Patents Examined by Patrick F Marinelli
  • Patent number: 11211027
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a driving circuit of a display panel. The driving circuit may include a turn-on voltage adjusting circuit. The turn-on voltage adjusting circuit may include a control subcircuit and a switching and voltage division subcircuit. The switching and voltage division subcircuit may include a switching subcircuit and a basic voltage division subcircuit. The switching subcircuit may be configured to perform voltage division of a signal outputted by the output terminal of the control subcircuit to form a voltage division feedback signal of the corresponding resolution under control of the control signal and output the voltage division feedback signal to the voltage division feedback node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangliang Shang, Liugang Zhou, Haoliang Zheng, Yaoqiu Jing, Mingfu Han, Seungwoo Han
  • Patent number: 11205387
    Abstract: A display device that can be easily and more flexibly designed is provided. The display device includes a pixel circuit and a driver circuit in a display portion. The driver circuit includes a plurality of pulse output circuits. Each of the plurality of pulse output circuits has a function of driving a gate line. The pixel circuit is electrically connected to the gate line. Each of the plurality of pulse output circuits includes a first transistor. The pixel circuit includes a second transistor. A layer including the second transistor is over a layer including the first transistor, and the first transistor and the second transistor overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetomo Kobayashi, Kouhei Toyotaka
  • Patent number: 11200399
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a driving method of a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a sub-pixel array located on the substrate, and at least one fingerprint identification unit group; each of the at least one fingerprint identification unit group includes a first fingerprint identification unit and a second fingerprint identification unit; the first fingerprint identification unit, which is in the fingerprint identification unit group to which the second fingerprint identification unit belongs, is electrically connected to the pixel circuit of at least one sub-pixel which is peripheral to the second fingerprint identification unit; the first fingerprint identification unit is configured to adjust, in a first fingerprint identification phase, the at least one sub-pixel electrically connected to the first fingerprint identification unit from a first luminance to a second luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Yang, Bozhi Liu, Xiai Xu, Guozhao Chen
  • Patent number: 11194187
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate, display units, a dummy display unit, and a sealing element. The first display substrate includes a first base substrate including display, peripheral and intermediate areas, and a pixel circuit overlapping with the display area. The second display substrate includes a second base substrate spaced apart from the first base substrate. The display units overlap with the display area, between the first and second base substrates. Each of the display units includes a liquid crystal layer, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode connected to the pixel circuit. The dummy display unit overlaps with the intermediate area, between the first and second base substrates, and includes first and second dummy electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-hwan Bae, Seungki Song, Chansol Yoo
  • Patent number: 11189226
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes a gain provider for gradually decreasing a gain value from a first time when a first period elapses from a time at which an enable signal is generated, and a plurality of pixels for receiving data voltages determined by the gain value and the input grayscale values. The gain provider determines a length of the first period according to a first load value based on the input grayscale values at the time at which the enable signal is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Patent number: 11181745
    Abstract: A change amount of illuminance of a luminescent color by a light-emitting element is acquired, and based on the change amount acquired for each luminescent color, drive power to be supplied to the light-emitting element of each luminescent color is calculated in order to reduce the change amount. In addition, light emission of each light-emitting element of each luminescent color is controlled with the calculated drive power to control display of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Amano
  • Patent number: 11181972
    Abstract: A user can intuitively manipulate an object in a virtual reality space while the amount of computation necessary to realize the manipulation is suppressed. An image processing apparatus acquires a manipulation indicating bending of a finger of a hand, detects a contact between the finger and an object in a virtual space, selects, on the basis of an amount of the manipulation indicating the bending of the finger of the hand after the detection of the contact between the object and the finger, whether to set a constraint condition for fixing a relative position between the object and the hand to which the finger belongs or exert a frictional force between the object and the finger, computes a motion of the object on the basis of the selection, and draws the object whose motion is computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Matsuike
  • Patent number: 11175719
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a processor includes: a graphics processor to execute a workload; and a power controller coupled to the graphics processor. The power controller may include a voltage ramp circuit to receive a request for the graphics processor to operate at a first performance state having a first operating voltage and a first operating frequency and cause an output voltage of a voltage regulator to increase to the first operating voltage. The voltage ramp circuit may be configured to enable the graphics processor to execute the workload at an interim performance state having an interim operating voltage and an interim operating frequency when the output voltage reaches a minimum operating voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Altug Koker, Abhishek R. Appu, Bhushan M. Borole, Wenyin Fu, Kamal Sinha, Joydeep Ray
  • Patent number: 11175762
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Porter Hotelling, Wei Chen, Christoph Horst Krah, John Greer Elias, Wei Hsin Yao, Andrew Bert Hodge, Brian Richards Land, Willem den Boer, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 11150725
    Abstract: Augmented reality headgear includes transparent displays that allow a user to simultaneously view the real world and virtual content positioned in the real world and further includes at least one source of coherent light and at least one sensor array for sensing, at a series of times, speckle patterns produced when the coherent light impinges environment surfaces. Circuitry is provided for sensing shifts in the speckle pattern and determining motion which caused the shift of the speckle pattern and adjusting the display of virtual objects displayed by the augmented reality headgear to compensate for the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Asif Sinay, Barak Freedman
  • Patent number: 11145247
    Abstract: A display module Gamma correction method includes: obtaining corrected Gamma register values corresponding to binding points of a grayscale by correcting register values of s binding points selected from a set of m binding points of the grayscale based on a group of initial Gamma register values that correspond to the m binding points and a target Gamma curve; selecting, from x sets of alternate Gamma register values wherein each set corresponds to m binding points and the initial Gamma register values, a set of Gamma register values used for Gamma correction of the display module(s) as reference register values; and; and correcting register values of remaining m?s binding points based on the reference Gamma register values and the target Gamma curve to obtain a set of target Gamma register values corresponding to the m binding points, wherein s, m and x are all integers greater than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xue Jiang, Wei He, Zhiyong Yang, Jing Wang, Liwei Huang, Xiaohong Chen, Lihong Wu
  • Patent number: 11138406
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of determining that a finger is in stable contact with a surface covering a sensor area of a fingerprint sensor. The method comprises, by means of the fingerprint sensor, acquiring a time-sequence of images of the fingerprint of the received finger. The method also comprises, for each image of the time-sequence, dividing an image area of the image, corresponding to the sensor area of the fingerprint sensor, into a plurality of image regions (r), said regions partly overlapping each other and covering the whole image area. The method also comprises, based on image analysis of each of the plurality of image regions of each image of the time-sequence, determining that the finger is in stable contact with the surface covering the sensor area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FINGERPRINT CARDS AB
    Inventor: Troels Bjerre
  • Patent number: 11127328
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a bar screen control circuitry, a bar screen display system and the method for controlling the bar screen. The bar screen control circuitry comprises a power supply control circuitry and a processor electrically connected with each other; the power control circuitry is configured to: determine whether a current time reaches a preset starting time, and control a bar screen external to the bar screen control circuitry to enter a first working state when the current time reaches the preset starting time; obtain a closing control signal sent by the processor in response to a preset closing time, and control the bar screen to enter a closed state according to the closing control signal; and the processor is configured to: determine whether the current time reaches the closing time, and send the closing control signal to the power supply control circuitry when the current time reaches the closing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Rao, Kejun Hu, Zhiguo Zhang, Xiaohong Wang, Xin Li, Shu Wang, Xinxin Yang
  • Patent number: 11126817
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include a display, a touch sensor operatively coupled with the display, and a fingerprint sensor disposed below the display and operatively coupled with the touch sensor. The fingerprint sensor may be configured to obtain at least one image for calibrating a fingerprint image, receive a signal indicating detection of a touch input from the touch sensor while obtaining the at least one image, and cease to obtain the at least one image, based on the reception of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taeho Kim, Yangsoo Lee, Hosang Lee, Dasom Lee
  • Patent number: 11126812
    Abstract: The invention provides a fingerprint sensor including a sensing array. The sensing array includes a plurality of sensing units to form a plurality of sensing regions arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of sensing regions includes at least one column of sensing units. A first part of the plurality of sensing regions receives a power signal to perform fingerprint sensing. A second part of the plurality of sensing regions does not receive a power signal. Therefore, the fingerprint sensor of the invention can provide a fast and energy-saving large-area fingerprint sensing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Egis Technology Inc., Igistec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Ho Hung, Chung-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 11126816
    Abstract: A display device and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a pressure sensor, a skin texture sensor, and a controller. The skin texture sensor and the pressure sensor are respectively coupled to the controller; the pressure sensor is configured to detect a pressing action on a display side of the display panel; the skin texture sensor is configured to detect a skin texture image of a user touching the display side of the display panel; and the controller is configured to awaken the skin texture sensor when the pressure sensor detects the pressing action. The display device reduces power consumption of the fingerprint detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianbo Fu, Hailong Wu, Yi Dan, Xing Dong, Yanlin Han, Jiandong Guo
  • Patent number: 11127356
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for compensating brightness unevenness of a display device. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a display device includes a display screen, a data driving circuit, and a mainboard. The method for compensating brightness unevenness according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes obtaining, by the data driving circuit, first brightness compensation data from the mainboard. Then, the data driving circuit adjusts image data according to the first brightness compensation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qifeng Li, Chuanyan Lan, Yong Yu
  • Patent number: 11114027
    Abstract: The present application discloses a pixel circuit, including a data-input sub-circuit configured to apply a data voltage from the data line to a first node; a reset sub-circuit configured to reset the second node; a driving-control sub-circuit coupled to a first power supply, the first node, and the second node; a power-storage sub-circuit configured to regulate a voltage difference between the first node and the second node; a light-emitting device coupled to the second node and a second power supply; and a sampling sub-circuit coupled to the data line and the second node and being configured to control the data line to connect with the second node for collecting a voltage signal containing information about electrical properties of the driving-control sub-circuit and being used to generating a compensation voltage for compensating any drifts of the electrical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Can Yuan, Yongqian Li, Pan Xu, Zhidong Yuan, Zhenfei Cai
  • Patent number: 11106884
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a fingerprint identification component, a fingerprint identification method and a fingerprint identification device. the fingerprint identification component includes an ultrasonic wave transmission circuit and an ultrasonic wave reception circuit, the ultrasonic wave transmission circuit is configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave in a direction towards a fingerprint at an interval of a first time period in a detection phase; the ultrasonic wave reception circuit is configured to, in the detection phase, receive an ultrasonic wave reflected by the fingerprint, convert the ultrasonic wave into an electric signal, and output the electric signal to a signal reading line, in order for an external detection component to determine texture information of the fingerprint according to the electric signal in the signal reading line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Chihjen Cheng, Yanling Han, Xueyou Cao, Liguang Deng
  • Patent number: 11107387
    Abstract: A display component, a display device and a display control method are provided. The display component includes a plurality of sub-pixel units arranged in a matrix; a plurality of storage units, arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sub-pixel units, wherein, each sub-pixel unit is configured to display according to gray-scale data in a corresponding storage unit; and a control portion, in communication with the plurality of storage units, configured to execute at least one inter-transmission operation within one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingyun Shi, Xue Dong, Dong Chen, Wei Sun