Patents Examined by Adam J Snyder
  • Organic light emitting display apparatus using dithering and method of driving the same
    Patent number: 9870732
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a first data line, a comparator, and a data generator. The first data line is connected to a first pixel. The comparator compares first image data of input image data to at least one of a first critical grayscale value or a second critical grayscale value, where the first image data corresponds to the first pixel. The data generator determines the first critical grayscale value or the second critical grayscale value as first corrected image data when the first image data is equal to or greater than the first critical grayscale value but lower than the second critical grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungho Park, Baekwoon Lee
  • Display device having a bent portion
    Patent number: 9865838
    Abstract: A display device includes: a TFT substrate; a counter substrate; a flat bonding member bonding the TFT substrate and the counter substrate at a display area and an additional function area; and a bent bonding member bonding the TFT substrate and the counter substrate at a peripheral area outside the display area and a peripheral area outside the additional function area, the bent bonding member including a bonding interface at which a shear stress occurs due to the bending of the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. The bent bonding member has a deformation allowance in a direction of the shear stress greater than that of the flat bonding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takayasu Suzuki
  • Foldable electronic apparatus having display panel with variable curvature
    Patent number: 9857832
    Abstract: A foldable electronic apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a first cover and a second cover configured to support a rear surface of the flexible display panel and be interconnected by a hinge member, and a first slider and a second slider configured to be installed on the first cover and the second cover and vary a curvature of the flexible display panel by an operation of sliding along the first cover and the second cover, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-churl Kim, Jin-hyoung Park, Kyung-wan Park, Jae-young Huh
  • Method and apparatus for processing gesture input based on elliptical arc and rotation direction that corresponds to gesture input
    Patent number: 9857878
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a gesture input are provided. The method includes determining a type of an elliptical arc corresponding to a gesture input; determining a rotation direction corresponding to the gesture input; and processing the gesture input based on the type of the elliptical arc and the rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoobin Lee, Keun Joo Park, Eric Hyunsurk Ryu
  • Liquid crystal display panel
    Patent number: 9858873
    Abstract: A flicker-reduced liquid crystal display panel diminishing resistance-capacitance phenomena includes a plurality of parallel scanning lines and a plurality of parallel data lines, all lines intersecting with each other at the crosses. The liquid crystal display panel further includes a pulse control circuit and a gate driver. The pulse control circuit receives a pulse signal and reduces the time of the pulse signal under control of a control signal, the control signal controlling the start and finish of the time reduction. A reduced pulse signal is output. The gate driver receives the pulse signal which is output and issues scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Century Technology (Shenzhen) Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Wang, Chia-Hua Huang, Wen-Lin Mei, Hui Wang
  • Display driver integrated circuit including a plurality of timing controller-embedded drivers for driving a plurality of display regions in synchronization and a display device including the same
    Patent number: 9858897
    Abstract: A display device includes at least one display panel and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI). The at least one display panel includes a first display region and a second display region. The DDI includes a first timing controller-embedded driver (TED) and a second TED. The first TED is configured to process a first image data to provide a first display data to the first display region and the second TED is configured to process a second image data to provide a second display data to the second display region. The first TED is configured to control display timings of the first display data and the second display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Heon Han, Choong-Bin Kim, Kyoung-Hwan Kwon, Hyun-Sang Park
  • Touch display apparatus having multiplexing function of data lines and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 9851851
    Abstract: Provided a touch display apparatus and a driving method thereof, and the touch display apparatus comprising: a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, pixel electrodes and thin film transistors, wherein the touch display apparatus further includes a plurality of first common electrodes, the plurality of first common electrodes are disposed to be intersected and insulated with the plurality of data lines, and are used for receiving a touch detection driving signal to form touch driving electrodes at a first moment, and for receiving a display driving signal at a second moment; the plurality of data lines are combined as sensing electrodes so as to form a mutual-capacitance structure with the touch driving electrodes, at the first moment; and the pixel electrode is used for receiving a pixel signal so as to display in cooperation with the first common electrodes, at the second moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiayang Zhao
  • Multi-display device, display system including the same and display method thereof
    Patent number: 9830884
    Abstract: A display device included in a display system and a control method of the display device are provided. The display device includes a communication interface configured to receive an input image, an image processor configured to process an image of the input image to be displayed, a display configured to display the processed image, and a controller configured to control the display to display the processed image in a scanning direction that is opposite to a scanning direction of an adjacent display device that is disposed adjacent to the display device in the display system based on an arrangement position of the display device within the display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung-oh Choi, Jeong-moon Byun
  • Pre-touch localization on a reflective surface
    Patent number: 9823782
    Abstract: Aspects include a method, system, and computer program product for determining the location of an object relative to a reflective surface. The method includes acquiring an image of an object and the reflective surface with a camera, the camera positioned adjacent the reflective surface. The object is identified in the image. A reflection of the object on the reflective surface is identified in the image. Three-dimensional coordinates of at least a portion of the object are determined based at least in part on the object and the reflection of the object in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Gu, Inseok Hwang, Su Liu, Eric J. Rozner, Yaoguang Wei, Chungkuk Yoo
  • Apparatuses and methods for streaming audio and video
    Patent number: 9817526
    Abstract: A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus includes a surface. The surface has a front side and a back side. An electronics board has a through hole. A conductive touch pad layer is placed between the back side of the surface and the electronics board. The electronics board further includes a conductive element. The conductive element passes through the through hole. A wireless data module is part of a wireless data system. The wireless data system is attached to the electronics board and the wireless data module is electrically connected to a first end of the conductive element. The electronics board is coupled to the back side of the surface and is aligned so that a second end of the conductive element is in electrical contact with the touch pad layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRIC MIRROR, LLC
    Inventors: James V. Mischel, Jr., James Vernon Mischel, Sr., Michael Martin Uhl, Roger R Pangan
  • Array substrate, in-cell touch screen and display device
    Patent number: 9811207
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, an in-cell touch screen and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of touch electrodes arranged at an identical layer and separated from each other, and a plurality of wires arranged at a layer different from the touch electrodes and configured to connect the touch electrodes to a touch detection circuit. A difference in overlapping areas between each touch electrode and the wires corresponding to the other touch electrodes in a coverage region of the touch electrode is less than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weijie Zhao, Xue Dong, Shengji Yang, Haisheng Wang, Hongjuan Liu, Yingming Liu, Xiaoliang Ding, Changfeng Li, Wei Liu
  • Touch detecting device, display device with touch detecting function, and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9804704
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Yoshitoshi Kida, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) pixel driving circuit, array substrate and display apparatus
    Patent number: 9799268
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus, the pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor and an organic light-emitting diode, it further comprises: a charging compensation module, for receiving a data voltage signal, charging the driving transistor and compensating for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, under the control of a scan voltage signal; and a light-emitting control module, for receiving a reference voltage and a power supply voltage, and controlling the organic light-emitting diode to emit lights, under the control of a light-emitting control signal. The problem of the non-uniformity of threshold voltages is eliminated by compensating for the threshold voltages of driving transistors thereby enhancing the display effect of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cuili Gai, Danna Song, Zhongyuan Wu
  • Liquid crystal display panel having dummy gate line for applying dummy gate pulse and liquid crystal display device using the same
    Patent number: 9785269
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device having the liquid crystal display panel are provided in which a dummy gate line outputting a dummy gate pulse having an inverted waveform of gate pulse is formed to be parallel to gate lines outputting the gate pulses and to be perpendicular to touch electrodes supplied with a common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangho Lee, YoungHyoung Seo
  • EL display apparatus having a control circuit for protection of a gate driver circuit
    Patent number: 9773452
    Abstract: An EL display apparatus includes: gate driver ICs (i. e., gate driver circuits); a plurality of pixels; gate signal lines each transmit a selection voltage for selecting a pixel from the pixels and non-selection voltage for placing a pixel in a non-selection state; and TCON. The pixels each include: a driving transistor; an EL element; a first switching transistor; and a second switching transistor. The gate driver ICs each include scanning and outputting buffer circuits which are connected to TCON to which an output signal of each of the scanning and outputting buffer circuits is inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Masaru Nishimura, Toshiyuki Kato, Hirofumi Nakagawa
  • Electronic display inversion balance compensation systems and methods
    Patent number: 9767726
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and device are provided to provide inversion techniques for dynamic variable refresh rate electronic displays. One embodiment of the present disclosure describes An electronic display including a display panel that display images with varying refresh rates and a timing controller that receives image data from an image source, determines a counter value, and instructs a driver in the electronic display to apply a voltage to the display panel to write an image on the display panel, in which a negative voltage is applied when the counter value is positive and a positive voltage is applied when the counter value is less than or equal to zero. Additionally, the timing controller update the counter value based at least in part on duration the image is displayed on the display panel, wherein the counter value increases when the voltage is positive and decreases when the voltage is negative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Tann, Taesung Kim, Sandro H. Pintz
  • Anti-crosstalk method and apparatus for image of 3D liquid crystal display apparatus
    Patent number: 9761179
    Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-crosstalk method and apparatus for an image of a 3D liquid crystal display apparatus. The method comprises: determining, according to a prestored mapping relationship between a temperature value and backlight on delay duration, backlight on delay duration corresponding to a current temperature value of a 3D liquid crystal display apparatus, performing delay adjustment on a backlight on time node according to the determined delay duration, and controlling a backlight source to be switched on according to the time node after delay adjustment. An on time of a backlight source is correspondingly adjusted at a different temperature, so that time nodes of image switching and switch-on of a backlight are synchronized, thereby reducing the occurrence of a 3D display crosstalk of a 3D liquid crystal display apparatus to enable a user to browse a clearer and more realistic 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanxing Qi
  • Electro-optical device having pixel circuit and driving circuit, driving method of electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9747833
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first storage capacitor that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second storage capacitor that has a third electrode and a fourth electrode, and a first pixel circuit. The first pixel circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first drain, and a first source, an electro-optical element, a second transistor through which a first data line is electrically connected to the first gate during the second transistor is in an on-state, and a third transistor through which the first gate is electrically connected to the first drain or the first source. The second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to the first data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Hideto Ishiguro
  • Display panel including a plurality of sub-pixel
    Patent number: 9741299
    Abstract: A display panel according to an embodiment includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed to cross each other and define a plurality of sub-pixel regions; and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in the plurality of sub-pixel regions and configured to share one of the data lines adjacent thereto. The sub-pixels sharing the same data line are arranged in a shape of zigzagging along a vertical direction by four sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hyun Lee, Dong Su Shin, Chi Youl Lee
  • Organic light emitting display device having a plurality of data driving circuits
    Patent number: 9728139
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a plurality of pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines; a plurality of scan driving circuits configured to receive a circuit selection signal and a line control signal, and to output a scan signal to the scan lines, corresponding to the circuit selection signal and the line control signal; a plurality of data driving circuits respectively coupled to the data lines, the plurality of data driving circuits being configured to select at least one of a first pre-emphasis voltage, a second pre-emphasis voltage, a first data voltage or a second data voltage, and to output the selected voltage to a corresponding one of the data lines; and a first decoder configured to supply the first pre-emphasis voltage, corresponding to the circuit selection signal and the line control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-Ho Lim