Patents Examined by Matthew Yeung
  • Patent number: 11966506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a real-time holographic reality display system with an automatic motion capture device which synchronizes real-time motion coordinate data of a performer to a virtual 3D character in a computer device for transmission of image data to a realistic holographic reality display unit for synchronous performance. In the present invention, data is transmitted to a virtual character in a computer device from a motion capture device worn on a performer for completion of real-time image formation and transmission of image data to the holographic reality display unit, which consists of a robotic arm, a mounting bracket and a hologram LED fan display for effectuation of real-time holographic reality display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNICORNVR ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yao-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 11961853
    Abstract: A color filter substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A plurality of grating structures, a sensor unit and a switch unit are integrated on the color filter substrate. As such, in addition to an original light-filtering function, the color filter substrate is given functions of polarizing light rays and sensing light rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haijun Wang
  • Patent number: 11962241
    Abstract: A power voltage generator includes: an input voltage providing part outputting input voltage based on a first signal; an inductor receiving the input voltage to generate an inductor current and connected to an outputting part; the outputting part generating an output voltage based on the inductor current and generating a feedback voltage; an output sensing part sensing the output voltage based on a second signal and generating an output sensing voltage; a peak voltage generator generating a peak voltage based on the input voltage, set data corresponding to an output set voltage, and ripple data corresponding to a ripple set voltage; a first comparing part generating a stop signal based on the output sensing and peak voltages; a second comparing part generating a start signal based on the set data and feedback voltage; and a switch controller generating the first and second signals based on the start and stop signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanguk Nam, Sungchun Park
  • Patent number: 11961453
    Abstract: A pixel drive circuit and a drive method thereof, a display panel, and a terminal device, which are applied to the field of terminal technologies. The pixel drive circuit includes a first reset module, a light-emitting control module, and a drive module, and both the first reset module and the light-emitting control module are connected to a light-emitting control signal terminal, where one of the first reset module and the light-emitting control module is turned on when the light-emitting control signal is at a high level, and the other of the first reset module and the light-emitting control module is turned on when the light-emitting control signal is at a low level. Therefore, by increasing the frequency of the light-emitting control signal to greater than 120 Hz, a problem of a phenomenon of frequent flickering on an image during low-brightness display may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Su, Yabin An
  • Patent number: 11948502
    Abstract: A power voltage supply circuit for a display device including: a branch node; a voltage converter having an output terminal connected to the branch node, the voltage converter configured to convert an input voltage received from outside, and output a power voltage to the branch node; a first output node connected to the branch node and configured to output the power voltage; a second output node connected to the branch node; and a charge pump connected between the branch node and the second output node and configured to transform the power voltage with different gain values in response to a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byung Kyou Min
  • Patent number: 11947743
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a pointer on a screen of an electronic device may include a receiver device and a wireless input device. The input device may include a sensing unit configured to detect the input device's movement; a position determination unit configured to determine the input device's current position based on the detected movement; a prediction unit configured to predict the input device's current position; a comparison unit configured to determine a difference between the determined and predicted positions, and whether the difference is greater than a similarity threshold; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the determined position to the receiver device in response to determining that the difference is greater than the similarity threshold. The receiver device may include a receiving unit configured to receive the determined current position and a communication unit configured to communicate this received position to the electronic device to control the pointer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kah Yong Lee, Shyh Lai Long
  • Patent number: 11938821
    Abstract: A method and a system for user interaction with a hologram includes displaying the hologram inside a passenger compartment of the vehicle, after displaying the hologram inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle, monitoring a vehicle user inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle user provided a user command, determining that the vehicle user provided the user command, and in response to determining that the vehicle user provided the user command, manipulating the hologram in accordance with the user command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, Kai-Han Chang, Manoj Sharma, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 11941316
    Abstract: A vehicle information display apparatus may include: an input unit configured to receive pre-setting information from a user terminal; a memory configured to store a program for controlling an interior display in consideration of the pre-setting information, as a vehicle starts driving; and a processor configured to execute the program, wherein the processor controls the interior display divided into pre-set areas in consideration of the pre-setting information, such that a screen is displayed on each of the areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11935494
    Abstract: The present application provides a television backlight dimming method, apparatus and device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The television backlight dimming method includes: acquiring a minimum horizontal distance between an LED lamp in a reference region and an LED lamp in a non-reference region; and dimming the brightness of each of the LED lamps in the non-reference region according to the brightness of the LED lamp in the reference region, the minimum horizontal distance and a preset distance rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Wenhui He
  • Patent number: 11922881
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes a pixel sub-circuit. The pixel sub-circuit includes a first adjusting circuit and a second adjusting circuit. The first adjusting circuit is configured to receive a first data signal and a light-emitting control signal to control a magnitude of a driving current used for driving a light-emitting element to emit light; the second adjusting circuit is configured to receive a second data signal and a time control signal to control a time duration in which the driving current is applied to the light-emitting element; and the time control signal changes within a time period during which the light-emitting control signal allows the driving current to be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Can Wang, Han Yue, Can Zhang, Minghua Xuan, Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 11922871
    Abstract: An emissive display device includes a display area which includes a plurality of pixels, and a driver disposed at a side of the display area, where the driver includes at least two emission signal stages disposed in one row, and an input signal line connected to the emission signal stages, and the at least two emission signal stages are connected to the same input signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Min Kim, Min Jae Jeong, Jang Mi Kang, Hyun Joon Kim, Jun Hyun Park, Cheol-Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 11922893
    Abstract: Improved methods for driving an active matrix of pixel electrodes controlled with thin film transistors when the voltage on a top electrode is being altered between driving frames. The methods described increase performance by providing smaller swings in the overall voltage between the top electrode and pixel electrode while reducing stress on the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Crounse, Stephen J. Telfer, Ana L. Lattes, Christopher L Hoogeboom, Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Seth J. Bishop
  • Patent number: 11908353
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including one processor acquiring a first captured image by imaging projection surface wherein image light of a first projector is projected, acquiring second captured image by imaging projection surface on which image light of a second projector is projected, determining a first drawing range containing a drawing range in which a first image projected by the first projector is drawn and a drawing range in which a second image projected by the second projector is drawn based on the first captured image and the second captured image, drawing image in the first drawing range, dividing the image into a first image based on the drawing range in which the first image is drawn and a second image based on the drawing range in which the second image is drawn, outputting the first image to the first projector, and outputting the second image to the second projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Patent number: 11907463
    Abstract: This document described pressure-sensitive human machine interface (HMI) devices. In some aspects, a pressure-sensitive human-machine interface (HMI) device may include a surface element comprising an outer surface for receiving pressure inputs. The HMI device may also include multiple pressure-sensitive input regions that each include one or more positive electrodes and one or more return electrodes. The HMI device may also include a pressure-sensitive conductive sheet disposed adjacent to or between the one or more positive electrodes and one or more return electrodes of the multiple pressure-sensitive input regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Mark Benjamin Greenspan, Lavinia Andreea Danielescu
  • Patent number: 11908354
    Abstract: A system control portion generates corrected image data by performing reduction processing of reducing input image data input into a display portion at a first reduction rate and image shifting processing of shifting positions of R image data and B image data of a specific color component included in reduced image data obtained by the reduction processing. The system control portion projects a corrected image based on the corrected image data to a screen by inputting the corrected image data into the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Inoue, Akihiro Ishizuka, Tomonori Masuda, Kazuki Ishida
  • Patent number: 11900851
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller and a grayscale unit electrically connected to the timing controller. The timing controller may generate first data for a pixel for a previous frame and first data for the pixel for a current frame. The grayscale unit may output a black-corresponding grayscale as second data for the pixel when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The black-corresponding grayscale corresponds to black. The predetermined condition may include that the first data for the pixel for the previous frame is in a predetermined second gray scale range and that the first data for the pixel for the current frame is in a predetermined first grayscale range. The predetermined first grayscale range may be between the predetermined second grayscale range and the black-corresponding grayscale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Seok Ha, Woon Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11887536
    Abstract: A pixel circuit comprises a first switch element comprising a first electrode to which an initialization voltage is applied, a gate electrode to which a initialization pulse is applied, and a second electrode connected to a second node; a second switch element comprising a first electrode connected to a third node or a fourth node, a gate electrode to which a sensing pulse is applied, and a second electrode to which a reference voltage is applied; a third switch element comprising a first electrode to which a data voltage is applied, a gate electrode to which a scan pulse is applied, and a second electrode connected to the second node; and a fourth switch element comprising a first electrode connected to the third node, a gate electrode to which a first emission control pulse is applied, and a second electrode connected to the fourth node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Min Son, Chang Hee Kim, Seok Noh
  • Patent number: 11887539
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a pixel to display an image based on input image data, a driving controller which determines a driving frequency of a first display area of the display panel to be a first driving frequency and determines a driving frequency of a second display area of the display panel to be a second driving frequency less than the first driving frequency when the first display area displays a moving image and the second display area of the display panel displays a still image, and an emission driver which outputs a moving image emission signal corresponding to the first driving frequency and a still image emission signal corresponding to the second driving frequency to the display panel. A width of a non-emission period of the still image emission signal is greater than a width of a non-emission period of the moving image emission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Dong Kim, Sangan Kwon, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Junheyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11881168
    Abstract: A display screen aging compensation method, system, and device, the method including obtaining display data of each display area of a display screen having at least one display area, the display data including usage time t of the display area, a maximum gray level value Lev_max that is of each primary color and that is obtained before the display data, and an average gray level value Lev of each primary color of three primary colors within the usage time t, where the usage time is accumulated screen-on time that is of the display area and that is obtained after the display screen is powered on, obtaining a decay ratio of each primary color of the display area based on the display data, and performing aging compensation on each display area based on the decay ratio of each primary color of each display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Wu, Jinsong Wen, Xiufeng Zhang, Jinqin Ai, Yiyang Zhang, Haixiao Liu
  • Patent number: 11869405
    Abstract: Provided display panel includes display region and non-display region. The display region includes display units arranged in array and scan signal lines. At least part display units in same row share respective scan signal line. The non-display region includes shift register circuit and connection lines. The shift register circuit includes cascaded shift register unit groups each including at least two shift register units each including signal input terminal, reset control terminal, and signal output terminal. Signal output terminal of first shift register unit in (i+1)-th shift register unit group electrically connected to signal input terminal of respective shift register unit in (i+2)-th shift register unit group through same connection line. Signal output terminal of second shift register unit in (i+1)-th shift register unit group electrically connected to reset control terminal of respective shift register unit in i-th shift register unit group through same connection line. i is positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huijun Jin, Tinghai Wang, Dandan Qin