Patents Examined by Insa Sadio
  • Patent number: 10698551
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch control display panel, including a display panel, a film packaging layer, and a touch induction layer. The touch induction layer includes multiple first touch control electrode structures, multiple second touch control electrode structures, multiple independent electrode structures and multiple conductive bridges. Grid metal lines of the first touch control electrode structures, the second touch control electrode structures and the independent electrode structures are opposite to gaps between sub-pixels. Adjacent two of the first touch control electrode structures are electrically connected by at least two conductive bridges and at least one independent electrode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Ye
  • Patent number: 10701323
    Abstract: The image display system includes a processing unit and a driving unit. The processing unit is configured to receive an image signal indicative of an instruction value of luminance of a light source. The driving unit is configured to supply a drive current to the light source in accordance with the instruction value indicated by the image signal received by the processing unit. The driving unit includes a shaping circuit and an adjusting unit. The shaping circuit includes a plurality of D/A converters and an arithmetic unit. The arithmetic unit is configured to output the drive current to the light source based on a computation result of analog signals outputted from the plurality of D/A converters. The adjusting unit is configured to determine values of digital signals inputted into the plurality of D/A converters of the shaping circuit in accordance with the instruction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihito Inukai, Kosuke Kubota, Yukihiro Chokyu
  • Patent number: 10692440
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor connected to a driver and a first node, having a gate connected to a control line, a second transistor between to the first node and a second node, having a gate connected to a third node, a third transistor connected to an anode of the OLED, having a gate connected to the control line, a fourth transistor between the first node and a data line, having a gate connected to a scan line, a fifth transistor between the second and third nodes, having a gate connected to the scan line, a sixth transistor between an initializing line and the anode, having a gate connected to the scan line, a seventh transistor between the initializing line and the third node, having a gate connected to another scan line, and a storage capacitor between the driver and the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Kuk, Si Woo Kim, Won Seok Kim, Jung Moon Kim, Yeong Shin Jang
  • Patent number: 10685614
    Abstract: A display device or the like with a novel structure which can ensure a sufficiently long period for writing data signals in pixels is provided. A display device or the like with a novel structure which can display an image of one frame without greatly degrading display quality is provided. The display device includes a gate driver and a pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. The gate driver is configured to output a first scan signal to a first gate line in a first frame period. The gate driver is configured to output a second scan signal to a second gate line in a second frame period. The second gate line is a gate line next to the first gate line. The pixels are configured to hold data signals, which are written in the pixels in the first frame period, in the first frame period and the second frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidenori Mori, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Fukutome
  • Patent number: 10684722
    Abstract: In one aspect a method including: detecting an initial input indicating a user selection disabling finger/human body part touch input for a touch input device of an information handling device; providing a dialog box to a user offering an opportunity to provide an appropriate input confirming the initial input; responsive to expiration of a predetermined time, reverting back to a default mode wherein finger/human body part touch input is enabled, unless a confirming input is received within the predetermined time; and responsive to receiving a confirming input prior to the expiration of the predetermined time, selecting a pen only mode of input and disabling finger/human body part touch input on the touch input device of the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
  • Patent number: 10684483
    Abstract: Items of headwear are disclosed. An item of headwear has a battery, and an information portal. The information portal includes an input device, a human interface device, and a content providing system. The content providing system has non-transitory computer memory with a program with instructions for receiving information from the input device, and relaying the information to the human interface device. The content providing system further includes a processor, an output device, and a networking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Fielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
  • Patent number: 10684704
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and one or more sensors to detect signals from a stylus associated with the device displays a user interface in a viewing mode, the user interface including a content region and a first control region. While displaying the user interface in the viewing mode, the device detects an input by a first contact on the touch-sensitive display; and, in response to detecting the input: when the first contact is a stylus contact in the content region, the device displays, in the content region, a mark drawn in accordance with movement of the first contact in the input. If the first contact is a non-stylus contact in the content region, the device performs a navigation operation in the content region in accordance with movement of the first contact without displaying the mark that corresponds to the first contact in the content region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Conrad R. Carlen, Linda Y. Fong, Alexandre R. Moha, Jason C. Beaver, Toby C. Paterson
  • Patent number: 10684696
    Abstract: A method of mapping user movements captured by a capture device external to a computing device, to inputs events on the computing device, may comprise executing an application on the computing device, using at least one processor of the computing device. The computing device may transmit video data of the application to a receiver device. The computing device may receive gesture data associated with the application, the gesture data based on movements of a user captured from a capture device communicatively coupled to the receiver device. The gesture data may be mapped to an input event on the computing device and data simulating the input event may be provided to a sensor on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Karthik Veeramani, Ujwal Paidipathi, Ajit Prakash Joshi
  • Patent number: 10680048
    Abstract: An array substrate comprises a substrate including a displaying area and a connecting layout area disposed on the periphery of the displaying area, a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of sub-pixels and a plurality of signal lines disposed on the displaying area. The sub-pixels are electrically coupled to the plurality of thin film transistors respectively, the thin film transistors are electrically coupled to the plurality of signal lines respectively, and a plurality of input interfaces of the plurality of signal lines are disposed on the connecting layout area. Further, a driving module is disposed on the connecting layout area and the driving module includes a plurality of output interfaces. Moreover, a plurality of connecting lines are disposed between the plurality of input interfaces and the plurality of output interfaces and configured to electrically couple the plurality of input interfaces and the plurality of output interfaces respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zeyao Li
  • Patent number: 10679547
    Abstract: The present application provides an RGB light strips display method, device and computer readable storage medium, wherein the method comprises: establishing a mapping relationship between each odd and even pixel positions in the rotation display area of the alternating RGB light strips and each odd and even pixel points in the image to be displayed, and generates an alternating radius scanning coordinate conversion table; wherein the alternating RGB light strips is composed of two RGB light strips intersected, the RGB light strips is composed of an odd radius light strip and an even radius light strip, the odd radius light strip is used to display odd pixel points in the image to be displayed, the even radius light strip is used to scan the even pixel points in the image to be displayed; and then, according to the alternating radius scanning coordinate conversion table, the pixel point sampling is performed on the image to be displayed to obtain the displayed chrominance information corresponding to the each
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen Tunkey Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: RongYue Zeng
  • Patent number: 10671115
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a plurality of display areas along a plurality of folding lines, a plurality of hinges configured to support the display along the plurality of folding lines, a detector configured to detect a bending state of the display along the plurality of folding lines, and a controller configured to, in response to a detection of the display being bent along at least one of the plurality of folding lines, control the display to display information in the plurality of display areas based on a bending state of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-yoon Park, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yeo-jun Yoon, Yun-kyung Kim, Hyun-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10672359
    Abstract: A display driver includes amplifier circuits, D/A conversion circuits configured to output D/A conversion voltages to the amplifier circuits, a logic circuit, and signal line groups that couple the D/A conversion circuits to the logic circuit. The amplifier circuits are disposed in a direction D1. The D/A conversion circuits are disposed in the direction D1 on a direction D2 of the amplifier circuits. The logic circuit is disposed on the direction D2 of the D/A conversion circuits, and outputs first to n-th display data, with each display data being k bits, to the D/A conversion circuit on the signal line group in a time division manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Tomie
  • Patent number: 10663807
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a display device and a fabrication method thereof. The display panel includes: a first substrate, an opposing substrate opposite to the first substrate, a frame sealant area arranged on edges of the first substrate and edges of the opposing substrate, and a connection part connecting the first substrate with the opposing substrate in the frame sealant area, where the connection part is provided with graphenes for transmitting a first electrical signal of the first substrate to the opposing substrate or for transmitting a second electrical signal of the opposing substrate to the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingyi Liu, Jideng Zhou, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10665178
    Abstract: A method for driving an LCD device includes displaying each picture with two frame images sequentially; the two frame images includes a first frame image and a second frame image; driving voltages for two adjacent sub-pixels in each of the frame images are different, and driving voltages in the first frame image and the second frame image for each of the sub-pixels are different; determining backlight brightness regulation signals for each of the backlight subareas; the backlight regulation signals are grouped signals, the number of the groups is identical to the number of types of the color sub-pixels; calculating an average color purity of a current picture area corresponding to each backlight subarea; determining whether the average color purity of each of the backlight subareas is within a preset range; if yes, performing a brightness regulation to a backlight source of the backlight subarea in each of the frame images of a next picture according to the backlight brightness regulation signal of the backli
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10665033
    Abstract: An optical see-through head-mounted display device includes a see-through lens which combines an augmented reality image with light from a real-world scene, while an opacity filter is used to selectively block portions of the real-world scene so that the augmented reality image appears more distinctly. The opacity filter can be a see-through LCD panel, for instance, where each pixel of the LCD panel can be selectively controlled to be transmissive or opaque, based on a size, shape and position of the augmented reality image. Eye tracking can be used to adjust the position of the augmented reality image and the opaque pixels. Peripheral regions of the opacity filter, which are not behind the augmented reality image, can be activated to provide a peripheral cue or a representation of the augmented reality image. In another aspect, opaque pixels are provided at a time when an augmented reality image is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Avi Bar-Zeev, Bob Crocco, Alex Aben-Athar Kipman, John Lewis
  • Patent number: 10657900
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof and an OLED display panel are provided. A plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines of the pixel driving circuit intersect to define a plurality of pixel units, the plurality of pixel units in each row are connected to a corresponding scanning line and a corresponding power line, the plurality of pixel units in each column are connected to a corresponding data line, in a scanning period, scanning signal is input to an end of the scanning line to drive the plurality of pixel units along a first direction, power driving signal is input to an end of the power line opposite to the end of the scanning line to which the scanning signal is input to drive the plurality of pixel units along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are opposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yufeng Jin, Shen-sian Syu, Ming-jong Jou
  • Patent number: 10658352
    Abstract: There is provided a protective circuit, an array substrate and a display panel. The protective circuit includes: a control sub-circuit, having a first end electrically connected to a voltage input terminal and a second end configured to output a common voltage signal supplied by the voltage input terminal; and a discharge sub-circuit, having a first end electrically connected to the second end of the control sub-circuit and a second end electrically connected to at least one data line. The discharge sub-circuit releases electric charges on the at least one data line under the control of the common voltage signal supplied from the control sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xueguang Hao, Yong Qiao, Xinyin Wu
  • Patent number: 10649553
    Abstract: An input device and method for control based on input device tilt is provided. The input device includes a conductive tip formed at one end of the input device, a resonant circuit unit configured to generate a response signal corresponding to a signal entering through the conductive tip and output the response signal through the conductive tip, and a connection part formed between the conductive tip and a body of the input device to enclose a periphery of the conductive tip so as to have a part of the conductive tip exposed from one end of the input device. The connection part includes a metal member having a larger cross-section area than a cross-section area of the conductive tip and which affects signal intensity in response to input device tilt as detected by a touch screen of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-nam Kim, Sung-soo Park, Byung-hoon Kang, Kang-min Lee
  • Patent number: 10642046
    Abstract: An augmented reality system and method configured to automatically provide a user, such as a physician, with a real-time heads-up view of a patient's real-time medical status using an augmented reality headset. The system can automatically identify patients, pull up relevant medical records, obtain real-time biomedical sensor data from the patient, and display this to the user while, at the same time, allowing the user to directly view the patient through the headset's transparent lenses, and leaving the user's hands free to manipulate the patient or perform other functions. The system and method are particularly useful for intensive care units and other emergency medical situations where the user needs to get an almost instant understanding of the patient's status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: CLOUD DX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Kaul, Sandeep S. Kohli, David Widman, Sara Ross-Howe
  • Patent number: 10643541
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving circuit of a display panel, a display panel and a display device. The driving circuit includes at least one potential saving unit and at least one column of pixel driving units. The potential saving unit is arranged corresponding to a column of pixel units, and is configured to output a first potential signal based on a voltage of the external preset power supply and save the first potential signal to the first potential output terminal, while outputting a second potential signal and saving the second potential signal to the second potential output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minghua Xuan, Shengji Yang, Li Xiao, Dongni Liu, Jie Fu, Pengcheng Lu, Xiaochuan Chen, Lei Wang