Patents Examined by Andrew Sasinowski
  • Patent number: 11822750
    Abstract: A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew H. Frey, Michael J. Robrecht, George F. Jambor
  • Patent number: 11822731
    Abstract: The technology provides for a system for determining a gesture provided by a user. In this regard, one or more processors of the system may receive image data from one or more visual sensors of the system capturing a motion of the user, and may receive motion data from one or more wearable computing devices worn by the user. The one or more processors may recognize, based on the image data, a portion of the user's body that corresponds to a gesture to perform a command. The one or more processors may also determine one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data. Based on the recognized portion of the user's body and the one or more correlations between the image data and the received motion data, the one or more processors may detect the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Blair Huffman, Gregory Granito
  • Patent number: 11822850
    Abstract: A tiling display apparatus includes a plurality of display modules connected to one another through an interface circuit based on a serial communication scheme to divide input image data configuring one screen to display a plurality of module images and a set board checking a module identification number based on a connection order of the plurality of display modules and setting image re-matching control information and a module image coordinate value corresponding to the module image for each of the plurality of display modules, on the basis of a placement direction of a control printed circuit board (PCB) individually included in each display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Hwan Joo, Tae Gung Kim
  • Patent number: 11822739
    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: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Dunant, Jan Stoeckli, Maxim Vlasov, Nicolas Ramond, Patrick Cerisier
  • Patent number: 11817032
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display device and a display method. A voltage adjustment circuit is configured to compare whether a difference between absolute values of a first data voltage signal and a second data voltage signal at a preset moment exceeds a set threshold range and output a control signal to a voltage adjustment circuit when the difference exceeds the set threshold range. Thus, a first data latch and update signal of a first source driver chip is adjusted by the voltage adjustment circuit, or a second data latch and update signal of a second source driver chip is adjusted, so that the first data voltage signal and the second data voltage signal are respectively output to a first data line and a second data line at a same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Chen, Qingsheng Lan
  • Patent number: 11817047
    Abstract: A display panel includes a pixel circuit that includes a light emitting module, a driving module, a first dual control module, and a second dual control module. A control end of the driving module is connected to a first node. The first dual control module has a control end connected to a first scanning line and has a first end connected to the first node. A first capacitor is formed between an intermediate node of the first dual control module and a first potential line. The second dual control module has a first end connected to the first node and has a second end connected to the driving module. A second capacitor is formed between an intermediate node of the second dual control module and a second potential line. Capacitance of one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor is greater than another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingda Xia, Jujian Fu, Nana Xiong, Yuqi Hu
  • Patent number: 11817039
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a plurality of first light emitting elements provided to each of the pixels and configured to output visible light, a pixel circuit provided to the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to each of the first light emitting elements, and a second light emitting element provided to the pixel circuit and configured to output infrared light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ogawa, Masanobu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11817044
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel driving circuit and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes an amplitude regulating module and a pulse width modulation module, where the amplitude regulating module and the pulse width modulation module are both electrically connected to a first node, so that the pulse width modulation module and the amplitude modulation module are configured to cooperate with a first data signal and a second data signal, respectively, to realize regulation of both the pulse width and the amplitude of the valid pulse of the driving current signal for driving the light emitting device to emit light. As such, the valid pulse of the driving current signal has different pulse widths and different amplitudes under correspondingly different gray scale states, so that the light emitting brightness and the light emitting duration of the light emitting device under correspondingly different gray scale states are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiming Cao, Chao Tian, Fei Ai, Guanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 11810501
    Abstract: An image element is disclosed having first and second supply terminals, a light emitting semiconductor component, a driver circuit comprising a driver transistor, a storage capacitor, and a switching transistor, and a trigger circuit comprising an output transistor and a control capacitor. The light emitting semiconductor component and the driver transistor are arranged in series with each other and between the first supply terminal and the second supply terminal. A first electrode of the storage capacitor is coupled to a control terminal of the driver transistor. The switching transistor is configured to switch on and off a current flow through the light emitting semiconductor component. A first electrode of the control capacitor is connected to a control terminal of the output transistor. A first terminal of the output transistor is connected to a control terminal of the switching transistor. Furthermore, a method for operating an image element, in particular such an image element, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Hörner, Igor Stanke
  • Patent number: 11798454
    Abstract: A display device includes: a target pixel; observation target pixels located adjacent to the target pixel; and a grayscale corrector for converting an input grayscale value corresponding to the target pixel with reference to observation target grayscale values corresponding to the observation target pixels. The grayscale corrector includes: a light emitting pixel counter for providing a number of light emitting pixels by counting a number of observation target pixels that exceeds a reference value; and a grayscale converter for providing a converted grayscale value by converting the input grayscale value, based on the number of light emitting pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si Beak Pyo, Seung Kyu Lee, Choon Yul Oh, Jun Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11797096
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device, a driving method, and a driving circuit. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device, a driving method, and a driving circuit capable of preventing touch sensitivity from being affected by display driving even though simultaneously performing the display driving and touch driving by supplying a data voltage to a plurality of data lines disposed in a display panel, supplying a common voltage to a plurality of common electrodes disposed in the display panel, displaying an image through the display panel, and supplying a common voltage to the common electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: CheolSe Kim, HoonBae Kim, SunYeop Kim
  • Patent number: 11798467
    Abstract: A light emitting display apparatus includes a pixel driving circuit including a driving transistor and an anode reset capacitor connected to a gate of the driving transistor and a light emitting device configured to emit light with a current supplied through the driving transistor. An anode reset period, where a data voltage is not supplied to the driving transistor, is between refresh periods where the light emitting device emits the light with the data voltage supplied to the driving transistor, and an anode reset voltage supplied to the anode reset capacitor in the refresh period is higher than an initial voltage which is input to the gate of the driving transistor in the refresh period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JungChul Kim, HoYoung Lee, Sungwook Chang, Jaesung Kim
  • Patent number: 11798589
    Abstract: An optical information storage medium includes a substrate and a multilayer polymeric film. The multilayer polymeric film has a first surface and an opposite second surface that extend the length of the multilayer polymeric film. The second surface is adhered to a surface of the substrate. The multilayer polymeric film includes a plurality of coextruded alternating polymeric active data storage layers and polymeric buffer layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, FOLIO PHOTONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Singer, Irina Shiyanovskaya
  • Patent number: 11790837
    Abstract: A pixel includes first and second sub-emission areas enclosed by a bank; a first light source unit disposed in the first sub-emission area, and including at least one first light emitting element connected between at least one first split electrode and a second power supply; a second light source unit disposed in the second sub-emission area, and including at least one second light emitting element connected between at least one second split electrode and the second power supply; a first driving circuit connected between a first power supply and the at least one first split electrode, and supplying a first driving current to the first light source unit in response to a first data signal; and a second driving circuit connected between the first power supply and the second split electrode, and supplying a second driving current to the second light source unit in response to a second data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Oh Kwag, Won Sik Oh, Keun Kyu Song, Sung-Chan Jo, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 11789795
    Abstract: In an approach to using a cut and paste segment for reading an sHKDS, a request to reposition a tape media in a tape drive is received. Responsive to encountering an error reading an sHKDS while attempting to reposition the tape media, one segment of a plurality of segments from a data set cut and paste error recovery procedure (ERP) is used for an sHKDS cut and paste ERP. Responsive to recovering the sHKDS using the sHKDS cut and paste ERP, the one segment reserved for the sHKDS cut and paste ERP is released to the data set cut and paste ERP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Setsuko Masuda, Mitsuhiro Nishida, Tatsuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 11784177
    Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate, a pixel electrode on the substrate, a light emitting element on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode layer on the light emitting element, and configured to receive a common voltage, wherein the light emitting element configured to emit a first light according to a driving current having a first current density, is configured to emit a second light according to a driving current having a second current density, and is configured to emit a third light according to a driving current having a third current density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Geun Lee, Jin Wan Kim, Sang Jo Kim, Su Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11783759
    Abstract: The present application provides a method of LED driving pulse modulation, comprising the following steps: calculating a display period according to a set number of sub-period, a set number of gclk per line and a set number of line scan; converting input gray data according to a set number of gray level; dividing the converted gray data according to the number of sub-period, the number of gclk per line, and a composite number to obtain high-gray data, low-gray data, and compensation data; and calculating a number of gray level that needs to be displayed in a current sub-period according to the high-gray data, the low-gray data, and the compensation data. With the method of LED driving pulse modulation, any number of sub-period and any number of gclk per line can be set to solve the problem of non-linear gamma, and make the display effect more delicate and true.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SUNMOON MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaohua Li
  • Patent number: 11783761
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device including a pixel circuit and a protection circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor. The protection circuit includes a first connection transistor, a first switching transistor, and a logic circuit. The first connection transistor is coupled to the driving transistor. The first switching transistor is coupled to the first connection transistor. The logic circuit is coupled to the first switching transistor. The electronic device of the disclosure may provide a pixel protection function through the protection circuit coupled with the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Chun Tseng, Kung-Chen Kuo, Lien-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11783765
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) driver circuit is configured to drive plural LEDs which are respectively coupled to m scan-lines and n data-lines, wherein m and n are both integers greater than or equal to one. During a driving stage, each of the LEDs is controlled to emit light according to the electrical characteristics on the corresponding scan-line and on the corresponding data-line where the LED is coupled to. The LED driver circuit includes: a power saving control circuit which includes a storage capacitor; a pre-discharging circuit configured to pre-discharge the charges on the m scan-lines to the storage capacitor during a pre-discharging stage; and a pre-charging circuit configured to pre-charge the n data-lines by the charges stored in the storage capacitor during a pre-charging stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Chia-Jung Chang, Shao-Ming Chang, Hsiang-Feng Yu, Tso-Yu Wu, Yu-Pin Tseng
  • Patent number: 11783764
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first light source including at least one first light emitting element between a first split electrode and a second power supply; a second light source unit including at least one second light emitting element between a second split electrode and the second power supply; a driving-current generator including a first transistor between a first power supply and the first and second light source units and generating a driving current corresponding to a first data signal; a first switching unit including a first switching element between the driving-current generator and the first light source; and a second switching unit including a second switching element between the driving-current generator and the second light source unit and controlling an electrical connection between the first and second light source units in response to a second data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yo Han Lee, Su Mi Moon, Hyun Min Cho