Patents Examined by Carl Adams
  • Patent number: 11016596
    Abstract: In an input device: a position detection portion includes a main surface that faces up, and detects a position where an external force is applied on the main surface; a cover member is separated upward from a specific portion of the main surface, covers the specific portion, and exposes an operation portion of the main surface excluding the specific portion; a base portion is provided to be in contact with the cover member, above a separate portion that is a portion of the specific portion and is separated from the operation portion; and a flexible portion extends from the base portion toward the operation portion, and is in contact with an adjacent portion that is a portion of the specific portion and is located between the operation portion and the separate portion, the flexible portion being separated downward from the cover member and flexible with respect to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Tokoro, Yoshiaki Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11003269
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of first touch electrode patterns including a plurality of first touch units and a connection unit connecting two adjacent first touch units. The touch panel further includes a plurality of second touch electrode patterns insulated from and intersected with the first touch electrode patterns, and the second touch electrode patterns includes a plurality of second touch units and a bridge unit connecting two adjacent second touch units, and a plurality of bridge units are arranged along a preset direction and an intersection angle between the preset direction and the second direction is greater than 0° and less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Wang, Tianchao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10986330
    Abstract: Presenting an image preview includes receiving image data from a GPU buffer, wherein the GPU buffer is associated with a media manipulation application, obtaining an orientation data for a display device, rendering a preview image using the image data and the orientation data, and displaying the preview image using the display device, wherein the preview image is displayed while the image data is utilized by the media manipulation application, and wherein the preview image is dynamically modified when the image data is modified by the media manipulation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Dashwood
  • Patent number: 10983617
    Abstract: A touch sensing unit includes a base layer having defined thereon a first sensing area, a second sensing area, and a third sensing area. The second and third sensing areas protrude from the first sensing area in a first direction and are spaced apart from each other. A non-sensing area is adjacent to the first, second, and third sensing areas. A first detection electrode is disposed within the first sensing area. A second detection electrode is disposed within the second sensing area. A third detection electrode is disposed within the third sensing area. First, second, and third signal wires are electrically connected to the first, second, and third detection electrodes, respectively. The first and second signal wires are disposed adjacent to a first edge of the non-sensing area. The third signal wire is disposed adjacent to a second edge of the non-sensing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Jin Moon, In Young Han
  • Patent number: 10983626
    Abstract: Display layers and touch sensor layers may be overlapped by enclosure walls in an electronic device. The electronic device may have a front wall and opposing rear wall and curved sidewalls. The front wall and the curved sidewalls may be formed from a glass layer or other transparent member. A touch sensor layer and display layer may extend under the glass layer with curved sidewalls. A touch sensor layer may also extend under the opposing rear wall. A foldable electronic device may have a flexible transparent wall portion that joins planar transparent walls. Components may be interposed between the transparent planar walls and opaque walls. Display and touch layers may be overlapped by the transparent walls and the transparent flexible wall portion. Touch sensor structures may also be overlapped by the opaque walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac W. Chan, Chun-Hao Tung, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Sunggu Kang, John Z. Zhong
  • Patent number: 10978022
    Abstract: Circuits for programming a circuit with decreased programming time are provided. Such circuits include a storage device such as a capacitor for storing a display information and for ensuring a driving device such as a driving transistor drives a light emitting device according to the display information. The present disclosure provides driving schemes for decreasing flickering perceived while displaying video content by introducing idle phases in between in emission phases to increase the effective refresh rate of a display. Driving schemes are also disclosed for reducing the effects of cross-talk by ensuring that programming information is refreshed in a display array that utilizes a driver connected to multiple data lines via a multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Gholamreza Chaji, Jackson Chi Sun Lai, Yaser Azizi, Maran Ran Ma
  • Patent number: 10962795
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display, a second display and one or more optical elements. The first display is configured to provide a first light that corresponds to a first image, the second display is configured to provide a second light that corresponds to a second image, and the one or more optical elements are configured to project a display image using the first light and the second light. The display image includes the first image and the second image. The display device is configured to project the first image with a first magnification and project the second image with a second magnification that is distinct from the first magnification. Also disclosed is a method performed by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jacques Gollier, Ying Geng, Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai, Fenglin Peng, Brian Wheelwright
  • Patent number: 10955952
    Abstract: A display panel having a built-in touchscreen, a display device having a built-in touchscreen, an integrated driving circuit, and a driving method. The display panel includes an integrated pad electrically connected to an integrated driving circuit, a data line electrically connected to the integrated pad, and a touch line electrically connected to the integrated pad. The data line is electrically connected to and the touch line. The display device includes the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyangmyoung Gwon, JiHyun Jung, SuChang An, JaeGyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10955953
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided and includes a liquid crystal element array having pixel electrodes and switching elements arranged in a matrix form; scanning lines arranged in each row of the liquid crystal element array and supply a scanning signal to switching elements; signal lines arranged in each column of the liquid crystal element array and supply an image signal to the pixel electrodes through switching elements; touch electrodes overlapping pixel electrodes and arranged in the column of the liquid crystal element array; signal line drive circuit arranged along one side of the liquid crystal element array parallel to the row of the liquid crystal element array and forms the image signal; first circuit arranged along the other side of the liquid crystal element array parallel to the row of the liquid crystal element array and is connected to the touch electrodes; and second circuit arranged along the one side of the liquid crystal element array and is connected to the touch electrodes, whe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Toshiaki Fukushima, Daisuke Ito, Gen Koide, Tadayoshi Katsuta
  • Patent number: 10957257
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method thereof and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit includes a reset sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, a control sub-circuit, a data signal writing sub-circuit, a power input sub-circuit and a light emitting device. The compensation sub-circuit may store a compensation voltage for the gate of the driving transistor in the driving sub-circuit, which can alleviate or eliminate the influence of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor on the driving current of the light emitting device, thereby improving the uniformity in brightness of the light emitting device, which enhances the display quality of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guoqiang Ma
  • Patent number: 10950180
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels each including a first transistor between a first node and a second node and having a gate electrode to receive the scan signal, a second transistor between the second node and a third node in series with the first transistor and having a gate electrode to receive the initialization control signal, a driving transistor between the first power voltage providing line and the third node and having a gate electrode connected to the first node, a third transistor between the third node and a fourth node and having a gate electrode to receive the emission control signal, an organic light emitting diode, between the fourth node and the second power voltage providing line, a first capacitor between the first power voltage providing line and the first node, and a second capacitor between the second node and one of the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhyun Park, Cheol-Gon Lee, Yang-Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 10949085
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a first part having a first display unit, and a second part coupled to the first part. The second part includes an input device located in a first region adjacent to a coupling region between the first part and the second part, and a second display unit located in a second region away from the coupling region between the first and second parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chong Zhu, Fenglong He
  • Patent number: 10943544
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof may turn on first and second transistors, wherein the first transistor electrically connects a data line and a first node of a driving transistor that drives an organic light emitting diode of each sub-pixel, and the second transistor electrically connects a second node of the driving transistor and a reference voltage line, and may provide a detection driving data voltage and a detection driving reference voltage to the first and second nodes of the driving transistor, respectively, to perform initialization; may turn off the first and second transistors to float the first and second nodes of the driving transistor, and may detect one or more from among a short and to an open of the organic light emitting diode by sensing the voltage of the first node or the second node of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HongJu Lee, JinBong Chung, Beom-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10931913
    Abstract: Provided are a reception apparatus, a transmission apparatus, a control method, a transmission method, and a program that can control a frame image size of each frame image so that the frame image constituting a moving image is transmitted at an appropriate timing. A frame-image reception section receives a first frame image constituting the moving image. A control-data update section performs control so that the frame image size of a second frame image constituting the moving image, which is received after the first frame image, corresponds to a time required to receive the first frame image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Masakazu Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 10931802
    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with concave displays that reduce the risk of damage in the event of a drop while maximizing the internal volume of the device. Concave displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers including a flexible display layer. The flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid cover structure provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Benjamin M. Rappoport, Stephen Brian Lynch
  • Patent number: 10923067
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to generate a first initialization completion signal, and to provide data signals to the plurality of pixels, and a controller configured to generate a second initialization completion signal in response the first initialization completion signal and a state signal, and to control the gate driver and the data driver in response to the second initialization completion signal. The first initialization completion signal is activated when an initialization operation of the data driver is completed, and the state signal is activated when an initialization operation of the controller is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sujin Lee, Kihyun Pyun, Keunoh Kang
  • Patent number: 10916208
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device includes a pair of substrates including a display area in which pixels are arranged, pixel electrodes and a memories provided in the pixels, signal lines supplied with digital signals, switching elements connecting the memories and the signal lines, scanning lines supplied with scanning signals, and first and second driver units. The first and second driver units are provided in a peripheral area. The first driver unit includes first circuit units connected to the signal lines. The first circuit units include first and second circuits. The first and second circuits are arranged in a second direction intersecting with a first direction, and are out of alignment in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takehiro Shima
  • Patent number: 10908711
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a writing sheet for a touch panel pen which can offer favorable writing feeling. The present invention provides a writing sheet for a touch panel pen (A) given below, the writing sheet having a surface whose maximum peak height Rp of a roughness curve and maximum valley depth Rv of the roughness curve defined in JIS B0601: 2001 satisfy the following conditions (A1) and (A2), and whose average wavelength ?a calculated according to the following expression (i) from average tilt angle ?a and arithmetic average roughness Ra defined in JIS B0601: 2001 satisfies the following condition (A3): 2.0 ?m?Rp?8.0 ?m (A1), 0.8 ?m?Rv?6.0 ?m (A2), 45 ?m??a?300 ?m (A3), and ?a=2?×(Ra/tan(?a)) (i), <touch panel pen (A)> the touch panel pen having an angled part in at least a portion of a tip region, wherein a volumetric change of the tip region upon application of a vertical load of 100 gf is 1.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shubou Taya, Ryohei Miyata, Kentaro Hata, Masayuki Tsunekawa
  • Patent number: 10901285
    Abstract: A first display comprises a layer of electro-optic material with first and second electrodes on opposed sides thereof, at least one electrode. One or both electrodes having at least two spaced contacts, and voltage control means are arranged to vary the potential difference between the two spaced contacts attached to the same electrode. A second display comprises a layer of electro-optic material with a sequence of at least three electrodes adjacent thereto. Voltage control means vary the potential difference between the first and last electrodes of the sequence. The electrodes of the sequence alternate between the two surfaces of the layer of electro-optic material, and have edges which overlap with or lie adjacent the preceding and following electrodes of the sequence. The electrodes, other than the first and last, are electrically isolated such that the potential thereof is controlled by passage of current through the layer of electro-optic material. Methods for driving these displays are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Stephen Bull, Seth J. Bishop, Stephen J. Telfer, Karl Raymond Amundson
  • Patent number: 10885862
    Abstract: A GOA circuit, a display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The GOA circuit includes: a forward/backward scanning control module configured to control, according to a forward scanning control signal or a backward scanning control signal, the GOA circuit to perform forward scanning or backward scanning, the level of an output signal from the forward/backward scanning control module being greater than a preset value; and, an output control module configured to control, according to a clock signal in a current level, the output of a gate driving signal in the current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Juncheng Xiao, Chao Tian, Yanqing Guan