Patents Examined by Kebede T Teshome
  • Patent number: 11170695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a driving method thereof, a gate drive circuit, and a display device, and relate to the field of display technology. When a user's demand is changed, it is not necessary to regulate a pulse width of a signal inputted to a pixel circuit row by row, and a signal outputted from the shift register unit to the pixel circuit is stable. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a first output circuit, a second input circuit, a second output circuit, and a stabilizing circuit. The stabilizing circuit is configured to, when the first output circuit outputs a signal to a signal output terminal, stabilize a potential of a second node so that no signal is outputted from the second output circuit; or, when the second output circuit outputs a signal to the signal output terminal, stabilize a potential of a first node so that no signal is outputted from the first output circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 11161996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a printed substrate comprising a trace of molecular ink thereon, the molecular ink being sintered to form a conductive metal trace forming the electronic device, wherein the molecular ink is chosen from a) a flake-less printable composition of 30-60 wt % of a C8-C12 silver carboxylate, 0.1-10 wt % of a polymeric binder and balance of at least one organic solvent, all weights based on total weight of the composition; or b) a flake-less printable composition of 5-75 wt % of bis(2-ethyl-1-hexylamine) copper (II) formate, bis(octylamine) copper (II) formate or tris(octylamine) copper (II) formate, 0.25-10 wt % of a polymeric binder and balance of at least one organic solvent, all weights based on total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: E2IP TECHNOLOGIES INC., NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA (...)
    Inventors: Xiangyang Liu, Olga Mozenson, Bhavana Deore, Chantal Paquet, Arnold Kell, Patrick Malenfant, Julie Ferrigno, Olivier Ferrand, Jian Xiong Hu, Sylvie Lafreniere, Reza Chaharmir, Jonathan Ethier, Khelifa Hettak, Jafar Shaker, Adrian Momciu
  • Patent number: 11156844
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a setting unit and a display control unit. The setting unit sets a limitation region in which entry is limited. The display control unit controls display of a blocking object that is a virtual object that blocks entry into the limitation region on the basis of a display area in which the virtual object is capable of being displayed. With this configuration, the blocking object can be appropriately displayed, and natural virtual experience can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akane Kondo, Tomoya Narita, Ryo Fukazawa
  • Patent number: 11152409
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display pixel configured to irradiate light, an image sensor pixel included together with the display pixel in one unit pixel, including a thin film transistor (TFT) photodetector including an active layer formed of amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon on an amorphous transparent material, and configured to collect light reflected from a body located on the transparent material, and a processor configured to process biometrics along with positioning of the body according to the light reflected from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventor: Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11138952
    Abstract: A display device supports a variable frame mode where each frame includes a variable blank period. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a backlight unit configured to generate light, a panel driver configured to drive the display panel, a backlight controller configured to drive the backlight unit, and a blank counter configured to count a time of the variable blank period. The backlight controller controls the backlight unit to increase an intensity of the light generated by the backlight unit as the counted time of the variable blank period increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Jae Lee, Yoon Soo Kwon, Young Ho Oh, Ju-Ah Lee
  • Patent number: 11137857
    Abstract: A detection device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined non-contact operation by a detection reference; and a control unit that changes the detection reference when the predetermined non-contact operation is not detected by the detection reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Kuribayashi, Tatsuyoshi Tanabe, Marie Shimoyama, Hidefumi Toki, Daisaku Komiya
  • Patent number: 11126273
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided a method for identifying a user input in a user input device, the method including: detecting edges in an output signal generated by a switch in the user input device; identifying a first-to-second-state edge as being indicative of a transition from a first state to a second state; counting down to a first rest period upon identifying the first-to-second-state edge; before completion of the counting down to the first rest period, restarting the counting down upon each detection of a further edge in the output signal; detecting a second-to-first-state edge in the output signal that occurs after completion of the counting down to the first rest period; and identifying the second-to-first-state edge as being indicative of a transition from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kah Yong Lee, Jian Yao Lien
  • Patent number: 11119716
    Abstract: A display system includes a state acquisition section which acquires state data, a label acquisition section which acquires label data representing whether or not an operation performed when the state data is acquired is abnormal, a threshold calculation section which calculates, based on the state data and the label data, a threshold for determining whether or not an operation to be performed is likely to become abnormal, a display control section which controls display timing of a normal operation based on the threshold, and a display unit configured to display the normal operation according to the display timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuusuke Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11114423
    Abstract: An image-forming element includes a plurality of pixels, and projects and displays light emitted from the pixels. The image-forming element includes a light emitting element which includes a light source emitting the light and a mounting substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements are provided on a mounting surface. A plurality of light sources which are segmented and included in at least one pixel are provided, and each of the light sources includes power supply electrodes provided on the same surface or a surface facing the mounting substrate. The mounting substrate includes a drive circuit which drives the light source and electrodes which are provided on the mounting surface and are electrically connected to the power supply electrodes of the light source. In each pixel, an area occupation ratio of the light source with respect to a region area of the pixel is 15% or more and 85% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuji Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11106298
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a touch display panel and a touch display device. The touch display panel includes: a display panel, an encapsulation layer and a touch lead, wherein, the display panel includes a display area and a non-display area including a lead bonding area; the encapsulation layer covers the display area and extends to the lead bonding area; the touch lead extends to the lead bonding area along a side of the encapsulation layer away from the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Xu, Yun Cheng, Bing Wang, Xiaoyu Jiang, Lipeng Gao
  • Patent number: 11104272
    Abstract: A system and method for providing assisted safety to an operator of a vehicle using a head-mounted display that provides displayed content and a see-through view of a surrounding environment, includes determining whether the operator is looking through the windshield of the vehicle or is not looking through the windshield, if the user is looking through the windshield, preventing displayed content from being provided within a display field of view of the head-mounted display, thereby providing an unencumbered see-through view of the surrounding environment, if the user is not looking through the windshield, providing displayed content for viewing by the user within the display field of view, and if important information relating to the safety of the vehicle is detected by a system associated with the vehicle while the user is looking not looking through the windshield, interrupting the displayed content and providing an alert to the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: John N. Border, Edward N. Nortrup, John D. Haddick
  • Patent number: 11106889
    Abstract: The present application provides a biometric sensor. The biometric sensor includes a first base substrate; a second base substrate facing the first base substrate; a plurality of photosensors on the first base substrate and configured to detect at least a portion of a light totally reflected by a surface of the second base substrate facing away the first base substrate, thereby detecting a biometric information; a low refractive index layer on a side of the plurality of photosensors distal to the first base substrate; and a high refractive index layer on a side of the low refractive index layer distal to the first base substrate and directly adjacent to the low refractive index layer. The high refractive index layer includes a material having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of a material of the low refractive index layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianqian Bu, Weibin Hu
  • Patent number: 11100829
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a fixing component and a display screen having a first pixel region and a second pixel region. An aligning mark line is provided at a joint of the first and second pixel regions. A method for calibrating a display region of the display apparatus includes: capturing a connecting part of the display screen and the fixing component to obtain a first image; determining whether the aligning mark line is shifted with respect to the fixing component; and generating a correction instruction when the aligning mark line is shifted with respect to the fixing component, wherein the correction instruction includes activating a pixel row of the second pixel region where the aligning mark line is shifted with respect to the fixing component to substitute for a pixel row of the first pixel region shifted to a connecting region of the fixing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Tang, Jian Li, Zhiwen Xu
  • Patent number: 11099653
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing an input are disclosed that detect a portion of a hand and/or other detectable object in a region of space monitored by a 3D sensor. The method further includes determining a zone corresponding to the region of space in which the portion of the hand or other detectable object was detected. Also, the method can include determining from the zone a correct way to interpret inputs made by a position, shape or a motion of the portion of the hand or other detectable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Michael Zagorsek, Avinash Dabir, Paul Durdik, Keith Mertens
  • Patent number: 11093024
    Abstract: An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: OTOY, INC.
    Inventor: Julian Michael Urbach
  • Patent number: 11081029
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for evaluating a brightness measurement accuracy of a Demura equipment by generating a noise-added image by adding a random number to an original grayscale image and obtaining a measurement value corresponding to the added random number via the noise-added image displayed by the Demura equipment. The brightness measurement accuracy of the Demura equipment is evaluated based on a correlation between the measured value and the originally added random number to measure a brightness extraction performance of the Demura equipment. The method provided by the invention provides a quantitative and measurable determining method that may better reflect the actual performance of the Demura equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN JINGCE ELECTRONIC GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofan Feng, Zengqiang Zheng, Zhao Liu, Erwei Ma, Hongjun Wu, Ronghua Liu, Yafei Shen
  • Patent number: 11074858
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer on one surface of the substrate and including at least one light emitting element emitting light; and a pixel circuit portion on the display element layer and including at least one transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element, wherein the display element layer includes: a first electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to one end of the light emitting element; a second electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to the other end of the light emitting element; and an insulation layer on the substrate including the second electrode, and having a first opening exposing a portion of the second electrode, and wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the transistor through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Sung Chul Kim, Dae Hyun Kim, Hye Yong Chu, Jong Hyuk Kang, Keun Kyu Song, Joo Yeol Lee, Bek Hyun Lim, Hyun Deok Im
  • Patent number: 11074865
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and sensing method. A display device includes a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixels includes an organic light emtting diode (OLED) and a driving transistor. The driving transistor is connected in series with the OLED with a node between the OLED and the driving transistor. During a programming period the driving transistor is turned off and the OLED is turned on. During a discharging period the driving transistor is turned off and a voltage charged on the node during the programming period is discharged through the OLED. During a sensing period the OLED is turned off and the driving transistor is turned on to generate a pixel current to be sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Lee, Hyunwook Kim, Sangyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11069292
    Abstract: A pixel circuit for driving a light-emitting device for a display device is operable in an initialization phase, a compensation phase, a data programming phase, and an emission phase. The one horizontal time is minimized while maintaining accurate compensation of the threshold voltage of the drive transistor, and the pixel circuit further employs a varactor to compensate for variations in the threshold voltage of the drive transistor and for parasitic capacitances that arise within the pixel circuit. A capacitance of the varactor varies with a voltage at a node N1 constituting an electrical connection during the compensation phase of the drive transistor, the light-emitting device, a storage capacitor, and the varactor. The use of the capacitance variation of the varactor accounts for a variation in the threshold voltage of the drive transistor and for parasitic capacitances in the pixel circuit. The varactor may be implemented as a thin film transistor that operates as a variable capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Adnan Heganovic, Tong Lu, Michael James Brownlow
  • Patent number: 11069274
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. Here, the shift register unit includes a first controlling sub-circuit, a first voltage dividing sub-circuit, a charging and discharging sub-circuit, and an outputting sub-circuit. Here, an output signal of the outputting sub-circuit is controlled by the charging and discharging sub-circuit. A first input signal and a second input signal input at a first input signal terminal Forward and a second input signal terminal Backward electrically coupled to the charging and discharging sub-circuit are pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhichong Wang, Seungwoo Han, Guangliang Shang, Haoliang Zheng, Lijun Yuan, Xing Yao, Mingfu Han