Including Priming Means Patents (Class 345/215)
  • Patent number: 11950466
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus are provided. Multiple subpixels in the display substrate include first and second subpixels. Each subpixel includes a power signal line pattern and a light-emitting element. The power signal line pattern includes first and second power line portions. At least a part of the first power line portion extends in a second direction. The light-emitting element includes an anode pattern. In the display substrate, an overlap between the anode pattern of the first subpixel and the power signal line pattern is larger in area than an overlap between the anode pattern of the second subpixel and the power signal line pattern, an overlap between the anode pattern of the first subpixel and the first power line portion is larger in area than an overlap between the anode pattern of the first subpixel and the second power line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Yu, Haigang Qing, Tinghua Shang, Jie Dai, Lu Bai, Chenxing Wan, Yang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11875732
    Abstract: A screen saver controller includes a load calculator for generating load data of each of a plurality of panel blocks included in a display panel based on input image data, a life calculator for generating life data of each of the panel blocks based on a deterioration stress value accumulated in the display panel, a first logic circuit for receiving the load data and the life data, and generating operation data based on the load data and the life data and a second logic circuit for receiving the input image data and the operation data, and generating screen saver data based on the input image data and the operation data. The screen saver controller adjusts a luminance of the display panel based on the screen saver data when operating in a screen saver mode for performing a screen saver operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Sook Park, Ki Hyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 11864971
    Abstract: Methods and systems including: receiving one or more 2D images of a patient's face including a depiction of the patient's teeth in an initial arrangement; extracting teeth contours of the patient's teeth from within the mouth region of the one or more received 2D images of the patient's face; generating, using a neural network, a 2D rendering depicting a post-treatment arrangement of the patient's teeth based on the one or more received 2D images; generating a realistic composite 2D image depicting the patient's face with the 2D rendering depicting the post-treatment arrangement of the patient's teeth; and sending the realistic composite 2D image for display on a user interface of an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel Pokotilov, Dmitry Yurievich Chekh, Dmitriy Konstantinovich Ten, Samuel Blanco, David Patrick Lopes, Jason Ramos, Rene M. Sterental, Evgenii Vladimirovich Karnygin, Vladislav Andreevich Miryaha, Boris Aleksandrovich Vysokanov, Yury A. Brailov, Artem Kuanbekov
  • Patent number: 11869442
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device having an emission control driver are discussed. The display device can include a display panel to display an image through sub pixels, a scan driver to supply a second scan signal to each of second gate lines, and an emission control driver to supply an emission control signal to each of third gate lines and supply a first scan signal to each of first gate lines. Each emission control stage of the emission control driver can include an output buffer. The output buffer can output an emission control signal to an output line and output a first scan signal to a scan output line under control of a first control node, and output a high potential power supply voltage to the output line and output a low potential power supply voltage to the scan output line under control of a second control node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyelim Ji, Yeonkyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11854488
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a display panel and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving and compensation sub-circuit; a data writing sub-circuit; and a coupling capacitance. A ratio of a capacitance value of the coupling capacitance to the sum of the capacitance value of the coupling capacitance and the capacitance value of the storage capacitance is configured to be greater than a preset value. The preset value is determined based on the preset maximum luminance fluctuation of the display panel. In the present application, the luminance fluctuation is adjusted by adjusting the correlation relationship between the capacitance value of the coupling capacitance and the capacitance value of the storage capacitance. Thus, a new capacitance configuration is provided, the panel can be adjusted at a capacitance level, and a better display effect is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiufeng Zhou, Xin Yuan, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11758766
    Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element. A first scan line and a second scan line, are disposed in each of the pixels. A data line is disposed in each of the pixels. A power line is disposed in each of the pixels. A reference voltage line is disposed in each of the pixels. A first transistor controls a current of the light emitting element. A second transistor is connected between the data line and a first gate electrode of the first transistor. A third transistor is connected between the reference voltage line and a first electrode of the first transistor. A fourth transistor is connected between the power line and a second electrode of the first transistor. The fourth transistor may be a transistor of a type different from that of the first to third transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Hyun Joon Kim, Hae Min Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 11741892
    Abstract: Pixel circuit, display panel and display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving module, a data writing module, a first reset module, a threshold compensation module, light emitting control modules, a leakage suppression module, a storage capacitor, a first capacitor, and a light emitting module. A first terminal of the first reset module is electrically connected to a reference signal terminal. A first terminal of the threshold compensation module is electrically connected to a second terminal of the driving module. A control terminal of the driving module is electrically connected to a first node. A second terminal of the first reset module and a second terminal of the threshold compensation module are both electrically connected to the first node through the leakage suppression module. A connection node between the leakage suppression module and the second terminal of the first reset module is a second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Shuai Yang, Yue Li, Mengmeng Zhang, Gaojun Huang
  • Patent number: 11631378
    Abstract: Driving method of display panel, display panel, and display device are provided. The driving method includes a first-frequency driving mode and a second-frequency driving mode. A first frequency of the first-frequency driving mode is lower than a second frequency of the second-frequency driving mode. In the first-frequency driving mode, a frame time includes a scanning section and a front and rear porch section, and the scanning section and the front and rear porch section are operated in sequence. In the scanning section, sub-pixels of the display panel are scanned, and in the front and rear porch section, the sub-pixels of the display panel are not scanned. The display panel includes data lines. The front and rear porch section corresponding to at least part of a plurality of frames includes at least one compensation section. In a compensation section, a data signal is provided to each data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huomei Hua, Rong Chen, Guochang Lai
  • Patent number: 11594182
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit, a display panel, and a threshold voltage compensating method for a thin film transistor (TFT). The GOA circuit only includes five TFTs and achieves a super narrow bezel of a display panel, and uses a dual-gate electrode structure as the first thin film transistor (T1). Therefore, a threshold voltage (Vth) in the GOA circuit is controlled by a top gate (the top gate connected to a node in the GOA circuit) and a bottom gate (adjustable voltage source (VLS)). Specifically, when the Vth of the TFT negatively shifts overall, the bottom gate voltage can be adjusted negatively. When the Vth of the TFT positively shifts, the bottom gate voltage can be adjusted negatively to stabilize the GOA circuit, increase a lifespan thereof, reduce leakage of a first node (Q) such that the GOA circuit can output ultra-wide pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Xue, Baixiang Han
  • Patent number: 11437456
    Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels each including a light emitting element. A first scan line and a second scan line, are disposed in each of the pixels. A data line is disposed in each of the pixels. A power line is disposed in each of the pixels. A reference voltage line is disposed in each of the pixels. A first transistor controls a current of the light emitting element. A second transistor is connected between the data line and a first gate electrode of the first transistor. A third transistor is connected between the reference voltage line and a first electrode of the first transistor. A fourth transistor is connected between the power line and a second electrode of the first transistor. The fourth transistor may be a transistor of a type different from that of the first to third transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Hyun Joon Kim, Hae Min Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 11380272
    Abstract: A display unit includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a working fluid. The second chamber is spatially connected to the first chamber to form a continuous internal space with the first chamber, and the working fluid is disposed in the continuous internal space. The first chamber includes a transparent substrate and an opposing substrate having an opposing surface oppositely aligned with the transparent substrate. The working fluid can adjustably flow into the first chamber and cover the opposing surface, or to flow out of the first chamber and expose the opposing surface, to allow the display unit to realize a bright-state display or a dark-state display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhidong Wang, Yun Qiu
  • Patent number: 11361710
    Abstract: The present application discloses a pixel circuit for one pixel in a M-row active pixel matrix of a display panel. The pixel circuit includes a data-inputting and sensing sub-circuit at least coupled to a driving transistor via a signal line and a light-emitting device associated with the pixel in one row. The data-inputting and sensing sub-circuit is configured to use the signal line as a data line for loading a data signal to the pixel in a current cycle of displaying one frame of image. The data signal is compensated based on a compensation signal detected for the pixel in one of previous M?1 numbers of cycles. The signal line is also used as a sensing fine once per cycle for detecting a sensing signal in the current cycle to generate the compensation signal for the pixel when the one row is selected from the M-row active pixel matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xinshe Yin
  • Patent number: 11328663
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device, and relates to the field of display technology. The pixel driving circuit includes a first driver, a second driver, and a light emitting element. The first driver is configured to generate a first driving current. The second driver is configured to generate a second driving current. The first driving current and the second driving current alternately drive the light emitting element as a main driving current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianrui Qian, Fei Li, Bo Li, Yuting Chen, Zixuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11250753
    Abstract: A method of driving pixels of a display device includes, for a set of N pixels of the display device that are connected to a switch, each of the N pixels to be driven during a time period T, applying, to a first pixel of the set, a first pre-charge signal, and applying, in sequence, to each remaining pixel of the set, a corresponding pre-charge signal, such that the start of the pre-charge signal for a Kth pixel is delayed by a time ?tk, from the start of the pre-charge signal for the (K?1)th pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11217171
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a method of sensing deterioration of the same are discussed. The organic light emitting display includes a display panel including a plurality of display lines, each of the display lines in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, each of the pixels including a light emitting element and a driving element, a panel driver configured to supply a gate signal and a data voltage synchronized with the gate signal to the pixels of the display lines, a sensing unit configured to sense driving characteristics of the pixels, and a timing controller configured to control operation timings of the panel driver and the sensing unit, and overlappingly shift a sensing driving sequence for at least some display lines in accordance with a line sequential manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongik Kim, Kyoungdon Woo
  • Patent number: 11164528
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit, a TFT array substrate and a display device are provided by the present disclosure, wherein five switches are provided in the gate driving circuit and a control signal is used to directly or indirectly control the five switches, and further control scanning range of the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Fengqing Xu, Yongliang Qin, Qiujian Tao
  • Patent number: 11145239
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and pixels; a gate driver that provides gate signals to the pixels through the gate lines; a data driver that provides data signals to the pixels through the data lines; and a timing controller that obtains pre-charging gray scale values based on gray scale values of the pixels. The gate driver simultaneously supplies the gate signals to the gate lines in a first period, and sequentially supplies the gate signals to the gate lines in a second period. The data driver supplies data signals corresponding to the pre-charging gray scale values to the data lines in the first period, and supplies data signals corresponding to the gray scale values of the pixels to the data lines in the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Hoon Kwak
  • Patent number: 11100861
    Abstract: Discussed is a light emitting diode display device including a plurality of pixels displaying an image based on a data signal, the plurality of pixels each including: a first and second light emitting diode devices emitting light, a first and second driving transistors electrically connected to the first and second light emitting diode devices respectively, an insulation layer covering the first and second driving transistors and a planarization layer on the insulation layer and an adhesive member between the insulation layer and the first and the second light emitting diode devices, wherein each of the first and second light emitting diode devices includes: a first portion including a first electrode and a second electrode and a second portion opposite to the first portion, and wherein the adhesive member is interposed between the second portion of each of the first and the second light emitting diode devices and the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JinYeong Kim, HyeonHo Son, HanSaem Kang
  • Patent number: 11094272
    Abstract: A display driver according to the present invention includes a withstand voltage protection part that precharges an output node of a polarity changeover switch circuit that switches a polarity of a drive signal supplied to a display device from an electric potential of a positive polarity (a first electric potential to a third electric potential) to an electric potential of a negative polarity (the third electric potential to a second electric potential) or vice versa to the third electric potential immediately before the polarity switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Shiibayashi
  • Patent number: 10991788
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes active patterns arranged corresponding to a plurality of pixels, and connected to each other along a first direction, a first initialization power supply line to which a first initialization voltage is applied, a second initialization power supply line to which a second initialization voltage different from the first initialization voltage is applied, an organic light emitting diode, and an first transistor which apply the second initialization voltage to a first electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WonKyu Kwak, SangMoo Choi, Dongsun Lee, ChulKyu Kang, Seungji Cha
  • Patent number: 10957257
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit includes a reset sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, a control sub-circuit, a data signal writing sub-circuit, a power input sub-circuit and a light emitting device. The compensation sub-circuit may store a compensation voltage for the gate of the driving transistor in the driving sub-circuit, which can alleviate or eliminate the influence of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor on the driving current of the light emitting device, thereby improving the uniformity in brightness of the light emitting device, which enhances the display quality of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guoqiang Ma
  • Patent number: 10930192
    Abstract: A GOA circuit and a display panel. By using a first control clock and a third control clock in a forward and reverse scanning module to control a first node, the GOA circuit is able to avoid leakage of the first node during operation and improve the reliability of GOA circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10868049
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a gate driver disposed on the substrate in the non-display area and including a plurality of stages that generate a gate signal and output the gate signal to the display area; a switching transistor and a driving transistor disposed on the substrate in the display area; and a light emitting diode connected to the driving transistor, wherein each of the plurality of stages may include a plurality of transistors, wherein a channel layer of the driving transistor includes a first oxide semiconductor material, and a channel layer of the plurality of transistors included in each of the plurality of stages includes a second oxide semiconductor material, wherein the first oxide semiconductor material is different from the second oxide semiconductor material, and wherein the second oxide semiconductor material may include tin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Joon Seok Park, Tae Sang Kim, Yeon Keon Moon, Geun Chul Park, Jun Hyung Lim, Kyung Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 10825396
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit and method thereof, a display driving circuit and method thereof, and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes: a first pixel driving sub-circuit configured to provide a driving signal to a driving signal output terminal in a first period and perform threshold voltage compensation on a second pixel driving sub-circuit in a second period under control of signals at a first scanning signal terminal, a first control signal terminal, and a first data signal terminal; and the second pixel driving sub-circuit configured to provide a driving signal to the driving signal output terminal in the second period and perform threshold voltage compensation on the first pixel driving sub-circuit in the first period under control of signals at a second scanning signal terminal, a second control signal terminal, and a second data signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuai Chen, Zhi Zhang, Xiuzhu Tang, Xing Dong, Zhenguo Tian, Xuebo Liang, Ying Huang, Jianfeng Yuan
  • Patent number: 10565933
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, an array substrate and a display device. The pixel circuit comprises: a driving transistor; a precharge sub-circuit configured to write a supply voltage into a first node under the control of a scan signal and a light emission control signal in a precharge phase; a reset sub-circuit; a data writing sub-circuit configured to write a data voltage into the first node under the control of the scan signal in a data writing phase, so that the potential of the first node is equal to a sum of the data voltage and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor; a light emission control sub-circuit configured to connect a power supply with a light-emitting unit through the driving transistor under the control of the light emission control signal in a light-emitting phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Can Zheng
  • Patent number: 10496224
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch sensing circuit which includes: a compensating module configured to provide a compensating voltage at a first node in response to control signals from a plurality of control signal lines; a read control module configured to transfer a voltage sensed by a touch sensing electrode to the first node in response to a read control signal from a read control signal line, so that the first node has a voltage which is a sum of the compensating voltage and the sensed voltage; and a driving module configured to provide an output signal associated with the sensed voltage to an output signal line in response to the voltage of the first node. Also disclosed are a touch panel and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Luo, Quanguo Zhou
  • Patent number: 10446079
    Abstract: A pixel includes a plurality of transistors and an organic light emitting diode. The transistors include a first transistor to control an amount of current flowing to the organic light emitting diode. Additional transistors are connected to the first transistor or the organic light emitting diode. The first transistor is a Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS) thin film transistor. One or more of the other transistors are oxide semiconductor transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Han Sung Bae
  • Patent number: 10339870
    Abstract: The invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of GOA units, for a positive integer n, n-th GOA unit comprising: a first TFT (T1), a second TFT (T2), a third TFT (T3), a fourth TFT T(4), a fifth TFT (T5), a sixth TFT (T6), a seventh TFT (T7), an eighth TFT (T8), a ninth TFT (T9), a tenth TFT (T10), a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (T2). The invention, based on known GOA circuit, uses T9 and T10 so as to achieve forward and backward scanning without D2U and U2D control signals, which facilitates narrow border design and simplifies corresponding driving timing and reduce IC cost. The pre-charging unit formed by T1, T9, T3, and T10 effectively improves the current leakage and ensures GOA circuit stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafeng Li
  • Patent number: 10255869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a GOA circuit. The GOA circuit comprises: a first thin film transistor (T1) to a fourteenth thin film transistor (T14), a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (C2). The present invention adds a control unit consisted of thin film transistors (T9-T14) on the basis of the GOA circuit structure according to prior art, and a set of control signals (Select1, Select2) of which phases are opposite is introduced. The main function is to divide the gate output of the GOA circuit into two. In some special display mode, the frequency corresponded with Data signal will be halved, and the corresponding drive power consumption will be decreased. The present invention provides a GOA circuit, which can effectively reduce the layout space occupied by the GOA circuit for having a certain help to the development of the narrow frame technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafeng Li
  • Patent number: 10249243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a GOA circuit. The GOA circuit of the present invention comprises a plurality of GOA circuit units which are cascade coupled, wherein n is set to be a natural number larger than 0, and the nth level GOA circuit unit comprises: a first thin film transistor (T1), a second thin film transistor (T2), a third thin film transistor (T3), a fourth thin film transistor (T4), a fifth thin film transistor (T5), a sixth thin film transistor (T6), a seventh thin film transistor (T7), an eighth thin film transistor (T8), a ninth thin film transistor (T9), a tenth thin film transistor (T10), a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (C2). Moreover, two control signals (Select1, Select2) are introduced. The present invention provides a new GOA circuit. The circuit possesses MLG function, which can effectively reduce the feedthrough and improve the Vcom uniformity in the panel to promote the quality of the image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafeng Li
  • Patent number: 10249246
    Abstract: The invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of GOA units, for a positive integer n, n-th GOA unit comprising: a first TFT (T1), a second TFT (T2), a third TFT (T3), a fourth TFT T(4), a fifth TFT (T5), a sixth TFT (T6), a seventh TFT (T7), an eighth TFT (T8), a ninth TFT (T9), a tenth TFT (T10), a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (T2). The invention, based on known GOA circuit, uses T9 and T10 so as to achieve forward and backward scanning without D2U and U2D control signals, which facilitates narrow border design and simplifies corresponding driving timing and reduce IC cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafeng Li
  • Patent number: 10152941
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image and comprises a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines. A signal comparing circuit may be configured to compare an image data of an image currently being displayed with an image data of an image to be displayed subsequently, and to store a comparison data resulting from a comparison of the image data. A pre-charge controller may be disposed in the display panel and may pre-charge the plurality of data lines with predetermined voltage level based on the comparison data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 10096294
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes multiple stages to provide gate signals to gate lines of a display panel. At least one stage includes first and second input circuits and output circuit, discharge circuit, pull down circuit, and hold circuit. The first input circuit delivers a (k?2)th gate signal to a first node. A second input circuit delivers a (k+1)th gate signal to the first node. The output circuit outputs a first clock signal as a k-th gate signal based on the first node. The discharge circuit discharges a second node based on the (k?2)th gate signal. The pull down circuit discharges the first node based on the second node and (k+2)th gate signal and discharges the k-th gate signal based on the second node and a (k+2)th gate signal. The hold circuit delivers a (k+3)th gate signal to the second node and maintains the signal level of the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonghee Kim, Kyoungju Shin
  • Patent number: 9990881
    Abstract: A method of driving a display device includes the following steps: a step of applying a first voltage to a drain of the driving transistor from the first power supply line, while applying an initialization voltage lower than the first voltage to a gate of the driving transistor; a step of applying a voltage higher than the initialization voltage lower than the first voltage to the drain of the driving transistor, and applying a voltage based on a video signal to the gate of the driving transistor; and a step of applying the first voltage to a drain of the driving transistor from the first power supply line and supplying a current to the light emitting element while holding the voltage based on the video signal to the gate of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kimura, Duzen Peng, Ilin Wu
  • Patent number: 9865213
    Abstract: A scan driver circuit for driving scanning lines is proposed. The scan driver circuit includes a pull-down control module, a pull-down module, a recovering control module, a recovering module, a downlink module, a first bootstrap capacitor, a constant low voltage supply, and a constant high voltage supply. The present inventive scan driver circuit has advantages of simple structure and low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Juncheng Xiao, Yao Yan
  • Patent number: 9489904
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes image signal lines, a plurality of pixel circuits that is connected to the image signal lines, an image signal line driving circuit that is connected to the image signal lines, and sequentially outputs an image signal, a gate line driving circuit that supplies a scanning signal. A period in which the gate line driving circuit supplies a scanning signal to any pixel circuit is a first period in which the image signal is output to the pixel circuit when a polarity of the image signal in a previous frame is different from the polarity in the present frame, and the first period and a second period in which the image signal of a different polarity is supplied before the first period when the polarity in the previous frame is identical with the polarity in the present frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiki Misonou, Tomohide Oohira
  • Publication number: 20150145853
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and method for driving the same, an array substrate, and a display device are provided, wherein the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor (DTFT), a first switching transistor (M1), a storage capacitor (C1) and a light emitting device and a threshold compensating circuit; the threshold compensating circuit includes a second switching transistor (M2), a third switching transistor (M3), a fourth switching transistor (M4) and a coupling capacitor (C2), which is capable of compensating for non-uniformity of threshold voltage of the driving transistor (DTFT) effectively. The method for driving the pixel circuit includes a pre-charging phase (C), a compensating phase (D) and a light emitting phase (E). The array substrate includes the above-described pixel circuit and thus has a more stable performance. The display device includes the above-described array substrate, and thus uniformity of picture displayed on the display device is improved significantly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Mian Zeng, Yongjun Yoon, Zhizhong Tu, Jaikwang Kim
  • Patent number: 9030391
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for accurately positioning a movable conductive layer of a reflective display element. In one aspect, an initial position of the movable conductive layer with respect to at least one or more fixed conductive layers is sensed. A charging voltage may be determined based at least in part on the initial position. The charging voltage may be applied to the movable conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Hong, Chong U. Lee, Cheonhong Kim, Edward K. Chan
  • Publication number: 20150116306
    Abstract: A method of refreshing a memory array for a driving circuit includes generating a word-line scanning signal corresponding to a word-line of a memory array, and turning on a plurality of memory cells corresponding to the word-line of the memory array according to the word-line scanning signal to refresh the plurality of memory cells corresponding to the word-line of the memory array, wherein the memory has a first number of bit-lines and a second number of word-lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Hsin Su, Tsun-Sen Lin
  • Patent number: 8982041
    Abstract: A display device and a method for driving the display device is disclosed. The display device comprises drive circuitry (35) and a plurality of pixels (PIX1, PIX2, PIX3, PIX4, PIX5, PIX6) having movable charged particles (116). The drive circuitry is configured to apply control signals to the pixels to move the charged particles between first (110) and second (112) regions of each pixel in order to alter the optical appearance of each pixel. The method for each pixel comprises a pre-addressing stage (PRA) of moving the charged particles towards the boundary (114) between the first and second regions, and then an addressing stage (ADD) of moving the particles to one side or the other side of the boundary, in dependence on the desired optical appearance of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Johnson, Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar, Murray Fulton Gillies
  • Patent number: 8963912
    Abstract: The present invention is an active matrix display device in which, during each kth period (k is an integer from 0 to n), each data signal line (S1to S2773) is supplied with a signal whose electric potential polarity is constant, and a picture element to which a signal finishes being written within the kth period is caused to be in a selected state from a (k?1)th period to the kth period so as to be conductive to a data signal line connected thereto, and during each kth period (1?k?n?1) for the effective display region, a data signal line (S1 or S2773) that is not connected to a picture element to which a signal finishes being written within the kth period is supplied with a signal that was supplied to this data signal line during the (k?1)th period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Yukawa
  • Patent number: 8952955
    Abstract: A display driving circuit for driving a liquid crystal display panel includes a shift register including a plurality of shift register circuits provided in such a way as to correspond to a plurality of gate lines, respectively, the display driving circuit having latch circuits provided in such a way as to correspond one-by-one to the shift register circuits, a polarity signal being inputted to the latch circuits. When a internal signal generated by a shift register circuit becomes active, a latch circuit loads and retains the polarity signal, and an output from the latch circuit is supplied to a CS bus line. The internal signal becomes active before a first vertical scanning period of a display picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Yokoyama, Yasushi Sasaki, Yuhichiroh Murakami, Shige Furuta
  • Patent number: 8913045
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit for a display device is disclosed, by which output states of scan pulses are identically maintained in a manner of minimizing load deviation between connecting units. The present disclosure includes at least two clock transmission lines transmitting at least two clock pulses having a phase difference in-between, a shift register outputting scan pulses sequentially based on the clock pulses transmitted from the clock transmission lines, and a plurality of connecting units connecting the clock transmission lines to the shift register, respectively, wherein at least one of the connecting units is zigzagged in part, the at least one connecting unit comprising: a pad connected to the corresponding clock transmission line via a pad connecting unit; a zigzagged line connected to one side of the pad; and a connecting line that has one side connected to the zigzagged line and the other side connected to the shift register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Young Son, Hong-Jae Shin
  • Publication number: 20140354625
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the LCD includes a display panel that includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels each electrically connected to a corresponding gate line and a corresponding data line. The LCD also includes a timing controller that receives present frame data, stores previous frame data, and outputs first line data of the previous frame data and a data driver that converts the first line data to a first previous line data voltage and applies the first previous line data voltage to the data lines during a portion of a vertical blank period between a present frame and a previous frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Jin Shin
  • Patent number: 8896585
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines to which a plurality of compensation data signals are transmitted, a plurality of light emitting signal lines, and a plurality of pixels respectively connected to the plurality of scan lines, the plurality of data lines, and the plurality of light emitting signal lines, and a data driver generating a data voltage corresponding to a image data signal, and converting the data voltage to the compensation data signal. The data driver includes a compensator generating the compensation data signal in accordance with a feedback voltage. The feedback voltage is determined by a degree of deterioration associated with each pixel, and increases with an increasing deterioration degree of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myoung-Hwan Yoo, Choon-Yul Oh
  • Publication number: 20140320483
    Abstract: A start control circuit is provided, which comprises a first switch unit, a start control unit and a second switch unit; the first switch unit is configured to determine a charging path of the start control unit according to the input signals of different start modes; the start control unit is configured to carry out the corresponding start modes, and start energy of the corresponding start modes is stored during a period of charging time corresponding to the charging path, thereby control the current of the second switch unit at the starting moment; and the second switch unit is configured to control an external circuit by receiving gating signals outputted from the start control unit. The present invention also provides a display panel driving circuit and a display device using the start control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Cao, Jiehui Qin
  • Patent number: 8780106
    Abstract: A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient's teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient's teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final positions. The computer then uses the data sets to generate treatment paths along which teeth will move from the initial positions to the final positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad Chishti, Andrew Beers, Huafeng Wen, Phillips Alexander Benton
  • Patent number: 8766961
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, Deng-Tzung Tang, Yaw-Shing Tseng, Kun-Hsien Yang, Wen-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20140160111
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, the gate lines of the array substrate receive the gate scanning signal in a preset time period. Specifically, the gate lines of pixel units in odd rows are receiving the gate scanning signal in the first time interval of the preset time period, and the gate lines of pixel units in even rows are receiving the gate scanning signal in the second time interval of the preset time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Zhang, Xibin Shao, Dan Wang, Weihao Hu, Yizhen Xu, Shuai Hou
  • Publication number: 20140139511
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, a device and a source driver for charging pixel points on a TFT-LCD substrate, which are capable of charging electrodes on an upper substrate and pixel points on a lower substrate. The charging method includes: switching on a first, second, third and fourth switches, switching off a fifth, sixth and seventh switches, and charging a first, second, third and fourth capacitors; switching off the first, second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh switches, and charging a fifth capacitor; switching off the fifth switch, switching on the first, second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh switches, so that the first capacitor stores positive six-bit pixel voltage and the fourth capacitor stores negative six-bit pixel voltage; and charging the pixel points on the lower substrate by the first and fourth capacitors, and charging the electrodes on the upper substrate by the fifth capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongdong Zhang, Shiming Shi