Patents Examined by Aaron Midkiff
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Patent number: 11417146Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image processing device, an image forming device, an operating device, a vital sensor, and a controller. The image processing device corrects an image. The image forming device performs an image formation of forming the image on a recording sheet. The operating device is operable by a user and through which an instruction to start the image formation by the image forming device is inputted. The vital sensor is provided at the operating device and detects a blood oxygen level of the user who is operating the operating device. The controller, when the instruction to start the image formation is inputted through the operating device, causes the image processing device to correct the image in accordance with the blood oxygen level of the user detected by the vital sensor and causes the image forming device to form a corrected image on the recording sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Takayuki Mashimo
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Patent number: 11405595Abstract: A method for driving a display panel displays a video image signal that includes a plurality of images having different frame periods. The method includes setting a frame period including one or more light emission periods, and one or more light extinction periods. The method also includes dividing at least one frame period into a plurality of light emission periods and a plurality of light extinction periods, and adjusting lengths of the plurality of light emission periods and lengths of the plurality of light extinction periods based on a ratio between a maximum frequency of the frame period and a currently set frequency of the frame period. The method further includes displaying the video image signal by causing light emitting elements of the display panel to emit light during the adjusted light emission periods, and to extinguish light during the adjusted light extinction periods.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventor: Hiroaki Ishii
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Patent number: 11399135Abstract: Disclosed herein is a full-screen display device capable of sufficiently securing light transmittance of a sensor area overlapping a sensor unit in a pixel array and minimizing deterioration in perceived image quality of the sensor area. The pixels are arranged in the sensor area overlapping the sensor unit in the pixel array of the full-screen display device such that the number of pixels gradually decreases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks, and the area of a transmission portion gradually increases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Tae Kim, Jun-Woo Jang, Tae-Yong Park, Woong-Jin Seo
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Patent number: 11374068Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes a display area, a bezel area, and a hole area. The bezel area includes an inner bezel area surrounding the hole area and an outer bezel area surrounding the display area, and the display area surrounds the hole area and is disposed between the inner bezel area and the outer bezel area. The display panel further includes a substrate layer, a light-emitting layer, an encapsulation layer and a touch layer, that are sequentially stacked; a detection line including a first detection line. The first detection line includes a first detection segment disposed in the inner bezel area, a third detection segment disposed in outer bezel area, and a second detection segment electrically connecting the first detection segment and the third detection segment. The second detection segment is disposed in the touch layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong Ding, Qijun Yao
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Patent number: 11360659Abstract: An electronic device, an input/output apparatus and an input/output method therefor are disclosed. The electronic device includes an input/output controller, a first projector component, a second projector component and a detector component. The input/output controller generates a first projection signal for an output interface and a second projection signal for an input interface. The first projector component projects the output interface according to the first projection signal. The second projector component projects the input interface according to the second projection signal. The detector component detects an input signal in the projected input interface, and transmits the detected input signal to the input/output controller as an input signal for the electronic device. By implementing input/output in a manner of projection, an input/output interface of a desired size is provided while the input/output apparatus of the electronic device is miniaturized.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Youting Zhang, Taofeng Xie, Kefeng Li, Haifeng Hu, Cui Chen
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Patent number: 11353974Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a transistor, a display element, a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, a spacer, and a light reflector. The second substrate overlaps the first substrate. The transistor is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display element is electrically connected to the transistor. The first touch electrode contacts the second substrate. The second touch electrode contacts the second substrate and is insulated from the first touch electrode. The spacer overlaps the first touch electrode and is positioned between the first touch electrode and the first substrate. The light reflector overlaps the second touch electrode, is positioned between the second touch electrode and the first substrate, and is spaced from the spacer. A distance between the light reflector and the second touch electrode is greater than a distance between the spacer and the first touch electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventor: Seok Je Seong
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Patent number: 11348979Abstract: A display device may include a display panel and an input sensor. Mesh lines of the input sensor may include first mesh lines extending in a first direction and second mesh lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first mesh lines and the second mesh lines may cross each other at a plurality of cross points. In a unit region of the sensing electrode, first cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines, and second cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joong-Soo Moon, Kwang-Min Kim, Yangwan Kim, Keunsoo Lee, Youngjin Cho
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Patent number: 11334740Abstract: Fingerprint recognition circuit, fingerprint recognition structure, fingerprint recognition device, display panel, and display device are provided. The circuit includes: a fingerprint recognition driving transistor; a first capacitor; a driving signal input terminal; and a sensing signal output terminal. The first capacitor has a terminal electrically connected to a gate of the fingerprint recognition driving transistor and another terminal electrically connected to a ground. The driving signal input terminal is electrically connected to an input terminal of the fingerprint recognition driving transistor. An output terminal of the fingerprint recognition driving transistor is electrically connected to the sensing signal output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kerui Xi, Tingting Cui, Feng Qin, Xuhui Peng, Linzhi Wang
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Patent number: 11329107Abstract: Disclosed is a display device with integrated touch screen, which prevents external light from being reflected by touch electrodes without a polarizer. The display device includes an organic light emitting device layer disposed on a substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on the organic light emitting device layer, a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the plurality of color filters to overlap a boundary portion between the plurality of color filters, and a black matrix disposed on the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes to overlap the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: JungSik Jo, JongGeun Yoon
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Patent number: 11308304Abstract: A fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first surface serving as a detection surface configured to detect unevenness of an object in contact or in proximity; a detection electrode provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to detect unevenness of a finger in contact or in proximity on the basis of an electrostatic capacitance change; and a drive circuit provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to the detection electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
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Patent number: 11281306Abstract: An input device including a plurality of press buttons and a touch control area is provided. The press buttons provide a key input function, and the touch control area provides a touch input function. Each of the press buttons pushes against an elastic pad which is used as a sensing electrode of the touch input function and as an elastic recovery element of the key input function.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventor: Chia-Yi Lee
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Patent number: 11250777Abstract: A backplane operative to drive an array of emissive pixel elements is disclosed. Each pixel element comprises a memory cell operative to modulate a plurality of current mirror drive elements configured to drive one emissive element, wherein a plurality of current mirror pixel drive elements may be individually enabled by external control signals. The width W of the reference current FET of a first selectable current mirror circuit will differ from the width W of the reference current FET of a second selectable current mirror circuit. The ratio of the width W of the current source FET to the width W of the reference current FET in a first selectable current mirror pixel drive element is equal to the ratio of the width W of the current source FET to the width W of the reference current FET in a second selectable current mirror pixel drive element.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: JASPER DISPLAY CORP.Inventors: Edwin Lyle Hudson, Bo Li
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Patent number: 11238782Abstract: A backplane operative to drive an array of emissive pixel elements is disclosed. Each pixel element comprises a memory cell operative to modulate a plurality of current mirror drive elements configured to drive one emissive element, wherein one current mirror pixel drive element is always operative to provide current if the memory cell is on and all other current mirror pixel drive elements may enabled subject to external control signals and the memory cell data state. The W/L ratio of each reference current FET is equal to the W/L ratio of all other reference current FETs. The W/L ratio of the current source FETs in each of the current mirror pixel drive elements is equal to the others. The present invention allows adjustment of the current density within the current source FET as well as the sensitivity of the current source FET to threshold voltage variation.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: JASPER DISPLAY CORP.Inventors: Edwin Lyle Hudson, Bo Li
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Patent number: 11222907Abstract: In an array substrate, an electronic paper display panel and a drive method thereof, and a display device, a display area includes multiple sub-display areas. A plurality of scanning lines in each sub-display area are electrically insulated from each other, corresponding scanning lines in different sub-display areas are electrically connected to each other and display time of each sub-display area is controlled through control signal lines. When a control chip and a flexible circuit board are employed, only a small number of control chips and/or flexible circuit boards, or even only one control chip and/or one flexible circuit board, may drive multiple sub-display areas to display pictures.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kerui Xi, Tingting Cui, Feng Qin, Jine Liu, Xiaohe Li
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Patent number: 11215897Abstract: Provided are an array substrate, an electronic paper display panel and a drive method thereof and a display device. A display area includes a plurality of sub-display areas, a plurality of data lines in each sub-display area are electrically insulated from each other, corresponding data lines in different sub-display areas are electrically connected to each other, and a control signal line is configured to control display time of each sub-display area. When a control chip and a flexible circuit board are employed, only a small number of control chips and flexible circuit boards may drive the plurality of sub-display areas to display pictures.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zuzhao Xu, Kerui Xi, Baiquan Lin, Xiaohe Li, Jine Liu, Feng Qin, Qiongqin Mao, Tinghai Wang, Mingwei Zhang
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Patent number: 11209898Abstract: Systems and methods for eye image set selection, eye image collection, and eye image combination are described. Embodiments of the systems and methods for eye image collection can include displaying a graphic along a path connecting a plurality of eye pose regions. Eye images at a plurality of locations along the path can be obtained, and an iris code can be generated based at least partly on at least some of the obtained eye images.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Adrian Kaehler
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Patent number: 11210987Abstract: A shift register circuit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The shift register circuit includes: an input terminal; a first reference voltage terminal; a second reference voltage terminal; a first clock signal terminal; a second clock signal terminal; an output terminal; an input circuit, a first control circuit; a second control circuit; a third control circuit; a compensation circuit, a first node, a second node, a third node and an output circuit, the compensation circuit is configured to compensate a voltage of at least one of the first node, the second node, and the third node in response to the second clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongfei Cheng, Xing Yao
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Patent number: 11182940Abstract: There is provided an information processing device capable of securing the field of view of the user, the information processing device including: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a field-of-view image corresponding to a field of view of a user; a hand detecting unit configured to detect a hand of the user from the field-of-view image; a background image generating unit configured to generate a background image of a background which is not visible to the user due to the hand on the basis of the field-of-view image; and an output image generating unit configured to generate a display image in which the background image is superimposed on an area occupied by the hand in the field of view of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Junya Ono
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Patent number: 11170682Abstract: Provided are a shift register and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit, and a display device. The shift register includes: an input circuit, configured to be coupled to an input signal end and a second clock signal end, respectively; a first transistor, where the first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the output end of the input circuit, and the first transistor is a double-gate type transistor; the first gate of the first transistor is configured to be coupled to a first reference signal end, and the second gate of the first transistor is configured to be coupled to a first threshold control signal end; and an output circuit, configured to be coupled to a first clock signal end and a signal output end, respectively, where the control end of the output circuit is coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guangliang Shang, Libin Liu, Can Zheng, Yipeng Chen, Xinshe Yin, Shiming Shi
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Patent number: 11157111Abstract: In one aspect, an LED display includes a matrix of LED pixels for producing a demanded image, and within the matrix, one or more sensor elements to detect visible light for document scanning, and/or IR light, and/or laser light. IR emitters also can be part of the matrix for time-of-flight based distance measurements using the matrix. The matrix background can be black or it can be e-ink to present, e.g., interactive user controls.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Blaine Morgan