Patents Examined by Andrew Sasinowski
  • Patent number: 12272301
    Abstract: In a display device and driving method thereof, a display device includes: a display panel including a pixel, the pixel including a light-emitting device (LED), the pixel receiving a data signal (DS) corresponding to a gate signal, the LED emitting light by a driving current flowing from a first power voltage to a second power voltage in response to the DS, the pixel receiving a reset voltage at least once after receiving one DS and before receiving a next DS, a data driver circuit supplying the DS to the pixel through a data line, a gate driver circuit for: supplying the gate signal to the pixel through a gate line, and outputting a light emission control signal for controlling supply of one of the reset voltage and the first power voltage to the LED, and a timing controller controlling the data driver circuit and the gate driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghun Yoon, Jaehyun You
  • Patent number: 12266297
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes circuit rows and pixel circuit columns arranged as an array. Each pixel circuit row includes a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit, the first pixel circuit is electrically connected to a first scan line and the second pixel circuit is electrically connected to a second scan line; first pixel circuits in a same column are electrically connected to the first data line, and second pixel circuits in a same column are electrically connected to the second data line; and a first scan signal on the first scan line is configured to control whether a first data signal is written to the first pixel circuit, and a second scan signal on the second scan line is configured to control whether a second data signal is written to the second pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Zhong, Jinjin Yang, Jun Li, Zhihua Yu, Kangpeng Yang, Shuang Zou, Hai Yin, Haibo Zhang, Jin Guo, Haichao Lu, Zhengyu Ye, Wenchun Chen
  • Patent number: 12266391
    Abstract: A method of writing voxels to a substrate using a laser writing system comprises forming a first voxel at a first position in a substrate using a first laser pulse; detecting light emitted or scattered by the substrate as a result of forming the first voxel; determining whether the detected light satisfies a predetermined constraint; and, when the detected light does not satisfy the predetermined constraint, adjusting an amplitude of a second laser pulse. Light emission or scattering from the substrate as a result of forming a voxel is related to the properties of the formed voxel. By monitoring such emission or scattering, it is made possible to compensate for variations in performance of the laser writing system. Also provided herein are a laser writing system and computer program product which implement the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Masaaki Sakakura, Timothy John Deegan, Rokas Drevinskas, Thomas Torsten Dr Winkler, Daniel Jonathan Finchley Cletheroe, Richard John Black, Patrick Neil Anderson, Austin Nicholas Donnelly, Ioan Alexandru Stefanovici
  • Patent number: 12266390
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hologram recording system that has an optical structure capable of replacing a polarization image sensor, thereby acquiring high-resolution holograms in real time by utilizing a high-resolution general image sensor. The hologram recording system for acquiring an interference pattern formed by self-interference of incident light from a target object is disclosed. The hologram recording system comprises a polarizer array including a plurality of polarizers, an image sensor including a plurality of pixels and an imaging optics disposed between the polarizer array and the image sensor. The imaging optics optically corresponds each of the plurality of polarizers to each of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ki Hong Choi, Kee Hoon Hong
  • Patent number: 12260879
    Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing device includes a magnetic recording medium having a lubricant on a surface of the magnetic recording medium, a heat-assisted magnetic recording head configured to perform magnetic recording on the magnetic recording medium, a humidity sensor, and a write procedure control circuit configured to control a write procedure of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head in accordance with a measurement result of the humidity sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Kaori Kimura, Takuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12255490
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a backlight; a main circuit; a power supply configured to output a first power to drive the backlight and a second power to drive the main circuit; a first battery configured to be charged by the first power and supply power to the backlight; a second battery which is connected to the first battery in series, and configured to be charged by the first power and supply power to the backlight and the main circuit; and a control circuit configured to control the first battery and the second battery to be charged with the first power for a first time period, and drive the backlight with first battery power of the first battery and second battery power of the second battery for a second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moonyoung Kim, Jeongil Kang, Keonwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12254149
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch display panel and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display apparatus. A problem of high cost and a thick thickness of a touch display apparatus is solved. The touch display panel includes: a substrate; an isolation structure layer with a plurality of isolation openings; a plurality of light-emitting devices located in the isolation openings, the light-emitting device including a first electrode facing the substrate; and a touch electrode including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode. The second touch electrode includes a plurality of main body portions and a plurality of bridge portions disposed in different layers. The first touch electrode, the plurality of main body portions and the first electrode are disposed in a same layer; or the first touch electrode, the plurality of main body portions and the isolation structure layer are disposed in a same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd., KunShan Go—Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Rao, Xiaoxi Sun, Yuan Yao, Liusong Ni, Mingxing Liu
  • Patent number: 12254809
    Abstract: A display device includes PAM data lines receiving PAM and PWM data voltages, and sub-pixels connected to the PAM and PWM data lines. A sub-pixel includes a light emitting element, a first pixel driver to supply a control current according to one of the PAM data voltages to a node, a second pixel driver to generate a driving current according to one of the PWM data voltages, and a third pixel driver to adjust a period during which the driving current is supplied to the light emitting element according to a voltage of the node. A peak current value of the driving current when the sub-pixel emits a light corresponding to a low gray level region is smaller than a peak current value of the driving current when the sub-pixel emits a light corresponding to a high gray level region higher than the low gray level region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Hwang, Hyun Joon Kim, Kye Uk Lee, Jun Ki Jeong
  • Patent number: 12249352
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a disk device including a first connector, a second connector and a controller. The first connector is connectable to a host. The first connector includes a first pin that is electrically connectable to a light emitting device in the host. The second connector is connectable to the host. The second connector includes a second pin that is receivable with data from the host. The controller is communicable with predetermined information with the host via the first pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Horiguchi, Osamu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12249355
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic recording head for a magnetic media drive. The magnetic recording head comprises a main pole, a waveguide disposed adjacent to the main pole, a thermal shunt disposed between the main pole and the waveguide, the thermal shunt being recessed from a media facing surface (MFS), and a near field transducer (NFT) coupled between the main pole and the waveguide at the MFS. The NFT comprises a first metal layer disposed adjacent to the waveguide and in contact with a first insulating layer, a dielectric gap layer disposed on and in contact with the first metal layer, and a second metal layer disposed on and in contact with the dielectric gap layer and a second insulating layer. The first metal layer, the dielectric gap layer, and the second metal layer are each disposed in contact with the thermal shunt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Takuya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12236839
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of source lines, a voltage generator configured to generate a reference voltage, and a source driver configured to output a first source signal corresponding to a first source line among the plurality of source lines, receive a first return signal corresponding to the first source signal through a second source line positioned adjacent to the first source line, and generate a first count value based on a first comparison result of the first return signal and the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsung Kim, Seung-Hoon Baek, Choonghoon Lee, Jeong Cho
  • Patent number: 12229097
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junbum Shin, Jihoon Park
  • Patent number: 12230193
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a data input circuit, a driving transistor, a light-emitting component, a storage capacitor, and an electrostatic protection circuit. The driving transistor has a control terminal and a first terminal. The light-emitting component is coupled to the first terminal of the driving transistor. The storage capacitor is coupled between the data input circuit and the control terminal of the driving transistor. The electrostatic protection circuit is coupled to a node between the data input circuit and the storage capacitor. The light-emitting device of the disclosure can reduce electrostatic discharge generated by the storage capacitor to reduce the risk of the light-emitting device being damaged by static electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Le Chen, Shuo-Ting Hong, Ting-Yao Chu
  • Patent number: 12223988
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording/reproducing device includes a housing which accommodates a magnetic recording medium, and a magnetic head which records or reproduces magnetic data relative the magnetic recording medium, and a synthetic adsorbent provided in the housing and containing a polystyrene-divinylbenzene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Kaori Kimura
  • Patent number: 12223983
    Abstract: Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, method, and one or more processing devices that are configured to: maintain respective measures of write commands associated with respective ones of shingled magnetic recording (SMR) zones defined in a data storage device, wherein data associated with the write commands is stored in a write cache associated with the data storage device; select one of the SMR zones based on the respective measures; perform a pre-heat operation of a laser diode included in a head associated with the selected one of the SMR zones; and perform a continuous write operation in the selected one of the SMR zones following the pre-heat operation, wherein the continuous write operation writes at least a portion of data stored in the write cache associated with the selected one of the SMR zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zarko Popov, Andrew Larson, Wayne H. Vinson
  • Patent number: 12216833
    Abstract: A physical keyboard can be used to collect user input in a typing mode or in a tracking mode. To use a tracking mode, first movement data is detected for a hand of a user in relation to a physical keyboard at a first location. A determination is made that the first movement data is associated with a tracking movement. In response to determining that the movement type is associated with the tracking movement, a tracking mode is initiated. User input is provided based on the movement data and in accordance with the tracking mode. Contact data and non-contact data is used to determine a user intent, and a user instruction is processed based on the user intent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michele Stoppa, Waleed Abdulla, Henning Tjaden, Sree Harsha Kalli, Senem E. Emgin, John B. Morrell, Seung Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 12210792
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface, a display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to establish a communication connection to a head-mounted device according to a designated communication scheme through the communication interface, identify, based on a first content (C1) to be displayed on the display, a second content (C2) to be displayed in the head-mounted device, display, on the display based on identifying of the second content (C2), first display data in which at least part of the identified second content (C2) in the first content (C1) is corrected, and transmit second display data related to the identified second content (C2) to the head-mounted device through the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoang Minh Quan, Vu Van Dieu, Nguyen Dang Tung, Nong Thi Thu Ha, Tong Ngan Ha, Tran Thi Ngoc Hoa
  • Patent number: 12198744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of concurrently storing visible grey scale or color information of an image and additional digital information on a data carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Ceramic Data Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kunze, Christian Pflaum
  • Patent number: 12197246
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Keith J Hendren, Paul X Wang, Adam T. Garelli, Brett W. Degner, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Dinesh C. Mathew
  • Patent number: 12197660
    Abstract: A peripheral device with an adaptive scroll wheel can be used to provide additional control of a host computing device. A variable force is used to change friction on the adaptive scroll wheel for different situations. Examples include stopping a scroll wheel at an end of a document, changing a number of ratchet steps based on a number of items on a list, and changing scroll profiles based on application, such as a scroll profile for document processing and a scroll profile for gaming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Dunant, Jan Stoeckli, Maxim Vlasov, Nicolas Ramond, Patrick Cerisier