Patents Examined by Jason M Mandeville
  • Patent number: 11967264
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a memory, and a driver. The memory stores at least one set of correspondences, and each set of correspondences includes 2N grayscale data and 2N register values in a one-to-one correspondence with the 2N grayscale data; each register value represents a grayscale voltage value of corresponding grayscale data; and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 6. The driver obtains the at least one set of correspondences from the memory; receives image data from a signal transmission interface, the image data including a plurality of grayscale data corresponding to a plurality of sub-pixels; for any grayscale data in the image data, obtains a register value corresponding to the grayscale data in a set of correspondences; and outputs a grayscale voltage corresponding to a grayscale voltage value represented by the register value to the display panel according to the register value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xin Bi, Kun Zuo
  • Patent number: 11960082
    Abstract: An object detection method is suitable for a virtual reality system. The object detection method includes a plurality of first cameras of a head-mounted display (HMD) to capture a plurality of first frames. A plurality of second frames are captured through a plurality of second cameras in a tracker, wherein, the object detector searches for the object position in the first frames and the second frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyun-Jhong Lin, Chun-Kai Huang, Heng-Li Hsieh, Yun-Jung Chang
  • Patent number: 11957018
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having display and non-display areas; a first conductive layer including first and second sub-conductive lines; a second conductive layer including third and fourth sub-conductive lines, wherein, in the display area, the first sub-conductive line and the third sub-conductive lines cross from a top view; and a third conductive layer including third conductive lines and corresponding to the non-display area; wherein, corresponding to the non-display area, a portion of a projection of the one of the third conductive lines is overlapped with a portion of a projection of the second sub-conductive line on the substrate, and another portion of the projection of the one of the third conductive lines is overlapped with a portion of a projection of the fourth sub-conductive line on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Min Huang, Li-Wei Sung, Cheng-Tso Chen, Chia-Min Yeh
  • Patent number: 11929015
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels are disposed on a plurality of row lines; and a driver. The driver is configured to set a PWM data voltage to the plurality of sub-pixels included in the plurality of row lines in a row line sequence, apply a sweep signal, which is a voltage signal sweeping between two different voltages, to sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels that are included in at least some consecutive row lines among the plurality of row lines in the row line sequence, and drive the display panel to cause the sub-pixels included in the at least some consecutive row lines to emit light based on the PWM data voltage in the row line sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Tetsuya Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11929012
    Abstract: A display module and a display apparatus including the same are provided. The display module includes a module substrate; pixels provided on the module substrate; and a micro-pixel controller configured to supply drive currents to the pixels. The micro-pixel controller includes: a first input pad for receiving a power voltage; a second input pad for receiving a data voltage; pixel circuits configured to output the drive currents to the pixels; a control circuit configured to distribute the power voltage and the data voltage to the pixel circuits; a first ESD protection circuit connected to the first input pad and the control circuit through a first voltage line and configured to transmit the power voltage to the control circuit; and a second ESD protection circuit connected to the second input pad and the control circuit through a second voltage line and configured to transmit the data voltage to the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangyoung Park, Jongsu Oh, Hoseop Lee, Tetsuya Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11915638
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a data-writing module, a driving module, and a compensation module. The data-writing module is configured to selectively provide a data signal for the driving module. The driving module includes a driving transistor and is configured to provide a driving current to the light-emitting element. The compensation module is configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. A source of the driving transistor includes a first source and a second source, and a drain of the driving transistor includes a first drain and a second drain. A third driving portion is arranged between the first source and the second source. A first driving portion is arranged between the second source and the first drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Yuan
  • Patent number: 11899211
    Abstract: A near-eye display device comprises a pupil-expansion optic, a laser, a drive circuit coupled operatively to the first and second lasers, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a computer. The SLM has a matrix of electronically controllable pixel elements and is configured to receive emission from the laser and to direct the emission in spatially modulated form to the pupil-expansion optic. Coupled operatively to the drive circuit and to the SLM, the computer is configured to parse a digital image, trigger the emission from the laser by causing the drive circuit to drive a periodic current through a gain structure of the laser, and control the matrix of pixel elements such that the spatially modulated form of the emission projects an optical image corresponding to the digital image, wherein the periodic current includes plural cycles of modulation driven through the gain structure while the optical image is projected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
  • Patent number: 11900860
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel, a display apparatus, and a display panel manufacturing method. The display panel includes a main display region and a sub display region, where the sub display region is fully-surrounded or half-surrounded by the main display region, the sub display region includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second insulating layer, a second metal layer, a dielectric layer, a third metal layer, and a flat layer stacked successively. A signal line of the first metal layer is used to transmit a scan signal of the main display region, and a signal line of the third metal layer is used to transmit a display data signal of the sub display region; the second metal layer is used as an isolation layer for isolating signal interference between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yipeng Chen, Ling Shi
  • Patent number: 11899212
    Abstract: An image display method for a head mounted display (300) is disclosed. The head mounted display (300) includes a first display screen (3011) and a second display screen (3012). In a first time period S1 of an ith display cycle T, the head mounted display (300) displays an ith frame of a first image on the first display screen (3011). After stopping displaying the ith frame of the first image, the head mounted display (300) displays an ith frame of a second image on the second display screen (3012) in a second time period S2 of T. After the second time period, no image is displayed on the first display screen (3011) and the second display screen (3012). According to the method, a peak current of a device when displaying an image can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shixian Wang, Yuchao Zhang, Hailin Yuan, Jian Chen
  • Patent number: 11899868
    Abstract: An array substrate includes multiple pixel electrodes constituting first pixel electrode columns, second pixel electrode columns and third pixel electrode columns, and data lines including first data lines, second data lines and third data lines. A first data line, a first pixel electrode column, a second data line, a second pixel electrode column, a third data line and a third pixel electrode column are arranged in sequence in a row direction. Distances between the first pixel electrode column and the first data line, between the second pixel electrode column and the second data line, between the third pixel electrode column and the third data line, and between the first pixel electrode column and the second data line are a first distance to a fourth distance, respectively. The first distance is less than the fourth distance and greater than the second distance and/or the third distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengjie Wang, Xiaona Liu, Xibin Shao
  • Patent number: 11852810
    Abstract: A glasses-type wearable information device transfers, when a notification from an application is received, the notification to another wearable terminal in a case where the glasses-type wearable information device is not in use, and does not perform display control to project the notification into a field of vision of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11854446
    Abstract: A method for measuring a luminance profile of a display device including pixels divided into blocks, includes: measuring a first reference luminance profile when a partial area of each of the blocks is in a display state and a remaining area of each of the blocks is in a non-display state; measuring a first luminance profile when an entire area of a first block among the blocks is in the display state, the partial area of each of remaining blocks is in the display state, and the remaining area of each of the remaining blocks is in the non-display state; and measuring a second luminance profile when an entire area of a second block among the blocks is in the display state, the partial area of each of remaining blocks is in the display state, and the remaining area of each of the remaining blocks is in the non-display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Ha Hong
  • Patent number: 11847961
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, an array circuit, a first distribution terminal, a second distribution terminal, a first power input terminal, a first wire and a second wire. The first distribution terminal and the second distribution terminal are disposed on a side surface of the substrate and are electrically connected to the array circuit. The first power input terminal, the first wire and the second wire are disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate. A first end of the first power input terminal is electrically connected to the first distribution terminals through the first wire. A second end of the first power input terminal opposite to the first end is electrically connected to the second distribution terminals through the second wire. A minimum distance between the first end and the first distribution terminal is less than a minimum distance between the second end and the first distribution terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 11828936
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present application sets forth a wearable device that includes a display comprising a plurality of pixels and configured to emit light, and a micro-lens array located adjacent to the display, and configured to produce a light field by altering the light emitted by the display, where at least one of the display or the micro-lens array is configured to move from a first position to a second position that aligns a first pixel in the plurality of pixels relative to the micro-lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ahmad Byagowi, Ramesh Raskar, Andrew Hamilton Coward, Ethan Kroll Gordon
  • Patent number: 11803060
    Abstract: Eyewear such as sunglasses may include display-optimized lenses. The lenses may be optimized for viewing an external display and/or for viewing a display in the head-mounted device while also providing sun protection for the user's eyes. The lenses may include a polarizer and a color filter that are designed for a given target display. Lenses that are optimized for a display that emits linearly polarized light may include a linear polarizer. Lenses that are optimized for a display that emits circularly polarized light may include a circular polarizer. The circular polarizer may include a quarter wave plate and a linear polarizer. The color filter may have a transmission spectrum curve with peaks corresponding to the primary colors of the target display so that the color and brightness of display light is preserved while the brightness of sunlight is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett S. Wilburn, Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson, Alexandre Chapiro, Seth E. Hunter, Ove Lyngnes, Nicolas P. Bonnier
  • Patent number: 11796800
    Abstract: A tracking system for use with a head mounted display on a watercraft is disclosed. The tracking system comprises: optical tracking circuitry to determine first tracking information of the head mounted display using optical tracking means; non-optical circuitry to determine second tracking information of the head mounted display using non-optical tracking means; and correction circuitry to determine an updated tracking information of the head mounted display based on the first tracking information and the second tracking information. The selection of at least the optical tracking means or non-optical tracking means to use to determine the first tracking information and the second tracking information is based on a location of the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: David Moore, Mark Nichols
  • Patent number: 11798508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device having a more improved variable refresh rate (VRR) function, and comprises: a control unit for executing a variable refresh rate (VRR) function of adjusting a screen refresh rate according to an image signal; and a display unit for outputting an image according to the screen refresh rate, wherein the control unit can increase the screen refresh rate adjusted according to the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Wonsang Jeong
  • Patent number: 11789271
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of providing an expanded viewing window includes a light guide plate including an input coupler and an output coupler; and an image providing apparatus facing the input coupler to provide an image to the input coupler. The input coupler may include a plurality of sub input couplers configured to propagate the image provided from the image providing apparatus at different angles in the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Young Hong, Hongseok Lee, Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11762213
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a diffusing element configured to couple portions of a light beam back into a laser diode. The system includes a diode laser driven into a chaotic regime by a combination of a diffuser and a modulated drive current such that it emits light across a frequency spectrum having an envelope between 3 and 10 nanometers wide. The system further includes a diffusing element at least 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm away from the diode laser to couple portions of the light beam back into the laser diode. Another embodiment is directed to using the diffusing element to illuminate a flat panel display or a spatial light modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre St. Hilaire
  • Patent number: 11763731
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a multiplicity of picture elements for emitting visible light in different colors in an adjustable manner by means of a plurality of semiconductor layer sequences. Each of the picture elements has a plurality of types of pixels and each type of pixels is configured for emitting light of a specific color. The pixels are each subdivided into a plurality of sub-pixel. All the sub-pixels are configured for emitting light of the same color out of the display apparatus without further color change. At least two sub-pixels within each pixel have emission areas of different sizes. An electrical control unit is assigned to each pixel. The control units are each configured to automatically control the sub-pixels of a relevant pixel depending on an energization intensity in such a way that a light-emitting area of the relevant pixel increases in stepped fashion with the energization intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Brendan Holland, Gunnar Petersen, Daniel Richter