Patents Examined by Insa Sadio
  • Patent number: 11216177
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a touch display that includes an edge portion on at least one side thereof, a sensor unit that includes a first pressure sensor disposed in a first sensing area of the edge portion and a second pressure sensor disposed in a second sensing area of the edge portion, and a control unit that displays a first user interface on the touch display in response to a first input signal that exceeds a predetermined pressure value being detected via at least one of the first or second pressure sensors and that performs a first action in response to a second input signal that exceeds a predetermined pressure value being detected via at least one of the first or second pressure sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Seomoon, Won Ki Hong, Sung Kook Park, Tae Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11216045
    Abstract: A display system includes a head-mountable 3D display device including at least one sensor to sense an absolute position and orientation of the 3D display device. The display system includes an accessory wearable by a user. The accessory includes at least one sensor to sense a relative position and orientation of the 3D display device relative to the accessory. An absolute position and orientation of a torso of the user may be determined based on the sensed absolute position and orientation of the 3D display device and the sensed relative position and orientation of the 3D display device relative to the accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ian N Robinson, Nathan Nuber
  • Patent number: 11218678
    Abstract: A projection system, a protection circuit and a current monitoring method of an image resolution enhancement device are provided. A light valve converts an illumination beam into an image beam. The image resolution enhancement device changes a transmission path of the image beam according to a driving current. The protection circuit detects the driving current. When the driving current is greater than or equal to a first current threshold, the protection circuit further compares the driving current with a second current threshold. When a duration time that the driving current is smaller than the second current threshold and greater than or equal to the first current threshold is greater than or equal to a time threshold, the protection circuit decreases the driving current to be smaller than the first current threshold to control the image resolution enhancement device. The projection lens converts the image beam into a projection beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 11211021
    Abstract: A grayscale adjustment method of a display panel, a grayscale adjustment device and a display device using the same are provided. The grayscale adjustment method includes steps of capturing an image of the display panel to obtain a current image; identifying a non-uniform block in the current image, and detecting an original output brightness value and an original input grayscale of the non-uniform block; determining a target input grayscale corresponding to a preset target brightness value according to an actual gamma curve value, wherein the actual gamma curve value is obtained by testing the display panel; and setting a difference between the original input grayscale and the target input grayscale as a grayscale compensation value of the non-uniform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11210984
    Abstract: A timing controller that controls a drive circuit of a display panel includes: a delay output unit configured to output a delay value based on a delay time of a second pulse with respect to a first pulse that is output by the drive circuit, the first pulse being generated in synchronization with a data signal supplied to the display panel; and an error output unit configured to compare the delay value and a threshold value to each other and output an error signal based on a result of the comparison, and the second pulse is a pulse that is output from the drive circuit based on the first pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Adachi, Chisato Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11194201
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected with the plurality of data lines; a plurality of common electrodes corresponding to two or more pixel electrodes among the plurality of pixel electrodes; a data driving circuit outputting data voltages to the plurality of data lines; and a driving circuit outputting a first driving signal with a first voltage level to at least one common electrode among the plurality of common electrodes during a first driving period and a second driving signal with a second voltage level and a third voltage level to the at least one common electrode during a second driving period, the second driving signal being a pulse signal, wherein the second voltage level and the third voltage level differ from the first voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeongKyu Kang, SungChul Kim, HoonBae Kim, SunYeop Kim
  • Patent number: 11195888
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device having a reduced bezel area. The display device includes a plurality of touch lines electrically connected to a plurality of touch electrodes and display link lines electrically connected to a light-emitting element, the display link lines being disposed in a non-active area of a substrate, wherein a minimum of M touch lines (M being a natural number greater than 1 and less than N) is disposed with respect to a minimum of N display link lines (N being a natural number greater than 1), among the plurality of display link lines, in the non-active area. Consequently, a narrow bezel may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyang-Myoung Gwon, Ru-Da Rhe, Ji-Hyun Jung, Su-Chang An, Sang-Kyu Kim, Jae-Gyun Lee, Yoonnara Jang
  • Patent number: 11181945
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display area including first and second display areas. First light-emitting units and first pixel circuits are provided in the first display area, and second light-emitting units and second pixel circuits are provided in the second display area. The first pixel circuits are distributed corresponding to an arrangement of the first light-emitting units. The second display area includes at least one light-shielding area and a light-transmitting area surrounding the at least one light-shielding area. The second pixel circuits are all located in the at least one light-shielding area, and at least one of the second light-emitting units is completely located in the light-transmitting area. Each second light-emitting unit located in the light-transmitting area is connected to one second pixel circuit located in the light-shielding area through an anode connection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yangzhao Ma, Xingxing Yang, Zhiqiang Xia, Ruiyuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11175743
    Abstract: Various embodiments wirelessly detect micro gestures using multiple antenna of a gesture sensor device. At times, the gesture sensor device transmits multiple outgoing radio frequency (RF) signals, each outgoing RF signal transmitted via a respective antenna of the gesture sensor device. The outgoing RF signals are configured to help capture information that can be used to identify micro-gestures performed by a hand. The gesture sensor device captures incoming RF signals generated by the outgoing RF signals reflecting off of the hand, and then analyzes the incoming RF signals to identify the micro-gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jaime Lien, Nicholas Edward Gillian, Ivan Poupyrev
  • Patent number: 11170676
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a pre-charge circuit configured to supply a pre-charge signal to a first and second signal line at different timings based on a pre-charge control signal, and an inspection circuit configured to output, to the pre-charge circuit, an inspection control signal indicating whether a target is to be inspected in an inspection operation. The pre-charge circuit includes a first switch, an electrical coupling state between the first signal line and a pre-charge power supply line based on a first coupling control signal, a second switch, an electrical coupling state between the second signal line and the pre-charge power supply line based on a second coupling control signal, a first signal to output the first coupling control signal to the first switch, and a second signal to output the second coupling control signal to the second switch based on the inspection control signal and the pre-charge control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11169596
    Abstract: Especially designed for large covered spaces, the system is made up of a series of conveniently distributed static spatial modules (1) and a series of tracking units (2), associated with each player or user, so that the spatial modules (1) are formed by a square panel, in which two groups of LED diodes of different types visible spectrum reference LEDs (5) and infrared identification LEDs (6) are integrated, each spatial module (1) including configuration means for its identification diodes (6) as well as power supply means or means for connecting to a power supply. Simultaneously, the tracking units (2) include a series of cameras (7) with different orientations, associated with an image-processing unit (8), having a communications port (9) and electrical power supply means (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: VIRTUAL WARE 2007, S.A.
    Inventor: Javier IbaƱez Cruz
  • Patent number: 11163202
    Abstract: A display panel a first display substrate including a non-display area in which a driving circuit and a light shielding layer are disposed, and a display area in which a pixel electrode connected to the driving circuit is disposed, a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display substrate and the second display substrate. The driving circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first branch electrode connected to the first transistor, a second branch electrode connected to the second transistor and overlapping with the first branch electrode in a direction parallel to a surface of the first display substrate, and a connection electrode connecting the first and second branch electrodes disposed on different layers from each other. The light shielding layer overlaps with the first and second transistors and exposes the first and second branch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Doyeong Park, Seongyoung Lee, Seulbee Lee
  • Patent number: 11157099
    Abstract: An electronic writing device is provided. The electronic writing device includes a tip configured to enable writing on a physical surface. The electronic writing device also includes an electronic chip housed in a body of the electronic writing device and coupled to the tip. The electronic chip includes an accelerometer configured to record an acceleration data of the electronic writing device when writing on the physical surface. The electronic chip also includes a gyrometer configured to generate a rotation data corresponding to rotation of the electronic writing device. The electronic writing device further includes a communication module operatively coupled to the electronic chip. The communication module is configured to send data received from the electronic chip to an external processing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ADX Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Pallab Midya
  • Patent number: 11158823
    Abstract: When a base film used in a flexible display panel is bonded to a resin member for fixing the base film that is curved, the base film has creases by an environmental change such as temperature due to difference in linear expansion coefficient before and after a thermal shock. A buffer plate that is thin enough to be bent is provided between the base film used in a flexible display panel and the resin member. With the use of heat dissipation effect and heat equalization effect of the buffer plate, a structure around the panel capable of resisting the environmental change can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Kazuhiko Fujita
  • Patent number: 11158233
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel, and a panel driver configured to change a length of a gate-on period of a light emission control signal provided to the pixel in a current frame on the basis of a difference between a grayscale of a previous frame and a grayscale of the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Yong Ko
  • Patent number: 11144746
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus with in-sensor fingerprint enrollment and verification. The sensing apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor configured to generate sensor data in response to user contact with a sensing region and a processing system operable in at least a first mode and a second mode. When operating in the first mode, the processing system is configured to detect a fingerprint of the user based on the sensor data. When operating in the second mode, the processing system is configured to process gesture inputs based on the sensor data. In some implementations, while operating in the second mode, the processing system may selectively authenticate the user based on the gesture inputs and enable the user to enroll or manage fingerprints on the sensing apparatus when the user is authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kio Kim, Ramakrishna Kakarala, Marcia Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11131894
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes an internal driving circuit, an external circuit and a plurality of signal lines. The signal lines are electrically connected with the internal driving circuit and the external circuit. Each signal line includes N signal line sections, Ma first turning points and Mb second turning points, wherein the N signal line sections are connected with each other, each of the Ma first turning points and the Mb second turning points is located at the connecting site of the two adjacent signal line sections, N and Ma are positive integers, Mb is 0 or a positive integer, N?3, Ma?2, Ma+Mb?N?1, the resistance change rate between the two adjacent signal line sections connected with each first turning point is ?R, and 0<|?R|?10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Hao Chang, Wei-Li Lin
  • Patent number: 11127929
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel and a display device capable of reducing the reflection of external light. The display panel includes a touch sensor, disposed on an encapsulation unit, and an antireflective film disposed in a non-emission area of the touch sensor so as to overlap each other, whereby it is possible to reduce external light from being incident on the touch sensor and a routing line, and therefore it is possible to reduce the reflectance of external light without using an expensive polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Sub Shin, Keun-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11112666
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, which has a display area and a periphery wiring area at the outer side of the display area of the substrate; at least one periphery wiring in the periphery wiring area; an insulating layer on a side of the periphery wiring away from the substrate, wherein a plurality of grooves is formed in the insulating layer in region corresponding to the periphery wiring area, so as to form a barrier wall with the grooves; and a conductive shielding layer on one side of the insulating layer, an orthographic projection of portions, directly facing the grooves, of the periphery wiring on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the conductive shielding layer on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunping Long
  • Patent number: 11108025
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and an electronic module disposed thereunder. The display panel includes a first display area having first areas with a first pixel density and a pixel-free area, each first area including a respective pixel, the pixel-free area including second areas and third areas, each third area surrounding a respective second area and disposed between the respective second area and at least one first area, a second display area having a second pixel density greater than the first pixel density, first pattern layers disposed in the third areas, respectively, each first pattern layer surrounding a respective second area in a plan view, and second pattern layers disposed on the first pattern layers, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeonggwaon Kim