Patents Examined by Brent D Castiaux
  • Patent number: 12293701
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided by the present application. A first part and a second part of part of a first scanning signal line are connected through a third part, and/or a fourth part and a fifth part of part of the first scanning signal line are connected through a sixth part, so that a load of a hole-digging area is similar or even consistent with a load of other areas, thereby improving a display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanxi Zhang, Cheng Wang
  • Patent number: 12288487
    Abstract: Tile element for constructing a modular construction, the tile element comprising a chassis with a base body which has a visible side which is provided substantially wholly with an LED screen, wherein the base body comprises first connecting sides adjacently of a peripheral edge of the visible side, characterized in that the first connecting sides extend at an angle relative to the visible side and wherein the chassis further comprises edge bodies which can be connected to the base body in order to form, where the edge body is connected, a second connecting side which extends substantially perpendicularly of the visible side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Aluvision N.V.
    Inventor: Michiel Lesage
  • Patent number: 12283233
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, including: a display region, where the display region includes GaN-based LED units arranged in an array, the display region includes a first-selected region, the first-selected region includes a capturing-visible-light-image state including a state of real-time viewing before capturing and a capturing-image state; at the state of real-time viewing before capturing, some GaN-based LED units in the first-selected region are used for real-time viewing before capturing, and at the capturing-image state, all of the GaN-based LED units in the first-selected region are used for capturing an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yuchao Chen, Kai Cheng
  • Patent number: 12277011
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a display method performed by an electronic device which includes a first screen, a foldable screen, and a first camera. The foldable screen may be folded into a second screen and a third screen. Orientations of the first screen and the second screen are opposite. The method includes: when it is determined that the electronic device is in a first preset posture, displaying a first user interface on the first screen, where the first user interface includes an image captured by the first camera; when it is determined that the electronic device is in a second preset posture, displaying a second user interface on the second screen, where the second user interface includes an image captured by the second camera. In this way, in a specific posture of the electronic device, a corresponding camera and display are automatically started for real-time preview, thereby avoiding complex user operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuxi Zhang, Zhongbiao Wu
  • Patent number: 12277308
    Abstract: Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to displaying additional controls and/or information when an input device such as a stylus is hovering over a user interface displayed by an electronic device. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to providing feedback about the pose of an input device relative to a surface. Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to performing contextual actions in response to input provided from an input device. Some embodiments of the disclosure are directed to providing handwritten input for conversion into font-based text using an input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Soli, Marcos Alonso, Daniel T. Preston, Jennifer P. Chen, Peder Blekken
  • Patent number: 12254142
    Abstract: An input device can include a housing defining an internal volume and a lower portion, the lower portion defining an aperture, an input sensor disposed in the internal volume, and a haptic assembly disposed in the internal volume. The haptic assembly can include an actuator and a foot coupled to the actuator and aligned with the aperture. The actuator can be configured to selectively extend the foot through the aperture to vary a sliding resistance of the input device on a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Bart K. Andre, Brian T. Gleeson, Kristi E. Bauerly, William D. Lindmeier, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Geng Luo, Seung Wook Kim, Evangelos Christodoulou, Megan M. Sapp, Kainoa Kwon-Perez, John B. Morrell, John S. Camp
  • Patent number: 12236899
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for preparing the same, and a display device. The display panel includes pixel units distributed in an array in a display area, where the pixel units include sub-pixels, at least one of which has a maximum grayscale value voltage different from a maximum grayscale value voltage of the other sub-pixel; and a switching circuit including switching units on a side of the display area, where one end of the switching unit is connected to a data line. In two adjacent columns of pixel units, two sub-pixels having the same maximum grayscale value voltage are connected to two adjacent switching units through data lines, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Bao, Mingqiang Wang, Ziqian Li, Yi Zhang, Xiangdong Wei, Gong Chen, Haotian Yang, Chang Wang, Jiaxiang Zhang, Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 12230223
    Abstract: A server is configured to: determine a ratio of each of a first group and a second group to be allocated to the multiple display objects according to a third user situation of a presentation target user or a schedule information; determine a display mode of each of multiple first display objects allocated to the first group in accordance with the determined ratio based on multiple first user situations, and determine a display mode of each of multiple second display objects allocated to the second group in accordance with the determined ratio based on multiple second user situations; and output setting information for displaying the multiple first display objects and the multiple second display objects in the determined display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kihiro Yuasa, Mikiko Matsuo, Keiichi Toiyama, Naomi Tomiyama, Takamichi Matsusako, Megumi Mizoguchi, Kenta Murakami
  • Patent number: 12223906
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a first control circuit, a compensation control circuit and a first initialization circuit; the first control circuit is configured to control to connect the control end of the driving circuit and the connection node under the control of a first scan signal; the compensation control circuit is configured to control to connect the connection node and the first end of the driving circuit under the control of a second scan signal; the first initialization circuit is configured to write a first initialization voltage into the connection node under the control of an initialization control signal; the driving circuit is configured to control to connect the first end and a second end of the driving circuit under the control of a potential of the control end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Libin Liu, Shiming Shi, Xiyu Zhao, Yu Feng, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 12223148
    Abstract: A touch layer group includes first and second touch electrodes, first and second touch lines and a shielding line. The first touch lines are electrically connected to the first touch electrodes, respectively. The second touch lines are electrically connected to the second touch electrodes, respectively. The first and second touch lines each extend to a peripheral region. The shielding line is located in the peripheral region and located between a first touch line and a second touch line that are adjacent to each other. The shielding line includes at least one first line segment and at least one second line segment. Each second line segment includes shielding sub-lines; shielding sub-lines of a second line segment are electrically connected to a first line segment, and a width of a region where the shielding sub-lines of the second line segment are located is greater than a width of the first line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Yi Zhang, Chang Luo, Yuanqi Zhang, Ping Wen, Shun Zhang, Yang Zeng
  • Patent number: 12205515
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal delay adjustment device for a display device, which enables a fan-out delay duration of all fan-out wires to be substantially same, so that at a same time, pixel brightness of all pixels controlled by the fan-out wires in a fan-out area is substantially same because applied voltages are substantially same, thereby improving uniformity of the display device and preventing occurrences of color deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 12198385
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting an image acquisition apparatus, and a compensation method of a display panel. The method for adjusting an image acquisition apparatus includes the following: the image acquisition apparatus is used to acquire m1 groups of first test image data in a set display region of a display panel displaying in a preset grayscale; a collection parameter of the image acquisition apparatus is determined according to the data deviation distribution of the m1 groups of first test image data; and the determined collection parameter of the image acquisition apparatus is configured into the image acquisition apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HEFEI VISIONOX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengzhang Hu, Chenqi Zhang, Liangliang Shen, Jinquan Zhang, Xinquan Chen, Tao Tang
  • Patent number: 12196972
    Abstract: A head-mounted display unit includes a display assembly and a head support coupled to the display assembly that supports the head-mounted display unit worn on a head of a user. The head support includes a band that is formed from a stretchable material to allow for expansion and contraction of the band, a cord that extends through the band, and an adjustment mechanism that is coupled to the cord and is configured to extend and retract the cord to thereby shorten and lengthen the head support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Heidi Williamson, James A. Stryker, Andrew Gallaher
  • Patent number: 12190781
    Abstract: Provided is a shift register unit. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit and an output circuit. The first input circuit is coupled to a first clock terminal, a first node, a second node, a third node, a pull-up power supply terminal, and a pull-down power supply terminal. The second circuit is coupled to the first node, the second node, the third node, the pull-up power supply terminal, the pull-down power supply terminal, an input control terminal, and the first clock terminal. The output circuit is coupled to the pull-up power supply terminal, the pull-down power supply terminal, the third node, a second clock terminal, and an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhu Wang, Zhenglong Yan, Hui Lu, Ke Liu, Ling Shi, Yipeng Chen
  • Patent number: 12189872
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Julian Missig, Golnaz Abdollahian
  • Patent number: 12181669
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus includes: a second reflecting mirror, a first gear, and a rotating apparatus. The second reflecting mirror is rotatable around a first rotation axis C1 extending in a transversal direction. The first gear is disposed in a lower edge portion of the second reflecting mirror. The rotating apparatus includes a second gear that meshes with the first gear from below and that is rotatable around a second rotation axis C2 aligned with the first rotation axis C1. When the rotating apparatus rotates the second gear, the second reflecting mirror is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Ogura
  • Patent number: 12183286
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel including a light-emitting element, and a pixel circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting element, and including a driving unit electrically connected to the light-emitting element, the driving unit including a first transistor including a first bottom electrode for receiving a first voltage, and a first semiconductor pattern including an oxide semiconductor above the first bottom electrode, and at least one diode including a second bottom electrode for receiving a second voltage at a same layer as the first bottom electrode, and a second semiconductor pattern above the second bottom electrode, at a same layer as the first semiconductor pattern, including an oxide semiconductor, and integrated with the first semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Seok Son, Myeongho Kim, Youngoo Kim, Jaybum Kim, Seunghun Lee
  • Patent number: 12181681
    Abstract: A method for measuring performance of a head-mounted display module, the method including arranging the head-mounted display module relative to a plenoptic camera assembly so that an exit pupil of the head-mounted display module coincides with a pupil of the plenoptic camera assembly; emitting light from the head-mounted display module while the head-mounted display module is arranged relative to the plenoptic camera assembly; filtering the light at the exit pupil of the head-mounted display module; acquiring, with the plenoptic camera assembly, one or more light field images projected from the head-mounted display module with the filtered light; and determining information about the performance of the head-mounted display module based on acquired light field image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Miller Harry Schuck, III
  • Patent number: 12175908
    Abstract: A system for displaying a digital window sticker within a vehicle includes a system controller adapted to select a digital image to be displayed, determine a location for the selected digital image to be displayed, and display, via a display within the vehicle, the selected digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Danielle A. Cory, Joseph F. Szczerba, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 12169965
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of improving detection accuracy of a position pointed by a target object. An acquisition unit acquires a distance image indicating a distance to each object present within a predetermined range. Subsequently, a vector calculation unit calculates a vector extending from the target object present within the predetermined range in a direction pointed by the target object on the basis of the acquired distance image. Subsequently, an intersection calculation unit calculates a position of an intersection of a predetermined surface present within the predetermined range and the calculated vector on the basis of the acquired distance image. Subsequently, a processing execution unit executes processing corresponding to the calculated position of the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Machino, Seiichi Aoyagi