Patents Examined by Brent D Castiaux
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Patent number: 10777115Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes first and second display areas adjacent to each other, a processor which generates first image data corresponding to the first and second display areas if a display mode is a first mode, and generates second image data corresponding to the first display area if the display mode is a second mode and a display driver which generates a first data signal corresponding to the first image data in the first mode, and converts the second image data and generates a second data signal corresponding to the converted second image data in the second mode. When the display device is driven in the second mode, a gradation image may be displayed on at least a region of the second display area.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Hoon Lee, Jin Woo Noh, Byung Sun Kim, Jae Hyung Cho
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Patent number: 10775928Abstract: A force detection apparatus includes: a force detector that includes an electrode and a conductor facing the electrode across a first and a second layers and outputs a force signal value before correction; and a force detection controller outputting a force signal value after correction having a linear relationship with a force. In a first range of force in which the first layer is deformed and the second layer is not deformed, the force detection controller calculates the force signal value after correction, based on a product of the force and a first constant. In a second range of force in which the first and second layers are deformed, the force detection controller calculates the force signal value after correction, based on a sum of a product of a threshold and the first constant and a product of a difference between the force and the threshold and a second constant.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Koji Noguchi, Yasuyuki Teranishi
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Patent number: 10768741Abstract: A semiconductor device configured to drive a display panel in a display period, and perform touch sensing on the display panel in a touch sensing period after the display period. In a last horizontal sync period of the display period, the semiconductor device drives a first source line with a drive voltage of a first polarity, and a second source line with a drive voltage of a second polarity different from the first polarity. is the semiconductor is configured to output a first dummy pulse having first polarity and a voltage level based on the second display data to the first source line in a transition period between the display period and the touch sensing period.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Creative Legend Semiconductor (Hong Kong) LimitedInventors: Kazuya Endo, Shinobu Nohtomi, Atsushi Shikata, Kentaro Suzuki
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Patent number: 10768712Abstract: A gesture component with a gesture library is described. The gesture component is configured to expose operations for execution by application of a computing device based on detected gestures. In one example, an input is detected using a three dimensional object detection system of a gesture component of the computing device. A gesture is recognized by the gesture component based on the detected input through comparison with a library of gestures maintained by the gesture component. An operation is then recognized that corresponds to the gesture by the gesture component using the library of gestures. The operation is exposed by the gesture component via an application programming interface to at least one application executed by the computing device to control performance of the operation by the at least one application.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Carsten C. Schwesig, Ivan Poupyrev
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Patent number: 10761647Abstract: According to one embodiment, the touch drive device includes a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a single direction, a detection electrode which extends in a direction crossing the direction in which the drive electrodes extend, and generates capacitances at intersections of the detection electrode and the drive electrodes, and a driver (DDI) which groups the drive electrodes into a plurality of drive electrode portions each including at least one drive electrode, and performs a touch scanning drive by supplying a touch drive signal (TSVCOM) having a pulse waveform for detection of a closely situated external object to a target drive electrode portion which is a selected one of the drive electrode portions. The number of the drive electrodes included in each of the drive electrode portions and the target drive electrode portion to which the touch drive signal. (TSVCOM) is supplied can be designated.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kohei Azumi, Hidetoshi Komatsu, Jin Ota, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Makoto Hayashi
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Patent number: 10762863Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a device of driving a display panel, comprising: a control circuit, a memory circuit, a timing circuit and a resistance circuit; where the control circuit is configured to read resistance control data stored in the memory circuit and output the resistance control data to the timing circuit and the resistance circuit, the resistance circuit is configured to adjust its own resistance according to the received resistance control data.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Mingliang Wang
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Patent number: 10748978Abstract: The display device according to the present disclosure includes a substrate which includes a display area having an irregularly shaped side and a non-display area which includes a notch area defined by a shape of the irregularly shaped side of the display area and is disposed to enclose the display area. A connecting metal line which electrically connects a plurality of gate lines disposed to be divided due to formation of the irregularly shaped side is formed so that a scan load amount due to a length difference of the plurality of gate lines may be compensated.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: SangHyun Lim
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Patent number: 10739892Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a display element layer, a pad group, a touch electrode layer, and a touch insulation layer. The display element layer includes display elements disposed in the display area. The pad group is disposed on the substrate and includes output pads disposed in the non-display area. The output pads include central output pads and outer output pads disposed outside the central output pads in a first direction. The touch electrode layer is disposed on the display element layer. The touch insulation layer is disposed on the display element layer and contacts the touch electrode layer. A groove pattern is defined in the touch insulation layer overlapping the non-display area, and does not overlap at least a predetermined number of the outer output pads in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo-youl Shim, Joonsam Kim, Hun-tae Kim, Wuhyeon Jung
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Patent number: 10733952Abstract: A multiplexer applied to a display device includes: a plurality of switching units, electrically coupled to a data driver and a plurality of pixel units, where the switching units are adapted to receive a plurality of input display data signals output by the data driver, and the switching units output a plurality of output display data signals to the electrically coupled pixel units, where each of the switching units includes a plurality of switch units, configuration locations of the switch units in each of the switching units are the same as, and some of the switch units configured at a same configuration location in the different switching units are electrically coupled to different control signal lines and have different wiring lengths, where the wiring lengths are distances between the switch units and the control signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yi-Cheng Lin, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10712841Abstract: Display operation of a display device is controlled in association with a pointer device. A display control system that includes: a display device for displaying information on a display surface; a control device for controlling the display of the display device; and an image acquisition device for acquiring an image of the display device including a light beam from a pointer device capable of emitting a light beam is proposed. The control device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring the image from the image acquisition device; a feature identification unit for identifying a feature of the light beam included in the image; and a display control unit for performing display operation of the display device based on the feature and state of the light beam. A corresponding display control method and display control program are proposed, too.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsunori Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 10706789Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. According to the pixel driving circuit, a data voltage is provided to a first electrode of a driving transistor; a storage sub-circuit is charged or discharged; a first voltage signal from a first voltage terminal is provided to a control electrode of the driving transistor, and a second voltage signal from a second voltage terminal or a third voltage signal from a third voltage terminal is provided to a first node; the data voltage and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor are written to the control electrode of the driving transistor, to turn on a second electrode of the driving transistor and the third voltage terminal, to control a light-emitting element to emit light.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Hua, Jie Ling, Donghui Wang
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Patent number: 10698510Abstract: A touch screen is disclosed. The touch screen comprises: a display panel displaying an image; and a touch panel detecting a touch of a user, wherein the touch panel comprises a 2D/3D touch pattern layer having a 2D touch electrode pattern and a 3D touch electrode pattern disposed on both sides of a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang-ho Kim, Seung-jin Oh, Sang-wook Kwon, Byung-jik Kim
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Patent number: 10699625Abstract: A display device includes an auto current limiter (ACL) circuit and a luminance control circuit. The ACL circuit acquires a first parameter on the basis of luminance-related data of input image data, and then acquires a second parameter by applying a luminance control parameter from the luminance control circuit to the first parameter. The ACL circuit corrects the input image data by a second correction function acquired from the second parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hajime Nonomura
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Patent number: 10690918Abstract: According to certain examples, a head-mounted apparatus includes a safety eyewear component and an optical display coupled to the safety eyewear component. The safety eyewear component is configured to be worn of a head of an operator and to block transmission of a laser light therethrough. The optical display is configured to receive data associated with the laser light and to display a visual representation of the laser light in a field of view of the operator. In other examples, an apparatus includes a display, a sensor, at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive, from the sensor, data associated with a laser light, process the data, and provide an image to the display, such as a representation of the laser light.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASAInventors: Jennifer A. Inman, Paul M. Danehy, Brian K. Perkins, Christopher J. Peters
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Patent number: 10672350Abstract: A variety of methods for driving electro-optic displays so as to reduce visible artifacts are described. Such methods include (a) applying a first drive scheme to a non-zero minor proportion of the pixels of the display and a second drive scheme to the remaining pixels, the pixels using the first drive scheme being changed at each transition; (b) using two different drive schemes on different groups of pixels so that pixels in differing groups undergoing the same transition will not experience the same waveform; (c) applying either a balanced pulse pair or a top-off pulse to a pixel undergoing a white-to-white transition and lying adjacent a pixel undergoing a visible transition; (d) driving extra pixels where the boundary between a driven and undriven area would otherwise fall along a straight line; and (e) driving a display with both DC balanced and DC imbalanced drive schemes, maintaining an impulse bank value for the DC imbalance and modifying transitions to reduce the impulse bank value.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Karl R. Amundson, Matthew J. Aprea, Kenneth R. Crounse, Demetrious Mark Harrington, Jason Lin, Theodore A. Sjodin, Chia-Chen Su
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Patent number: 10664094Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit including electrodes, a touch sensor configured to supply drive signals to the electrodes and receive signals from the electrodes, and a switch circuit group including transistors connected between the touch sensor and the electrodes. The transistors include a first transistor connected to a first electrode via a line of a first length and a second transistor connected to a second electrode via a line of a second length longer than the first length. The channel width of the first transistor is smaller than a channel width of the second transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Gen Koide
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Patent number: 10650761Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of displaying an image on a low refresh rate mode and a display implementing the same, and the display in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a timing controller to set D display frame and S skip frame in N frame configuring a group of an unit on the low refresh rate mode and control a polarity change of the pixels in the skip frame according to a ratio of D and S.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hojun Lee
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Patent number: 10649712Abstract: A display device operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: operating in a twin mode in which a merge screen obtained by merging a first screen of the display device and a second screen of another display device connected to the display device can be used by linking a plurality of display devices including the display device; displaying a pointer on the first screen; acquiring a user input for the displayed pointer; and performing an operation corresponding to the acquired user input through one or more of the plurality of display devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jeonghwan Hwang, Hojun Nam, Woojin Jeong, Jaekyung Lee
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Patent number: 10649560Abstract: A touch display panel having a display region, a peripheral region surrounding the display region, and a sensing region located between the display region and the peripheral region is provided. The touch display panel includes a pixel array, a touch electrode, an active device, at least one first sensor, at least one second sensor, and a light-shielding layer. The pixel array is located in the display region. The touch electrode located in the sensing region and the pixel array are separated from each other. The active device coupled to the touch electrode is located in the sensing region. The at least one first sensor and the at least one second sensor are located in the sensing region and separated from each other. The light-shielding layer covers the at least one first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Che-Chia Chang, Ming-Hung Chuang
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Patent number: 10639993Abstract: A vehicle shade assembly includes a vehicle body structure, a cover supporting structure, a cover material, an electronic display and a controller. The vehicle body structure defines an opening with a transparent material installed within the opening. The cover supporting structure is installed to the vehicle body structure adjacent to the opening. The cover material is supported to the cover supporting structure and is movable from a closed orientation covering the opening and the transparent material and an open orientation exposing the opening and the transparent material. The electronic display is installed to the cover material for movement therewith. The controller is configured to operate the display to display content thereon.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventor: Adrian Tan