Patents Examined by Donna V Bocar
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Patent number: 11705029Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to compensate image data for display on a curved display. A pixel uniformity compensation factor may be applied based on a pixel uniformity compensation factor map that is calibrated to the display panel while the display panel has a flat shape, and a panel curvature compensation factor may be applied when the image content is to be displayed while the display panel has a curved shape. The panel curvature compensation factor may be based on a panel curvature compensation factor map that is calibrated to the display panel after the display panel is bent from the flat shape to the curved shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Shengchang Cai, ByoungSuk Kim, Yi Huang
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Patent number: 11670257Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for determining a gray-scale value of a display panel. The method includes that: brightness values corresponding to multiple gray scales under a target area of a display panel are fitted to obtain a target slope value and a target deviation value; a reference brightness value under a target gray scale of the display panel is determined according to the target slope value and the target deviation value; and an output gray-scale value corresponding to each pixel under the target gray scale is determined according to the reference brightness value.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignees: ANALOGIX (CHINA) SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., ANALOGIX INTERNATIONAL LLCInventors: Xin Jiao, Ning Zhu, Xiaowei Sun
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Patent number: 11521536Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a pixel provided on a substrate, the pixel including a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel which are arranged to be adjacent to each other and are configured to generate light components of colors different from each other, and the first, second and third subpixels comprise an organic compound layer including a light emission layer, wherein letting I1, I2, and I3 be driving current amounts of the first, second and third subpixels when generating white light of a predetermined luminance, if I1>I2>I3 holds, a current leakage between the first and third subpixels is limited as compared to that between the second and third subpixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yojiro Matsuda
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Patent number: 11508334Abstract: A display screen assembly is provided. The display screen assembly includes a display screen, a first light source, a light conducting member, a receiving element, and a processor. The display screen includes a display region for displaying images and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The light conducting member faces the display region. At least one first light source faces at least one surface of the light conducting member. The at least one first light source is configured to emit a detection signal to the light conducting member. The light conducting member is configured to diffuse the detection signal to allow the detection signal to pass through the display region, to interact with a detection object to form a target signal. The receiving element is disposed in the display region and configured to receive the target signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Le Yang
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Patent number: 11488563Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for processing image data for driving a display panel. More particularly, it relates to a device and a method to vary the brightness of each pixel according to a representative brightness value of an image.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Jun Jun, Bo Sung Kim
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Patent number: 11467703Abstract: A touch panel includes first arrays of electrodes, second arrays of electrodes, and an output part where leads extending from triangular end electrodes of the first arrays and the second arrays are connected to an external device. At least one corner electrode of the end electrodes which is located in a corner on one of four sides of the detection part where the output part is located has an area that is less than an area of other end electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITEDInventors: Nobuo Yatsu, Masahiro Kaneko, Yayoi Tokuhara, Kohei Takahashi, Ying Li, Katsuaki Koshimura, Miki Kitahara
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Patent number: 11455963Abstract: A driving method for a backlight is provided. The backlight includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, and the driving method includes steps of calculating a brightness difference value of an image to be displayed; and determining whether the brightness difference value of the image to be displayed is greater than a predetermined difference value of the image. When the brightness difference value of the image to be displayed is determined to be greater than the predetermined difference value of the image, the method includes steps of dividing the image to be displayed into a plurality of sub-regions; partitioning the backlight according to brightness difference values of the plurality of sub-regions to obtain a plurality of final light-emitting regions of the backlight; and driving the backlight to emit light according to the plurality of final light-emitting regions. The present disclosure further provides a driving circuit, a backlight and a display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhuan Yu, Luqiang Guo
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Patent number: 11449215Abstract: A touch input device may be provided that includes: a touch screen including at least one region; and a processor which receives first touch information on a first region included in the at least one region and determines whether to change state information of an icon included in the first region, and controls, based on the determination, such that at least one of the state information of the icon included in the first region and state information of an icon included in a second region which is included in the touch screen and is different from the first region is changed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: HIDEEP INC.Inventor: Seyeob Kim
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Patent number: 11443668Abstract: A driving circuit and a display panel are provided. In a driving circuit structure, a clock signal line group includes a plurality of clock signal lines, the clock signal lines are arranged side by side, and there is a first pitch between two adjacent clock signal lines. A non-high frequency signal line is provided on two sides of the clock signal line group. A redundant clock signal line is disposed between the clock signal line group and the non-high frequency signal line, and a frequency and an amplitude of a signal received by the redundant clock signal line are the same as a frequency and an amplitude of a signal received by the clock signal line.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventors: Zhida Xu, Ilgon Kim, Bin Zhao, Xin Zhang, Jun Zhao
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Patent number: 11443669Abstract: The present application provides a driving circuit and a display device. The driving circuit includes a circuit unit including a thin-film transistor, which includes a patterned member; a capacitor, connected to at least one end of the thin-film transistor of the circuit unit, the capacitor includes an electrode plate; and a redundant patterned member, the redundant patterned member, the electrode plate and the patterned member located in a same conductive layer, the redundant patterned member connected between the patterned member and the electrode plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanan Gao, Bangyin Peng, Ilgon Kim
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Patent number: 11443710Abstract: A display interface device capable of reducing power consumption is disclosed. In the display interface device, a timing controller configured to compare input pixel data in horizontal line units and operate in a low power mode according to a result of comparison between an input time of horizontal lines having the same pixel data and a reference time in the horizontal line units. The timing controller operates in any one of a first low power mode for transmitting a training pattern and a second low power mode including a first duration during which data transmission and reception are stopped and a second duration during which the training pattern is transmitted, according to the result of comparison between the input time of horizontal lines having the same pixel data and the reference time.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Sung Kim, Gyeong-Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11443671Abstract: A display driver includes control circuitry and image processing circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to store a default gamma curve and determine a scaling factor based on a location of a target pixel in a display panel. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a modified gamma curve by scaling the default gamma curve with the scaling factor. The image processing circuitry configured to apply a gamma transformation based on the modified gamma curve to image data defined for the target pixel to generate output voltage data for the target pixel.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Masao Orio, Takashi Nose
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Patent number: 11436995Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to a circuit for brightness control. The circuit generally includes: a duty cycle adjustment circuit configured to receive a first backlight control signal having a first duty cycle and generate a second backlight control signal having a second duty cycle, the second duty cycle being greater than the first duty cycle if the first duty cycle is less than a threshold; a digital processor configured to set a value of a software brightness code based on the second duty cycle; and a backlight control circuit configured to drive a backlight in accordance with the software brightness code and the second duty cycle of the second backlight control signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Liangguo Shen, Joseph Dale Rutkowski, Sugato Mukherjee
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Patent number: 11430408Abstract: Detecting failures using power consumption profiling, including calibrating, at a first time, a system power profile of an information handling system (IHS), including identifying an initial baseline current value of a backlight power of a display device of the IHS; identifying an initial baseline current value of a timing controller of the IHS; calculating, at a second time, an updated system power profile, including: identifying an updated current value of the backlight power of the display device of the IHS; identifying an updated current value of the timing controller of the IHS; determining whether the updated current value of the backlight power of the display device is within a threshold value of the initial baseline current value of the backlight power of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Craig Lawrence Chaiken, Siva Subramaniam Rajan, Adolfo S. Montero
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Patent number: 11429170Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from the display, an arithmetic value for electric current consumption of the display; estimate the electric current consumption of the display based on the arithmetic value that was received; and when the estimated electric current consumption of the display is equal to or greater than a predetermined electric current threshold, decrease an electric current to be supplied to the display. The arithmetic value is calculated based on pixel value information.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Nobuaki Kajimoto
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Patent number: 11398195Abstract: An image processing method, a backlight brightness adjustment method, an image processing system, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: acquiring a display image; dividing the display image to obtain one or more initial local regions; calculating an average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions respectively; acquiring an output image according to the average brightness value of each of the one or more initial local regions and the display image.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xuefeng Wang, Yukun Sun, Jinghua Miao, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang, Bin Zhao, Lixin Wang, Xi Li, Jianwen Suo, Wenyu Li, Jinbao Peng, Qingwen Fan, Yuanjie Lu, Yali Liu, Chenru Wang, Jiankang Sun
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Patent number: 11393428Abstract: A system, article, and method of wireless data transmission for virtual or augmented reality head mounted displays.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Greg D. Kaine
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Patent number: 11393375Abstract: A source driver and a polarity inversion control circuit are provided. The source driver includes a plurality of channel pairs and the polarity inversion control circuit. The polarity inversion control circuit includes a signal generating circuit and a routing circuit. The signal generating circuit generates a polarity control signal. The routing circuit outputs a plurality of switching control signals corresponding to the polarity control signal to a plurality of output switching circuits of the channel pairs. The routing circuit changes the correspondence between the polarity control signal and the switching control signals according to a polarity inversion configuration signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Siangwei Wang, Hung-Yu Huang
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Patent number: 11361705Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction; a data driver configured to transmit a data signal to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of data lines; a scan driver configured to transmit a scan signal to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of scan lines; and a light emission driver configured to transmit a light emission signal to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of light emission lines, wherein each of the scan lines and the light emission lines is connected to the pixels arranged in the row direction among the plurality of pixels, the data lines are connected to the pixels arranged in the column direction among the plurality of pixels, and the scan driver is configured to transmit the scan signal of a turn-on level to the pixels in an interlace manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kang Hee Lee, Deok Jun Choi, Woo Chui Kim, In Bok Song
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Patent number: 11341932Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a display panel driver, and a zone compensating circuit which divides the display panel into a plurality of unit blocks, obtains load values of input image data for the unit blocks, and generates corrected image data by correcting the input image data based on the load values. Each of the load values corresponds to one of the unit blocks. The display panel driver generates a data signal for displaying an image on the display panel based on the corrected image data. When grayscale values included in the input image data are the same, a luminance of the image displayed on the display panel is decreased moving away from a center of a reference block having a largest load value among the unit blocks based on the corrected image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Jin Choi, Ki Hyun Pyun, Sung In Kang