Control Means At Each Display Element Patents (Class 345/90)
  • Patent number: 11848333
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a first signal line, a second signal line, and a third signal line. The first signal line, the second signal line, and the third signal line are disposed in a peripheral region of the substrate, arranged along a first direction, and extending along a second direction. The second signal line has a line portion and an end portion. The end portion has a first end point adjacent to the first signal line and a second end point adjacent to the third signal line. In the first direction, the first distance between the first signal line and the line portion is greater than the second distance between the line portion and the third signal line, and the third distance between the first end point and the line portion is greater than the fourth distance between the second end point and the line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tony Li, Lavender Cheng, Joe Liu
  • Patent number: 11650451
    Abstract: A color filter substrate includes: a base substrate; a black matrix arranged on a surface of the base substrate and defining a plurality of first light-transmitting regions a plurality of second light-transmitting regions and a plurality of third light-transmitting regions on the base substrate; a color resist layer including a first color resist, a second color resist and a third color resist arranged in the first light-transmitting regions, the second light-transmitting regions and the third light-transmitting regions respectively, the first color resist covering the black matrix between two adjacent first light-transmitting regions, and the second color resist covering the black matrix between two adjacent second light-transmitting regions; and a common electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yanna Yang
  • Patent number: 11551600
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a pixel array, multiple data lines and first scan lines. The pixel array is arranged in multiple pixel rows by multiple pixel columns, and includes a first pixel row, a second pixel row, and a third pixel row which are adjacent pixel rows. The first scan line is coupled to multiple first pixel groups. Each first pixel group includes multiple first pixels in the first pixel row and multiple second pixels in the second pixel row adjacent to the first pixel row. A display driving circuit for driving a display panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng Cheng, Hsiu-Hui Yang
  • Patent number: 11551598
    Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image, a shift register configured to supply a scan signal to the display panel, a level shifter configured to output clock signals for driving the shift register, a power supply configured to supply a gate voltage to the level shifter, and a controller configured to sense a node voltage of a circuit generating the gate voltage, detect a short circuit between the clock signals based on a sensed value and an internal reference value, and control the power supply when the short circuit occurs between the clock signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Yong Jang, Hoon Jang, Soon Dong Cho
  • Patent number: 11501683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving method for a display panel for displaying multiple frames of image to be displayed, the image to be displayed includes a plurality of image pixel units, the display panel includes a plurality of display pixel units, and the driving method includes the following steps performed when displaying each of frames of image to be displayed: detecting a grayscale value of each image pixel unit in the image to be displayed; determining whether the grayscale value of each image pixel unit is greater than a predetermined value; and providing a predetermined display voltage to a display pixel unit of the display panel corresponding to the image pixel unit, the grayscale value of which is greater than the predetermined value, the predetermined display voltage is lower than a voltage provided when the display pixel unit is driven according to the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11473984
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reflective liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels and a temperature sensor. Further, the temperature sensor included in the reflective liquid crystal display apparatus is formed in one or more regions among a plurality of pixel regions partitioned into rows and columns. The reflective liquid crystal display apparatus can thereby measure the temperature of the pixels more accurately at real time compared with the case of using a temperature sensor attached onto a heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Iwasa
  • Patent number: 11460726
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a display area; a non-display area; a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of source lines; a plurality of thin film transistors; a gate driver; a source driver; a control unit configured to supply a control signal to the source driver; and an auxiliary line extending in the non-display area from an end of one of the plurality of source lines to another end thereof, wherein each of the plurality of thin film transistors is turned on and off when one of the plurality of gate signals supplied to one of the plurality of gate lines connected to that thin film transistor changes to an ON voltage level and an OFF voltage level respectively, and the control signal rises at a different timing from a fall in one of the plurality of gate signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto Akiyama, Yasunao Iwata
  • Patent number: 11397375
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a projection optical system configured to project an image with light emitted from a light source; a photodetector, and circuitry. The photodetector is configured to detect an amount of first light out of the light emitted from the light source and does not enter the projection optical system, and an amount of second light out of the light emitted from the light source and has passed through the projection optical system. The circuitry is configured to compare the amount of first light and the amount of second light, and control a notification device to perform a notification operation in response to reception of a comparison result that a difference in the amount of first light and the amount of second light is equal to or greater than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshinobu Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 11386852
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first partial panel region and a second partial panel region, and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel. The panel driver determines a first driving frequency for the first partial panel region and a second driving frequency for the second partial panel region. When the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency are different from each other, the panel driver sets a boundary portion including a boundary between the first partial panel region and the second partial panel region, and determines a third driving frequency for the boundary portion to be between the first driving frequency and the second driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Joon-Chul Goh, Sangan Kwon, HongSoo Kim, Hui Nam, Jinyoung Roh, Hyojin Lee
  • Patent number: 11360346
    Abstract: An optical lens having a tunable focal length and a display device including the same are provided. The optical lens includes a control electrode including a plurality of electrode elements, an electroactive material layer provided on the control electrode, and a common electrode spaced apart from the control electrode. The electroactive material layer is interposed between the common electrode and the control electrode. The optical lens includes a plurality of bus sets, each bus set of the plurality of bus sets including a plurality of buses, wherein the plurality of bus sets include a first bus set and a second bus set, the first bus set is configured to apply a first voltage to the plurality of electrode elements to generate a first phase profile of light, and the second bus set is configured to apply a second voltage to the plurality of electrode elements to generate a second phase profile of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Svetlana Vladimirovna Danilova, Dmitriy Evgenyevich Piskunov, Nikolay Victorovich Muravev, Mikhail Vyacheslavovich Popov
  • Patent number: 11342365
    Abstract: An electronic modulating device is provided. The electronic modulating device includes a first modulating unit. The first modulating unit includes a first transistor including a channel arranged in an extending direction. The first modulating unit also includes a first modulating electrode electrically connected to the first transistor and arranged in a first longitudinal direction. The electronic modulating device also includes a second modulating unit. The second modulating unit includes a second transistor including a channel arranged in the extending direction. The second modulating unit also includes a second modulating electrode electrically connected to the second transistor and arranged in a second longitudinal direction that is different from the first longitudinal direction. The first included angle between the extending direction and the first longitudinal direction is different from a second included angle between the extending direction and the second longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Han Tsai, Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11308860
    Abstract: The present application discloses a pixel circuit and its driving method. The pixel circuit includes an input circuit, a control circuit, and 2N output circuits with N being a positive integer. The input circuit is configured to control a voltage level of a respective one of N control nodes under control of a gate-driving signal from each gate line and a first control signal. The control circuit is configured to respectively control a voltage level of each of 2N switching nodes under control of the N control nodes. The 2N output circuits are respectively connected to 2N data-signal terminals and the 2N switching nodes. Among the 2N output circuits, an i-th output circuit is configured to input an i-th data signal from an i-th data-signal terminal of the 2N data-signal terminals to an emission circuit under control of an i-th switching node of the 2N switching nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ning Cong, Minghua Xuan, Han Yue, Ming Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Detao Zhao, Liang Chen, Can Zhang, Can Wang
  • Patent number: 11294250
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid-crystal display device. The liquid-crystal display device includes gate lines and data lines disposed on a substrate and overlapping with one another to define sub-pixels, two thin-film transistors disposed together in a circuit area of one of two sub-pixels next to each other in a horizontal direction among the sub-pixels; and common electrodes and pixel electrodes disposed alternately in each of the sub-pixels. The two thin-film transistors are connected to the two sub-pixels, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeoungUk Heo, WooYeal Jun, JiSeon Yu, JiAe Yoon
  • Patent number: 11282436
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a storage device directly connected to a control line so that a light-emitting device may emit light under a control of a control signal from the control line. The pixel circuit further includes: a first transistor; a second transistor; and a third transistor. A control terminal of the first transistor is connected to a first scan line, a second terminal of the first transistor is connected to an output node, and a first terminal of the storage device is connected to the output node. A control terminal of the second transistor is connected to the output node. A control terminal of the third transistor is connected to a second scan line, a second terminal of the third transistor is connected to an anode of the light-emitting device, and a cathode of the light-emitting device is grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Chengdu Vistar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cuili Gai
  • Patent number: 11262633
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid-crystal display device. The liquid-crystal display device includes gate lines and data lines disposed on a substrate and overlapping with one another to define sub-pixels, two thin-film transistors disposed together in a circuit area of one of two sub-pixels next to each other in a horizontal direction among the sub-pixels; and common electrodes and pixel electrodes disposed alternately in each of the sub-pixels. The two thin-film transistors are connected to the two sub-pixels, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeoungUk Heo, WooYeal Jun, JiSeon Yu, JiAe Yoon
  • Patent number: 11211024
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of data lines, formed in a display area of the substrate; a data driving circuit, used for driving the data lines; an active switches, connected to the data driving circuit and the data lines; and a control module, coupled with a control ends of the active switches. The control module controls the active switch to be switched off while the previous frame of image information is the same as the current frame of image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11183132
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device, includes a first pixel line including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, a second pixel line including a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, and a display driver supplying video signals which cause signal polarities of signal lines adjacent to each other to be opposite to each other, without varying the polarities in one frame period, the video signals having the same polarities as each other being written to the respective sub-pixels of the first pixel line, the video signals having the polarities which are the same as each other and opposite to the polarities of the video signals written to the first pixel line, being written to the respective sub-pixels of the second pixel line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Tsutomu Harada, Hirotaka Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11170718
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device, and a compensating method are disclosed. The display panel includes: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of sub-pixels, and a plurality of sensing driving lines connected to the plurality of sub-pixels, each of plurality of the sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit; the plurality of sub-pixels constitute a plurality of pixel units, the plurality of pixel units are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and each of the plurality of pixel units includes four sub-pixels; pixel circuits of the four sub-pixels are connected to a same data line of the plurality of data lines; and the pixel circuits of the four sub-pixels are connected to four sensing driving lines of the plurality of sensing driving lines in a one-to-one correspondence manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Cheng Lin, Quanhu Li, Cuili Gai, Yu Wang, Mingi Chu, Chien Pang Huang
  • Patent number: 11164532
    Abstract: A display device receives a feedback signal for a pulse signal supplied to a display panel, senses a pulse width of a scan signal, and changes one or both of a pulse width of the shift clock and a pulse voltage of the shift clock for each screen position of the display panel in response to a pulse width of the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Tae Kwon
  • Patent number: 11145237
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a plurality of stages, a memory and a selector. The plurality of stages provides a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of gate lines. The memory receives a gate input signal applied to at least one of the stages and outputs the gate input signal as a selection signal. The selector outputs a vertical start signal to a scan start point among the stages based on the selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Myungho Lee
  • Patent number: 11121156
    Abstract: An array substrate includes first and second thin-film transistors formed on a base and spaced by a predetermined distance in a first direction that is parallel to the plane on which the base is located and set in parallel. The first thin-film transistor includes a first active layer, a first gate insulation layer, a first gate electrode, a first interlayer insulation layer, and first source/drain electrodes sequentially stacked on the base in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The first source/drain electrodes are electrically connected to the first active layer. The second thin-film transistor includes a second gate electrode, a second gate insulation layer, second source/drain electrodes, and a second active layer sequentially stacked on the base in the third direction. The first active layer and the first gate electrode are both formed of a poly-silicon material. The second active layer includes an oxide semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirayama Hideo
  • Patent number: 11120772
    Abstract: A source driving circuit, a display apparatus and an operation method are provided. The source driving circuit includes a reference voltage generating circuit, a plurality of compensation circuits, a gamma voltage generating circuit and a digital to analog converter. The reference voltage generating circuit is configured to generate a plurality of gamma reference voltages. The plurality of compensation circuits are coupled to the reference voltage generating circuit and configured to generate a plurality of compensated gamma reference voltages according to the plurality of gamma reference voltages and a voltage associated with a common voltage. The gamma voltage generating circuit is configured to generate a plurality of gamma voltages according to the plurality of compensated gamma reference voltages. The digital to analog converter is configured to generate a plurality of data driving voltages corresponding to image data according to the plurality of gamma voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tsu Hsieh, Sou-Chieh Chang, Ying-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11106109
    Abstract: A photoluminescence display panel for three-axis focal point length conversion includes: a lens layer having a two-dimensional Fresnel pattern formed thereon to adjust a path of light entering from a light source; a light conversion layer stacked on the lens layer to convert a color of light that has pass through the lens layer; and a power supply unit for directly applying a voltage to the lens layer, in which as the lens layer is partitioned into a plurality of areas and the power supply unit adjusts the voltage applied to each area of the lens layer partitioned into a plurality of areas, a focal point position can be changed in a three-dimensional space, and thus the aperture and resolution of the display panel can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seong Chan Jun, Juyeong Oh, Gilho Lee, Sehong Park, Youngho Seo
  • Patent number: 11094287
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data driving circuit and a driving method thereof, a data driving system and a display device. In an embodiment of a data driving circuit, each digital to analog conversion unit is only used for driving sub-pixels of one color, and by controlling on-off of the switch unit, one data line interface unit is enabled to be connected to different digital to analog conversion units when driving sub-pixels of different colors. In this way, a reference voltage can be provided to the digital to analog conversion unit for driving different color display by a single physical Gamma circuit, without having to use a digital Gamma circuit. Therefore, gray scale loss caused by adjustment using the digital Gamma circuit can be avoided fundamentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongjun Xie
  • Patent number: 11087660
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operating method are provided. The timing controller includes a bit capture circuit and a gear position signal generation circuit. The bit capture circuit is configured to capture a first part bit from each of a plurality of original sub-pixel data of a video stream. The gear position signal generation circuit determines a gear position signal related to a current frame according to the first part bits. The gear position signal is provided to a gamma voltage generation circuit of a source driver such that the gamma voltage generation circuit changes a plurality of gamma voltages according to the gear position signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11049910
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a transmissive area and a reflective area. The pixel structure includes a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a reflective electrode, a first switching element, and a second switching element. The first transparent electrode has a first portion and a second portion connected to each other. The first portion is disposed in the reflective area, and the second portion is disposed in the transmissive area and is narrower than the first portion. The second transparent electrode is disposed in the transmissive area. The reflective electrode is stacked on the first portion of the first transparent electrode and is isolated from the second transparent electrode. The first switching element is disposed in the reflective area and is electrically connected to the first transparent electrode. The second switching element is disposed in the reflective area and is electrically connected to the second transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Cheng-He Ruan
  • Patent number: 11042238
    Abstract: A display panel, having a display area where display units, touch electrodes, and fingerprint identification units are arranged, and a non-display area including first to third bonding areas, the second and third bonding areas being located on two sides of the first bonding area, respectively. First pads, second pads, and third pads are arranged in the bonding areas, and the number of the first pads is greater than the number of the third pads, and the number of the second pads is greater than the number of the third pads. One or more first pads, one or more second pads, and one or more third pads are arranged in the first bonding area alternately. Each of the second bonding area and the third bonding area is provided with one or more first pads and one or more second pads. A display device includes the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tingting Zhang, Changzhi Wu, Ying Sun, Yumin Xu
  • Patent number: 11030949
    Abstract: Circuits for programming a circuit with decreased programming time are provided. Such circuits include a storage device such as a capacitor for storing display information and for ensuring a driving device such as a driving transistor drives a light emitting device according to the display information. To increase programming time, the pixel circuits may be pre-charged or a biasing current may be applied to charge and/or discharge a data line and/or the driving device. Aspects of the present disclosure allow for the biasing current to drain partially through the storage device to allow the portion of the biasing current applied to the driving device to remain small while the data line discharges. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides display architectures and operation schemes for display arranged in segments each including a plurality of pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Gholamreza Chaji, Yaser Azizi, Maran Ran Ma, Arokia Nathan
  • Patent number: 11029788
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; a printed circuit board connected to the display panel; an elastic element disposed between the display panel and the printed circuit board; a first conductor disposed between the elastic element and the printed circuit board; and a second conductor disposed between the elastic element and the display panel, and forming a capacitance with the first conductor, wherein the printed circuit board includes a first pad connected to the first conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungun Park, Youngjoo Lee, Heekwon Lee, Jeongil Yoo
  • Patent number: 10997933
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes sub-pixels each including a sub-pixel electrode, and a first and second memory; a clock signal output circuit configured to, based on a reference clock signal, output a plurality of clock signals having different frequencies; a selection circuit configured to select one of the clock signals as a selected clock signal; a memory selection circuit configured to select all of the first memories included in all the sub-pixels or all of the second memories included in all the sub-pixels in synchronization with the selected clock signal; a common electrode facing all of the sub-pixel electrodes; and a common-electrode driving circuit configured to provide a common potential to the common electrode, wherein the common potential is inverted in synchronization with the reference clock signal, wherein the sub-pixel electrode is driven based on sub-pixel data stored in the selected one of the memories to display an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka Mitsuzawa, Takayuki Nakao, Yutaka Ozawa, Masaya Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10937373
    Abstract: A display device for external compensation and a method of driving the same, are discussed. The display device includes a plurality of display lines of a display panel which are divided into two areas to perform driving to output black data through a second display line area while an image is displayed through a first display line area, such that two display lines are sensed in one non-emission period (blank). Two level shifters alternately perform real-time sensing and recovery operation in one non-emission period and two display lines can be compensated in one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lok-Dam Baek
  • Patent number: 10909904
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including a plurality of pixels is provided according to an embodiment. Each of the plurality of pixels includes three sub pixels. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel having a green sub pixel and two red sub pixels, a second pixel having a green sub pixel and two blue sub pixels, the second pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, a third pixel having a green sub pixel and two blue sub pixels, the third pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction, and a fourth pixel having a green sub pixel and two red sub pixels, the fourth pixel being adjacent to the second pixel in the second direction. In the organic light emitting display device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, sub pixels are asymmetrically disposed in pixels which are disposed in at least one direction, to reduce lattice artifact by the regular arrangement of the sub pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YuHoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10891895
    Abstract: A plurality of LED drive circuits are provided so as to correspond one-to-one with plurality of LED units arranged in matrix. In the LED drive circuit, a data voltage is written to a memory capacitor in a charge period that appears every one frame period, in the LED drive circuit, the reset control transistor is turned on and off more than once after a time point at which the charge period ends until a time point at which the next charge period starts, so that a lighting enable period in which a lighting period control operation is performed is provided more than once every one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidekazu Miyata, Noriaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10878741
    Abstract: A light emitting diode display device includes a substrate, a conductive film, and a pixel layer. The conductive film is formed on the substrate. The pixel layer is formed on the conductive film by which the pixel electronically connects to the substrate. The pixel layer includes a number of pixels. The number of pixels have a staggered arrangement and are arranged on the conductive film as a matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Te-En Tseng
  • Patent number: 10867546
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including a plurality of pixels is provided according to an embodiment. Each of the plurality of pixels includes three sub pixels. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel having a green sub pixel and two red sub pixels, a second pixel having a green sub pixel and two blue sub pixels, the second pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, a third pixel having a green sub pixel and two blue sub pixels, the third pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction, and a fourth pixel having a green sub pixel and two red sub pixels, the fourth pixel being adjacent to the second pixel in the second direction. In the organic light emitting display device according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, sub pixels are asymmetrically disposed in pixels which are disposed in at least one direction, to reduce lattice artifact by the regular arrangement of the sub pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YuHoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10823909
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guide plate for guiding light to the display panel, a light source for irradiating the light guide plate with light, and a middle mold disposed between the display panel and the light guide plate and supporting an edge region of the light guide plate. The middle mold includes a groove formed on a surface adjacent to the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taehee Jeon, Daeyoung Kim, Hyungki Kim, Yongsung Yoo, Kilhong Lee, Dukjin Jeon
  • Patent number: 10817105
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided with a display substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the display substrate and the array substrate, and control circuitry. The display substrate includes a touch sensing line. The array substrate includes a common electrode having a constant potential, a first insulating layer provided under the common electrode, a pixel electrode provided under the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer provided under the pixel electrode, a conductive line electrically connected to the common electrode under the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer provided under the conductive line, and a first active element and a second active element provided under the third insulating layer and electrically connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kimura, Kenzo Fukuyoshi, Yutaka Ito
  • Patent number: 10818254
    Abstract: The present application discloses an active matrix type display device that is capable of successfully displaying an image by an intra-screen division drive while suppressing the complication of a circuit configuration. In a liquid crystal panel that includes an A area and a B area, an A area scanning signal line and a B area scanning signal line are scanned in the same direction, and the A area data signal line and the B area data signal line are driven based on an A area image signal DaA and a B area image signal DaB, respectively, that are obtained from an image signal DA from the outside. Furthermore, when a scanning signal line that is to be selected latest in the A area is selected, a voltage that is the same as a data signal voltage which is applied to the A area data signal line that intersects the scanning signal line is applied to the B area data signal line that is paired with the A area data signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kanatani, Kohji Ueno, Shinji Sadamitsu
  • Patent number: 10811114
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a shift register unit, a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit comprises at least two sub-circuits of a first output sub-circuit, a second output sub-circuit, and a third output sub-circuit. The first output sub-circuit is configured to output a voltage at a signal output terminal to a reset signal output terminal; the second output sub-circuit is configured to output the voltage at the signal output terminal to a gating signal output terminal; and the third output sub-circuit is configured to output a voltage at a second voltage terminal to a light-emitting control signal output terminal or is configured to output a voltage at a first voltage terminal to the light-emitting control signal output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lijun Yuan, Mingfu Han, Seung Woo Han, Xing Yao, Zhichong Wang, Guangliang Shang, Haoliang Zheng
  • Patent number: 10796654
    Abstract: A switching circuit, a gate scanning signal control circuit, a gate driving circuit, a display device and a driving method are provided. The switching circuit includes a gate scanning signal receiving terminal, a second output terminal, and a third output terminal. The gate scanning signal receiving terminal of the switching circuit is configured to receive a gate scanning signal, and the switching circuit is configured to output the gate scanning signal to the second output terminal and the third output terminal simultaneously under control of the gate scanning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baoqiang Wang, Xu Xu
  • Patent number: 10755662
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display driving circuit and a display apparatus including the same. A display driving circuit includes a first amplifier configured to drive a first data line of a display panel based on first pixel data and a second amplifier configured to drive a second data line of the display panel based on second pixel data, wherein, when a first data difference between the first pixel data and the second pixel data is greater than or equal to a data value indicating one grayscale and is less than or equal to a first threshold value, the second amplifier is turned off, and the first amplifier is configured to drive the first data line and the second data line based on the first pixel data and the second pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-ho Kong, Taek-su Kwon, Jong-hyun Kim, Jee-hwal Kim, Jun-ho Park, Hong-keun Yune
  • Patent number: 10739888
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of touch control electrodes, and the non-display region includes a fan-out region and a bonding region used to bond a driving circuit. The bonding region includes a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads. A first pad is electrically connected to a signal output terminal of the driving circuit. A second pad is electrically connected to a signal input terminal of the driving circuit. The fan-out region includes a plurality of first trace wires electrically connected to the plurality of pixel electrodes as well as the plurality of first pads, and a plurality of second trace wires electrically connected to the touch control electrodes as well as the plurality of second pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingping Liu, Xiai Xu, Min Huang, Qiangcan Huang
  • Patent number: 10714009
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels each of which has a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. A drive transistor and an emission transistor may be coupled in series with the light-emitting diode of each pixel between a positive power supply and a ground power supply. The pixels may include first and second switching transistors. A data storage capacitor may be coupled between a gate and source of the drive transistor in each pixel. Signal lines may be provided in columns of pixels to route signals such as data signals, sensed drive currents from the drive transistors, and predetermined voltages between display driver circuitry and the pixels. The switching transistors, emission transistors, and drive transistors may include semiconducting-oxide transistors and silicon transistors and may be n-channel transistors or p-channel transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Shih Chang Chang, Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 10672352
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display device and a driving method for a display device are provided. In the array substrate and the display device, one sub-pixel includes a first sub-pixel portion and a second sub-pixel portion adjacent to each other. The first sub-pixel portion and the second sub-pixel portion are connected to different gate lines and are electrically connected to the same data line, so that, in the case of progressive scanning, the first sub-pixel portion and the second sub-pixel portion are applied with different data voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xueguang Hao, Hongfei Cheng, Xinyin Wu
  • Patent number: 10657883
    Abstract: There provide a pixel driving circuit and driving method thereof, an array substrate and display apparatus, wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises: a data line; a gate line; a first power supply line; a second power supply line; a light emitting device connected to the second power supply line; a driving transistor connected to the first power supply line; a storage capacitor having a first terminal connected to a gate of the driving transistor and configured to transfer information including the data voltage to the gate of the driving transistor; a resetting unit configured to reset a voltage across the storage capacitor as a predetermined signal voltage; a data writing unit configured to write information including the data voltage into the second terminal of the storage capacitor; a compensating unit configured to write information including a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and information of the first power supply voltage into the first terminal of the storage capacitor; and a light emit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Sun, Ying Wang, Tuo Sun, Zhanjie Ma, Lintao Zhang, Lujiang Huangfu
  • Patent number: 10657862
    Abstract: A driving method for a display device, timing controller and display device. The driving method includes: acquiring a target update frequency of image display of a display panel; determining a target frame rate corresponding to the target update frequency according to a prestored corresponding relationship between update frequencies and frame rates; adjusting a blanking duration of a data signal output by a source driving circuit according to the target frame rate; and outputting a first control signal with a frequency being the target frame rate to a gate driving circuit, to cause the gate driving circuit to scan pixel units of the display panel according to the target frame rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10629135
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a driving method, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines whose extension directions intersect each other, a plurality of pixel units defined by the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of auxiliary electrode lines arranged alternately with the plurality of gate lines. Each pixel unit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a pixel electrode. The array substrate further includes a third transistor disposed between each gate line and an auxiliary electrode line adjacent thereto, a control terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to a data line, a first terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to the gate line, and a second terminal of the third transistor being electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yulong Chen, Niannian Wang, Yong Xiong, Xiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10614741
    Abstract: A display device includes at least one data line, at least one scan line, and at least one pixel circuit. The pixel circuit is coupled to a corresponding data line and a corresponding scan line. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting diode (LED), a voltage to time converter, a selection circuit, and a current driver. The current driver is coupled to the LED for controlling the LED. The selection circuit transmits the data voltage of a data line to the voltage to time converter during the scan operation. The voltage to time converter includes an input terminal for receiving the data voltage, and an output terminal for turning on the LED to generate a predetermined driving current for a period of time. When the absolute value of the data voltage is greater, the period of time is longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10567661
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which prevents and/or reduces photographing of contents is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a camera and a processor configured to cause the electronic apparatus to turn off the display and/or control a display to display a UI for restricting photographing of the content in response to a predetermined object being detected in an image received by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-su Kim
  • Patent number: RE47907
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel having a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode. A first thin film transistor is connected to the first sub-pixel electrode. A second thin film transistor is connected to the second sub-pixel electrode. A third thin film transistor is connected to the second sub-pixel electrode. A fourth thin film transistor is connected to a drain electrode of the third thin film transistor. A first gate line is connected to the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor. A data line is connected to the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor. A second gate line is connected to the third thin film transistor. A third gate line is connected to the fourth thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Soo Lee, Kee-Bum Park, Yun Jae Park, Jong Jae Lee, Hoi Sik Moon