Patents Examined by Brian M Butcher
  • Patent number: 11531399
    Abstract: A touch panel including an operation surface on which touch operation is to be performed; a voice coil actuator to apply vibrating force to the operation surface in response to the touch operation; and a main body chassis supporting the touch panel via a spring are included, and the voice coil actuator includes: a magnetic circuit unit provided on the main body chassis and including a magnetic gap; a coil unit provided on a rear surface of the touch panel and including a coil provided in the magnetic gap; and a fit unit to align a center position of the coil unit and a center position of the magnetic circuit unit and with each other by fitting the coil unit and the magnetic circuit unit and to each other when the coil unit is pushed toward the magnetic circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Fuqiang Han
  • Patent number: 11526226
    Abstract: A touch control display screen and an electronic device are provided. The touch control display screen includes: a display panel, including a plurality of protruding photo spacers and a cathode layer, wherein the cathode layer covers at least part of the photo spacers; and a touch control panel disposed on a side of the display panel, wherein the touch control panel includes a plurality of touch control electrodes, and a plurality of orthographic projections of the touch control electrodes on the touch control panel and a plurality of orthographic projections of the photo spacers on the touch control panel are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 11520434
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel comprises an encapsulation layer and a touch control structure on the encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer comprises a plurality of pixel opening portions and spacing portions between the pixel opening portions. The touch control structure comprises a first conductive film layer, a second conductive film layer and an insulating layer between the first conductive film layer and the second conductive film layer, wherein the first conductive film layer comprises a plurality of touch control blocks, and the second conductive film layer comprises a plurality of touch control lines and a plurality of dummy lines. At least one dummy line is between adjacent touch control lines of at least some touch control lines. Each touch control block is electrically connected to one of the touch control lines via a conductive element arranged in the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lina Liu, Dalin Xiang
  • Patent number: 11515368
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a lower electrode, a pressure sensing layer disposed on the lower electrode, an upper electrode disposed on the pressure sensing layer, an organic light emitting structure disposed on the upper electrode, a window disposed on the organic light emitting structure and which is applied with a user pressure, and a haptic structure which generates a haptic signal when the user pressure detected through the lower electrode, the pressure sensing layer, and the upper electrode is greater than a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Been Hwang, Yong Chan Jeon, Chul Ho Jeong, Cheol Ho Choi, Hirotsugu Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11507210
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes an array substrate, a light-emitting functional layer, an encapsulating layer and a touch control layer that are sequentially disposed. The touch control layer includes a plurality of touch electrode blocks arranged in an array and further includes a plurality of electrode lines connected to the plurality of touch electrode blocks in one-to-one correspondence. Each touch electrode block is provided with a hollow structure, and each touch electrode blocks is symmetrical at least with respect to a first axis and a second axis that are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sihang Bai
  • Patent number: 11507222
    Abstract: A displaying base plate and a displaying device, wherein the displaying base plate includes a displaying region, a binding region, and a fanout region located between the displaying region and the binding region, the fanout region includes a touch-controlling lead wire, a data lead wire, and at least one shielding wire located between the touch-controlling lead wire and the data lead wire, the at least one shielding wire includes a first shielding wire, and the first shielding wire is earthed or is connected to a constant electric potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhu Wang, Fei Fang, Weiqing Li, Zhenglong Yan, Ling Shi
  • Patent number: 11507220
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a display unit, a sensor unit, M first signal lines and N second signal lines. The display unit and the sensor unit are electrically connected to N second signal lines through M first signal lines, M and N are natural numbers, and M is greater than N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Chandra Lius, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11487375
    Abstract: A touch sensor comprises a touch sensor layer having an electrode pad portion formed in a bezel area, and a polarizing layer coupled to the touch sensor layer while opening an area of the electrode pad portion and having a side surface of an area of the electrode pad portion defining an altered surface and a side surface excluding the area of the electrode pad portion defining a straight line surface. The altered surface and the straight line surface have a cross-sectional inclination angle of 30° or less in a lateral direction with respect to a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heon Kim, Hyun Min Shin
  • Patent number: 11474632
    Abstract: A touchpad module including a light guide plate, a circuit board, a light source, a reflective layer, a thin film, a touch substrate, a cover, and a low light-transmission layer is provided. The light source is disposed on one side of the incident surface of the light guide plate. The thin film overlaps a light-exit surface, a distant surface, and a bottom surface of the light guide plate, and has a first end side and a second end side. The first end side is fixed to a side edge area of the light-exit surface. The second end side is fixed to the reflective layer. The cover is located on one side of the light-exit surface of the light guide plate. The thin film is located between the cover and the light guide plate. The low light-transmission layer is disposed on one side of the cover facing the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Wen-Yen Wang, Ting-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11460742
    Abstract: A display apparatus (100) having a displaying region (RD) of a non-rectangular shape includes: a plurality of gate lines (22) being disposed in the displaying region (RD) and extending along a first direction; a plurality of source lines (24) extending along a second direction; a plurality of gate drivers (20G) and a plurality of source drivers (20S) disposed in the frame region (RF); and a gate connection line (26) being provided in the displaying region (RD) so as to extend along a direction which intersects the first direction and connected to one of the gate drivers (20G) and one of the plurality of gate lines (22). A region in which the plurality of gate drivers (20G) are provided and a region in which the plurality of source drivers (20S) are provided are opposite from each other, with the displaying region (RD) being interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Takehisa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11442566
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a touch unit. The touch unit includes first detection electrode groups arranged along a first direction, second detection electrode groups arranged along a second direction, and bridges including a first bridge. The first direction intersects the second direction. Each of the plurality of first detection electrode groups includes a first detection electrode sub-block and a second detection electrode sub-block that are adjacent to each other along the first direction. The first detection electrode sub-block includes a first main portion, and the second detection electrode sub-block includes a second main portion and a first branching portion. The first branching portion extends toward the first main portion, and the first bridge is configured to electrically connect the first branching portion and the first main portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Zuhua Li, Lijing Han
  • Patent number: 11435829
    Abstract: A device and method are provided to provide haptic signals when a user touches the device. In one embodiment, the haptic signal provided represents a summary of messages or notifications accumulated since the user last touched the device. In another embodiment, the haptic signal corresponds to the presence or absence of specific messages or persons attempting to contact the user. In another embodiment, the haptic signal corresponds to arbitrary input from a remote user. In another embodiment, the haptic signal corresponds to a user-authored mapping between a data source and the haptic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: WEFT CO.
    Inventor: Noah Landwehr Feehan
  • Patent number: 11429239
    Abstract: A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base layer, a bridge electrode disposed on a top surface of the base layer, auxiliary electrodes disposed around the bridge electrode to be physically spaced apart from the bridge electrode, first sensing electrodes electrically connected to each other via the bridge electrode, and second sensing electrodes electrically separated from the first sensing electrodes and arranged in a direction different from an arrangement direction of the first sensing electrodes. A resistance may be decreased and a visual recognition of the bridge electrode may be suppressed using the auxiliary electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyoung Kwon, Ji Yeon Kim, Ki Deok Lee, Cheol Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11415621
    Abstract: A crack detecting circuit and a display panel are provided. The 1 crack detecting circuit includes an annular detecting wiring, an external signal wiring, and a sub pixel display wiring which are electrically coupled together. The annular detecting wiring is disposed annularly. One terminal of the sub pixel display wiring is electrically coupled to a signal output terminal of the annular detecting wiring, and the other terminal of the sub pixel display wiring is electrically coupled to a drain scan line of a sub pixel. The display panel includes the above-mentioned crack detecting circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 11397480
    Abstract: A stylus includes a first transmission circuit, a second transmission circuit, and a control circuit which controls the first and second transmission circuits according to a first transmission mode in which the control circuit controls the first transmission circuit to transmit a first downlink signal from a tip electrode and controls the second transmission circuit to not transmit a second downlink signal from a tail electrode, a second transmission mode in which the control circuit controls the first transmission circuit to not transmit the first downlink signal from the tip electrode and controls the second transmission circuit to transmit the second downlink signal from the tail electrode, and a third transmission mode in which the control circuit controls the first transmission circuit to transmit the first downlink signal from the tip electrode and controls the second transmission circuit to transmit the second downlink signal from the tail electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David Charles Fleck, Sadao Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11392175
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display assembly is disclosed. Several layers may combine to form the display assembly. For example, the display assembly may include a touch sensitive layer (or touch detection layer), a display layer that present visual information, and a force sensitive layer (or force detection layer). The display layer may include a bend or curve that allows a portion of the display layer to bend around the force sensitive layer. Also, the connectors (that provide electrical and mechanical connections) may be positioned at different locations of the layers. For example, the display layer may include a connector on a first edge region, and the force sensitive layer may include a connector on a second edge region that is perpendicular, or at least substantially perpendicular, to the first edge region. By positioning the connectors on perpendicular edge regions, the display assembly may reduce its footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Douglas G. Fournier, James R. Krogdahl, Daniel W. Jarvis, Edward S. Huo, Lee E. Hooton, Srikanth V. Thiruppukuzhi, Garrett R. Owoc, Michael Ngo, David A. Pakula, Robert F. Meyer
  • Patent number: 11385746
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescent device, a touch panel and a touch display device. The electroluminescent device includes: an array substrate, a first electrode layer, an electroluminescent layer and a second electrode layer. The electroluminescent device further includes a force sensing layer electrically coupled to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; wherein the force sensing layer is a strain resistance material layer which outputs a voltage signal under driving of a power supply voltage provided by the first and second electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinbin Han, Hui Zhao
  • Patent number: 11385736
    Abstract: A control element is used for a display unit, a system includes a control element and a display unit, a method of using the control element and a method for operating a display unit in conjunction with the control element are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Agung Nugraha
  • Patent number: 11385732
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of touch display technologies, and provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a touch display panel and a touch display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate, and a plurality of thin film transistors, an insulating planarization layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of common electrodes formed sequentially on the base substrate. The insulating planarization layer has a plurality of vias exposing a drain of each thin film transistor respectively. Each pixel electrode is connected to a drain of a corresponding thin film transistor through a via in the insulating planarization layer, and each common electrode is connected to a corresponding touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingchao Ma, Jun Fan, Fuqiang Li
  • Patent number: 11374064
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes an array substrate, a light emitting device layer, and a packaging layer. The packaging layer includes a plurality of first openings and spacers disposed between adjacent first openings on a spacer layer. Any one of the first openings is filled with a color resist. A plurality of metal wires are disposed in the spacers, and the plurality of metal wires constitute a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zesheng Chen