Patents Examined by Jennifer T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11604545
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display is disclosed. The electroluminescent display includes an electroluminescent element disposed in a display area of a substrate, an encapsulation unit disposed on the electroluminescent element, a first mesh electrode layer disposed on the encapsulation unit, an insulating layer covering the first mesh electrode layer, and a second mesh electrode layer disposed on the insulating layer. The first mesh electrode layer includes a first mesh electrode and a second mesh electrode separated from the first mesh electrode. The second mesh electrode layer includes a third mesh electrode extended in a first direction and a fourth mesh electrode extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction through the first mesh electrode intersecting the third mesh electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Han, Seungrok Shin
  • Patent number: 11592315
    Abstract: A system and method for sensing height above landing surface for an aircraft, processing that sensed height information to provide information useful to the aircraft pilot for assisting with the landing and flare-to-land maneuver, and providing the processed information in a peripheral vision display indicating landing conditions sequentially without interfering with pilot vision and focus on the landing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: John M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11581393
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base substrate having a first region, a second region at least partially surrounded by the first region, and a display region at least partially surrounding the first region, a plurality of pixels disposed on the base substrate, each of which includes a transistor and a light emitting element connected to the transistor, a hole line connecting pixels with the second region interposed therebetween, and a hole pattern electrically insulated from the hole line, disposed in the first region, and at least partially surrounding the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonkyu Kwak, Jinhee Jang, Jae-Sic Lee, Minchae Kwak, Byungsun Kim, Hansol Kim, Changsoo Pyon, Jae Yong Lee, Jae-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11581391
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate including a display area and a peripheral area including a first peripheral area, and an edge of the first peripheral area is of a first curvature greater than zero; a plurality of sub-pixels, data lines and gate lines; a gate driving circuit located at the display area and including multistage gate driving units, one or more stages include a first and a second gate driving sub circuit; a plurality of control signal lines, at least a part of at least one control signal line is of a second curvature greater than zero; a plurality of data signal input lines; and a multiplexing circuit including a plurality of multiplexing units, each of which is connected to the control signal lines, one data signal input line, and at least two data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Wang, Bo Wang, Jingquan Wang
  • Patent number: 11574967
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display (OLED) panel, including an OLED layer, a touch sensing layer, and a shielding layer, is provided. The OLED layer is suitable for displaying an image. The touch sensing layer is suitable for sensing a touch event of the OLED panel. The shielding layer is disposed between the OLED layer and the touch sensing layer. The shielding layer is suitable for blocking a mutual interference between the OLED layer and the touch sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Po-Sheng Liao, Chang-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11543904
    Abstract: A display device includes a thin-film transistor layer disposed on a substrate and including thin-film transistors; and an emission material layer disposed on the thin-film transistor layer. The emission material layer includes light-emitting elements each including a first light-emitting electrode, an emissive layer and a second light-emitting electrode, light-receiving elements each including a first light-receiving electrode, a light-receiving semiconductor layer and a second light-receiving electrode, and a first bank disposed on the first light-emitting electrode and defining an emission area of each of the light-emitting elements. The light-receiving elements are disposed on the first bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Jong In Baek, Young Seok Seo, Sun Mi Yu, Jong Hyun Lee, Jin Oh Kwag
  • Patent number: 11538889
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base substrate including an opening area which transmits light, an opening peripheral area which is a non-display area surrounding the opening area, and a display area surrounding the opening peripheral area, a thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate, a light emitting structure electrically connected to the thin film transistor, and a loop-type antenna electrode disposed on the base substrate in the opening peripheral area to surround the opening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Kyoung Kim, Ki Seo Kim, Won Sang Park, Bong Hyun You
  • Patent number: 11515385
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first panel region (FPR) including (n?1)-th and n-th pixel rows ((n?1)PR and nPR), and a second panel region (SPR) dividing the nPR to propagate an optical signal. The display panel includes a circuit element layer (CEL) and a display element layer (DEL). The CEL includes a signal line (SL), a pixel driving circuit (PDC), and first to third regions. The SL and the PDC are in the first region. The second region (SR) corresponds to the SPR. The SL and the PDC are not in the SR. The third region (TR) corresponds to the SPR and is along a periphery of the SR. The SL is in the TR, and includes an (n?1)-th scan line ((n?1)SL) connected to the (n?1)PR, an n-th reset line (nRL) connected to the nPR, and a first row connection line in the TR and connecting the (n?1)SL and the nRL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunae Park, Jaewon Kim, Seungwoo Sung, Jun-yong An, Nuree Um, Ji-eun Lee, Yun-kyeong In, Donghyeon Jang, Seunghan Jo, Junyoung Jo
  • Patent number: 11502142
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a transistor on the substrate; a first electrode electrically connected to the transistor; a pixel defining layer on the first electrode, the pixel defining layer including a pixel opening overlapping the first electrode; an emission layer and a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; a touch electrode on the second electrode; a first low refraction layer and a second low refraction layer overlapping the touch electrode; and a high refraction layer on the second low refraction layer. The first low refraction layer includes a first opening. The second low refraction layer includes a second opening. The first opening, the second opening, and the pixel opening have different widths in a first diagonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeon Bum Lee
  • Patent number: 11494019
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a touch display panel. The method includes providing a substrate film layer; forming a display functional film layer on the substrate film layer; forming an encapsulation film layer on a side of the display functional film layer away from the substrate film layer; forming a touch functional film layer on a side of the encapsulation film layer away from the display functional film layer; and after the touch functional film layer is formed, removing all film layers which include at least the substrate film layer and are located at opening areas to form through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuanzhu Li, Weixin Meng, Yucheng Chan, Xiangquan Zheng, Kewen Zeng, Jonguk Kwak
  • Patent number: 11489691
    Abstract: Apparatus, system and method for using a controlling device for receiving voice input to control the operation of voice controlled smart appliances and, more particularly, to a controlling device for recognizing voice commands and for use in routing a signal, based on voice commands from the user, to two or more voice controlled smart appliances from different consumer brand names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Arling, Norman G. Sheridan, Arsham Hatambeiki, Thomas Henley, Jon Gallegos
  • Patent number: 11487009
    Abstract: An image capture control device includes a recognition unit that determines whether a peripheral situation corresponds to a predetermined situation based on image data, and a controller that controls an infrared light irradiation unit to increase a pulse number of transmission pulses to be emitted to a target, when the recognition unit determines that the peripheral situation corresponds to the predetermined situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwai, Hiroshi Iwamura, Osamu Shibata, Tomohiro Honda, Tomohito Nagata
  • Patent number: 11481037
    Abstract: Method and apparatus is disclosed for a user to communicate with an electronic device. A processor receives user intention actions comprising facial expression (FE) information indicative of facial expressions and body information indicative of motion or position of one or more body parts of the user. When the FE or body information crosses a first level, the processor starts generating first signals based on the FE or body information to communicate with the electronic device. When the FE or body information crosses a second level, the processor can end generation of the first signals or modify the first signals. An image processing or eye gaze tracking system can provide some FE information or body information. The signals can modify attributes of an object of interest. Use of thresholds that are independent of sensor position or orientation with respect to the user's body are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: PERCEPTIVE DEVICES LLC
    Inventor: Uday Parshionikar
  • Patent number: 11482150
    Abstract: A display driving device supporting a low power mode according to an aspect of the present disclosure that is capable of minimizing power consumption when driving in the low power mode includes a plurality of output buffers connected to data lines to precharge the data lines with a first data signal corresponding to a black image when a precharge horizontal line is driven in a display panel including a first region where a standby image is displayed and the second region where the black image is displayed, the precharge horizontal line being included in the second region, and a gamma voltage generator connected to the data lines to output the first data signal to the data lines when other horizontal lines other than the precharge horizontal line in the second region are driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Yong Kim, Chang Bae Lee, Se Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11474648
    Abstract: A mobile device has a proximity sensor. A compensation value of the proximity sensor is determined. The compensation value is compared to a reference compensation value to determine validity of the compensation value. A capacitance of the proximity sensor is measured. A value of the capacitance of the proximity sensor is adjusted based on the compensation value. A coefficient defining a relationship between a capacitance of the proximity sensor and a temperature of the mobile device is calculated. A temperature sensor is coupled to the proximity sensor. The temperature of the mobile device is measured. A value of the capacitance of the proximity sensor is adjusted based on the coefficient and the temperature of the mobile device. The adjusted capacitance value is compared to a threshold capacitance value to determine proximity of an object to the mobile device. A radio frequency signal is adjusted by detecting proximity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Semtech Corporation
    Inventors: Chaouki Rouaissia, Jerald G. Ott, III
  • Patent number: 11468705
    Abstract: A display device with a fingerprint sensing function is provided. The display device includes a display panel and a sensor panel. The display panel includes a plurality of display pixels. The sensor panel is disposed under the display panel. The sensor panel includes a plurality of sensor pixels arranged in an array. The array has a first sensor pitch in a first direction. Each of the sensor pixels includes a sensor. Every two neighboring sensors of the sensors have a first shift pitch in the first direction, and the first shift pitch is not equal to the first sensor pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Po-Jui Liao, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Kuei-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 11462186
    Abstract: To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Wakimoto, Masahiko Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11449173
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the touch controller to: operate in an uplink power saving mode in which an uplink signal is transmitted with reduced power in response to reception of a suspend order from a host computer, and operate in a normal mode in which the uplink signal is transmitted with normal power in response to detection of a predetermined trigger during operation in the uplink power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshio Nomura
  • Patent number: 11449091
    Abstract: There is provided a technology capable of synchronizing a plurality of timers with a simple circuit configuration in an electronic control unit that controls a vehicle. An electronic control unit according to the present invention concatenates a second timer value as the most significant bit of a first timer value reset by a synchronization signal, and counts up the second timer value by the synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Hirotsu, Hiroshi Iwasawa, Atsushi Arata
  • Patent number: 11450277
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel in which a non-display region and a display region surrounding the non-display region are defined, wherein the display panel includes: a base layer comprising a first region in which a hole is defined corresponding to the non-display region, a second region surrounding the first region, and a third region corresponding to the display region; and first signal line parts disposed on the second region and the third region, the first signal line parts arrayed spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and each of the first signal line parts includes: a first line; a second line spaced apart from the first line; and a first connection part configured to connect the first line and the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-yong An, Jaewon Kim, Hyunae Park, Hyungjun Park, Seungwoo Sung, Young-soo Yoon, Ji-eun Lee, Yun-kyeong In, Donghyeon Jang, Junyoung Jo