whose aspect ratio can be changed is provided. The display device includes a plurality of display units and a plurality of driver circuit units. The plurality of display units each include a light-emitting portion and a connection region. The plurality of driver circuit units each include a driver circuit portion and a connection region. The connection regions of the adjacent units overlap with each other and one shaft passes through the connection regions. The adjacent units are electrically connected to each other with the one shaft. With such a structure, an angle between the adjacent units electrically connected to each other with one shaft can be changed, which enables the aspect ratio of the display device to be changed.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akihiro Chida
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Patent number: 11573657Abstract: An interactive white board, a data processing method and device for same are disclosed. The interactive white board includes a touch component, a device processor, a first control unit and multiple first channel modules, where the touch component is configured to generate first touch data and send it to the device processor; the device processor is configured to mark the first touch data according to a current display channel to generate second touch data and send it to the first control unit, where the second touch data includes an identifier corresponding to the current display channel; the first control unit is configured to send the second touch data to a corresponding one of the first channel modules according to the identifier corresponding to the current display channel; and the first channel module is configured to receive the second touch data through the corresponding display channel and make a touch response.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., GUANGZHOU SHIZHEN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Weibo Qiu
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Patent number: 11568805Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, a plurality of a light-emitting units arranged at the display region; a touch circuit connected to the display panel, and configured to detect touch information when the display panel is touched; a control circuit connected to the touch circuit and the display panel, and configured to control a corresponding light-emitting unit to emit a predetermined light beam in response to the touch information; a photosensing circuit connected to the display panel and the control circuit, and configured to sense the predetermined light beam and convert it into an electric signal; and a data processor connected to the control circuit and the display panel, and configured to process the electric signal acquired by the photosensing circuit through conversion to acquire monitoring data, and display the monitoring data on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yangpeng Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Yuanyuan Chai, Peng Chen, Xucong Wang
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Patent number: 11562579Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle control method, which adjusts a seat installed in a vehicle, a first display positioned in front of the seat and facing the seat, and a second display positioned in front of the first display and facing the seat, includes: detecting the face of a passenger sitting in the seat by a camera installed in the vehicle; estimating the face height from the floor surface of the vehicle; if the estimated face height is lower than a predetermined level, setting a display region on the first display, and, if the estimated face height is higher than the predetermined level, setting the display region on at least part of the second display; and displaying images in the set display region. One or more among an autonomous vehicle, user terminal, and server according to the present invention may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Soryoung Kim
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Patent number: 11556207Abstract: An automobile vehicle information system includes a touchscreen having a touchscreen capacitive sensing grid. The touchscreen displays graphics and detects touch events using the touchscreen capacitive sensing grid. A virtual touchscreen and display device is in communication with and receives the touch events detected by the touchscreen via a first digital communication link. The virtual touchscreen and display device generates graphics and maps touch coordinates to intended functions. A location of a failed virtual switch is mapped by the virtual touchscreen and display device based on screen coordinates provided by the touchscreen, the virtual touchscreen and display device generating a switch failure signal identifying the failed virtual switch. A control unit diagnoses the switch failure signal and generates a default action according to a virtual switch type.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Pui Ho Ng, Yvan de Blois
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Patent number: 11557643Abstract: A display apparatus having a connection electrode which crosses a bending area may be provided. The connection electrode may be disposed on a device substrate including a bending area between a display area and a pad area. The connection electrode may connect the display area and the pad area across the bending area. The connection electrode may have a stacked structure of the lower connecting electrode and the upper connecting electrode. A light-emitting device, an encapsulating element and a touch electrode may be sequentially stacked on the display area of the device substrate. The upper connecting electrode may include the same material as the touch electrode. Thus, in the display apparatus, the disconnection of the connection electrode due to bending stress and external impact may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-Oh Kim, Seung-Chan Choi, Jei-Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 11526005Abstract: The present invention relates to a head-up display for a vehicle configured to change display positions of a plurality of virtual images displayed through a windshield of the vehicle or the like to implement augmented reality and a control method thereof, and a head-up display for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a mirror unit comprising a first mirror for reflecting first and second image lights toward a windshield of the vehicle; a display layer located at the windshield of the vehicle to display a first virtual image corresponding to the first image light in a first region, and display a second virtual image corresponding to the second image light in a second region; and a controller configured to change an inclination of the first mirror to change a display position of the first and the second virtual image.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sunghwan Choi, Dukyung Jung, Ilwan Kim, Jaeho Lee
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Patent number: 11513624Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display device including: a plurality of emitting elements; an adhesive layer over the emitting elements; a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode over the adhesive layer and in an active area; a pad electrode over the adhesive layer and in a touch pad region; and a protection layer over the first touch electrode, the second touch electrode and the pad electrode, wherein the first and second touch electrode are insulated by an insulating layer, and the protection layer includes at least one contact hole corresponding to the pad electrode, and wherein the pad electrode includes a plurality of electrode layers, and one of the plurality of electrode layers extends from the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mi-Rae Lee, Kyoung-Mook Lee, Nack-Bong Choi, Young-Jun Jeon
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Patent number: 11515874Abstract: A touch sensing device includes: an oscillation circuit including a sensing inductor disposed inside a touch member, a part of a cover of an electronic device, and generating an oscillation signal according to whether a touch has occurred through the touch member; a signal processor converting the oscillation signal into a digital sensing signal; a reference signal generator updating a reference signal based on the digital sensing signal; and a signal detector outputting a detection signal by detecting whether a touch has occurred through the touch member, using the reference signal and the digital sensing signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung Joo Hong, Joo Yul Ko, Je Hyuk Ryu