Patents Examined by Eboni N Giles
  • Patent number: 11587485
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area. The display panel includes pixels arranged in H columns and H*x data lines arranged in the display area and DEMUX circuits arranged in the non-display area. Each pixel includes x sub-pixels, and the data line is electrically connected to the sub-pixel. Each DEMUX circuit includes signal output terminals electrically connected to the data lines. The DEMUX circuits include M first DEMUX circuits and N second DEMUX circuits. Each first DEMUX circuit includes a first signal input terminal and al first signal output terminals. Each second DEMUX circuit includes a second signal input terminal and b1 second signal output terminals. H*x=M*a1+N*b1, where H, x, M, N, a1, and b1 are positive integers, M>N, a1>2, b1?2, a1>b1, and (M+N) is an even number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li, Xinzhao Liu
  • Patent number: 11579475
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display apparatus includes: when the display apparatus is in a privacy display mode, obtaining, by an image processor, a plurality of frames of display images according to a frame of original image, transmitting, by the image processor, the plurality of frames of images to a display controller; controlling, by the display controller, the display panel to display the plurality of frames of display images in sequence within a display time of the frame of original image, and controlling, by the display controller, the grating panel to form light-transmitting regions and non-light-transmitting regions that are alternately arranged when the display panel displays each frame of display image, so as to limit an exit angle of light exiting from the display side of the display apparatus, the exit angle being within a range of a privacy viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinwei Chen, Haiwei Sun
  • Patent number: 11561665
    Abstract: A display method includes: based on at least one of first information obtained by a control device including a display and second information obtained by a device other than the control device, changing an image used as a basic screen that is displayed on the display and is for controlling a control target device other than the control device by a user (S12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Aizu, Jasmeen Julayhi, Minoru Satou, Rikiya Masuda, Masami Ohno, Tomikazu Imai
  • Patent number: 11538833
    Abstract: A display substrate having a bonding area for bonding with a circuit structure. The display substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes in the bonding area, a respective one of the plurality of first electrodes being bound to a respective one of the plurality of second electrodes thereby forming a respective pair of a plurality of bound electrode pairs in the bonding area; a barrier layer including a plurality of barriers respectively between adjacent pairs of the plurality of bound electrode pairs; and an anisotropic conductive film for bonding the respective one of the plurality of first electrodes and the respective one of the plurality of second electrodes together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yichen Jiang, Biyu Zhao, Jianjun Wu, Jiangsheng Wang, Zewen Li
  • Patent number: 11508332
    Abstract: An optical sensor, an electronic device and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. The electronic device includes a light-permeable display screen and an optical sensor. The light-permeable display screen has a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The optical sensor is arranged opposite to the second surface of the light-permeable display screen. The optical sensor includes a base plate, an emitter and a receiver. The emitter is coupled to the base plate and faces the second surface of the light-permeable display screen. The receiver surrounds the emitter and is configured to communicate with the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11500452
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for displaying representations of physical input devices and overlaying visual features on the representations of physical input devices in a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment. The techniques include displaying a virtual application in a CGR environment and, in response to detecting an input field in the displayed virtual application, displaying at least a portion of the displayed application on a representation of a physical input device. The at least a portion of the displayed application includes the detected input field. In response to detecting an input received at the physical input device, the input field is updated with the input, and the updated input field is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pol Pla I. Conesa, Earl M. Olson, Aaron P. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11487362
    Abstract: A force input/haptic output interface for an electronic device can include a force input sensor and a haptic actuator. In one example, the force input sensor and the haptic actuator are accommodated on a frame positioned below an input surface. In many examples, the frame includes relieved portions that redirect and/or concentrate compression or tension in the haptic actuator into the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alex J. Lehmann, Robert Y. Cao, Dinesh C. Mathew, Mikael M. Silvanto, Qiliang Xu, Paul X. Wang, Robert J. Lockwood
  • Patent number: 11468824
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, control devices, and display apparatus for controlling edge display of display screens. A method includes: determining an irregular-shaped cutting line cutting at least a part of edge sub-pixels of the display screen, an light-emitting region of each of the edge sub-pixels passed through by the irregular-shaped cutting line being divided into a first region and a second region; obtaining coordinate values of each vertex of the edge sub-pixel and coordinate values of an intersection point of the edge sub-pixel and the irregular-shaped cutting line, in a two-dimensional coordinate system of a plane of sub-pixels of the display screen; calculating an area ratio coefficient of the edge sub-pixel; obtaining an optimized brightness value less than a preset brightness value of the edge sub-pixel; and causing the edge sub-pixel to display at the optimized brightness value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiayao Sun, Zhiheng Yuan
  • Patent number: 11462194
    Abstract: A system may include electronic devices that communicate wirelessly. When positioned so that a pair of devices overlap or are adjacent to one another, the devices may operate in a linked mode. During linked operations, devices may communicate wirelessly while input gathering and content displaying operations are shared among the devices. One or both of a pair of devices may have sensors. A capacitive sensor or other sensor may be used to measure the relative position between two devices when the two devices overlap each other. Content displaying operations and other linked mode operations may be performed based on the measured relative position between the two devices and other information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Tianjia Sun, Chang Zhang, Dominic P. McCarthy, Eric Shyr, John B. Morrell, John P. Ternus
  • Patent number: 11460941
    Abstract: A touch display panel comprises a base substrate, a thin film transistor device structure, an organic light-emitting diode device structure, a packaging structure, and a touch screen structure that are sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The touch display panel further comprises a first induction electrode lead and a second induction electrode lead, wherein the first induction electrode lead is provided in the touch screen structure; the second induction electrode lead is provided in the thin film transistor device structure; and the first induction electrode lead is electrically connected to the second induction electrode lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuang Li
  • Patent number: 11456339
    Abstract: This application discloses a display panel (100) and a display device (600). The display panel (100) includes: a plurality of scan lines (111); a plurality of data lines (112); a color filter (400) formed in a display area (110); and a dummy color filter (410) formed in a non-display area (113). The dummy color filter (410) includes a first dummy color filter (411) and a second dummy color filter (412). The first dummy color filter (411) is located on a first side edge (120) of the non-display area (110) and is arranged perpendicular to the scan lines (111). The first dummy color filter (411) has openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Beizhou Huang
  • Patent number: 11455949
    Abstract: A drive device for a display panel, a drive method thereof and a display apparatus. The drive device for the display panel includes: a power management circuit and an internal driver circuit; wherein the power management circuit is configured to provide a first power supply voltage to a digital power supply terminal, the internal driver circuit is configured to convert a second power supply voltage provided by a power supply terminal into a third power supply voltage and provide the third power supply voltage to the digital power supply terminal, and the digital power supply terminal is configured to provide a drive voltage to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanni Jiang, Euncheol Eom, Guoqiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11436980
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including an irregularly shaped display panel that allows a frame area to be narrowed by utilizing the frame area in a cutout portion. Some emission circuits that respectively correspond to scan circuits arranged in a first curvature portion are arranged in a part of a second side portion that is near the first curvature portion, and remaining emission circuits are arranged in a first notch side portion. Accordingly, the emission circuits arranged in the first notch side portion have lines connected to second emission control lines in a second display area from the first notch side portion side, resulting in a fewer number of lines extending into the first curvature portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi Yamada, Makoto Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11417265
    Abstract: A display device includes a display including scan lines, data lines, light emission control lines, and pixels connected thereto, a scan driver configured to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the data lines, a light emitting driver configured to provide light emission control signals to the light emission control lines based on a light emission clock signal having pulses, and a timing controller configured to provide the light emission clock signal to the light emitting driver, to output the pulses of the light emission clock signal during a frame in a first mode, to mask at least one pulse of the pulses during a first period of the frame in a second mode, and to output at least another pulse of the pulses during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Won Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11403986
    Abstract: A pixel signal conversion method and device, and a computer device, said method comprising: according to a first initial sub-pixel signal, a second initial sub-pixel signal and a third initial sub-pixel signal in the pixel signals, obtaining first stimulus value signals, second stimulus value signals and third stimulus value signals correspondingly. When the converted pixel signals are applied to a mixed color display composed of four sub-pixels of W, R, G, and B, the display effect is closer to the actual performance of the original R, G, and B mixed color, and the color cast defect of the large viewing angle is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11373593
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixels and a compensating data generator configured to sense a sensing driving current of the pixel in an Nth frame and a target driving current of the pixel in an (N+M)th frame, and to calculate an over driving data that allows the sensing driving current to be the same with the target driving current by changing a data voltage of the Nth frame when a sensing image having a first grayscale in a (N?1)th frame and having a second grayscale in the Nth frame and the (N+M)th frame, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Bang, Min-Seok Bae, Wooseok Han
  • Patent number: 11366354
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light source unit having: a first light source to emit first light having a first peak wavelength; and a second light source to emit second light having a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being shorter than the first peak wavelength; a wavelength conversion member to absorb the second light and convert the second light into first color light and second color light, each of the first and second color light having peak wavelengths different from the first and second peak wavelengths; and a display panel having a first pixel area to display the first color light, a second pixel area to display the second color light, and a third pixel area to display the first light, wherein the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength have a value of about 365 nm or more to about 500 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-uk Kim, Minki Nam, Kyoungwon Park
  • Patent number: 11361717
    Abstract: A sensing circuit includes: a current source that outputs a direct current; an integrator that integrates a sensing current and the direct current, which is higher than the sensing current, to output an integrated value composed of the sum of a sensing voltage and a direct current voltage; and a subtractor that takes the sensing voltage from the integrated value outputted from the integrator, but not the direct current voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Lee, KyoungDon Woo, KyungRok Kim, MyungGi Lim, Jisu Choi
  • Patent number: 11343060
    Abstract: An intelligent backhaul radio is disclosed, which can operate by zero division duplexing for use in PTP or PMP topologies, providing for significant spectrum usage benefits among other benefits. Specific system architectures and structures to enable active cancellation of multiple transmit signals at multiple receivers within a MIMO radio are disclosed. Further disclosed aspects include the adaptive optimization of cancellation parameters or coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SKYLINE PARTNERS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Negus, James A. Proctor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11335289
    Abstract: A blur eliminating circuit and a display device are provided. The blur eliminating circuit includes a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit generates a control signal after detecting and determining that the display device is shut down. The control unit controls a gate low voltage level outputted from a gate driving unit of the display device to be a predetermined voltage level according to the control signal, and thus turns on an active switch of the display device, thereby speeding up a discharging of a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor of the display device, and eliminating a shutdown blur phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen