Patents Examined by Amare Mengistu
  • Patent number: 11694615
    Abstract: What is disclosed are systems and methods for compensating for display OLED degradation. Correction factors k for OLED degradation of each sub-pixel is modelled and tracked based on grey level, temperature, and time, and used to correct image data provided to an OLED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Shuenn-Jiun Tang, Junhu He, Tong Liu, Gabriel Franklin Yano de Sousa
  • Patent number: 11687209
    Abstract: A display method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: detecting state information of a first object; if the state information indicates that the first object appears or disappears, determining whether a trigger condition is satisfied according to the state information; and if the trigger condition is satisfied, transforming display of a second object according to a trigger event corresponding to the trigger condition, where the second object is independent of the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Chen, Qinqin Xu, Ran Tao
  • Patent number: 11687169
    Abstract: An image display control device according to the present invention includes a display control unit, an obtaining unit, a drawing unit, a deleting unit, and an operating unit. The display control unit displays an image on a display device. The obtaining unit obtains contact position information or proximity position information of a drawing device, which is relative to a display area of the display device. The drawing unit generates a drawn image, compose a display image of an information processing apparatus with the drawn image, and displays the composite image on the display device. The deleting unit deletes the drawn image from the displayed image, and display on the display device. The operating unit operates the information processing apparatus. The drawing device switches and specifies a generation and deletion of the drawn image, and an operation of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Omura
  • Patent number: 11681402
    Abstract: A touch sensor device (TSD) includes TSD electrodes associated with a surface of the TSD. Also, an overlay that includes marker electrode(s) is also associated with a region of the surface of the TSD. The TSD also includes drive-sense circuits (DSCs) operably coupled to the plurality of TSD electrodes. A DSC is configured to provide a TSD electrode signal to a TSD electrode and simultaneously to sense a change of the TSD electrode signal based on a change of impedance of the TSD electrode caused by capacitive coupling between the TSD electrode and the marker electrode(s) of the overlay. Processing module(s) is configured to process a digital signal generated by the DSC and other digital signals generated by other DSCs determine the region of the surface of the TSD that is associated with the overlay and to adapt sensitivity of the TSD within that region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Gerald Dale Morrison, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Kevin Joseph Derichs, Shayne X. Short, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11681430
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display for detecting touch input, and at least one processor for recognizing a type of an auxiliary input device placed on the display. A method for utilizing the electronic device includes detecting via a touch screen a type of an auxiliary input device placed on a display based on a configuration of at least one or more conductors on the auxiliary input device, detecting an input event generated by the auxiliary input device, and executing via a processor at least one function of an executing program corresponding to the detected input event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Kun Choi, Jun-Suk Oh
  • Patent number: 11672605
    Abstract: An interactive control unit is disclosed. The interactive control unit includes an interactive touchscreen display, an interface configured to couple the control unit to a surgical hub, a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive input commands from the interactive touchscreen display located inside a sterile field and transmit the input commands to the surgical hub to control devices coupled to the surgical hub located outside the sterile field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Messerly, Peter K. Shires, Monica L. Rivard, Cory G. Kimball, David C. Yates, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Daniel W. Price, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11676547
    Abstract: Provided is a display system with which visibility can be improved. The display system includes an imaging device, a control device, and a display device. The imaging device includes first pixels arranged in a matrix, and the display device includes second pixels arranged in a matrix. The imaging device has a function of generating first image data on the basis of the illuminance of light emitted to the first pixels. The control device has a function of forming a histogram on the basis of the first image data and dividing the histogram into two or more illuminance ranges. The control device has a function of converting the gray levels which are included in the first image data as information and correspond to the illuminance of the light emitted to the first pixels, thereby generating second image data obtained by performing dynamic range compression on the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Fukai, Takayuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11670258
    Abstract: A method of luminance compensation includes; generating luminance compensation data based on test image data, each of the test image data corresponding to one gray level, and each of the luminance compensation data including compensation values corresponding to the one gray level, generating intra-plane data based on the luminance compensation data, one of the intra-plane data being generated based on one of the luminance compensation data, generating inter-plane stream data based on the intra-plane data, one of the inter-plane stream data being generated based on data blocks included in the intra-plane data and disposed at a same location within the intra-plane data, and sequentially storing the inter-plane stream data in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongki Kwon, Taewoo Kim, Jinyong Park, Hyunwook Lim, Woohyuk Jang, Hojun Chung
  • Patent number: 11668937
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying a first portion of a video, the first portion comprising a subset of the video that fits in a display area of a computing device. The systems and methods further detect movement of the computing device during playback of the first portion of the video, calculate a rotation of the display of the first portion of the video based on a direction of the movement, and cause the display of the first portion of the video to rotate relative to the direction of movement to display a second portion of the video, the second portion comprising a subset of the video that is associated with the direction of movement and that was at least partially not visible in the first portion of the video when displayed in the display area of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Alex Bamberger, Matthew Hanover, Nathan Litke, Michael Brian Murray
  • Patent number: 11663966
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, a degradation compensator and a data driver. The display unit includes first and second pixels disposed in first and second regions, respectively. The degradation compensator generates a first compensated grayscale value by compensating a first grayscale value for the first pixel based on a first degradation curve and generates a second compensated grayscale value by compensating a second grayscale value for the second pixel based on a second degradation curve, where the first and second degradation curves define luminance reduction rates according to accumulated usage time of the first and second pixels, respectively. A data driver generates first and second data signals based on the first and second compensated grayscale values, respectively, and supplies the first and second data signals to the first and second pixels, respectively. A transmittance of the second region is greater than a transmittance of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Jung In
  • Patent number: 11662845
    Abstract: A touch screen panel and display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch screen panel includes a base layer, a noise shielding layer formed over a base layer, and a plurality of first touch sensors formed over the base layer. The touch screen panel further includes a plurality of second touch sensors formed over the base layer and electrically insulated from the first touch sensors. The second touch sensors cross the first touch sensors. The touch screen panel also includes a first pad part electrically insulated from and overlapping the noise shielding layer, wherein the first pad part comprises a plurality of signal pads. The touch screen panel further includes a plurality of touch signal lines respectively electrically connecting the signal pads to the first and second touch sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Jun
  • Patent number: 11662853
    Abstract: A display device includes a controller, a frame, a display panel, an FPC and a force sensing structure; wherein the FPC is disposed on a back side of the display panel and electrically connected to the display panel, and the back side of the display panel is a side opposite to a light-emitting surface of the display panel; the force sensing structure is disposed on the FPC and electrically connected to the controller by the FPC; and the frame is disposed on a side, distal from the display panel, of the FPC, and a specified distance exists between the frame and the force sensing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenxiao Niu, Lianbin Liu, Xu Lu, Hengzhen Liang, Qing Gong, Fan Li, Hui Wen, Wen Xu
  • Patent number: 11656721
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, an array substrate, a display panel and a method of driving the same, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a light emitting device; a light sensitive touch control sub-circuit, connected to a first scan terminal, a second scan terminal, a data signal terminal and a signal reading line, the light sensitive touch control sub-circuit being configured to generate a detection signal based on a light intensity under a control of a first scan signal from the first scan terminal and a data signal from the data signal terminal and to output the detection signal through the signal reading line; and a light emitting driving control sub-circuit, connected to the first scan terminal, the second scan terminal and the data signal terminal, the light emitting driving control sub-circuit being configured to drive the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Hui Wang, Pengcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11657780
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel part partitioned into blocks; a scale factor provider which calculates a first load value of input image data for the pixel part, calculates a second load value of the input image data for each block, and generates a scale factor based on the first and second load values; and a timing controller which generates image data by scaling gray values of the input image data based on the scale factor. The scale factor provider generates a first scale factor for commonly controlling the gray values for the blocks based on the first load value, when the first load value is greater than or equal to a reference load value, and generates a second scale factor for controlling gray value for each block based on the first and second load values, when the first load value is less than the reference load value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11644926
    Abstract: A device may include a capacitance sensor; an overlay positioned near the capacitance sensor, the overlay including a touch surface opposite to an underside of the overlay, where the underside is positioned near the capacitance sensor; a controller; memory in communication with the controller and including programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to detect a proximity value of an object with a capacitance sensor, where a touch surface is located between the capacitance sensor and the object; determine a planar radial distance of the object away from a predetermined location on the touch surface; and change the proximity value based, at least in part, on the planar radial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Cirque Corporation
    Inventor: David Taylor
  • Patent number: 11640882
    Abstract: The invention provides an input device including a holder, a first wheel, a slider, and a first pressure part. The first wheel is disposed on the holder, and includes a side surface, a circle center, and a segment adjusting structure. The segment adjusting structure is disposed on the side surface in a manner of surrounding the circle center. The slider is disposed on the holder, and is movable relative to the holder to move toward or away from the circle center. The first pressure part includes two first ends. One of the first ends is connected to the slider, and as the slider moves toward or away from the circle center, interference between the other first end and the segment adjusting structure is increased or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lung Chiang, Chih-Wen Su, Yu-Hsun Chen, Chin-Yuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11636812
    Abstract: A degradation compensator including a compensation factor determiner configured to determine a compensation factor based on a distance between adjacent sub-pixels, and a data compensator configured to apply the compensation factor to a stress compensation weight to generate compensation data for compensating image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Min Kim, Gi Na Yoo, Sun Jin Joo, Ill Soo Park, Jae Hong Kim, Si Jin Sung, Jae Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11635862
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor device includes an electrostatic capacitive touch panel, a knob disposed rotatably about a rotation axis, a conductor held by the knob and opposed to the touch panel on a part of a circumference about the rotation axis, and a sensor controller which controls the touch panel. The sensor controller holds a reference signal corresponding to an electrostatic capacitance in a state where the conductor is not opposed to the touch panel, and detects first coordinates of the conductor based on a first sensor signal received from the touch panel in a state where the conductor is opposed to a first position of the touch panel and the reference signal in a first sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Takada, Toshihiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11636804
    Abstract: A power supply unit adapts based on an image to be displayed by a display panel. The power supply unit includes a controller circuit for generating a control signal, and a converter circuit for generating an output supply voltage based on the control signal. The controller circuit includes a first look-up table (LUT) storing a set of lower limit values, and a second LUT storing a set of upper limit values. Moreover, the controller circuit includes a microcontroller for receiving an on-pixel-ratio (OPR) value and identifying an entry in the first LUT and the second LUT from the received OPR value. The controller circuit further includes an output circuit for generating the control signal between a first voltage corresponding to a lower limit stored in the identified entry in the first LUT and a second voltage corresponding to an upper limit stored in the identified entry in the second LUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Klement, Yuming Liu
  • Patent number: 11635801
    Abstract: This application relates to an information output apparatus. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a casing including an expression surface and an expression hole formed in the expression surface. The apparatus also includes a protrusion provided to reciprocate such that at least a part thereof protrudes out of the expression hole and information is expressed on the expression surface. The apparatus also includes a driving module located inside the casing and connected to the protrusion to move the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DOT INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Ju Yoon Kim, Ji Ho Kim, Hyeon Cheol Park