Patents Examined by Jennifer L Zubajlo
  • Patent number: 11289037
    Abstract: In a display device with two liquid crystal cells, image quality deterioration depending on brightness and darkness of an environment is reduced. For this purpose, as an image signal for a liquid crystal display panel in which a display image is generated by light passing through a rear liquid crystal cell and a front liquid crystal cell, an image processing unit generates a rear image signal for the rear liquid crystal cell and a front image signal for the front liquid crystal cell. This image processing unit performs a spatial filter process on the rear image signal. Then, a filter control unit controls the spatial filter process performed on the rear image signal in the image processing unit on the basis of a detection value of an illuminance sensor that detects illuminance around the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kimura, Harunobu Kamei
  • Patent number: 11289053
    Abstract: The method for correcting brightness of a display panel includes: starting a brightness correction process according to a brightness correction starting instruction; obtaining a first curve representing a relationship between absolute values of input voltages of the transparent display area and light emitting brightness values of the transparent display area in a current state; recording the first curve as a relationship curve showing a relationship between absolute values of input voltages and light emitting brightness values of the transparent display area for correcting brightness; and adjusting an input voltage of the transparent display area according to the first curve, so that a front-side light emitting brightness value of the transparent display area is consistent with a light emitting brightness value of the non-transparent display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junhui Lou
  • Patent number: 11276347
    Abstract: What is disclosed are systems and methods for compensating for display OLED degradation. Correction factors k for OLED degradation of each sub-pixel is modelled and tracked based on grey level, temperature, and time, and used to correct image data provided to an OLED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Shuenn-Jiun Tang, Junhu He
  • Patent number: 11276348
    Abstract: What is disclosed are systems and methods for compensating for display OLED degradation. Correction factors k for OLED degradation of each sub-pixel is modelled and tracked based on grey level, temperature, and time, and used to correct image data provided to an OLED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Shuenn-Jiun Tang, Junhu He, Tong Liu, Gabriel Franklin Yano de Sousa
  • Patent number: 11262797
    Abstract: A system may include a wearable electronic device that gathers force input. The device may transmit force measurement information and other input to external equipment such as a head-mounted device. The wearable electronic device may have a force sensor that gathers force measurements as the wearable electronic device is being worn. The force sensor may have a force sensor housing structure configured to form a fluid-filled channel and one or more collapsible force sensor elements such as collapsible fluid-filled domes or other protruding portions of the force sensor housing structure. A pressure sensor may monitor changes in pressure in a fluid that fills the channel and the fluid-filled domes. The monitored changes in pressure represent force measurements for force applied by a user's body part or other objects on the collapsible force sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Storrs T. Hoen, Kathryn P. Crews, J. Stephen Smith
  • Patent number: 11257418
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving unit, a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit, and a display substrate. The driving unit includes: a shift register including a pull-up node, a pull-down node and a driving signal output terminal; and a first output circuit including a first control sub-circuit, a second control sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit, and a first signal output terminal; the first control sub-circuit and the output sub-circuit are coupled at a first node, and the first control sub-circuit, the second control sub-circuit and the output sub-circuit are coupled at a second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhidong Yuan, Can Yuan, Haixia Xu, Meng Li
  • Patent number: 11250812
    Abstract: A luminance correction method and correction device for a display panel are disclosed. The luminance correction method for a display panel includes the following steps: collecting full-picture optical information; calculating, according to the full-picture optical information of a high-gray level picture and the full-picture optical information of a low-gray level picture, target optical luminance values corresponding to medium-gray level pictures; and comparing the full-picture optical information of the medium-gray level pictures with a target optical luminance value corresponding to a current medium-gray level picture, and obtaining a gray level correction matrix corresponding to a current gray level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chia-Hang Lee
  • Patent number: 11250746
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The control method includes: calculating a compensation data signal of each compensation sub-pixel according to a position of at least one dead sub-pixel adjacent to the compensation sub-pixel in the display apparatus, a data signal of each dead sub-pixel adjacent to the compensation sub-pixel in a current frame image, and a number of compensation sub-pixels in all sub-pixels that have a same emission color as and are adjacent to each dead sub-pixel; calculating a total data signal for the compensation sub-pixel according to a data signal of the compensation sub-pixel in the current frame image and the calculated compensation data signal of the compensation sub-pixel; and inputting the total data signal to the compensation sub-pixel when the current frame image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xing Zhou, Guangdong Shi, Kun Lu
  • Patent number: 11249567
    Abstract: A pad connection structure includes a substrate, a lower insulation layer formed on a top surface of the substrate, a pad electrode disposed on the lower insulation layer, and an upper insulation layer including an opening through which a top surface of the pad electrode. A step height via the opening is reduced by the lower insulation layer so that connecting reliability with a conductive connection structure is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju In Yoon, Jae Hyun Lee, Keon Kim
  • Patent number: 11245396
    Abstract: Example systems described herein are configured to limit inadvertent actuations of a touchpad. The system may include a touchpad, mechanically-activated switch(es), a locking assembly, and a controller. The touchpad is configured to receive a touch input from a user. The mechanically-activated switch(es) are adjacent to the touchpad. The mechanically-activated switch(es) are configured to be activated when a depression force associated with the touch input exceeds a force threshold. The locking assembly is configured to selectively inhibit the touchpad from depressing the mechanically-activated switch(es) depending on whether one or more inhibiting criteria are satisfied. For instance, the inhibiting criteria may take into consideration an inferred intent of the user, an input mode of the touch input, and/or the depression force associated with the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robbie Edgar, Carl Edward Picciotto, Aric Ahkeel Fitz-Coy
  • Patent number: 11227566
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for reducing brightness of images at least partially. The method includes determining a grayscale mapping table corresponding to a previous frame of image and adjusting grayscale value of each pixel of a current frame of image based on the grayscale mapping table to enhance a contrast ratio to determine an after-adjust grayscale value of each pixel of the current frame of image. Furthermore, the method includes determining one or more coefficients of grayscale reduction based on the after-adjust grayscale value of each pixel of the current frame of image. Moreover, the method includes reducing grayscale value of each pixel of a next frame of image based on the one or more coefficients of grayscale reduction and after-adjust grayscale values of corresponding pixels of the next frame of image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaoming Sun, Yuxin Bi, Chengte Lai, Quan Yang
  • Patent number: 11216115
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for operating an electronic device may comprise operating touch circuitry configured to detect a touch or hovering according to a first driving signal in a first operation mode, detecting a first event related to mode switching, and operating the touch circuitry according to a second driving signal different from the first driving signal in a second operation mode based on detecting the first event. Other embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Yup Lee, Tae-Kyoung Kang, Yeon-Hwan Kim, Jun-Ho Ko, Young-Jun An, Won-Woo Yoo, Ji-Young Lim, Jang-Hoon Hong, Hyun-Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11132950
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optical device including a display region including a pixel circuit and a data line corresponding to the pixel circuit, a data line drive circuit configured to output a gradation voltage, and a first capacitor configured to hold a gradation voltage output from the data line drive circuit, and the capacitor is provided in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Patent number: 11106037
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying a first portion of a video, the first portion comprising a subset of the video that fits in a display area of a computing device. The systems and methods further detect movement of the computing device during playback of the first portion of the video, calculate a rotation of the display of the first portion of the video based on a direction of the movement, and cause the display of the first portion of the video to rotate relative to the direction of movement to display a second portion of the video, the second portion comprising a subset of the video that is associated with the direction of movement and that was at least partially not visible in the first portion of the video when displayed in the display area of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bamberger, Matthew Hanover, Nathan Litke, Michael Brian Murray
  • Patent number: 11100883
    Abstract: A source driver 130 includes a first latch 131 outputting a first data signal D1(1) having multiple bits (e.g., eight bits), a second latch 132 outputting a second data signal D2(1) by latching the first data signal D1(1) in a plurality of steps in units of one or more bits, a DAC 133 converting the second data signal D2(1) into an analog signal A(1), and an amplifier 134 receiving the analog signal A(1) to output a source signal S(1). The second latch 132 latches the first data signal D1(1), e.g., one bit at every clock, one bit at every plurality of clocks, a plurality of bits at every clock, or a plurality of bits at every plurality of clocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takateru Yamamoto, Yasutaka Kusao, Sheryll Anne Dayao Joson
  • Patent number: 11086454
    Abstract: A touch substrate is provided. The touch layer includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are intersected with and insulated from each other. Each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode units arranged in a row direction and connected to each other sequentially, and each of the plurality of second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode units arranged in a column direction and connected to each other sequentially. The plurality of first electrodes are divided into a plurality of first electrode groups arranged in the column direction, each of the plurality of the first electrode groups includes first electrode units. In each of the plurality of the first electrode groups, the first electrode units in a same column are connected to each other sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biyu Zhao, Kwanggyun Jang, Lianbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11072239
    Abstract: A vehicle display control device, when a steering wheel is at a steering angle position of a neutral position or the vicinity thereof, if a right hand sensor detects gripping of the steering wheel, turns off light sources of memory buttons and operation buttons that can be operated with a right hand, and if a left hand sensor detects the gripping, turns off a light source of air conditioning related buttons and hides touch buttons of a touch panel display that can be operated with a left hand. The vehicle display control device, if the right hand sensor does not detect the gripping, turns on the light sources of the memory buttons and the operation buttons, and if the left hand sensor does not detect the gripping, turns on the light source of the air conditioning related buttons and displays the touch buttons on the touch panel display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Terumitsu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11069287
    Abstract: A driver control circuit and a display device are disclosed, where the driver control circuit includes: a first transistor with a first terminal connected with a supply voltage of a main loop, and a second terminal connected with a first ground terminal; and a first control component connected with a control terminal of the first transistor, and configured to control the first transistor to be in a state of incomplete conduction in amplification region, when the supply voltage of the main loop is powered on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Zhu, Ruilian Li, Lei Shi, Xueqin Wei, Bingbing Yan, Chunyang Nie, Ke Dai
  • Patent number: 11061469
    Abstract: A head mounted display system and a rotation center correcting method thereof are provided. The head mounted display system is wearable on a user's head and includes a main body, a sensor, and a processor. The sensor is disposed at the main body and obtains sensing data corresponding to at least one pose of the user's head. The processor is coupled to the sensor and configured to generate pose data of the user's head based on the sensing data, and generate rotation center information of the user's head based on the pose data, wherein the rotation center information is related to a center corresponding to rotation of the user's head. Accordingly, the center of the rotation can be adjusted for different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: XRSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Ning Huang, Yi-Kang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11056073
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display device and a reference voltage generation method. The display device includes a display area, a fan-out area, and a reference voltage generation circuit formed in the fan-out area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-jen Chen