Patents Examined by Michael J Jansen, II
  • Patent number: 11790854
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including pixels respectively connected to scan lines, scan stages corresponding to the scan lines, where each of the scan stages receives a carry signal, and outputs a scan signal, masking circuits electrically connected to some of the scan stages, respectively, where each of the masking circuits outputs a masking carry signal in response to a masking signal and the scan signal, and transmission circuits electrically connected to others of the scan stages, respectively, where each of the transmission circuits outputs the scan signal output from a corresponding scan stage among the scan stages. A j-th (j is an integer greater than 1) scan stage among the scan stages receives one of the scan signal output from a (j?1)-th scan stage and the masking carry signal as the carry signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heerim Song, Gyungsoon Park, Jinseok Jeong
  • Patent number: 11790857
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including data lines and pixels electrically connected to the data lines. The data driver supplies data signals to the data lines. The data driver includes: a first output buffer electrically connected to a first data line of the data lines, the first output buffer outputting a first data signal to the first data line; and a first comparator electrically connected to an output terminal of the first output buffer, the first comparator comparing a first slew rate of the first data signal with a first reference slew rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Yeon Kim, Tae Gon Im, Jong Jae Lee, Dae Gwang Jang
  • Patent number: 11790836
    Abstract: A display module including a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels each comprising a plurality of sub pixels, the pixels being disposed on a plurality of row lines of the display panel and a driver. The driver being configured to apply a pulse width modulation (PWM) data voltage to the sub pixels in a sequential order of the row lines; and drive the display panel such that the sub pixels included in a plurality of consecutive row lines among the plurality of row lines emit light, in the sequential order of the row lines, for a time corresponding to the applied PWM data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Daisuke Kawae, Junichi Yamashita, Takashige Fujimori, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Tetsuya Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11782594
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes circuitry to display a display area at a first location. The display area is a portion of an input receiving area for receiving hand drafted input. The circuitry selects an object to be retained in the display area based on a user operation, receives an operation of moving the display area to a second location different from the first location in the input receiving area, and displays the display area in which the object is retained at the second location according to the operation of moving the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Kanae Igarashi, Susumu Fujioka
  • Patent number: 11783771
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method for controlling same. The disclosed display apparatus and method for controlling same execute a first operation and a second operation to prevent afterimages from appearing on a display panel, the afterimages being significantly reduced by executing the second operation using the history of the first operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Shin Ho Park
  • Patent number: 11776484
    Abstract: A display device of the invention includes a pixel unit including first pixels which display a first color; and a data driver which supplies first data voltages to the first pixels. The data driver includes: a first master gamma block including first master amplifiers which generate first reference gamma voltages; a first slave gamma block which generates first gamma voltages by dividing the first reference gamma voltages; and a first decoder which provides some of the first gamma voltages as the first data voltages, and each of the first master amplifiers is enabled or disabled based on a maximum luminance of the pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Ho Lim, Hyun Ha Yang, Myeong Bin Lim
  • Patent number: 11776498
    Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for compensating for image quality of liquid crystal display device, and a terminal device. The method includes: acquiring RGB value of each pixel in image information output by the liquid crystal display device at a predetermined time interval within preset time period and calculating RGB sum of the RGB values of each pixel, when a duration of display on a screen of the liquid crystal display device is greater than or equal to a preset duration; selecting a RGB sum with the maximum value from the individual RGB sums as a first compensation evaluation value; and compensating for the RGB value of each pixel according to the first compensation evaluation value, each of the RGB sums, an acquired RGB offset compensation value, and the RGB value of each pixel, if the first compensation evaluation value is greater than or equal to a first compensation threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHUANGWEI-RGB ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuming Dai
  • Patent number: 11769458
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a first pixel, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, a third pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth pixel disposed adjacent to the third pixel in the first direction. Each of the first to fourth pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The display device further includes a data driver that outputs a plurality of data voltages, a selective output unit that outputs the data voltages to the first to fourth pixels in a different order for each of a plurality of frames, and a scan driver that outputs a first scan signal to the first and second pixels and outputs a second scan signal, which is delayed from the first scan signal, to the third and fourth pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Soon-Dong Kim, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11762481
    Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus may include a housing enclosing a circuitry may include a processor and a memory, the housing forming a handgrip. In addition, the apparatus may include a plurality of light sensors arranged in a particular configuration, each of the plurality of light sensors coupled to an exterior the housing via a sensor arm. Also, the apparatus may include one or more controls mounted on the exterior of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. The apparatus can include one or more antenna mounted on an exterior of the housing; and a transmitter connected to the circuitry and electrically connected to the one or more antenna to send data from the apparatus via a wireless protocol. The apparatus can include an electronic device for mounting an electronic device to the housing, the electronic device configured to execute an application for an immersive content generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
  • Patent number: 11755146
    Abstract: An electronic device, detects a touch input. After a latency period, the device delivers to an application a sequence of input events that represent the touch input, including, in sequence: a first input event that represents the touch input at a first input time and is delivered at a first delivery time, a second input event that represents the touch input at a second input time and is delivered at a second delivery time, and a third input event that represents the touch input at a third input time and is delivered at a third delivery time, a time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time is smaller than a time interval between the first input time and the first delivery time, and a time interval between the third input time and the third delivery time is smaller than the time interval between the second input time and the second delivery time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Aleksandr Chugunov, Ari Y. Benbasat, Brent W. Schorsch, Michael T. Turner, Stephen C. Moseley, Steven S. Noble, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Jacob Z. Weiss, Joshua C. Weinberg, Yiqiang Nie
  • Patent number: 11741889
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel component including pixels; a timing controller, which generates adjusted image data by converting grayscale values of input image data based on a gain value and generates first and second control signals control signal in response to an input control signal; a scan driver, which supplies a scan signal to the pixels in response to the first control signal; a data driver, which generates a data signal corresponding to the adjusted image data and supplies the data signal to the pixels based on the second control signal and the adjusted image data, and an image controller, which analyzes an input image in the input image data and gradually decreases the gain value during a first control period when the input image is a still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang Mi Lee, Ki Hyun Pyun, Hyun Joo Seo
  • Patent number: 11741900
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to a display device that includes an input terminal through which a feedback voltage of a high-potential driving voltage is received from a display panel. An output terminal is included through which a high reference voltage and a low reference voltage generated on the basis of the feedback voltage are output. A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) includes at least one capacitor connected between the input terminal and the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonsuk Lee, Joonmo Yang
  • Patent number: 11726581
    Abstract: In some implementations, an apparatus may include a housing enclosing a circuitry may include a processor and a memory, the housing forming a handgrip. In addition, the apparatus may include a plurality of light sensors arranged in a particular configuration, each of the plurality of light sensors coupled to an exterior the housing via a sensor arm. Also, the apparatus may include one or more controls mounted on the exterior of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuitry. The apparatus can include one or more antenna mounted on an exterior of the housing; and a transmitter connected to the circuitry and electrically connected to the one or more antenna to send data from the apparatus via a wireless protocol. The apparatus can include an electronic device for mounting an electronic device to the housing, the electronic device configured to execute an application for an immersive content generation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Robert Derry, Gary Martinez
  • Patent number: 11727866
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power management device and a display device comprising the same, and more particularly, to a power management device and a display device comprising the same, capable of reducing the power consumption of a display device by disabling a gamma reference voltage generation circuit when the display device is driven at a low scan rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ha Kim
  • Patent number: 11715422
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode that includes first and second terminals. A driving transistor generates a driving current, and includes a first terminal for a first power supply voltage, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light emitting diode, and a gate terminal for an initialization voltage. The first switching transistor includes a first terminal connected to a first node, a second terminal connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and a gate terminal for a data initialization gate signal. The second switching transistor includes a first terminal for the initialization voltage, a second terminal connected to the first node, a first gate terminal for the data initialization gate signal, and a second gate terminal for a light emitting element initialization signal. The first terminal of the organic light emitting diode is connected to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keunwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11710449
    Abstract: A display device includes an afterimage compensator generating output grayscales by applying at least one of first and second weights to input grayscales when the input grayscales correspond to a still image, and pixels displaying an image based on the output grayscales. The afterimage compensator applies the first weight having an initial value greater than 1 to the input grayscales of a first group, and converges the first weight to 1, and applies the second weight having initial values less than 1 to the input grayscales of a second group, and converges the second weights to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Pil Kim, Kang Hee Lee, Joon Chul Goh, Jae Sung Bae
  • Patent number: 11693518
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch driver circuit capable of reducing the distortion of a common voltage modulation signal caused by line resistance. The touch driver circuit may include a touch power integrated circuit configured to generate a reference gamma voltage set to output the reference gamma voltage set through a gamma transmission path during a display period, and generate a touch driving voltage to output the touch driving voltage through the gamma transmission path during a touch period, and a source-readout integrated circuit configured to drive a source driving circuit block using the reference gamma voltage set during the display period, and generate a common voltage modulation signal using the touch driving voltage to drive a readout circuit block using the generated common voltage modulation signal during the touch period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Yoon Jung, Hyung Sub Kim, Jung Hyun Tark
  • Patent number: 11694644
    Abstract: Methods for driving an electrophoretic medium including two pairs of oppositely charged particles. The first pair including a first type of positive particles and a first type of negative particles and the second pair consists of a second type of positive particles and a second type of negative particles, wherein the first pair of particles and the second pair of particles have different charge magnitudes (identifiable as zeta potentials). In particular, the driving methods produce cleaner optical stakes of the lesser-charged particles with less contamination from the other particles and more consistent electro-optical performance when the intermediate driving voltages are modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink California, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Feng-Shou Lin
  • Patent number: 11694598
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display driving circuit and a frequency correction method of the display driving circuit, capable of quickly correcting a frequency change of a clock signal when a display device is driven at a low scan rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeong Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11687184
    Abstract: A touch display device including a display panel including a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels alternately disposed along a first direction, and a touch screen layer disposed on the display panel, the touch screen layer including a plurality of first touch electrodes having a zigzag shape and disposed between one of the first and second pixels along a second direction crossing the first direction, in which a first pixel of the first pixels and a second pixel of the second pixels have different sizes from each other, and a first distance from a first touch electrode of the first touch electrodes to the first pixel is different from a second distance from the first touch electrode to the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Beom Hong, Gun-Shik Kim, Jung-Joo Park