Patents Examined by Andre L Matthews
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Patent number: 10475395Abstract: A display method and a display device of dynamically controlling backlight are provided. The present disclosure obtains a modified grayscale value of the input image in each of partitions by using the whole backlight reference value, the RGBW grayscale values of the input image in each of partitions, the normalized backlight output brightness value, and the spatial distribution function of the backlight brightness in each of partitions. The normalized backlight output brightness value of each of partitions is processed as a real backlight output brightness value which is outputted to a backlight driving circuit. The modified grayscale value is processed as a real grayscale value and then the real grayscale value is outputted to a display panel for display. The backlight and image grayscale of each of partitions are adjusted dynamically, thereby improving contrast space and power consumption and further, normally displaying the HDR contents in the HDR display.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Guowei Zha
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Patent number: 10460671Abstract: The present application discloses a scanning driving circuit and a display apparatus. The scanning driving circuit includes a scanning signal output terminal; a pull-up circuit controlling the scanning signal output terminal to output a high level scanning signal; a transmission circuit for outputting a stage transmission signal of a current stage; a pull-up control circuit to charge the pull-up control signal point; a pull-down maintaining circuit maintains the low level of the pull-up control signal point and the scanning signal output terminal and releases the high potential of the pull-up control signal point; a bootstrap circuit raises the potential of the pull-up control signal point; a pull-down circuit controls the scanning signal output terminal to output a low level, thereby solving the problem of the large current generated when the display device is turned on and off.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., LltdInventor: Longqiang Shi
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Patent number: 10438568Abstract: A display method is applied in a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein, the first electronic device includes a first display unit having a plurality of edges, and the second electronic device includes a second display unit also having a plurality of edges. The method includes the first electronic device and the second electronic device are tiled and placed in alignment, with a first edge as a first tiling shaft; a predetermined display content is displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit after tiling; when the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device is/are changed in position and re-tiled, a second edge is re-determined as a second tiling shaft; and according to the second tiling shaft, a third display content is displayed on the first display unit, and a fourth display content is displayed on the second display unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Qian Zhao, Hao Chen, Junfeng Yu, Yuru Jin, Haibin Ke, Danfeng Zhang, Bing Xie
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Patent number: 10438558Abstract: A driving method of a visual interface system is disclosed. The visual interface system includes an operation apparatus and a matrix display apparatus having a display surface and a matrix substrate. The matrix substrate has a substrate and a matrix disposed at one side of the substrate while the display surface is located at another side of the substrate. The driving method includes steps of: transmitting a plurality of encoded signals and a plurality of display signals by the matrix substrate of the matrix display apparatus; and receiving at least one of the encoded signals by the operation apparatus operating on the display surface. This approach allows the visual interface system to be equipped with display and communication functions without configuring an additional touch input panel, so that the products can be lighter and thinner and have lower manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SLIM HMI TECHNOLOGYInventor: Hsiung-Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: 10437348Abstract: A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, operating table, chair, or the like, includes a support surface for an occupant, a user interface, and a control system. The user interface includes multiple sensing layers to detect when a user touches the user interface. The control system activates only a first one of the sensing layers when the patient support apparatus is in a sleep mode, and upon the first sensing layer detecting a user touching the user interface while in the sleep mode, the control system activates that second sensing layer. One of the sensing layers may be resistive and the other capacitive. One of the layers may also detect a position at which the user touches the user interface, while the other layer may only detect that the user interface was touched, but not detect the position of the touch.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Michael Joseph Hayes, Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Daniel Vincent Brosnan, Anish Paul, Aaron Douglas Furman, Lavanya Vytla, Brian Keith Carpenter
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Patent number: 10437460Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a map tool on a mobile device for implementing cartographically aware gestures directed to a map view of a map region. The map tool may base a cartographically aware gesture on an actual gesture input directed to a map view and based on map data for the map region that may include metadata corresponding to elements within the map region. The map tool may then determine, based on one or more elements of the map data, a modification to be applied to an implementation to the gesture. Given the modification to the gesture implementation, the map tool may then render, based on performing the modification to the gesture, an updated map view instead of an updated map view based solely on the user gesture.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Billy P. Chen, Christopher Blumenberg, Patrick S. Piemonte
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Patent number: 10431179Abstract: The invention provides a DEMUX circuit, comprising: data bus, a first, second and third data lines, connected respectively to data bus and a first unit, a second unit and a third unit respectively; each unit respectively comprising: a TFT, a second TFT, a third TFT, and a capacitor, and inputting corresponding a first, a second, and a third switch signals; for each unit, during operation, when the first switch signal being turned on, the first TFT and the second TFT being turned on, and the corresponding data line is pre-charged; when the first switch signal being turned off, the second switch signal being turned on and the corresponding data line being charged to a preset voltage. The DEMUX circuit of the invention can increase the TFT gate driving voltage, leading to improving TFT electron mobility from IGZO and a-Si process, and improving the data line charging rate.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Sikun Hao
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Patent number: 10429962Abstract: A position indicator has a first electrode, an inverting amplifier and electrical isolation circuitry. The first electrode, in operation, receives an input signal from a capacitive touch panel and transmits a reference signal. The inverting amplifier has an input coupled to the first electrode, and, in operation, inverts and amplifies the input signal. The electrical isolation circuitry has an input coupled to an output of the inverting amplifier, and, in operation, generates the reference signal based on the inverted and amplified input signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: WACON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Oda, Susumu Yamada
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Patent number: 10373555Abstract: The present application discloses an organic light emitting display panel, an organic light emitting display device, and a pixel compensation method. The panel comprises data line sets; a pixel array; pixel driving circuits; and a pixel compensation circuit, configured to provide a bias current, sample an anode voltage of an organic light emitting diode, and generate a compensated data voltage based on the bias current and the anode voltage. A power module is configured to provide the bias current to the data line set, and transmit the bias current via the data line set to the organic light emitting diode. A sampling module samples the anode voltage of the organic light emitting diode via the data line set. A data voltage generation module transmits the compensated data voltage via the data line set to the pixel driving circuit based on the anode voltage and the bias current.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Yue Li, Gang Liu, Dongxu Xiang
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Patent number: 10339862Abstract: A pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a capacitor. The first transistor connects a first power source to a light emitter based on a first control signal. The second transistor connects a pixel circuit to the light emitter. The third transistor connects a second power source to the pixel circuit based on a second control signal. The capacitor is a MOS capacitor having a first electrode connected to receive the second control signal and a second electrode connected to the second transistor.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zi Yeon Yoon, In Soo Wang, Gi Chang Lee
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Patent number: 10319319Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a substrate and a liquid crystal display. The substrate includes a plurality of data lines, scanning lines, and pixel cells arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixel cells includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. For the pixel cells in each row, a first sub-pixel of a pixel cell connects with the two scanning lines. The second sub-pixel of the pixel cell connects with one of the scanning line. When the pixel cells are driven, durations of the turn-on signals outputted by the two scanning lines connected with the pixel cell are different or the turn-on signals are asynchronous. As such, a turn-on period of the second sub-pixel of the pixel cell connecting with the data line is longer than the turn-on period of the first sub-pixel connecting with the corresponding data line. In this way, the color shift may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shangcao Cao
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Patent number: 10304399Abstract: A circuit is provided which is constituted by TFTs of one conductivity type, and which is capable of outputting signals of a normal amplitude. When an input clock signal CK1 becomes a high level, each of TFTs (101, 103) is turned on to settle at a low level the potential at a signal output section (Out). A pulse is then input to a signal input section (In) and becomes high level. The gate potential of TFT (102) is increased to (VDD?V thN) and the gate is floated. TFT (102) is thus turned on. Then CK1 becomes low level and each of TFTs (101, 103) is turned off. Simultaneously, CK3 becomes high level and the potential at the signal output section is increased. Simultaneously, the potential at the gate of TFT (102) is increased to a level equal to or higher than (VDD+V thN) by the function of capacitor (104), so that the high level appearing at the signal output section (Out) becomes equal to VDD.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shou Nagao, Munehiro Azami, Yoshifumi Tanada
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Patent number: 10254842Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquiring unit provided in the information processing apparatus to be worn on a head of a user, the information acquiring unit being configured to acquire facial expression information of the user, and a control unit configured to perform certain control depending on whether or not the facial expression information of the user acquired by the information acquiring unit agrees with facial expression information of a partner.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ayumi Kato, Jun Kimura, Tsubasa Tsukahara
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Patent number: 10249257Abstract: A display device comprises: data lines extending in a first direction; gate lines extending in a second direction, and being divided into groups each of which has the gate lines adjacent in the first direction; selection signal supplying wirings each of which is provided in each group, and connected to each control electrode of the selector transistors corresponding to the group; gate voltage supplying wirings connected to the other conductive electrode of each of the selector transistors corresponding to the group; and wherein a gate driver supplies a second gate voltage having a voltage level lower than that of a first gate voltage to at least one of the gate voltage supplying wirings in each of the groups before supplying the first gate voltage in order to turn on a pixel transistor disposed in an intersection portion of the data line and the gate line.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihisa Ooishi, Daisuke Kajita, Genshiro Kawachi, Sachiko Yamazaki, Kuniaki Amano