Color Patents (Class 345/83)
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Patent number: 8228324Abstract: A display includes capacitive display elements, output drivers, scan switches, precharge switches, and a precharge stopper. The drivers provide drive currents or voltages corresponding to display data, thereby driving the display elements correspondingly to the data. The precharge stopper determines whether display data corresponds to a specific state and prevents the display element from being precharged when the display data corresponds to the specific state.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoya Kimura, Hiroyoshi Ichikura
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Patent number: 8228268Abstract: There is provided a display device including a display unit having pixels, each of which includes a luminescence element for individually emitting light depending on a current amount and a pixel circuit for controlling a current applied to the luminescence element according to a picture signal, scan lines which supply a selection signal for selecting the pixels to emit light to the pixels in a predetermined scanning cycle, and data lines which supply the picture signal to the pixels, the pixels, the scan lines, and the data lines arranged in a matrix pattern, the display device including: a luminescence amount detector for inputting a picture signal with a linear characteristic to detect a luminescence amount from the picture signal; a luminescence time calculator for calculating a luminescence time for the luminescence element based on the luminescence amount detected by the luminescence amount detector; a luminescence time recorder for recording the calculated luminescence time; a luminance acquirer for acqType: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideto Mori, Ken Kikuchi, Yasuo Inoue, Takeya Meguro, Hidehiko Shidara, Masahiro Ito, Toyo Osumi
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Patent number: 8228270Abstract: In a display device, a signal controller compensates for luminance of an input image signal that corresponds to each of a plurality of pixels in accordance with a luminance compensation coefficient depending on a position of each pixel, and generates a compensation image signal. A data driver generates data signals that correspond to the plurality of pixels in accordance with the compensation image signal, and supplies the data signals to the corresponding pixels, respectively. The luminance compensation coefficient may depend on a magnitude of the input image signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kyong-Tae Park, Baek-Woon Lee, Alexander Arkhipov
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Patent number: 8223095Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device having a pixel unit to test pixels, wherein the organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a display unit located on the substrate; a plurality of first scan lines located in the display unit; and a second scan line located in the display unit and separated from the first scan lines, wherein a plurality of pixel units, except one test pixel unit located in at least one corner of the display unit, are electrically connected to the first scan lines, and the test pixel unit that is not connected to the first scan lines is electrically connected to the second scan line.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Eun-Ah Kim
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Patent number: 8223096Abstract: An organic light emitting device including a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel displaying different colors from each other according to the present invention, the organic light emitting device includes a reflecting electrode and a translucent member forming a micro-cavity along with the reflecting electrode, wherein a optical path length is an interval between the reflecting electrode and the translucent member, and wherein the light path lengths of at least two pixels among the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel are the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 8207919Abstract: A method for adjusting white balance includes generating a first matrix according to values in axes of a color gamut corresponding to optical characteristics of a plurality of first LEDs; generating a second matrix according to values in the axes of the color gamut corresponding to optical characteristics of the plurality of first LEDs while in white balance; generating a third matrix according to values in the axes of the color gamut corresponding to optical characteristics of a plurality of second LEDs; storing the first matrix, second matrix, and third matrix; generating a calibration matrix by multiplying the second matrix with an inverse of the first matrix; generating a fourth matrix by multiplying the third matrix with the calibration matrix. As a result, the optical characteristics of the plurality of second LEDs can be effectively and rapidly adjusted simply referring to the differences between the second and fourth matrices.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Qi-Ming Lu, Chih-Sheng Chou, Hung-Hsiang Chen
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Patent number: 8203260Abstract: A color temperature tunable white light source comprises: first and second LED arrangements operable to emit light of first and second wavelength range respectively that are configured such that their combined light output, which comprises light generated by the source, appears white in color. One or both LED arrangements comprises a phosphor provided remote to an associated LED operable to generate excitation radiation and to irradiate the phosphor such that it emits light of a different wavelength range, wherein the light emitted by the LED arrangement comprises the combined light from the LED and phosphor. The color temperature of output white light is tunable by controlling the relative light outputs of the LED arrangements by for example controlling the relative magnitude of the drive currents of the LEDs or a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated drive current.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Intematix CorporationInventors: Yi-Qun Li, Yi Dong, Xiaofeng Xu
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Patent number: 8203511Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form, each including a light emitting device, a plurality of information lines, an information line drive circuit, and a plurality of scanning lines. In addition, a scanning line drive circuit sequentially supplies scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines in one vertical period, a plurality of on-and-off control lines control turning-on and turning-off of the light emitting devices in a row of the matrix form, and an on-and-off control line drive circuit supplies on-and-off control signals to the plurality of on-and-off control lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriyuki Shikina
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Patent number: 8199074Abstract: A representative system for displaying images comprises a pixel array, a conversion circuit, a memory device, and a compensation circuit. The pixel array has a plurality of pixels, each having at least one organic light emitting element equipped with a sensing unit which retrieves display information when the organic light emitting element retrieves a test signal. The conversion circuit determines a display parameter of each organic light emitting element according to the test signal and the display information of each organic light emitting element. The memory device stores the display parameter of each organic light emitting element. The compensation circuit modifies a video signal in accordance with the display parameters stored in the memory device.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Shou-Cheng Wang, Shih-Chang Chang
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Publication number: 20120139965Abstract: An OLED display and a method for driving a display panel thereof are provided. The layout area of each pixel of the OLED display panel is specially designed to be a rectangle in shape, and the pixels are driven in such a manner that each two sub-pixels are taken as a unit to be driven. As such, according to the interaction manner among sub-pixels of the pixels, two sub-pixels can be viewed as one pixel to achieve more pixels within 1 inch in comparison with the conventional panels, which enables the current AMOLED driving circuit designs to be used in specific high resolution applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Tze-Chien Tsai
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Patent number: 8194032Abstract: An image display medium is disclosed, which medium includes a pair of substrates each having an electrode and colored particles between the pair of substrates, and the colored particles have an absolute electric charge of 0.5 to 4.0 ?C/g.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shigeki Takenouchi, Eiichi Sakai, Tatsuya Nagase, Okushi Okuyama, Yukio Hosoya
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Patent number: 8188949Abstract: Display driver circuits are described for driving organic light emitting diode displays, particularly passive matrix displays with greater efficiency. Display driver control circuitry (506) comprises a frame memory interface (505) for reading data from a frame memory (504) for presentation on a passive matrix OLED display. A blank line identifier (507) identifies one or more substantially blank rows of pixels defined by the data in the frame memory and the control circuitry (506) skips past these rows when the passive matrix display is addressed. When blank lines are skipped the apparent brightness of the remaining lines increases and thus preferably the control circuitry includes a power controller (505) for reducing a power supply to the display in proportion to the number of skipped lines. The invention is particularly suited to a display driver providing a controlled current drive.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology LimitedInventors: Euan C. Smith, Paul R. Routley, William Goodchild
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Patent number: 8188948Abstract: An organic light emitting device according to one or more embodiments includes a gate line, a data line intersecting the gate line, a switching thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor, and a light emitting diode (LED) connected to the driving thin film transistor. The switching thin film transistor includes a control electrode connected to the gate line, a crystalline semiconductor overlapping the control electrode, and an input electrode and an output electrode are spaced apart from each other on the crystalline semiconductor, wherein the control electrode and the gate line are respectively disposed under and on the crystalline semiconductor and include different materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon-Hoo Choi, Kyu-Sik Cho
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Publication number: 20120120118Abstract: LED devices includes a lead frame having a reflector cup with a round bottom surface and a wall surface having a variable inclination with respect to the bottom surface and defining an opening at an upper end thereof. An LED is mounted on the bottom surface of the reflector cup, and an LED module includes first and second LED device that emit different colors. The first and second LED devices have substantially matched far field patterns in a first and second direction, where a first viewing angle in the first direction is less than about 99°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Chi Keung Chan, Zhi Kuan Zhang, Xiang Fei, Hao Liu, Ju Zuo Sheng, David Todd Emerson
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Publication number: 20120119980Abstract: Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Daktronics, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Joffer, Brett D. Wendler, Glenn P. Luke, Nathan L. Nearman, Chad N. Gloege, Matthew R. Mueller, Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Joseph G. Schulte, Eric S. Bravek, Ryan M. Hansen
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Patent number: 8179363Abstract: Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, converting and using histograms in an image processing system. Aspects of some embodiments also relate to generation of a one-dimensional histogram based on luminance and compound color channel data. Some embodiments also relate to histogram dynamic range conversion.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventor: Louis J. Kerofsky
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Publication number: 20120113162Abstract: A display has a modulator illuminated by a illuminator comprising an array of light sources. The array includes light sources of a plurality of colors. The light sources of different colors are individually controllable. Within each color, the light sources that illuminate different areas on the modulator are individually controllable. The display may provide a high dynamic range and a wide color gamut.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATIONInventor: Helge SEETZEN
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Patent number: 8169388Abstract: A display system provides a display assembly having a display screen. LEDs are presorted into a plurality of groups, each group of LEDs having substantially the same color that is different than the color of another group. LEDs are selected from one of the groups. The selected LEDs are mounted in the display assembly to illuminate the display screen. A non-electronic color adjuster is mounted in the light path from the selected LEDs to shift the light color to a predetermined color.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Walter J. Galbraith, Jr., Wei Chen, John Zhong, Victor Yin
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Patent number: 8169389Abstract: A method of converting a three-or-more-color-component image input signal to an image output signal includes acquiring an input signal having a plurality of pixel signals, each pixel signal having three, or more, color components; determining a residual difference for each color component of each pixel signal; determining a limit value of the residual differences; calculating a common scale factor for each of the color components based upon the limit value; and applying the common scale factor to the image input signal to produce the image output signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Ronald S. Cok, Michael E. Miller
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Patent number: 8159426Abstract: Organic light emitting display (OLED) devices and methods of rendering image of an OLED device. A pixel of the OLED device includes a first sub-pixel corresponding to a first color, comprising a first pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel corresponding to a second color, comprising a second pixel electrode. A portion of the second pixel electrode is operatively associated with a portion of the first sub-pixel, such that activation of second pixel electrode activates both the first sub-pixel and said portion of the first sub-pixel independent of activation of the first pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Shih-Chang Chang, Du-Zen Peng
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Patent number: 8159419Abstract: A display apparatus is provided to operate a light emitting unit with a small number of power drivers. The display apparatus has a plurality of light emitting units, a power driver, whose total provided therein is less than the total of light emitting units, that outputs driving power to the light emitting units. A power switch is switched on and off to supply the driving power to one of the plurality of light emitting units, and a controller controls the power switch to sequentially supply the driving power to the plurality of light emitting units.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-hoon Lee, Jeong-il Kang, Kyoung-geun Lee, Yung-jun Park
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Patent number: 8159420Abstract: An electro-optical device that includes: a first scanning line; a first data line; and a first unit circuit. The first unit circuit includes a driving transistor that sets a driving current in accordance with a voltage of a gate of the driving transistor, an electro-optical element that is driven by the driving current, a first capacitative element that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second capacitative element that has a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The first electrode is connected to the gate of the driving transistor, whereas the third electrode is connected to either the first electrode or the second electrode. At least a part of the second capacitative element is arranged between the first data line and the first capacitative element in a layout of the first unit circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kasori Takahashi, Takehiko Kubota
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Patent number: 8154481Abstract: A memory managing method for display data of a light emitting display device, which uses field light-emitting of organic materials. A plurality of pixels are each provided with at least two sub-pixels to emit different color lights, wherein one field has at least first and second subfields divided and driven independently. At least two data signals corresponding to substantially the same color are time-divided and applied to a data line during the one field, and selecting signals are sequentially applied to a plurality of scan lines at the first and second subfields. The method includes a) dividing input data corresponding to a display image into data for the first and second subfields, b) arranging the data for the first and second subfields according to a sequence of light-emitting driving, and c) storing the arranged data as pixel-based data.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung-Soo Lee, June-Young Song
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Patent number: 8148911Abstract: The present invention relates to a current-balance circuit and a backlight module having the same. The current balance circuit includes a current balance unit, a control unit, and a detection unit. The current balance unit is connected to a plurality of light units to regulate the current of the plurality of light units, independent from the effects of input voltage. The detection unit is connected to the plurality of light units and the current balance unit to detect the minimum operating voltage for the plurality of light units. The control unit, connected to the current balance unit, controls the operation of the plurality of light units.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Ke-Horng Chen, Chia-Lin Chiu, Ling Li, Chia-Lin Liu, Chi-Neng Mo
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Patent number: 8144085Abstract: A display device includes: a light emission amount detecting section which inputs video signals having linear property and detects an amount of light emission from the video signals; a light emitting time calculating section which calculates light emitting time of the light emitting elements based on the amount of light emission detected by the light emission amount detecting section; a light emitting time recording section which records the calculated light emitting time; a luminance acquiring section which, acquires luminance information of the light emitting elements using the light emitting time recorded in the light emitting time recording section; a coefficient calculating section which calculates coefficients by which the video signals are multiplied based on the luminance information acquired by the luminance acquiring section; and a coefficient multiplying section which multiplies the video signals by the coefficients calculated by the coefficient calculating section.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hideto Mori, Ken Kikuchi, Yasuo Inoue, Takeya Meguro, Hidehiko Shidara, Masahiro Ito, Toyo Osumi
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Patent number: 8130182Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) subpixel driven by a digital-drive scheme has a readout transistor driven by a current source when the drive transistor is non-conducting. This produces an emitter-voltage signal from which an aging signal representing the efficiency of the EL emitter can be computed. The aging signal is used to determine the loss in current of the subpixel when active, and an input signal is adjusted to provide increased on-time to compensate for voltage rise and efficiency loss of the EL emitter. Variations due to temperature can also be compensated for.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Charles I. Levey, Felipe A. Leon, John W. Hamer, Gary Parrett, Christopher J. White
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Patent number: 8130175Abstract: Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Joffer, Brett D. Wendler, Glenn P. Luke, Nathan L. Nearman, Chad N. Gloege, Matthew R. Mueller, Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Joseph G. Schulte, Eric S. Bravek, Ryan M. Hansen
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Patent number: 8120276Abstract: A light source (10) is disclosed, emitting multi-colored light with light of at least two different colors, emitted from a number of primary light sources (1) wherein the primary light sources (1) are divided into groups and the brightness values of the primary light sources (1) within a group are determined and controlled separately according to color, such that the color location of the multi-colored light lies in a given region of the CIE standard color diagram. The invention further relates to a method for controlling such a light source (10) and an illumination device with such a light source (10), for example, for backlighting a display.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Andreas Huber, Peter Niedermeier, Oskar Schallmoser
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Patent number: 8111224Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display, and a display panel and driving method thereof are provided. The organic light emitting diode display includes a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals, a plurality of scan lines for transmitting selection signals, and a plurality of pixel circuits coupled to the data lines and the scan lines. The pixel circuits include at least four emitting elements for emitting light corresponding to amount of an applied current, a light emitting element driver for outputting a data current corresponding to at least one of the data signals, and a switching unit for respectively transmitting the data current to the four emitting elements. In the display, at least two emitting elements of the four light emitting elements are formed in different places.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Chon Park, Won-Kyu Kwak
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Patent number: 8106929Abstract: A peak intensity level control device that controls a peak intensity level in a self light-emitting display module of an active matrix driving type is disclosed. The device includes: an average picture value calculation section that calculates an average picture value of display data to be supplied to the self light-emitting display module; a driving condition control section that controls, at a time of performing intensity-up driving with respect to the peak intensity level, a driving condition of the self light-emitting display module so as to be able to derive the peak intensity level suited for the average picture value; and a gamma change section that applies, at the time of performing the intensity-up driving with respect to the peak intensity level, a gamma change to the display data so as not to increase power consumption compared with driving with the peak intensity level of a standard value.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Atsushi Ozawa, Mitsuru Tada
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Publication number: 20120019490Abstract: A modular LED (Light Emitting Diode) display structure includes full-color LED units to be arranged in a matrix on a flexible PCB, and plurality of protective plates to protect connection between the full-color LED units and the transmission line of the flexible PCB. Also, the edge of the display has a connecting edge banding with a hook to form a track thereunder. The hook can clip the track of another LED module plate for connection to develop a lager LED display. Moreover, by a hanger connecting to the connecting edge banding to simplify the suspending of the LED display. Furthermore, each full-color LED units has a driving chip to enhance the resolution of the LED display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventor: Hsien-Jung Huang
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Patent number: 8102338Abstract: An organic light emitting device including a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel displaying different colors from each other according to the present invention, the organic light emitting device includes a reflecting electrode and a translucent member forming a micro-cavity along with the reflecting electrode, wherein a optical path length is an interval between the reflecting electrode and the translucent member, and wherein the light path lengths of at least two pixels among the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel are the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Baek-Woon Lee
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Patent number: 8094102Abstract: A package structure of full-color LED (Light Emitting Diode) with driving mechanism includes an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, a red LED dice, a green LED dice, a blue LED dice, and corresponding current limiting resistors. The IC chip has a driving mechanism to control the red LED dice, the green LED dice, and the blue LED dice. By the specific arrangement of these internal elements, the package structure generates full-color light with high resolution, compact structure and high mixing uniformity, and also achieves low cost and decreases usage of space.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: APA Electronic Co.,Ltd.Inventor: Hsien-Jung Huang
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Patent number: 8081145Abstract: A display device for so-called façade displays is proposed which comprises several supports that can be affixed to the façade of an edifice, in particular a building, on the outside or the inside; a plurality of groups of light-emitting diodes that are provided on the several supports and serve as picture points of the display device; and a control unit for activating the plurality of the groups of light-emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Lumino Licht Elektronik GmbHInventors: Karl-Heinz Ronkholz, Rolf Aengenendt
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Patent number: 8072398Abstract: A flat panel display device and a driving method thereof wherein an input data is modulated to realize accurate color with a single gamma voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han Sang Lee, Nam Wook Cho
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Patent number: 8063852Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pixel driver, first, second, and third light emitting diodes, and first, second, and third switches. The pixel driver outputs a driving current corresponding to a data signal to an output terminal in response to the scan signal. The first, second, and third light emitting diodes emit first, second, and third color lights in response to the driving current respectively. The first, second, and third switches are coupled between the output terminal of the pixel driver and the first, second, and third light emitting diodes respectively. The first, second, and third switches selectively transmit the driving current to the first, second, and third light emitting diodes. Two of light emitting diodes among the first, second, and third light emitting diodes are arranged in a first line, and the remaining one light emitting diode is arranged in a second line different from the first line.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won-Kyu Kwak, Sung-Chon Park
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Patent number: 8059114Abstract: Pulse width modulation (PWM) of a drive current to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is performed by a circuit subjected to corresponding signaling.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Jose Luis Ceballos
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Patent number: 8059073Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, including a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, a scan driver adapted to generate and supply scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver adapted to generate and supply data signals to the data lines, an optical sensor adapted to generate an optical sensing signal according to an intensity of light, and a data converter adapted to store input image data or changed data from the input image data corresponding with the optical sensing signal. The data driver may be adapted to generate the data signal corresponding to the input image data or the changed data.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hye-jin Shin, Myung-ho Lee
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Patent number: 8054243Abstract: The set of inventions relates to display engineering and is used for displaying color alphanumeric and graphical information for designing and developing different infomercial display means on externally and internally located objects. The said invention makes it possible to improve the quality of displayed information, the operational reliability thereof and to reduce the costs by that the structural design and the arrangement of light clusters in the information desks of columns are optimized, and required dimensions of the information desks and the distance therebetween when a video field image is formed are determined. The elements of the running letters consist of two adjacent pixels having a common light-emitting-diode and the inventive arrangement configuration of the light-emitting-diodes in a pixel makes it possible to control the image resolution.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: OOO Dis Plus Ltd.Inventors: Yuri Borisovich Sokolov, Robert Pavlovich Baranov, Vitaly Aleksandrovich Sviridov, Michail Viktorovich Strelnikov
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Patent number: 8054250Abstract: A pixel, an organic light emitting display, and a method for driving an organic light emitting display using the pixel, which can display an image with substantially uniform luminance. In one embodiment, the method for driving an organic light emitting display having a pixel disposed at an i-th horizontal line, the pixel having a drive transistor for enabling the flow of current to an organic light emitting diode, the method including providing a reference voltage to a gate electrode of the drive transistor, charging a second capacitor with a threshold voltage of the drive transistor, charging a first capacitor with a voltage corresponding to a data signal, and providing a current corresponding to the voltages in the first and second capacitors to the organic light emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., LtdInventor: Yang Wan Kim
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Publication number: 20110267327Abstract: An organic light emitting display is capable of reducing variation in power transmitted to pixels to reduce or prevent non-uniformity of brightness from being generated. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel including a red sub pixel, a green sub pixel, and a blue sub pixel and first pixel power source lines for supplying a first pixel power from a first pixel power source to the red sub pixel, the green sub pixel, and the blue sub pixel, wherein the first pixel power source lines coupled to at least two different color sub pixels of the red, green and blue sub pixels have different widths. The first pixel power source lines have widths that may correspond to a voltage drop of the first pixel power source or may correspond to deterioration of the respective sub pixels to which they are coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventor: Young-In Hwang
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Patent number: 8049689Abstract: Disclosed is a display of a particular size that may be perceived as larger than the particular size as a result of light emitted by one or more light guides adjacent the perimeter of the display. The display may also be perceived as brighter. In particular, the display is configured to output a changing image. A light guide is disposed adjacent at least a portion of the perimeter of the display and coupled to a multicolor LED. A controller of the electronic device is configured to analyze the changing image to determine the color content. The multicolor LED is driven to emit light according to the color content of the changing image. The light guide is configured to couple light from the LED in a direction parallel to the display viewing surface, and to couple light out of the light guide in a direction away from the display viewing surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.Inventors: Tomohiro Ishikawa, Rick Latella
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Patent number: 8044895Abstract: A problem in that a light emitting element slightly emits light is solved by an off current of a thin film transistor connected in series to the light emitting element, thereby a display device which can perform a clear display by increasing contrast, and a driving method thereof are provided. When the thin film transistor connected in series to the light emitting element is turned off, a charge held in the capacitance of the light emitting element itself is discharged. Even when an off current is generated at the thin film transistor connected in series to the light emitting element, this off current charges this capacitance until the capacitance of the light emitting element itself holds a predetermined voltage again. Accordingly, the off current of the thin film transistor does not contribute to light emission. In this manner, a slight light emission of the light emitting element can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Tomoyuki Iwabuchi, Ryota Fukumoto
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Patent number: 8044899Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for backlight calibration are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company LimitedInventors: Pak Hong Ng, Shou Lung Chen, Chen Jung Tsai
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Patent number: 8044984Abstract: A method for driving an organic light emitting display (OLED) panel having a plurality of organic light emitting diodes is provided. The organic light emitting diodes are coupled to a plurality of segment lines and a plurality of common lines in a matrix structure. The organic light emitting diodes coupled to the same common lines are divided into a plurality of groups according to colors of the OLED panel. Driving currents are provided to the organic light emitting diodes of the groups according to a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) manners. The PWM manners generate waveforms having pulse width corresponding to grayscale in a period, wherein each PWM manner corresponds to different colors of the OLED panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventors: Kuo-Tung Hsu, Wei-Jen Chang
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Patent number: 8040303Abstract: An organic light emitting display, suitable for a high quality and high resolution display device, rapidly charges a data voltage using a voltage programming technique, after compensating for a deviations in the threshold voltage and mobility of a driving transistor using a current programming technique.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-Soo Kim, Wang-Jo Lee, Bo-Yong Chung, Sang-Moo Choi
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Patent number: 8035584Abstract: An organic light emitting display and an image compensation method improves the Long Range Uniformity (LRU) of the output image by displaying the identical image when the identical image is input to each pixel, by measuring the luminance, chromaticity coordinates and color temperature after an organic light emitting display panel is fabricated, by storing the compensation values thereof in a memory in the form of a look-up table in advance, and by compensating one of a power supply voltage, a data voltage and a light emission time.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woung Jung
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Patent number: 8031133Abstract: A method and device for manipulating color in a display includes a display in which one or more of the pixels includes one or more display elements, such as interferometric modulators, configured to output colored light and one or more display elements configured to output white light. Other embodiments include methods of making such displays. In addition, embodiments include color displays configured to provide a greater proportion of the intensity of output light in green portions of the visible spectrum in order to increase perceived brightness of the display.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Gally, William J. Cummings
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Patent number: 8026879Abstract: A display that includes energy sensors within the display itself is disclosed. An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be made to operate both as a light emitter and as an energy detector. When forward biased with an appropriate driving signal, the OLED emits light via electroluminescence, which can be used to make a portion of an image on the display. In another mode, the OLED can detect energy by converting incoming photons or energy into an electrical signal by the photoelectric effect. By operating OLEDs in the display in both emissive and sensing modes, energy that shines on the display, such as from an outside source can be detected at the same time an image is shown. Additionally, a display including OLEDs can detect light energy generated by the display itself.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Jr., Daniel Seligson
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Patent number: 8026871Abstract: This invention generally relates to display driver circuits for electro-optic displays, and more particularly relates to circuits and methods for reducing the re-emission of absorbed light, for example to increase the color gamut of organic light emitting diode displays. A driver for a display comprising a plurality of light emitting diode display elements, the driver comprising addressing circuitry to address said display elements, a first driver to cooperate with said address circuitry to provide a forward drive to at least one of said display elements to illuminate the display element, and a second driver to provide a reverse bias drive to others of said display elements at the same time as said at least one display element is illuminated to reduce a level of photoluminescence from said others of said display elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology LimitedInventors: Alec G. Gunner, Euan Smith, Jonathan J. M. Halls