Patents Examined by Benjamin C. Lee
  • Patent number: 12386447
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a display layer, a functional layer and an anti-reflection layer. The display layer is disposed over the substrate. The functional layer is disposed over the substrate and includes an antenna unit. The anti-reflection layer is disposed over the antenna unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12387649
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a main processor that provides an image signal and an image-sticking correction signal, and a display module that receives the image signal and the image-sticking correction signal and outputs an image data signal obtained by compensating for the image signal. The display module includes a compensation circuit that calculates cumulative stress based on the image data signal and outputs an image-sticking compensation signal and a compensation adjuster that outputs the image data signal obtained by correcting the image signal based on the image-sticking correction signal and the image-sticking compensation signal. The image-sticking correction signal is input by a user manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungsu Lee, Jong-Woong Park, Wonju Shin, Junhan Ko
  • Patent number: 12379776
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of controlling a wearable device, a wearable device and a computer-readable storage medium, the method of controlling a wearable device includes: scanning an eyeball of a user to determine a position of a point of attention the eyeball looks at; and adjusting at least one of an image rendering ratio of a display screen of the wearable device and an image rendering frequency of the display screen according to the position of the point of attention. The method of controlling a wearable device can reduce the power consumption of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Xudong Qiu, Hongyan Tao, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12380708
    Abstract: A parking assistance device that recognizes a parking stall where a vehicle is to be parked, includes: at least three cameras that take images of an outside of the vehicle; a setting unit that sets, based on a preset setting condition, a camera which is to take an image used for recognizing the parking stall; and a detection unit that detects the parking stall based on the image taken by the set camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Inui, Shota Sobue, Masaki Furukawa, Naoki Yamamura, Yuya Shimohira, Masataka Yamamoto, Ryutaro Kato
  • Patent number: 12374256
    Abstract: A method of correcting gamma includes generating a representative panel model by performing a deep learning based on luminance factors and a representative display panel, generating a panel model by performing a transfer learning based on the representative panel model and a display panel, and determining a grayscale voltage for the display panel based on the panel model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanghee Lee, Hyeonmin Kim, Jungyu Lee
  • Patent number: 12374295
    Abstract: A stage circuit includes: an output unit connected to a first power input terminal and a second power input terminal, the output unit outputting an enable output signal to a first output terminal and an enable carry signal to a second output terminal; a first driver connected to the first power input terminal, the second power input terminal, a clock input terminal, and a second input terminal; and a second driver connected to a first input terminal, the second input terminal, the first power input terminal, and the clock input terminal, the second driver controlling a voltage of the first node. The second driver includes: a first transistor connected between the first node and the clock input terminal, the first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a control node; and a control transistor and a first capacitor, connected in series between the control node and the clock input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Kim, Sang Yong No
  • Patent number: 12354520
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device and a method of controlling a display panel are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of gate lines each gate line being connected to at least one row of sub-pixels, a plurality of shift registers, and a plurality of auxiliary circuits located in a peripheral region of the base substrate. The gate line has a first end connected to the shift register and a second end connected to the auxiliary circuit. The auxiliary circuit has a control terminal configured to receive an auxiliary signal, an input terminal configured to receive a reference signal, and an output terminal connected to the second end of the gate line, and is configured to provide the reference signal at the input terminal to the output terminal under control of the auxiliary signal at the control terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Wen, Jiabin Zou, Xiaofeng Yin, Yan Yan, Feng Li, Cuicui Zheng, Qi Sang
  • Patent number: 12346506
    Abstract: The present application provides a synchronization method and a synchronization device, which may effectively realize synchronization between a touch screen and the active pen. The synchronization method is configured for time synchronization between a first detection chip of a first device and a second detection chip of a second device, and the method includes: a first wireless communication chip connected to the first detection chip, receiving the first synchronization signal sent by the first detection chip at a first moment; the first wireless communication chip sending time information associated with the first moment to a second wireless communication chip connected to the second detection chip; and the time information being configured to determine a second moment for the first detection chip to send the synchronization signal next time, so that the second detection chip is synchronized with the first detection chip at the second moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianpeng Chen, Haolei Wang, Hai Li
  • Patent number: 12340736
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic display may include an electronic display panel that includes a plurality of display pixels configured to emit light; a first pre-charge voltage source; and a second pre-charge voltage source; and a microdriver that may include: a capacitor coupled at a first terminal to the first pre-charge voltage source and coupled at a second terminal to the second pre-charge voltage source; and a buffer. The buffer may include a positive input terminal coupled to the first pre-charge voltage source and the capacitor; an output terminal coupled to a plurality of driving circuits; and a negative input terminal coupled to the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Posat, Rajesh Velayuthan, Hooman Torabi Parizi, Young Don Bae, Hasan Akyol
  • Patent number: 12322309
    Abstract: An electronic device may output, on a display module, a first graphical element corresponding to first direction information calculated based on a first sensing value received from at least one sensor module, monitor a change in a relative location between the first graphical element being currently output and the at least one sensor module in response to an occurrence of an event to change a size of a viewable region, correct second direction information calculated based on a second sensing value received from the at least one sensor module based on the change in the relative location, and output, on the display module, a second graphical element corresponding to the corrected second direction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park
  • Patent number: 12322349
    Abstract: Two or more sensing switches are included in a sensing unit for detecting a characteristic value of a subpixel, and are electrically coupled to a reference voltage line. The two or more sensing switches share a sampling switch with a sensing capacitor included in the sensing unit, which reduces size of the sensing unit. Sensing may include driving simultaneously two or more sensing switches sharing a sensing capacitor, or sensing may be performed through continuous and short driving after simultaneous driving. Overall sensing time can be reduced and sensing accuracy improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinhee Jung, MooKyoung Hong
  • Patent number: 12322318
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and an electronic terminal, including an insulation substrate, and a plurality of data lines disposed on the insulation substrate and electrically connected to a source driving circuit, where the source driving circuit includes a first module, a second module, and a strobe module connected between the first module and the second module, which are all disposed on the insulation substrate, and the strobe module is configured to control output pins of the first module to be electrically connected to different input pins of the second module at different moments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zemin Hu
  • Patent number: 12321532
    Abstract: A system for end-device modulation by a hybrid trigger comprising at least one end-device (E-D) in communication with at least a first device (D1) outputting audio/video (a/v) programming; a processor; a memory element coupled to the processor; a program executable by the processor to: position a virtual representation of the E-D on a digital canvas displayed on a D1-coupled display representing a user's physical and virtual space; and capture from a corresponding region of the virtual space for modulating an effect on a corresponding portion of the canvas-positioned E-D based on a combination of at least two different triggers recognizing at least one of an a/v element or a/v event from the a/v program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Gilg, Timothy Chia-Chieh Sun
  • Patent number: 12323747
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor that controls a glasses-type display device to control projection of a projection image, and the device includes a transmission unit that provides a real image to an eye of a user and a projection unit. The processor is configured to acquire a first size of a pupil of the eye of the user, which is obtained in a case in which the projection unit projects the projection image with a first brightness, with regard to the size of the pupil of the eye of the user, acquires a second size of the pupil, which is obtained in a case in which the projection unit projects the projection image with a second brightness higher than the first brightness, and controls a brightness of the projection image projected onto the transmission unit according to a result of comparison between the first size and the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12321534
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) control method includes displaying, by a VR device, a VR environment. The VR environment is presented from a perspective in the VR environment that is defined with respect to a reference frame in the VR environment. A graphical indicator of a current real-world position of the VR device with respect to a real-world reference position is displayed. The graphical indicator tracks the perspective during movement of the perspective to remain displayed during the movement of the perspective. The method includes determining a velocity of the reference frame based on a displacement between the current real-world position and the real-world reference position; and translating the reference frame in the VR environment at the velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Virzoom, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Malafeew, Jason Warburg
  • Patent number: 12300178
    Abstract: A pixel including: a light emitting element; a first transistor connected between a first power source and a second node; a first capacitor connected to a first node or a second node and a third node; a second transistor between the third node and a data line, the second transistor turned on by a first scan signal; a third transistor between the first and second nodes, the third transistor turned on by a second scan signal; a fifth transistor between the first power source and the first transistor, the fifth transistor turned on by a first emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light emitting element, the sixth transistor turned on by a second emission control signal; and an eighth transistor between the second node and a second emission control line, the eighth transistor turned on by a fourth scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Jun Hyun Park, Hyun Joon Kim, Kyung Hoon Chung, Jang Mi Kang, Hae Min Kim
  • Patent number: 12296255
    Abstract: A method for end-device (E-D) modulation by a generative-AI-prompted trigger, said method comprising the steps of: positioning a virtual representation of the E-D on a digital canvas displayed on a D1-coupled display representing a user's physical space; and generating a script to animate the digital canvas based on a user prompt of a large code model for instructing spatial effects across the E-D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Gilg, Timothy Chia-Chieh Sun
  • Patent number: 12300151
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel circuit and a display device; the pixel circuit includes a driving unit, a light emitting control unit electrically connected to the driving unit, and a first reset unit electrically connected to the driving unit, and a first end of the first reset unit is electrically connected to the driving unit, a second end of the first reset unit is electrically connected to the first constant voltage signal input end, and a control end of the first reset unit is electrically connected to the first reset signal input end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mian Zeng, Liang Sun
  • Patent number: 12288511
    Abstract: A dynamic-voltage-control pixel includes a pixel memory, an input circuit operable at a refresh voltage to receive pixel data and store the received pixel data in the pixel memory, a light emitter, and an output circuit operable at a drive voltage to read the stored pixel data from the pixel memory and control the light emitter to output light according to the read stored pixel data. The drive voltage can be less than the refresh voltage. The input circuit, pixel memory, and output circuit can be connected to a common-voltage wire providing a common voltage for operating each of the input circuit, pixel memory, and output circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Murat Ozbas, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 12282600
    Abstract: A wearable haptic modulation device for real-time simulation of texture properties of a material surface in mixed reality environments is provided. Particularly, it includes a U-shaped pneumatic actuator surrounds a user's fingertip, a finger-housing support creating a space for fingertip containment, a resonant actuator on the finger-housing support generating vibrotactile feedback to enhance perceived roughness on touched physical surfaces, and a pneumatic control system generating pneumatic actuation to reduce the perceived roughness on touched physical surface. Notably, the U-shaped pneumatic actuator allows direct contact of the user's fingerpad with the touched physical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kening Zhu, Xinge Yu, Shaoyu Cai, Haichen Gao, Qi Zhang