Patents Examined by Douglas M Wilson
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Patent number: 12033577Abstract: In a display device, a pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a drive transistor, a write control transistor provided between a data line and a first conductive terminal of the drive transistor and having a control terminal connected to a scanning line, a threshold compensation transistor provided between the drive transistor's control terminal and second conductive terminal and having a control terminal connected to the scanning line, and an initialization transistor having a first conductive terminal connected to the control terminal of the drive transistor, a second conductive terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied, and a control terminal connected to the control line. A scanning line driver circuit selectively performs operations of selecting the scanning lines in a predetermined order and in a reverse order and, for each scanning signal line, selects the control line that corresponds to the scanning line one horizontal period before the selection of the scanning line.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tamotsu Sakai
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Patent number: 12033287Abstract: A vehicle head-up display device may include a plurality of first image generation parts embedded in a vehicle body, and configured to provide flat and stereoscopic images in multiple directions, a first optical induction part configured to guide an image signal, provided by the first image generation parts, in one direction, and a first display part configured to implement the image signal, provided by the first optical induction part, as an image recognizable by a driver, thereby implementing augmented reality of a head-up display.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jong Hyun Baek
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Patent number: 12031300Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for displaying AR elements on a display system of a construction machine. A position of the construction machine in a world reference frame is detected. An orientation of the construction machine is detected. A position of an operator of the construction machine in a machine reference frame is detected. A position of the operator in the world reference frame is determined based on the position of the operator in the machine reference frame, the position of the construction machine in the world reference frame, and the orientation of the construction machine. The AR elements are generated based on the position of the operator in the world reference frame and a position of the display system in the world reference frame. The AR elements are then displayed on the display system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Trimble Inc.Inventors: Darrin Hurd, Stuart Ralston
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Patent number: 12027081Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical device with a display and with a processing unit and method therefor. The processing unit is suitable for detecting states of one or more technical units of the medical device. The processing unit is further set up to control the display on the basis of detected states in order to output states of the medical device. The display is an autostereographic display. The processing unit, based on an evaluation of detected states, drives the display in such a way that a first state is visually highlighted with respect to a 3D representation, while a second state is visually not highlighted with respect to a 3D representation.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventor: Jochen Popp
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Patent number: 12027085Abstract: A sampling circuit includes: a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first voltage acquisition sub-circuit, and a current integrating sub-circuit. The first voltage acquisition sub-circuit is coupled to the first input terminal and the current integrating sub-circuit, and is configured to acquire a first voltage of the first input terminal and transmit the first voltage to the current integrating sub-circuit. The current integrating sub-circuit is further coupled to the second input terminal, and is configured to, generate and output a second voltage according to the first voltage and an integral of a driving current transmitted to the current integrating sub-circuit through the second input terminal over time, and output the first voltage in response to an integral control signal received by the current integrating sub-circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xinbin Han, Xinshe Yin
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Patent number: 12027089Abstract: An electronic device and a refresh rate adjusting method of the electronic device are provided. The refresh rate adjusting method is adapted to the electronic device including a display, and the method includes following steps. During a period in which an application is executed in a foreground, a frame update status of the application is monitored, and a plurality of frame update rates of the application are recorded. In response to the application executed in the foreground, a refresh rate of the display is determined according to a statistical value of the frame update rates of the application. The display is controlled to display application frames of the application according to the refresh rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Yu-Chi Huang, Chih-Hsien Yang
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Patent number: 12019340Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display. The display panel includes a pixel array and a compensation unit, and the pixel array is connected with a plurality of common electrode wires, the compensation unit includes a detection terminal and a feedback terminal; the one or more common electrode wires are provided with a first connecting wire, and the one or more electrode wires are provided with a second connecting wire, the first connecting wire is connected with the test terminal and the second connecting wire is connected with the feedback terminal, both the first connecting wire and the second connecting wire are provided with a configuration section; when the configuration section is provided with the connector, a connecting wire corresponding to the configuration section is in an on-state; when the configuration section is provided without a connector, a connecting wire corresponding to the configuration section is in an off-state.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Xiaowu Sun, Yanna Yang, Haoxuan Zheng
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Patent number: 12017590Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate; a display element layer including a first organic light-emitting diode having a first emission area, a second organic light-emitting diode having a second emission area, and a third organic light-emitting diode having a third emission area, the first emission area having a long side extending in a first direction and a short side extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; an encapsulation layer disposed on the display element layer; and a plurality of first light-blocking lines disposed on the encapsulation layer and extending in the first direction, the plurality of first light-blocking lines overlapping the first emission area, the second emission area, and the third emission area.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyangyul Kim, Jaehong Kim, Hyunho Jung, Heeseong Jeong
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Patent number: 11994910Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first structure, a second structure coupled to the first structure so as to be slidable in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a display that is at least partially disposed on the second structure and that moves relative to the first structure together with the second structure, in which a size of an area of the display exposed on a front side of the electronic device is changed in response to a sliding motion of the second structure, and a driving unit that connects part of the first structure and part of the second structure and generates an elastic force in the first direction or the second direction in response to a movement of the second structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joongyeon Cho, Hyunsuk Kim, Soohyun Seo, Jihyung Jung, Nakhyun Choi, Yangwook Kim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
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Patent number: 11983341Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lingran Wang, Yang Yang, Jaeseung Kim, Jun Yan, Zhiliang Jiang, Gukhwan Song
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Patent number: 11984080Abstract: A pixel compensation circuit includes: a pixel driving circuit including a driving transistor; a detection signal line coupled to the pixel driving circuit and providing a reset signal to a source of the driving transistor or receiving a source voltage of the driving transistor; a sampling module including a switch unit coupled to the detection signal line, a first and second storage units coupled to the switch unit enabling the first storage unit to be connected to the detection signal line, the first storage unit storing a voltage on the detection signal line and taking same as a reference voltage, and enabling the second storage unit to be connected to the detection signal line, the second storage unit storing the source voltage; a comparison and calculation module coupled to the first and second storage units, generates sampling data according to the difference between the reference voltage and the source voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yi Chen, Xing Zhang
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Patent number: 11982809Abstract: An electronic device may have an inner display mounted in a housing so that an image on the inner display is presented to an eye box through a lens for viewing by a user while the electronic device is being worn on a head of the user. The electronic device may have input-output devices that are operable on external surfaces of the electronic device. The input-output devices may be used to gather user input for controlling an external device while the electronic device is not being worn on the user's head. The input-output devices may include a touch screen display, buttons, and other input-output components. An input-output component may be formed on a movable member that can be moved between a stored position and a deployed position. A projector may project images onto nearby surfaces. A removable electronic device may be coupled to head-mounted support structures or other housing structures.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Paul X. Wang
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Patent number: 11961258Abstract: A calibration method for an optical see-through display includes the following. An image sensing device is fixed at a standard position of an eye of a user seeing the optical see-through display, and the image sensing device is configured to photograph a virtual image displayed by the optical see-through display and an image of a real object in an environment. Extrinsic parameters between the image sensing device and a virtual camera are calculated by using extrinsic parameters between the image sensing device and multiple calibration patterns of the real object as well as extrinsic parameters between the virtual camera and the multiple calibration patterns of the real object. A calibration system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Tien-Yan Ma
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Patent number: 11960109Abstract: Method, product and blocking element of short wavelengths in LED-type light sources consisting of a substrate with a pigment distributed on its surface and, in that said pigment has an optical density such that it allows the selective absorption of short wavelengths between 380 nm and 500 nm in a range between 1 and 99%.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRIDInventor: Celia Sanchez Ramos
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Patent number: 11961451Abstract: Provided is a data transmission method in a timing controller. The data transmission method includes sending clock calibration data to a source driver chip, wherein the clock calibration data instructs the source driver chip to perform a clock calibration; successively sending, in response to completing the clock calibration by the source driver chip, a first identification code and an initialization control instruction to the source driver chip over a data channel, wherein the first identification code indicates a start of transmission of the initialization control instruction, and the initialization control instruction comprises configuration information, the configuration information instructing the source driver chip to perform a configuration on a physical layer parameter; and successively sending a link stable pattern and display data to the source driver chip.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Beijing ESWIN Computing Technology Co., Ltd., Hefel ESWIN Computing Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jangjin Nam, Dongmyung Lee, Donghoon Baek, Daejoon Lee
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Patent number: 11957017Abstract: A display device includes, in a display area: scan control lines and data signal lines intersecting with each other; subpixels each including a subpixel circuit provided at an intersection of the scan control lines and the data signal lines; and light-emitting elements, one for each of the subpixels. The subpixel circuit includes a drive transistor, a write transistor, and a capacitor that retains a data signal. The write transistor includes a conduction terminal connected to an associated one of the data signal lines, another conduction terminal connected to a first gate terminal of the drive transistor, and a control terminal connected to an associated one of the scan control lines. Each of the light-emitting elements includes a first element electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second element electrode, the first element electrode being connected to a conduction terminal of the drive transistor.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takayuki Nishiyama
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Patent number: 11945308Abstract: A cluster according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a display and a spatial image panel. The display is installed in the vehicle to output predetermined information as a 2D image. The spatial image panel is configured to output a 3D image in a predetermined space in front. The spatial image panel includes a first lens array, a second lens array, and a refractive medium. The first lens array is disposed adjacent to the display and includes a plurality of first lenses arranged on the same plane. The second lens array is disposed in parallel with the first array so that the first lenses and second lenses overlap each other. The refractive medium is disposed between the first lens array and the second lens array.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yong Uk Lee, Kyung Lack Kim, Ki Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 11948487Abstract: The present disclosure provides a current mirror circuit including a first transistor configured to be supplied with a data current from a data driving circuit; a second transistor configured to drive a light emitting diode by mirroring the data current transferred to the first transistor; a capacitor disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor and configured to store a voltage of a gate terminal of the second transistor therein; and a first switch disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor and configured to adjust an input current of the gate terminal of the second transistor.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Suk Kim, Jang Su Kim
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Patent number: 11942021Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a first pixel arrangement structure, and a display driver which receives input image data corresponding to a second pixel arrangement structure different from the first pixel arrangement structure. In a normal driving mode, the display driver generates first output image data for all of the plurality of sub-pixels by performing a first rending operation on the input image data, and drives all of the plurality of sub-pixels based on the first output image data. In a low power driving mode, the display driver generates second output image data for a portion of the plurality of sub-pixels by performing a second rending operation different from the first rending operation on the input image data, and drives the portion of the plurality of sub-pixels based on the second output image data.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Takeshi Kato
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Patent number: 11934587Abstract: A keyboard palm rest includes a base including a raised intermediate member, first and second cavities extending from two sides of the intermediate member respectively, and first and second grooves disposed through the first and second cavities respectively; a first pad including a first projection slidably disposed in the first groove; a second pad including a second projection slidably disposed in the second groove; a first sliding member including a first resilient member moveably disposed in the first cavity, and a first fastener driven through the first resilient member into the first projection to pivotably secure the first pad to the first sliding member; and a second sliding member includes a second resilient member moveably disposed in the second cavity, and a second fastener driven through the second resilient member into the second projection to pivotably secure the second pad to the second sliding member.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Inventor: Cheng Yu Huang