Patents Examined by Duane N Taylor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11868156
    Abstract: A touch-control panel and a touch-control display apparatus. The touch-control panel comprises a touch-control sensing layer with a plurality of touch-control units, wherein each of the touch-control units comprises at least one touch-control pattern, with the touch-control pattern comprising a first touch-control electrode and a second touch-control electrode that are insulated from each other. The first touch-control electrode is provided with at least one first touch-control group, with the first touch-control group comprising a plurality of first touch-control branches and first conductive connection portions which are separately connected to one end of each of the plurality of first touch-control branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dalin Xiang, Zewen Bo
  • Patent number: 11868575
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel that displays an image and an input sensor disposed on the display panel and that includes an active area that senses an external input and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area. The input sensor includes a sensing electrode disposed in the active area, a signal line disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected with the sensing electrode, a ground line disposed further away from the active area than the signal line, a sensing line that includes a first portion that overlaps the ground line, a signal pad disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected with the signal line, a ground pad connected with the ground line, and a dummy pad disposed adjacent to the ground pad. One end of sensing line is connected with the dummy pad and an opposite end is connected with the ground line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Yang, Hyunsik Park
  • Patent number: 11861106
    Abstract: A detection device includes a sensor including a driving electrode and detection electrodes and a controller detecting a non-contact target from signal waveforms acquired from the detection electrodes by applying a voltage to the driving electrode, the signal waveforms each indicating a change in signal strength over time. The controller discriminates a peak caused by the non-contact target on the basis of a time width from a rising start point of a peak to a peak top of the peak, a height from the rising start point of the peak to the peak top of the peak, and a slope of a rising side of the peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Yukihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11862627
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a display element on the display area, a peripheral circuit on the peripheral area, the peripheral circuit including a thin film transistor, a first shielding layer on the peripheral circuit. and a second shielding layer on the first shielding layer. At least one of the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer includes a hole. One shielding layer of the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer includes the hole and overlaps the other one of the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11862646
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate, a touch display panel and a display panel. The display substrate has a display region and a pin region on a side of the display region. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; and at least one first signal line and at least one second signal line both on a side of the base substrate and both extending to the display region from the pin region. The display substrate further includes a DC conductive structure connected to a constant DC voltage. The DC conductive structure is between the at least one first signal line and the at least one second signal line. Each of the at least one first signal line and the at least one second signal line is spaced apart from the DC conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Libin Liu, Can Zheng, Shiming Shi
  • Patent number: 11842019
    Abstract: A touch substrate and a display panel are provided. The touch substrate includes first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes; the first touch electrodes are arranged along a first direction and extend along a second direction, and the second touch electrodes are arranged along the second direction and extend along the first direction; each first touch electrode includes a first touch sub-electrode and a first connection electrode, the first connection electrode is between two adjacent first touch sub-electrodes, the two adjacent first touch sub-electrodes are electrically connected through the first connection electrode; the first touch sub-electrode and the first connection electrode are in different conductive layers; the first touch sub-electrode is at least partially in the first functional region of the touch substrate and outside the opening peripheral region, the first connection electrode includes a first connection sub-electrode that is at least partially in the opening peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Yi Zhang, Shun Zhang, Ping Wen, Yuanqi Zhang, Wei Wang, Fuqiang Yang, Yang Zeng, Chang Luo, Chao Zeng
  • Patent number: 11842018
    Abstract: A display device can include an optical electronic device disposed in a display area. To address a reduction of sensitivity of a touch panel disposed in a first sub-display area of the display area in which the optical electronic is disposed, an edge of a touch electrode in the first sub-display area can be provided with a finger part, a size of the touch electrode in the first sub-display area can be reduced, or a sub-touch electrode can be connected to the touch electrode in the first sub-display area, thereby increasing sensing sensitivity of the touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Han, Younggyu Moon
  • Patent number: 11842012
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a sensor unit on the display panel; a touch driver including a signal processor configured to output a final touch point coordinate using a touch sensing signal received from the sensor unit; and an application processor configured to provide filter size information to the touch driver, wherein the signal processor includes a jitter remover configured to receive a current touch point coordinate from a coordinate calculator and to output the final touch point coordinate from which a jitter component is removed by filtering with a jitter filter, and wherein the jitter remover includes a filter size determiner configured to vary a range of the jitter filter in response to the filter size information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Sub So, Ji Hoon Kim, Sang Hun Park
  • Patent number: 11829569
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method for forming a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in an array on a base substrate; a light-shielding pattern at a side, away from the base substrate, of the pixels, and an orthographic projection of the light-shielding pattern on the base substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of a gap between adjacent pixels on the base substrate; a light extraction structure arranged at a light-emitting side of the pixel and a side of the light-shielding pattern adjacent to the base substrate, a light-emitting direction of the light extraction structure is a direction of the light extraction structure away from the pixels, and an orthographic projection of the light extraction structure on the base substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the pixels on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: MIANYANG BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuanchen Chin
  • Patent number: 11822751
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an electronic panel including a first area, a folding area, and a second area, arranged along a first direction, the folding area being folded with respect to a folding axis defined in a second direction crossing the first direction; a support layer under the electronic panel and comprising a folding portion overlapping the folding area and provided with a plurality of holes defined therethrough, a first portion overlapping the first area, and a second portion overlapping the second area; and a folding sensing module comprising a sensing pad being electrically conductive, a driver configured to apply an electrical signal to the sensing pad, and a sensing line connecting the sensing pad and the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soowon Kim, Jaseung Ku, Hyungchul Kim, Yerin Oh, Suhyun Jeong
  • Patent number: 11816282
    Abstract: A touch display device is disclosed. By arranging a part of a touch routing line for a driving of a touch electrode on an active area and electrically connecting the touch routing line to an auxiliary routing pattern that overlaps the touch routing line, an area where the touch routing line is disposed and a load of the touch routing line can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaeGyun Lee, Ruda Rhe, Hyangmyoung Gwon, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, SuChang An
  • Patent number: 11816283
    Abstract: A touch panel, preparation method thereof and display apparatus. The touch panel includes a touch region and a binding region, wherein the touch region includes n touch sub-regions disposed sequentially along a second direction, and at least one touch sub-region includes multiple touch electrodes and multiple touch traces; the binding region includes a trace lead-out region adjacent to the touch region, and the trace lead-out region includes n lead convergence regions disposed sequentially along the second direction; first ends of multiple touch traces in an i-th touch sub-region are connected respectively to multiple touch electrodes in the i-th touch sub-region, and second ends of the multiple touch traces in the i-th touch sub-region extend to an i-th lead convergence region of the trace lead-out region; n is a positive integer greater than 2, i=1, 2, . . . , n, and the second direction crosses the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Chao Zeng, Weiyun Huang
  • Patent number: 11809665
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a functional layer, a touch layer, and a protective layer. The touch layer includes at least one touch electrode, and is disposed between the functional layer and the protective layer. The protective layer includes a bottom surface and a top surface. The bottom surface faces the touch layer, and the top surface is opposite to the bottom surface. The top surface includes an inner region, an outer region, and a virtual knob portion. The virtual knob portion is disposed between the inner region and the outer region and corresponds to the touch electrode, and at least a portion of the virtual knob portion protrudes from the outer region or is depressed relative to the outer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Cheng Hsieh, Li-Wei Sung
  • Patent number: 11809664
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes at least one operating area on an operating surface, at least one first sensing electrode corresponding to the operating area, a plurality of electrodes around the first sensing electrode, and a control unit configured to, when contact of an operating body with the operating area is detected by the first sensing electrode, make control different according to a contact operation on the one operating area according to a sum of capacitance values of electrodes of the plurality of peripheral electrodes around the operating area where the contact of the operating body is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yasunori Watanabe, Shinya Abe
  • Patent number: 11803281
    Abstract: Provided are a touch display screen and a driving method therefor, and a display apparatus. A common electrode layer is divided into a plurality of mutually independent self-capacitance electrodes, and the self-capacitance electrodes are connected to a driving chip via corresponding touch-control traces; and each self-capacitance electrode is connected to a common voltage line via a switching transistor, and a gate electrode of each switching transistor is connected to a control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tielei Zhao, Jie Yu, Pengtao Li, Daekeun Yoon, Qing Ma, Rui Han, Dong Cui, Yangyang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11789257
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical fiber scanner and a projection apparatus. The optical fiber scanner comprises a housing, an optical fiber enclosed in the housing, an actuator, and projection objective lenses, wherein the optical fiber comprises a fiber core and an inner cladding; the optical fiber is fixed on the actuator, one end of the optical fiber extends beyond the actuator to form an optical fiber cantilever, and a fiber core end face of the optical fiber cantilever is recessed inwards to form a negative focal power, such that an equivalent light-emitting surface of the fiber core end face is reversely focused in the fiber core; and the projection objective lenses are arranged on a light-emitting path of the optical fiber cantilever and are used for focusing and imaging the equivalent light-emitting surface (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CHENGDU IDEALSEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiazhou Wang, Chao Chen, Dawei Shen
  • Patent number: 11782533
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone) supporting virtual peripherals are described. The mobile device may include a projecting component configured to project images to external surfaces outside of the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device may project an image of a document on a first external surface and an image of a keyboard on a second external surface. Moreover, the mobile device may include an imaging component to receive inputs based on sensing an input device overlaid on the projected image (e.g., the keyboard). Accordingly, the mobile device may function as a computer with an external monitor and a keyboard, virtually added to the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device may serve two or more users or purposes at a time. For example, the mobile device may operate as an infotainment device of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Elsie de la Garza Villarreal, Claudia A. Delaney, Madison E. Wale, Bhumika Chhabra
  • Patent number: 11778996
    Abstract: An improved lure for attracting aquatic life, specifically crabs, that utilizes interchangeable sound cartridges. The improved lure utilizes a fully submersible portable unit that hoses all sound production components, including a speaker, and a power source. The improved lure may be configured for activation in low-light settings and for use in connection with traps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SPFM, L.P.
    Inventors: Erick Oscar Jorge Arnoldson, Basil E. Battah
  • Patent number: 11775117
    Abstract: A method of operating a display includes performing a non-synchronized touch scan pattern on a display with a controller coupled to the display. The non-synchronized touch scan pattern schedules touch scans independent of a refresh rate of the display. Upon the controller detecting a first synchronization pulse from a display controller coupled to the controller and the display, a first pulse-checking timer is started. Upon detecting a second synchronization pulse from the display controller and before the first pulse-checking timer expires, a first display refresh rate for the display is obtained from an interval between the first synchronization pulse and the second synchronization pulse. A synchronized touch scan pattern is performed with the controller, and is scheduled to avoid touch scans coinciding with refreshes of the display performed at the first display refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Beijing) R&D Co., Ltd., STMicroelectronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengcheng Wen, Yuan Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 11775062
    Abstract: In some embodiments, eye tracking is used on an AR or VR display system to determine if a user of the display system is blinking or otherwise cannot see. In response, current drain or power usage of a display associated with the display system may be reduced, for example, by dimming or turning off a light source associated with the display, or by configuring a graphics driver to skip a designated number of frames or reduce a refresh rate for a designated period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Tal Mor