Patents Examined by Andre L Matthews
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Patent number: 12272325Abstract: An embodiment of the present application discloses a driving method of a display device and a display device. The driving method includes driving steps: step S100: acquiring a first image information and a second image information; step S200: determining whether the current frame image belongs to a dynamic image; step S300: determining whether the current frame image is a heavy load image according to the image information of the current frame image in the dynamic image; and step S400: performing a grayscale energy-saving driving on a corresponding heavy load sub-pixel according to the image information of the heavy load image.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD., TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Baojun Wang
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Patent number: 12272277Abstract: In at least some implementations, a vehicle has a windshield, a display transmitter having an output through which light is emitted onto at least part of the windshield, a sensor responsive to the one or both of a position of the windshield and the presence of a reflective surface associated with the windshield and onto which light is emitted from the display transmitter, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the display transmitter and is operable to change a mode of the display transmitter when the sensor does not detect the windshield in a home position or when the sensor does not detect the presence of the reflective surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Michael A. M. Bork, Victoria E Koronkiewicz, Ian J Komisak
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Patent number: 12266303Abstract: A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a base substrate and at least one pixel circuit provided on the base substrate, and the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a first transistor, and a second transistor; the driving transistor includes a control electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode; the first transistor includes a first active region, the second transistor includes a second active region, the driving transistor includes a fourth active region, at least one of a doping concentration of the first active region and a doping concentration of the second active region is greater than a doping concentration of the fourth active region.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Dachao Li, Shengji Yang, Chen Xu
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Patent number: 12254815Abstract: A method for reducing a color edge phenomenon of a display panel is provided. The method is applicable to a display panel including a plurality of pixel units. The method includes: performing pixel adjustment on the pixel units at edges of the display panel. Each pixel unit includes at least three sub-pixels: a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel. By adjusting positions, areas, or brightness of the sub-pixels, the color edge phenomenon of the display panel is effectively reduced or avoided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chen-Wei Lin, Chin-An Tseng, Yung-Ming Huang
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Patent number: 12254834Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jung Kook Park
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Patent number: 12249297Abstract: Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting the power consumption of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel are disclosed. In embodiments, a histogram of a frame to be displayed is generated, and a weighted dimming curve is generated, with heavier weighting given to mid-tone intensity pixels. High and low intensity pixels are left only minimally adjusted. The curve is then capped and smoothed to prevent artifacts and to preserve image contrast. Each pixel in the frame is then dimmed according to the curve, and the resultant transformed frame is displayed on the OLED panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Soorya Ramesh, Priyanka Karwa, Susanta Bhattacharjee, Geethacharan Rajagopalan, Arvind S. Tomar
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Patent number: 12236037Abstract: An embodiment of the present application discloses a touch control device, including a touch control substrate, wherein the touch control substrate includes a base and a touch control circuit arranged on the base, and the touch control device further includes a touch control mode switching circuit electrically connected to the touch control circuit, the touch control mode switching circuit controls the touch control circuit to switch between a capacitive touch control circuit and an electromagnetic touch control circuit, and at least part of sensing signal lines of the capacitive touch control circuit also serves as sensing signal lines of the electromagnetic touch control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Lei Gao
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Patent number: 12236854Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel, and a panel driver driving the display panel. The pixel includes first to fifth transistors. The first transistor is connected between a power line and the light-emitting element. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the first transistor and receives a first scan signal. The third transistor is connected between the first transistor and a first node and receives a second scan signal. The fourth transistor is connected between the first node and an initialization line. The fifth transistor is connected between the first transistor and the first node and receives a fourth scan signal. The first and fourth scan signals are simultaneously activated, and a period of the second scan signal is smaller than or equal to a period of the fourth scan signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Heerim Song
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Patent number: 12230171Abstract: A control method for an imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a display device and a dimming lens disposed on a display side of the display device. The dimming lens is capable of moving toward or away from the display apparatus to adjust an object distance from the display device to the dimming lens. The control method includes: determining the object distance when the dimming lens moves to a set position; according to the object distance, determining an image distance from a virtual image, generated by a display image of the display device through the dimming lens, to the dimming lens; and according to the determined image distance and a correlation between the image distance and a resolution of the display image, determining a resolution corresponding to the determined image distance, and controlling the display device to display the display image at the determined resolution.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xi Li, Jinbao Peng, Wenyu Li, Longhui Wang
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Patent number: 12230229Abstract: An afterimage analyzer may include an accumulation determiner which determines an accumulation interval of images based on a first change amount of images in regions of interest of the images in which an afterimage object is disposed and a second change amount of images in entire regions, an image accumulator which accumulates the images during the accumulation interval to generate accumulated images, and an afterimage object detector which detects the afterimage object from the accumulated images.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jungyu Lee, Hyeonmin Kim
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Patent number: 12223149Abstract: A pen for interacting with a touch screen of a computing device includes an alternating current coupling circuit and a sense-regulation circuit. The alternating current coupling circuit receives a sense signal from the touch screen. The alternating current coupling circuit transmits a transmit signal to the touch screen. The sense-regulation circuit receives the sense signal from the alternating current coupling circuit. The sense-regulation circuit receives a representation of transmit data. The sense-regulation circuit generates a comparison signal based on the sense signal and the representation of the transmit data. The sense-regulation circuit converts the representation of the transmit data into the transmit signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Michael Shawn Gray
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Patent number: 12216520Abstract: Direct access to device functionality from a low power state of the device is provided. The direct access can be provided without an initial user input to wake the device or the display of the device before activating the desired functionality. The low power state of the device may include a low power state of the display in which the time is persistently displayed, and may include a low power state or an inactive state of a main processor of the device. The direct access can be provided by detecting a type, location, or other aspects of a user input received while the device is in the low power state.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jacob Z. Weiss, Ardra Singh, Ari Y. Benbasat, Arthur L. Spence, Asha G. Karvaje, Brent W. Schorsch, Giovanni Corradini, Steven S. Noble
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Patent number: 12217721Abstract: A mura inspection device may include; an optical meter configured to measure luminance of a display region and generate a first luminance matrix, a luminance preprocessor configured to detect a distortion region of the display region in relation to the first luminance matrix, and generate a second luminance matrix by adjusting luminance of the distortion region, a mura generator configured to generate a mura matrix in relation to a difference between the second luminance matrix and a reference value, and an encoder configured to generate encoding data by applying dimensionality reduction to the mura matrix.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pil-Seung Heo, Se Whan Na
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Patent number: 12216380Abstract: A lens system may include a lens having a liquid crystal layer and a driving electrode array disposed on a first side of the liquid crystal layer, the driving electrode array including a plurality of driving zones that are independently operable. The plurality of driving zones may each include a plurality of driving electrodes consecutively arranged along a radial direction extending from a central region of the lens. The lens system may include a controller that is configured to independently operate each of the plurality of driving zones via a separate plurality of bus lines coupled to each of the plurality of driving zones. The controller may be configured to operate at least one of the driving zones based on a gaze direction of the user. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Eric Stratton, Amit Bhowmick
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Patent number: 12217720Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area in which an optical area and a normal area are disposed, and a non-display area, a first optical electronic device disposed to overlap the optical area and generating user information, and a display controller configured to acquire information on a viewing angle at which images on the display panel can be acceptably viewed based on the user information, and adjust a ratio between red, green, and blue colors in an image displayed in the optical area among the images displayed in the display area based on the viewing angle information.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Donggun Lee, SeungTaek Oh
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Patent number: 12190844Abstract: An electronic device, method and computer program product enable an enhanced user experience by adjusting a white balance of a display device according to user preferences in combination with automatically adjusting luminance and chromaticity in response to ambient light conditions. The electronic device includes a color-sensitive ambient light sensor (ALS) and the display device. A controller of the electronic device measures luminance and chromaticity of ambient light using the ALS. The controller adjusts display brightness of the display device in relation to intensity of the luminance of the ambient light. The controller automatically determines a display target correlated color temperature (CCT) in relation to the chromaticity of the ambient light. The controller determines a display target white balance CCT adjusted in relation to user selection(s) related to white balance. The controller sets the display device to digitally map colors about a neutral color defined by the display target white balance.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventor: Jie Yang
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Patent number: 12175054Abstract: A wearable display system includes a mixed reality display for presenting a virtual image to a user, an outward-facing imaging system configured to image an environment of the user, and a hardware processor operably coupled to the mixed reality display and to the imaging system. The hardware processor is programmed to generate a virtual remote associated with a parent device, render the virtual remote and the virtual control element on the mixed reality display, determine when the user of the wearable system interacts with the virtual control element of the virtual remote, and perform certain functions in response to user interaction with a virtual control element of the virtual remote. These functions may include generation the virtual control element to move on the mixed reality display; and when movement of the virtual control element surpasses a threshold condition, generate a focus indicator for the virtual control element.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.Inventors: Adrian Kaehler, John Adam Croston
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Patent number: 12165611Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device with a display panel and driver. The driver includes a logo compensator to generate a logo map data with respect to a logo area through which the logo image is displayed and compensates for a brightness of the logo area using the logo map data. The logo compensator includes an extractor, a logo calculator, a logo determination unit, and a brightness compensation block. The extractor extracts logo area data. The logo calculator calculates the logo map data with first data corresponding to a first image recognized as the logo image and second data corresponding to a second image recognized as a logo background image. The logo determination unit sets a boundary area and determining whether a first area corresponding to the first image overlaps the boundary area to output determination data. The brightness compensation block compensates for the brightness of the logo area.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Ki Chun, Hyeonmin Kim, Youngwook Yoo, Jungyu Lee, Hyunjun Lim
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Patent number: 12159337Abstract: A digital human display assembly can include a rectangular display panel enclosed within a frame, the rectangular display panel capable of visually rendering a digital human during an interactive dialogue between the digital human and a user. The digital human display assembly also can include a glass covering enclosed within the frame and extending over a front side of the rectangular display panel. A base can support the frame in an upright position. A light emitting diode (LED) arrangement can be positioned on one or more outer portions of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Pranav K. Mistry, Jiawei Zhang, Seungsu Hong, Abhijit Z. Bendale
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Patent number: 12118958Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and a method for driving the same. The display device includes: a timing controller which receives a dimming value from the outside, determines a dimming band corresponding to the dimming value, and generates and outputs an image data and a data driving control signal; a data driver which outputs, on the basis of the data driving control signal, a data signal corresponding to the image data; and a display panel which displays an image corresponding to the data signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zonggun Oh, Jaehun Jung