Patents Examined by Long D Pham
  • Patent number: 11735105
    Abstract: A driving circuit, a driving method and a display apparatus are provided. The driving method is provided for driving a light-emitting unit including a first light-emitting element series and a second light-emitting element series connected in parallel and connected to a processing unit and a driving unit of a driving circuit. The processing unit detects a first voltage value and a second voltage value. The driving unit detects and transmits a first current value and a second current value to the processing unit. The processing unit determines and compares a first power value and a second power value. When the first and second power values are different, the processing unit controls the driving unit to adjust a driving current setting of the light-emitting element series until the first and second power values are equal. The invention ensures luminance consistency of different light-emitting element series and the luminance uniformity of display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Wen Wang, Tung-Hsien Tsai, Wen-Hao Kuo, Chin-Sheng Chueh
  • Patent number: 11735103
    Abstract: An analog front-end includes a (1-1)-th charge amplifier configured to differentially amplify a first and second sensing signals provided to a (1-1)-th input terminal and a (1-2)-th input terminal, respectively, and output a (1-1)-th differential signal. A (1-2)-th charge amplifier is configured to differentially amplify the second sensing signal and a third sensing signal provided to a (1-3)-th input terminal and a (1-4)-th input terminal, respectively, and output a (1-2)-th differential signal. A second charge amplifier is configured to differentially amplify the (1-1)-th differential signal and the (1-2)-th differential signal provided to a (2-1)-th input terminal and a (2-2)-th input terminal, respectively, and output a (2-1)-th differential signal and a (2-2)-th differential signal. A demodulation circuit is configured to filter the (2-1)-th differential signal and the (2-2)-th differential signal and output demodulated differential signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Tea Park, Ji Woong Kim, Hyung Gun Ma, Seong An Park, Seong Joo Lee, Tae Hun Lee, Sang Hyun Heo
  • Patent number: 11726616
    Abstract: A touch control circuit, display-and-touch system, touch panel and touch sensing method are disclosed. The system includes a display panel, a touch panel having a plurality of touch sensors, a touch control circuit and at least one interference sensing capacitor configured to be insensitive to a touch on the touch panel and interference other than the interference from an interference layer of the display panel, the touch control circuit includes: at least one interference sensing channel configured to receive an interference sensing signal from the at least one interference sensing capacitor; and a plurality of touch sensing channels configured to receive touch sensing signals from at least part of touch sensors of the plurality of touch sensors; wherein a first electrode of each interference sensing capacitor is connected with the interference layer of the display panel, and a second electrode thereof is connected with a corresponding interference sensing channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hung-Kai Chen, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Patent number: 11727864
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a write transistor configured to apply a data voltage to an input node in response to a write gate signal, a storage capacitor configured to store the data voltage, a driving transistor configured to apply a driving current to the light emitting element based on the data voltage, a first compensation transistor configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor in response to a compensation gate signal, a first initialization transistor configured to apply a first initialization voltage to a control electrode of the driving transistor in response to an initialization gate signal, and a boost capacitor including a first electrode to which a previous initialization gate signal applied to a previous pixel row is applied and a second electrode connected to the control electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jangmi Kang, Junhyun Park, Minjae Jeong, Hyeongseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11726574
    Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing system includes: a tactile stimulation pattern generating apparatus for generating a tactile stimulation pattern through a user interface including a plurality of virtual actuators to which positions of a plurality of actuators are mapped; and a tactile stimulation providing apparatus including the plurality of actuators, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus driving the plurality of actuators according to the generated tactile stimulation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.
    Inventor: Ki Uk Gwak
  • Patent number: 11715414
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels, first to N-th gate integrated circuits (GICs) embedded in gate circuit boards and configured to output gate signals to the pixels, a first gate input power line and a first gate input signal line formed to pass through the gate circuit boards and connected to the GICs, a first feedback power line connected to the first gate input power line, a power supply configured to output a first gate input voltage to the first gate input power line, a first compensator configured to output a first compensation signal in response to a first feedback voltage from the first feedback power line, and a controller configured to output a first gate control signal to the first gate input signal line and output a power control signal to the power supply in response to the first compensation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Yeon Kim, Dae Gwang Jang
  • Patent number: 11709387
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, and a polarizer opposed to the first display panel and having a transmission axis for transmitting linearly polarized light. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a first liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and including streak-like polymers and liquid crystal molecules. An extension direction of the polymers is substantially orthogonal to the transmission axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11699388
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels emitting light, based on a data voltage; a current limiter for determining a scale factor by comparing a previous frame load with a predetermined threshold load, and generating compensated image data by applying the scale factor to current image data as input image data of a current frame to adjust the data voltage; and a data driver for converting the compensated image data into the data voltage and providing the data voltage to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Yoon, Jong Woon Kim, Ick Kyu Jang, Dae Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11699389
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, including first pixels and second pixels, where each of the first pixels includes a first light-emitting element connected with a first pixel circuit; the first pixel circuit includes a first drive transistor; each of the second pixels includes a second light-emitting element connected with a second pixel circuit; and the second pixel circuit includes a second drive transistor. The display panel further includes a display region, including an optical component region and a first display region, where the first light-emitting element is in the optical component region; the second light-emitting element is in the first display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengyun Wu, Yawei Wang, Dongxu Xiang, Yangzhao Ma
  • Patent number: 11694635
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes dividing an input image into a plurality of segments, generating a flicker value of a segment of the plurality of segments, determining whether to compensate the flicker value of the segment or not according to a segment size, compensating the flicker value of the segment based on the segment size, determining a frame rate of the display panel based on the flicker value of the segment and outputting a data voltage to the display panel in the frame rate. The flicker value of the segment is compensated based on the flicker value of the segment and flicker values of segments that are adjacent to the segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Sangan Kwon, HongSoo Kim, Jinyoung Roh, Hyo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11693524
    Abstract: A touch sensor may include a substrate, a sensing pattern, and bridge electrodes. The sensing pattern may include a first pattern along a first direction and a second pattern along a second direction. The second pattern may include unit patterns isolated from each other. The bridge may electrically connect neighboring unit patterns, and the bridge electrodes adjacent in the first direction may be parallel to each other. An angle between an extending direction of the bridge electrode and the first direction may be from 45° to 89°. The substrate, the bridge electrode and the sensing pattern may be bent together to form a bending portion. The bridge electrode may extend in a direction the same as a bending direction. A bending angle between a body of the substrate which is not bent and an end portion of the bending portion may be greater than 0° and less than 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keon Kim, Byung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11694633
    Abstract: The display device includes a display panel where sub-pixels are disposed. The display device includes a data driver that supplies a data voltage to the sub-pixels via data lines. The sub-pixels includes first sub-pixels to third sub-pixels. The first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels are alternately disposed on odd-numbered columns and the third sub-pixels are disposed on even-numbered columns. Each of the data lines branches into sub-data lines through a MUX, and the sub-data lines are disposed on both sides of the sub-pixels disposed on a column. Any one third sub-pixel of the third sub-pixels disposed on a row is connected to a sub-data line disposed on one side of the any one of third sub-pixel. Further, another third sub-pixel adjacent to any one third sub-pixel disposed on the row is connected to a sub-data line disposed on another side of the adjacent third sub-pixel. Thus, line dim is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: MinJic Lee, Yeseul Han, JeongOk Jo, Kwanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11688347
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The driving circuit is configured to receive a data signal in response to a scan signal, and generate, in response to a first enable signal, a driving signal according to a first voltage and the data signal. The first control circuit is configured to: receive a first input signal in response to a first control signal, and transmit a third input signal in response to the first input signal; and receive a second input signal in response to a second control signal, and transmit a second enable signal in response to the second input signal. The second control circuit is configured to transmit the driving signal to an element to be driven in response to one of the third input signal and the second enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Xiao, Haoliang Zheng, Hao Chen, Minghua Xuan, Dongni Liu, Seungwoo Han, Liang Chen, Jiao Zhao, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 11688337
    Abstract: A bootstrap circuit includes a first transistor including a gate electrode, a first and a second electrodes, a capacitor connected between the gate electrode and the second electrode, and a second transistor connected to the gate electrode. In a first period, the second transistor is turned on and the gate electrode is supplied with a first analog voltage, the first transistor is turned on, and the second electrode is supplied with a precharge voltage smaller than the first analog voltage from the first electrode. In a second period, the second transistor is turned off, the first electrode is supplied with a second analog voltage, the capacitor supplies a third analog voltage to the gate electrode in response to the first analog voltage and the second analog voltage, and the second electrode is supplied with the second analog voltage from the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Kenji Harada, Tetsuo Morita
  • Patent number: 11670223
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of sensing lines, a plurality of sampling circuits configured to simultaneously sample driving characteristics of the pixels to generate sampling outputs, a plurality of sampling multiplexers configured to divide the sampling outputs into n groups and to alternately select group sampling outputs, a plurality of scalers individually connected to the sampling multiplexers, and a global multiplexer configured to selectively connect outputs of the scalers to an analog-to-digital conversion circuit, wherein the number of scalers is less than the number of sampling circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Koo Kim, Kyung Rok Kim, Yo Han Hong
  • Patent number: 11670226
    Abstract: A micro-light-emitting diode (microLED) display panel includes a timing controller, and a plurality of drivers controlled by the timing controller and arranged in an order according to distance from the timing controller. Each driver includes a buffer that buffers a signal before being sent to a succeeding driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Prilit Optronics, Inc., Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Tzung-Ren Wang, Hsin-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11663981
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a data driver which supplies a data voltage to a data line of each sub-pixel, and senses a driving voltage of each sub-pixel through each sensing line connected to a sub-pixel, and generates sensed data based on the driving voltage of each sub-pixel. Further, the organic light-emitting display device includes a controller that generates a reference parameter for compensating for each of operation characteristics of each sub-pixel using the sensed data generated from the data driver, and compensates for image data based on the reference parameter and outputs the compensated image data. The controller controls the gate driver and the data driver so that sensed data is additionally generated, and compensates for and outputs the image data based on a compensation parameter extracted based on the additionally generated sensed data, thereby controlling execution of external compensation based on temperature and deterioration characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Park, Yung Choi
  • Patent number: 11657749
    Abstract: A display device includes a controller, a panel driver, and a voltage generator. The controller generates a first control signal and generates image data and a second control signal in response to first and second image signals. The panel driver generates a driving signal in response to the image data and the first control signal to drive a display panel. The voltage generator generates a driving voltage to drive the display panel and changes a voltage level of the driving voltage in response to the second control signal. The first image signal corresponds to a second frame located before a third frame in which the driving voltage is changed. The second image signal corresponds to a first frame located before the second frame. The controller generates image data corresponding to the second frame in response to the first image signal and the second image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Seok Ha, Kyoungsoo Kim, Kyu-Jin Park, Sung-Jae Park, Seung-Woon Shin, Ho Lee, Woon-Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11657762
    Abstract: A pixel and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display using the pixel are disclosed. The pixel includes a driving transistor for transmitting a driving current, an OLED configured to receive a first portion of the driving current and a bypass transistor configured to receive a second portion of the driving current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Tae Jeong, Won-Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11651741
    Abstract: A method for a display driver circuit configured to drive a display panel includes steps of: determining whether a plurality of first data codes corresponding to first data voltages to be output through a multiplexer to data lines in the display panel during a first horizontal line period equal; determining whether each of the first data codes equals a corresponding second data code among a plurality of second data codes corresponding to second data voltages to be output through the multiplexer to the data lines during a second horizontal line period immediately after the first horizontal line period; and in response to that the first data codes equal and each of the first data codes equal the corresponding second data code, outputting a control signal to keep a switch of the multiplexer staying in a turn-on state after the switch is turned on for outputting a first data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chieh-Hsiang Chang