Patents Examined by Amr A. Awad
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Patent number: 10839763Abstract: The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, a plurality of data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction, and a plurality of dots arranged in the first and second directions; a gate driver configured to sequentially supply a gate signal to the plurality of gate lines; and a data driver configured to supply a plurality of data signals to the plurality of data lines, respectively. The gate driver includes sub-gate drivers. The sub-gate drivers are disposed in the first direction to supply the gate signal to at least two positions of each gate line. Each of the sub-gate drivers includes a plurality of stages and each stage is disposed in at least one dot.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyoungju Shin, Ji-sun Kim, Se-hyang Kim, Jonghee Kim, Junhyun Park, Youngwan Seo, Jaekeun Lim, Chongchul Chai
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Patent number: 10831319Abstract: A sensor for detecting and distinguishing between increasing and decreasing proximity of a pointing element, touch by a pointing element, pressure applied by a pointing element, stretching (and/or other deformation) of the sensor, and any of the above while stretching and/or otherwise deforming the sensor. The sensor may comprise a cluster sensor unit having a first sensor and a second sensor wherein the first sensor has a higher ratio of distal flux to proximate flux as compared to the second sensor. With this flux characteristic, the first sensor is relatively more sensitive (as compared to the second sensor) to proximity of a pointing element, while the second sensor is relatively more sensitive (as compared to the first sensor) to force and/or pressure applied by the pointing element.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: The University of British ColumbiaInventors: John D. W. Madden, Mirza S. Sarwar
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Patent number: 10817114Abstract: A capacitance detection device includes a first voltage output circuit configured to output a first alternating current voltage supplied to a shield electrode provided proximate to a detection electrode, a second voltage output circuit configured to output a second alternating current voltage whose frequency and phase are the same as that of the first alternating current voltage and whose amplitude is less than that of the first alternating current voltage, and a current output circuit configured to output a driving current Is to the detection electrode so that the difference between the voltage of the detection electrode and the second alternating current voltage becomes smaller, and output a detection signal corresponding to the driving current. The second voltage output circuit outputs a second alternating current voltage whose amplitude is adjusted so that the driving current in the absence of the object proximate to the detection electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Sasai, Tatsumi Fujiyoshi, Shinichi Sagawai
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Patent number: 10818262Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, display drivers, an inspection signal output, judgement signal outputs included in the respective display drivers and through which judgement signals generated by the display drivers are output, signal inputs included in at least the display drivers except a most upstream one of the display drivers and through which the judgement signals and the inspection signals are input, switches located between the adjacent display drivers in an upstream and downstream direction to cascade the display drivers and each configured to switch points connected to the signal input of one of the display drivers on a downstream side between the judgement signal output of one of the display drivers on an upstream side and the inspection signal output, and a judgement unit connected at least to the judgment signal output of a most downstream one of the display drivers to receive the judgement signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takashi Sasaki
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Patent number: 10810939Abstract: A display device related to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of pixel circuits each connected to a scanning signal line, initialization control signal line, light emitting control signal line and video signal line, wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a first transistor connected to the scanning signal line and the video signal line, a second transistor connected to a first node and the first transistor, a third transistor connected to the first node and a scanning signal line, a fourth transistor connected to the second transistor and the light emitting control signal line, and a fifth transistor connected to the second transistor, a power supply voltage line, and the light emitting control signal line.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Ilin Wu
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Patent number: 10802627Abstract: The disclosure discloses a touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch display panel includes: a substrate; a first metal layer including a touch line and a light-shielding block, disposed on the substrate; a TFT function layer disposed on the first metal layer, with the TFT function layer provided with a first via; and a common electrode layer located above the TFT function layer and connected to the touch line through the first via. In the above manner, the present disclosure can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the process reliability.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xiaohui Nie
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Patent number: 10803809Abstract: Disclosed are a gate driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device which comprises the gate driving circuit. In the gate driving circuit, the Qn node in the nth stage circuit is precharged when an output signal of a Qn?1 node in a previous stage driving circuit and an output signal of a Qn+1 node in a next stage driving circuit are both in a high-level state. Both the Qn?1 node and the Qn+1 node are at low levels when the gate driving circuit is in an All Gate On display state, and thus a possibility of current leakage from the Qn node can be substantially reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yafeng Li
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Patent number: 10796625Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel circuit, a driving method and a display, including: a compensation unit connected with a driving unit; an external power supply, a driving unit and a first light emitting unit sequentially connected in series; a capacitor disposed between a first node and the external power supply; and an initialization unit with a first initialization transistor having a first electrode of connected to the first node, a gate electrode externally connected to a second scan signal, and a second electrode connected to a second light emitting unit, and a second initialization transistor having a first electrode connected to the second light emitting unit, a second electrode connected to an initialization voltage and a gate electrode externally connected to a second scan signal. The first initialization transistor and the second initialization transistor are a dual-gate transistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: EverDisplay Optronics (Shanghai) LimitedInventor: Xingyu Zhou
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Patent number: 10788903Abstract: A signal generating circuit of an active pen (300), an active pen and a signal driving method are disclosed. The signal generating circuit includes a power source unit (310) and a control unit (320), the power source unit (310) is configured to supply a signal driving voltage to the active pen, and the control unit (320) is configured to control alternate generation of a positive voltage and a negative voltage between a pen tip and a pen casing of the active pen in case where the power source unit only generates a single voltage. The signal generating circuit (300), the active pen and the signal driving method can reduce a signal driving power consumption of the active pen while ensuring a signal driving effect.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Guangkai Yuan
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Patent number: 10790438Abstract: Provided are a touch sensitive element and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method for the touch sensitive element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes forming an electroactive polymer coating layer by applying an electroactive polymer solution on a substrate; forming an electroactive layer by heating and pressurizing the electroactive polymer coating layer using a hot press roller; and forming an electrode on the electroactive layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Su Ham, Taeheon Kim, YongWoo Lee, Kyungyeol Ryu, YuSeon Kho, MyungJin Lim
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Patent number: 10788361Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which a display is mounted. The display may have an active area in which images are displayed by an array of pixels and an inactive area that is free of pixels. A color ambient light sensor may make color and luminance measurements on ambient light received through an ambient light sensor window in the inactive area of the display or elsewhere in the electronic device. The color ambient light sensor may have color ambient light sensor elements of different colors. The ambient light sensor elements may extend in a row along an edge of the display or may have other configurations. Analog-to-digital converter circuitry and switching circuitry may gather color ambient light sensor measurements and measurements indicative of whether or not the color ambient light sensor has been obscured by an external object from the light sensor elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tianbo Sun, Brian R. Land, Dong Zheng, Serhan O. Isikman, Venkata Siva Sunil Kumar Reddy Bommu, Zhang Jia
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Patent number: 10783848Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a multiplexer, and a multiplexer controller. First to fourth color subpixels are disposed on the display panel. The data driver outputs a data voltage to be supplied to the first to fourth color subpixels, through output buffers. The multiplexer distributes each of data voltages output by output buffers to four data lines in a time division manner in response to first to fourth control signals. The multiplexer controller sequentially outputs a first control signal to an nth control signal during a first horizontal period, and sequentially outputs the nth control signal to the first control signal during a second horizontal period.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jongbeom Lee, Beumsik Cho, Juyun Lee
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Patent number: 10783322Abstract: Techniques are presented for enhanced erasing of digital ink. The ink erasing feature of a content creation application can preserve the complex shapes that can result from partial erasure of ink strokes. The ink erasing feature can receive ink stroke data from an ink stroke and display the ink stroke. The ink erasing feature can then receive and display an eraser stroke that contacts the ink stroke. Once the eraser stroke is received, the ink erasing feature can determine whether any eraser segment of the eraser stroke contacts the ink stroke. If an eraser segment does not contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature discards the eraser segment. If an eraser segment does contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature can update the ink stroke data based on amount of overlap and location of contact between the eraser stroke and the ink stroke.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joshua M. Smithrud, Taylor S. Williams, Craig A. Macomber, Paul J. Kwiatkowski, Marcel Lugosan, Travis P. Dorschel, Simon J. Schaffer, Shane J. Clifford, Nicholas J. Wilson
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Patent number: 10768758Abstract: A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch electrode layer is provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region. The touch electrode layer includes a non-edge unit region and an edge unit region, wherein the vertical projection of the non-edge unit region is completely located within the vertical projection of the display region, the vertical projection of the edge unit region overlaps the vertical projections of the display region and the peripheral region, and the size of the edge unit region is greater than the size of the non-edge unit region. The touch electrode layer includes a first electrode series and a second electrode series extending in different directions. The area of the first electrode series disposed within the non-edge unit region is A1, the area of the first electrode series disposed within the edge unit region is A1?, and (|A1?A1?|)/A1?10%.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
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Patent number: 10767822Abstract: Various examples related to automatic light control for illumination of a feature of interest are presented. A lighting system can automatically track a feature of interest, and/or a target positioned in relation to a feature of interest, and position one or more light sources to maintain illumination of the feature of interest. The location of the target, or the feature of interest, can be tracked using images captured by an image capture device and the orientation of one or more light sources can be adjusted to direct beams of light at the feature of interest. The beams of light can produce substantially shadow free illumination of the feature of interest. The controller can automatically calibrate a light source based on identifiable features within a captured image to ensure accurate movement of the light sources when tracking the target or feature of interest in or near real time.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Inventor: Brian Munari
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Patent number: 10768693Abstract: Examples of wearable systems and methods can use multiple inputs (e.g., gesture, head pose, eye gaze, voice, and/or environmental factors (e.g., location)) to determine a command that should be executed and objects in the three-dimensional (3D) environment that should be operated on. The multiple inputs can also be used by the wearable system to permit a user to interact with text, such as, e.g., composing, selecting, or editing text.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles, Jennifer M. R. Devine, Adam C. Carlson, Jeffrey Scott Sommers, Praveen Babu J D
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Patent number: 10768759Abstract: In a display device foldable along a folding axis, the display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image at a display region; and a touch unit configured to sense a touch input at the display region, and sense a folding state of the display device, wherein the touch unit includes: a plurality of first sensors arranged in a matrix on a same plane; and a second sensor overlapping the folding axis, the second sensor comprising a conductive line of which at least a portion is bent.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Hwan Kim, Mi Ae Park, Byeong Jin Lee
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Patent number: 10763312Abstract: Disclosed is a display device with integrated touch screen, which prevents external light from being reflected by touch electrodes without a polarizer. The display device includes an organic light emitting device layer disposed on a substrate, a plurality of color filters disposed on the organic light emitting device layer, a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the plurality of color filters to overlap a boundary portion between the plurality of color filters, and a black matrix disposed on the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes to overlap the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second touch electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: JungSik Jo, JongGeun Yoon
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Patent number: 10757785Abstract: A load driver for driving a load and an LED module are disclosed. In one embodiment, the load driver comprises a converter circuit comprising a controllable switching element configured to be turned on and off and to perform power factor correction for power from a power supply to the load, wherein a control terminal of the controllable switching element is configured for receiving a startup current via the two output terminals, the controllable switching element configured to be turned on by the startup current. The converter circuit further comprises a first inductor, coupled to the power supply at a first end, and to ground at a second end via the controllable switching element, wherein a first one of the output terminals connects to a second end of the first inductor via a diode forwarded from the first inductor, a second one of the output terminals is coupled to the first end of the first inductor.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Zhi Quan Chen, Duo L. Li, Kang Li, Matt J. Ma, Hui Zhang, Dennis Johannes Antonius Claessens
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Patent number: 10747363Abstract: A touch display panel is provided with a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. It includes an array substrate and a color film substrate arranged opposite to each other. The array substrate includes, in the display area, multiple first touch electrodes extending along a first direction and arranged in sequence along a second direction. The color film substrate includes, in the display area, multiple second touch electrodes extending along the second direction and arranged in sequence along the first direction. A ratio of a coupling capacitance in a direction perpendicular to the array substrate between the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes positioned in the display area close to the non-display area to that between the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes positioned in the display area far from the non-display area falls in between 0.9 and 1.1.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventors: Zhipeng Huang, Zhiwei Zheng, Kangpeng Yang, Lingzhi Su, Yumin Xu