Patents Examined by Gene W Lee
  • Patent number: 11256342
    Abstract: An electronic device tracks, for a user performing a target acquisition movement within a 3D space, movement parameters of a plurality of input devices of the user. The electronic device predicts, for the user, a region of interest within the 3D space, using a regression model, based on the movement parameters. The region of interest includes a plurality of targets in close proximity. The electronic device predicts an endpoint of the target acquisition movement, within the region of interest, using a pointer facilitation technique. In some embodiments, the plurality of input devices includes an eye tracking input device, each input device corresponds to a predefined input device type, and the movement parameters include gaze data from the eye tracking input device. In some embodiments, input devices includes an eye tracking input device, a head-mounted display, and a hand-held controller, and the user's eye, hand, and head movements are coordinated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rorik Henrikson, Tovi Samuel Grossman, Sean Edwin Trowbridge, Hrvoje Benko, Daniel John Wigdor, Marcello Giordano, Michael Glueck, Tanya Renee Jonker, Aakar Gupta, Stephanie Santosa, Carolina Brum Medeiros, Daniel Clarke
  • Patent number: 11250764
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mura compensation device, display panel, display device, and mura compensation method, which belongs to the field of panel technology. The mura compensation device includes a first flexible circuit board and a de-mura circuit, including a storage unit for storing mura compensation data, wherein the de-mura circuit is provided in the first flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianwei Sun, Liugang Zhou, Yizhan Han, Tao Li, Yulong Xiong
  • Patent number: 11250754
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a S stage register, a first connect line, a (S+A) stage register and a second connect line. The S stage register receives a S stage control signal through a first switch unit and a second switch unit, so that the S stage register performs voltage regulation and outputs a S stage scan signal. The first connect line is electrically connected to the first switch unit of the S stage register. A third switch unit of the (S+A) stage register is electrically connected to the first connect line and a fourth switch unit of the (S+A) stage register for receiving the S stage scan signal, so that The (S+A) stage register performs voltage regulation. The second connect line is electrically connected to the second switch unit of the S stage register and the fourth switch unit of the (S+A) stage register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Li Lin, Che-Wei Tung
  • Patent number: 11244637
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight control method and apparatus for a backlight module, a display device and a computer readable storage medium. The backlight module includes a plurality of backlight partitions. The backlight control method includes, for each backlight partition: determining a first brightness change threshold according to an output backlight brightness corresponding to a previous frame image; and determining, according to a difference between an initial backlight brightness of a current frame image and the output backlight brightness corresponding to the previous frame image and the first brightness change threshold, the output backlight brightness corresponding to the current frame image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyang Yan, Zhifu Li, Jinghua Miao, Yukun Sun, Wenyu Li, Lili Chen, Hao Zhang, Chenxi Zhao
  • Patent number: 11244601
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels, each including a first transistor including a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode coupled to a first node, a first power line, and a second node, respectively, a second transistor including a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode coupled to a scan line, the first node, and a third node, respectively, a third transistor including a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode coupled to a control line, the third node, and the second node, respectively, a first capacitor including first and second electrodes coupled to the first node and an initialization line, respectively, a second capacitor including first and second electrodes coupled to the third node and a data line, respectively, and a light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode coupled to the second node and a second power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11237613
    Abstract: A capacitive proximity sensor for use in mobile devices such as smartphones and connected tables, in which it is used to switch off a display (70) when the device is brought to the ear. The capacitive sensor is arranged for rejecting spurious detection induced, for example, by condensation, ingress of water, or thermal drift, based on the time variations of a capacity seen by the readout circuit (80), Additionally, the proximity sensor may integrate signals form motion sensors, temperature sensors or other sensors, to discriminate spurious proximity signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Chaouki Rouaissia, Hehai Zheng
  • Patent number: 11238813
    Abstract: A luminance compensation method is provided. The luminance compensation method includes: establishing a time-varying luminance sequence according to an average luminance value of a plurality of sampled display devices in each unit time during an initial start-up period; establishing an operating luminance sequence according to an average operating luminance value of the sampled display devices under a plurality of different driving condition values after the initial start-up period; generating a driving condition value look-up table according to the time-varying luminance sequence and the operating luminance sequence; and obtaining compensation driving condition values in each unit time according to the driving condition value look-up table and the time-varying luminance sequence and accordingly establishing a time-varying compensation sequence, such that a display device drives a backlight module according to the time-varying compensation sequence in each time unit during the initial start-up period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sheng-Fu Kuo
  • Patent number: 11238775
    Abstract: An image adjustment method comprises: generate a grayscale value of a target pixel by weighted averaging a plurality of input sub-pixel data of the target pixel; calculate an average of grayscale values of all pixels comprising the target pixel in a first window to generate a foreground value of the target pixel; calculate an average of grayscale values of all pixels comprising the target pixel in a second window to generate a background value of the target pixel; according to the foreground value of the target pixel and the background value of the target pixel, obtain a just-noticeable difference value in a look-up table as a grayscale difference value; generate an adjusted grayscale value of the target pixel according to the grayscale difference value; and generate a plurality of output sub-pixel data according to the plurality of input sub-pixel data of the target pixel and the adjusted grayscale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Li Li, JianHua Liang, Hongchun Cong
  • Patent number: 11227523
    Abstract: An array substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate comprises a display area and a peripheral area. The display area includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction. The peripheral area includes a source driver on a side of the peripheral area along the second direction. The display area includes an opening, a first display area on a side of the opening away from the source driver, and a second display area adjacent to the first display area along the first direction. Data lines in the first display area are connected in one-to-one correspondence with data lines in the second display area, and gate lines in the first display area and gate lines in the second display area are disconnected from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Long, Tingliang Liu, Weiyun Huang, Haigang Qing
  • Patent number: 11222572
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving apparatus for a display, which drives pixels using a double rate driving (DRD) method. The driving apparatus includes a first latch circuit storing first pixel data, a second latch circuit storing second pixel data, a first selection circuit selecting one of the first pixel data and the second pixel data and outputting selection data, and a second selection circuit selecting one of the selection data of a pair of adjacent first selection units and outputting source data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Jeong, Young Uk Chang, Ju Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11222571
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for a display, which drives pixels using a double rate driving (DRD) method. The system includes a timing controller configured to provide a data packet and a lock signal, and a plurality of drivers each configured to restore display data and a clock of the data packet and output a source signal corresponding to the display data using the clock. The lock signal is fed back to the timing controller via the plurality of drivers. Each of the drivers outputs an internal lock signal, obtained by updating the lock signal with information on a restored clock, in next order. Each of the drivers may operate in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Jeong, Young Uk Chang, Ju Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11217133
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are arranged, first group lines providing a source voltage to each of the plurality of pixels, a display driver integrated circuit that includes a plurality of source amplifiers electrically connected with the first group lines and providing the source voltage to each of the plurality of pixels, at least one sensing line crossing the first group lines, and first group switches disposed on the at least one sensing line, and a sensing circuit electrically connected with one end of the at least one sensing line to check a crack in at least a partial region of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jongkon Bae, Hyunjun Park, Donghwy Kim, Euntaek Jang, Dongkyoon Han, Yunpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11217188
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for displaying an image on a dual-screen display panel. According to an embodiment, the dual-screen display panel comprises a dimming screen and a display screen. The method comprises: generating first image data for the dimming screen according to image data; determining dimming driving voltages for a plurality of dimming areas based on the first image data according to a grayscale-dimming driving voltage relationship; determining display driving voltages for a plurality of display areas based on the image data according to a grayscale-display driving voltage relationship; and driving the dimming screen and the display screen with the determined dimming driving voltages and display driving voltages, respectively, to display the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Guo, Cuilan Huang, Luqiang Guo, Jieqiong Wang, Hongming Zhan, Ruichen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11210991
    Abstract: In a method of generating correction data for each of a plurality of display devices, a characteristic distribution for initial display devices among the plurality of display devices may be obtained, center characteristic compensation data may be generated based on the characteristic distribution for the initial display devices, the center characteristic compensation data may be applied to subsequent display devices that are subsequent to the initial display devices among the plurality of display devices, mura correction data and image quality correction data may be generated by performing mura correction and image quality correction on each of the subsequent display devices to which the center characteristic compensation data are applied, and the center characteristic compensation data, the mura correction data and the image quality correction data may be written into each of the subsequent display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Seob Chung, Hoi Sik Moon, Hyung Woo Yim, Kang Hyun Kim, Hak Mo Choi
  • Patent number: 11204671
    Abstract: A pen, a method for detecting a pen, and a touch system are disclosed. The pen is configured to operate on a touch panel. The pen includes a controller, a transmitting electrode, and a receiving electrode. The transmitting electrode and the receiving electrode are at different positions of the pen. The receiving electrode is configured to receive a first signal transmitted by the touch panel and transmit the first signal to the controller. The controller is configured to receive the first signal, determine an inclination angle between the pen and the touch panel according to a signal amount of the first signal, generate a second signal by using an encoding format corresponding to the inclination angle, and transmit the second signal to the transmitting electrode. The transmitting electrode is configured to receive the second signal and transmit the second signal to the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guanglei Yang, Zhixiang Fang, Meng Wang, Peng Ding, Xuxu Hu
  • Patent number: 11205394
    Abstract: Disclosed are display device and a method for driving same: calculating a sub-pixel scale average value of each pixel in a pixel unit corresponding to original gray scale data to be displayed in a display region, and shutting off a light source corresponding to a sub-pixel color having the smallest average gray scale value in a backlight unit corresponding to each display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11205393
    Abstract: A display device, wherein a drive circuit thereof is used to display each frame of image by means of two sub-frames; and determining, according to an average drive voltage of sub-pixels of all colors, the magnitudes of backlight compensation signals respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames so as to adjust the light emission brightness of a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11195476
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display including a display panel and a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel, a network interface configured to receive power supply information from a server, and a controller configured to determine whether a current power situation is a power alert occurrence situation based on the power supply information, enable an operation mode of the display apparatus to enter an energy saving mode in case of the power alert occurrence situation, obtain viewing environment information according to entry into the energy saving mode, and control the backlight unit to adjust output brightness of the display panel based on the obtained viewing environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC
    Inventor: Seongwook Choi
  • Patent number: 11195478
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus capable of preventing and/or reducing overheating of driving switches due to a malfunction during varying of a driving voltage. The display apparatus includes: a light emitting diode; a power supply configured to apply a driving voltage to the light emitting diode; a driving switch configured to control the driving current of the light emitting diode; a voltage sensor configured to detect the driving voltage; and a driving controller configured to control the driving switch so that the driving current of the light emitting diode follows a current reference. The driving controller may be configured, based on the driving voltage detected by the voltage sensor being greater than a predetermined voltage, to decrease the current reference to decrease the driving current of the light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Lee, Jeongil Kang
  • Patent number: 11189206
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register is disposed on a display panel. An operating process of the display panel includes a start-up phase and a display phase. The shift register includes a shift register unit, a start-up discharge circuit, a first control end, a second control end, a signal output end and a first power supply end; the shift register unit is configured to output a gate driving signal to the signal output end in the display phase; the start-up discharge circuit is configured to provide a signal of the first power supply end to the signal output end under control of the first control end and the second control end in the start-up phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shenghua Hu, Chunyang Nie, Xueqin Wei, Ke Dai