Patents Examined by Douglas M Wilson
  • 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: 12218661
    Abstract: A driver circuit of a display device is provided. The driver circuit includes a high-side transistor, a high-side voltage drop suppressor circuit, a low-side transistor, a low-side voltage drop suppressor circuit and a control circuit. When the driver circuit supplies power supplies power generated from a high-side input voltage, the control circuit turns on the high-side voltage drop suppressor circuit for reducing a voltage drop across a first terminal and a second terminal of the high-side transistor. When the driver circuit supplies power generated from a low-side input voltage, the control circuit turns on the low-side voltage drop suppressor circuit for reducing a voltage drop across a first terminal and a second terminal of the low-side transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Te Lee
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12205552
    Abstract: A method of operating a backlight comprises: receiving an input video; analyzing characteristics of the input video within a plurality of predefined spatial windows having one or more light emitting diodes to generate required light levels; generating backlight drive levels per spatial window to reduce the backlight in a first set of the plurality of the predefined spatial windows; and driving the backlight according to the generated backlight drive levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: V-Silicon Semiconductor (Hefei) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Erwin Bellers, Johannes Gerardus Rijk van Mourik
  • Patent number: 12197661
    Abstract: A pointing device (1) for controlling a cursor on a computer monitor can include a control device (2) with two moving elements optionally in the form of an actuator cylinder (3) and a holder (7a,b). The actuator cylinder (3) is rotatable and translatably arranged relative to the holder (7a,b), and can be pushed down in a vertical direction by a user. A first sensor (8) is arranged to detect all movements and position changes of the actuator cylinder (3) and emit a first signal value (S1) to a signal processing unit (13a,b). At least one second sensor (11a-c) is arranged to detect the vertical position change of the actuator cylinder (3) and emit at least one second signal value (S2, S2a, S2b) which is proportional to the vertical position change of the actuator cylinder (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TRAPPER HOLDING AB
    Inventor: Rolf Eric Ragnar Strömberg
  • Patent number: 12198647
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for driving a display, including a main color detector configured to detect a main color of a unit pixel based on a red image signal, a green image signal, and a blue image signal, a color difference calculator configured to calculate an image signal difference among the red image signal, the green image signal, and the blue image signal, and a weight calculator configured to calculate a weight for the red image signal, the green image signal, and the blue image signal based on the image signal difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seul Gi Lee, Yong Hee Kim, Jun Young Park, Jin Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12198644
    Abstract: In a display device, a display includes a display area for displaying a display image, and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. A control circuit receives, from an illuminance sensor for detecting an illuminance of an incident light, the illuminance and controls the display. The display area includes a first end area that is an area located near the peripheral area. The control circuit derives a brightness ratio that is a ratio between a brightness of the first end area and a brightness of the peripheral area, based on the illuminance and image data for the display image. The control circuit controls, when the brightness ratio is larger than a brightness ratio threshold value that is a predefined value, the display to cause the brightness ratio to be equal to or smaller than the brightness ratio threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki Namekata
  • Patent number: 12182337
    Abstract: A vehicle information display system an operation section provided at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to a driver seat, the operation section being structured so as to be operable by a vehicle occupant; and a display section provided at a position that is viewable from the driver seat, a vicinity information display region in which vicinity information of the vehicle being displayed being specified at a central portion of the display section, and a selection option display region being specified at one side in the vehicle width direction of the display section, relative to the vicinity information display region, the selection option display region being selectable by the vehicle occupant operating the operation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoaki Takabatake, Junji Miyazaki, Koji Kimura, Yuki Yoshida, Ryo Ogata, Tadashi Morishita
  • Patent number: 12179595
    Abstract: In representation processing, when a capacity retention is higher than a threshold value while a warranty condition is satisfied, an ECU has the capacity retention shown in a first manner. When the capacity retention is equal to or lower than the threshold value while the warranty condition is satisfied, the ECU has the capacity retention shown in a second manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Uchida, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kazuki Kubo, Junta Izumi
  • Patent number: 12164683
    Abstract: An electronic device that has a line-of-sight detection function and is capable of suppressing the execution of an operation different from the intention of a user, and a control method therefor are disclosed. The device has a function for detecting coordinates on an image at which a user is gazing as point-of-gaze coordinates. The device, in a case where a movement of the point-of-gaze coordinates has been detected, measures a duration of the point-of-gaze coordinates after the movement. The device further determines that the movement of the point-of-gaze coordinates with the duration larger than a time threshold is a viewpoint movement that is intended by the user, and determines that the movement of the point-of-gaze coordinates with the duration equal to or smaller than the time threshold is a viewpoint movement that is not intended by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 12164698
    Abstract: The present technology provides a mechanism by which a player can make a gesture with their hands which can bring up a virtual controller, wherein hand movements and finger tracking can result in locomotion of an avatar through a virtual world without need for a hardware controller. Therefore, a player can have a natural conversion or otherwise control the hands of their avatar to interact with other objects in the virtual world, and then use the avatar's hands to bring up a virtual controller to control locomotive movements of their avatar without the player of a physical controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: VRChat Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald John Millar, David E. Tin Nyo, Trevor Goodwin
  • Patent number: 12154470
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display panel are disclosed. A pull-up control module and a pull-down module of each stage gate driving unit are connected to a first node. A thin film transistor in the pull-up control module and/or pull-down module that is connected to the first node is an oxide thin film transistor, such that a leakage current of the first node is reduced due to the advantage of the small off-state leakage current of the oxide thin film transistor. Therefore, the voltage level of the first node can remain stable during a pull-up stage and a touch suspension stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventors: Haiming Cao, Yanqing Guan, Chao Tian, Fei Ai, Guanghui Liu, Zhifu Li
  • Patent number: 12145443
    Abstract: A vehicle according to embodiments includes a display unit displaying information related to the vehicle, a sensor unit detecting a position of a user of the vehicle, and a processor controlling the display unit, wherein the sensor unit is located at a bottom end of the display unit and wherein the sensor unit includes at least one or more light emitting units emitting light and at least one or more sensors receiving the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Park, Jun Seong Seo, Sol Ji Yoo, Hyang Sook Kim, Ji Eun Hwang
  • Patent number: 12147656
    Abstract: This disclosure describes one or more implementations of systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that utilize a drawing application technique that enables a simulation of digital spirograph designs within electronic drawing applications. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems receive a user selection of a primary shape. Moreover, in one or more implementations, the disclosed systems detect a user interaction with a contact point within a secondary shape to move the contact point from a first location to a second location. Furthermore, in one or more instances, the disclosed systems generate, for display, a digital line drawing from the first location to the second location utilizing a movement of the contact point in relation to a rotation of a secondary curve of the secondary shape along a movement path corresponding to a primary curve of the primary shape based on the user interaction with the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Apoorva, Ishita Menon, Deep Sinha, Ayush Bansal
  • Patent number: 12142234
    Abstract: An electronic ink screen and a control method therefor and a control device therefor. The control method for the electronic ink screen includes: in a preset time period, ensuring that a difference between the number of times of positive voltage refresh processes corresponding to a target capsule and the number of times of negative voltage refresh processes corresponding to the target capsule is less than or equal to a preset difference threshold. Each of the positive voltage refresh processes includes: increasing an amplitude of a control voltage signal to a preset maximum positive voltage value, and then reducing the amplitude of the control voltage signal. Each of the negative voltage refresh processes includes: reducing the amplitude of the control voltage signal to a preset maximum negative voltage value, and then increasing the amplitude of the control voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mancheng Zhou, Hao Tang, Baohong Kang
  • Patent number: 12136369
    Abstract: A rotating display apparatus is provided. The rotating display apparatus includes a pixel array and a control device. The pixel array is capable of rotating around a rotation axis in the pixel array, the pixel array includes a plurality of pixel units, and the plurality of pixel units are arranged in a plurality of pixel columns distributed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. Pixel units in each pixel column are arranged in a direction parallel to the rotation axis and operate at a same refresh frequency. A refresh frequency of pixel units in a pixel column close to the rotation axis is less than a refresh frequency of pixel units in a pixel column far away from the rotation axis. The control device is configured to control the pixel units in each pixel column to operate at a refresh frequency corresponding to the pixel column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yaoyu Lv, Jiyang Shao, Guixin Yan, Menglei Zhang, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12125459
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a data transmission method that transmits data in a clock-embedded manner, including: dividing the data into a plurality of data packets having a bit number of ‘a’; determining a transition code including information on a first transition facilitating data packet and a second transition facilitating data packet having the same high-order bits ([a?1:1]) among the data packets; converting the plurality of data packets into transition ensuring data packets by using the transition code; and transmitting the transition code and the transition ensuring data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Heen Dol Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Chae Hee Park, Ji Ye Lee, Young Suk Jung
  • Patent number: 12120256
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first structure, a second structure slidably coupled to the first structure in a first direction or an opposite direction to the first direction, a display of which a partial area is arranged in the second structure so as to move together with the second structure, and of which at least part of the remaining area is positioned in the first structure, wherein the size of an area of the display that forms the front surface of the electronic apparatus changes in response to the sliding motion of the second structure, and a plurality of substrates which are arranged in the first structure and include at least one printed circuit board, wherein the first structure may be configured so that at least a portion thereof is electrically connected to the printed circuit board and used as an antenna radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunsuk Kim, Soohyun Seo, Jihyung Jung, Joongyeon Cho, Nakhyun Choi, Yangwook Kim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 12117620
    Abstract: A vehicle display system is provided in a vehicle and includes: a first display device configured to project a light pattern onto a road surface outside the vehicle; a second display device inside the vehicle configured to display a predetermined image to an occupant of the vehicle such that the predetermined image is superimposed on a real space outside the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the first display device and the second display device. In a case where both the predetermined image and the light pattern are displayed, the controller causes a distance from the occupant to the predetermined image to match a distance from the occupant to the light pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yoshinori Shibata, Misako Kamiya, Naoki Takii
  • Patent number: 12115856
    Abstract: In an in-vehicle terminal device that is able to perform communication with a server device, an identification information acquisition unit acquires identification information of a user who boards a vehicle. A communication unit transmits the identification information of the user to the server device and receives arrangement information of a plurality of display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user transmitted from the server device. A setting unit decides an arrangement of the display elements of the in-vehicle display according to an arrangement criterion based on vehicle type information of the vehicle using the arrangement information of the display elements corresponding to the identification information of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Oe, Kazuya Nishimura, Jun Goto, Hirofumi Kamimaru