Patents Examined by David Tung
  • Patent number: 12100326
    Abstract: Discussed are a flexible display device, a rollable display apparatus including the flexible display device, and a method for controlling the flexible display device. According to embodiments, a sensing operation is performed based on whether a display panel included in the flexible display device moves and based on an exposed area of the display panel. Accordingly, an inaccurate sensed value due to a physical change of the display panel are not considered, such that accurate sensing and deterioration compensation for deterioration of the display panel can be achieved. Further, an image quality of each of the flexible display device, and the rollable display apparatus including the flexible display device can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangyong Kim, Sangjae Lee, Chanhui Seol
  • Patent number: 12093489
    Abstract: A sensor device includes: first sensors; second sensors generating a mutual capacitance with the first sensors; a sensor transmitter connected to the first sensors, the sensor transmitter supplying driving signals to the first sensors; and a sensor receiver connected to the second sensors. The sensor receiver receives sensing signals from the second sensors. The sensor receiver includes a band pass filter including a plurality of paths connected in parallel. A first path among the plurality of paths sequentially includes an input mixer, a filter, and an output mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Gun Ma, Moon Jae Jeong
  • Patent number: 12089500
    Abstract: A piezoelectric haptic structure includes a thin film, a structural plate and a piezoelectric actuator. The thin film is stacked on the structural plate. The structural plate includes a plate body, a vibrating portion and an elastic portion. The plate body has an inner wall. The inner wall defines a space. The vibrating portion is located in the space and is away from the inner wall. The vibrating portion has an outer wall. The outer wall and the inner wall define a gap therebetween. The elastic portion is elastically connected between the outer wall and the inner wall. The elastic portion seals the gap. The piezoelectric actuator is sandwiched between the thin film and the vibrating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Lai
  • Patent number: 12087191
    Abstract: A circuit board, a display module, and a display device are provided. The circuit board includes: a base substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; bonding pads on the first surface; test pads electrically connected to the bonding pads and disposed on the second surface; a test auxiliary structure on the second surface; and a metal layer on the second surface. The test auxiliary structure overlaps with the test pads along a first direction which is a direction perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface of the base substrate; and the metal layer includes a metal structure for transmitting a first signal and the test auxiliary structure is insulated from the metal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Ning Xu, Xiong Yang, Zhihua Yu
  • Patent number: 12062339
    Abstract: In a display device, each of pixels includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit which is connected to the light emitting element at a first node and drives the light emitting element in response to a corresponding driving scan signal among driving scan signals during a display period. The pixel circuit is connected to a corresponding readout line among readout lines at a second node. The sensing circuit senses a potential of the first node through the corresponding readout line during a blank period, and each of frames includes the display period and the blank period. At least two driving scan signals among the driving scan signals respectively include a plurality of rewriting periods, each of which is activated during the blank period corresponding thereto, and the rewriting periods of the driving scan signals have different durations from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Taek Kim, Byeong-Doo Kang, Jae Woo Ryu, Joonsuk Baik, Sekeun Lee
  • Patent number: 12061753
    Abstract: An input device including a switch connector having a plurality of electrical terminals fixedly mounted to a circuit board. The input device including a switch assembly magnetically coupled to the switch connector in a removable manner. The switch assembly including a switch adapter having a plurality of contact elements in engagement with the plurality of electrical terminals of the switch connector, and a switch fitted to the switch adapter with a plurality of leads of the switch electrically connected to the plurality of contact elements of the switch adapter. The switch adapter being between the switch connector and the switch. The input device including a magnetic catch arrangement having a first catch unit at the circuit board and a second catch unit at the switch adapter which coact with each other to magnetically couple the switch assembly to the switch connector. A corresponding switch assembly thereof and a computer mouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Sern Gwee, Wooi Liang Chin, Jian Yao Lien, Farrukh Raza Rizvi
  • Patent number: 12062345
    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: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungyong Shin, Kyehoon Lee, Sungyeol Kim, Jonghoon Jung
  • Patent number: 12057065
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a pixel driving method and a display device are proposed. In a threshold detecting phase, a threshold voltage of a first TFT is detected. In a data write-in phase, data voltage is written into the first node to alleviate the coupling effect of the voltage variation of the first node on the third node such that the voltage of the third node could be stabilized. In a light emitting phase, the first capacitor and the light emitting diode work together to compensate for the threshold voltage, IR drop in the signal and the unevenness of the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 12039120
    Abstract: A processing system includes sensor circuitry and processing circuitry. The sensor circuitry is configured to, using the sensor electrodes, obtain capacitive measurements of a sensing region, and obtain a resistance measurement of the sensing region. The processing circuitry is coupled to the sensor circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a location of an input object using the capacitive measurements of the sensing region and determine a force value based on the resistance measurement and the location of the input object. Determining the force value mitigates a temperature variation of the sensing region affecting the resistance measurement. The processing circuitry is further configured to report the force value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Tom Vandermeijden
  • Patent number: 12039923
    Abstract: An emission driver includes stages including a first group of stages. Each of the stages of the first group among the stages include a first carry signal output component that outputs a carry signal having a turn-on level based on a voltage of a first node, and outputs the carry signal having a turn-off level based on a voltage of a second node; a first emission signal output component that outputs an emission signal having a turn-on level based on the voltage of the first node, and outputs the emission signal having a turn-off level based on the voltage of the second node; a first node voltage setting component that sets the voltage of the first node; and a second node voltage setting component that sets the voltage of the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jin Lee, Bon Yong Koo, Gyung Soon Park, Dan Won Lim, Jae Yong Jang
  • Patent number: 12039155
    Abstract: A screen content magnification method and device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes steps of: starting an magnifier function after a starting instruction of the magnifier function is detected, starting a camera device to acquire an area image of a preset area, and detecting whether a finger image corresponding to the finger of a user exists in the area image; if it is detected that a finger image exists in the area image, determining, on the basis of the finger image, position coordinates of the finger of the user in the area image; and determining size data of a touch screen, determining, on the basis of the size data and the position coordinates, a corresponding position to be magnified, and magnifying, on the basis of the magnifier function, screen content of a position area corresponding to the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventor: Jing Liu
  • Patent number: 12033567
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels which are connected to first scan lines, second scan lines, third scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines; a scan driver which supplies a bias scan signal to each of the third scan lines at a first frequency and supplies a scan signal to each of the first scan line and the second scan line at a second frequency which corresponds to an image refresh rate of each of the pixels; an emission driver which supplies an emission control signal to each of the emission control lines at the first frequency; a data driver which supplies a data signal to each of the data lines at the second frequency; and a timing controller which controls driving of the scan driver, the emission driver, and the data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Kim, Na Young Kim, Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 12020649
    Abstract: A display can include a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, and a gate driver circuit including a plurality of row drivers configured as a shift register that sequentially and individually addresses the rows. The display panel can also include a first clock circuit configured to provide a first set of clock signals to a first portion of the row drivers to address a respective first portion of the rows. The first clock circuit can include a signal distribution circuit having a first input impedance. The display panel can also include a second clock circuit configured to provide a second set of clock signals to a second portion of the row drivers to address a respective second portion of the rows. The second clock circuit can include a signal distribution circuit having a second input impedance that is matched with the first input impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sangmoo Choi, Janghoon Song
  • Patent number: 12008967
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel with a first display area having a first light transmittance and a second display area having a second light transmittance higher than the first light transmittance. The display device also includes a driving controller which divides an image signal into a first image signal corresponding to a first pixel unit in the first display area and a second image signal corresponding to a second pixel unit and a non-pixel unit adjacent to the second pixel unit. The display controller calculates the second image signal with a preset kernel matrix, and outputs a data signal corresponding to the second pixel unit in the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deokhwa Woo, Jeonkyoo Kim, Kuk-Hwan Ahn, Myungwoo Lee, Bitna Lee, Manseung Cho
  • Patent number: 12008178
    Abstract: A device including a mechanical input and a touch-sensitive surface for detecting one or more touch inputs and an input from the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs, and a second portion for detecting at least the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs and the mechanical input. The mechanical input can comprise an electrically conductive material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the mechanical input and the touch-sensitive surface. The device can include a sensing element, the mechanical input can comprise an electrically insulating material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the touch-sensitive surface and the sensing element. The device can include logic to differentiate between the touch inputs and the mechanical input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Christopher Werner, Colin M. Ely, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 11996029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for supplying power to a display device and provides a device which checks a control value for each mode stored in a memory according to a mode indication signal in a simple form received from an external device and controls operation states of power converting circuits in each mode according to the control value for each mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Sik Yoon, Hong Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11989358
    Abstract: Touch-based input devices, such as a stylus, can receive tactile input from a user. The tactile input functions can be performed by a touch sensor, such as a capacitive sensing device. A touch sensor can be integrated into a stylus in a low profile form. Tactile input can be received at the user's natural grip location. Furthermore, the stylus can effectively distinguish between tactile inputs from a user and disregard sustained tactile inputs that are provided while the user simply holds the stylus at the user's natural grip location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Blake R. Marshall, Reza Nasiri Mahalati, Wing Kong Low, Izhar Bentov, Ashwin Kumar Asoka Kumar Shenoi, Henry N. Tsao, Supratik Datta, Wesley W. Zuber, Nandita Venugopal, Karan S. Jain
  • Patent number: 11983349
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a sensor includes: a substrate including a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region; detection electrodes arranged in a row-column configuration in the display region; and detection lines coupled to the respective detection electrodes. A shape of the substrate in a plan view includes a curve of a curved portion. The detection electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode having a shape different from that of the first electrode in a plan view. The second electrode is juxtaposed with the curved portion. The detection lines each include a first line coupled to the first electrode and a second line coupled to the second electrode. The second line passes from the display region across the peripheral region and extends to a position overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Yoshinori Aoki, Kazune Matsumura, Masateru Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11983378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for tracking an end of a utensil equipped with a magnetic object, wherein a parameter K(tn) representative of a contact between the end and a reference surface of a touch sensor is determined, and when contact is detected: an actual value D1(k+1) of the distance D1 between the end and the magnetic object is determined, on the basis of a value D1I(k+1) of a distance, referred to as the projected distance D1I between the position PA(tn) of the magnetic object and a position PI(tn) of a point of intersection between the reference surface and a straight line collinear with the magnetic moment m(tn), then the recorded value of the distance D1 is updated on the basis of the actual determined value D1(k+1) of the distance D1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED MAGNETIC INTERACTION, AMI
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Dupre La Tour, Tristan Hautson
  • Patent number: 11978393
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first capacitor, a third transistor, a second capacitor, and a fourth transistor. The first transistor is configured to receive a power voltage. The second transistor is configured to receive a data voltage and is coupled to a gate terminal of the first transistor. The first capacitor is coupled between the gate terminal of the first transistor and a source terminal of the first transistor. The third transistor is coupled between the source terminal of the first transistor and a light-emitting element. The second capacitor is coupled between the source terminal of the first transistor and a reference voltage. The fourth transistor is coupled between the source terminal of the first transistor and a reset voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Shing-Ron Huang