Patents Examined by B. Lee
  • Patent number: 11442505
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a flexible display layer covered by a protective display cover layer. The flexible display layer may be an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other layer with a flexible substrate. The flexible display layer may have a central region with peripheral edges. The central region may be rectangular, may be octagonal, or may have other shapes. Strip-shaped protrusions may extend along each of the peripheral edges of the central region. The strip-shaped protrusions may be bent to provide the protrusions with curved surface profiles. The display cover layer may have a cushion shape with bowed edges that overlap parts of the strip-shaped protrusions, may have curved inner and outer surfaces and/or planar surfaces, may have rounded corners with compound curvature, may have edges with curved surface profiles, and/or may have other configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell
  • Patent number: 11436973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a repairable GOA drive system, a driving method for a GOA circuit, and a display panel, which are used to improve the yield of display panels in a manufacturing process. The display panel includes a display area and a pixel circuit arranged in the display area, and the repairable GOA drive system includes a GOA circuit, a repair circuit, and a driver IC. The GOA circuit is connected to a driving signal output end of the driver IC; and the repair circuit is arranged between the driver IC and the pixel circuit and configured to replace at least one abnormal GOA unit in the GOA circuit to output a driving signal to the corresponding pixel circuit when the at least one GOA unit is abnormal. The implementation of the present invention can greatly improve repairability of backplane circuits with a GOA and increase the screen yield in mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ximeng Guan, Jigang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11436968
    Abstract: A display driver that drives a display panel comprises storage circuitry, color addition processing circuitry, and drive circuitry. The storage circuitry stores F subpixel data acquired from color coordinate data indicating color coordinates of a displayed color in a predetermined color space displayed on the display panel when an R subpixel, a G subpixel, and a B subpixel in each of a plurality of pixels of the display panel are driven with drive signals corresponding to a minimum grayscale value and an F subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels which displays an additional color other than a primary color R, a primary color G, and a primary color B is driven with a drive signal corresponding to a maximum grayscale value. The color addition processing circuitry generates output FRGB data from input RGB data, in response to the F subpixel data stored in the storage circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 11435503
    Abstract: This document relates to head mounted display devices. In one example the head mounted display device includes a light engine including an array of individually controllable pixels that can be energized to emit light. The example also includes an optical assembly physically aligned with the light engine and including a set of focusing elements facing toward the light engine and a different set of focusing elements facing away from the light engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Georgiou, Alfonsus D. Lunardhi, Joel Steven Kollin, Bernard C. Kress, Ishan Chatterjee, Mario Possiwan, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Brian K. Guenter, Maria Pace, Jacob Hadnett-Hunter
  • Patent number: 11436983
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a Q node controller generating a voltage of a Q node by using a first clock, a second clock, a third clock, and a start signal; a QB node controller generating a voltage of a QB node by using the second clock and the third clock; and an output part including a pull-up TFT and a pull-down TFT and generating an output signal including a first pulse interval, of a gate-on voltage, synchronized with a part of the first clock according to the voltages of the Q node and the QB node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Lim, Nakwoo Kim, Donghyang Lee
  • Patent number: 11430393
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, the plurality of pixels being connected to scan lines and data lines; a data driver configured to transmit a data signal to a source output line; a data distributer configured to selectively connect the source output line to the data lines; and a latch portion arranged between the data distributer and the pixel portion, wherein the latch portion includes a plurality of latches connected to at least one of data lines excluding a data line, from among the data lines, connected to the source output line by the data distributer at a timing at which a scan signal is transmitted to the scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11430378
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixels. The pixels include at least one emitter unit. The emitter units each include a primary emitter and a secondary emitter for generating light of the same color. The secondary emitter is associated with the primary emitter of the corresponding emitter unit. The primary emitters and the secondary emitters are based on at least one semiconductor material. The emitter units each include a correction circuit. The correction circuits are each configured to be able to switch the generation of light from the primary emitter to the associated secondary emitter in case of a defect of the associated primary emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Richter, Kilian Regau, Patrick Hörner
  • Patent number: 11424781
    Abstract: An LED light and communication system includes Visible Light Communication Transceiver Glasses having at least one projector, lens(es), and optical transceiver, the optical transceiver including a light support and a processor. The light support has at least one light emitting diode and at least one photodetector attached. The processor is in communication with the at least one light emitting diode and the at least one photodetector. The processor is capable of illuminating the at least one light emitting diode to create at least one light signal which is not observable to the unaided eyes of an individual. The second light signal includes at least one data packet. The processor may generate a signal for the projector to display information on the lens(es).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
    Inventor: John C. Pederson
  • Patent number: 11423821
    Abstract: A data driving circuit includes a first voltage divider circuit configured to output a gamma compensation voltage for a first color, a second voltage divider circuit configured to output a gamma compensation voltage for a second color, a third voltage divider circuit configured to output a gamma compensation voltage for a third color, a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to convert input data for the first color using the gamma compensation voltage for the first color to output a data voltage of a first channel, a second DAC configured to convert input data for the second color using the gamma compensation voltage for the second color to output a data voltage of a second channel, and a third DAC configured to convert input data for the third color using the gamma compensation voltage for the third color to output a data voltage of a third channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Seok Oh, Yong Won Jo, Yong Woo Yun
  • Patent number: 11409435
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product provide a simplified method for unlocking an electronic device that uses soft keys, such as capacitive touch keys, or proximity detection areas and patterns. The keys may be implemented in the form of areas of a sensor, and a processing circuit observes a touch pattern and compares the same with the registered pattern to determine if there is a likeness. In doing so, the electronic device is operated at a low power state, and in that low power state observes whether a predetermined pattern is observed and when it is, unlocks the electronic device for interaction with a user at a fully operational state. By operating in the low power state while waiting to observe a predetermined pattern before unlocking the user interface, the device does not waste power on false positive detections, and allows for convenient wakeup and accessibility by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anatol Ward, Kouichiro Takashima
  • Patent number: 11410610
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit of a display device includes a first output terminal electrically connected to a first scan line, a second output terminal electrically connected to a second scan line, a first masking circuit electrically connecting the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputting, as a first scan signal, a second scan signal to the first output terminal, a driving circuit outputting the second scan signal to the second output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, and a second masking circuit masking the second scan signal to a predetermined level in response to the second masking signal, wherein the first masking circuit electrically disconnects the first output terminal from the second output terminal in response to a first masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Seongheon Cho, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11403995
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels, a controller, and a data driver. The controller selects a target pixel among the pixels and generates an adjusted gray level for the target pixel based on gray levels corresponding to the target pixel and relevant pixels neighboring the target pixel. The data driver generates a data signal for the target pixel based on the adjusted gray level. The target pixel, at least one of the relevant pixels, and at least one of the pixels of the display device respectively emit light of three colors different from each other. Four mixed colors are different from each other and are each a mixture of at least two of the three colors. The controller generates the adjusted gray level using reference coefficients for at least one of the three colors and for at least one of the four mixed colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Jong Woong Park
  • Patent number: 11404010
    Abstract: A display device includes a control device configured to divide a display period of each frame of an image to be displayed into a first time period and a second time period; and send a light source control signal and a modulation signal corresponding to each pixel in the image to be displayed, according to original image data of each frame of the image to be displayed; a light source system configured to emit light source light according to the light source control signal, the light source light including first light and second light; and a light modulation device configured to modulate the first light according to the modulation signal to generate first image light of the image to be displayed, and modulate the second light according to the modulation signal to generate second image light of the image to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Xin Yu, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11393403
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages that are dependently connected, wherein an n-th one of the stages (n being a natural number) comprises a node controller for controlling voltages of set and reset nodes, a scan signal generator controlled in accordance with the voltages of the set and reset nodes, thereby outputting a scan signal to a scan line of a display panel, and a reference voltage/high-level supply power output unit controlled in accordance with the voltages of the set and reset nodes, thereby outputting a reference voltage or a high-level supply voltage to a reference voltage line of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11393396
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display panel. The pixel circuit includes a reset circuit, a data writing circuit, a compensation circuit, and a driving circuit. The reset circuit is configured to apply a reset voltage to the first terminal of the light-emitting element to reset the first terminal of the light-emitting element; the data writing circuit is configured to write a data signal to the first terminal of the driving circuit; the compensation circuit is configured to write the reset voltage into the control terminal of the driving circuit when the reset circuit applies the reset voltage, and to write a compensation signal based on the data signal into the control terminal of the driving circuit when the data writing circuit writes the data signal; and the driving circuit is configured to control a driving current for driving the light-emitting element to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Yang, Libin Liu
  • Patent number: 11393415
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module includes a backlight module body, a first light source component, and a second light source component. The backlight module body is provided with a first opening. The first light source component is disposed on the backlight module body and corresponds to the first opening. When the liquid crystal display panel is displaying, the first light source sequentially emits red light, green light, and blue light to an area of the liquid crystal display panel corresponding to the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fancheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11386855
    Abstract: A voltage control circuit is configured to connected to a display panel, the display panel includes a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel and a second pixel, and the first pixel and the second pixel are pixels corresponding to different colors. The voltage control circuit is configured to provide a first voltage to the first pixel and a second voltage to the second pixel at a first time and a second time, respectively; the first voltage provided at the first time is different from the second voltage provided at the first time, and the first voltage provided at the second time is identical with the second voltage provided at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengzhen Liang, Xuesong Tian, Wen Xu, Xu Lu
  • Patent number: 11385501
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight module, a display device, a method for driving a display device, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The backlight module includes: a base substrate; multiple light emitting modules disposed on a side of the base substrate, where each of the multiple light emitting modules includes a first light emitting region, a second light emitting region and a third first light emitting region; and a light exiting layer disposed on a side of the light emitting modules facing away from the base substrate. Vertical projections of the first light emitting region, the second light emitting region and the third light emitting region on the base substrate overlap with vertical projections of a first light exiting region, a second light exiting region and a third light exiting region on the base substrate respectively. Each backlight driving module is connected to at least one light emitting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN PLANCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Sun, Kai Wang, Bing Xu, Zuoliang Wen
  • Patent number: 11380238
    Abstract: A method for determining gray scale values of pixels is provided, which includes the following operations: determining gray scale values of pixels to be displayed of a current display picture and a picture type of the current display picture; determining a target refresh rate according to the picture type; determining a target gray scale correction value according to the target refresh rate, and determining target gray scale values according to the target gray scale correction value and the gray scale values, the target refresh rate and the target gray scale correction value are negatively correlated. A display panel and a computer readable storage medium are also provided. The present disclosure slows down the color unevenness of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11380267
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a driving method thereof. A pixel circuit of the display device may be driven in a data sampling phase and a light emitting phase. A electric current flows in a first effective channel of a driving element in the data sampling phase and a electric current flows in a second effective channel of the driving element in the light-emitting phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Seung Woo, Seung Wan Cho