Patents Examined by Olga V Merkoulova
  • Patent number: 11810493
    Abstract: A display apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an image detection unit that determines whether an empty second subframe is present in input image data, in addition to a first subframe that displays an image; a correction image generation unit that generates correction image data for correcting the input image data; a control unit that performs control to display the correction image data generated by the correction image generation unit during the period of the second subframe, when the image detection unit detects that the second subframe is present in the input image data; and a display panel that includes a light modulation device provided for each pixel, and modulates irradiation light from a light source, on the basis of input image data including the correction image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihito Nishiike
  • Patent number: 11805669
    Abstract: A display panel having a display area and a non-display area at least partially disposed around the display area, and first and second opposing surfaces; and a first stack structure disposed on the first surface of the display panel including a first layer disposed on the first surface of the display panel, a second layer disposed on the first layer, and a third layer, disposed between the first layer and the second layer; the second layer having a larger size than the first layer in a plan view; and a side surface of the second layer extending outwardly beyond a side surface of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Jae Kim, Bu Gyoon Yoo, Dong Ho Lee, Joon Hyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11794096
    Abstract: An information processing method is provided. The method includes: a motion control including an area object and an operation object is provided on the GUI, and an initial position of the operation object is within a range of the area object; a first sliding touch operation is detected on the motion area, and the operation object is moved within a predetermined range according to a movement of a touch point of the first sliding touch operation; the position of the operation object is detected on the GUI, and in response to a staying duration of the operation object in a preset area on the GUI exceeding a preset duration, the operation object is controlled to enter a position-locked state; and, under the position-locked state, the virtual character is controlled to continuously move in the game scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qingbo Miao
  • Patent number: 11798449
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first display area, a second display area, and a non-display area; a first pixel circuit part and a second pixel circuit part disposed in the first display area; a 1-1-th light-emitting element electrically connected to the first pixel circuit part and overlapping the first display area; and a second light-emitting element electrically connected to the second pixel circuit part and overlapping the second display area. The non-display area is disposed between the first display area and the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Ho Kim, Chea Eun Kim, Hye Won Kim, Ju Chan Park, Sun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11789570
    Abstract: An active stylus, including a housing, a pen core, a first circuit board, and a touch sensing module, is provided. The pen core, the first circuit board, and the touch sensing module are disposed in the housing. The touch sensing module includes a touch sensing element and a second circuit board. The touch sensing element is disposed on and electrically connected to the second circuit board. The second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board and is abutted to a lateral surface of the first circuit board. The second circuit board is perpendicular to the first circuit board. The pen core is abutted to the touch sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: EMRight Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien Chia Lien, Ting-Cheng Lai
  • Patent number: 11783788
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a display control method are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module comprises a controller, a plurality of power sources, and a plurality of lamp areas corresponding to the plurality of power sources. The plurality of power sources include a first power source for providing a positive power supply signal to the controller and driving a lamp area, and a second power source for driving a lamp area. The plurality of power sources are configured to output negative power supply signals and negative reference signals; the controller is configured to output a driving signal through negative voltage driving based on a control signal, the negative power supply signals and the negative reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Pang, Guangxue Liu, Yuxin Zhang, Caixia Zhao, Aichen Xu
  • Patent number: 11768543
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method. The method includes maintaining, by a processing device, a real-time context describing a circumstance affecting an object. The method also includes determining a first saturation level of the object within a first portion of the field of view (FOV) of a sensor at a first point in time. The method also includes determining a second saturation level of the object within a second portion of the FOV of the sensor at a second point in time. The method also includes executing, by the processing device, an action to address a positive saturation determination between the first saturation level and the second saturation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Allen Yang Yang
  • Patent number: 11768550
    Abstract: A transparent touch display apparatus including a device substrate, a touch electrode and a routing line. The device substrate may include an emission area and a transmission area. The touch electrode may be disposed on the transmission area of the device substrate. The routing line may be disposed outside the emission area and the transmission area of the device substrate. A transmittance of the touch electrode may be higher than a transmittance of the routing line. Thus, in the transparent touch display apparatus, the reliability of the touch detection may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwi Deuk Lee, Yang Sik Lee, Yong Chan Park, Hyoung Su Kim, Sung Su Han
  • Patent number: 11768558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising an analog signal processing circuit configured to receive a plurality of sensing signals having different frequencies from touch electrodes; and a digital signal processing circuit configured to receive output data of the analog signal processing circuit and perform a discrete Fourier transform. In addition, the present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising the digital signal processing circuit of the touch sensing circuit that separates the plurality of sensing signals through the discrete Fourier transform and allowing a simultaneous sensing of a finger touch and a stylus pen touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Tae Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Yeon Ju Yu
  • Patent number: 11763729
    Abstract: A method includes: obtaining a first frame synchronization signal, period between a trailing edge of a first pulse and a leading edge of a next first pulse being first time period corresponding to a first integer number of pulses of a first pixel clock signal; generating a synchronization calibration signal, a triggering edge of the second pulse being delayed compared to a trailing edge of a first pulse; generating a second frame synchronization signal, period between a triggering edge of the second pulse and a leading edge of a third pulse being second time period. When ratio of frequency of the second pixel clock signal to frequency of the first pixel clock signal is within threshold range, the second time period corresponds to a second integer number of pulses of the second pixel clock signal. The second integer is integer value of product of the first integer and ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xitong Ma, Lihua Geng, Congrui Wu
  • Patent number: 11755128
    Abstract: A stylus input device can allow a user to interface with an external electronic device. The stylus can provide an additional or alternative input to the external electronic device in response to a user applying a compressive force to the device housing. The stylus can include multiple sensors to provide a signal in response to the compressive force applied to the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alex J. Lehmann, Qiliang Xu, Blake R. Marshall, Nathaniel M. Parnell, Wesley W. Zuber, Henry N. Tsao, Xiaofan Niu, Pavan Gupta, Nahid Harjee, Paul X. Wang, Brenton A. Baugh
  • Patent number: 11749217
    Abstract: A light-emitting substrate includes a base and a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the base. A light-emitting unit includes a driving voltage terminal, and a main driver chip pad group, a plurality of main light-emitting element pad groups connected in series and at least one spare light-emitting element pad group. Both ends of the plurality of main light-emitting element pad groups are coupled to the driving voltage terminal and the main driver chip pad group. Each spare light-emitting element pad group is connected in parallel with one of the plurality of main light-emitting element pad groups to constitute a pad unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyu Zhang, Min He, Tengfei Zhong, Xiaodong Xie, Xinxiu Zhang, Xue Zhao, Huayu Sang
  • Patent number: 11747924
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel with a light emitting area from which a light exits and an input sensor disposed on the display panel. The input sensor includes a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer and provided with a diffraction grating defined therein to correspond to the light emitting area, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and connected to the first conductive layer. The first insulating layer includes an organic layer covering the first conductive layer and an inorganic layer disposed on the organic layer. The organic layer and the inorganic layer include a plurality of holes defined therein to define the diffraction grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungi Kim, Jaehun Lee, Bogeon Jeon, Yang-Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11735081
    Abstract: An intelligent display assembly includes a display and a microcontroller. The display is mounted to a CNC machine and provided with a light emitting module and a display module opposite to the light emitting module. The microcontroller is electrically connected with the CNC machine and the display, such that the microcontroller receives an operating status signal outputted by the CNC machine, and according to the operating status signal, the microcontroller controls the light emitting module to emit light and controls the display module to display processing information, such as processing time, processing quantity, waiting time, and failure time. This allows operators to grasp the processing information in real time and improve management efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GRAIN ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lu-Chia Liao, Chun-Yu Liao, Chun-Chun Liao
  • Patent number: 11726593
    Abstract: A touch panel and a touch display device with the same are disclosed. A touch panel is disclosed in which at least one layer of a first insulating layer is disposed on the display panel, first touch electrodes are disposed on the first insulating layer, at least one second insulating layer is disposed on a first touch electrode, second touch electrodes are disposed on the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer is disposed on the second insulating layer on which the second touch electrodes are disposed, each of the first touch electrodes and each of the second touch electrodes overlap each other, and a refractive index of at least one of the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer is different from that of the other insulating layers, thereby improving the visibility of the touch display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: MinSuk Kong, Doman Kim, Younggyu Moon
  • Patent number: 11727848
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a panel driver configured to receive input data, and to drive the display panel based on the input data. The panel driver includes a partial still image detector configured to detect a still image data portion in the input data by determining whether at least a portion of the input data represents a still image, and a command decoder configured to extract command data from the input data by decoding the still image data portion in which the command data are encoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Dong-Wook Choi, Se Ja Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 11687193
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device, including a display area and a non-display area on at least one side of the display area; and a plurality of touch signal lines in the display area as well as a plurality of groups of touch selection circuits, a plurality of groups of load compensation circuits and a plurality of touch pads in the non-display area. The load compensation circuits are connected with the touch selection circuits, one group of touch selection circuits is electrically connected with one touch pad and at least two touch signal lines, and one group of load compensation circuits and one group of touch selection circuits connected with each other are electrically connected with one same touch signal line, and are arranged side by side in a vertical direction of the touch signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixiang Fang, Liangliang Zheng, Guanglei Yang, Xuxu Hu, Peng Ding, Meng Wang
  • Patent number: 11687168
    Abstract: In a case where an input field is selected, an information processing apparatus determines whether a remote operation is being performed, and based on a state of the remote operation, the information processing apparatus displays or hides a software keyboard of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11675463
    Abstract: [Object] To allow a pen to properly receive an uplink signal even if there is dullness in a waveform of the uplink signal. [Solution] Provided is an invention of a method of transmitting transmission data from a sensor controller 31 that detects a pen 2 to a pen through a sensor electrode group 30. The pen 2 includes a pen tip electrode arranged near a pen tip, an analog circuit that detects edges of a signal led to the pen tip electrode, and a digital circuit that performs a correlation operation of an output signal of the analog circuit and known patterns to detect transmission data. The sensor controller 31 generates a pulse signal representing the transmission data and transmits the pulse signal, by using a main signal and a sub signal of the pulse signal so as to enhance the edges, thereby transmitting the transmission data through the sensor electrode group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Koike, Haruhiko Hisano
  • Patent number: 11644915
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided in which a nanostructure are provided. The nanostructure, a first conversion portion and a third conversion portion of a color filter are positioned to overlap each other in a non-light emitting region, thereby reducing external light reflection and being capable of omitting a black matrix patterning process due to the absence of a black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungcheol Shin, GiSang Hong, KyoungJin Nam