Patents Examined by Amit Chatly
  • Patent number: 11756501
    Abstract: An output circuit includes a first switch that outputs a positive voltage signal received via a first node when in an ON state, a second switch that outputs a negative voltage signal received via a second node when in an ON state, third and fourth switches that set the first and second nodes to a reference power supply voltage when in an ON state, a first voltage follower circuit that supplies a voltage obtained by shifting a voltage of the positive voltage signal supplied to the first node to a negative side by a predetermined voltage difference to a gate of the first switch, and a second voltage follower circuit that supplies a voltage obtained by shifting a voltage of the negative voltage signal supplied to the second node to a positive side by a predetermined voltage difference to a gate of the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsuchi
  • Patent number: 11756491
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device driving method, a display device. The method achieves dynamic adjustment of a brightness of light emission of backlight units according to display contents corresponding to the display units. Also, conversion of a bit width of a drive voltage value is implemented based on a drive voltage conversion relationship table between first bit width drive voltage values and second bit width drive voltage values of the brightness values, which improves the driving effect of the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Tao He
  • Patent number: 11756500
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a drive circuit that outputs a first drive waveform signal for dot matrix display and a second drive waveform signal for segment display, a first output terminal, a second output terminal, and a control circuit that controls the drive circuit. The drive circuit outputs the first drive waveform signal to the first output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for dot matrix display, and outputs the second drive waveform signal to the first output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for segment display. The drive circuit outputs the first drive waveform signal to the second output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for dot matrix display, and outputs the second drive waveform signal to the second output terminal when its terminal is set as the output terminal for segment display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Tadashi Yasue
  • Patent number: 11756498
    Abstract: A shift register circuit includes stages each including a unit circuit. The unit circuit includes: an output transistor; an internal node; and a set transistor. Two of the scan signal lines that are adjacent to each other are turned into a selected state for respective, but partially overlapping select periods. The internal node is precharged over a first precharge period by a first transistor that is the set transistor in the unit circuit in at least one of the stages. The internal node is precharged over a second precharge period by a second transistor that is the set transistor in the unit circuit in at least another one of the stages. The first precharge period is shorter than the second precharge period. The first transistor in some or all of the at least one of the stages has a higher current-drive capability than the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11755165
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel and a sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of sensing units disposed on an active area. Each of the sensing units includes a first sensing pattern, second sensing patterns, a bridge pattern, and a plurality of patterns. Among the sensing units, the patterns of the sensing unit making contact with a first boundary portion having a curvature in the active area and a peripheral area include a plurality of outer patterns, and at least one of the outer patterns is electrically connected to the first sensing pattern or the second sensing patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: InYoung Han, Kicheol Kim, Minjoo Kim, Il-Joo Kim, Dongjin Moon, Mikyoung Seo, Jae Yoon Chang, Yeri Jeong, Wonjun Choi
  • Patent number: 11747865
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a foldable one display; a memory which stores at least a program; a processor which executes the program stored in the memory; and a sensor which detects orientation of the own information processing device. By executing the program stored in the memory, the processor performs: orientation detection processing to detect orientation of a screen area of the display based on the detection result of the sensor; and display control processing in which the screen area is split into a plurality of display areas to display display-data in each of the plurality of display areas, respectively, and display orientation of each of the plurality of display areas is changed according to a change in the orientation of the screen area without replacing pieces of display data to be displayed respectively in the plurality of display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Kyoko Kawamura, Noritoshi Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 11749223
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit and a display panel. After pre-charging a first node to a first electrical potential, raising it to a second electrical potential through a first capacitor by a current row gate output signal G(n), and then raising it to a third electrical potential which is a high electrical potential greater than an electrical potential of the current row gate output signal G(n), so that a first transistor is turned on and data is written, raising an original electrical potential of a gate and improving driving capability since a gate electrical potential of the first transistor can be raised to greater than the G(n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiming Cao
  • Patent number: 11749102
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for controlling a remote device using a touchscreen of a mobile device in a display inhibited state are provided. In some implementations, a method for controlling media playback devices is provided, the method comprising: detecting a media playback device to be controlled; determining that a touch-sensitive display of a mobile device has entered a display inhibited state in which presentation of a plurality of user interface elements is inhibited; receiving an input from the touch-sensitive display in the display inhibited state; selecting an action of the media playback device to be performed by determining that the received input corresponds to a user interface element from the plurality of user interface elements; and transmitting an instruction to perform the selected action to the media playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Herve Guihot
  • Patent number: 11751459
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure provides a stretchable display device. The stretchable display device includes a lower substrate on which a display area displaying an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area are disposed, a plurality of pixel substrates disposed in the display area, a plurality of outer substrates disposed in the non-display area, a plurality of pixels disposed on the plurality of pixel substrates, and a plurality of gate drivers disposed on the plurality of outer substrates and outputting gate voltages to the plurality of pixels, and at least one blocking layer overlapping the plurality of gate drivers. Thus, it is feasible to prevent image defects in the stretchable display device from occurring due to external static electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seulki Kim, Hyunju Jung
  • Patent number: 11749224
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a level shift circuit includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an output terminal, a first level shift unit, a first inverter, a second level shift unit, a second inverter, and first to fourth switching elements. The first level shift unit outputs a first output voltage and a reference voltage. The second level shift unit outputs the reference voltage and a second output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hirondo Nakatogawa
  • Patent number: 11747879
    Abstract: Methods of optimizing performance for a wearable device are described herein, as are systems and wearable devices for performing the methods. One example method includes selecting, based on first and second sensor data, a current position of a portion of a wearable device donned by a user relative to the user's body from among at least three predefined positions of the portion. The method further includes, after selecting the current position of the portion based on the first and second sensor data, determining whether to modify an operating characteristic of the wearable device based on the current position. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that an operating characteristic should be modified based on the current position, modifying a first operating characteristic for a display subsystem of the wearable device or a second operating characteristic for a communication subsystem of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Yonghua Wei, Alkan Ozturk, Insoo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11741915
    Abstract: The disclosure includes bus wiring constituted by wiring lines; a gradation voltage generation circuit that generates M gradation voltages representing brightness levels with M gradations, and applies the M gradation voltages to an intermediate portion on M wiring lines belonging to the bus wiring; a plurality of decoders, each of which receives M gradation voltages via the M wiring lines and selects one of the M gradation voltages according to the pixel data pieces to output the selected gradation voltage; a plurality of output amplifiers that individually amplifies the voltages output from the plurality of decoders and generates the amplified voltages as the plurality of pixel drive voltages; and first and second inter-gradation short circuits that short-circuit one ends of each of the M wiring lines and the other ends of each of the M wiring lines according to a load signal for capturing the pixel data pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shiibayashi, Keigo Otani
  • Patent number: 11740753
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant, a first electrode, an insulating film and a second electrode. The sealant bonds the first substrate and the second substrate and is provided in a peripheral area surrounding a display area. The first electrode is provided on the first substrate in the peripheral area. The insulating film covers the first electrode. The second electrode is provided on the second substrate in the peripheral area. The sealant contains a conductive member. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a plurality of fine line portions in an area where the first electrode, the insulating film, the sealant, and the second electrode are overlapped in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ito, Akihiko Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11733809
    Abstract: A touch detection device includes a touch panel, a piezoelectric sensor mounted on the touch panel for detecting a tap event applied to the touch panel, and a control circuit board in electrical communication with the piezoelectric sensor. The control circuit board includes a signal processing circuit for processing a detection signal output from the piezoelectric sensor, and a controller for determining whether the tap event is a correct human finger tap event based on the processed detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yulin Feng, Yuming Song, Jin Chen, Yifeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 11733788
    Abstract: An information handling system stylus includes components to support active tip writing inputs at a touchscreen display controller by buttons integrated in the stylus housing as a thin material formed contiguous with the stylus housing material. A leaf spring biases upwards at the button thin material and has a magnet coupled to it that, upon a press at the button, is detected as increased magnetic flux by a magnetic sensor disposed under the leaf spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Gerald R. Pelissier, Mark J. Law
  • Patent number: 11735085
    Abstract: An output buffer for a source driver of a panel includes an output stage, configured to output an output voltage; an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), configured to control the output stage to charge or discharge a capacitor of a pixel of the panel; and a detector, coupled between the OTA and the output stage, configured to output an enabling signal to turn on/off the output buffer after the output buffer finishes charging or discharging the capacitor of the pixel of the panel, wherein the enabling signal is determined according to a current value of the output stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Ying-Neng Huang
  • Patent number: 11733821
    Abstract: A touch panel and a touch display are disclosed. The touch panel mainly comprises a light transmissive substrate and two sensing units. The two sensing units are disposed oppositely through the light transmissive substrate. A mesh width of a metal mesh in the two sensing units is large, which can increase a variation of capacitance value and improve the touch sensitivity. In addition, an angle between metal lines with sensing function is configured in a random manner under a certain condition to reduce an area of nodes, thus a rounding effect at the nodes can be effectively reduced or eliminated. The metal meshes of the two sensing units disposed oppositely are staggered with a non-conductive node-free pattern to form a staggered pattern with irregular polygons, so that no interference fringes would be generated when the touch panel is used together with display panels of various mainstream sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: WUXI MESH TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xing Lin, Weilong Huang, Xiaorong Fan, Jianguo Ge, Shengzhi Zhuang, Zhirong Chen, Yuren Lv, Congyi Huang
  • Patent number: 11720196
    Abstract: In order to achieve the above-described technical benefits, according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels is disposed, a touch panel which is disposed on the display panel, and a filling layer is disposed between the display panel and the touch panel. The display panel includes: a stretchable lower substrate; a pattern layer which is disposed on the lower substrate and includes a plurality of plate patterns in which a plurality of pixels is disposed and a plurality of line patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyowon Kwon, Jaekyung Choi, MoonBae Gee, Haewon Lee
  • Patent number: 11721258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a visual comfort device comprising at least one inertial sensor, a processing unit and at least one screen. The screen is intended to be positioned laterally in a peripheral field of vision of a user. The processing unit is coupled to the inertial sensor and to the screen. The device is configured to display, on the screen, an inertial matrix representative of an inertial information item, the displayed inertial matrix comprising a maximum of sixteen points and/or line crossings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BOARDING RING
    Inventor: Hubert Jeannin
  • Patent number: 11721300
    Abstract: A display apparatus sequentially outputs gate pulses to one side and the other side of gate lines. The display apparatus includes a display panel provided with four non-display areas outside a display area, a gate driver provided in a first non-display area of the non-display areas, a data driver provided in the first non-display area, and a controller for controlling the gate driver and the data driver. Gate lines connected to connection lines extended from the gate driver are provided in a second direction different from a first direction in which the connection lines are provided. Gate pulses supplied from the gate driver to the gate lines through the connection lines are alternately output from a first side and a second side of the gate lines. The first side and the second side are divided from each other based on a center portion of the gate lines as a boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: OhJong Kwon, Geunyoung Kim