Patents Examined by Sepehr Azari
  • Patent number: 11978395
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a display substrate, a plurality rows of first pixel driving circuits, a plurality rows of second pixel driving circuits, and a plurality of first reset signal lines; the plurality of reset signal lines comprises a plurality of first reset signal lines and a plurality of second reset signal lines, each of the first reset signal lines is only electrically connected to one row of the first pixel driving circuits; each of the second reset signal lines is electrically connected to one row of the first pixel driving circuits and at least one row of the second pixel driving circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 11967280
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a data line and a gate line; a data driver configured to apply a data voltage to the data line for an active period and to apply a parking voltage to the data line for a blank period for which the data voltage is not applied; a gate driver for applying a scan signal to the gate line; a light-emission signal generator for applying a light-emission signal to the plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to operate the display device based on a plurality of bands, wherein the plurality of bands have different highest target luminance levels based on operating environments of the display device, wherein in at least one of the plurality of bands, a duty ratio of the light-emission signal is smaller than a duty ratio of the parking voltage. Thus, parking voltage mura is reduced and uniformity of the display panel is improved to improve image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunkyo Lim, Dongsup Sim
  • Patent number: 11967608
    Abstract: Provided is a pixel integrate scanning (PIS) distributed type automatic power-saving electronic display board, which histogram-equalizes a reference value of color values of an initial image signal on the basis of image pulses along with the drive control for easily implementing a high-definition image to set the value of a current (If) supplied to and flowing through the LED, and allows the gain controller to compare the set current value with a difference between the image reference value of the gamma controller and the correction value of the histogram-equalized image and determine a change in a subtraction loss value based on the power consumption difference of a display image in consideration of image quality change, brightness, and image size to designate a current value for display on the electronic display board and transmit corresponding image information so that the power-saving operation of the LED module is automatically performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DONGBANG DATA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Young-Jae Ha, Seong Jun Ha, Hyun Jun Ha
  • Patent number: 11954395
    Abstract: A modular display apparatus is provided. The modular display apparatus includes a plurality of display apparatuses, each of which includes a plurality of pixels; a storage configured to store a plurality of gain sets, each of which includes gain values respectively corresponding to a plurality of power loads; and a processor configured to: identify a gain set from among the plurality of gain sets based on a resolution of the modular display apparatus; transmit the gain set to the plurality of display apparatuses; receive a plurality of gain values which respectively correspond to power loads for the plurality of display apparatuses to display an image from the plurality of display apparatuses; and transmit a gain value from among the plurality of gain values to the plurality of display apparatuses. Each of the plurality of display apparatuses is configured to display the image by driving a plurality of light-emitting devices of the plurality of pixels based on the gain value received from the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joohyun Lee, Junhyung Shin, Jiyong Park, Seongkoo Cheong
  • Patent number: 11955070
    Abstract: A first driver circuit is configured to cooperate with a second driver circuit to control a display panel, wherein the first driver circuit is configured to output display data to a first area of the display panel and the second driver circuit is configured to output display data to a second area of the display panel. A method used for the first driver circuit includes outputting at least one emission control signal to control the second area of the display panel when the second driver circuit is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kun-Zheng Lin, Chang-Hung Chen, Wei-Chieh Lin, Po-Sheng Liao
  • Patent number: 11955092
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensing circuit and a controller which selects a pixel row in a frame period. A vertical blank period of the frame period includes a sensing time in which the sensing circuit performs a sensing operation for the selected pixel row. The sensing circuit measures a first source voltage of a driving transistor of a pixel in the selected pixel row at a first time point of the sensing time, and measures a second source voltage of the driving transistor at a second time point of the sensing time. The controller calculates a threshold voltage parameter and a mobility parameter based on the first and second source voltages, predicts a saturated source voltage of the driving transistor based on the threshold voltage parameter and the mobility parameter, and calculates a threshold voltage of the driving transistor based on the saturated source voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeonkyoo Kim, Soo Yeon Lee, Manseung Cho, Kyeong Soo Kang, Junhee Moon, Bonghyun You, Jin Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11942017
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a data driver that converts input data into a data signal and supplies the data signal to an output line, a pixel unit including pixels that display an image based on the data signal, a demultiplexer including transistors electrically connected to the output line in the display panel, and transmitting the data signal from the output line to data lines electrically connected to the pixels, and a timing controller that supplies control signals to control a supply timing of the data signal. A number of the transistors are electrically connected in series, and others of the transistors are electrically connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Yong Jang, Bon Yong Koo, Sun Hwa Lee, Su Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11929039
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel having a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a plurality of sub pixels having different colors, a data driver to supply a data voltage to the plurality of pixels via a plurality of data lines, and a gate driver to supply a gate signal to the plurality of pixels via a plurality of gate lines. Also, the plurality of sub pixels are sequentially disposed in a same column, each of the plurality of data lines is divided into two sub data lines, and the two sub data lines are disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of sub pixels disposed in the same column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeungHwan Shin, WonHo Lee, YoungMin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11928253
    Abstract: A virtual space control system including: a plurality of user terminals; and a management apparatus configured to manage a virtual space in which virtual persons who operate in accordance with motions of users who are using the respective user terminals are located, in which each of the user terminals acquires information regarding a motion of the user who is using this user terminal and a surrounding environment of the user, determines, based on the acquired information, a mode of expressing a virtual person corresponding to a user who is using this user terminal in the virtual space, and displays the virtual space managed by the management apparatus on a monitor, and the management apparatus locates virtual persons who correspond to users who are using the respective user terminals expressed using the expression modes determined by the respective user terminals in the virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuro Hori
  • Patent number: 11929033
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed by the present disclosure. The display device includes: a display panel having a plurality of sub-pixels, the sub-pixels being connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines; and a gate driver for supplying a scan signal at a high level to the plurality of scan lines. The gate driver may include: a first gate driver for outputting a carry signal at a low level; a second gate driver for outputting the scan signal at the high level based on the carry signal; a first clock signal line connected to the first and the second gate driver; and a second clock signal line connected to the first and the second gate driver. Accordingly, the gate driver can generate a high-level scan signal based on the low-level carry signal from the first gate driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehwi Kim, Soonsung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11908418
    Abstract: A the display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in rows and columns; one scan line disposed in each of the rows of the plurality of sub-pixels; two data lines are disposed in each of the columns of the plurality of sub-pixels; a first multiplexer configured to select a data line at one side among the two data lines disposed in each column; and a second multiplexer configured to select a data line at another side among the two data lines disposed in each column that can be operated at a high speed using a 2D1G structure as well as at a low speed in an interlace scheme, thus securing 2H sensing time and removing flickering during switching between operations of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minjic Lee, Yeseul Han, Jeongok Jo, Kwanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11881180
    Abstract: A light-emitting display device includes a display panel including a high-potential power voltage line and a low-potential power voltage line and provided with a plurality of pixels each including a driving transistor and an organic light-emitting diode, a timing controller configured to generate N (N being a natural number) sensing images depending on a size of accumulated image data by accumulating image data for each pixel, and to display the display panel of data of at least one sensing image of the N sensing images on the display panel and to obtain an amount of degradation of organic light-emitting diodes in a sensing mode, and a degradation sensing unit configured to estimate the amount of degradation of the organic light-emitting diodes by sensing an electrical physical quantity for each panel or for each region in a panel in a state in which the at least one sensing image is displayed on the display panel, and to provide the amount of degradation of the organic light-emitting diodes to the timing con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ha Zoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11881181
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first active pattern, a first gate electrode, a second active pattern, a second gate electrode, a first connecting pattern, and a second connecting pattern. The first connecting pattern is disposed on the second active pattern and is electrically connected to the first gate electrode, and the second connecting pattern is disposed on the first connecting pattern and is electrically connected to the first connecting pattern and the second active pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Seon Lee, Jin Sung An, Seok Je Seong, Seong Jun Lee, Se Wan Son
  • Patent number: 11875726
    Abstract: A drive circuit for a display panel, including a generation module, an output module and a switch control module. The output module is in electric connection with the generation module and the switch control module. The output module is configured to output a generation signal to a gate driver according to a switch control signal. The output module is further configured to output a first clock signal and a second clock signal to the gate driver according to the switch control signal. The refresh rate of the display panel can be changed in real time, and the power consumption of the display panel having high refresh rate is reduced; meanwhile, the signals outputted by the output module can be continuous, so as to improve the display effect of the display panel and prolong the service life of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Tingting Shen, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11869422
    Abstract: A display device, includes: a display area and a non-display area; a plurality of signal lines over the display area; and a plurality of connection lines in the display area and connected to the signal lines, wherein the plurality of connection lines includes a plurality of first connection lines connected to the signal lines, respectively, a plurality of third connection lines on a same layer as the first connection lines, and a plurality of second connection lines connecting the first connection lines to the third connection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Cho, Jong Hyun Choi, Ju Chan Park, Seung Min Song, Min Seong Yi
  • Patent number: 11870928
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus may include: a mounting part on which a part of an external electronic apparatus is mounted; a film part connected to the mounting part; a near field wireless communication module; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: detect a mounting state of the external electronic apparatus; determine whether the mounted external electronic apparatus is an apparatus supporting a holographic mode; and on the basis of the determined result, control to transmit a transmission signal to the external electronic apparatus by using the near field wireless communication module so that the external electronic apparatus outputs a hologram content by using at least a part of a display of the external electronic apparatus, and the hologram content output by the external electronic apparatus can be projected on the film part. Various other embodiments may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonkyu Sung, Bonghak Choi, Dongjin Lee, Hanchul Jung
  • Patent number: 11862104
    Abstract: A gate driver may include: a controller to charge and discharge a first control node that pulls up an output voltage and a second control node that pulls down the output voltage; a first output unit having a first pull-up transistor to apply a gate high voltage to an output node in response to a charging voltage of the first control node, and a first pull-down transistor to apply a gate low voltage to the output node in response to a charging voltage of the second control node; and a switch unit to change a current path between a first output node and a first power line to which a high potential voltage is applied or a second power line to which a first clock signal is applied according to a carry signal transmitted from a previous signal transmission unit and a voltage level of the second control node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Ho Heo, Hun Ki Shin
  • Patent number: 11854501
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight driving circuit including a power supply module and a current adjustment module. The current adjustment module detects the brightness of the first light-emitting columns and/or the second light-emitting columns to obtain detection current, and compares the detection current with a mode switching current. The current adjustment module controls one first light-emitting column and one second light-emitting column to connect with one first wire simultaneously, or controls one first light-emitting column to connect with one second connecting wire and controls one second light-emitting column to connect with another second connecting wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: MIANYANG HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Guofei Ji, Dalei Zhang, Haoxuan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11842696
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a current sensor connected to the display panel, a controller including a gray-data voltage storing block, a block load gain extracting block, a block load generating block, a final load generating block, a current control block and a data correction block, and a data driver providing data voltages to the plurality of pixels based on the output image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Jang-Hoon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11842690
    Abstract: Provided is a scan driver of a display device, and the scan driver includes a driving circuit and a masking circuit. The driving circuit includes a control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit. The control circuit outputs a first control signal and a second control signal. The first output circuit is connected to a first output terminal which outputs a first scan signal and a first voltage terminal and operates in response to a first control signal. The second output circuit is connected to a first output terminal and a second voltage terminal and operates in response to a second control signal. The masking circuit outputs a second scan signal to a second output terminal in response to the first control signal and the second control signal and is connected to an input terminal to which a masking signal is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Hui Nam, Bonghyun You, Changnoh Yoon, Jaekeun Lim