Patents Examined by Emily J Frank
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Patent number: 10891898Abstract: The invention discloses a pixel circuit for top-emitting AMOLED panel and driving method thereof. The pixel circuit comprises: first TFT (T1), connected to first node(G), second node(S) and third node(D); second TFT(T2), connected to scan signal(Scan), first node(G) and data signal(Data1); third TFT(T3), connected to scan signal(Scan), second node(S) and reference voltage(Ref); fourth TFT(T4), connected to scan signal(Scan), third node(D) and high voltage power source(Data2); first capacitor(Cst), connected to first node(G) and second node(S); second capacitor(C), connected respectively to third node(D) and reference voltage(Ref); OLED, connected to second node(S) and low voltage power source(VSS); the voltage difference between high voltage power source(Data2) and low voltage power source(VSS) maintaining unchanged. The invention also provides a corresponding driving method. The invention can effectively relieve the IR voltage drop caused by increased impendence of the transparent cathode.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Baixiang Han
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Patent number: 10861394Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a light emitting display apparatus including the same has a simplified circuit that outputs a stable emission control signal. The gate driving circuit includes an emission control shift register including a plurality of emission control stages that each respectively supply an emission control signal to one of a plurality of emission control lines, each emission control line connected to at least one pixel of a plurality of pixels in a light emitting display panel. For an emission control line, when at least one of first input signal and the second input signal has a first voltage level, an emission control stage outputs the emission control signal having a gate-off voltage level, and when both of the first input signal and the second input signal have a second voltage level, the corresponding emission control signal has a gate-on voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: YongHo Jang
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Patent number: 10761570Abstract: An electronic device may have a hollow display cover structure. The hollow display cover structure may be formed from a structure having an inner surface. The structure may be an elongated member having a longitudinal axis. A material such as sapphire, other crystalline materials, or other transparent materials may be used in forming the hollow display cover structure. A flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other flexible display structure may be wrapped around the longitudinal axis to cover the interior surface of the hollow display cover structure. The electronic device may have a touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors for gathering input such as user input. The electronic device may use one or more sensors to gather information on rotational motion of the device and can display content on the flexible display layer accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Derek Wright, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
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Patent number: 10761612Abstract: In one or more implementations, a static geometry model is generated, from one or more images of a physical environment captured using a camera, using one or more static objects to model corresponding one or more objects in the physical environment. Interaction of a dynamic object with at least one of the static objects is identified by analyzing at least one image and a gesture is recognized from the identified interaction of the dynamic object with the at least one of the static objects to initiate an operation of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Kim, Otmar D. Hilliges, Shahram Izadi, Patrick L. Olivier, Jamie Daniel Joseph Shotton, Pushmeet Kohli, David G. Molyneaux, Stephen E. Hodges, Andrew W. Fitzgibbon
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Patent number: 10747296Abstract: Power management for a touch controller is disclosed. The touch controller can include a transmit section for transmitting stimulation signals to an associated touch sensor panel to drive the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the transmit section to reduce power during the transmission. The touch controller can also include a receive section for receiving touch signals resulting from the driving of the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the receive section to reduce power during the receipt of the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a demodulation section for demodulating the received touch signals to obtain touch event results, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the demodulation section to reduce power during the demodulation of the touch signals. The touch controller can also selectively reduce power below present low levels during idle periods.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christoph H. Krah, Thomas James Wilson
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Patent number: 10715140Abstract: A laminated light guide and component carrier includes a light guide of a light transmissive polymeric material. The light guide has a pocket in a first face. First electrical traces are printed on the first face. A light emitting diode is positioned in the pocket and supported on the light guide by attachment legs which extend outward from the pocket electrically connecting the light emitting diode to the first electrical traces. A light reflector is formed as a texturally modified area of the light guide directly aligned with the light emitting diode. A capacitive touch sensor is printed on a light guide second face and connected to second electrical traces defining capacitive touch traces printed on the second face. A window region of the light guide is defined where the capacitive touch sensor is aligned with the light reflector and the light emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLCInventors: Ron G. Gipson, Bhanumurthy Veeragandham
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Patent number: 10679559Abstract: A display driving unit circuit, a driving method, a display driving circuit and a display device are provided. The display driving unit circuit includes a pixel driving circuit and a light-emission control signal generation circuit. The light-emission control signal generation circuit is coupled to the pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit is to drive a pixel to emit light. The light-emission control signal generation circuit is to supply a display light-emission control signal to the pixel driving circuit at a display stage to enable the pixel in a displaying mode and supply a fingerprint detection light-emission control signal to the pixel driving circuit at a fingerprint detection stage to enable the pixel in a fingerprint detection light-emission mode at the fingerprint detection stage. The display stage and the fingerprint detection stage are different time periods.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Xue Dong, Jing Lv, Haisheng Wang, Chunwei Wu, Yingming Liu, Wei Liu, Pengpeng Wang, Yanling Han, Xueyou Cao, Ping Zhang
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Patent number: 10656709Abstract: First media content including text is presented on a display. User expressions of a user, including eye movement, are tracked by an image detector while the user is reading the text of the first media content. User expression data is generated based on the user expressions of the user. A determination can be made as to whether the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value. Responsive to determining that the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value, one or more actions can be automatically initiated. For example, an analysis of a plurality of reviews pertaining to at least a portion of the content can be presented on the display.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Subil M. Abraham, James P. Appleyard, Pratik A. Naik
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Patent number: 10657895Abstract: What is disclosed are systems and methods of compensation of images produced by active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. Anomalies in luminance produced by pixel circuits and bias currents produced by current biasing circuits for driving current biased voltage programmed pixels are corrected through calibration and compensation while re-using existing data or other lines that can be controlled individually to perform said calibration and compensation.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: Gholamreza Chaji, Yaser Azizi, Arash Moradi, Hongxin Liu
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Patent number: 10657878Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, pixels on the display panel, data and gate drivers, a timing controller which applies control signals respectively to the data and gate drivers, and a power management integrated circuit (“PMIC”) which applies a driving voltage to the data and gate drivers. The timing controller detects an operational condition of the display panel and selects one of stored power setting values to output the selected one of the power setting values to the PMIC. The PMIC includes, first and second storage banks, a controller which receives the power setting value from the timing controller, stores the power setting value in one of the first and second storage banks, and calls the stored power setting value to determine the driving voltage, and a power generator which applies the driving voltage based on the driving voltage determined by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanguk Nam, Jongjae Lee, Sujin Kim, Daesik Lee, Junki Hong, Heejeong Seo
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Patent number: 10656708Abstract: First media content including text is presented on a display. User expressions of a user, including eye movement, are tracked by an image detector while the user is reading the text of the first media content. User expression data is generated based on the user expressions of the user. A determination can be made as to whether the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value. Responsive to determining that the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value, one or more actions can be automatically initiated. For example, additional media content that provides further explanation of the media content can be presented.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Subil M. Abraham, James P. Appleyard, Pratik A. Naik
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Patent number: 10651950Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to control devices configured for use with computing devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and devices for shortening wireless reconnection time by determining the presence of an object or body near a device. When the control device detects an object or body in proximity to the device, the control device may automatically establish a wireless connection with a host devices, such that when the control device receives any user interactions, the wireless connection has already been established, preventing loss of data.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Jean-Christophe Hemes, Francesco Spina, Olivier Gay, Gilles de Preux, Olivier Bodenmann, Paolo Cremonino, Laurent Mealares
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Patent number: 10649552Abstract: An input method and electronic device using a pen input device are provided. In an embodiment, status information of the pen input device is received, and contact information of a contact point between the pen input device and the terminal is generated, based on the received status information. Expressive effects of a pen input, such as line thickness, density and texture, are varied based on the contact information. Such input method and electronic device using the pen input device can simply and conveniently vary expressive effects of a pen-based input. In other embodiments, contact information is determined from actual contact points and expressive effects are varied as a function of the contact information or pen status information derived from the actual contact information.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daehyun Ji, Joonwoo Kim, Dongcheol Baek, Taekeun Oh
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Patent number: 10636389Abstract: The present invention provides a system which integrates unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting systems, information delivery systems and power supply systems within a support such as vehicular wheel to provide an advanced, high quality visual display apparatus in various surfaces of rotation. A displayed image may be three dimensional. These technologies, and their many unique applications, provide for a novel and useful series of video display devices that are small, lightweight, efficient and can have the capability of producing a clear, bright, high definition image that is equivalent to that of a modern day TV or high quality computer monitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Spin Screen, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Gilbert, Paul Chen, Lawrence Moens
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Patent number: 10613661Abstract: A touch drive unit and a driving method thereof, a touch drive circuit and a touch device are disclosed. The touch drive unit includes a shift register sub-unit, a gate sub-unit. The shift register sub-unit includes a shift signal output terminal and is configured to output a shift signal to the gate sub-unit by the shift signal output terminal; the gate sub-unit includes a first input circuit, a first pull-up circuit, a first pull-down control circuit, and a first pull-down circuit; the first pull-up circuit is electrically connected to a touch drive signal terminal, a first pull-up node and a touch signal output terminal, and is configured to output a touch drive signal that is input from the touch drive signal terminal to the touch signal output terminal under a control of an electrical potential of the first pull-up node.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Fei Huang
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Patent number: 10613650Abstract: A navigation device including an image sensor, a processor and a memory is provided. The memory stores a lookup table of a plurality of moving speeds each corresponding to one frame period. The image sensor captures image frames successively. The processor calculates a current speed according to a current image frame and a previous image frame, reads a frame period from the lookup table according to the calculated current speed, wherein the read frame period is multiplied by a ratio, which is smaller than 1, when an acceleration is confirmed by the processor according to the captured image frames.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Zi-Hao Tan, Kevin Len-Li Lim
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Patent number: 10573400Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of shift register units (10), a detecting unit (20), and a reset unit (30). The detecting unit (20) is connected to at least two of the plurality of shift register units (10) to detect output potentials of the two shift register units (10) and to send a detection result to the reset unit (30). The reset unit (30) is connected to at least one of the two shift register units (10) such that, upon detection of output potential of each of the at least two shift register units (10) connected to the detecting unit (20) over a predetermined value, the reset unit (30) resets output potentials of at least one of the two of shift register units (10) connected to the reset unit (30) based on a detection result.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuai Xu, Hong Zhu, Hongjun Yu
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Patent number: 10565943Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for reducing power consumption of a liquid crystal display, which includes: a screen area acquisition module for acquiring a first screen area being viewed and a second screen area not being viewed while a viewer watches a screen of the liquid crystal display; and a dynamic backlight control module for performing a dynamic backlight control adjustment on the second screen area. The present disclosure also discloses a method for reducing power consumption of the power consumption reduction device and a liquid crystal display having device. The present disclosure realizes intelligently partitioning dynamic backlight control to the screen of the liquid crystal display and also reduces the power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenzhou Xing, Qingcheng Zuo
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Patent number: 10503318Abstract: A despreading method is applicable to a touch sensitive screen including multiple first electrodes being parallel to a first axis and multiple second electrodes being parallel to a second axis. The despreading method includes the following steps: coupling at least two of the second electrodes as a synchronization channel; despreading a first preamble code of a first signal frame of received signal from the synchronization channel to retrieve a first synchronization information according to a first pseudo noise code; and decoding a first data code behind the first preamble code of received signal from at least one of the first electrodes in accordance with the first synchronization information and the first pseudo noise code.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh, Guang-Huei Lin
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Patent number: 10499021Abstract: A scanning display device includes a MEMS scanner, a controller, light source drivers, light sources and an image processor. The controller controls rotation of MEMS mirror(s) of the MEMS scanner. Each light source driver selectively drives a respective one of the light sources to thereby produce a respective light beam that is directed towards and incident on a MEMS mirror of the MES scanner. The image processor causes two of the light source drivers to drive two of the light sources to thereby produce two light beams, when a first portion of an image is being raster scanned by the MEMS scanner. The image processor causes only one of the light source drivers to drive only one of the light sources to thereby produce only one light beam, when a second portion of the image is being raster scanned by the MEMS scanner. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: John Tardif, Joshua O Miller