Patents Examined by David Tung
  • Patent number: 12669930
    Abstract: A portable information handling system includes a touch function row between a keyboard and a display that accepts touches or proximity detection at plural locations to initiate an on-screen-display user interface for a selected of plural functions based upon a touch location. The touch and/or proximity locations may be identified with illumination points and unlabeled as to an associated function since the function associated with a touch and/or proximity location is presented at the display. Alternatively, a flexible display extended from a housing lid portion over a hinge and a part of a housing main portion presents function key images at the touch function row. The on-screen-display user interface presents different control interfaces when touches include multiple fingers and drag versus non-drag inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Brandon J. Brocklesby, Nicholas G. DiLoreto, Christopher A. Torres, James H. Hallar, Duck-Soo Choi, Hsu-Feng Lee, Joseph D. McDonald
  • Patent number: 12614528
    Abstract: A method for driving a display based on a perceptual quantizer includes establishing a relationship among an initial grayscale level, a desired grayscale level and a target grayscale value, confirming an actual target grayscale value to convert a pixel in the display from the initial grayscale level to the corresponding desired grayscale level based on the relationship, and using the actual target grayscale value to convert the pixel in the display from the initial grayscale level to the corresponding desired grayscale level. The target grayscale value is used to accelerate the conversion of the initial grayscale level to the corresponding desired grayscale level. The target grayscale value is established based on the initial grayscale level, the desired grayscale level and a visible area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: QISDA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Min-An Kuo
  • Patent number: 12603413
    Abstract: According to various embodiments disclosed herein, an electronic apparatus comprises: a first housing including a first metal area and a first non-metal area; a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and to guide a slide movement of the first housing, the second housing including a second metal area and a second non-metal area; and a display including a first display region connected with the first housing and a second display region extending from the first display region. In a state in which the first housing is accommodated in the second housing, the first metal area may face at least a portion of the second non-metal area, and the first non-metal area may face at least a portion of the second metal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngjun Cho, Seongyong An, Sangha Lee, Yoonjae Lee, Jinwoo Jung, Jaebong Chun, Sangmin Han
  • Patent number: 12603062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyunku Kang
  • Patent number: 12597399
    Abstract: A display device, which fixes the magnitude of a driving current flowing through light-emitting devices in a low luminance region and controls an application period of the driving current, includes: light-emitting devices; a processor for controlling the light-emitting devices on the basis of a gray level required for the light-emitting devices in each unit frame; and a timing controller which divides the unit frame into a plurality of sub-frames and generates a scan signal corresponding to each sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungyong Shin, Kyehoon Lee, Sungyeol Kim, Jonghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 12592201
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a plurality of stages. Each of the plurality of stages includes a first transistor which transmits an input signal to a control node, a second transistor including a gate connected to an inverting control node, a first terminal which receives a high gate voltage, and a second terminal connected to an output node from which a gate signal is output, a third transistor including a gate connected to the control node, a first terminal which receives a low gate voltage or a clock signal, and a second terminal connected to the output node, and a fourth transistor, which is an NMOS transistor, connected between a terminal of the first transistor and the gate of the sixth transistor, including a gate which receives a global signal having the high gate voltage in an address scan period and the low gate voltage in a self-scan period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhyun Park, Youngwan Seo, Soil Yoon
  • Patent number: 12592181
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit that may output uniform driving current regardless of the process distribution of the micro-LED element and a micro-LED display device including the same. The pixel circuit includes a micro-LED; a driving transistor that controls the driving current of the micro-LED; a storage capacitor that samples a data voltage that determines the magnitude of the driving current; and an internal compensation circuit that directly resets a first node and a second node respectively corresponding to both opposing electrodes of the storage capacitor before the storage capacitor samples the data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyeong Kim, Wonjun Choi, Hyunwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12575308
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a front portion, a first side portion extending from a first side of the front portion, a second side portion extending from a second side of the front portion, and a corner portion between the first side portion and the second side portion and having a cutout pattern, a first display area including first pixels in the front portion, and a second display area including second pixels and dummy pixel driving units in the cutout pattern of the corner portion. Each of the second pixels includes a subpixel light emitting unit emitting light and a subpixel driving unit connected to the subpixel light emitting unit. Any one of the dummy pixel driving units is closer to an edge of the cutout pattern than the subpixel driving unit of any one of the second pixels is the edge of the cutout pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Sun Kim, Young Wan Seo
  • Patent number: 12564787
    Abstract: This application provides a virtual item processing method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying a virtual scene, the virtual scene comprising an entry to a first virtual item list associated with a first virtual object; displaying the first virtual item list in the virtual scene in response to a trigger operation on the entry to the first virtual item list, the first virtual item list including at least one type of virtual items owned by the first virtual object; and in response to a first selection operation on one type of virtual items in the first virtual item list, discarding at least one virtual item associated with the selected type of virtual items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jieqi Xie
  • Patent number: 12566526
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device, the display device comprising a display module and an infrared touch control assembly, wherein a display surface of the display module is in the shape of a rectangle with an edge extending in a first direction and an edge extending in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being perpendicular to each other; the infrared touch control assembly comprises an infrared emitting frame and an infrared receiving frame which are arranged oppositely and extend in the first direction; a plurality of infrared emitting units are fixed in the infrared emitting frame; a plurality of infrared receiving units are fixed in the infrared receiving frame; and an orthographic projection of a light-emitting surface of the infrared emitting frame in the display module is positioned in an area outside a display area of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangyang Zhang, Yongda Ma, Liping Lei, Honglei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12562134
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight device, a driver circuit, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight device includes an array of light sources configured to illuminate a display area of a display panel. The display area is segmented into zones corresponding to the light sources, respectively. The zones include inner zones and outmost zones. The inner light sources of the light source array are each located at a center of corresponding one of the inner zones. Each outmost zone is different in shape from at least one inner zone which is adjacent to at least one outmost zone. The backlight control circuit is configured to control a luminance level of a first outmost light source of the array of light sources based on pixel data of pixels in a first outmost zone of the outmost zones, and the first outmost light source corresponds to the first outmost zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Patent number: 12561024
    Abstract: A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 12555516
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a pixel comprising a pixel circuit and a display element, and the display element is electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit is supplied with a selection signal, an image signal, and a pulse width control signal, supplies an output potential, and determines, on the basis of the pulse width control signal, a period during which the output potential is supplied. The pixel circuit includes a first switch and a first transistor. The first switch supplies the image signal on the basis of the selection signal and determines the output potential on the basis of the image signal. The first transistor includes a first and second electrode, and a first gate electrode. The output potential is output from the first electrode, and the first gate electrode is supplied with the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12554395
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing input to a computing device based on a single contact scaling gesture are provided. A scaling gesture can be performed on a touch-sensitive panel to zoom in or out of a displayed image, for example. One example of a scaling gesture can include two touch contacts moving towards or away from each other. A single contact scaling gesture can include selecting a scaling command based on a first touch input being held for a predetermined duration of time, or based on other criteria. Once the scaling command has been selected, subsequent touch input can determine both a scaling factor and a scaling direction of the scaling command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Assaf Bart, Igor Rayboy
  • Patent number: 12554364
    Abstract: A portable information handling system palm rest adjacent a mechanical keyboard includes a touch detection surface to accept end user touches as inputs to the information handling system and a force detection sensor to detect pressure associated with the touches. Logic executing on a processing resource compares touch areas with associated pressures to differentiate intentional inputs from unintentional inputs, such as a palm resting on the palm rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Priyank J. Gajiwala, Brandon J. Brocklesby
  • Patent number: 12554151
    Abstract: A pair of eye tracking glasses comprising unitary components, which each include: a lens region, through which an eye of a user can look when they are wearing the glasses; and a carrier region, which is at the periphery of the first lens region. Unitary components comprise the following embedded therein: a camera; a plurality of illuminators; and electrical conductors. The glasses further comprise: a first arm that is mechanically connected to the first carrier region of the first unitary component; a second arm that is mechanically connected to the second carrier region of the second unitary component; and a control module. The control module is configured to: receive signalling from the camera of each of the unitary components via the embedded electrical conductors; and provide signalling to the plurality of illuminators of each of the unitary components via the embedded electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventor: Daniel Johansson Tornéus
  • Patent number: 12555534
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method therefor and a display device. The pixel circuit includes a voltage control circuit, a current control circuit and a light-emitting circuit. The voltage control circuit includes a first driving circuit, a coupling circuit and a first voltage write circuit. The coupling circuit is configured to couple a reset signal to a control terminal of the first driving circuit to reset a voltage of a control terminal of the current control circuit; or the voltage control circuit further includes a reset circuit, where the reset circuit is connected between a first power line and a control terminal of the current control circuit and configured to reset a voltage of the control terminal of the current control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: CHENGDU VISTAR OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yisui Liao, Xiuqi Huang, Shangjun Xu
  • Patent number: 12548509
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit and a driving method therefor, and a display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit comprises a write-in transistor, a driving transistor, a storage capacitor, a coupling capacitor and a light-emitting unit, wherein one electrode of the storage capacitor and a gate electrode of the driving transistor are both electrically connected to a first node; and one electrode of the coupling capacitor is electrically connected to a control voltage end, and the other electrode thereof is electrically connected to the first node, and the coupling capacitor is configured to adjust the voltage of the first node in a light emission phase, such that the voltage of the first node is converted from a first voltage into a second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaomin Yuan, Huaisen Ren, Yonglin Guo
  • Patent number: 12542108
    Abstract: An emission driver is disclosed that includes a plurality of emission stages, and each of the emission stages includes a boosting circuit configured to boost a voltage of a control node. The boosting circuit includes a fifth transistor including a gate electrode connected to the control node, a first electrode, and a second electrode, a 17th transistor including a gate electrode configured to receive a first clock signal, a first electrode configured to receive a second low gate voltage, and a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the fifth transistor, and an 18th transistor including a gate electrode configured to receive a second clock signal having a phase that is different from a phase of the first clock signal, a first electrode configured to receive a high gate voltage, and a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the fifth transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minwoo Byun, Minjoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12542085
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to obtain an image; identify whether or not the luminance of the display equals to or is higher than a predetermined luminance; when the luminance of the display equals to or is higher than the predetermined luminance, identify the FPS of the image and the motion information of a scene of the image to be displayed by means of the display, and determine a refresh rate of the display based on the FPS of the image and the motion information of the scene; and, when the luminance of the display is lower than the predetermined luminance, determine a refresh rate corresponding to the FPS of the image as the refresh rate of the display, and display the scene of the image by means of the display based on the determined refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hojin Kim, Jaehun Cho, Jeehong Kim, Eunsook Seo, Minwoo Lee, Hyuntaek Lee, Donghyun Yeom