Patents Examined by Deeprose Subedi
  • Patent number: 12386466
    Abstract: An active stylus is provided, which can reduce battery power consumption and reduce the time required for its signal transmission. A position detection device includes a tablet and the stylus having a built-in power source, which are capable of bi-directional transmission and reception of signals through capacitive coupling therebetween. The tablet is configured to transmit a trigger signal US_trg and then transmit a command signal US_cmd to the stylus. The trigger signal US_trg causes the stylus to start its command information receiver to receive the command signal US_cmd including information for controlling the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Katsurahira, Hideyuki Hara
  • Patent number: 12379811
    Abstract: A flexible display device including a display panel providing a base surface and a touch screen disposed on the base surface. The display panel may include a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area disposed adjacent to the light emitting areas. A plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of insulating layers of the touch screen may have a mesh shape through which openings corresponding to the plurality of light emitting areas are defined. Accordingly, a flexibility of the flexible display device is improved, and the touch electrode is prevented from being cracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dohyun Kwon, Choongyoul Im, Mi Jang, Minjung Lee, Hyoungwook Jang, Kyuyoung Kim, Mugyeom Kim, Dongki Lee, Junghun Lee, Jangdoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12379816
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a display substrate and a touch panel. The touch panel includes multiple touch electrodes. At least one of the touch electrodes includes multiple grid patterns enclosed by metal wires. At least one of the grid patterns includes a first edge, second edge, third edge and fourth edge that form a ring. The first edge and the third edge extend in a second direction. The second edge and the fourth edge extend in a first direction. A shape of the grid pattern includes a first curved ring, a second curved ring, a third curved ring, or a fourth curved ring. A first edge and third edge of the first curved ring are curves curved towards a direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Zhang, Yi Zhang, Ping Wen, Peng Xu, Chang Luo, Linhong Han, Weiyun Huang, Youngyik Ko, Yuanqi Zhang, Cong Fan
  • Patent number: 12375453
    Abstract: A smart display system for displaying content on multiple display screens. Execution of the computer program instructions by one or more processor implements modules, servers, databases, components, and services, in which a (MUFID) Services module is: operatively associated with a smart display services module; operatively associated with a Smart Data Entry module; and operatively associated with a smart display frontend module. An OAG provides realtime flight data. An Information Integrator component provides smart display MUFID services for fetching the flight data from the OAG and storing the flight data into a My SQL database. An Open Integrator Hub component provides smart display services, which contain business logic to manage flight content and reads the flight data from the My SQL database and provides realtime changes to a Smart Display Admin App. The one or more processor controls the multiple display screens to display content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
    Inventors: Satyanarayana Ramisetty, Dhamotharakkannan Seenivasagam, Goutam Kundu, Sarathy Chelladurai, Someshwar Gotike, Kevin Poplar, Sushant Gulati
  • Patent number: 12364461
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for controlling an ultrasound machine using one or more touchless inputs. In one embodiment, the method for controlling operation of the ultrasound machine comprises obtaining one or more touchless inputs; determining one or more operations to control the ultrasound machine based on the one or more touchless inputs and machine state of the ultrasound machine; and controlling the ultrasound machine using the one or more operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventor: Davinder S. Dhatt
  • Patent number: 12353667
    Abstract: An information processing system includes: an information processing apparatus; and a position indicator configured to input position information to the information processing apparatus. The position indicator includes: a first sensor configured to detect a movement amount of a fingertip of a user, a second sensor configured to detect a tilt of the position indicator, and a transmission section configured to transmit data indicative of the movement amount detected by the first sensor and of the tilt detected by the second sensor. The information processing apparatus includes: a reception section configured to receive the data transmitted from the position indicator, and a first processor configured to control a movement of a display object displayed on a display screen on the basis of the tilt and the movement amount indicated by the data received by the reception section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Onoda
  • Patent number: 12322308
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit and a display device are provided, wherein the gate drive circuit includes cascaded shift registers. In each shift register, a scan output terminal is electrically connected to a scan signal line, and a pull-down module transmits a voltage of a power node to the scan output terminal when the pull-down module is conducting. In odd-numbered rows, the power node electrically connects a first detection signal line, while in even-numbered rows, the power node electrically connects a second detection signal line. When the gate drive circuit is in a driving state, the first detection signal line and the second detection signal line transmit a first voltage to the scan signal lines when the pull-down modules are conducting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Guangzhou China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhihua Li
  • Patent number: 12314523
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a touch substrate, a touch substrate and a touch device. The method includes: forming, through a splicing exposure process, a first electrode layer including a metal strip in an edge region thereof and a first metal mesh pattern connected with the metal strip; forming, on one side of the first electrode layer and through a splicing exposure process, a second electrode layer including a metal strip in an edge region thereof and a second metal mesh pattern connected with the metal strip and insulated from the first metal mesh pattern, the metal strip of the first electrode layer directly contacting the metal strip of the second electrode layer to form a metal stack; and forming a wire electrically connected with one of the first and metal mesh patterns of the first and second electrode layers by using the metal stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xue Zhao, Xiaodong Xie, Min He, Tengfei Zhong, Xinxiu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Huayu Sang
  • Patent number: 12296683
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a composite structure comprising a cover structure comprising a cover base, a cover layer and a cover surface. The cover structure may provide a user interface comprising an input device. The cover layer may cover at least a portion of the cover base. The cover base may comprise a core and a perimeter. The cover layer may deform between the core and the perimeter. The core may provide the cover surface for the input device. The cover layer may be softer than the cover base. The cover layer may be molded on the cover base. The cover layer may comprise a projection fit within a recess in the cover base. The cover surface may comprise a surface of the core projecting above a surface of the cover layer. The cover structure may comprise a decorative layer on the cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Kring, Dale Todd Glynn, Scott Allen Hansen
  • Patent number: 12302706
    Abstract: A thin film transistor, in one or more examples, includes a semiconductor layer, an upper gate electrode overlapped with the semiconductor layer, an upper insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the upper gate electrode, a first lower gate electrode overlapped with the semiconductor layer, a second lower gate electrode disposed between the semiconductor layer and the first lower gate electrode, overlapped with the semiconductor layer, and configured to have a width smaller than that of the upper gate electrode, a first lower insulating layer disposed between the first lower gate electrode and the second lower gate electrode, and a second lower insulating layer disposed between the second lower gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. A display apparatus including a thin film transistor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moonho Park, Sangsoon Noh, Dongchae Shin, Sunyoung Choi, Mijin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12300154
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, a photoelectric detector, and a display surface. The photoelectric detector is located on a side that is of the substrate and that is close to the display surface. The photoelectric detector includes a PN junction or a PIN junction. The photoelectric detector is configured to be reverse biased or zero biased when the display apparatus works in an ambient light detection stage to generate a photo-generated current under illumination of ambient light and detect ambient light information. The photoelectric detector is disposed above the substrate, and ambient light needs to penetrate only a part of a film layer structure of the display panel to be received by the photoelectric detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sulin Yang, Yapeng Li
  • Patent number: 12293053
    Abstract: A touch structure, a touch display panel, and a display device are provided. The touch structure includes a substrate and a first metal grid electrode layer, an insulating layer, a second metal grid electrode layer on the substrate. The first metal grid electrode layer is on a side of the second metal grid electrode layer away from the substrate; the first metal grid electrode layer includes a plurality of first metal grids formed by a plurality of first metal lines, the second metal grid electrode layer includes a plurality of second metal grids formed by a plurality of second metal lines, first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines and second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines have same line extension directions, respectively, and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kemeng Tong, Cong Fan, Fan He, Yu Wang, Xiangdan Dong, Jiangtao Deng
  • Patent number: 12271565
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch display device and a display panel. The touch display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of X-touch electrode lines, which extend in a first direction and receive a touch driving signal through a plurality of X-touch lines, and a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines, which extend in a second direction and transmit a touch sensing signal through a plurality of Y-touch lines, are disposed, and a touch driving circuit configured to supply the touch driving signal to the plurality of X-touch electrode lines and receive the touch sensing signal from the Y-touch electrode line to sense a touch, wherein overlapping areas in which at least some of the plurality of X-touch lines overlap at least some of the plurality of Y-touch lines are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungsu Ha, Wooram Oh
  • Patent number: 12253880
    Abstract: An extended display screen includes a display body, a key device. The key device is connected to the display body, and the key device is electrically connected to the display body. By integrating the display body and the key device together, an integrated design of a display device and a keyboard device is achieved, making the device more compact, easy to carry, and simplifying an assembly and use process of the device. At the same time, due to the integrated design, the extended display screen doesn't need to use an external bracket, reducing occupation of desktop space, making the user's working area cleaner and more compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Liling Yu
  • Patent number: 12250868
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the first area, a protection film disposed under the substrate, a dummy film disposed under the protection film, and an opening in the protection film, wherein the opening overlaps the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-sung Park, Seongsik Ahn
  • Patent number: 12240327
    Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a composite structure comprising a cover structure comprising a cover base, a cover layer and a cover surface; and a user interface system to present a user interface at the cover surface. The user interface system may comprise a light display and/or input device and/or actuator to provide feedback at the cover surface. The user interface may comprise the input device. The cover layer may cover at least a portion of the cover base. The cover base may comprise a core and a perimeter. The cover layer may be light-transmissive. The cover base may be opaque. The cover layer may form an illuminated border around the core. The cover layer may deform between the core and the perimeter. The cover structure may be integrally-formed. The cover layer may be molded on the cover base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Christopher Kring, Dale Todd Glynn, Scott Allen Hansen
  • Patent number: 12242684
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a touch display device. As a shape of a touch electrode adjacent to a boundary of an active area is implemented according to an arrangement structure of a light-emitting area of a subpixel, a touch sensing structure can be disposed to be suitable to an image display structure of a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaeGyun Lee, JiHyun Jung, SuChang An, Ruda Rhe, Hyangmyoung Gwon, DeukSu Lee
  • Patent number: 12236054
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a substrate; a circuit layer on the substrate; a light emitting element layer on the circuit layer; and a sensor layer on the light emitting element layer, and including: a first sensing electrode including first patterns, and a first bridge pattern electrically connected to the first patterns; a second sensing electrode extending in a first direction crossing the first sensing electrode; a first electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a second electrode including second patterns, and a second bridge pattern electrically connected to the second patterns. One of the first patterns includes a first region overlapping with the first electrode; one of the second patterns includes a second region overlapping with the second sensing electrode; and a first area of the first region is less than a second area of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12236033
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display unit having a circuit area and a plurality of transparent areas. The display unit includes a plurality of signal lines located in the circuit area, a plurality of pixel circuits electrically connected to the signal lines and located in the circuit area, a plurality of light-emitting elements driven by the pixel circuits and located in the circuit area, and an encapsulation layer located in the circuit area and the plurality of transparent areas. At least one of the plurality of transparent areas is enclosed by the circuit area. A first thickness of the encapsulation layer located in the circuit area is different from a second thickness of the encapsulation layer located in the at least one of the plurality of transparent areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12230096
    Abstract: A anti-peeping method of a display screen includes a display process and a hiding process: removing a cover; recognizing, by an optical sensor, a brightness change from dark to bright, and transmitting a signal to a display screen; displaying, by the display screen, a virtual card; returning the cover; recognizing, by the optical sensor, a brightness from bright to dark, and transmitting a signal to the display screen; and canceling, by the display screen, the display of the virtual card. The anti-peeping method eliminates the risk of being peeped at. The electronic game table includes a table body, a public screen, player screens, and a signal processing module. A user clicks on the public screen to trig a dealing instruction, and the signal processing module is configured to receive the dealing instruction, randomly send card data to a plurality of player screens, and display patterns on the display screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Beitefulai Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xiaodong Zhang