Patents Examined by Dong Hui Liang
  • Patent number: 11990099
    Abstract: Provided a source driver integrated circuit (IC) and a display driving device eliminating an existing input pad and internal wiring of a source driver integrated circuit (IC) for receiving a sensing reference voltage from an external voltage source by allowing the sensing reference voltage for initializing pixels during sensing of the pixels to be generated by an internal voltage source, rather than the external voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Ji, Ho Sung Hong, Ye Ji Lee, Jung Bae Yun
  • Patent number: 11989345
    Abstract: A method includes determining a measured eye gaze position of an eye of a user. The method also includes determining a first incremental change in the measured eye gaze position by processing the measured eye gaze position by a long short-term memory (LSTM) model, and determining a first predicted eye gaze position of the eye at a first future time based on the measured eye gaze position and the first incremental change. The method additionally includes determining a second incremental change in the first predicted eye gaze position by processing the first predicted eye gaze position by the LSTM model, and determining a second predicted eye gaze position of the eye at a second future time subsequent to the first future time based on the first predicted eye gaze position and the second incremental change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gautam Prasad, Dmitry Lagun, Florian Schroff
  • Patent number: 11989367
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of touch electrodes at least partially located on the substrate in a display area; a plurality of touch leads located on the substrate, one ends of the touch leads being coupled to the touch electrodes, and the other ends of the touch leads being located in a peripheral area; a plurality of data leads located on the substrate in the peripheral area; and a plurality of shield lines located on the substrate in the peripheral area, orthographic projections of the shield lines on the substrate being located between orthographic projections of the touch leads on the substrate and orthographic projections of the data leads on the substrate, and at least two of the plurality of shield lines in the display panel being connected to each other in a shorted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhu Wang, Ling Shi, Fei Fang
  • Patent number: 11990093
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels electrically connected to first scan lines, second scan lines, and emission lines, a first scan driver that applies first scan signals to the first scan lines, a second scan driver that applies second scan signals to the second scan lines, an emission control driver that applies emission signals to the emission lines, and a power supply that generates and outputs a first high voltage and a second high voltage. The second scan driver receives the first high voltage. The first scan driver and the emission control driver share the second high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Su Na, Yang Wan Kim, Jung Hun Yi, Min Woo Byun
  • Patent number: 11978406
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels connected to power lines to which a pixel driving voltage and a reference voltage are applied, a plurality of data lines to which data voltages of pixel data of an input image are applied, and a plurality of gate lines to which a gate signal is applied; a display panel driver configured to write the pixel data of the input image to the plurality of pixels during a display mode of the display device and to write preset sensing data to the plurality of pixels during a sensing mode of the display device; and a sensing unit configured to simultaneously sense the plurality of the pixels by measuring a current flowing through a first power line from the plurality of power lines to which the pixel driving voltage is applied to the plurality of pixels during the sensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Gi Hong, Jong Hee Hwang
  • Patent number: 11960664
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen which communicates with a position detection sensor through electromagnetic induction, including a coil, a columnar magnetic core including a through hole in an axial direction of the magnetic core, a capacitor constituting a resonant circuit together with the coil, and a rod-shaped core body inserted through the through hole of the magnetic core, in which the magnetic core includes a front portion, a back portion, and a middle portion interposed between the front portion and the back portion, an outside diameter of the middle portion is smaller than an outside diameter of the front portion of the magnetic core and an outside diameter of the back portion of the magnetic core, and the coil is wound around the middle portion of the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11955059
    Abstract: Method, apparatuses, and systems are described to display image data to a sub-pixel within a micro-LED (mLED) display. A sub-pixel image data value is stored at the sub-pixel. The sub-pixel is turned to an ON state. A shared row counter value is provided to the sub-pixel. The shared row counter value and the sub-pixel image data value are compared at the sub-pixel. The sub-pixel is turned to an OFF state if the shared row counter value is equal to or greater than the sub-pixel image data value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FORTH DIMENSION DISPLAY, LTD
    Inventor: Christopher Robert Chalmers
  • Patent number: 11955091
    Abstract: A method of driving a display device, which includes a plurality of segments, each including a plurality of pixels, includes comparing grayscales of first image data of a first frame with respect to a segment among the plurality of segments and grayscales of a second image data of a second frame after the first frame with respect to the segment, modulating the second image data to generate first modulated data when the grayscales of the first image data are equal to the grayscales of the second image data, and providing data voltages to the segment based on the first modulated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sukhun Lee, Kihyun Pyo
  • Patent number: 11954325
    Abstract: Vehicle systems and methods are provided for associating text entry components with software applications in a decoupled software environment. One method involves a user input management service associating a user input from a user input device with an interactive application based on a location associated with the user input, providing the user input to the application based on the association, wherein the application responds to the user input, receiving indication of selection of a text input element by the user input from the application. In response to the indication of selection of the text input element, the user input management service associates a text entry component with the application and thereafter provides a text input received from the associated text entry component to the application based on the association between the text entry component and the application, wherein the application responds to the text input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Steven Boswell, Sonia Dodd, Sean Caufield
  • Patent number: 11942045
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the pixels, and a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the pixels. The display device also includes a controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver, and to control the magnitude of a sensing initialization voltage applied to the pixels based on a frame rate value when operating in a variable frame mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Seok Ha, Koung Soo Kim, Kyu Jin Park, Sung Jae Park, Seung Woon Shin, Woon Rok Jang
  • Patent number: 11935902
    Abstract: The display substrate includes: a display area and a bezel area, the display area including a first display area and a second display area; first light emitting devices in the first display area and second light emitting devices in the second display area; first pixel drive circuits in the bezel area and second pixel drive circuits in the second display area, the first pixel drive circuits are connected to the first light emitting devices, and the second pixel drive circuits are connected to the second light emitting devices; and data lines in the second display area, each data line being connected to the first pixel drive circuits and the second pixel drive circuits which are respectively electrically connected to a column of first light emitting devices and a column of second light emitting devices, which are in the same column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiwei Wang, Yue Long, Zhi Wang, Lili Du, Yuanyou Qiu
  • Patent number: 11922889
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines and a plurality of sensing lines connected to the pixels are arranged, a first driving circuit connected to data lines and sensing lines arranged in a first pixel column and a second pixel column adjacent to the first pixel column, and a second driving circuit connected to data lines and sensing lines arranged in a third pixel column adjacent to the second pixel column and a fourth pixel column adjacent to the third pixel column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungkeun Park, Jungtaek Kim, Kyunho Kim, Joonsuk Baik, Sekeun Lee, Sangsu Han
  • Patent number: 11908405
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display device including the same are disclosed. The pixel circuit of this disclosure includes a driving element including a first electrode connected to a first node to which a pixel driving voltage is applied, a gate electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node, and configured to supply an electric current to a light emitting element; a first switch element configured to be turned on according to a gate-on voltage of a scan pulse to supply a data voltage to the second node; and a second switch element configured to be turned off according to a gate-off voltage of a light emitting control pulse generated in antiphase of the scan pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Won Lee, Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11908403
    Abstract: A driving circuit of a light-emitting device, a backlight module and a display panel are disclosed in the present disclosure. The driving circuit of the light-emitting device includes a light-emitting device, a driving transistor, a data signal writing module, a first power signal writing module, a second power signal writing module, a light-emitting control module, and a storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Quansheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11900868
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes multiple pixel units, multiple scan lines, multiple data lines, a multiplexer and h control signal lines. In a same data write stage of the display panel, during a first stage, data signals are written into the multiple data lines at an enable duration of a j-th control signal, during a second stage, a first scan enable voltage edge of an i-th scan signal is located behind a first control enable voltage edge of the j-th control signal, and the data signals on the multiple data lines are written into the multiple pixel units; and a second scan enable voltage edge of the i-th scan signal in a m-th data write stage is located before a second control enable voltage edge of an n-th control signal in a (m+1)-th data write stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11893182
    Abstract: An electronic device, and a method for performing fingerprint sensing control on a display panel are provided. A sensing region of the display panel is divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones. The electronic device determines at least one target fingerprint zone from the fingerprint zones according to a touch location, wherein the fingerprint zones are coupled to a plurality of scanning groups, each of the scanning groups comprises one or more scanning lines, the at least one target fingerprint zone is coupled to a first scanning group and a second scanning group other than the first scanning group among the plurality of scanning groups. The electronic device scans the first scanning group with a first speed, and scans the second scanning group with a second speed higher than the first speed or skips scanning the second scanning group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Cheng Chen, Cho-Hsuan Jhang, Chih-Peng Hsia, Shiang-Fei Wang, Su-Wei Lien
  • Patent number: 11881192
    Abstract: Compensating for latency in a streaming virtual reality environment is disclosed. A computing device receives from a head-mounted display device (HMDD) having a field of view (FOV), first pose data that identifies an orientation of the HMDD worn by a participant viewing a virtual world via the HMDD. The computing device renders, based at least in part on the first pose data and a first oversized FOV that is greater than the FOV, oversized imagery that depicts a portion of the virtual world within the FOV of the HMDD and a portion of the virtual world outside of the FOV of the HMDD. The computing device communicates the oversized imagery to the HMDD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Dhananjay Lal, Andrew Ip, Matthew Ringenberg, Dell Wolfensparger, Mun G. Choi
  • Patent number: 11875756
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight board and a driving method thereof, a backlight module and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The backlight board includes light-emitting devices arranged in rows and columns and a first connector, where each first pin of the first connector is electrically connected to first electrodes of light-emitting devices in one row, each second pin of the first connector is electrically connected to second electrodes of light-emitting devices in one column; and in one drive cycle, a first drive signal drives light-emitting devices in each row for a duration T/n at different times, and a second drive signal drives light-emitting devices in each column for a duration T/n at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Foshan Nationstar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weineng Chen, Xiang Chen, Dequan Zheng, Zhonghai Yan, Fabo Liu, Danlei Gong, Hua Fan
  • Patent number: 11869402
    Abstract: Provided are a pixel circuit and a display panel thereof. The pixel circuit includes: a drive module, a data write module, an initialization module, a light emission control module and a light emission module, where the initialization module is electrically connected to a control terminal of the drive module and configured to write an initialization voltage to the control terminal of the drive module at an initialization stage, the light emission control module, the drive module and the light emission module are connected in series to form a driving branch, and the light emission control module is configured to be turned on at a light emission stage under a control of a first light emission control signal and under a control of a second light emission control signal so that the driving branch is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cuili Gai, Junfeng Li, Ling Wang, Enqing Guo
  • Patent number: 11862057
    Abstract: A display device comprises: pixels connected to a power line to which a pixel driving voltage is supplied; data lines that extend in a first direction and are connected to the pixels, the data lines applying data voltages of an image to the pixels; gate lines that are connected to the pixels and extend in a second direction, the gate lines applying gate signals to the pixels; a data driver configured to supply the data voltages to the data lines during a display mode, and to supply sensing data to the data lines during a sensing mode; a gate driver configured to supply the gate signals to the gate lines; and a sensing circuit configured to sense current flowing through the power line that is connected to a subset of pixels from the pixels during the sensing mode, the subset of pixels arranged along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Jung, Seung Jin Yoo, Hyun Gi Hong