Patents Examined by Amr A. Awad
  • Patent number: 11493990
    Abstract: A simulation system includes a processor including hardware. The processor performs a moving body process of performing a process of moving a moving body corresponding to a user wearing an HMD in a virtual space, a virtual camera control process of controlling a virtual camera moving in accordance with a movement of the moving body, and a display process of generating an image as viewed from the virtual camera in the virtual space as a display image of the head mounted display. The processor performs, in the display process, an image effect process for motion sickness prevention as a process of blurring, compared with a display object in a given distance range from the virtual camera, an image of a display object in a distance range farther than the given distance range to generate the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kakizawa, Masaru Aita, Shusuke Miura
  • Patent number: 11488563
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for processing image data for driving a display panel. More particularly, it relates to a device and a method to vary the brightness of each pixel according to a representative brightness value of an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jun Jun, Bo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11482038
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first sensor including a capacitance sensor; a second sensor including an ultrasonic sensor; a storage configured to store ultrasonic pattern images; and a controller electrically connected to the first sensor, the second sensor and the storage and configured to: wake up the second sensor based on a user contiguous to the first sensor, obtain a fingerprint pattern image from the second sensor, according to a difference between an area value of a ridge area of the fingerprint pattern image and an area value of a valley area adjacent to the ridge area being less than a predetermined reference value, obtain result data by assigning a weight to the area value of the valley area, and according to the result data and the ultrasonic pattern image data matching more than a predetermined matching value by comparing the result data and ultrasonic pattern image data, recognize as a fingerprint corresponding to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jihye Lee, Taeseung Kim, Dong June Song
  • Patent number: 11475694
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch recognition device, including a display device and manufacturing method thereof. The touch recognition device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor layer, a transparent conductive layer, a first metal layer, a piezoelectric material layer and a second metal layer. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on an end of the thin film transistor layer, and the transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of transparent electrodes. The first metal layer is adjacent to the plurality of transparent electrodes. The piezoelectric material layer is disposed on the transparent conductive layer and the first metal layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the piezoelectric material layer to achieve the effect of increasing voltage of signals and power of ultrasound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Reco Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Reco Biotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Ting Cheng, Shih-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 11467703
    Abstract: A touch panel includes first arrays of electrodes, second arrays of electrodes, and an output part where leads extending from triangular end electrodes of the first arrays and the second arrays are connected to an external device. At least one corner electrode of the end electrodes which is located in a corner on one of four sides of the detection part where the output part is located has an area that is less than an area of other end electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuo Yatsu, Masahiro Kaneko, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Ying Li, Katsuaki Koshimura, Miki Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11462156
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a substrate, a display panel including a first display area including first pixels, a second display area including second pixels, and a third display area disposed between the first and second display areas and including third pixels, and a component disposed between the substrate and the display panel so as to overlap the second display area. Transmittance of the second display area is higher than transmittance of the first display area and transmittance of the third display area, and the third pixels are controlled such that a luminance gradually changes according to a distance from the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Wook Yang, Yu Chol Kim, Ji Hye Kim, Young Ha Sohn, Jae Hyeon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11455963
    Abstract: A driving method for a backlight is provided. The backlight includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, and the driving method includes steps of calculating a brightness difference value of an image to be displayed; and determining whether the brightness difference value of the image to be displayed is greater than a predetermined difference value of the image. When the brightness difference value of the image to be displayed is determined to be greater than the predetermined difference value of the image, the method includes steps of dividing the image to be displayed into a plurality of sub-regions; partitioning the backlight according to brightness difference values of the plurality of sub-regions to obtain a plurality of final light-emitting regions of the backlight; and driving the backlight to emit light according to the plurality of final light-emitting regions. The present disclosure further provides a driving circuit, a backlight and a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhuan Yu, Luqiang Guo
  • Patent number: 11449215
    Abstract: A touch input device may be provided that includes: a touch screen including at least one region; and a processor which receives first touch information on a first region included in the at least one region and determines whether to change state information of an icon included in the first region, and controls, based on the determination, such that at least one of the state information of the icon included in the first region and state information of an icon included in a second region which is included in the touch screen and is different from the first region is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventor: Seyeob Kim
  • Patent number: 11443668
    Abstract: A driving circuit and a display panel are provided. In a driving circuit structure, a clock signal line group includes a plurality of clock signal lines, the clock signal lines are arranged side by side, and there is a first pitch between two adjacent clock signal lines. A non-high frequency signal line is provided on two sides of the clock signal line group. A redundant clock signal line is disposed between the clock signal line group and the non-high frequency signal line, and a frequency and an amplitude of a signal received by the redundant clock signal line are the same as a frequency and an amplitude of a signal received by the clock signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Zhida Xu, Ilgon Kim, Bin Zhao, Xin Zhang, Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11443710
    Abstract: A display interface device capable of reducing power consumption is disclosed. In the display interface device, a timing controller configured to compare input pixel data in horizontal line units and operate in a low power mode according to a result of comparison between an input time of horizontal lines having the same pixel data and a reference time in the horizontal line units. The timing controller operates in any one of a first low power mode for transmitting a training pattern and a second low power mode including a first duration during which data transmission and reception are stopped and a second duration during which the training pattern is transmitted, according to the result of comparison between the input time of horizontal lines having the same pixel data and the reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Sung Kim, Gyeong-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11443669
    Abstract: The present application provides a driving circuit and a display device. The driving circuit includes a circuit unit including a thin-film transistor, which includes a patterned member; a capacitor, connected to at least one end of the thin-film transistor of the circuit unit, the capacitor includes an electrode plate; and a redundant patterned member, the redundant patterned member, the electrode plate and the patterned member located in a same conductive layer, the redundant patterned member connected between the patterned member and the electrode plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanan Gao, Bangyin Peng, Ilgon Kim
  • Patent number: 11443671
    Abstract: A display driver includes control circuitry and image processing circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to store a default gamma curve and determine a scaling factor based on a location of a target pixel in a display panel. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a modified gamma curve by scaling the default gamma curve with the scaling factor. The image processing circuitry configured to apply a gamma transformation based on the modified gamma curve to image data defined for the target pixel to generate output voltage data for the target pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Masao Orio, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 11436995
    Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to a circuit for brightness control. The circuit generally includes: a duty cycle adjustment circuit configured to receive a first backlight control signal having a first duty cycle and generate a second backlight control signal having a second duty cycle, the second duty cycle being greater than the first duty cycle if the first duty cycle is less than a threshold; a digital processor configured to set a value of a software brightness code based on the second duty cycle; and a backlight control circuit configured to drive a backlight in accordance with the software brightness code and the second duty cycle of the second backlight control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Liangguo Shen, Joseph Dale Rutkowski, Sugato Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 11430408
    Abstract: Detecting failures using power consumption profiling, including calibrating, at a first time, a system power profile of an information handling system (IHS), including identifying an initial baseline current value of a backlight power of a display device of the IHS; identifying an initial baseline current value of a timing controller of the IHS; calculating, at a second time, an updated system power profile, including: identifying an updated current value of the backlight power of the display device of the IHS; identifying an updated current value of the timing controller of the IHS; determining whether the updated current value of the backlight power of the display device is within a threshold value of the initial baseline current value of the backlight power of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan, Adolfo S. Montero
  • Patent number: 11429170
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from the display, an arithmetic value for electric current consumption of the display; estimate the electric current consumption of the display based on the arithmetic value that was received; and when the estimated electric current consumption of the display is equal to or greater than a predetermined electric current threshold, decrease an electric current to be supplied to the display. The arithmetic value is calculated based on pixel value information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventor: Nobuaki Kajimoto
  • Patent number: 11416041
    Abstract: In an embodiment, device having display integrated infrared and light source is disclosed. In an embodiment, the device comprises a display, comprising: a visible light source; and an infrared source, the visible light source and the infrared source being integrated into a single radiation source component within the display, and the infrared source emitting an infrared radiation biometrically authenticating a user of the device. In another embodiment a display integrated infrared source is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Tuomo Mörsky, Tomi Lintulahti, Mikko Perälä
  • Patent number: 11417146
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image processing device, an image forming device, an operating device, a vital sensor, and a controller. The image processing device corrects an image. The image forming device performs an image formation of forming the image on a recording sheet. The operating device is operable by a user and through which an instruction to start the image formation by the image forming device is inputted. The vital sensor is provided at the operating device and detects a blood oxygen level of the user who is operating the operating device. The controller, when the instruction to start the image formation is inputted through the operating device, causes the image processing device to correct the image in accordance with the blood oxygen level of the user detected by the vital sensor and causes the image forming device to form a corrected image on the recording sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takayuki Mashimo
  • Patent number: 11417250
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a test gray voltages applied to a component of an electronic display during a test frame between image frames, wherein the adjustment is based at least in part on the control signal to the component during a prior image frame. The method may reduce hysteresis effects on the extraction of sensed currents of the component during the test frame, which may increase the accuracy and/or consistency of determined parameters evaluated from the sensed currents. The determined parameters may include temperature and/or aging of the component. The determined parameters may be used to adjust control signals for the component and other components in a region near the component during the next image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun Li, Jiayi Jin, Maofeng Yang, Jun Li, Weijun Yao, Derek K. Shaeffer, Baris Cagdaser
  • Patent number: 11417139
    Abstract: The present invention is a display device, comprising a display module, a fingerprint recognition module and a speaker module. The back of the display module is provided with a fingerprint recognition module and a speaker module. A common electrode layer is arranged between the fingerprint recognition module and the speaker module, so that the thickness of the display can be greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: RECO TECHNOLOGY (CHENGDU) CO., LTD, RECO BIOTEK CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sincheng Lin, Chungwu Liu
  • Patent number: 11410627
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a dual gate array substrate and a display device. The dual gate array substrate includes pairs of gate lines and data lines. The pairs of gate lines and the data lines intersect perpendicularly to define multiple display units arranged in an array. The display units include two sub-pixels of a same color, and the sub-pixels of the same color on both sides of one data line are coupled to the one data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun Xiao, Shijun Wang, Wenkai Mu, Bingqing Yang, Yi Liu, Bo Feng, Xiaoxiao Chen, Yang Wang, Zhiying Bao, Haoliang Ji, Tianxin Zhao, Ji Dong, Hao Xu