Patents Examined by Brian M Butcher
  • Patent number: 11700764
    Abstract: The invention provides a flexible panel and a method of fabricating the same. The flexible panel includes a flexible substrate, an overcoat layer and a device layer. The overcoat layer is disposed over and directly contacting the flexible substrate. The device layer is disposed over the overcoat layer. In the invention, the flexible substrate can be directly formed on the carrier, such that an additional layer that helps release between the carrier and the flexible substrate may not be needed, and the flexible substrate can be separated from the carrier by the overcoat layer thereon, thereby reducing the production costs and ensure the quality of the flexible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chung Chen, Mei-Ling Chou, Chia-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 11694473
    Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to drive a display panel including touch sensors and fingerprint sensors is provided. The electronic circuit includes a switch circuit and a control circuit. The switch circuit includes a plurality of first switch elements and a plurality of second switch elements. The control circuit is configured to generate control signals for controlling the switch circuit, so as to control the electronic circuit to transmit the display driving signals from the first circuit to the data lines through a first part of the first switch elements in a first time interval, and control the electronic circuit to receive the fingerprint sensing signals from the fingerprint sensors of the display panel through the second switch elements in a second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng, Yuan Heng Lu
  • Patent number: 11693515
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch module, which comprises a touch panel, an analog front end circuit, and a microcontroller circuit. The touch panel generates a plurality of sensing signals. The analog front end circuit is coupled to the touch panel, generates a state signal, and generates a plurality of touch detecting signals according to the plurality of sensing signals. The microcontroller circuit is coupled to the analog front end circuit, generates one or more touch location signal according to the plurality of touch detecting signals, and enters the next switching state according to the state signal when the switching state is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Wang-An Lin, Chun-Kuan Wu, Chen-Yuan Yang, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 11687183
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a display structure, a sensing structure, a sensing signal transmission film, and an image signal transmission film. The first substrate includes a display region and a non-display region at least partially surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion. The display structure is disposed in the display region. The sensing structure is disposed on the display structure. The sensing signal transmission film is electrically connected to the sensing structure. The image signal transmission film is electrically connected to the display structure. The sensing signal transmission film is disposed in the first portion of the non-display region. The image signal transmission film is disposed in the second portion of the non-display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Rae Kim, Jung Tae Kim, Kyung Min Park, Dong-Yoon So, Ji Hyeon Ryu
  • Patent number: 11672156
    Abstract: A display device includes a display element layer, a light blocking pattern layer disposed on the display element layer, and an input sensing layer disposed on the light blocking pattern layer. The display element layer includes a plurality of pixel defining films and a protrusion disposed on at least one pixel defining film, the light blocking pattern layer includes a light blocking part that overlaps the protrusion and an opening, the input sensing layer includes a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of intersections where the sensing electrodes cross each other. The protrusion, the opening, and at least some of the plurality of intersections overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeonbum Lee, Jin-Whan Jung
  • Patent number: 11663968
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor disposed on the display panel, a panel driving circuit which drives the display panel and generates a first driving voltage, and a readout circuit which controls the input sensor. The readout circuit receives the first driving voltage from the panel driving circuit and outputs transmit signals to control the input sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ara Jo, Woo-Chul Kim, Inbok Song, Kanghee Lee, Deok Jun Choi
  • Patent number: 11659757
    Abstract: The touch display screen includes a display panel, a touch electrode structure on a light-emitting side of the display panel and a bezel cover layer. The touch display screen includes a display area and a bezel area, and the bezel area has a protrusion sub-area toward the display area. The bezel cover layer is located in the bezel area. The touch electrode structure includes a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of leads. The plurality of touch electrodes are located in the display area, and the plurality of leads are arranged in the bezel area along an edge of the display area. The portion of each of the plurality of leads adjacent to the protrusion sub-area is a preset lead portion. An orthographic projection of the bezel cover layer on the display panel covers an orthographic projection of at least one the preset lead portion on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuefei Sun, Jaegeon You, Xinxing Wang
  • Patent number: 11656702
    Abstract: A display assembly includes a flexible display panel, a cover plate, and first and second support layers. The panel includes a main portion with display surface, and a bending portion. The bending portion includes a first straight sub-portion connected to the main portion, an arched sub-portion, and a second straight sub-portion located at a surface of the main portion facing away from the display surface. The cover plate is disposed above the main portion and the first straight sub-portion. The first support layer is located between the first and second straight sub-portions, between the main portion and the second straight sub-portion, and connected to the second straight sub-portion. The second support layer is disposed between the first straight sub-portion and the cover plate, and configured to support the first straight sub-portion. An orthogonal projection of the second support layer overlaps with an orthogonal projection of the first support layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaofei Luo
  • Patent number: 11644896
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with a method for performing a calibration procedure for calibrating an eye tracking device (12), wherein a stimulus object (S) is displayed within a certain display area (22), such that the stimulus object (S) is at least temporarily moving along a defined trajectory (26) and images of at least one eye (16) of at least one user (18) are captured during the displaying of the stimulus object (S). Based on the captured images gaze data are provided and in dependency of the gaze data gaze points (P) of the at least one eye (16) of the user (18) with respect to the display area (22) are determined. Further, at least one calibration parameter (a1; a2; a3; a4; a5; a6; a7; a8; a9; a10; a11; a12; a13; a14; ?; R; K; a; b; r) of at least one predefined calibration model (M, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6) is determined in dependency of a first analysis at least of positions of at least part of the respective gaze points (P) with regard to the defined trajectory (26) of the stimulus object (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Walter Nistico, Andrii Nikiforov, Borys Lysyansky
  • Patent number: 11635865
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving a display device. The display device includes a housing, a display touch module including a non-exposed area covered by the housing, an exposed area located outside the housing, and an active area over the non-exposed area and the exposed area. The display touch module includes a display member configured to display an image and a touch member on the display member configured to sense a touch input. The display device also includes a boundary determining member configured to sense a capacitance of the touch member and calculate coordinates of an exposure boundary between the exposed area and non-exposed area of the display touch module. The display device is configured to adjust a display range of the active area according to the coordinates of the exposure boundary calculated by the boundary determining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Hyun Jeong, Ja Seung Ku, Soo Won Kim, Ye Rin Oh
  • Patent number: 11630543
    Abstract: A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate layer, first sensing electrode rows and second sensing electrode rows alternately arranged on the substrate layer, first traces extending from left ends of the first sensing electrode rows, the first traces including periodically arranged bent portions, second traces extending from right ends of the second sensing electrode rows, the second traces including periodically arranged bent portions, a first floating trace adjacent to an outermost first trace of the first traces, and a second floating trace adjacent to an outermost second trace of the second traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung In Kim, Cheol Hun Lee, Chang Gyeong Lim, Min Seok Jang
  • Patent number: 11630530
    Abstract: The present invention is a touch panel with a heater for enhancing the bonding of optical adhesive, which comprises a cover lens and a sensing substrate mutually bonded by optical adhesive, wherein at least one heating electrode is configured on the other side of the sensing substrate. The heating electrode is formed by printing an opaque conductive material with a plurality of openings formed thereon and through which light is allowed to pass. When ultraviolet light is irradiating from one side of the heating electrode to the direction of the cover lens, the ultraviolet light can penetrate the optical adhesives through the openings on the heating electrode, so that the optical adhesives are effectively cured by the irradiation, and the bonding strength between the cover lens and the sensing substrate is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: EMERGING DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Han-Tsung Wu, Po-Tsun Liu, Chao-Ping Wu
  • Patent number: 11586314
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a border touch module, including a cover plate, a shielding layer, a first adhesive layer, a sensing electrode layer, a second adhesive layer, an opaque adhesive, and a backlight layer. The shielding layer is disposed below the cover plate. The first adhesive layer is disposed below the shielding layer. The sensing electrode layer is disposed below the first adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is disposed below the sensing electrode layer. The opaque adhesive is disposed below the sensing electrode layer. The backlight layer is disposed below the opaque adhesive and is in the same plane as the second adhesive layer. The shielding layer has a backlight pattern, and the opaque adhesive has a light source hole. When the backlight layer is in the state of driving backlight, the light illuminates the backlight pattern of the shielding layer through the light source hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Kai Cho, Zhi Juan Lin, Ting-Chieh Chien, Wei Jie Lin, Hua Li Luo
  • Patent number: 11579715
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate having a display region including a pixel region and first and second peripheral regions surrounding the pixel region. A bending region is between the display region and the second peripheral region. A buffer layer has a first opening exposing an upper surface of the substrate. A plurality of pixel structures is disposed in the pixel region on the buffer layer. An insulation layer structure is disposed on the buffer layer. The insulation layer structure has a second opening exposing an upper surface of the substrate that is disposed in the bending region and a first portion of the buffer layer that is disposed adjacent to the bending region. A fan-out wiring is disposed between two adjacent insulation layers of the plurality of insulation layers. The fan-out wiring is disposed in the first peripheral region and/or the second peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunchul Kim, Seongjun Lee, Seongryong Lee, Wonsuk Choi, Yoonsun Choi
  • Patent number: 11561633
    Abstract: A display panel includes: an active area; a peripheral area; a solder pad area at a side of the peripheral area away from the active area; a first source-drain electrode layer, a passivation layer and a second source-drain electrode layer and a dielectric layer stacked on a back plate in the peripheral area; a touch electrode in the active area; a touch electrode line connected to the touch electrode. The touch electrode line extends from the active area to the peripheral area, and is connected to the solder pad area through the second source-drain electrode layer in the peripheral area. The touch electrode line is connected to the second source-drain electrode layer through a first through hole in the dielectric layer. A portion of a surface of the second source-drain electrode layer, which is away from the passivation layer and exposed through the first through hole, is a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Chengchung Yang, Xiangfei He, Bo Yang, Chuanyong Li
  • Patent number: 11556240
    Abstract: The technology provides for an electronic device with gesture detection. In this regard, the device may include a housing, and one or more sensors positioned along an inner periphery of the housing. The sensors may be adapted to detect user interaction with an outer surface of the housing. The device may further include one or more processors in communication with the plurality of sensors. The one or more processors may be configured to determine the user interaction and to determine a type of gesture based on the detected user interaction, determine a type of input command based on the determined gesture, and execute a task corresponding to the determined type of input command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Drake, Matthew Wimmer, Debanjan Mukherjee, Jeffrey Wheeler, Deborah Kathleen Vitus, Haechang Lee
  • Patent number: 11550437
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including signal line groups arranged in a wiring region, and first and second sensing electrodes disposed in a sensing region, each of the first and second sensing electrodes having one end electrically connected to a corresponding signal line, in which the second sensing electrodes have a greater length than the first sensing electrodes, the signal line groups include first and second signal line groups electrically connected to the first and second sensing electrodes, respectively, each of the first sensing electrodes includes first bridge patterns overlapping the second sensing electrodes and disposed on a different layer from the second sensing electrodes, and one of the first sensing electrodes or the second sensing electrodes are configured to receive a sinusoidal signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunwoong Kim, Kwang-min Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim, Jisu Na
  • Patent number: 11550414
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch display screen and a touch display device. The touch display screen includes a touch panel and a display panel. The touch panel is provided with at least one touch line, and the display panel is provided with at least one data signal line. The touch line and data signal line extend from a display area of the touch display screen to a fan-out area. A shielding layer is arranged between the touch line and the data signal line in the fan-out area to solve a problem that the data signal line interferes with touch signals of the touch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 11543903
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate; and a touch function layer on the base substrate, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of light transmitting regions and a plurality of pixel cell regions, a plurality of traces are connected between adjacent pixel cell regions, and there are slits between adjacent traces, and wherein an orthographic projection of the touch function layer on the base substrate covers an orthographic projection of the slits on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiyun Huang, Longhui Xue, Yue Long, Wei Zhang, Xingliang Xiao
  • Patent number: 11531436
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same, an electronic device are provided. The touch panel includes a bending area bent along a bending axis. It further includes: a plurality of first touch electrodes extending along a first direction; a plurality of second touch electrodes extending along a second direction; and a metal mesh pattern at least provided in the bending area. The metal mesh pattern includes a first metal mesh line extending along the first direction and connected with the first touch electrode in parallel. The second direction intersects with the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiawei Xu, Taofeng Xie, Wenjin Fan, Zhao Dong