Patents Examined by Sardis F Azongha
  • Patent number: 11581383
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a base substrate, and a plurality of pixel units located on the base substrate; each pixel unit at least includes a driving transistor and a light-emitting device; the array substrate further includes: a shielding layer located between a layer where a gate of a driving transistor in each of the pixel units is located and a layer where a first electrode of the light-emitting device is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Wang, Libin Liu
  • Patent number: 11574605
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display disposed on a first glass substrate; a second display disposed on a second glass substrate adjacent to the first glass substrate; and a first organic layer connecting the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, wherein each of the first display and the second display includes a plurality of first gate lines disposed in a first direction, a plurality of first data lines disposed in a second direction crossing the first direction, and first subpixels defined by the plurality of first gate lines and the plurality of first data lines which cross each other, and wherein first wirings electrically connecting the first subpixels of the first display and the first subpixels of the second display are disposed on the first organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Han Paek, Kyung Jae Yoon
  • Patent number: 11567617
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, an input sensor having an active area having a plurality of electrodes disposed therein and at least a portion of which overlaps the display area, and a non-active area which overlaps the non-display area. The active area has a central area and a peripheral area disposed outward from the central area. The plurality of electrodes include center electrodes which are disposed in the central area and peripheral electrodes which are disposed in the peripheral area and have a surface area less than that of the center electrodes. Each of the center electrodes includes a sensing pattern and a floating pattern, and each of the peripheral electrodes includes substantially only the sensing pattern. Thus, an embodiment of the inventive concept may provide the display apparatus that includes an input sensor having improved sensitivity in a peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changho Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Hyeyun Han, Gyeongnam Bang
  • Patent number: 11569336
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a display area and a pad area; a pad portion in the pad area and comprising a plurality of pad terminals; a driving circuit portion in which a plurality of driving terminals are respectively electrically connected to the plurality of pad terminals; and a displacement preventing portion comprising a first displacement preventing portion between the plurality of pad terminals and a second displacement preventing portion between the plurality of driving terminals and coupled to the first displacement preventing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Euijeong Kang, Seungsoo Ryu, Sijoon Song
  • Patent number: 11561596
    Abstract: A device with a touch-sensitive display and a battery can determine a battery level of the battery, and in accordance with a determination that the battery level is at or below a first threshold value, cause a haptic output and/or enter a low-power mode. While in low-power mode, the device may produce different outputs in response to user inputs than while in a normal power mode. In some embodiments, while in the low-power mode, the device may display only the time and an indication that the device is in a low-power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David Chance Graham, Imran Chaudhri, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Jonathan P. Ive, Kevin Lynch, Christopher Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 11563073
    Abstract: Disclosed are an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, a display device and a pixel driving circuit. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; and a wiring layer and an effective light-emitting layer formed and stacked on the base substrate sequentially, wherein the wiring layer includes a first wiring and a second wiring, an orthographic projection of the first wiring on the base substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the effective light-emitting layer on the base substrate to form a first overlapping area, an orthographic projection of the second wring on the base substrate overlaps the orthographic projection of the effective light-emitting layer on the base substrate to form a second overlapping area, and the first overlapping area and the second overlapping area are respectively located on both sides of a central line of the orthographic projection of the effective light-emitting layer on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Sen Du, Tianyi Cheng, Tiaomei Zhang, Yao Huang, Tingliang Liu
  • Patent number: 11556194
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a light emitting element and a terminal on a substrate, forming a sealing film including a first inorganic insulating film and a second inorganic insulating film to cover the light emitting element and the terminal, forming a resist having a taper shape in which a thickness of an end portion on the sealing film becomes thinner as it goes to the terminal side by using a gray-tone mask, forming a taper shape in which thicknesses in end portions of the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film becomes thinner as it goes to the terminal side by etching, forming a touch electrode above the sealing film and forming wiring connected to the terminal via the end portions together with connecting to the touch electrode for detecting a touched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yuko Matsumoto, Hajime Akimoto, Mitsuhide Miyamoto, Yusuke Tada
  • Patent number: 11556198
    Abstract: An input sensing unit includes a plurality of first electrodes which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisu Na, Kwang-Min Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11552281
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes providing a panel substrate including a panel area, a peripheral area, and a dummy pattern disposed at a boundary between the panel area and the peripheral area. A protection part is disposed on the panel substrate. A first processing line overlaps a first outline of the panel area extending from a first point of an outline of the panel area. A second processing line overlaps a second outline extending from the first point in a direction different from the first outline are defined. The protection part is partially cut along the first processing line. The protection part is fully cut along the second processing line. The dummy pattern overlaps the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangmin Lee, Jong-Duk Roh
  • Patent number: 11539029
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a bending area adjacent to the display area, a conductive layer disposed on the substrate in the bending area, where the conductive layer is configured to transmit driving signals from a driving circuit to a display unit, and a bending protective layer disposed on the conductive layer in the bending area. The bending protective layer includes conductive particles. In the case of a crack in the conductive layer, the conductive particles within the bending protective layer may freely move and fill into the conductive layer, preventing a decrease in display performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aely Oh, Byoung Dae Ye, Junwoo You
  • Patent number: 11532276
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area, the display apparatus includes: a substrate; an auxiliary sub-pixel arranged in the component area on the substrate; an auxiliary pixel circuit arranged in the peripheral area on the substrate; a connection line connecting the auxiliary sub-pixel to the auxiliary pixel circuit; an auxiliary scan line arranged in the peripheral area on the substrate and connected to the auxiliary pixel circuit; and an auxiliary scan driving circuit arranged in the peripheral area on the substrate and configured to output a scan signal to the auxiliary pixel circuit through the auxiliary scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Junki Jeong, Seonyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 11532690
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel drive circuit units, n first signal lines, a touch layer, and a light emitting element. A distance between first extending portions of two adjacent first signal lines is greater than a distance between first bending portions of the two adjacent first signal lines. An orthogonal projection overlap area between the first connecting portion and first extending portions of the n first signal lines is S1, and an orthogonal projection overlap area between the first connecting portion and first bending portions of the n first signal lines is S2. S1?S2. A length of a first extending portion of at least one first signal line is L1, a distance between the first extending portion of at least one first signal line and the second electrode is H1, and H1?(S1/n)/L1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lang Liu, Jingquan Wang, Chen Xu
  • Patent number: 11532274
    Abstract: A driving backplane includes: a base, and first, second and third insulating layers, pixel driving circuits, data lines and first power supply voltage lines that are disposed on the base. The pixel driving circuit is electrically connected to a data line and a first power supply voltage line. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, and a first conductive pattern located on a side, away from the base, of a gate of the driving transistor and a gate of the first switching transistor. The first conductive pattern is electrically connected to the gate of the driving transistor through a first via, and to a second electrode of the first switching transistor through a second via. An orthogonal projection of the first conductive pattern on the base is located within an orthogonal projection of the first power supply voltage line on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tian Dong, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 11526222
    Abstract: A foldable display screen and an assembling method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The foldable display screen includes: a display panel; a touch sensing panel, located on a side of the display panel; a first optical adhesive layer, located on a side of the touch sensing panel away from the display panel; and a second optical adhesive layer, located between the display panel and the touch sensing panel; a thickness of the first optical adhesive layer and a thickness of the second optical adhesive layer are both 20 ?m to 200 ?m; and at a working temperature, an elastic modulus of the first optical adhesive layer and an elastic modulus of the second optical adhesive layer are both less than 1 Mpa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao Li, Shiming Shi
  • Patent number: 11522021
    Abstract: A display panel is provided, and includes an array metal layer to form lines for transmitting a display signal to a display region, and a touch metal layer to form lines for transmitting a touch signal to a plurality of touch units. At least one touch signal interconnection region connects the lines of the array metal layer with the lines of the touch metal layer, so that a single touch and drive integrated chip can be used to process the display signal and the touch signal. Display noise caused by separation of a display chip and a touch chip in an original system architecture is thus avoided, and the number of components and the overall cost are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shijuan Yi
  • Patent number: 11515383
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate comprising an active area and a non-active area a first data conductive layer disposed on the substrate and including signal wires connected to pixels, a first insulating layer disposed on the first data conductive layer, a second data conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a connection wire connected to some of the signal wires and dummy wiring patterns disconnected the signal wires, a second insulating layer disposed on the second data conductive layer and a pixel electrode disposed on the second insulating layer. The dummy wiring patterns are separated from one another at a disconnection, the second insulating layer includes a second portion disposed on the disconnection and a third portion disposed on at least a portion of the connection wire, and thicknesses thereof are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Son, Seung Hwan Cho, Dong Won Kim, Min Yeul Ryu, Ki Ho Bang, Nak Cho Choi
  • Patent number: 11507188
    Abstract: A haptic keyboard of an information handling system may comprise a coversheet to identify an extended action key of the haptic keyboard, a support layer, a contact foil, and piezoelectric elements placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at the extended action key and generate an electric actuation signal. A controller may receive the electric actuation signal from a piezoelectric element placed under the mechanical stress, via the contact foil, and determine the level of mechanical stress applied to the piezoelectric element from the electric actuation signal to select an alphanumeric character from a plurality of alphanumeric characters based on the mechanical stress level applied to the extended action key and provide a response haptic feedback control signal to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Michiel Knoppert, Priyank Gajiwala, Thomas M. Hinskens, Frank van Valkenhoef, Samuel Broadbent
  • Patent number: 11501742
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device for maximizing the possibility that an after image is formed in a rollable display, including a housing, a guide bar accommodated in the housing and configured to rotate, a display configured to be drawn out from the housing along with rotation of the guide bar and to be retracted into the housing, and a controller configured to display the display content in a region of the display, which is drawn out from the housing, in which a draw-out length of the display that is partially drawn out from the housing is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Beduero Hong
  • Patent number: 11500418
    Abstract: Disclosed is a head-mounted display device, including a main body portion with an ocular lens, and further including an adjustment assembly which is connected to the main body portion and is used for adjusting a positional relationship with respect to the main body portion, wherein the adjustment assembly includes a shielding portion; when the adjustment assembly is in a first operating state, the shielding portion is away from the main body portion for realizing a wearing function; and when the adjustment assembly is in a second operating state, the shielding portion is close to the main body portion for shielding the ocular lens, thereby realizing convenient and quick storage and safekeeping, and facilitating the prolonging of the service life of the head-mounted display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Xiaocheng Chi, Yuanjing Zheng, Dong Liang
  • Patent number: 11495656
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate to form a plurality of columns parallel to a first direction and a plurality of rows parallel to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting element, and a driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting element, the substrate includes a transistor region in which a plurality of transistors that form the driving circuit are arranged, the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, which are adjacent to each other in the first direction, and a virtual line parallel to the second direction, which passes through the transistor region of the first pixel, passes through the transistor region of the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Akiyama, Hiromasa Tsuboi