Patents Examined by B. Lee
  • Patent number: 11216234
    Abstract: A method for synchronously adjusting a screen setting for a multi-screen system, wherein the multi-screen system supports a daisy chain tech, the method comprising: via a first physical link between an electronic device and a first screen of the multi-screen system, writing a first DPCD including a screen setting in a first display port address of the first screen, and via a second physical link between the first screen and a second screen, writing a second DPCD including the screen setting in a second display port address of the second screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Lifan Zheng, Yongqiang Li, JunXin Qiu
  • Patent number: 11217187
    Abstract: A display driving method, a display driving device and a display apparatus are provided. The method includes: reading a first check code in a first memory and a second check code in a second memory; and selectively performing one of step (a) and step (b): step (a): transmitting a second data code stored in the second memory to the first memory and storing the same in the first memory, and reading a first data code and/or the second data code stored in the first memory, when the first check code is not matched with the second check code; step (b): reading a first data code and/or a second data code stored in the first memory, when the first check code is matched with the second check code. The first memory is arranged on a control circuit board, and the second memory is arranged on a horizontal direction circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: XIANYANG CAIHONG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lei Sun, Yuyeh Chen, Yin Cai, Panfei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11209929
    Abstract: A portable electronic communication device including a display, a pressure sensor array including a plurality of pressure sensors, and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the pressure sensor array. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the pressure sensor array, a plurality of stress tensor measurements corresponding to a user interaction with the display, perform an interpolation of the plurality of pressure measurements, and determine, based on the interpolation, a faulty sensor of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rocznik, Christian Peters, Seow Yuen Yee, Ning Wang, Gary Yama
  • Patent number: 11209863
    Abstract: Reconfigurable touch screen computing devices with folding configurations that include flexible and/or rigid displays made up of segments reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state are described. The form factor of the compact state is the size of a handheld phone (including an integrated speaker and microphone). The form factor of the expanded state is the size of a tablet computer (including the mechanical functionality of a laptop). Both states provide a configuration including a touch screen display on a front side and a protective housing on a back side. The computing devices include sensors indicating the state and mechanisms for folding, alignment, and structural support, and magnets for the devices to be locked in the folded or unfolded state. A module attached to at least one segment may contain substantially all processing and memory, and a communications system, all which may be used in either state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LEPTON COMPUTING LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 11204665
    Abstract: An input device comprises a plurality of data lines of a display panel, a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a processing system. The processing system drives a sensor electrode with a sensing signal during a first portion of a non-display update period of a display frame. In certain embodiments, a source driver of the processing system drives a data line with a first constant voltage during at least one of a second portion of the non-display update period and a third portion of the non-display update period. In certain embodiments, the source driver outputs a guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period. The first portion of the non-display update period occurs after the second portion of the non-display update period and before the third portion of the non-display update period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11199711
    Abstract: A method of deriving data of a user's body pose in an enhanced reality system includes, with at least one camera coupled to a body-mounted housing, capturing at least one image in three-dimensional (3D) space of at least one extremity of a body of a user on which the body-mounted housing is mounted, and with a processor executing a body pose module, deriving data of a user's body pose based on the at least one image captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nathan Barr Nuber, Ian N. Robinson, Robert Paul Martin
  • Patent number: 11200858
    Abstract: A color-calibration system is provided, which includes a host, a reference display apparatus, and a display apparatus. The host calculates peak-intensity change rates relative to different gain values for blue, green, and red colors using a first spectrum and second spectrum of a first display panel of the reference display apparatus respectively in a first display mode and a second display mode. The host calculates peak-intensity ratios for blue, green, and red colors using the first spectrum and a third spectrum of the first display panel in a predetermined color-temperature display mode. The host calculates blue/green/red gains of a second display panel of the display apparatus using a fourth spectrum of the second display panel in the first display mode, the peak-intensity change rates, and peak-intensity ratios, so that the first display panel and the second display panel display a consistent color in the same predetermined color-temperature display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Chang Lin Liou, Hui Chuan Chen, Kang-Ming Peng
  • Patent number: 11195465
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a pixel connected to a first scan line, second scan line, and data line, the pixel including: a first switch connected to the first scan line; a second switch connected to the second scan line; and a light emitting element; a low-frequency driving controller to output a power control signal having a first level in a first mode and a second power control signal having a second level in a second mode; a scan driver including first and second scan drivers to drive the first and second scan lines, wherein one of the first and second scan drivers operates in the second mode; and a data driver to operate in the second mode in response to the power control signal having the second level, wherein the data driver operates at a frequency lower than a reference frequency in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyojin Lee, Sehyuk Park, Jinyoung Roh, Geunjeong Park, Eunho Lee, Hui Nam, Bonghyun You
  • Patent number: 11187577
    Abstract: A method of sensing ambient light intensity of an ambient in which an electronic device is located, can include: providing a plurality of light sensing elements under a display screen of the electronic device; displaying a solid color image during an operating period of the display screen; obtaining first data of each of the plurality of light sensing elements in response to a current ambient light during the display screen displaying the solid color image; obtaining second data of each of the plurality of light sensing elements in response to the current ambient light during the display screen displaying a normal image; and performing mathematical operations on the first data and the second data to obtain an intensity value of the ambient light of the ambient in which the electronic device is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventor: Suyi Lin
  • Patent number: 11188171
    Abstract: A driving system for a touch display device includes a timing controller, configured to output a plurality of first data and receive a plurality of second data; and a driving module, coupled to the timing controller, comprises a display driving module, configured to output a plurality of output voltages according to the plurality of first data output by the timing controller; and a sensing module, configured to receive a plurality of display sensing data and a plurality of touch sensing data to generate the plurality of second data to the timing controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Keko-Chun Liang, Yi-Yang Tsai, Jin-Yi Lin, Chun-Wei Kang, Yi-Chuan Liu
  • Patent number: 11189239
    Abstract: A driving method of a display panel and a display device are provided, wherein the driving method of the display panel can make a sub-pixel to be driven disposed in a splicing region display normally by compensating the sub-pixel to be driven disposed in the splicing region. A dark line appearing in the splicing region is eliminated, and a technical problem of splicing dark line appearing in the splicing region of a display device adopting spliced mini-LEDs is alleviated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 11189244
    Abstract: An output amplifier includes an input unit including first and second input transistors, and a first bias transistor between a connection node of a source of the first input transistor and a source of the second input transistor and a first voltage source, a first current mirror including first and second transistors connected in series at a first connection node and between a second voltage source and a second connection node, and third and fourth transistors connected in series at a third connection node and between the second voltage source and a fourth connection node, and a second current mirror including fifth and sixth transistors between a fifth connection node and the first voltage source and connected in series at a sixth connection node, and seventh and eighth transistors between a seventh connection node and the first voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mun Gyu Kim, Kyoung Tae Kim, Jae Hong Ko
  • Patent number: 11189217
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display panel. The shift register unit includes a compensation module connected to a second node, a current-stage transmission signal output end and a second clock signal; a pull-down module connected to a first node, the second node, a (n+2)th-stage transmission signal output end, the current-stage transmission signal output end, a current-stage scan signal output end and a first direct-current low voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yan Xue
  • Patent number: 11183137
    Abstract: A display apparatus that operates at high speed is provided. The display apparatus includes a display portion provided with a pixel, and the display portion has a function of displaying a first-color image and a second-color image. A first period in which first image data and first data are written to the pixel, a second period in which the first-color image corresponding to the first image data is displayed on the display portion, a third period in which second image data is generated in the pixel on the basis of the first image data and the first data, and a fourth period in which the second-color image corresponding to the second image data is displayed on the display portion are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe, Susumu Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11183125
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including: a data wiring that includes a main data line disposed in a display area and a first data line disposed in a peripheral area; a driving voltage wiring that includes a main driving voltage line disposed in the display area and a first driving voltage line that is connected with the main driving voltage line and disposed in the peripheral area while extending in a first direction; and a driving low-voltage wiring that includes a cathode extending to the peripheral area while overlapping the display area, and a plurality of first driving low-voltage connection portions that are connected with the cathode and disposed in the peripheral area, wherein each of the plurality of first driving low-voltage connection portions comprises a wiring portion extended in the first direction and a pad portion electrically connected with the wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, An Su Lee, Dong Woo Kim, Sung Jae Moon, Kang Moon Jo
  • Patent number: 11176898
    Abstract: A display panel and an electronic apparatus are provided. The display panel includes: a display area; and a first peripheral area located around the display area, a first gate driver being provided in the first peripheral area; wherein the display panel is further provided with a plurality of first driving signal lines and a plurality of second driving signal lines; the plurality of first driving signal lines are arranged in a different layer from a layer in which the plurality of second driving signal lines are located; and the m-th first driving signal line of the plurality of first driving signal lines and the k-th second driving signal line of the plurality of second driving signal lines are both electrically connected, in the first peripheral area, to an m-th output terminal of the first gate driver, where m is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and k is also an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinwei Wu, Zhen Zhang, Wei Zhang, Cunzhi Li, Jonguk Kwak, Yanyan Xu
  • Patent number: 11176897
    Abstract: A driving method includes: calculating average image signals of sub-pixels of a division area to generate an average value of red color signals of the division area, an average value of green color signals of the division area, and an average value of blue color signals of the division area. And then, executing a red color gamma adjustment and blue color gamma adjustment respectively according to a predefined frame determining with the corresponding a plurality of gray levels of the average value of red color signals of the division area, the average value of green color signals of the division area, and the average value of blue color signals of the division area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chih-Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11176864
    Abstract: A method for driving a display panel, a display drive circuit, a display device and a computer device are disclosed. After receiving an image to be displayed sent by a graphics processor, a data drive chip controls respective rows of sub-pixels containing a high-definition display area in a connected display panel to be scanned line by line according to a position of the high-definition display area in the image to be displayed, and at the same time, the data drive chip controls respective rows of sub-pixels containing only a low-definition display area in the display panel to be scanned per N rows simultaneously according to a position of the low-definition display area in the image to be displayed, where N is an even number greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yafei Li, Bo Gao, Wei Sun, Lingyun Shi, Hao Zhang, Guangquan Wang, Ming Chen, Xue Dong, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 11176881
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a panel driver configured to drive the display panel. The panel driver receives input image data corresponding to first, second, and third colors at an input frame frequency, and detects whether the input image data represent a still or dynamic image. If the input image data represent the dynamic image, the panel driver drives the display panel at a first output frame frequency substantially the same as the input frame frequency. If the input image data represent the still image, the panel driver calculates a plurality of flicker indexes of the still image for at least two of the first, second, third colors, one or more combinations of the first, second, and third colors, and drives the display panel at a second output frame frequency that is determined based on the plurality of flicker indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jinyoung Roh, Sangan Kwon, Sehyuk Park, Hyojin Lee
  • Patent number: 11176894
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first light source, a second light source having a color different from a color of the first light source, a light guide plate converting a point light source generated by the first light source and the second light source into a surface light source, a diffuser plate positioned on an upper portion of the light guide plate and diffusing the surface light source emitted by the light guide plate, and a frame supporting the light guide plate and the diffuser plate and including a protrusion protruded between the diffuser plate and the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyehoon Lee, Dongyoon Kim, Beomkyun Rha, Mingu Roh, Sanghoon Lee