Patents Examined by Duc Q Dinh
  • Patent number: 11513598
    Abstract: Implementations include a display assembly for a switch assembly, comprising a display assembly touch overlay plate, wherein at least a portion of the display assembly touch overlay plate is comprised of a transparent or translucent material; a display, wherein the display is disposed underneath the display assembly touch overlay plate and wherein at least a portion of the display is visible through the portion of the display assembly touch overlay plate; a display assembly first housing and a display assembly second housing, wherein the display assembly touch overlay plate is in communication with the display assembly first housing, wherein a force applied to the display assembly touch overlay plate is at least partially transmitted from the display assembly touch overlay plate to the display assembly first housing to a switch assembly through a central portion of the display assembly first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
    Inventors: Jason Lisseman, David Andrews, Daniel Alt, Nicholas Borgerding, Jason Peters, Erick Staszak, Filippo Leone
  • Patent number: 11495648
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel structure and a foldable display panel, wherein the pixel structure is applied to a 7-transistors-1-capacitor (7T1C) drive circuit structure, wherein through a new pixel layout, the inorganic insulating layer around the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are all dug out and filled with an organic material, and the organic material further covers the third metal layer, such that the stress can be reduced when the panel is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Li
  • Patent number: 11481079
    Abstract: Various systems, methods and apparatus are described for actuating a touchscreen user interface. A first exemplification comprises an intermediary-transceiver or mediating device; wherein said device is wirelessly capable of providing a scalable mapping interface to a touchscreen user environment. A second exemplification includes one or more conductive interfaces that are operatively coupled with a touchscreen device using at least one of a wireless interface and a conductive actuator at endpoint. Beyond the first and second exemplification above, other exemplary control modalities are also advanced and embodied by the inventor of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventor: Chris Argiro
  • Patent number: 11482185
    Abstract: A method for driving a display device capable of appropriately performing idle driving even when timing information is not transmitted to a liquid crystal module in advance is provided. In a case where, in one vertical period, a non-scanning period other than a scanning period in which a screen of a display unit is scanned once is set to a pause period, a liquid crystal module delays supply of a data signal to the display unit by a recovery period during which a source driver is recovered from a sleep state to an active state in the pause period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tanaka, Kazuo Nakamura, Kazuki Takahashi, Jin Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 11467796
    Abstract: A display control system includes a plurality of display devices and a display controller (display device). The display controller generates a graphics command for each frame, and attaches, to the graphics command, time stamp corresponding to an order of generation of the graphics command. Each of the plurality of display devices: acquires the graphics command; performs, in parallel, first processing of acquiring only the time stamp attached to the graphics command in the order of generation and second processing of performing rendering processing based on the graphics command in the order of generation and acquiring the time stamp attached to the graphics command based on which the rendering processing is performed; and when a difference between the time stamp acquired in the first processing and the time stamp acquired in the second processing exceeds a predetermined threshold value, performs reduction processing for reducing a load on the rendering processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Tsubone, Daisuke Misonoo
  • Patent number: 11460707
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus comprises a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Richard James Forster, Andrew William Walker, Matthew Sanders, Jessica Rose Grant
  • Patent number: 11455940
    Abstract: A display device that inhibits display deterioration is provided. The display device estimates the amount of deterioration of a pixel included in the display device and corrects a first image signal supplied to the pixel. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a frame memory, and an arithmetic portion. The pixels each include a light-emitting element and a transistor supplying a current to the light-emitting element. The arithmetic portion has a function of performing an arithmetic operation in accordance with a regression model. A forecast error parameter and an output parameter are set in the arithmetic portion. The arithmetic portion updates the forecast error parameter from a first observation signal supplied from the frame memory and a second observation signal supplied from the pixel, in accordance with the regression model, and updates an output parameter by the forecast error parameter in accordance with the regression model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Kei Takahashi, Toshiyuki Isa
  • Patent number: 11443684
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register, a gate drive circuit, a display panel and a driving method. The shift register includes a first output module, a second output module, a first node, a second node, a first power supply signal terminal, a first clock signal terminal and a scan output terminal. The first output module and the second output module are electrically connected to the scan output terminal. The first output module is further electrically connected to the first power supply signal terminal and the first node. The first node is configured to control a conduction state of the first output module. The second output module is further electrically connected to the first clock signal terminal and the second node. The second node is configured to control a conduction state of the second output module. There is no capacitor in the first output module and/or the second output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghua Li, Xiaoli Wei, Guochang Lai, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11443675
    Abstract: A shift register circuit includes a driving signal generating circuit, a coupling circuit, and a sweep signal generating circuit. The driving signal generating circuit is configured to receive a plurality of first clock signals, a low voltage source, an initial signal, and a first high voltage source so as to output a driving signal. The coupling circuit is coupled to the driving signal generating circuit. The coupling circuit is configured to transmit the low voltage source. The sweep signal generating circuit is coupled to the coupling circuit. The sweep signal generating circuit is configured to receive a second clock signal, the low voltage source, and a second high voltage source so as to output a sweep signal. A waveform of the sweep signal includes an oblique waveform. The first high voltage source and the second high voltage source are electrically independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Che-Chia Chang, Yi-Jung Chen, Shang-Jie Wu, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Hsien-Chun Wang, Ming-Hung Chuang, Mei-Yi Li, Sin-An Lin, Chen-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: 11436981
    Abstract: A display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a scan driving circuit; the scan driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register units, at least one shift register unit includes a signal output line and an output circuit, the output circuit includes an output transistor and an output reset transistor; the signal output line includes a first output line portion extending along the first direction; the first output line portion is coupled to the second electrode of the output transistor or the output reset transistor through a plurality of first or second signal line via holes arranged in a signal line overlap area, and the plurality of first or second signal line via holes are arranged along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Bai, Xin Zhang, Pengfei Yu
  • Patent number: 11429154
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display that includes a first area having a plurality of first pixels arranged with a first density and a second area having a plurality of second pixels arranged with a second density, wherein the display includes at least one layer having an opening formed in at least part of the first area and in at least part of the second area, a first sensor configured to detect incident light through at least part of the first area, and a second sensor configured to generate image data using incident light received through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woon Geun Kwak, Jung Sik Park, Hyung Sup Byeon
  • Patent number: 11417277
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a pixel disposed in the display area, a first voltage line disposed in the non-display area and supplying a first power supply voltage to the pixel, a second voltage line disposed in the non-display area and supplying a second power supply voltage to the pixel, the second voltage line being apart from the first voltage line, and a metallic pattern disposed between the first voltage line and the second voltage line. A shortest distance between the first voltage line and the second voltage line is greater than a width of the metallic pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daeyoun Cho, Jongwoo Park, Eugene Kim, Youngtae Choi
  • Patent number: 11416201
    Abstract: An apparatus configured, based on a first virtual space in which visual imagery is presented to a first user and a second, different, virtual space in which visual imagery is presented to a second user, the first and second virtual spaces based on respective virtual reality content that comprises visual imagery and wherein a representation of the first user, viewable by the second user, is provided in the second virtual space and based on a communication initiation input from the second user; to provide for communication and presentation in the second virtual space, at a virtual location based on a location of the second representation of the first user, of a context-volume comprising a sub-volume of the first virtual space at least partly surrounding the first user to enable the second user to seethe first virtual space currently experienced by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Jussi Leppänen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Juha Arrasvuori, Jukka Holm
  • Patent number: 11404449
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel, and by means of using a plurality of sub-pixels as a sub-pixel unit, each sub-pixel unit corresponds to one gate fan-out line, such that a number of the gate fan-out lines of a pixel unit can be reduced, a width of a pixel opening area can be increased, and an aperture ratio (AR %) and response time (TR %) of the panel can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Zhu
  • Patent number: 11397551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for determining an offset distance of a splicing screen in a multi-screen display system, a method for driving the multi-screen display system, and a related control apparatus. In the method for determining the offset distance of the splicing screen, a preset image is displayed in each of a plurality of splicing screens of the multi-screen display system. A feature point is determined in the preset image, and a position of the feature point of each splicing screen in the multi-screen display system is determined. Based on the positions of the feature points, at least one of a vertical offset distance and a horizontal offset distance of each splicing screen is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xitong Ma, Yangyang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11386843
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes a first display layer disposed on a surface of a display substrate and including a display element, a power supply unit that supplies a power signal to the display element, and a signal controller that supplies an image signal to the display element. The display element includes a base member, a pixel disposed on a surface of the base member, a driving circuit that provides a pixel driving signal to the pixel, a first transreceiver that receives the power signal and transmits the power signal to the driving circuit, and a second transreceiver that receives the image signal and transmits the image signal to the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11385509
    Abstract: This application discloses a display panel and a display apparatus. A non-display area in the display panel includes a plurality of fan-out areas, a drive circuit in the display panel includes a plurality of sub-drive circuits, each fan-out area is an area formed by all first metal lines connected with each sub-drive circuit, and the fan-out areas are connected with a display area and the drive circuit; each fan-out area includes a plurality of second metal lines, and each of the second metal lines is located between two adjacent first metal lines; and the surface of each fan-out area is flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11386852
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first partial panel region and a second partial panel region, and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel. The panel driver determines a first driving frequency for the first partial panel region and a second driving frequency for the second partial panel region. When the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency are different from each other, the panel driver sets a boundary portion including a boundary between the first partial panel region and the second partial panel region, and determines a third driving frequency for the boundary portion to be between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Joon-Chul Goh, Sangan Kwon, HongSoo Kim, Hui Nam, Jinyoung Roh, Hyojin Lee
  • Patent number: 11361715
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a gate driving circuitry and a method for driving the gate driving circuitry. The shift register unit includes an input circuitry, a first latch circuitry, a second latch circuitry and an output end. The input circuitry is configured to output an input control signal to the first latch circuitry in accordance with a first level signal, a second level signal and a first ON signal. The first latch circuitry is configured to output an output signal as a gate driving signal via the output end in accordance with a first clock signal and the input control signal, and latch the output signal. The second latch circuitry is configured to output a second ON signal in accordance with a second clock signal and the output signal, and latch the second ON signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li, Pan Xu
  • Patent number: 11355525
    Abstract: A layout pattern of a demultiplexer circuit of a display device employing the SSD method is configured as described below. Specifically, demultiplexers in the demultiplexer circuit are grouped with three demultiplexers as one set, and nine transistors as switching elements included in the three demultiplexers of each set are arranged to be aligned in the extending direction of a source line with three transistors as a unit while positions of the nine transistors are sequentially shifted in the vertical direction with respect to the source line. Furthermore, any two adjacent sets are arranged such that a direction in which nine transistors included in one set are shifted in the vertical direction with three transistors as a unit and a direction in which nine transistors in the other set are shifted in the above-described vertical direction with three transistors as a unit are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Hosoyachi, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta, Takahiro Yamaguchi