Patents Examined by Douglas M Wilson
  • Patent number: 12339540
    Abstract: A driving assembly includes a main control chip, a circuit selection chipset and a channel chipset. The circuit selection chipset includes more than one circuit selection chip used to be electrically connected with each light source voltage line in one-to-one correspondence, and is configured to enable each circuit selection chip to load the light source voltage to the connected light source voltage line one by one under control of the main control chip; the channel chipset includes more than one channel control chip, each channel control chip is used to be electrically connected with one or more channel lines; the channel chipset is configured to enable the channel control chip to control driving current on each connected channel line under control of the main control chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Sun, Lianghao Zhang, Xin Duan, Zhaohui Meng, Shuhuan Yu, Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 12326967
    Abstract: A handle calibration method, a handle, a head-mounted display and a storage medium are disclosed. The handle calibration method is applied to at least two handles belonging to a same virtual reality system. The method comprises the steps of: generating a calibration signal when the at least two handles maintain a target relative position; and sending the calibration signal to the head-mounted display, so that when the at least two handles maintain the target relative position, the head-mounted display calibrates a current relative displaying position of the at least two handles in the head-mounted display to a target relative displaying position corresponding to the target relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventor: Xuxiao Xu
  • Patent number: 12300172
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a driving method therefor and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a data writing circuit, a storage circuit, and a first reset circuit; the driving circuit includes a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, and is configured to control a driving current flowing through the first terminal and the second terminal for driving a light-emitting element to emit light; the data write circuit is configured to write a data signal into the control terminal of the driving circuit; the storage circuit is configured to store the data signal; the first reset circuit is configured to apply a first initialization voltage to the control terminal of the driving circuit; the driving circuit and the data write circuit each include an N-type thin film transistor; and the first reset circuit includes an N-type oxide thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenhua Zhang, Dongfang Yang, Xilei Cao, Xueguang Hao, Lang Liu, Jingyi Feng, Changlong Yuan, Xiaoxin Li, Li Zhu
  • Patent number: 12300149
    Abstract: A display panel driver which drives a display panel includes a compensator configured to generate a data signal by compensating for input image data based on deterioration data, a sampler configured to generate, when a first display region of the display panel is scanned at a first driving frequency and when a second display region of the display panel is scanned at a second driving frequency that is less than the first driving frequency, a data signal corresponding to a sampling pixel by sampling the data signal at a sampling frequency that is less than or equal to the second driving frequency, and an accumulator configured to generate the deterioration data by accumulating the data signal corresponding to the sampling pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gigeun Kim
  • Patent number: 12300162
    Abstract: A display includes a display panel and a circuit. The circuit controls the display panel according to at least one control mode such as a pulse width modulation control mode. A method for determining a state of the display includes: acquiring samples from a channel of an ambient light sensor disposed below the display panel; supplying the samples to a processing circuit; detecting, by the processing circuit and based on said samples, whether the display panel is controlled in pulse width modulation; and following detecting the pulse width modulation control mode, calculating by the processing circuit a duty cycle from the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventor: Salim Bouchene
  • Patent number: 12293032
    Abstract: An array substrate, including: a base substrate, and a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, a plurality of touch-control signal lines, a first transparent conductive layer and a second transparent conductive layer, which are arranged on the base substrate. The first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer are located on the side of the touch-control signal lines that is away from the base substrate. The touch-control signal lines are connected to at least one touch-control sensing block, which includes a plurality of touch-control electrodes connected to each other and spaced apart from each other; and the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer includes the plurality of touch-control electrodes. The plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines intersect to form a plurality of sub-pixel regions, which include opening regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiujie Su, Xiaofeng Yin, Dongchuan Chen, Yanping Liao, Seungmin Lee, Xibin Shao
  • Patent number: 12292655
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can reduce occurrence of quality problems and improve adhesive strength between substrates. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal. The first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of bus lines, a first end, and a display region. The shift register includes a plurality of multistage-connected unit circuits and wiring connected to the plurality of unit circuits, and is arranged in a region between the first end and the display region. At least one of the unit circuits includes a clock terminal, an output terminal, an output transistor, a second transistor, and a bootstrap capacitor. The output transistor and the bootstrap capacitor are arranged in a region between the first end and one of the wiring and the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Mori
  • Patent number: 12288354
    Abstract: An extraction unit of a mobile terminal extracts a plurality of feature points from within a shooting range of a camera, based on shooting results of the camera provided on AR glasses. A determination unit determines a boundary between a first region corresponding to an inside of a vehicle cabin and a second region corresponding to an outside of the vehicle cabin within the shooting range of the camera based on discontinuity of movement vectors of the feature points when a vehicle moves. A specifying unit specifies a position of the AR glasses based on a determination result by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Aoki, Ryusuke Ohta, Daisuke Itagaki
  • Patent number: 12271546
    Abstract: A touch control structure is provided. The touch control structure includes a plurality of first mesh electrodes respectively in a plurality of rows and a plurality of second mesh electrodes respectively in a plurality of columns. A respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes includes a plurality of second mesh blocks consecutively connected in a respective column. A respective one of the plurality of first mesh electrodes comprises a plurality of first mesh blocks and a plurality of third mesh blocks alternately arranged in a respective row. The respective second mesh block is in a space between a first adjacent third mesh block, a second adjacent third mesh block, a first adjacent first mesh block, a second adjacent first mesh block, a third adjacent first mesh block, and a fourth adjacent first mesh block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingran Wang, Yang Yang, Jaeseung Kim, Jun Yan, Zhiliang Jiang, Gukhwan Song
  • Patent number: 12269344
    Abstract: A vehicular display control device including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: detect when an operation region including plural switches provided to a steering wheel has been operated; and in a case in which operation of the operation region has been detected, display, at a display region set in front of a driving seat, an operation region image corresponding to the operation region and a status image indicating a current status of a function allocated to the switch that is being operated among the plural switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keigo Hori, Ryota Hamabe, Takahiro Hirota, Yoshinori Murata
  • Patent number: 12256674
    Abstract: A detasseling apparatus includes a chassis having a head mounted to the chassis. The head supports a plurality of row units, each of the row units having an independently adjustable vertical position. Each row unit is independently vertically adjustable. Each row unit includes a puller or cutter, a height adjustment assembly for independently adjusting vertical position of the detasseling assembly to maintain the puller or cutter at a predetermined height relative to seed corn plants being engaged, and an optical sensing assembly. The optical sensing assembly includes a first photoelectric sensor at a first sensor height and a second photoelectric sensor at a second sensor height, the first sensor height being above the second sensor height. A processor receives and stores detasseling data related to detasseling including corn height, depth of cut, height after cutting. The information may be shown on displays to the operator, stored on board the detasseler and/or transmitted to a central control center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Oxbo International Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher M. Schloesser
  • Patent number: 12242701
    Abstract: A touch panel, a display panel, and a display unit achieving prevention of erroneous detection caused by external noise. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection scan electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of detection electrodes facing the plurality of detection scan electrodes and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction. The one or more selected detection scan electrodes are selected, in a desired unit, from the plurality of detection scan electrodes, to be supplied with a selection pulse, and each of the first and the second detection electrodes is selected from the plurality of detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Yasuyuki Teranishi, Takeya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 12243488
    Abstract: A pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor including an electrode connected to a first power source line via a first node, another electrode connected to a second power source line via a second node and the light emitting element, and another electrode connected to a third node. The pixel further includes a second transistor connected between a data line and the second node and having a gate electrode connected to a scan line, a third transistor connected between the first node and the third node and having a gate electrode connected to the scan line, a fourth transistor connected between the first power source line and the first node and having a gate electrode connected to an emission control line, a first capacitor connected between the second node and the third node, and a second capacitor connected between a third power source line and the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Kim, Kwi Hyun Kim, Yeon Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 12236025
    Abstract: A position detection device includes a main body with a housing that encloses an electronic pen while the electronic pen is accommodated in an accommodation portion included in the housing, and a planar coil having a rectangular cross-sectional area and disposed adjacent to the accommodation portion at a position at which a direction perpendicular to the rectangular cross-sectional area of the planar coil crosses an axial direction of the electronic pen while the electronic pen is accommodated in the accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kobori
  • Patent number: 12233715
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for use in a vehicle. Driving information of the vehicle is obtained. The driving information includes transmission state information of the vehicle and information for an autonomous driving function. When the transmission state information indicates a position other than drive, a size of an exposed region of a first display is controlled to be a first size. When the transmission state information indicates drive and the driving information indicates that the autonomous driving function is enabled, the exposed region of the first display is controlled to be a second size that is less than the first size. When the transmission state information indicates drive and the driving information indicates that the autonomous driving function is disabled, the exposed region of the first display is controlled to be less than the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taeyoung Ha, Sungkwon Kim, Juyeon You, Deokyeol Lee, Sungwook Lee, Changyoul Lee, Yongjun Lim, Jaemo Choi, Jinyoung Choi, Kwaneui Hong
  • Patent number: 12236035
    Abstract: A force sensing device comprises a sensing array comprising a first conductive layer having a plurality of conductive rows and a second conductive layer having a plurality of conductive columns. The plurality of conductive rows and plurality of conductive columns are arranged to define a plurality of intersections. The force sensing device also comprises an electro-active layer overlaying the first conductive layer and comprising a pressure sensitive element at each intersection. A force concentrating structure is positioned at each intersection on the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Peratech IP Ltd
    Inventors: Sarah Jessica Dempsey, Matthew Gospel
  • Patent number: 12230222
    Abstract: An electronic device including a display device is provided. The display device includes a sharing area, a junction area, and a privacy area. The junction area is positioned between the sharing area and the privacy area. The display device includes a privacy panel. A transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the sharing area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area, and the transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the privacy area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: Innolux Corporation, CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Sung, Chia-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Wu Lin, Yu-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 12232371
    Abstract: A display device includes a polycrystalline semiconductor including a channel and electrodes of a driving transistor; a gate electrode of the driving transistor on the channel of the driving transistor; a first storage electrode on the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a light blocking layer of a first transistor and a light blocking layer of a second transistor; an oxide semiconductor including a channel and electrodes of the first transistor, and a channel and electrodes of the second transistor; a gate electrode of the first transistor on the channel of the first transistor; and a gate electrode of the second transistor on the channel of the second transistor. The light blocking layer of the first transistor and the first storage electrode are on a same layer, and the light blocking layer of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the driving transistor are on a same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jong Cho, Seok Je Seong, Seong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12223877
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes M pixel driving circuits and N sub-pixel units, where M<N, and M and N are each a positive integer. The M pixel driving circuits are configured to drive the N sub-pixel units to emit light. According to the technical solutions, the number of pixel driving circuits is reduced, pixels per inch of the display panel are beneficial to improve, and the display resolution is improved. Moreover, the number of pixel driving circuits does not need to be increased while the number of the sub-pixel units is increased, thereby reducing the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SEEYA OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialing Li, Yongcai Shen, Liyuan Luo, Qi Li
  • Patent number: 12217652
    Abstract: A display module (10), including a drive IC (11) and a power management IC (12). The power management IC (12) comprises a first identification pin (121); the first identification pin (121) is connected to the drive IC (11); under the condition that the power management IC (12) is turned on, the power management IC (12) transmits identification information to the drive IC (11) by means of the first identification pin (121), so that the drive IC (11) identifies the power management IC (12) and is paired with the power management IC (12). A control method, a control apparatus (200), an electronic device (100) and a computer readable storage medium (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Zhang, Yong Yu, Yuanyuan Chai