Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 11967291
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated by a backlight unit that includes an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The backlight unit may determine the type of content in the image data. The backlight unit may decide to prioritize either mitigating halo or mitigating clipping based on the type of content. The determination of the type of content in the image data may be used to determine the brightness values for the LEDs in the LED array. If the content is determined to be a first type of content, at least one given LED in the LED array may have a different brightness value than if the content is determined to be a second, different type of content. Classifying content in the image data may be useful in optimizing visible artifacts such as visible halo and clipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Tofighi, Meng Cao, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Duane M Petrovich, Shuo Han, Zhendong Hong, Tobias Jung, Marc Albrecht, Jiulong Shan, Wei H Yao
  • Patent number: 11955083
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a display panel including a pixel and a scan driver to provide a first scan signal to a third scan signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor connected between a first voltage line and the light emitting element, a second transistor connected between a data line and a first node, a gate electrode of the second transistor to receive a first scan signal, a third transistor connected between the second node and the first transistor, a gate electrode of the third transistor to receive a second scan signal, and a fourth transistor connected between a first initialization voltage line, which is to receive a first initialization voltage, and the second node, a gate electrode of the fourth transistor to receive a third scan signal. The first to third scan signals include first to third activation sections, and the first to third activation sections have an equal duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaewoo Lee, Yongsu Lee, Seung-Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11947118
    Abstract: The contact lens (100) for augmented reality comprises: a transparent body (102) designed to be placed on an eye (104); and at least one augmented reality module comprising an optical source (114) attached to the transparent body (102) and designed to emit a light into the transparent body, and an optical element (116) attached to the transparent body (102) and designed to receive the light from the optical source (114) and send it in the direction of the eye (104). The optical element (116) is a hologram designed to diffract the received light as a holographic image in the direction of the eye (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUT MINES TELECOM
    Inventors: Jean-Louis De Bougrenet De La Tocnaye, Vincent Nourrit, Kevin Heggarty
  • Patent number: 11947764
    Abstract: An input sensing unit includes a touch sensing unit, which includes a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of sensing electrodes, and a driving signal generating unit which provides driving signals to the driving electrodes. The sensing electrodes are insulated from and intersect the driving electrodes. The driving signal generating unit includes touch drivers connected to driving electrodes and a digital-to-analog converter configured to provide a first signal or a second signal, and each of the touch drivers is connected to a preset number of driving electrodes among the driving electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Woong Kim, Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Tea Park, Keum Dong Jung, Sang Hyun Heo
  • Patent number: 11941204
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device that can reduce a difference between the load connected to scan lines around a notch area and the load connected to scan lines in the entire display area. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device comprising a display panel comprising a display area that includes a first display area, and a second display area and a third display area disposed adjacent to the first area, a touch detector, a scan driver circuit, and a touch driver circuit supplying a touch driving signal to touch electrodes of the touch detector, wherein the touch driver circuit changes a pulse width or an output timing of the touch driving signal while images are displayed on at least one of the first to third display areas and supplies the touch driving signal to the touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myeong Hee Seo
  • Patent number: 11935476
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a main display area and an edge display area bent with respect to a first axis from the main display area; and a wiring including a plurality of sub-wirings arranged in a direction intersecting the first axis in the edge display area; an insulating layer including a plurality of contact holes and covering the plurality of sub-wirings; and a connection wiring disposed on the insulating layer and connecting the plurality of sub-wirings through the plurality of contact holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunhee Lee, Sunho Kim, Juchan Park
  • Patent number: 11928290
    Abstract: A scanning operation is performed to measure a first capacitance of a first sensor arrangement located proximate a capacitive sensor that corresponds to a function of a device. In response to the first capacitance not exceeding a first threshold, the scanning operation measures a second capacitance of the capacitive sensor to create an output used to control the function of the device. In response to the first capacitance exceeding the first threshold, operation of the scanning operation is modified to skip measuring of the second capacitance or to refrain from transmitting the output to a host of the device for controlling the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Troy Gentry, David Durlin
  • Patent number: 11929021
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using an optical crosstalk compensation (OXTC) block to compensate for optical crosstalk resulted from a combination of viewing angle change across field of view (FoV), color filter (CF) crosstalk, and the OLED various angle color shift (VACS) of a foveated electronic display. One or more two-dimensional (2D) OXTC factor maps are used to determine OXTC factors for input image data of the OXTC block, and the OXTC factors are updated on a per frame basis. Offset values are determined using a parallel architecture and used to determine the OXTC factors. Compensation weights are used to determine weighted OXTC factors to improve processing efficiency. Output image data are obtained by applying the weighted OXTC factors to the input image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shereef Shehata, Jim C Chou, Sheng Zhang, Shengchang Cai
  • Patent number: 11929036
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a data signal output circuit including a D/A converter circuit; a plurality of terminals; a control circuit supplied with a power supply potential VL from at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals via a first power supply wiring line; and a power supply circuit configured to generate a power supply potential VPL in accordance with potentials AVDD and AVSS supplied via two or more terminals of the plurality of terminals and supply the power supply potential VPL to a second power supply wiring line. The D/A converter circuit includes a plurality of capacitance elements. The first power supply wiring line or the second power supply wiring line is selectively coupled to one portion of the plurality of capacitance elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 11921963
    Abstract: A touch structure, a touch display substrate, and a touch display device. The touch structure includes a touch region and a peripheral region surrounding the touch region, wherein the touch region includes a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other, and a third edge and a fourth edge opposite to each other. The touch structure further includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, which are mutually crossed with and insulated from each other, and located in the touch region. The touch structure further includes a first touch trace and a second touch trace, located in the peripheral region. The first touch trace is electrically connected with the first touch electrode at the first edge and the second edge, respectively; the second touch trace is electrically connected with the second touch electrode at the third edge and the fourth edge, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ping Wen, Shun Zhang, Yi Zhang, Tingliang Liu
  • Patent number: 11915670
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for displaying interactive augmented reality presentations are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: a plurality of head mounted displays, a first head mounted display comprising a transparent display; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to: determine that a first physical location of a plurality of physical locations in a physical environment of the head mounted display is located closest to the head mounted display; receive first content comprising a first three dimensional model; receive second content comprising a second three dimensional model; present, using the transparent display, a first view of the first three dimensional model at a first time; and present, using the transparent display, a first view of the second three dimensional model at a second time subsequent to the first time based one or more instructions received from a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Mark A. Griswold, Erin Henninger, Jeff Mlakar, Henry Eastman, Robert Gotschall, Catherine Sue Shick, Galen Tingle
  • Patent number: 11907479
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), a proximity sensor disposed under the display and including a plurality of light emitting units, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the display and the proximity sensor. The light generated from the proximity sensor may have a lower energy than the work function of silicon included in the plurality of TFTs of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeongsoon Park, Jeonggyu Jo, Hyunwoo Sim
  • Patent number: 11907482
    Abstract: A pen detection system is provided that detects a pen signal transmitted from a pen to detect a position of the pen. The system includes a sensor pattern in which an electrode group including first and second partial electrode groups is disposed; a first integrated circuit that is connected to the first partial electrode group to acquire a level distribution of the pen signal in the first partial electrode group; and a second integrated circuit that is connected to the second partial electrode group to acquire a level distribution of the pen signal in the second partial electrode group. A predetermined number of boundary electrodes positioned near a boundary of the first partial electrode group and the second partial electrode group among a plurality of electrodes included in the electrode group are connected to both of the first and second integrated circuits, wherein the predetermined number is an even number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Kagami
  • Patent number: 11907490
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a pixel layer, a touch sensing layer, and a sensing pattern. The pixel layer includes first pixel units, each including first sub-light emitting regions, and second pixel units, each including second sub-light emitting regions. The touch sensing layer includes sensing electrodes, and driving electrodes electrically insulated from the sensing electrodes, at least some of the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes each includes a dummy pattern defining dummy openings overlapping the first sub-light emitting regions when viewed in a plan view, and a sensing pattern electrically insulated from the dummy pattern and spaced apart from the first sub-light emitting regions and the second sub-light emitting regions when viewed in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changho Lee, Il-Joo Kim, Jong-Hwa Kim, Wonjun Choi
  • Patent number: 11900006
    Abstract: A method, a system and devices for data sharing by teleconferencing with local projection of the same shared data in a local meeting room. A method, a system and devices for synchronizing display of content in a local room and remote sharing of the same content as well. A method, a system and devices for providing access to shared multimedia content within a defined room environment as well as with a remote user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Lien, Madhwan Misra, Audi Hsu
  • Patent number: 11899217
    Abstract: An AR glasses device includes a supporting portion, an optical-mechanical assembly, and an adjustment assembly comprising a first adjustment module and a second adjustment module. The optical-mechanical assembly comprises a first optical-mechanical module and a second optical-mechanical module arranged in a second direction. The first optical-mechanical module comprises a first waveguide sheet and a first fixing portion to drive the first waveguide sheet to rotate about the second direction. The second optical-mechanical module comprises a second fixing portion and a second waveguide sheet. The first adjustment module extends through the supporting portion in a first direction and connects the first fixing portion. An arc-shaped groove about the first direction penetrates the supporting portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yan Lv
  • Patent number: 11893184
    Abstract: An object is to provide an operating body detection device having improved reliability of a capacitance-type sensor in input detection. An operating body detection device comprising: a capacitance-type sensor having a capacitance sensing surface on which a plurality of sensing electrodes is arranged; and a heat source sensing sensor comprising a heat source sensing film having a heat source sensing membrane with a heat source sensing surface. The detection surface that detects an operating body may have a region in which the capacitance sensing surface and the heat source sensing surface overlap when viewed from a normal direction of the detection surface. Preferably, the control unit that controls the capacitance-type sensor and the heat source sensing sensor starts heat source measurement with the heat source sensing sensor on condition that an object is detected with the capacitance-type sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: IDEAL STAR INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Omote
  • Patent number: 11893186
    Abstract: An input sensing device includes first driving electrodes, second driving electrodes, and sensing electrodes, and a sensing driver that transmits a first driving signal to the first driving electrodes at a first frequency, transmits a second driving signal to the second driving electrodes at a second frequency, and determines a touch or approach of an external object based on sensing signals received from the sensing electrodes. The sensing driver includes analog front-end circuits that separate a sensing signal of the first frequency and a sensing signal of the second frequency that are received from the respective sensing electrodes, and generate digital sensing data based on a result of a recombination of the separated sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Woong Kim, Moon Jae Jeong, Hyung Gun Ma, Tae Hun Lee, Keum Dong Jung, Sang Hyun Heo
  • Patent number: 11886069
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; and a stacked structure on the display panel, wherein the stacked structure includes: a first coupling member on the display panel; a reflective layer on the first coupling member; a second coupling member on the reflective layer; a code pattern part on the second coupling member; and a light blocking layer on the code pattern part and including an ultraviolet absorber, and a thickness between a lower surface of the reflective layer and an upper surface of the light blocking layer is 100 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Yeong Park, Da Som Gu, Ki Jun Roh, Sung Guk An, Hee Young Lee, So Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 11881159
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of gate lines in a display area and extending in a first direction; a scan driver in a non-display area surrounding the display area, connecting the gate lines, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and having a first length in the second direction; and an antistatic pattern in the non-display area, extending in the second direction, and having a second length greater than the first length in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Park, Dong-Hoon Lee, Kyunghoon Chung, Haemin Kim, Byungchang Yu