Patents Examined by Dong Hui Liang
  • Patent number: 11249590
    Abstract: This application is directed to intra-panel communication in a touch display device in which a touch-integrated timing controller (TTCON) is coupled to touch-embedded source drivers (TSDs) via a plurality of forward links and a set of backward links. The forward links include a first subset of display forward links and a second subset of touch forward links. The TSDs are electrically coupled to a display panel including a plurality of display pixels and a plurality of touch sensors. The TTCON sends a display drive signal including display content data and display control data over the display forward links, and sends a touch control signal including an instruction to initiate an operation mode over the touch forward links. Upon receiving the touch control signal, the TSDs identify the instruction to initiate the operation mode, generate touch data accordingly, and return the touch data to the TTCON via the backward links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Quan Yu, Zhengyu Yuan, Ross Fosler, Denis Ellis, Zhiqiang Huang, Roel Coppoolse
  • Patent number: 11243570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods that enable users to customize operation of a touch-sensitive secondary display. An example method includes displaying, at the touch-sensitive secondary display, a system-level affordance for controlling a system-level feature and an affordance for causing display of representations of user-defined workspaces. Receiving a first input at the affordance for causing display of the representations the user-defined workspaces. In response to receiving the first input, displaying, at the touch-sensitive secondary display, a selectable user interface object corresponding to a first window from a first application and a second window from a second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Patrick L. Coffman
  • Patent number: 11221681
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a dynamic gesture includes: positioning a dynamic gesture in a video stream to be detected to obtain a dynamic gesture box; capturing an image block corresponding to the dynamic gesture box from each of multiple image frames of the video stream; generating a detection sequence based on the captured image block; and performing dynamic gesture recognition according to the detection sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD, SHANGHAI SENSETIME INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quan Wang, Chen Qian
  • Patent number: 11222603
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display including a pixel including a double gate transistor and a light emitting diode, a power supply for supplying power to the display, a current sensor for sensing a current flowing in the display or in the light emitting diode, and a gate voltage controller for providing a bias voltage signal to one gate electrode of the double gate transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Heon Cho, Hae Kwan Seo, Seung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11217181
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel compensation circuit, a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The pixel compensation circuit includes a light emitting element, a current control sub-circuit and a reverse bias sub-circuit. The current control sub-circuit is coupled to a first terminal of the light emitting element and is configured to control current flowing between a first terminal and a second terminal of the light emitting element. The reverse bias sub-circuit is coupled to a first control signal line and a second terminal of the light emitting element respectively. The reverse bias sub-circuit is configured to set the second terminal of the light emitting element to be at a first bias voltage under the control of a signal on the first control signal line, so that the light emitting element is maintained in a reverse bias state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengyu Luan, Xuehuan Feng, Xinfeng Wu, Youyuan Hu, Fei Li, Xinzhu Wang, Huihui Li, Qi Hu
  • Patent number: 11217198
    Abstract: A drive circuit of an electro-optical panel (10) is provided with a driving signal generation unit (240) that output a plurality of driving signals to the electro-optical panel (10), a control circuit (400) that outputs display image data indicating an image to be displayed in the electro-optical panel (10), a processing circuit (210) configured to generate input data to the driving signal generation unit (240) based on the display image data, and an error detection circuit (410) configured to detect an error in the input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Norichika Muraki
  • Patent number: 11217777
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display element configured to emit light; a first refractive layer on the display element and having an opening corresponding to the display element; a light extraction pattern located inside the opening of the first refractive layer; and a second refractive layer on the first refractive layer, the second refractive layer covering the first refractive layer and the light extraction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiwook An, Soonil Jung, Sanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11211024
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel. The display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of data lines, formed in a display area of the substrate; a data driving circuit, used for driving the data lines; an active switches, connected to the data driving circuit and the data lines; and a control module, coupled with a control ends of the active switches. The control module controls the active switch to be switched off while the previous frame of image information is the same as the current frame of image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11195498
    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: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Dhananjay Lal, Andrew Ip, Matthew Ringenberg, Dell Wolfensparger, Mun G. Choi
  • Patent number: 11175769
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a six-sided glass enclosure defining an interior volume and comprising a first glass member and a second glass member. The first glass member defines at least a portion of a first major side of the six-sided glass enclosure, at least a portion of a peripheral side of the six-sided glass enclosure, a first region along the peripheral side and having a first thickness, and a second region along the peripheral side and having a second thickness different from the first thickness. The second glass member is attached to the first glass member and defines at least a portion of a second major side of the six-sided glass enclosure. The electronic device further includes a touchscreen display within the interior volume and positioned adjacent at least a portion of each of the six sides of the six-sided glass enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Peter N. Russell-Clarke
  • Patent number: 11175732
    Abstract: An apparatus for virtual reality simulation includes a first base part and a second base part arranged to rotate relative to each other about a common axis. The apparatus also includes means for determining an angle between the first base part and the second base part. The second base part may be provided with a chair on which a user of the apparatus may sit during use of the apparatus. The means for determining an angle between the first base part and the second base part enables the apparatus to determine the direction in which the user is facing, relative to the first base part, after relative movement of the first base part and the second base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Elliott Myers, Gavin Waxkirsh
  • Patent number: 11158279
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a source driver configured to convert RGB image data into an RGB image signal, and output the RGB image signal based on a common voltage to each of the plurality of pixels; and a timing controller configured to output the RGB image data to the source driver, and when it is determined the common voltage is changed, the timing controller may adjust the RGB image data to compensate the change of the common voltage, and output the adjusted RGB image data to the source driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Moon Lee, Min Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11150854
    Abstract: Display control method, electronic device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The display control method includes determining data to be displayed corresponding to an operating system of an electronic device; displaying a first portion of the data to be displayed in a first display device of the electronic device; and displaying a second portion of the data to be displayed in a second display device of the electronic device. The first portion is different from the second portion, and the first display device and the second display device perform display based on a same operating system of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Yintian Liu
  • Patent number: 11145253
    Abstract: A display device includes a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to the scan line, the scan signal having an ON voltage for turning on a transistor in a plurality of horizontal periods including a current horizontal period and at least one previous horizontal period corresponding to the scan signal, and a grayscale data processor configured to correct current grayscale data of a current pixel corresponding to the current horizontal period to generate correction grayscale data based on previous grayscale data of a previous pixel corresponding to the previous horizontal period, the current pixel included in a same pixel column as the previous pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Kyu Kang, Sang Moo Choi, Soo Hee Oh, Dongsun Lee
  • Patent number: 11144155
    Abstract: An electronic device adapted to connect to an external device is provided. The electronic device includes an input/output module, a control module, and a touch screen. The control module is electrically connected to the input/output module, and the control module is configured to send a request signal through the input/output module and receive set information corresponding to the request signal through the input/output module. The touch screen is electrically connected to the control module. When the touch screen generates a touch signal in response to a touch behavior, the control module converts the touch signal to a control signal based on the set information, and sends the control signal through the input/output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Lin, Kuan-Hsin Lee
  • Patent number: 11127812
    Abstract: A single metal layer device, such as a display or sensor, comprises a substrate and a patterned metal layer. The patterned metal layer forms a two-dimensional array of spatially separated column line segments that each extend only partially across the display substrate in a column direction and forms a one-dimensional array of row lines extending across the display substrate in a row direction different from the column direction. The row lines and column line segments are electrically separate in the patterned metal layer. Spatially separated electrical jumpers are disposed on the display substrate and electrically connect pairs of column line segments adjacent in the column direction. Each electrical jumper has an independent jumper substrate independent of and separate from the display substrate. In certain embodiments, spatially separated light-emitting pixel circuits are disposed on a display substrate and are electrically connected to at least one row line and one column line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Bower, Matthew Meitl, Carl Prevatte, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11112887
    Abstract: An electronic pointing device includes a housing. In addition, the electronic device includes a position transducer coupled to the housing. Further, the electronic pointing device includes a plurality of electrical switches coupled to the housing. Still further, the electronic pointing device includes a cover plate removably coupled to the housing. The cover plate includes a plurality of holes, each hole aligned with one of the plurality of electrical switches. The electronic pointing device also includes a plurality of button members. Each button member is removably disposed in one of the holes of the cover plate and disposed to engage the corresponding, aligned electrical switch to actuate that electrical switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Flach, James Glenn Dowdy, Dimitri Collins-Elder
  • Patent number: 11112830
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Tseng-Mau Yang, Dale N. Memering
  • Patent number: 11114034
    Abstract: A display device is proposed, the display device including a display panel and a driving circuit, and pixels included in the display panel includes a driving transistor, a light emitting element, a capacitor, and first to sixth switching transistors T1 to T6. T1 senses threshold voltage of the driving transistor, the capacitor stores data voltage and a threshold voltage in both electrodes, T2 applies data voltage to the capacitor, T3 initializes the storage capacitor to reference voltage, and T4 initialize the light emitting element to reference voltage, T5 controls current flow between the driving transistor and the light emitting element, and T6 connects both electrodes of the capacitor. The driving circuit divides one frame into an initialization period, a program period, and a light emission period to drive a pixel, and stops light emission of the light emitting device and make equal voltage across the capacitor, in the initialization period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donggun Lee, Kyujin Kim, Taehun Kim, Seungjin Yoo
  • Patent number: 11093080
    Abstract: An electronic device and a fingerprint sensing control method thereof are provided. A sensing region of a 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 touched area. The electronic device scans the at least one target fingerprint zone for performing fingerprint sensing. The electronic device performs an accelerated reading operation. The accelerated reading operation includes: reading at least one sensing signal from the at least one target fingerprint zone; and skipping reading at least one of the fingerprint zones other than the at least one target fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Cheng Chen, Cho-Hsuan Jhang, Chih-Peng Hsia, Shiang-Fei Wang, Su-Wei Lien