Patents Examined by Jeff Piziali
  • Patent number: 11804177
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor; a compensation module including a first transistor, a compensation transistor for compensating a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, a second transistor, and a storage capacitor connected in series between a source or a drain of the compensation transistor and a gate of the driving transistor; and a data writing module including a data writing transistor connected to an upper plate of the storage capacitor, to improve display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuanyun Wang
  • Patent number: 11798476
    Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display device includes a driving element comprising a first electrode connected to a first node to which a pixel driving voltage is applied, a first gate electrode connected to a second node, a second electrode connected to a third node, and a second gate electrode connected to a fourth node, and configured to supply an electric current to a light-emitting element; a first switch element configured to be turned on according to a gate-on voltage and supply a data voltage to the second node; a first capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; a second capacitor connected between the third node and the fourth node; and a third capacitor connected between the fourth node and the first node, or between the fourth node and a power line to which the pixel driving voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Min Son, Chang Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11798475
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a pixel driving circuit to operate in a light emitting mode or a sensing mode and including a reference voltage line for receiving a reference voltage comprising a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage and a light emitting diode including a first electrode, a light emitting element, and a second electrode. The light emitting diode has in an on-state or an off-state in the light emitting mode, the first reference voltage is applied to the reference voltage line in the light emitting mode, a first voltage is applied to the first electrode in the off-state, a second voltage is applied to the first electrode in the on-state, the sensing mode includes an initialization period and a sensing period, and the second reference voltage is applied to the reference voltage line in the initialization period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang-Hwa Choi, Hyuk Kim, Junghwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11763744
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit and a method for controlling the same, and a display apparatus are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes a charge storage circuit, a driving circuit and first to third switching circuits. The first switching circuit includes first to third switching elements. Control electrodes of the first and third switching elements are coupled to a reset signal terminal. First electrode of the third switching element is coupled to a fourth node. Second electrode of the second switching element is coupled to a third node. The charge storage circuit includes capacitors coupled in parallel or in series. The first switching circuit is turned on in a first phase and turned off in second and third phases. The second switching circuit is turned off in the first and second phases and turned on in the third phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuai Du, Hongqing Feng
  • Patent number: 11763747
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a display panel, and a display device are provided. A first driving module and a second driving module of the pixel driving circuit each are electrically connected with a light-emitting unit, a first power-supply terminal, and a second power-supply terminal. The first driving module is configured to receive a first voltage from the first power-supply terminal and receive a second voltage from the second power-supply terminal according to a first scanning signal and a data signal. The second driving module is configured to receive the second voltage from the first power-supply terminal and receive the first voltage from the second power-supply terminal according to a second scanning signal and the data signal. The first driving module and the second driving module alternately drive the light-emitting unit to emit a light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Renjie Zhou, Haoxuan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11756482
    Abstract: A light emitting display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The light emitting display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a timing controller including an on bias stress (OBS) voltage calculator configured to calculate an optimal OBS voltage value on the basis of a refresh rate of the display panel and a data signal which is to be supplied to the display panel, and a power supply configured to generate an OBS voltage which is to be supplied to the display panel, on the basis of the optimal OBS voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Yun Han
  • Patent number: 11749229
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels for displaying an image, and a panel controller configured to receive image signals and convert the image signals into correction image signals. The panel controller includes a first circuit to accumulate the correction image signals each frame period and generate degradation data based on the accumulated correction image signals, and a second circuit configured to determine reference data from the degradation data and generate the correction image signals by correcting the image signals to have a target luminance that is changed based on the reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji-Won Cha
  • Patent number: 11749199
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit and a display device are provided. The pixel driving circuit is configured to drive a pixel unit to operate, and the pixel driving circuit includes a first compensation sub-circuit and a second compensation sub-circuit. The first compensation sub-circuit is configured to compensate a voltage of an anode of the pixel unit according to a reference signal and a data signal, and the second compensation sub-circuit is configured to compensate a leakage current generated by at least one transistor in the first compensation sub-circuit according to a leakage current generated by the second compensation sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yang Pu, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11740698
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. including a first motor, a second motor, a touch sensor, a pressure sensor, a processor, and a switching circuit. The pressure sensor is connected to the processor and is configured to generate a pressure value when sensing a pressing operation, and output the pressure value to the processor. The processor is connected to the switching circuit, and is configured to generate a trigger signal when the pressure value exceeds a set pressure threshold, and output the trigger signal to the switching circuit. The touch sensor is configured to sense position data of the pressing operation and output the position data to the switching circuit. The switching circuit is connected to the first motor and the second motor, respectively, and is configured to select the first motor or the second motor to vibrate according to the trigger signal and the position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianli Chen, Qi Wang
  • Patent number: 11727871
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a current compensator and a panel driver. The current compensator calculates a load based on input image data and compensates the input image data to output compensation image data having a target current corresponding to the load. The panel driver drives the display panel based on the compensation image data. The current compensator calculates the load for the input image data based on a combination of load weights calculated by different variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Minyoung Park, Eunjin Choi
  • Patent number: 11727885
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including: a first controller to control voltage levels of a first control node and a second control node in response to a first start signal and a second start signal, and to output a first carry signal; a second controller to control voltage levels of a third control node and a fourth control node in response to the first start signal and the second start signal, and to output a second carry signal; and an output circuit including: a pull-up transistor having a gate connected to the first control node; and a pull-down transistor having a gate connected to the third control node. The output circuit is to output a scan signal based on an on voltage output through the pull-up transistor and an off voltage output through the pull-down transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghee Kim, Bogyeong Kim, Takyoung Lee, Boyong Chung, Byungseok Choi
  • Patent number: 11720312
    Abstract: In aspects of managing quickview content for a multi-display device, the multi-display device has a primary display screen to display digital image content and a secondary display screen to display quickview content. The multi-display device implements a content control module to determine a context that indicates a characteristic of the digital image content displayed on the primary display screen. The content control module also determines the quickview content to display on the secondary display screen based on the context of the digital image content displayed on the primary display screen. The content control module then initiates displaying the quickview content on the secondary display screen. The content control module can also detect at least one individual in a region from which a secondary display screen of the multi-display device is viewable, and activate the secondary display screen in response to the individual being detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: LĂșcia Satiko Nomiso, Luciano Bevilacqua Pereira da Silva, Caio Luiz Leal Chagas do Nascimento, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Kathryn Ellen Thomas
  • Patent number: 11715420
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element, a driving thin-film transistor configured to control the amount of electric current to the light-emitting element, and a heater electrode. The temperature of a channel of the driving thin-film transistor is higher than the temperature of an emission region of the light-emitting element when the heater electrode is generating heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Genshiro Kawachi
  • Patent number: 11699392
    Abstract: A display device includes a display element emitting a light by a current flowing, a drive transistor configured to control the current flowing through the display element, and a plurality of diode connection transistors connected in series to a source side of the drive transistor, and a source of any on the drive transistor or the plurality of diode connection transistors is connected to a back gate of the drive transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11687192
    Abstract: A touch controller that can configure touch circuitry according to a scan plan, which can define a sequence of scan events to be performed on a touch panel is disclosed. The touch controller can include a configurable transmit section to generate stimulation signals to drive the panel, a configurable receive section to receive and process touch signals from the panel, and a configurable memory to store the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a programmable scan engine to configure the transmit section, the receive section, and the memory according to the scan plan. The touch controller advantageously provides more robust and flexible touch circuitry to handle various types of touch events at the panel. An active stylus that can generate stimulation signals that can be detected by the touch controller during various touch events at the panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shahrooz Shahparnia, Marduke Yousefpor
  • Patent number: 11676554
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a timing controller configured to transmit a command for a common voltage of a particular frame rate to a power management circuit. A storage component may store digital information, wherein each digital information is associated with the common voltage of a particular frame rate. The power management circuit supports a variety of common voltage requirements of the liquid crystal display including an ability to select digital information of the digital information that is associated with the common voltage at the particular frame rate stored in the storage component and apply the common voltage at the particular frame rate to the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: ChaoKai Huang, Dan Odell Boice, MengFeng Hung, ChingFeng Chen, YiFan Wang
  • Patent number: 11676518
    Abstract: A processing unit, comprising a display interface to control a foldable display with multiple segments created by fold lines in the foldable display. The processing unit also including a plurality of lanes to connect the display interface to the foldable display, where each segment of the foldable display is connected to a lane. The processing unit also including a multi-segment protocol component to instruct the display interface to drive data to each segment of the display through the plurality of lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Srikanth Kambhatla
  • Patent number: 11676535
    Abstract: A pixel of a display device includes a light-emitting diode and a pixel circuit that provides a current corresponding to a data signal to the light-emitting diode in response to a plurality of scan signals and a light emission control signal. The light emission control signal includes a first section and a second section, the second section includes a light-emission-on section and a light-emission-off section, the light emission control signal has an active level in the light-emission-on section and has an inactive level in each of the first section and the light-emission-off section, and the light-emission-on section and the light-emission-off section of the light emission control signal may vary depending on a light emission ratio of a dimming mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyeon Jeon, Donggyu Lee, Jin-Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 11657758
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels each including a light-emitting element driven according to a driving current flowing between a high-level power supply voltage and a low-level power supply voltage, and an EVDD adjustment circuit configured to cut off the high-level power supply voltage for a black period in which emission of light from the light-emitting element stops in one frame such that the high-level power supply voltage is not applied to the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Joon Min Park
  • Patent number: 11657133
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a multi-modal biometric analysis system including one or more illumination sources, one or more cameras, and a processing device. The illumination sources are configured to illuminate an iris of a subject. The cameras are configured to capture one or more images of the subject during illumination of the subject with the one or more illumination sources. The images include iris biometric data associated with the iris of the subject and face biometric data associated with a face of the subject. The processing device receives as input the one or more images, analyzes the iris biometric data for iris biometric authenticity, analyzes the face biometric data for face biometric authenticity, and compares the iris biometric data and the face biometric data to determine the biometric authenticity of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Princeton Identity, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alan Ackerman, Barry E. Mapen, John Timothy Green, Matthew Richard Rusnock