Patents Examined by Long D Pham
  • Patent number: 11636806
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a pixel sensing technique. By supplying a precharge voltage to a sensing line using an amplifier used in pixel sensing, it is possible to minimize differences between precharge voltages of sensing lines and solve a crosstalk problem between the sensing lines, while not increasing a size of a pixel sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11637170
    Abstract: A display device, includes: pixels at a display area; gate lines at the display area, and connected to the pixels; carry clock lines and scan clock lines at the display area; and a gate driving circuit distributedly located at the display area, and connected to the carry clock lines, the scan clock lines, and the gate lines. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages, each of the stages to output, as a carry signal, a carry clock signal supplied through a corresponding carry clock line from among the carry clock lines, and to output, as a scan signal, a scan clock signal supplied through a corresponding scan clock line from among the scan clock lines. The corresponding carry clock line and the corresponding scan clock line corresponding to one stage from among the stages are spaced from each other with at least one of the pixels interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Yong No, Tae Ho Kang, Kwi Hyun Kim, Hwa Rang Lee, Ji Yeon Choi
  • Patent number: 11619844
    Abstract: A touch display panel includes a substrate, a display layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the display layer, and a touch electrode layer directly contacting the insulating layer. The display layer comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region. The second region is located between the first region and the third region. The second region is foldable. The insulating layer has a first thickness corresponding to the first region and a second thickness corresponding to the second region. The first thickness is different from the second thickness. The insulating layer comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer. The first layer and the third layer are formed of inorganic insulating materials, and the second layer is formed of organic insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11620940
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving circuit, including a transistor and a level shifter. The first terminal of the transistor is electrically connected to a light emitting diode and is configured to receive a supply voltage. The second terminal of the transistor is configured to receive a first reference voltage. The level shifter is configured to receive an input signal from a previous-stage driving circuit and adjust the voltage level of the input signal according to a voltage operating range formed by the supply voltage and the first reference voltage to generate a level-shifted signal corresponding to the voltage operating range and configured to control the transistor. The input signal varies between a second reference voltage and the supply voltage. The second reference voltage and the first reference voltage are different from each other and both lower than the supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Hsu, Ming-Hung Tu, Ya-Fang Chen, Chih-Hsiang Yang
  • Patent number: 11610534
    Abstract: A sub-pixel array and a display are provided. The sub-pixel structure includes a driving module, a first selection module, a second selection module, a switch module, a first light-emitting element, and a second light-emitting element. The first selection module is configured to control conduction between the driving module and an anode of the first light-emitting element or conduction between the driving module and an anode of the second light-emitting element through a first control signal. The second selection module is configured to control grounding of a cathode of the first light-emitting element or grounding of a cathode of the second light-emitting element through a second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CHONGQING KONKA PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia Sun, Ying-chi Wang, Chia-huang Yen, Li-wei Kung, Cheng-ming Liu
  • Patent number: 11605351
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display area includes scan lines arranged in a second direction and each extending in a first direction, data lines arranged in the first direction and each extending in the second direction, and pixel driver circuits defined by the scan lines and the data lines intersecting each other, the first direction intersecting the second direction. The non-display area includes a step area and a compensation unit, and the compensation unit is located between the step area and a last row of pixel driver circuits. The compensation unit is connected to a corresponding data line and configured to transmit a leakage current compensation signal to the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Mengmeng Zhang, Shuai Yang
  • Patent number: 11605349
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a pixel driving circuit and a reset control circuit. The pixel driving circuit includes a light-emitting element, a first reset module, a first control module, a data write module, a driving transistor, a second reset module and a second control module. In the initial reset stage of the pixel driving circuit, the reset control circuit is configured to control the first reset module to turn on and apply a reset voltage of the reset voltage terminal to the first electrode of the light-emitting element, and the first scan signal terminal is configured to control the second reset module to turn on and apply the reset voltage to the gate of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuo Tang, Zhihua Yu, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11600233
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display region and a bezel region. The bezel region includes multiple multiplexing circuits, and at least one multiplexing circuit includes m multiplexing units, 2n multiplexing control signal lines, m first multiplexing data signal lines, at least one second multiplexing data signal line and n data signal output lines. A multiplexing unit is configured to receive a gating signal of a first multiplexing data signal line based on control signals of the 2n multiplexing control signal lines in a first stage, and in a second stage, based on the gating signal, to write a first type data signal of the first multiplexing data signal line or a second type data signal of a second multiplexing data signal line into a data signal line through a data signal output line when a scan signal is input to a scan signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongrun Wang, Fuqiang Li, Changfeng Li, Hui Zhang, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 11600232
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display device and a gate driving circuit. There is further provided with a synchronization transistor controlled according to a voltage of a Q node of a m-th scan driver (e.g., a second scan driver) and controlling an electrical connection between an output terminal of the n-th light emitting driver and a clock input terminal of the m-th scan driver, so that the rising characteristic and/or the falling characteristic of the light emission signal which is a type of the gate signal can be improved, thereby improving a threshold voltage compensation performance of the driving transistor and the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, Yeonwoo Shin, TaeWoong Moon
  • Patent number: 11601592
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an information processing apparatus that is connected to an image display apparatus worn on a head of a user, including: producing a planar image representing virtual objects in a virtual world, wherein the planar image includes characteristics that require the image display apparatus to be a non-see-through image display apparatus that does not allow the user to visually recognize real world objects outside the virtual world; and displaying the planar image on the image display apparatus in a display mode that changes a shape of the planar image as a function of a change in position and/or orientation of the image display apparatus, wherein the change in the shape of the planar image includes presenting the planar image in an orientation other than a front direction of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sonmy Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Nakamura, Kuniaki Oe
  • Patent number: 11587509
    Abstract: A display device compensates a threshold voltage Vth of a driving transistor according to a source follower internal compensation method. The threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor is sampled in advance before one horizontal period H, so that a sufficient time for sampling the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor can be obtained even in a high-speed or high-resolution display device. Furthermore, the compensation rate of the internal compensation circuit is improved to reduce luminance deviation between the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungbin Ryu
  • Patent number: 11574603
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels including a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, a third sub pixel, and a fourth sub pixel each having a different color is disposed; a data driver configured to supply a data voltage to the plurality of pixels by using a plurality of data lines; and a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to the plurality of pixels by using a plurality of gate lines, where each of the plurality of data lines is divided into a plurality of sub data lines and each of the plurality of sub data lines is connected to a plurality of sub pixels having the same color, thereby minimizing data transition of a data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YoungMin Jeong, SeungHwan Shin, WonHo Lee, Wondoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11568822
    Abstract: An embodiment of a display apparatus includes a scan driver, a pixel, a first scan line electrically connecting the scan driver to the pixel, a second scan line electrically connecting the scan driver to the pixel, and a third scan line electrically connecting the scan driver to the pixel, wherein in operation: the pixel receives first, second, and third scan signals from the scan driver by way of the first, second, and third scan lines, respectively; the first and second scan signals produce a display period of a frame period in the pixel; and the third scan signal produces a black insertion period of the frame period in the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yanghwa Choi, Junghwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11552147
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel. The display panel may include a first substrate on which a main display area is disposed, at least one second substrate on which an auxiliary display area smaller than the main display area is disposed, and an organic film connecting the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least one second substrate includes a plurality of block substrates separated from each other, wherein the plurality of block substrates are connected by the organic film, and wherein each of the plurality of block substrates comprises pixels of the auxiliary display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Han Paek, Yu Cheol Yang, Seong Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11545098
    Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display panel is provided. The driving apparatus for the display panel is configured on a film by means of a Chip-on-Film (COF) package. A selection circuit receives multiple driving voltages. A control circuit is coupled to the selection circuit and controls the selection circuit to output one of the multiple driving voltages, so as to drive the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Yi Wang, Yu-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11538420
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate including a circular display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel disposed on the display area of the substrate, a first sub-demux circuit connected to the first pixel and disposed on the non-display area, a second sub-demux circuit connected to the second pixel and disposed on the non-display area, a first connection line connected to the first sub-demux circuit and the second sub-demux circuit and disposed on the non-display area to transfer first and second data input signals to the first and second sub-demux circuits, and a plurality of gate stages connected to the pixels and disposed on the non-display area to transfer gate signals to the pixels. Some of the gate stages are disposed between the first sub-demux circuit and the second sub-demux circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Minchae Kwak, Kyeonghwa Kim, Mihae Kim, Kyonghwan Oh, Sumi Jang, Seunghan Jo, Jae-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11538434
    Abstract: A timing controller includes a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive image signals of image frames to be displayed. The processor is configured to determine refresh rates of the image frames to be displayed according to the image signals of the image frames to be displayed, and output different control signals according to different refresh rates of the image frames to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Ran, Xianyong Gao, Ying Zhang, Yunsong Li, Shanbin Chen, Zhicai Xu, Sijun Lei, Liang Gao
  • Patent number: 11532277
    Abstract: A display panel includes a second display region and a first display region which are arranged side by side in a direction in which data signal lines extend, and a source driver is provided at one edge of the second display region. Switches are provided between data signal lines in the first display region and data signal lines in the second display region, and the switches are turned off when an on-level scanning signal is applied to a scanning signal line in the second display region. A period during which the on-level scanning signal is applied to each scanning signal line in the second display region is shorter than a period during which the on-level scanning signal is applied to each scanning signal line in the first display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishio, Yousuke Nakamura, Hongbing Weng
  • Patent number: 11527210
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method of sensing characteristic value of circuit element and display device using it, which may shorten the threshold voltage sensing and compensation time of the driving transistor and the threshold voltage compensation time driving transistors by sensing the threshold voltage in a mobility sensing period of the driving transistor, calculate the threshold voltage using two or more sensing values of driving current for the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokyu Jang, Seungbaek Park
  • Patent number: 11521559
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a driving method thereof. The display panel includes a source driving circuit and a pixel driving circuit. The source driving circuit includes a DAC power amplifier, and a switch unit. The DAC is configured to convert a digital data signal into an analog data signal; the power amplifier is configured to receive the analog data signal and improve a driving capability of the analog data signal; the switch unit is connected to the DAC, the power amplifier, and a control signal terminal, and is configured to connect the DAC to the power amplifier in response to a signal of the control signal terminal. The pixel driving circuit includes a data signal terminal; an output terminal of the power amplifier is connected to the data signal terminal, and is configured to input the analog data signal with improved driving capability to the data signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao Bai, Shengji Yang, Pengcheng Lu