Patents Examined by Aneeta Yodichkas
  • Patent number: 11086446
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to touch technology, and provides a touch detection method, a touch chip, and an electronic device. The touch detection method includes applying a driving signal to a driving channel of a touch screen, where the driving signal is encoded based on a preset encoding mode and includes a plurality of signal waveforms divided into waveforms in at least one correlated double sampling cycle. The same correlated double sampling cycle includes two sampling cycles and there is a phase difference of 180° between a waveform in one sampling cycle and that in the other sampling cycle. The touch detection method further includes receiving a sensing signal that corresponds to the driving signal and that is from a sensing channel of the touch screen; and determining a touch position information according to the sensing signal and according to an encoding information corresponding to the encoding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Jiang, Guangkai Yuan
  • Patent number: 11087707
    Abstract: A driving method and device for a GOA circuit, and a display device. The driving method includes: reducing a clock signal frequency of the GOA circuit to 1/M of an original clock signal frequency, in a case where data signals of one frame of image satisfy a frequency reduction condition. The frequency reduction condition includes that the data signals of the one frame of image is capable of being equally divided into M parts in time sequence, data signals of each of the M parts are the same, and M is an integer and M?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Guo, Shuai Xu
  • Patent number: 11074870
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus which selects one output setting level among the plurality of output setting levels based on the received user input, selects one ambient characteristic level among the plurality of ambient characteristic levels based on the detected ambient characteristic, selects an output setting value corresponding to the selected output setting level and the selected ambient characteristic level among the plurality of output setting values, and controls the display to cause the light source to output light based on the selected output setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyuheon Lee, Jungmin Ku, Jihyeok Choi
  • Patent number: 11073982
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: at least one output device; a motion recognition sensor configured to output a signal for a finger motion of a user; and a controller configured to: determine a finger motion pattern based on the signal for the finger motion; determine a first output device corresponding to the determined finger motion pattern among the at least one output device; determine an operation command corresponding to the determined finger motion pattern; and control the first output device based on the operation command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Youngbeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11073950
    Abstract: A touch sensing device applied to an electronic device including a side portion having a cover that is nonconductive, and a frame that is conductive, includes: a first touch sensing portion including a first sensing electrode and a first sensing inductor disposed inside the cover and electrically connected to each other, wherein, in response to a touch applied through the cover by a human body, a capacitance is varied by the first touch sensing portion according to parasitic capacitance generated between the first sensing electrode and the human body according to the touch applied through the cover; and a reference sensing portion including a reference coil disposed inside the side portion and configured to provide reference inductance of the reference coil that is constant, regardless of a touch applied through the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyoung Lee, Joo Yul Ko, Woo Young Choi, Soo Woong Lee, Jung Chul Gong, Je Hyuk Ryu, Byung Joo Hong, Tae Ho Lim, Gwang Pyo Park
  • Patent number: 11068224
    Abstract: A method for content displaying of a component includes displaying, on a terminal screen, a first display interface of a component; acquiring a first display instruction; acquiring a second display interface of the component according to the first display instruction; and displaying, on the terminal screen, the second display interface of the component, where the second display interface includes the first display interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianxin Ding, Liping Hu
  • Patent number: 11061483
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a positioning member includes a bottom plate and a shielding layer. The bottom plate includes a body part and a protruding part. The body part has a connection part. The protruding part has a through hole. The body part is upwardly connected to the protruding part through the connection part, such that the body part, the connection part and the protruding part jointly enclose an accommodating space below the through hole. An joint member having a stud and a head connected to the stud, wherein the stud passes through the through hole to be fixed in the accommodating space via the head. The shielding layer is disposed on the body part, partly extending to the through hole of the protruding part to shield the protruding part exposed by the joint member. A keyboard is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Hui Hsu, Cheng-Kun Liao, Li-Sheng Hsiao, En-Huei Wang
  • Patent number: 11056049
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels which are connected to first scan lines, second scan lines, third scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines; a scan driver which supplies a bias scan signal to each of the third scan lines at a first frequency and supplies a scan signal to each of the first scan line and the second scan line at a second frequency which corresponds to an image refresh rate of each of the pixels; an emission driver which supplies an emission control signal to each of the emission control lines at the first frequency; a data driver which supplies a data signal to each of the data lines at the second frequency; and a timing controller which controls driving of the scan driver, the emission driver, and the data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Kim, Na Young Kim, Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 11049475
    Abstract: An image display method includes setting a plurality of frame rate intervals and a plurality of backlight driving signal adjustment modes, acquiring a data clock signal, detecting a first frame rate of the data clock signal, adjusting a first power distribution of a backlight driving signal according to a first backlight driving signal adjustment mode of the plurality of backlight driving signal adjustment modes when the first frame rate falls into a first frame rate interval of the plurality of frame rate intervals, and displaying an image according to at least the data clock signal and the backlight driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, BENQ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsin-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 11043178
    Abstract: The selection signal output circuit outputs a selection signal for simultaneously selecting a set of switches, which correspond to a set of adjacent signal lines, among k switches in a partial period obtained by time-dividing a horizontal scanning period, and outputs a selection signal for selecting remaining switches among the k switches one at a time in a remaining period of the time-divided horizontal scanning period, and the image signal output circuit supplies a same image signal to a set of adjacent signal lines corresponding to the simultaneously selected set of switches in a partial period obtained by time-dividing the horizontal scanning period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nariya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11017730
    Abstract: A display device including multiple displays is provided. The display device includes a first display including first pixels; a second display including second pixels; a first driver configured to drive the first display; a second driver configured to drive the second display; a controller configured to control the first and second drivers; a first power supply configured to supply first power to the first and second displays; and a second power supply configured to supply second power to the first and second displays. The second power supply includes a first voltage source configured to generate a first voltage; a second voltage source configured to generate a second voltage; a first switch configured to couple the first display to any one of the first and second voltage sources; and a second switch configured to couple the second display to one of the first and second voltage sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Soo Hwang, Ji Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 11016606
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for controlling a touch screen, and an electronic device. The method includes: applying a first driving voltage to a voltage input terminal of the bridge, and obtaining a first voltage difference between a first voltage output terminal and a second voltage output terminal of the bridge corresponding to the first driving voltage; determining a first equivalent resistance value of the bridge corresponding to the first driving voltage at a current temperature according to the first driving voltage and a preset equation; determining a first compensation voltage value corresponding to the current temperature according to the first equivalent resistance value, the first voltage difference, and a preset formula; determining whether to trigger a touch unit corresponding to the bridge according to the first voltage difference and the first compensation voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renhui Yu, Hongzhou Xie, Ye Hu, Shangtao Zheng, Wen Zha, Xin Chen, Meizhen Chen, Qingna Hou, Kai Diao
  • Patent number: 11010861
    Abstract: A smart display including one or more groups of smart pixels and at least one graphics engine. The at least one graphics engine is fragmented into GPU (graphics processing unit) minute cores. The GPU minute cores are distributed throughout the smart display. The smart pixels with distributed graphics within the smart display perform deep learning. Libraries stored on GPU minute core embedded memory are used to perform object identification using deep learning. The smart display monitors for pixel degradation and, if necessary, performs pixel enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Kunjal Parikh, Srikanth Kambhatla, Gary Smith, Changliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11003034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device comprising: a display panel having a plurality of pixels and a plurality of source lines, wherein each of the pixels is electrically connected to a respective source line; and an SD IC for providing pixel voltages and receiving a noise storage control signal and a noise output control signal; characterized in that the SD IC further comprises a noise reduce module to store voltage levels of the pixel voltages as compensating voltages based on the noise storage control signal and to output the compensating voltages based on the noise output control signal, wherein during a normal period, the SD IC outputs the pixel voltages to the pixels; during a compensation period, the SD IC outputs the compensating voltages to the pixels; wherein the noise output control signal is phased-delayed with respect to the noise storage control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Yu Huang, Jian-Feng Li, Kai-Yuan Siao
  • Patent number: 11003006
    Abstract: A smartphone may include a first cover layer and an LCD panel. A backlight unit may be located under the LCD panel. A touch sensor may sense touch in a capacitive manner. The backlight unit may include a pressure sensor and a spacer layer. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of electrodes formed in a single layer attached on the second cover layer and spaced apart from the reflective sheet. A driving signal is applied to the touch sensor and a touch position is detected by a sensing signal. A magnitude of a touch pressure is detected based on a change amount of capacitance which is output from the pressure sensor and which is changed according to a distance between the pressure sensor and an electrode located within the LCD panel. The pressure sensor is attached on the second cover layer as an integral sheet including insulation layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Bonkee Kim, Sangsic Yoon, Young ho Cho
  • Patent number: 11003242
    Abstract: A first user action (201) comprising an eye gaze (211) is detected. At least one menu item from a plurality of menu items is selected based on the orientation (212) of the eye gaze (211) of the first user action (201). A second user action (202) is detected. Based on the second user action (202), a function (209) associated with a given one of the at least one first menu item is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Adam Rohrbacher
  • Patent number: 10997945
    Abstract: A display panel and a driving device for the same are disclosed. The driving device includes a timing controller and a source driver IC. The timing controller includes a first interface, a first transmitter and a first receiver which are connected with the first interface, and a first data selector which is configured to control the first transmitter and the first receiver. The source driver IC includes a second interface which is connected with the first interface, a second transmitter and a second receiver which are connected with the second interface, and a second data selector which is configured to control the second transmitter and the second receiver. The first data selector and the second data selector are configured to control the first transmitter to communicate with the second receiver in a first period, and to control the second transmitter to communicate with the first receiver in a second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 10997918
    Abstract: When an active matrix type display device using an electro-optical element such as an organic EL element is driven at a low frequency, there is a problem in that flicker occurs. Provided are a method of driving a display device and a display device in which occurrence of flicker can be suppressed, in drive of the display device for which any one of a high frequency drive and a low frequency drive can be selected, if a power supply voltage difference between a drive power supply and a cathode power supply in a case where the display device is driven in the low frequency drive is smaller than a power supply voltage difference in a case where the display device is driven in the high frequency drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Asahi Yamato, Hikaru Kuki, Akira Nomura
  • Patent number: 10997885
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller that generates a first reference clock signal having a first pulse and a second reference clock signal having a second pulse, a signal generator that generates a vertical start signal of which an activation period starts in response to the first pulse and the second pulse and generates a gate clock signal and an inverted gate clock signal based on the first pulse and the second pulse, and a gate driver that generates a gate signal based on the vertical start signal, the gate clock signal, and the inverted gate clock signal and provides the gate signal to the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoonsup Kim, Namsoo Kang, Soonkyeong Kwon, Sunghyun Kim, Sewon Min, Kihyun Sung, JunYong Ahn
  • Patent number: 10990223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to interpolated variable impedance touch sensor arrays for force-aware large-surface device interaction. An exemplary system for detecting a continuous pressure curve includes a plurality of physical variable impedance array (VIA) columns connected by interlinked impedance columns and a plurality of physical VIA rows connected by interlinked impedance rows. The system also includes a plurality of column drive sources connected to the interlinked impedance columns and to the plurality of physical VIA columns through the interlinked impedance columns as well as a plurality of row sense sinks connected to the interlinked impedance rows and to the plurality of physical VIA rows through the interlinked impedance rows. Further, the system includes a processor configured to interpolate the continuous pressure curve in the physical VIA columns and physical VIA rows from an electrical signal from the plurality of column drive sources sensed at the plurality of row sense sinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SENSEL, INC.
    Inventors: John Aaron Zarraga, Alexander Meagher Grau, Bethany Noel Haniger, Bradley James Bozarth, Brogan Carl Miller, Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, James Frank Thomas, Mark Joshua Rosenberg, Peter Hans Nyboer, Reuben Eric Martinez, Scott Gregory Isaacson, Stephanie Jeanne Oberg, Timothy James Miller, Tomer Moscovich, Yibo Yu