Patents Examined by Amr Awad
  • Patent number: 11405595
    Abstract: A method for driving a display panel displays a video image signal that includes a plurality of images having different frame periods. The method includes setting a frame period including one or more light emission periods, and one or more light extinction periods. The method also includes dividing at least one frame period into a plurality of light emission periods and a plurality of light extinction periods, and adjusting lengths of the plurality of light emission periods and lengths of the plurality of light extinction periods based on a ratio between a maximum frequency of the frame period and a currently set frequency of the frame period. The method further includes displaying the video image signal by causing light emitting elements of the display panel to emit light during the adjusted light emission periods, and to extinguish light during the adjusted light extinction periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 11398195
    Abstract: An image processing method, a backlight brightness adjustment method, an image processing system, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: acquiring a display image; dividing the display image to obtain one or more initial local regions; calculating an average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions respectively; acquiring an output image according to the average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions and the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Wang, Yukun Sun, Jinghua Miao, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang, Bin Zhao, Lixin Wang, Xi Li, Jianwen Suo, Wenyu Li, Jinbao Peng, Qingwen Fan, Yuanjie Lu, Yali Liu, Chenru Wang, Jiankang Sun
  • Patent number: 11399135
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a full-screen display device capable of sufficiently securing light transmittance of a sensor area overlapping a sensor unit in a pixel array and minimizing deterioration in perceived image quality of the sensor area. The pixels are arranged in the sensor area overlapping the sensor unit in the pixel array of the full-screen display device such that the number of pixels gradually decreases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks, and the area of a transmission portion gradually increases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Tae Kim, Jun-Woo Jang, Tae-Yong Park, Woong-Jin Seo
  • Patent number: 11393428
    Abstract: A system, article, and method of wireless data transmission for virtual or augmented reality head mounted displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Greg D. Kaine
  • Patent number: 11393375
    Abstract: A source driver and a polarity inversion control circuit are provided. The source driver includes a plurality of channel pairs and the polarity inversion control circuit. The polarity inversion control circuit includes a signal generating circuit and a routing circuit. The signal generating circuit generates a polarity control signal. The routing circuit outputs a plurality of switching control signals corresponding to the polarity control signal to a plurality of output switching circuits of the channel pairs. The routing circuit changes the correspondence between the polarity control signal and the switching control signals according to a polarity inversion configuration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Siangwei Wang, Hung-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11374068
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes a display area, a bezel area, and a hole area. The bezel area includes an inner bezel area surrounding the hole area and an outer bezel area surrounding the display area, and the display area surrounds the hole area and is disposed between the inner bezel area and the outer bezel area. The display panel further includes a substrate layer, a light-emitting layer, an encapsulation layer and a touch layer, that are sequentially stacked; a detection line including a first detection line. The first detection line includes a first detection segment disposed in the inner bezel area, a third detection segment disposed in outer bezel area, and a second detection segment electrically connecting the first detection segment and the third detection segment. The second detection segment is disposed in the touch layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Ding, Qijun Yao
  • Patent number: 11372503
    Abstract: A touch display device and a method for touch detection are provided. The touch display device is formed by at least two spliced touch screens, and includes an obtaining module, configured to acquire report data of at least one touch screen of the touch display device, where the report data is generated by the at least one touch screen when the at least one touch screen is touched by a user; and a processing module, configured to perform coordinate conversion according to a splicing state and the report data of the touch screen sending the report data, to obtain at least one output coordinate corresponding to an entire display area of the touch display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianting Wang, Jianzi He, Boxiao Lan, Rui Guo
  • Patent number: 11362152
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, an electroluminescent panel and a display device, to solve the problems of more manufacturing processes and complex structures of the large-sized OLED display panel in the related art. The array substrate includes: a substrate, a plurality of light sensors on the substrate, a flat layer on the light sensor, and a connected electrode layer on the flat layer, wherein each of the light sensors includes a first electrode, a photosensitive layer and a second electrode arranged in sequence on the substrate; wherein the connected electrode layer is connected with the second electrode through a via hole penetrating through the flat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Han, Wei Liu, Fengjuan Liu
  • Patent number: 11360659
    Abstract: An electronic device, an input/output apparatus and an input/output method therefor are disclosed. The electronic device includes an input/output controller, a first projector component, a second projector component and a detector component. The input/output controller generates a first projection signal for an output interface and a second projection signal for an input interface. The first projector component projects the output interface according to the first projection signal. The second projector component projects the input interface according to the second projection signal. The detector component detects an input signal in the projected input interface, and transmits the detected input signal to the input/output controller as an input signal for the electronic device. By implementing input/output in a manner of projection, an input/output interface of a desired size is provided while the input/output apparatus of the electronic device is miniaturized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youting Zhang, Taofeng Xie, Kefeng Li, Haifeng Hu, Cui Chen
  • Patent number: 11353974
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a transistor, a display element, a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, a spacer, and a light reflector. The second substrate overlaps the first substrate. The transistor is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display element is electrically connected to the transistor. The first touch electrode contacts the second substrate. The second touch electrode contacts the second substrate and is insulated from the first touch electrode. The spacer overlaps the first touch electrode and is positioned between the first touch electrode and the first substrate. The light reflector overlaps the second touch electrode, is positioned between the second touch electrode and the first substrate, and is spaced from the spacer. A distance between the light reflector and the second touch electrode is greater than a distance between the spacer and the first touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventor: Seok Je Seong
  • Patent number: 11348979
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel and an input sensor. Mesh lines of the input sensor may include first mesh lines extending in a first direction and second mesh lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first mesh lines and the second mesh lines may cross each other at a plurality of cross points. In a unit region of the sensing electrode, first cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines, and second cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong-Soo Moon, Kwang-Min Kim, Yangwan Kim, Keunsoo Lee, Youngjin Cho
  • Patent number: 11341932
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a display panel driver, and a zone compensating circuit which divides the display panel into a plurality of unit blocks, obtains load values of input image data for the unit blocks, and generates corrected image data by correcting the input image data based on the load values. Each of the load values corresponds to one of the unit blocks. The display panel driver generates a data signal for displaying an image on the display panel based on the corrected image data. When grayscale values included in the input image data are the same, a luminance of the image displayed on the display panel is decreased moving away from a center of a reference block having a largest load value among the unit blocks based on the corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun, Sung In Kang
  • Patent number: 11341884
    Abstract: Provided is a data driving circuit, including: a pixel current generation circuit including an input terminal and an output terminal and configured to generate a pixel current based on a data voltage inputted via the input terminal, wherein the output terminal of the pixel current generation circuit is configured to be connected to a pixel circuit; and a first operational amplifier including a first input terminal connected to the output terminal of the pixel current generation circuit, a second input terminal, and an output terminal. A first voltage is inputted via the second input terminal of the first operational amplifier and is positively related to the data voltage, and the output terminal of the first operational amplifier is configured to be connected to the pixel circuit; and wherein the first operational amplifier is configured to generate a bias current based on the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SeeYA Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haodong Zhang, Ping-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 11342073
    Abstract: Medical devices may have the ability to connect through a secure gateway to a network, including both local and external networks. According to the described system, a connection component of the medical device may include a wireless connection dongle system using a wireless adapter, such as a dongle, that is inserted into and/or otherwise coupled to the medical device and that transmits or casts information wirelessly, such as via real-time streaming, to a separate receiving display. The communication may be facilitated by another dongle inserted into and/or otherwise coupled to the receiving display that receives the casted display screen. This transmitted casting capability provides the ability to connect the medical device, such as a peritoneal dialysis machine, to other display devices to duplicate the screen of the medical device on one or more larger or more easily accessible displays via secure one-way communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Biewer, Gurpreet Singh
  • Patent number: 11335268
    Abstract: A data driver includes a first and second data voltage generator and a third data voltage generator. The first and second data voltage generator generates a first data voltage corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second data voltage corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value based on a reference voltage. The third data voltage generator generates a third data voltage corresponding to a third grayscale value lower than the second grayscale value based on a voltage level difference between the first data voltage and the second data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Kook Park
  • Patent number: 11333910
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a scanning line, a first signal line and a second signal line, a first pixel, a second pixel, a signal line driving circuit configured to supply an image signal to the first pixel and the second pixel, a first pre-charge control signal line configured to supply a first pre-charge control signal, a second pre-charge control signal line configured to supply a second pre-charge control signal, and a pre-charge circuit disposed between the first pre-charge control signal line and the second pre-charge control signal line and configured to supply a pre-charge signal to the first signal line and the second signal line, in which the pre-charge circuit includes a first switching unit configured to supply the pre-charge signal to the first signal line and a second switching unit configured to supply the pre-charge signal to the second signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11334740
    Abstract: Fingerprint recognition circuit, fingerprint recognition structure, fingerprint recognition device, display panel, and display device are provided. The circuit includes: a fingerprint recognition driving transistor; a first capacitor; a driving signal input terminal; and a sensing signal output terminal. The first capacitor has a terminal electrically connected to a gate of the fingerprint recognition driving transistor and another terminal electrically connected to a ground. The driving signal input terminal is electrically connected to an input terminal of the fingerprint recognition driving transistor. An output terminal of the fingerprint recognition driving transistor is electrically connected to the sensing signal output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai AVIC OPTO Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kerui Xi, Tingting Cui, Feng Qin, Xuhui Peng, Linzhi Wang
  • Patent number: 11329107
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JungSik Jo, JongGeun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11308304
    Abstract: A fingerprint detection device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the first surface serving as a detection surface configured to detect unevenness of an object in contact or in proximity; a detection electrode provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to detect unevenness of a finger in contact or in proximity on the basis of an electrostatic capacitance change; and a drive circuit provided on the second surface side of the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to the detection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 11307691
    Abstract: A display device including a circuit layer having a driving circuit layer with a plurality of clock signal lines, a touch detection unit having a touch detection part and a plurality of touch signal lines electrically connected to the touch detection unit, and a conductive portion disposed between the plurality of clock signal lines and the plurality of touch signal lines and configured to cover an overlapping area where the plurality of clock signal lines and the plurality of touch signal lines overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Lee, Keunlim Ku, Sanghyun Jun, Changyong Jung