Patents Examined by Gustavo Polo
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Patent number: 12293688Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, a gate driver configured to output a first gate signal for writing data voltages to the pixels and a second gate signal for applying an initialization voltage to the pixels, which have activation levels, to the pixels in a misconnection detection period, a data driver configured to output the data voltages to the pixels in the misconnection detection period, a power voltage generator electrically connected to the data driver through a cable and configured to output a first power voltage to the display panel in the misconnection detection period, and a timing controller electrically connected to the data driver through the cable and configured to perform a protection operation by detecting misconnection of the cable based on the first power voltage in the misconnection detection period.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Jungeon An
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Patent number: 12288504Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus includes a timing controller, a data driver circuit, and a display panel. The timing controller is configured to receive at least one data polarity configuration signal. The timing controller generates and outputs a plurality of polarity inversion signals according to the data polarity configuration signal. The phases of the polarity inversion signals are different. The data driver circuit is coupled to the timing controller. The data driver circuit is configured to receive the polarity inversion signals. The display panel is coupled to the data driver circuit. The display panel is configured to display images. The data driver circuit drives the display panel to display the images according to the polarity inversion signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Ming-Feng Hsieh, Pei-Hung Hsieh, Meng-Chang Tsai
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Patent number: 12284832Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes sub-pixels, a driving circuit for driving at least a part of the sub-pixels, and a signal line connecting the sub-pixel and the driving circuit, the driving circuit is located on a side of the sub-pixel in a first direction, the signal line includes an extension segment extending along the first direction, a plurality of extension segments of a plurality of signal lines are arranged side by side along a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction. The display panel includes a plurality of region segments arranged side by side along the second direction, the plurality of region segments include at least two adjacent first region segment and second region segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Yangu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lei Mi, Hongrui Li, Yusheng Liu
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Patent number: 12277362Abstract: This application provides a screen casting method, a device, and a storage medium. In a screen casting process, when a sound output device is switched to the screen casting transmit end, whether the screen casting transmit end outputs a sound depends on a current status of an audio status switching control, thereby ensuring that whether the screen casting transmit end outputs a sound can be consistent with an expectation of a user in a screen casting scenario. In addition, in the screen casting method provided in this application, when whether the screen casting transmit end outputs a sound is set based on a click operation performed by the user on the audio status switching control, an icon corresponding to the audio status switching control is dynamically modified based on an audio status (mute or non-mute) corresponding to the audio status switching control.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Lan Zhang, Hui Dou
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Patent number: 12272295Abstract: Provided is a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a data writing circuit, a light-emission adjusting circuit, a light-emission control circuit, and a light-emission driving circuit; wherein the data writing circuit is coupled to a gate signal terminal, a first data signal terminal and a first node; the light-emission adjusting circuit is coupled to a target signal terminal, the first node and a second node; the light-emission control circuit is coupled to the second node, a reference signal terminal, a light-emission control signal terminal and a third node; the light-emission driving circuit is coupled to the third node, the gate signal terminal, a first power supply terminal, a second data signal terminal and a light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ning Cong, Minghua Xuan, Can Zhang, Xiaochuan Chen, Lijun Yuan, Qi Qi, Can Wang, Jinfei Niu
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Patent number: 12265671Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for wireless communication, which is applicable to wireless communication between the active pen and the plurality of touch screens, the plurality of touch screens respectively correspond to a plurality of wireless channels, a respective wireless channel is used for wireless communication between a touch screen and the active pen, and the method includes: the active pen sends a coding signal to the first touch screen; the active pen receives a wireless signal sent by the first touch screen, the wireless signal carries identification information of the first touch screen; the active pen identifies the first touch screen that is currently close to or in contact with the active pen according to the identification information of the first touch screen; and the active pen sends a wireless message to the first touch screen through the wireless channel corresponding to the first touch screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Qiquan Liang
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Patent number: 12266279Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, a device includes: an optical guiding device configured to guide light to propagate along a first direction within the optical guiding device, an in-coupling diffractive structure configured to diffract the light to propagate in the optical guiding device, and one or more out-coupling diffractive structures arranged downstream the in-coupling diffractive structure along the first direction and configured to diffract at least part of the light out of the optical guiding device along a second, different direction. The in-coupling diffractive structure is configured to cause a first optical dispersion for the light, and at least one out-coupling diffractive structure is configured to cause a second optical dispersion for the light.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Seamus Blackley, Richard Bahr, Watson Brent Boyett, Sylvain Marcel Colin, Robin James Green, Isaac Serrano Guasch, Stephen John Hart, Robert Alan Hess, Margaret H. Hsu, Christoph Von Jutrzenka, DeaGyu Kim, Mark Anthony Loya, Kelly Swan MacNeill, Benjamin Francis Neil, Kamran Qaderi, Tina Qin, Jesus Manuel Caridad Ramirez, Jayakrishna Sashidharan, Asher Zelig Sefami, Jeff Smith, Robert David Srinivasiah, Sameer Sudhir Walavalkar, Joshua D. Wiensch, Daniel Dereck Williamson
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Patent number: 12260148Abstract: A video projection switching apparatus includes a screen interface, a display controller, a switching unit, and a plurality of input interfaces. At least two of the input interfaces are electrically connected to the display controller and used for connecting to external input devices. The screen interface is used for connecting to a display screen. The display controller is electrically connected to the switching unit and the screen interface. When at least two input interfaces both input video signals, the display controller first outputs a video signal input from one of the at least two input interfaces through the screen interface according to a preset program. The switching unit outputs a switching signal to the display controller when a user operates. The display controller selects to output a video signal input from another one of the at least two input interfaces through the screen interface when receiving the switching signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Inventor: Chuchu Wang
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Patent number: 12254848Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver; a source driver, supplying gradation voltage signals to multiple pixel parts via multiple data lines based on a video data signal, and supplying to the gate driver a gate control signal; and a video data transmission part, transmitting the video data signal to the source driver by using LVDS. The video data transmission part assigns, to an empty region that is a region other than regions assigned to multiple pixel data pieces forming one pixel of the video data signal in each data packet defined for a time of transmitting the video data signal for one pixel by using LVDS, an arithmetic value calculated based on the pixel data pieces, and transmits to the source driver together with the pixel data pieces as the video data signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroaki Ishii
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Patent number: 12249296Abstract: A data transmission method, device, conference system, wireless screen transmitter and storage medium are provided. According to the data transmission method, when the wireless screen transmitter accesses the terminal apparatus and performs screen transmission on the display apparatus, the privacy recognition program is quickly loaded from the wireless screen transmitter to the terminal apparatus. While transmitting corresponding media data to the wireless screen transmitter in real time according to current display screen, the terminal apparatus runs the privacy recognition program to recognize a privacy window in the current display screen and acquires corresponding position information, and then sends the position information to the wireless screen transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED, GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nan Tian
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Patent number: 12235443Abstract: A head-up display includes: a display that emits light showing an image from a display surface; and a mirror, wherein the image is seen as a virtual image by an observer through a windshield by the light emitted from the display surface of the display toward the mirror being reflected only by a reflecting surface of the mirror toward the windshield, and further being reflected by the windshield toward the observer, and the display surface of the display is directed downward from a direction toward the mirror from the display, and a center of the display surface of the display is located below a the center of gravity of the reflecting surface of the mirror.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoaki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 12236151Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a light-transmission member disposed in a line-of-sight direction of a user when the information processing apparatus is worn on a user's head; and a processor configured to: switch between displaying of a virtual screen to be superimposed on a real space through the light-transmission member when the information processing apparatus is worn on the user's head and displaying of a display content of the virtual screen on the light-transmission member when the information processing apparatus is not worn on the user's head.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Tatsuyuki Esaki
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Patent number: 12216851Abstract: Electronic devices can include a textured exterior surface that is used for controlling functions associated with the electronic device or another electronic device when an object moves along the textured exterior surface. In some examples, the textured exterior surface can be a multi-directional textured surface to enable multi-directional touch functionality. In some examples, sensors of the electronic device can detect signal inputs generated by vibrations caused by the object moving along the textured exterior surface. The signal inputs can be processed to determine the directionality and/or speed of the movement input.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Travis N. Owens, Daniel J. Bechstein, Jeremy A. Bagnol, Daniell Dokko, Supratik Datta
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Patent number: 12217713Abstract: Display units for executing operational updates in a prioritized fashion are disclosed. A control subsystem is in electronic communication with an electronic display, sensor(s), and a thermal management subsystem. Requests to update established operational parameters for the electronic display and the thermal management subsystem are received at the control subsystem. The established operational parameters include operational parameters specific to sensor readings. The control subsystem determines which of the requests would provide a largest change to the established operational parameters if implemented, and prioritize that, largest, one of the requests for execution.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2024Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventors: William Dunn, John Schuch
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Patent number: 12211415Abstract: A compensation method a pixel circuit and a display panel are provided. In the compensation method, a gate potential and a source potential of a driving transistor in a writing stage are obtained and a compensation coefficient of the pixel circuit is determined, and then a light-emitting current flowing through the driving transistor in a light-emitting stage is determined based on the compensation coefficient, the gate potential and the source potential of the driving transistor in the writing stage. The compensation coefficient can adjust transmission loss of the gate potential and the source potential of the driving transistor in the writing stage, so as to ensure that the light-emitting current flowing through the driving transistor in the light-emitting stage is desired, without causing the phenomenon of shift in brightness.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tao Bi
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Patent number: 12204808Abstract: An interactive object displaying structure and a method of use are disclosed. The interactive object displaying structure includes a plurality of object collecting structures configured to hold at least an object and the plurality of object collecting structures includes at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to detect sensor data, a plurality of display devices, wherein the plurality of display devices is configured to display at least a content, a controller communicatively connected to the at least a sensor and the plurality of display devices, wherein the controller is configured to generate the at least a content as a function of the sensor data, determine at least one display device from the plurality of display devices as a function of the sensor data and transmit the at least a content to the at least one display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Pharma Vision LLCInventors: Mark Earl Young, Mark Hyland
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Patent number: 12200356Abstract: A virtual or augmented reality display system that controls power inputs to the display system as a function of image data. Image data itself is made of a plurality of image data frames, each with constituent color components of, and depth planes for displaying on, rendered content. Light sources or spatial light modulators to relay illumination from the light sources may receive signals from a display controller to adjust a power setting to the light source or spatial light modulator, and/or control depth of displayed image content, based on control information embedded in an image data frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Jose Felix Rodriguez, Ricardo Martinez Perez, Reza Nourai
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Patent number: 12197099Abstract: A system for simplified driving of electrophoretic media using a positive and a negative voltage source, where the voltage sources have different magnitudes, and a controller that cycles the top electrode between the two voltage sources and ground while coordinating driving at least two drive electrodes opposed to the top electrode. The resulting system can achieve roughly the same color states as compared to supplying each drive electrode with six independent drive levels and ground. Thus, the system simplifies the required electronics with only marginal loss in color gamut. The system is particularly useful for addressing an electrophoretic medium including four sets of different particles, e.g., wherein three of the particles are colored and subtractive and one of the particles is light-scattering.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Stephen J. Telfer, Crystal Nguyen, Amit Deliwala, Kosta Ladavac, Christopher L. Hoogeboom
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Patent number: 12189847Abstract: An electronic device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet) can be connected to another electronic device that is typically a computing device (e.g., a mobile device such as a laptop or a non-mobile device such as a desktop computer or workstation), allowing the electronic devices to be used together. This connection can be a wired connection or a wireless connection. The relative location of one of the electronic devices relative to the other of the electronic devices is automatically determined by analyzing changes in the gaze of the user of the electronic devices. An indication of the position of one of the electronic devices relative to the other is then displayed on one of the electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Jeffrey T Snow, Olivier D Meirhaeghe
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Patent number: 12189430Abstract: An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is exposed for view to the outside of the electronic device in a first state, and when the first state is switched to a second state according to movement of the second housing with respect to the first housing, at least a portion of the second area may be exposed for view to the outside of the electronic device together with the first area, and a processor. The processor may be configured to, in the first state, supply power related to driving of the flexible display to a first portion of the second area, the first portion being adjacent to the first area and not exposed for view to the outside through a front surface of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sukdong Kim, Myunghoon Kwak, Moonsun Kim, Junwoo Choi, Changryong Heo