Patents Examined by David Tung
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Patent number: 12387660Abstract: A display device including multiple first light emitting elements disposed between first pixel electrodes and a first common electrode overlapping the first pixel electrodes, multiple second light emitting elements disposed between second pixel electrodes spaced apart from the first pixel electrodes and a second common electrode overlapping the second pixel electrodes, a support layer disposed between the first light emitting elements and the second light emitting elements and having a predetermined height, a conductive pattern disposed on the support layer, and a contact layer having an end electrically connected to the first common electrode and the another end electrically connected to the conductive pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Myeong Su So, Tae Jin Kong, Seul Ki Kim
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Patent number: 12380850Abstract: Provided is a display device including a substrate, a circuit layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a light emitting element layer, and a circuit board disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The circuit layer includes pixel drivers, gate lines, a first power supply line and a second power supply line respectively transmitting a first power and a second power, and a gate driver including stages electrically connected to the gate lines, respectively. The second power supply line is electrically connected to the circuit board through power connection portions. The power connection portions are disposed between a number of the stages adjacent to a curved corner of the substrate among the stages of the gate driver.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Yong Jang, Bon Yong Koo, Hyun Joon Kim, Dan Won Lim, Seon Young Choi
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Patent number: 12374269Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display area including a first display area and a sensor area, a first pixel located in the first display area, and including a first pixel circuit and a first light emitting element connected to the first pixel circuit, and a second pixel located in the sensor area, and including a second pixel circuit and a second light emitting element connected to the second pixel circuit, structures of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit being different. The second pixel circuit includes a switching element connected between a power line to which an off voltage of the second light emitting element is applied and the second light emitting element and turned on by an off-control signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sun Ho Kang, Deok Young Choi
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Patent number: 12367836Abstract: A display method is applied to a display apparatus including a display panel, a display driver chip, and a microprocessor. The display method includes outputting, by the display panel, a scanning-done signal of a first frame image generated after scanning rows of pixel circuits of the display panel; after the microprocessor or the display driver chip receives the scanning-done signal, writing, by the display driver chip, initial data of a second frame image provided by the microprocessor and outputting, by the display driver chip, display data of the second frame image to the display panel based on the initial data; or outputting, by the display driver chip, the display data of the second frame image to the display panel in response to the scanning-done signal, the display data being generated based on the initial data provided by the microprocessor. The second frame image follows the first frame image.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai BranchInventors: Chenguang Sun, Xinyang Li, Zhenqiang Li, Xingyao Zhou, Yana Gao, Shuai Yang
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Patent number: 12360660Abstract: Pen input received by a computing device may first be evaluated to determine an associated intent. For example, it may be determined whether it is intended to be handwriting input, in which case the pen input may be intercepted (e.g., rather than provided to an underlying application for further processing). Subsequently, a target determination is made, where the pen input is processed to determine which input field should receive the input. When the pen input is processed to generate handwriting input, context associated with a determined input field may be used to improve recognition accuracy. Finally, various techniques may be used to ultimately provide the handwriting input to the determined input field, for example according to the set of capabilities that is supported by an application associated with the input field. Similarly, aspects of the disclosed system may be disabled or adapted when the application does not support such functionality.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Haley McColgan, John C. Whytock, Roland Radtke, Nathan P. Pollock, Parthasarathy Sundararajan, Elizabeth Todaro
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Patent number: 12361871Abstract: A display device with combined pixel driving methods includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, each pixel including a luminous element and a pixel circuit connected to the luminous element, and a driver configured to generate and supply a driving current, a clock signal, and a driving method selection signal to the pixel unit, wherein the pixel circuit of each of the plurality of pixels drives light emission of the luminous element based on the driving method selection signal through one of a pulse width modulation (PWM) driving method or a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) driving method.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jun Young Jung, Myunghee Lee
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Patent number: 12354513Abstract: Disclosed are a driver circuit for a display, which is capable of a two-stage charge sharing operation, and an operating method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2024Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Chung Min Lee, Jong Min Park, Jung Min Choi
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Patent number: 12340774Abstract: An electro-optical device is provided and includes a plurality of first signal lines extending in a first direction on a substrate; a plurality of second signal lines extending in a second direction on the substrate, the second direction intersecting the first direction; a pixel area in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed; an outer peripheral edge of the pixel area having a curved portion or a bent portion; and a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and a third circuit block arranged along the outer peripheral edge, wherein the second circuit block is arranged between the first circuit block and the first circuit block, and a first gap between the first circuit bock and the second circuit block is different from a second gap between the second circuit block and the third circuit block.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Katsuya Anzai, Hideki Kawada, Hiroshi Matsuda, Yukitada Iwasaki
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Patent number: 12333988Abstract: A driving circuit, a driving method, and a display terminal are disclosed. A first output voltage is compared with a first starting voltage in a starting circuit in a first starting stage. If the first starting voltage is greater than the first output voltage, indicating that there is a risk of damaging a driving chip, a control unit turns off a control element to lower the first starting voltage in the starting circuit, to prevent the starting circuit outputting an excessively large voltage from damaging the driving chip in the first starting stage, so that the driving chip is protected.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wenfang Li
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Patent number: 12334019Abstract: A display device includes a pixel driving circuit, a first-type light-emitting element electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit, a second-type light-emitting element electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit, and a light path control layer disposed to overlap the second-type light-emitting element, where the light path control layer controls a path of light provided from the second-type light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinkoo Chung, Seong-Min Kim, Beohmrock Choi
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Patent number: 12334032Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of gate driving units, and each of the gate driving units includes a first transistor and a second transistor. By setting a second size of the second transistor to be greater than a first size of the first transistor, not only the working stability of the second transistor is improved, but also the coupling of a potential of an output terminal of the first transistor to a potential of an output terminal of the second transistor can be reduced or avoided.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wenbo Shi
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Patent number: 12314513Abstract: A method of driving an input sensor to detect a proximity of a user includes driving the input sensor in a direct sensing mode, the input sensor including first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes insulated from the first sensing electrodes, and upon determining the user is engaged in a call, driving the input sensor in in a first proximity sensing mode by applying a driving signal to each of the first sensing electrodes. when the user has not performed the direct touch, and driving the input sensor in a second proximity sensing mode by applying no driving signal to a first subset of the first sensing electrodes and applying the driving signal to a second other subset of the first sensing electrodes, when the user has performed the direct touch.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyojin Lee, Soongyu Lee, Jinwoo Kim, Woomi Bae
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Patent number: 12300190Abstract: Provided is a driving method of a display panel, which relates to a field of a display technology. The display panel includes a pixel array, the pixel array comprises a plurality of rows of sub-pixels, and the driving method includes: driving, in a same display frame, different sub-pixels in a row of the sub-pixels respectively by a forward driving signal and a negative driving signal, wherein a voltage conversion rate of the forward driving signal is greater than a voltage conversion rate of the negative driving signal under a same display gray scale. A driving circuit, a driving chip and a display device are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chongguang Wei, Weifan Yang, Lu Ding, Linlin Wang, Bo Feng, Xiaofeng Yin
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Patent number: 12293728Abstract: A method for driving a display apparatus includes: in a first refresh period which corresponds to a first refresh rate and includes a first effective phase and first ineffective phase(s), outputting a first image frame signal to a display panel of the display apparatus in the first effective phase, and outputting a first ineffective data signal to the display panel in a first ineffective phase; and in a second refresh period which corresponds to a second refresh rate and includes a second effective phase and second ineffective phase(s), outputting a second image frame signal to the display panel in the second effective phase, and outputting a second ineffective data signal to the display panel in a second ineffective phase. The first refresh rate is different from the second refresh rate, and the first ineffective data signal and the second ineffective data signal have different magnitudes in voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanzhang Zhu, Jian Li, Ting Han, Guoqiang Wu, Shuai Hou
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Patent number: 12260832Abstract: A display control system according to an embodiment includes: a processing device configured to calculate global dimming information for global dimming control on a backlight of a display device, and perform color correction on image data based on the global dimming information; and a circuit device configured to perform display control on the display device based on the image data from the processing device. The circuit device includes a dimming control circuit that calculates, based on the image data and the global dimming information from the processing device, local dimming information for local dimming control on the backlight, and a light source control circuit that performs light source control on the backlight based on the local dimming information from the dimming control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Noami, Yasutoshi Akiba
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Patent number: 12259611Abstract: An air-circulation-type touchscreen device includes a touch panel, an LCD device mounted behind the touch panel, a liquid crystal panel assembly disposed in front of the LCD device, an LCD device bracket fixing and supporting the LCD device, and at least one heated air circulation fan mounted behind the liquid crystal panel assembly to forcibly circulate heat between the touch panel and the liquid crystal panel assembly. A heated air flow space is defined between the touch panel and the liquid crystal panel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: OD HITEC CO., LTD.Inventor: Robin Yim
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Patent number: 12225166Abstract: A printing device includes: a case covering a printing mechanism; and an electrostatic touch panel provided at the case. The touch panel is provided at an angle from horizontal. At a bottom side of the touch panel, a wall for stopping a touch pen rolling down a surface of the touch panel is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Makoto Hoshina, Ichiro Yoshioka
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Patent number: 12211408Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating a lifetime of a display panel including first pixels disposed in a first display area and second pixels disposed in a second display area, includes: a controller for driving the first pixels with a first grayscale and the second pixels with a second grayscale during an aging period calculating a first current, a second current, and a third current, which are supplied to the display panel; a luminance calculator for calculating a first luminance of the first display area and calculating a second luminance of the second display area; and a corrector for calculating a first correction current and a second correction current. The controller calculates a first efficiency lifetime and a second efficiency lifetime, and evaluates the lifetime of the display panel based on the first efficiency lifetime and the second efficiency lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Si Jin Sung, Sae Ron Park
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Patent number: 12198637Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller configured to generate a first control signal using a first clock signal when driven at a first frame frequency, and generate a second control signal using a second clock signal when driven at a second frame frequency different from the first frame frequency, pixels connected to scan lines, data lines, and emission control lines, and an emission driver configured to supply an emission control signal to the emission control lines in response to an emission start signal included in the first control signal or the second control signal. The number of off periods of the emission control signal included in one frame driven at the first frame frequency is equal to the number of off periods of the emission control signal included in one frame driven at the second frame frequency.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTDInventors: Ga Ram Kim, Hun Bae Kim
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Patent number: 12189904Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yangyang Zhang, Yongda Ma, Liping Lei, Honglei Zhang