Patents Examined by Benjamin X Casarez
  • Patent number: 12374282
    Abstract: A method for a terminal device with an active light-emitting display assembly, includes: obtaining image data of an Nth frame of image, where N is a positive integer; obtaining a highest gray scale of the Nth frame of image according to the image data, where the highest gray scale of the Nth frame of image is a maximum value of gray scales corresponding to pixels in the Nth frame of image; obtaining a drive voltage of the Nth frame of image according to the highest gray scale of the Nth frame of image, where the drive voltage of the Nth frame of image is a voltage required in a case that the display assembly displays the Nth frame of image; and sending a voltage adjustment amount of the Nth frame of image to the display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Zhao
  • Patent number: 12334008
    Abstract: A display device, a turn-on state, and a turn-off state of a driving transistor can be easily controlled by a control of a control voltage applied to a control gate electrode opposed to a driving gate electrode of the driving transistor and a non-light-emitting driving can be performed in a display driving. Furthermore, as the non-light-emitting driving is performed by the control voltage applied to the control gate electrode of the driving transistor, the non-light-emitting driving can be performed independently from a period in which a scan signal is applied, the non-light-emitting driving can be performed without affecting a display driving and a video response time of the display device can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngjun Choi, HyeMi Oh, SoJung Lee
  • Patent number: 12333113
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a touch sensing unit includes a touch driving wiring and a sensing electrode unit including a driving electrode pattern connected to the touch driving wiring and a sensing electrode pattern with a rounded corner. The touch driving wiring includes a junction portion connected to the driving electrode pattern and a wiring portion extending from the junction portion and bypassing the sensing electrode unit along the rounded corner of the sensing electrode pattern. A line width of the junction portion is greater than a line width of the wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: In Young Han
  • Patent number: 12334007
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels coupled to data lines and sensing lines; a data driver configured to supply one of an image data signal and a sensing data signal to the data lines; a voltage supply configured to supply an initialization voltage to the pixels through the sensing lines; and a sensing circuit configured to receive a sensing value from at least one of the pixels through the sensing lines, and compare the sensing value with a sensing reference value to generate a sensing voltage control signal to control at least one of the sensing data signal or the initialization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gon Im, Soo Yeon Kim, Jong Jae Lee, Dae Gwang Jang
  • Patent number: 12333081
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing an input are disclosed that detect a portion of a hand and/or other detectable object in a region of space monitored by a 3D sensor. The method further includes determining a zone corresponding to the region of space in which the portion of the hand or other detectable object was detected. Also, the method can include determining from the zone a correct way to interpret inputs made by a position, shape or a motion of the portion of the hand or other detectable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventors: Avinash Dabir, Paul Durdik, Keith Mertens, Michael Zagorsek
  • Patent number: 12322322
    Abstract: Aspects of the description provide for a circuit. In at least some examples, the circuit includes a driver. The driver includes a phase-locked loop and a digital interface. The phase-locked loop is configured to receive a clock signal and provide a second clock signal based on the first clock signal. The digital interface is configured to, receive the first clock signal, receive and sample data from a data frame at sequential rising edge transitions and falling edge transitions of the first clock signal, extract a portion of the data frame addressed to the driver from the data frame, and provide a portion of the data frame remaining after extracting the portion of the data frame addressed to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shang Ding, Huibo Zhong, Yang Wang, Haibin Shao
  • Patent number: 12321558
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a light emitting area and a non-light-emitting area adjacent to the light emitting area and an input sensor disposed on the display panel. The input sensor includes a first sensor conductive layer disposed on the display panel, a first sensor insulating layer disposed on the first sensor conductive layer, and a second sensor conductive layer disposed on the first sensor insulating layer. At least one of the first sensor conductive layer and the second sensor conductive layer is provided with a mesh opening defined therethrough, at least one of a side surface of the first sensor conductive layer and a side surface of the second sensor conductive layer is provided with a recessed portion defined therein, and the input sensor further includes a light absorption layer disposed in the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuneok Shin, Joon Woo Bae, Juhyun Lee, Samtae Jeong, Yung Bin Chung
  • Patent number: 12293691
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels having different arrangements of subpixels and reducing a color edge. The display device includes a display unit where a plurality of first pixels including subpixels of three colors and second pixels including subpixels of the three colors are alternately arrayed in row and column directions, an arrangement of the subpixels in the first pixel and an arrangement of the subpixels in the second pixel differing from each other, and a luminance allocation unit allocating luminance of a subpixel of a first color among the three colors in the first pixel to a subpixel of the first color in the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel with a predetermined ratio and allocating luminance of the subpixel of the first color in the second pixel to the subpixel of the first color in the first pixel adjacent to the second pixel with a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Matsueda, Kenichi Takatori
  • Patent number: 12293603
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a biometric information sensing layer disposed under the display panel and including a sensor, and an optical pattern layer disposed between the display panel and the biometric information sensing layer and including a plurality of transmissive portions and a light blocking portion. The light blocking portion includes a light blocking layer disposed on the biometric information sensing layer, an intermediate layer disposed on the light blocking layer, and a metal layer disposed on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taesung Kim, Yunjong Yeo, Hyunmin Cho, Bokwang Song, Byung Han Yoo
  • Patent number: 12293052
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display panel and an input sensing part disposed on the display panel and including a first area, a second area configured to surround the first area, and a third area configured to surround the second area. The input sensing part includes first to third nodes, which are disposed on the first to third area, respectively, and each of the first to third nodes includes a first connection pattern and a second sensing pattern including a third pattern and a fourth pattern spaced apart from each other in a second direction. At least a portion of the second nodes has a shape different from that of each of the first nodes, and at least portion of the third nodes a shape different from that of each of the first nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12277892
    Abstract: A texture recognition device and a display apparatus are provided. The texture recognition device has a plurality of pixel units, and includes a base substrate, a driving circuit layer, a photosensitive element layer, and a lens layer. The driving circuit layer and the photosensitive element layer are on the base substrate, and the lens layer is on a side of the photosensitive element layer away from the base substrate; at least one pixel unit includes a pixel driving circuit in the driving circuit layer, a plurality of photosensitive elements in the photosensitive element layer and a plurality of lens units in the lens layer, the pixel driving circuit is electrically connected with the plurality of photosensitive elements, and in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the base substrate, the plurality of photosensitive elements are in one-to-one correspondence with and overlap with the plurality of lens units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventor: Zhonghuan Li
  • Patent number: 12216866
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes a sensor pixel arranged in a sensing area, including a pixel electrode coupled to a first node; a first transistor coupled between the first node and a first or second power line, the first transistor including a first gate electrode coupled to a first scan line and a second gate electrode opposite to the first gate electrode; a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a second scan line; a second transistor coupled between a readout line and the first power line, the second transistor including a first gate electrode coupled to the first node and a second gate electrode opposite to the first gate electrode; and a third transistor coupled between the second transistor and the first power line, the third transistor including a first gate electrode coupled to the second scan line and a second gate electrode opposite to the first gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Sun Kim, Mu Kyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 12216810
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated control of human inhabited characters. In an example, control of human inhabited character may be achieved via a plurality of input devices, including, but not limited to, a microphone, a camera, or a hand-held controller, that can modify and trigger changes in the appearance and/or the behavioral response of a character during the live interactions with humans. In an example, a computing device may include a neural network that receives the input from the microphone and/or the camera and changes the appearance and/or the behavioral response of the character according to the input. Further, input from the hand-held controller may be used to adjust a mood of the character or, in other words, emphasize or deemphasize the changes to the appearance and/or the behavioral response of the character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Mursion, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Nagendran, Brian D. Kelly
  • Patent number: 12205403
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display unit which displays an image; a fingerprint sensing unit that senses a fingerprint including a ridge and a valley and outputs a fingerprint sensing signal including a fingerprint image, a readout circuit which generates a fingerprint processing signal based on the fingerprint sensing signal and determines whether the fingerprint processing signal matches a stored fingerprint signal, by comparing the fingerprint processing signal with the stored fingerprint signal, and a memory connected to the readout circuit. The readout circuit includes an area division unit, an estimation unit, a first sharpening processing unit, a second sharpening processing unit, and a processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Shinkaji, Masahiko Yoshiyama
  • Patent number: 12205534
    Abstract: Certain display types—such as organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays—may be more prone to burn-in or ghosting due to the varied luminance degradation rates of pixel cells of the display—especially in applications or content types that require display of prolonged, continuous, static textures. To account for this, aging of pixel cells (e.g., R, G, B, and/or W pixel cells) of a display may be tracked such that more aged pixel cells may be compensated for by reducing pixel values of one or more (e.g., each) other pixel cells of the display. As a result, the effect of burn-in or ghosting may be mitigated by tracking luminance degradation over time and compensating for the luminance degradation across some or all of the pixel cells of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Yanbo Sun, Tyvis Cheung, Gerrit Slavenburg
  • Patent number: 12198462
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are provided, which can improve the fingerprint recognition sensitivity. The display panel includes: a substrate; sub-pixels located at a side of the substrate; a fingerprint sensor located at a side of the substrate away from a light-exiting side of the display panel; and a reflective portion located between the fingerprint sensor and the sub-pixels in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate, and configured to increase light intensity of light that enters the fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Zhiyong Xiong, Zhengxia Lv
  • Patent number: 12182367
    Abstract: A touch sensing device includes a base layer, a touch electrode layer, a first reinforcing member, and a touch circuit board. The base layer includes a main area and a protruding area protruding from the main area in a first direction. The touch electrode layer is disposed on a surface of the base layer. The first reinforcing member is disposed on a surface of the protruding area. The touch circuit board is electrically connected to the touch electrode layer. The protruding area includes a bending area and a pad area. The bending area is bent downward. The pad area extends from the bending area in the first direction and overlaps the base layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction in a bent state of the bending area. The touch circuit board is attached to the pad area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Kyu Jeon, Jeong Heon Lee, Chang Bum Kim, Jung Mok Park, Hee Woong Park, Sang Wook Yoo, Young Seok Yoo, Choon Hyop Lee
  • Patent number: 12176296
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip, each including first signal pads, and second signal pads disposed in a region different from that of the first signal pads. The first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are mounted on a package substrate. The package substrate includes first signal lines connected to the first signal pads and second signal lines connected to the second signal pads. The first signal lines and the second signal lines are disposed in a same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Eun Koo
  • Patent number: 12178090
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes at least one first transistor to which a data voltage is applied. The first transistor includes a first conductive layer disposed on a substrate and a first active layer, which is disposed on the first conductive layer, has one end and the other end which are made conductive, and includes a first channel region disposed between the one end and the other end. A second conductive layer overlapping the first conductive layer with a first insulating layer interposed between the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer is included in a storage capacitor in a panel, and the storage capacitor is disposed under the first channel region of the first active layer. In this way, an ultra-high definition panel is fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeHee Park, InTak Cho, PilSang Yun
  • Patent number: 12164692
    Abstract: An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, includes a haptic feedback interface. The assistive device receives input to establish a mapping of a plurality of objects within a proximity range to at least one haptic element of the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface. Further, the assistive device merges two or more nearby relevant objects in the plurality of objects as one object so as to map the one relevant object to a corresponding haptic element of the set of haptic elements in the touch-discernible feedback. Furthermore, the assistive device adjusts sizes of the plurality of objects to map the plurality of objects with a set of haptic elements of the plurality of haptic elements while merging the two or more nearby relevant objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventors: Niki Mani, Alex Hamid Mani, Ahmadreza Rofougaran