Patents Examined by Dismery Mercedes
  • Patent number: 11120244
    Abstract: A method for controlling a digital device according to the present application can control the device so as to execute a command corresponding to a single fingerprint or a plurality of fingerprints using a sheet capable of simultaneously recognizing a plurality of fingerprints. Accordingly, a user's usability can be greatly improved, and a complicated encryption function using a plurality of fingerprints can be implemented, so that the security of the digital device can be greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Min Soo Song, Jae Jin Kim, Dae Han Seo, Sang Choll Han
  • Patent number: 11107430
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for preventing false output of a GOA circuit in a display panel. The method includes providing N clock signals respectively to N GOA units in each of M groups of GOA units cascaded in series. The N clock signals are outputted time-sequentially from a 1st clock signal to a N-th clock signal. The method additionally includes counting a first total number of pulses of the 1st clock signal and a second total number of pulses of the N-th clock signal, comparing each of them to M, and generating a reset signal based on a determination that at least one of the first total number of pulses and the second total number of pulses is smaller than M. The method furthermore includes releasing residual charges of the GOA circuit without outputting any gate-driving signal for a duration of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanyuan Liu, Jianjun Wang, Hongjun Wang, Min Wang, Rui Ma
  • Patent number: 11093030
    Abstract: An operation determination device that determines a change in the facing direction of a user's face as a contact-free operation on a display image includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image that is captured of the user's face and an image processing unit that performs image processing on the captured image and detects the direction of the user's face. The image processing unit includes a first processing unit that detects a portion of the user's face in the captured image and a second processing unit that determines the direction of the user's face in relation to a display surface that displays the display image, on the basis of the portion of the user's face detected in the captured image. The first processing unit includes hardware that executes specific detection processes, and the second processing unit includes one or more processors executing software that execute processes according to output from the first processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroji Akahori
  • Patent number: 11087703
    Abstract: A gate driver IC includes a first diode, a second diode, a first comparator, a second comparator, and a judgement circuit. The first comparator compares a first potential difference between both ends of the first diode and a first threshold. The second comparator compares a second potential difference between both ends of the second diode and a second threshold. Based on comparison results of the first comparator and the second comparator, the judgement circuit determines occurrence of disconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11087690
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a display device, a control method and a control circuit. The display substrate includes a bending area. The bending area includes a plurality of first sub-pixels and a plurality of other sub-pixels having a light emission color different from a light emission color of the first sub-pixels. The plurality of first sub-pixels are electrically connected to a first power supply voltage terminal for providing a first power supply voltage. The other sub-pixels are electrically connected to other power supply voltage terminals different from the first power supply voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Lu, Hengzhen Liang, Xiaolong Zhu, Lianbin Liu, Fan Li, Shihao Wang, Huan Meng, Wen Xu
  • Patent number: 11074866
    Abstract: The light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a plurality of gate lines passing through the display area of the substrate, a plurality of data lines passing through the display area of the substrate, a plurality of pixel driving power lines passing through the display area of the substrate, a plurality of pixels respectively provided in the plurality of pixel areas of the substrate and connected to an adjacent gate line, an adjacent data line, and an adjacent pixel driving power line, and a gate buffer provided in the display area of the substrate and connected to a corresponding gate line of the plurality of gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Rok Kim, Kimin Son
  • Patent number: 11048303
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a foldable body transitionable between an unfolded state and a folded state; a flexible display device disposed on a front face of the body, the flexible display being foldable together with the body; and a cover that enclosing at least a portion of a rear face of the body, the cover being foldable together with the body. The flexible display may include an exposed region that remains visible when the foldable body is in the folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woon-Geun Kwak, Jung-Sik Park, Jae-Ouk Chung, Do-Hun Cha, Kyung-Jung Kim, Seung-Won Oh
  • Patent number: 11042226
    Abstract: Techniques that modify traditional input devices (e.g., traditional computer mouse form factor) to interact with the virtual reality (VR) devices are described. Such modification allows the VR devices the ability to track the position and orientation of the mouse in the 3 dimensional (3D) VR without requiring extensive complex hardware typically included in VR motion controllers. Specifically, the traditional mouse form factor may be merged with 3D constellation based tracking elements (e.g., LEDs) with minimal form-factor modifications. The constellation tracking elements may include a plurality of fiducial markers on the mouse that may be detected by an imaging sensor, and thus allow tracking with a single imaging sensor (e.g., either head-mounted or fixed position).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Alan Holverson, Yijie Wang, Alexandru Octavian Balan
  • Patent number: 11043186
    Abstract: A method for transmitting image data to a display device at high speed is provided. Image data to be transmitted is input to a phase modulation portion, and is mixed with a high-frequency carrier wave. The carrier wave is modulated with a technique of phase-shift keying, and output to a transmission line determined in consideration of the transmission characteristics of the high-frequency wave. A phase regulating portion of the phase modulation portion has a function of adjusting the amount of change in phase with the use of an electric signal. A phase demodulation portion beyond the transmission line demodulates the modulated carrier wave and extracts the image data. The multi-bit image data can be transmitted by the technique of the phase-shift keying. The high-speed transmission enables serial conversion of the original image data and decreases the number of transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kunitake, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11023052
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for outputting a command by detecting a movement of an object, which includes the following steps. First, an image capturing device captures images generated by the movement of the object at different timings by. Next, a motion trajectory is calculated according to the plurality of images. Further next, a corresponding command is outputted according to the motion trajectory. The present invention also provides a system which employs the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Huang, Yi-Fang Lee, Ming-Tsan Kao, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 11024250
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator generating a gate on voltage and a gate off voltage, a gate driver generating a gate signal provided to the pixel using the gate on voltage and the gate off voltage, and providing the gate signal to the pixels, a data driver providing a data signal to the pixels, and a timing controller generating control signals that control the gate driver and the data driver. Each of the pixels includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. A voltage level of the gate off voltage provided to the red sub-pixel, a voltage level of the gate off voltage provided to the green sub-pixel, and a voltage level of the gate off voltage provided to the blue sub-pixel are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Wook Kim, Yeon-Sung Kim, Choongseob Oh, Okyi Lee, Hyun-Seok Jeong, Jin Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 11016586
    Abstract: A method of using an active stylus and a sensor controller is provided including generally four steps. The active stylus, in response to a trigger indicative of a pen lowering operation, sends replaceable pen tip information indicating a type of a replaceable pen tip that forms a pen tip of the active stylus. The sensor controller receives the replaceable pen tip information and identifies the replaceable pen tip type of the active stylus. The active stylus repeatedly sends a data signal including a pen pressure value applied to the replaceable pen tip. The sensor controller derives a position of the active stylus based on the data signal using a position deriving method that corresponds to the replaceable pen tip information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Yamamoto, Yasuo Oda, Masahiko Yamada
  • Patent number: 10955973
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes outputting a first current associated with a first electrode track of a self-capacitance touch sensor. The method also includes outputting a second current associated with a second electrode track of the self-capacitance touch sensor. The method also includes measuring a voltage associated with a difference between the first and second currents and determining a position of an object relative to the self-capacitance touch sensor based on the voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Brillant, Steinar Myren, Terje Saether
  • Patent number: 10942583
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure determine the current context of a user or a wearable device of the user. User input is received to select one or more of context-dependent events from a plurality of past, current and future events. In some examples, one or more events from the plurality of past, current and future events and a part of the current context are captured by sensors available on the wearable device. Responsive to receiving the user input, one or more of the plurality of events are selected based on the determined current context and a direction of the user input. At least one of the selected one or more of the plurality of events is displayed on the wearable device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Manoj Sharma
  • Patent number: 10943525
    Abstract: A display device comprises a plurality of pixels and a plurality of multiplexers. Each of the plurality of multiplexers is coupled with N data lines, and configured to receive N?1 switching signals and a data signal. N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 3, and each of the N data lines is coupled with one column of pixels of the plurality of pixels. When any of the N?1 switching signals has an enabling voltage level, the multiplexer is disabled from transmitting the data signal to an N-th data line of the N data lines. When each of the N?1 switching signals has a disabling voltage level, the multiplexer transmits the data signal to the N-th data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ping-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 10896647
    Abstract: A device is interposed between a first device display port and a second device display port. The device passes through signals provided from the first device display port to the second device display port except when predefined signals are detected. For the predefined signals, the device translates the predefined signals received from the first device display port into different signals that are provided to the second device display port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Richard E. Brown
  • Patent number: 10890312
    Abstract: A display device including a protruding-plate includes the protruding-plate, a thin-film-layer, a transparent-base-material, a first-concealing-layer, a light-diffusion-layer, a light-color-toning-layer, and a second-concealing-layer. The first-concealing-layer is disposed closer to the protruding-plate than the second-concealing-layer and the light-color-toning-layer to the protruding-plate. The protruding-plate, the transparent-base-material, the thin-film-layer, and the second-concealing-layer include a greater thickness in this order. The second-concealing-layer, the first-concealing-layer, and the light-diffusion-layer have a same thickness. The light-diffusion-layer is thicker than the light-color-toning-layer. The transparent-base-material and the thin-film-layer have a same light transmittance. The thin-film-layer, the protruding-plate, the light-diffusion-layer, the light-color-toning-layer, the first-concealing-layer, and the second-concealing-layer have a higher light transmittance in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Kaneuchi, Hideaki Nakagawa, Masaki Kontani
  • Patent number: 10885830
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting driving circuits. The plurality of light-emitting driving circuits are disposed on the substrate. Each of the plurality of light-emitting driving circuits includes a switch component and a pulse modulation unit. The switch component has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the switch component is coupled to a comparison signal line. The pulse modulation unit has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the pulse modulation unit is coupled to a data line, and the second terminal of the pulse modulation unit is coupled to the second terminal of the switch component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Chun Tseng, Chin-Lung Ting, Kung-Chen Kuo, Ker-Yih Kao, Chung-Kuang Wei, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Li-Wei Mao, Ho-Tien Chen, Cheng-Fu Wen
  • Patent number: 10871843
    Abstract: A bonding area structure and a method of manufacturing the same, a panel and a touch display device are provided, the bonding area structure includes a substrate; a light blocking layer on a surface of the substrate; a patterned electrode on a side of the light blocking layer away from the substrate; a metal connection portion on a surface of the patterned electrode away from the light blocking layer for bonding with an external circuit; and an etch barrier on a side of the light blocking layer away from the substrate and at least in a region where no patterned electrode is disposed so as to cover a portion of the light blocking layer exposed by the patterned electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Ma, Yichuan Tan
  • Patent number: 10866675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a force touch display device and a force touch control method. The force touch display device includes a substrate, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) layer disposed on the substrate, a strain layer disposed on the OLED layer, and a touch function layer disposed on the strain layer; wherein the OLED layer comprises an anode disposed on the substrate, a light emission layer disposed on the anode, and a cathode disposed on the light emission layer and comprising a pressure detecting pattern; wherein when force touch is performed, touch detection is performed by the touch function layer, and pressure detection is performed by cooperation of the cathode and the touch function layer. By multiplexing the cathode of the OLED as a pressure induction electrodes, the force touch can be achieved without increase of a thickness of a product to improve competitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bi Chen