Patents Examined by Cory A Almeida
  • Patent number: 11004395
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer, first pixels, second pixels, a power supply line (PSL), a power supply voltage supply circuit (PSVSC), and a feedback wire (FBW). The base layer includes a display area (DA) and a non-display area (NDA) adjacent to the DA. The DA includes a first pixel area (PA) including first pixels and a second PA including second pixels. The second PA protrudes from the first PA. The PSL extends in at least a first direction in the DA. The PSL receives a first power supply voltage (PSV) through a first end of the PSL, and supplies the first PSV to the first and second pixels. The PSVSC supplies the first PSV to the PSL through the first end. The FBW is electrically connected to a second end of the PSL disposed in the second PA. The FBW feeds back the first PSV to the PSVSC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juhee Lee, Jongwoo Park, Youngtae Choi, Daeyoun Cho
  • Patent number: 10996756
    Abstract: The disclosed tactile input mechanisms may include a bladder dimensioned to hold a fluid, a pressure sensor coupled to the bladder and configured to sense a pressure exerted against the bladder, and a fluidic valve coupled to the bladder and configured to vent the bladder in response to the sensed pressure reaching a predetermined threshold. Various other related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Ahne, Nicholas Roy Corson, Andrew Arthur Stanley
  • Patent number: 10978000
    Abstract: A method for driving an active matrix display comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel comprises a drive transistor having a driver gate, is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving information of a desired image to be displayed; determining a compensated voltage for the driver gate for each pixel based on calibration data, wherein the calibration data comprises a set of individual calibration values applying to different pixels, and wherein the compensated voltage compensates for differences between pixels affecting a relation of an intensity of light output by the pixel as function of a difference between the voltage applied to the driver gate and a threshold voltage of the drive transistor; and outputting the compensated voltage for the driver gate for each of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: IMEC vzw
    Inventors: Lynn Verschueren, Kris Myny, Jan Genoe, Wim Dehaene
  • Patent number: 10976549
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a face model for a user of a head-mounted device are disclosed. The head-mounted device can include one or more eye cameras configured to image the face of the user while the user is putting the device on or taking the device off. The images obtained by the eye cameras may be analyzed using a stereoscopic vision technique, a monocular vision technique, or a combination, to generate a face model for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Gholamreza Amayeh, Adrian Kaehler, Douglas Lee
  • Patent number: 10971086
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to pulsed backlight operation for a display backlight. Backlight pulse patterns are provided that include steady state pulse patterns to be applied during operation of a liquid crystal display unit of the display at a corresponding frame rate. The backlight pulse patterns can be arranged to prevent visible artifacts such as flicker or strobing, particularly at or near a transition between LCD frame rates. In some scenarios, transition pulse patterns are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chengrui Le, Chaohao Wang, Li Tao, Lingyu Hong, Paolo Sacchetto, Sheng Zhang, Xiaokai Li, Yingying Tang, Yunhui Hou, Johan L. Piper
  • Patent number: 10936132
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device capable of having an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel function without substantially increasing the thickness of the display device and/or including a touch panel with an improved interface between a touch panel module of the touch panel and a touch panel drive integrated circuit (IC) of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 10914975
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a terminal part, a first insulating layer, a first line disposed on a first surface of the first insulating layer, a second line disposed on a second surface of the first insulating layer opposed to the first surface, a first ground line configured to disposed on the first surface, a second ground line configured to disposed on the first surface, a third ground line configured to disposed on the second surface, a fourth ground line configured to disposed on the second surface, and a circuit substrate including a connector part electrically connected to the terminal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Ryo Kanou
  • Patent number: 10916194
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel compensation device, a pixel compensation method, a pixel driving device, a timing control module and a display apparatus. The pixel compensation device includes a luminance conversion unit, an emitting voltage calculation unit, an emitting voltage offset calculation unit and a data conversion unit. The data conversion unit is configured to read pre-stored emitting voltage offset compensation data for a driving transistor in a sub-pixel unit with respect to a gate-source voltage of the driving transistor and obtain corresponding first luminance compensation data based on the emitting voltage offset and the emitting voltage offset compensation data. The data conversion unit is further configured to generate source luminance data based on the luminance signal data and the first luminance compensation data and output the source luminance data to a source driving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Yang, Yue Wu, Dongxu Han
  • Patent number: 10908758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch display device and a touch sensing method, and more specifically, to a touch display device and a touch sensing method that provides a single-layered touch sensor structure by a touch electrode connecting line that electrically connects touch electrodes arranged in one direction and is arranged to bypass and surround touch electrodes arranged in another direction, thereby enabling a simple manufacturing process, a high manufacturing yield, and a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruda Rhe, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, SuChang An, JaeGyun Lee, Hyangmyoung Gwon, Yangsik Lee
  • Patent number: 10902820
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an electronic display having a pixel array configured to display a sequence of subframes, and an image shifting electro-optic device that is operable to shift at least a portion of an image of the display pixel array synchronously with displaying the sequence of subframes, so as to form a sequence of offset subframe images for providing an enhanced image resolution and pixel correction in a compound image. The image shifting electro-optic device may include a polarization switch in series with a polarization grating, for shifting image pixels between offset image positions in coordination with displaying consecutive subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Fenglin Peng, Lu Lu, Jasmine Soria Sears, Ying Geng, Wai Sze Tiffany Lam
  • Patent number: 10895982
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an input device and a symbol display method thereof. The input device includes at least one button and a display unit. The display unit is arranged in a position adjacent to the button in the input device and includes multiple display regions. The positions of the display regions are corresponding to the positions of the button. The display unit displays multiple display symbols in the display regions. In addition, the display unit is configured to change the display position of at least one display symbol to a different display region according to a personalization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Wei Chu
  • Patent number: 10891889
    Abstract: A display device capable of substantially preventing light leakage generated in a non-display area of the display device, the display device including: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a thin film transistor disposed in the display area; a first connection electrode disposed in the non-display area and connected to the thin film transistor; a second connection electrode disposed in the non-display area and disposed apart from the first connection electrode; a first insulating layer overlapping one end portion of the first connection electrode and one end portion of the second connection electrode; a floating electrode disposed on the first insulating layer; and a bridge electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, connected to the first connection electrode through a first contact hole, and connected to the second connection electrode through a second contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Basrur Veidhes, Seongyoung Lee, Doyeong Park, Jinsu Lee, Kun-Wook Han
  • Patent number: 10884611
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a touch screen of a terminal as well as a terminal are provided. The method includes detecting a multi-touch event performed on a terminal touch screen. The method also includes determining an area where multiple touch points corresponding to the multi-touch event are distributed, wherein the terminal touch screen is divided into a wrong-trigger prevention area, a buffer area and a normal touch area, the buffer area being located between the wrong-trigger prevention area and the normal touch area. The method also includes, when the multiple touch points are distributed in the wrong-trigger prevention area and the buffer area, controlling the touch screen to respond to a touch operation at the multiple touch points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Zhang, Yixue Ge, Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 10884548
    Abstract: A touch window includes a substrate; a sensing electrode on the substrate comprises a conductive pattern including plurality of conductive pattern line parts and a plurality of conductive pattern opening parts; a dummy pattern provided adjacent to the conductive pattern; and a wire connected with the sensing electrode, further a interval between the dummy pattern and the conductive pattern is greater than the line width of the conductive pattern also the plurality of conductive pattern line parts cross each other. In addition, the substrate comprises a flat portion and curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Jung Jeon, Seung Jin Kim, Jong Sun Kim, Kyoung Jong Yoo, Byung Youl Moon, Dong Mug Seong, Jun Sik Shin, Yu Hong Jeon, Chan Kyu Koo
  • Patent number: 10877278
    Abstract: An augmented reality system includes a power source, a sensor array including one or more sensors, a lens, a projector, and a first circuit. The first circuit can be powered by the power source and is capable of communicating with the sensor array and the projector. The first circuit can receive and process data collected by the sensor array to produce an augmented reality overlay. The lens can be configured to be in a first state wherein light is prevented from passing through a first portion of the lens, and the projector can project at least a first portion of the augmented reality overlay onto at least a second portion of the lens in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventor: Tony Christopher Collins
  • Patent number: 10872576
    Abstract: A display driver IC (200) comprises: a digital circuit including a logic circuit (2); an output unit (11) for outputting, to the outside, a drive control signal with a level corresponding to the output from the logic circuit; and at least one of a first decision unit (21) for determining whether or not an abnormality is present in the register value in a register in the digital circuit and a second decision unit (22) for determining whether or not the level of the drive control signal is the level corresponding to the output from the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Sugimoto, Sukenori Ito, Hiromitsu Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10867552
    Abstract: A backlight source, and a method for controlling a light output direction thereof, a display panel, and a display device are provided, the backlight source includes: a back plate; at least one light source, which is disposed on a surface of the back plate; and a light direction transformation part, which is configured to be movable along the back plate, such that the at least one light source is changed from directly facing a first portion of the light direction transformation part having a first light direction transformation mode to directly facing a second portion of the light direction transformation part having a second light direction transformation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY LIGHTING CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuchuan Shi
  • Patent number: 10860120
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for mapping input devices in real time. The method may include controlling a camera to capture a plurality of images, performing object recognition on the images to identify a plurality of objects, determining properties for each identified object that enable the corresponding object to provide spatial data and interaction data of a preferred input device, ranking the objects according to the determined properties, presenting the identified objects in an order corresponding to the rank that enables a user to select one of the presented objects, tracking the selected object and a human being, generating spatial data and interaction data from a result of the tracking, and providing the generated spatial data and interaction data to a computer to emulate the events of the preferred input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcio Ferreira Moreno, Rafael Rossi de Mello Brandao, Juliana Jansen Ferreira, Daniel Salles Chevitarese, Ana Fucs, Vinicius Costa Villas Boas Segura, Renato Fontoura de Gusmao Cerqueira
  • Patent number: 10861400
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes: a display module, which comprises at least two layers of display panels; and at least two controllers, which are connected to respective display panels of the at least two layers of display panels of the display module, each controller of the at least two controllers is configured to, in an operating state, control one respective display panel connected to each controller to display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Mobvoi Information Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: Huanjie Cao, Saihuang Peng, Fanming Kong
  • Patent number: 10854170
    Abstract: An information handling system sends plural display image streams through a single display cable to a display for presentation as plural display images at plural partitions. A multi stream hub integrated in the display receives the display cable information and sends each display stream out a source channel of the multi stream hub to a receive channel of the display controller. The display controller blends the received display information to present display images at the display panel with the display images partitioned by receive channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thien Vui Khen, Tze Fung Chung