Patents Examined by Adam J Snyder
  • Patent number: 10515586
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes pixel circuits arranged in an array. Each pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, at least two switching transistors and at least two first auxiliary electrodes arranged in a one to one relationship to the switching transistors. By electrically connecting each of the first auxiliary electrodes with a gate of a related switching transistor, the first auxiliary electrode and the gate of the corresponding switching transistor have a same potential. A capacitor can be formed between the first auxiliary electrode and the active layer, and a capacitor is formed between the gate and the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zaiwen Zhu, Hong Lin, Shui He, Sera Kenji, Isao Shoji, Zhonglan Cai
  • Patent number: 10515594
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source module including a first connection pin and a second connection pin electrically connected to the first connection pin, a power converter which provides a driving voltage to the light source module, a connector which receives a first enable signal via a first signal line and provides a second enable signal via a second signal line and a driving circuit which controls a generation of the driving voltage from the power converter in response to the second enable signal. When the connector is electrically connected to the first and second connection pins, the first enable signal is transmitted to the first connection pin via the first signal line and the connector, and the second enable signal from the second connection pin is provided to the driving circuit via the connector and the second signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-won Jang, Won-hyoung Kang, Seung-wan Kim, Gwangteak Lee, Songyi Han, Jin-taek Hong, Seunghwan Moon
  • Patent number: 10504439
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an OLED display panel and a driving method for the OLED display panel. The display panel comprises a first data converter configured to encode voltage data into parallel transmission data, the number of data bits of the transmission data being greater than that of the voltage data; a second data converter configured to convert the transmission data into serial relay data; a transmitter configured to convert the relay data into differential data and send the differential data; and a timing controller configured to receive the differential data and clock information in the differential data, and perform voltage compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Ming-jong Jou
  • Patent number: 10504445
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display panel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel for respectively emitting differently colored lights, each of the sub-pixels including a switching transistor connected to a data line, and having a gate electrode configured to receive a scan signal, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor, an emission control transistor connected to the driving transistor, and having a gate electrode configured to receive an emission control signal, an emission control line connected to the gate electrode of the emission control transistor, an organic light emitting diode connected the emission control transistor, and coupling capacitor including a first electrode including a portion of the emission control line, and a second electrode including an anode of the organic light emitting diode overlapping the portion of the emission control line, wherein capacitances of a first capacitor including the coupling capacitor of the first sub-pixel and a se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Hoon Shim
  • Patent number: 10488966
    Abstract: The present embodiments generally relate to a display panel and a display device which may recognize touch. A display panel is provided in which a touch sensor and a touch line are disposed in an active area in which a part of an outer edge of the touch line is curved to correspond to a curved shape of the active area in the display panel so that the touch sensing is allowed in display panels having various shapes. Further, a touch display device is provided in which an open area is located between two adjacent touch lines disposed on the display panel so that touch sensing is allowed also in the display panel including an open area such as a hole or a notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruda Rhe, KwangJo Hwang, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, SuChang An, JaeGyun Lee, Yangsik Lee
  • Patent number: 10481722
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch device, a display device and an intelligent device. The touch device provides touch information to the display device, and includes a base that is capable of being detachably connected to the display device; a touch screen that is arranged on the base; a touch screen control chip that is connected to the touch screen, and configured to detect a touch operation on the touch screen and generate the touch information; a transmitter that is arranged on the base and connected to the touch screen control chip, and configured to transmit the touch information to the display device; and a power supply that is arranged on the base and connected to the touch screen control chip and the transmitter, and configured to supply power to the touch screen control chip and the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingfei Mu, Cheng Chang, Dawei Wang, Rui Liu
  • Patent number: 10460685
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gray scale voltage compensation method of a liquid crystal panel, a circuit for a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal panel including the circuit. The invention adjusts the common voltage and/or compensates the pixel voltage to minimize the afterimage of the whole liquid crystal panel under the premise of saving the cost of the liquid crystal panel and greatly improves the panel display performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tao He, Yu-Yeh Chen, Yu Wu, Jhen-wei He
  • Patent number: 10460690
    Abstract: A driver circuit includes a circuit 200, a transistor 101_1, and a transistor 101_2. A signal is selectively input from the circuit 200 to a gate of the transistor 101_1 and the transistor 101_2, so that the transistor 101_1 and the transistor 101_2 are controlled to be on or off. The transistor 101_1 and the transistor 101_2 are turned on or off; thus, the wiring 112 and the wiring 111 become conducting or non-conducting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Atsushi Umezaki
  • Patent number: 10452131
    Abstract: A system and/or method that uses a body posture of a user to determine and modulate a content mode of a virtual reality system. The content mode may define the manner in which virtual reality content is presented to the user and/or the manner in which the user interacts with the virtual reality content. The user's body posture and/or a change in body posture may cause the content mode and/or the virtual reality content to change accordingly. In some implementations, primary content may be presented to the user according to a first content mode in response to the user sitting. Secondary virtual reality content may be presented to the user according to the second content mode in response to the user standing. As such, a user may initiate a change in the virtual reality content and/or the content mode by standing from a sitting posture and/or sitting from a standing posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Visionary VR, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Ross, Gil Baron, Cosmo Raleigh Scharf, Luke Russell Patterson, Jake Richard Parker, John Kanikula Peters
  • Patent number: 10431133
    Abstract: An image shift control method including generating image position information by using sample data of first image data; and determining a movement direction and a movement amount of an image by using the image position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ki Chun, Hyun Seuk Yoo, Jun Gyu Lee, Won Woo Jang, Yong Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 10431140
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines, a data driver which supplies a data signal to pixels through the data lines, a scan driver which generates a scan signal using a first scan voltage and a second scan voltage, and supplying the scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines, a processor which generates first scan voltage information by setting a first scan voltage level, based on an ambient temperature of the display device, a timing controller which generates a power control signal using the first scan voltage information and delta voltage information, and a power supply which generates the first scan voltage and a delta voltage using the power control signal, and generates the second scan voltage by dropping the delta voltage from the first scan voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Young Heo, Jong Jae Lee, Seok Hwan Lee, Jun Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 10416495
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight control method and a liquid crystal display device, where the backlight control method includes generating backlight data of a backlight partition corresponding to an image partition according to grayscale data of each of the image partition in an image to be displayed; generating a PWM backlight control signal for the each of the backlight partition according to a grayscale interval where the backlight data of the each of the backlight partition lies, where current amplitudes of PWM backlight control signals corresponding to backlight data in different grayscale intervals are different; and controlling a backlight source of the each of the backlight partition according to the PWM backlight control signal for the each of the backlight partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10410584
    Abstract: An aging compensation system and an aging compensation method for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device are disclosed, the aging compensation system for the OLED device comprises a plurality of pixel circuits, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of sense lines, a first power supply, a second power supply, and a source driving chip, the pixel circuit comprises an OLED device and a driving transistor. The number of sense lines and the number of the data lines are equal, each of the sense lines is cooperating with each of the data lines in connection with the pixel circuits, the sense line is connected to an anode of the OLED device via a first transistor; the first power supply is connected to the driving transistor, the second power supply is connected to a cathode of the OLED device; the source driving chip is connected to the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongjun Xie
  • Patent number: 10397513
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, The electronic device may include a display, a processor operatively connected to the display and configured to generate display data to be output on the display, a display driver integrated circuit configured to output, on the display, the display data received from the processor, wherein the display driver integrated circuit is configured to apply a color transformation value of the same or different magnitude to display data based on a distance from a specified point of the display to a location where the display data are to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Yo Han Lee, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 10388200
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel block that includes pixels, a degradation sensor for measuring degradation information of the pixel block, and a degradation calculator for accumulating input data provided to each of the pixels and for calculating pixel degradation data of each of the pixels based on accumulated input data and the degradation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Moon, Hee-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 10372163
    Abstract: A novel input device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. Alternatively, a novel input device is provided. The input device includes a sensor panel that can be folded, a housing that enables the sensor panel to be folded, and a sensing portion that senses the folded state of the sensor panel and supplies folding information. Furthermore, the sensor panel includes a signal line extending in the column direction, and a part of one signal line is placed to face another part of the signal line in the folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 10366654
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an OLED pixel circuit and a method for retarding the aging of an OLED device. By providing a first sub-pixel driving unit, a second sub-pixel driving unit, a first reverse biasing unit, and a second reverse biasing unit and by simple control timing, a first light emitting diode and a second light emitting diode will not always be in a DC biased state, and the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode will emit light alternately in different frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bobiao Chang, Xiaolong Chen, Yi-chien Wen
  • Patent number: 10359824
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display configured to display an image; a connecting section configured to connect with an external apparatus that includes at least one operating section and a charging section to be charged with power to be supplied to the operating section; a power supply configured to supply power to the external apparatus connected to the connecting section; and a controller configured to receive information about power used by at least one operating section of the external apparatus connected to the connecting section, determine a level of power supplied to the external apparatus according to the received power information and usage power of the display, and control the power supply to supply power having the determined level to the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-seong Seo
  • Patent number: 10354584
    Abstract: A display device is provided in which each subpixel includes a driving TFT, an organic light-emitting diode, and at least one switching TFT for driving the subpixel. At least one of the driving TFT and the switching TFT is formed as a double-gate TFT having a first gate node and a second gate node, and each subpixel comprises a compensation circuit that senses a threshold voltage of the double-gate TFT and applies the same to the first gate node or the second gate node of the double-gate TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Namyong Gong, Sohee Choi
  • Patent number: 10347189
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a curved side or a polygonal side, the display panel including a plurality of pixels in a display region, a gate driver including a plurality of normal stages connected to each other for outputting gate signals to the pixels via a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of dummy stages between some of the normal stages, and a data driver providing data signals to the pixels via a plurality of data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Bae Bae, So-Young Lee, Won-Se Lee