Patents Examined by Christopher R. Lamb
  • Patent number: 12190788
    Abstract: Disclosed are various aspects of a ?-LED or a ?-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The ?-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Baumheinrich, Peter Brick, Jean-Jacques Drolet, Hubert Halbritter, Laura Kreiner, Jens Richter, Thomas Schwarz, Paul Ta, Kilian Regau, Christopher Soell, Hoa Vu, Christopher Wiesmann, Patrick Hoerner, Jong Park, Kanishk Chand
  • Patent number: 12183261
    Abstract: The invention relates to various driver circuits, controls and arrangements for supplying loads, in particular light-emitting diodes, displays or even video walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Baumheinrich, Christopher Soell
  • Patent number: 12114548
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a connection electrode which crosses a bending area may be provided. The connection electrode may be disposed on a device substrate including a bending area between a display area and a pad area. The connection electrode may connect the display area and the pad area across the bending area. The connection electrode may have a stacked structure of the lower connecting electrode and the upper connecting electrode. A light-emitting device, an encapsulating element and a touch electrode may be sequentially stacked on the display area of the device substrate. The upper connecting electrode may include the same material as the touch electrode. Thus, in the display apparatus, the disconnection of the connection electrode due to bending stress and external impact may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Oh Kim, Seung-Chan Choi, Jei-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12099669
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display device including: a plurality of emitting elements; an adhesive layer over the emitting elements; a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode over the adhesive layer and in an active area; a pad electrode over the adhesive layer and in a touch pad region; and a protection layer over the first touch electrode, the second touch electrode and the pad electrode, wherein the first and second touch electrode are insulated by an insulating layer, and the protection layer includes at least one contact hole corresponding to the pad electrode, and wherein the pad electrode includes a plurality of electrode layers, and one of the plurality of electrode layers extends from the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Rae Lee, Kyoung-Mook Lee, Nack-Bong Choi, Young-Jun Jeon
  • Patent number: 12087201
    Abstract: A display screen adjustment method and apparatus, and a device are provided. A display screen includes a first display area and a second display area, a camera component is disposed under the first display area, and light transmittance of the first display area is higher than light transmittance of the second display area. The adjustment method includes: collecting present ambient illuminance on a terminal; and when the ambient illuminance is lower than an ambient illuminance threshold, adjusting, based on a first ambient light adaptation adjustment curve, luminance corresponding to grayscale 255 of the first display area to first luminance, and adjusting, based on a second ambient light adaptation adjustment curve, luminance corresponding to grayscale 255 of the second display area to second luminance, where the first luminance is approximately equal to the second luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu He, Shipeng Chi, Ruhai Fu, Chaorong Liang, Chiaching Chu, Zhongyu He
  • Patent number: 12087081
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device comprising: a support member having a first hole; a first fingerprint sensor disposed in the first hole; and a non-conductive injection molding material integrally joining the support member and the first fingerprint sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihun Heo, Hyunwoo Kim, Jihoon Park, Seungho Hwang
  • Patent number: 12056312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device comprising a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a plurality of signal link lines disposed in the non-display area of the substrate and configured to connect a plurality of signal lines of the display area to a pad portion configured to receive an external signal, a plurality of touch link lines disposed in the non-display area, overlapped with at least some of the plurality of signal link lines and configured to connect the pad portion to a plurality of touch lines in the display area, and a compensation pattern based on an overlap between at least one of the plurality of signal link lines and at least one of the plurality of touch link line corresponding to at least one of the plurality of touch lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: MiReum Lee, JaeHee Park, Jonghyeok Im
  • Patent number: 12051682
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first display area including first sub-pixels to display an image, and a second display area including second sub-pixels and a transmission area adjacent to the second sub-pixels; and an optical device overlapping the second display area of the display panel and configured to detect light incident through the transmission area. Each of the second sub-pixels includes: a first contact electrode; a second contact electrode located apart from the first contact electrode; and a light emitting element between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, An Na Ryu, Jin Oh Kwag
  • Patent number: 12039137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for recognizing a position of an automotive display. The system for recognizing a position of an automotive display according to the present invention includes an automotive display having a touch sensor disposed on one side thereof, conductors that are disposed inside a vehicle cockpit to generate a change in capacitance for the touch sensor, and a control unit that obtains touch data according to the change in capacitance, analyzes a touch input pattern, and calculates position coordinate data and touch coordinate data of the automotive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12026306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting a display in a vehicle are provided. The display is configured to present information in one or more regions of the display. The position of a user in the vehicle is detected and based on detecting a change in position of the user, the position of information on the display may be adjusted. For example, when the change in position of the user causes information on the display to be obstructed, the position of the information may be adjusted to an unobstructed region of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Ross Baker Wood, Nicholas Robert Kalayjian
  • Patent number: 12026333
    Abstract: Provided are a touch display device and a display panel. A bridge pattern connecting touch electrodes is provided in an open area in which a single color filter is provided, so as not to overlap an area in which a plurality of color filters are provided. Short circuit defects between the touch electrodes and touch lines are prevented, and improved touch sensing or accurate touch sensing is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YongHoon Cha, Ji Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 12008201
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; a first input sensor disposed on the display panel and configured to generate a first reception signal in response to a user input; a second input sensor spaced apart from the first input sensor on the display panel and configured to generate a second reception signal in response to the user input; and a readout circuit configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the user input in response to the first reception signal and the second reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuna Kim, Hee Seomoon, Soojung Lee, Seungwook Chun, Boram Choi
  • Patent number: 12001622
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method of the array substrate, and a touch display device are provided. Orthographic projections of the touch signal lines adjacent to each other included in a same touch signal line group on the base substrate are respectively provided on two sides of an orthographic projection of a same second signal line on the base substrate, each of the orthographic projections of the touch signal lines adjacent to each other and the orthographic projection of the same second signal line includes a portion provided between orthographic projections of the touch electrodes adjacent to each other on the base substrate, and a layer in which the touch signal lines adjacent to each other are provided is different from a layer in which the same second signal line is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiujie Su, Chongyang Zhao, Yanping Liao, Zhihua Sun, Seungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11996050
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area including a plurality of pixels arrayed next to one another in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a control circuit, wherein each of the pixels includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light by a current flowing therethrough, a drive transistor, a shut-off transistor, and a holding capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kubota
  • Patent number: 11983372
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch display device, a touch panel, a touch sensing circuit and a touch sensing method. In the touch display device, the touch panel, and the touch sensing circuit, and in the method of performing touch sensing therein, a structure in which a plurality of touch sensor groups is arranged is provided, and one of a self-capacitance touch sensing scheme and a mutual-capacitance touch sensing scheme is adaptively implemented according to the type and position of a touch event. Therefore, the number of signal lines and the number of touch channels may be reduced, and the ghost phenomenon can be reduced or be overcome when multiple touches occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CheolSe Kim, JuHan Kim
  • Patent number: 11966546
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer, a touch sensing layer, a light guide module and a display panel. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the base layer. The light guide module is disposed on the touch sensing layer. The touch sensing layer is located between the light guide module and the display panel, and the touch sensing layer and one of the light guide module and the display panel have no adhesive material therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Cheng Lin, Chia-I Liu, Kun-Hsien Lee, Hung-Wei Tseng
  • Patent number: 11954283
    Abstract: A sensor array (10) comprising a plurality of touch sensitive pixels, each pixel (12) comprising a capacitive sensing electrode (14) and a reference capacitor (16) connected in series with the capacitive sensing electrode (14) to provide an indicator voltage that is indicative of the proximity of a conductive object to be sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOUCH BIOMETRIX LIMITED
    Inventors: Henricus Derckx, Wilhelmus Van Lier, Michael A Cowin
  • Patent number: 11951836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle instrument panel, including: a plurality of displays; a cover glass covering the plurality of displays; and a first frame of a metal material that supports the plurality of displays by being press-fitted to the cover glass with the plurality of displays interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungpil Kang, Yongjoon Sohn
  • Patent number: 11928288
    Abstract: An operation input device including: a first detection section including a first detection surface that detects a position at which a detection target is touching or within a predetermined distance, the first detection section outputting a first signal representing the position; an operation control section that controls a first operation target based on the first signal; an operation determination section that outputs a second signal only when it has determined that the detection target has moved along the first detection surface; and a switching control section that switches the operation control section between an operation enabled state in which control of the first operation target is enabled, and an operation prevented state in which control of the first operation target is prevented, the switching control section switching from the operation prevented state to the operation enabled state in a case in which the second signal has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kozono, Shu Nakajima, Takeshi Nawata, Hiroshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11899864
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes: a plurality of first sensor electrodes, each including first sensor patterns extending in a first direction, and being arranged in a second direction; a plurality of second sensor electrodes, each including second sensor patterns extending in the second direction and being arranged in the first direction; an opening in a touch active region separated from the first and second sensor electrodes; a first connection pattern disposed around but not in the opening, the first pattern electrically connecting first opening sensor patterns of the first sensor patterns that are adjacent to respective portions of the opening in the second direction; first lines respectively connected to portions of the first sensor electrodes, the first lines extending to a periphery of the touch active region; and second lines respectively connected to portions of the second sensor electrodes, the second lines extending to the periphery of the touch active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Ki Cheol Kim