Patents Examined by Amare Mengistu
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Patent number: 11250812Abstract: A luminance correction method and correction device for a display panel are disclosed. The luminance correction method for a display panel includes the following steps: collecting full-picture optical information; calculating, according to the full-picture optical information of a high-gray level picture and the full-picture optical information of a low-gray level picture, target optical luminance values corresponding to medium-gray level pictures; and comparing the full-picture optical information of the medium-gray level pictures with a target optical luminance value corresponding to a current medium-gray level picture, and obtaining a gray level correction matrix corresponding to a current gray level.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventor: Chia-Hang Lee
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Patent number: 11249567Abstract: A pad connection structure includes a substrate, a lower insulation layer formed on a top surface of the substrate, a pad electrode disposed on the lower insulation layer, and an upper insulation layer including an opening through which a top surface of the pad electrode. A step height via the opening is reduced by the lower insulation layer so that connecting reliability with a conductive connection structure is improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Ju In Yoon, Jae Hyun Lee, Keon Kim
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Patent number: 11250746Abstract: The display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The control method includes: calculating a compensation data signal of each compensation sub-pixel according to a position of at least one dead sub-pixel adjacent to the compensation sub-pixel in the display apparatus, a data signal of each dead sub-pixel adjacent to the compensation sub-pixel in a current frame image, and a number of compensation sub-pixels in all sub-pixels that have a same emission color as and are adjacent to each dead sub-pixel; calculating a total data signal for the compensation sub-pixel according to a data signal of the compensation sub-pixel in the current frame image and the calculated compensation data signal of the compensation sub-pixel; and inputting the total data signal to the compensation sub-pixel when the current frame image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xing Zhou, Guangdong Shi, Kun Lu
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Patent number: 11243444Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a timing controller, a first source driver, and a second source driver. The display panel includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a plurality of data lines included in a pixel column. A first data line is connected to the first pixel, and a second data line is connected to the second pixel. The timing controller generates a pattern inversion control signal by detecting a predetermined image pattern from input data. The first source driver is connected to the first and third data lines, and replaces a first channel data corresponding to the first data line with a third channel data corresponding to the third data line in response to the pattern inversion control signal. Similarly, the second source driver replaces a second channel data corresponding to the second data line with a fourth channel data corresponding to the fourth data line.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Young Soo Hwang
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Patent number: 11245948Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a sensor module functionally connected with the electronic device; a receiving module functionally connected with the electronic device; and a processor, wherein the processor may detect that the electronic device is worn by a user, obtain content from an external electronic device in response to the detection, and execute the obtained content upon obtaining the content from the external electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-Hak Lim, Hyuk Kang, Taeho Kim, Taegun Park, Gyu-Cheol Choi
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Patent number: 11245396Abstract: Example systems described herein are configured to limit inadvertent actuations of a touchpad. The system may include a touchpad, mechanically-activated switch(es), a locking assembly, and a controller. The touchpad is configured to receive a touch input from a user. The mechanically-activated switch(es) are adjacent to the touchpad. The mechanically-activated switch(es) are configured to be activated when a depression force associated with the touch input exceeds a force threshold. The locking assembly is configured to selectively inhibit the touchpad from depressing the mechanically-activated switch(es) depending on whether one or more inhibiting criteria are satisfied. For instance, the inhibiting criteria may take into consideration an inferred intent of the user, an input mode of the touch input, and/or the depression force associated with the touch input.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robbie Edgar, Carl Edward Picciotto, Aric Ahkeel Fitz-Coy
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Patent number: 11231587Abstract: A line-of-sight direction detection section 32 detects a direction of a line of sight of a user wearing a head-mounted display. A main image generation section 42 generates a first image regarding main content selected by the user as an item to be displayed on the head-mounted display. A display control section 50 causes the head-mounted display to display a second image regarding content different from the main content for promoting recognition of a given thing or service together with the first image. The display control section 50 controls a manner in which the second image is displayed on the head-mounted display in accordance with the direction of the user's line of sight.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Masashi Nakata, Yasushi Okumura, Yurika Mulase
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Patent number: 11226698Abstract: A method for detecting, by a force sensing circuit within an electronic device, a change in force applied to a surface of the electronic device. The method includes correlating the change in the force applied to the surface to a functional change of at least one setting of the electronic device. The method further includes identifying when a detected change is a first change of the change in force, which corresponds to a trigger that activates at least one of a plurality of sensing devices within the force sensing circuit to monitor for a subsequent change in the force. In response to detecting the subsequent change of the change in force, the method includes adjusting the at least one setting of the electronic device based on the subsequent change of the force.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Suresh Sethuraman, Kiyoun Cho, Jonathon J. Prinz, Kathryn E. Thomas, Francis Kuzhiyil, Alexis G. Valasek
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Patent number: 11227566Abstract: The present application discloses a method for reducing brightness of images at least partially. The method includes determining a grayscale mapping table corresponding to a previous frame of image and adjusting grayscale value of each pixel of a current frame of image based on the grayscale mapping table to enhance a contrast ratio to determine an after-adjust grayscale value of each pixel of the current frame of image. Furthermore, the method includes determining one or more coefficients of grayscale reduction based on the after-adjust grayscale value of each pixel of the current frame of image. Moreover, the method includes reducing grayscale value of each pixel of a next frame of image based on the one or more coefficients of grayscale reduction and after-adjust grayscale values of corresponding pixels of the next frame of image.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Gaoming Sun, Yuxin Bi, Chengte Lai, Quan Yang
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Patent number: 11226705Abstract: A capacitive touch system including a drive end, a capacitive touch sensing device and a detection end is provided. The drive end inputs a modulated drive signal into an input channel of the capacitive sensing device, wherein the modulated drive signal includes a plurality of driving frequencies. The detection end detects a detection signal of an output channel of the capacitive sensing device and generates a two-dimensional detection vector corresponding to each of the driving frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventor: Sung-Han Wu
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Patent number: 11227551Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving method and system for an OLED display panel. The driving method for the OLED display panel includes: controlling a gate line driving circuit of the display panel for each frame image to sequentially output a scanning signal to each gate line of the display panel; and when the gate line driving circuit of the display panel starts to output the scanning signal to one gate line, timing from a starting scanning time of the same scanning gate line; and after the scanning time of the current scanning gate line reaches a preset fixed scanning time, controlling the gate line driving circuit of the display panel to stop outputting the scanning signal to the current scanning gate line. Therefore, the present disclosure does not need to change the gamma curve when the refresh frequency is changed, and screen flicker will not occur, and a seamless dynamic refresh switching of the display panel is realized.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., LtdInventors: Keitaro Yamashita, Shaodong Ma, Shanglong Wang, Fei Shen
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Patent number: 11221692Abstract: It includes a knob including: an operation portion comprised of a ring-shaped conductive material, a rotational operation being performed on the operation portion; a rotary supporting member comprised of a ring-shaped non-conductive material and fixed onto a capacitive type touch panel, for rotatably supporting the operation portion; a ring-shaped concave groove disposed in the rotary supporting member; and a conductive conducting terminal portion electrically connected to the operation portion and rotating inside the concave groove integrally with the operation portion, the position of the conducting terminal portion being detected by the touch panel, wherein the conducting terminal portion is comprised of a plurality of conducting terminal portions, surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being in contact with the concave groove, at least two of the surfaces of the conducting terminal portions being different in contact area from each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Takaoka, Akinori Tsukaguchi
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Patent number: 11221753Abstract: A mobile communication terminal includes an image capturing device obtaining image contents, an image content storage device storing the image contents obtained by the image capturing device, a display device including a touch panel through which a user input is received, and displaying the image contents, and an image contents viewer controller. The image contents viewer controller is configured to generate and display a first image content viewer interface listing thumbnails and/or information of the image contents based on an acquisition time of each of the image contents, receive an interface switching user touch gesture input from an user on the first image content viewer interface, and in response to the interface switching user touch gesture, switch the first image content viewer interface to a period-specific image content viewer interface in which the plurality of image contents are grouped and provided according to a grouping period.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: NHN CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Hye Kim, Dong Woo Kim, Han Na Lee, Yeon Seong Chae
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Patent number: 11222908Abstract: An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a base, a first electrode and a second electrode which are on the base and a touch line on the base, both the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to transmit a display signal, the touch line is configured to transmit a touch signal; the first electrode and the touch line are respectively in different layers, and an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the base at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the touch line on the base. A preparation method of the array substrate and a touch display panel are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xinguo Wu, Fengguo Wang, Dawei Shi, Hong Liu, Zifeng Wang, Feng Li, Bo Ma, Zhixuan Guo, Yuanbo Li, Jing Zhao, Cenhong Duan, Haiqin Liang
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Patent number: 11216115Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for operating an electronic device may comprise operating touch circuitry configured to detect a touch or hovering according to a first driving signal in a first operation mode, detecting a first event related to mode switching, and operating the touch circuitry according to a second driving signal different from the first driving signal in a second operation mode based on detecting the first event. Other embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Yup Lee, Tae-Kyoung Kang, Yeon-Hwan Kim, Jun-Ho Ko, Young-Jun An, Won-Woo Yoo, Ji-Young Lim, Jang-Hoon Hong, Hyun-Suk Choi
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Patent number: 11205304Abstract: An augmented reality display system comprises a passable world model data comprises a set of map points corresponding to one or more objects of the real world. The augmented reality system also comprises a processor to communicate with one or more individual augmented reality display systems to pass a portion of the passable world model data to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems, wherein the piece of the passable world model data is passed based at least in part on respective locations corresponding to the one or more individual augmented reality display systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Samuel A. Miller
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Patent number: 11194538Abstract: An image management system includes a reception unit and transmission unit. The reception unit receives, from a first communication terminal, link information that is transmitted from the image management system and is managed in a link information management system. The transmission unit transmits, to the first communication terminal, a view script and image data corresponding to the link information. The image data is received from a second communication terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hirohisa Inamoto, Yusuke Fukuoka
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Patent number: 11187928Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device capable of switching between a wide viewing angle and a narrow viewing angle. In a first viewing angle mode, a direct-current common voltage is applied to a common electrode and voltage signals are applied to a first bias electrode and a second bias electrode. In a second viewing angle mode, a direct-current common voltage is applied to the common electrode, a first alternating-current voltage is applied to the first bias electrode and a second alternating-current voltage is applied to the second bias electrode. In addition, in the second viewing angle mode, pixel units covered by each first electrode strip of the first bias electrode have alternating positive and negative polarities, and pixel units covered by each second electrode strip of the second bias electrode have alternating positive and negative polarities.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Te-Chen Chung, Chia-Te Liao, Zifang Su, Limei Jiang
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Patent number: 11188186Abstract: Provided is a part display apparatus. The part display apparatus includes: a tab display unit configured to display a plurality of tabs respectively corresponding to a plurality of part groups; a digest information display unit configured to display, in each tab of the plurality of tabs, digest information of each part of the part group corresponding to that tab; a tab selection reception unit configured to receive selection of any one of the plurality of tabs; and a detailed information display unit configured to display a part detail screen including detailed information of the part group corresponding to the selected tab.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Sasaki, Taku Ohno, Akiko Nishimura
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Patent number: 11187900Abstract: An optical device comprising may include a wedge-shaped light turning element. The optical device can include a first surface that is parallel to a horizontal axis and a second surface opposite to the first surface that is inclined with respect to the horizontal axis by a wedge angle. The optical device may include a light module that includes a plurality of light emitters. The light module can be configured to combine light for the plurality of emitters. The optical device can further include a light input surface that is between the first and the second surfaces and is disposed with respect to the light module to receive light emitted from the plurality of emitters. The optical device may include an end reflector that is disposed on a side opposite the light input surface. The second surface may be inclined such that a height of the light input surface is less than a height of the side opposite the light input surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Hui-Chuan Cheng, Wei Chen Lin, Hyunsun Chung, Jahja I. Trisnadi, Clinton Carlisle, Kevin Richard Curtis, Chulwoo Oh