Patents Examined by Muhammad N. Edun
  • Patent number: 11244603
    Abstract: Light-emitting panel, driving method, fabricating method, and display device are provided. The light-emitting panel includes a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in an array. Each light-emitting unit includes a light-emission control module and at least one light-emitting element. The at least one light-emitting element is electrically connected to the light-emission control module. The light-emitting panel also includes a plurality of data lines arranged in a first direction. Each data line is electrically connected to light-emission control modules of light-emitting units that are arranged in a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The light-emitting panel also includes a plurality of scan lines arranged in the second direction. Each scan line of the plurality of scan lines is electrically connected to light-emission control modules of light-emitting units that are arranged in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lihua Wang, Xiaoping Sun, Conghua Ma, Qiang Dong
  • Patent number: 11238785
    Abstract: A display device of the present inventive concept includes: a display panel include a first display area including a first pixel area in which first pixels are disposed and a transmissive area in which no pixel is disposed, and a second display area including a second pixel area in which second pixels are disposed; a panel driver configured to supply an analog data signal to the first and second pixels; and a camera configured to include at least one camera module for capturing an image and disposed to overlap the first display area of the display panel. The panel driver controls luminance of at least some of the first pixels in the first display area at a first time point at which the at least one camera module captures an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11237302
    Abstract: To provide an optical film having excellent visibility in a wide angle direction. An optical film including a polyimide-based resin and a polyamide-based resin and having a total light transmittance of 85% or more and a haze of 0.5% or less, in which, when a direction parallel to a machine direction in a plane of the optical film during production of the optical film is defined as an MD direction and a direction vertical to the machine direction is defined as a TD direction, for at least any one surface of the optical film, a first reflection image clarity value CMD in a direction inclined 60° in the MD direction from a vertical direction to the plane of the optical film and a second reflection image clarity value CTD in a direction inclined 60° in the TD direction from the vertical direction which are obtained when a slit width of an optical comb is 0.125 mm in accordance with JIS K 7374 satisfy Formula (1) 45%?CMD?100%??(1), Formula (2) 30%?CTD?100%??(2), and Formula (3) 35%?(CMD+CTD)/2?100%??(3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuki Daimatsu, Hitoshi Fukui, Masayoshi Karasawa
  • Patent number: 11238783
    Abstract: The present embodiments disclose a pixel and a display device including the same. A pixel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a luminous element and a pixel circuit connected to the luminous element, wherein the pixel circuit includes a first pixel circuit configured to control light-emission and non-emission of the luminous element in response to a control signal applied to each of a plurality of subframes constituting a frame during a light-emitting period and a second pixel circuit storing a bit value of image data in a data writing period and generating the control signal based on the bit value and a clock signal in the light-emitting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.
    Inventor: Jae Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11238761
    Abstract: A direct-view dome display includes a plurality of identical convex quadrilateral tiles, each tile providing a direct-view display. The tiles are arranged to provide a spherical or a partially spherical, e.g. truncated spherical or a substantially spherical dome, as well as provide a full or partial dome display over a horizontal field of view of at least 180° and a vertical field of view of at least from 0° to 30°, totaling at least 30° whereby the vertical field of view can be larger up to 140° for a truncated dome, or varying from ?50° to +90° and up to 180° for a full dome, e.g. varying from ?90° to +90°, and a support structure for supporting at least the lower tiles of the dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Peter De Meerleer
  • Patent number: 11232742
    Abstract: An LED display system includes a driver chip and an LED array having m scan lines, n channels, and m scan switches. The driver chip includes an analog circuit and a digital controller that controls the analog circuit. The analog circuit has a plurality of power sources that are electrically connected to the LED array and provide a plurality of driving currents to the n channels of LEDs. Further, the n channels are divided into p groups and each group has q channels, p is an integer of 2 to n. Channels in each of the p groups receive a plurality of PWM signals. The starting times of the input PWM signals to at least two different groups among the p groups are different. Further, PMW signals to the channels in the same group may have a same starting time or may have different starting times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SCT LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Li, Yi Zhang, Shang-Kuan Tang, Shean-Yih Chiou
  • Patent number: 11227540
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other; a display element and a signal line on the first surface; a first wire on the second surface and electrically connected to the signal line; a cover portion on the second surface; and a first driving unit on the second surface and electrically connected to the first wire. The first wire includes a portion exposed outside the cover portion, and the first driving unit is connected to the first wire at the portion of the first wire which is exposed outside the cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong In Lee, Dong Hyun Lee, Hyun A Lee, Byoung Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11217153
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device that includes a control circuit, an array of light emitting diode (LED) zones, and an array of driver circuits that are distributed in the display area. The driver circuits are arranged in groups that are coupled to each other and to the control circuit in a serial communication chain via serial communication lines. The group of driver circuits are also coupled in parallel to a shared multi-wire command line that provides a high-speed interface for providing the driver control signals from the control circuit. The control circuit may furthermore issue readback commands to the driver circuits via the shared multi-wire command line or the serial communication chain. In response to the commands, the driver circuits provide readback data via a readback line through the serial communication chain or via parallel connections from the driver circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Huayuan Semiconductor (Shenzhen) Limited Company
    Inventors: Junjie Zheng, Richard Landry Gray, Chih-Chang Wei, Li-Lun Chi
  • Patent number: 11210980
    Abstract: A detection method for a display panel, a display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area, and one data line in the display area is electrically connected to at least one sub-pixel; and the non-display area includes at least one signal line electrically connected to at least one data line through a switch unit. The method includes: providing a pulse signal to the signal line; controlling the switch unit to be turned on once in a period of at least one signal hopping on the signal line, to write a data signal into the data line through the signal line, where the data signal is the pulse signal truncated in the period of the signal hopping of the pulse signal; and controlling the sub-pixel connected to the data line to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Mengmeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11204695
    Abstract: The systems described herein provide a remote keyboard service for a media device on a computing device without having to invoke an application or unlock the computing device. The computing device can receive a message indicating that a text input field on the other device is selected and present a notification to the user prompting the user to invoke the virtual keyboard on the computing device to provide text input to the selected text input field. The computing device can receive user input selecting the notification and present a virtual keyboard for providing text input to the other device. The computing device can receive keyboard input from the user selecting characters and send the characters to the other device. The other device can then user the characters as text input to the selected text input field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander D. Sanciangco, Bob Bradley, Marc Krochmal, Graham Clarke
  • Patent number: 11202160
    Abstract: Example techniques involve outputting multiple audio channels using a multiple driver playback device. An example playback device receives a first and second channel of audio content. The playback device plays back play back the first channel via a first group of audio transducers such that the first group of audio transducers form, via superposition, a first response lobe having a maximum in a first direction. Further, the playback device plays back the second channel via a second group of audio transducers such that the second group of audio transducers form, via superposition, a second response lobe having a maximum in a second direction that is separated by an angle of at least 45° from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Chamness, Romi Kadri
  • Patent number: 11195470
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The display device also includes a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface and a second conductive layer disposed on the second surface. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are disposed on the opposite sides of the substrate. The display device further includes a connective portion at least partially disposed in the substrate and penetrating from the first surface to the second surface. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the second conductive layer through the connective portion. The display device further includes a light-emitting element disposed on the first surface. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode and a second electrode. Along a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first electrode and the second electrode are not overlapped with the connective portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuan-Feng Lee, Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11194197
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a display area, a terminal area, a first side and a third side, and a second substrate opposed to the first substrate and including a fifth side and a seventh side. The terminal area is sandwiched between the third side and the seventh side. The first substrate includes a first round corner between the first side and the third side. The second substrate includes a third round corner between the fifth side and the seventh side. A radius of curvature of the third round corner is smaller than a radius of curvature of the first round corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Gen Koide, Morikazu Nomura
  • Patent number: 11189219
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including first pixels connected to a data line and second pixels connected to the data line; a sensing unit overlapping the first and second pixels, the sensing unit including sensing electrodes; and a sensing controller for receiving a sensing signal from at least some of the sensing electrodes in accordance with a sensing enable signal having a sensing-on level. In a first frame period, at least two of first data voltages having different levels are applied through the data line to the first pixels and second data voltages having the same level as each other but different from the first data voltages are applied through the data line to the second pixels. In the first frame period, the sensing enable signal has a sensing-off level while the first data voltages are applied and the sensing-on level while the second data voltages are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geun Jeong Park, Jeong Kyoo Kim, Chae Hee Park, Myung Woo Lee, Bit Na Lee, Man Seung Cho
  • Patent number: 11189222
    Abstract: A display driver includes image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to process image data for a plurality of pixel circuits of a display panel. The image processing circuitry includes a demura table comprising one or more base compensation values associated with each of the plurality of pixel circuits, and a lookup table (LUT) comprising one or more compensation coefficients associated with each of a plurality of frame rates. Processing the image data for the pixel circuits comprises a mura compensation for at least one pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits using the one or more base compensation values and the one or more compensation coefficients. The drive circuitry is configured to update the plurality of pixel circuits based on the processed image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Aogaki, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 11183107
    Abstract: A display device including: a first pixel region including first pixels connected to a data line and first scan lines; a second pixel region in contact with the first pixel region at a first boundary and including second pixels connected to the data line and second scan lines; and a third pixel region in contact with the second pixel region at a second boundary and including third pixels connected to the data line and third scan lines, wherein the display device is configured to scale an image displayed in the second pixel region one or more times based on the second pixel region maintaining a folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ki Chun, Seung Jae Lee, Hae Kwan Seo, Chang Noh Yoon, Soon Dong Kim, Ji Hye Kim, Jun Gyu Lee, Jun Heyung Jung, Young Wook Yoo, Kuk Hwan Ahn, Hyun Jun Lim
  • Patent number: 11176874
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels; a timing controller supplying respective scan start signals to a plurality of scan drivers and an emission start signal to an emission driver, in response to synchronization signals supplied from the outside; the emission driver supplying an emission signal to emission control lines connected to the pixels based on the emission start signal; the scan drivers supplying scan signals to the scan lines connected to the pixels based on the scan start signal; and a data driver supplying a data signal to data lines connected to the pixels, and at least one of a frequency of the emission start signal and frequencies of the scan start signals may be a first frequency that is determined independently of a driving frequency when the driving frequency is less than or equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Young Kim, Dong Hwi Kim, Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 11176877
    Abstract: An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a panel configured to display an image, a backlight including a plurality of light sources configured to output light to the panel, a light source driver configured to drive the plurality of light sources, and a processor configured to control the light source driver, wherein the processor changes the turn on duty of a light source corresponding to a moving object area in an input image and changes the level of current flowing in the light source. Consequently, the definition and luminance of an image including a moving object may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongmin Lee, Myongyoung Lee, Kyuyong Chung, Sangchul Nam, Seokpan Kang
  • Patent number: 11176875
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a light-emitting device; a storage storing a target gamma value and a calibration matrix; a processor configured to obtain first modulation data from input data and calibrate the first modulation data via the calibration matrix, obtain second modulation data from the calibrated first modulation data, and generate a driving signal from the second modulation data; and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel by applying the driving signal to the light-emitting device, wherein the calibration matrix has a compensation coefficient for making a gamma curve corresponding to the driving signal to be the same as a target gamma curve corresponding to the target gamma value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hosik Sohn, Jinmo Kang, Seungjin Baek, Hoyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11170702
    Abstract: A LED driving apparatus with differential signal interfaces is introduced, including: N-stages LED drivers, wherein the first stage LED driver receives a first data packet differential signal and a first clock differential signal and outputs a second data packet differential signal and a second clock differential signal, the Mth stage LED driver receives a Mth data packet differential signal and a Mth clock differential signal and outputs a (M+1)th data packet differential signal and a (M+1)th clock differential signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Che-Wei Yeh, Keko-Chun Liang, Yu-Hsiang Wang, Po-Hsiang Fang, Ju-Lin Huang