Patents Examined by Joe H. Cheng
  • Patent number: 12228972
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment comprises: an elastic member; and at least one panel from among a display panel and a touch panel which are arranged on the elastic member, wherein the elastic member includes one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, the elastic member includes a first area and a second area, the first area is defined as a folding area, the second area is defined as an unfolding area, the elastic member has a plurality of first grooves arranged on the one surface in the first area thereof, and the panel is arranged on the other surface of the elastic member via an adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Won Kang, Jae Seok Park
  • Patent number: 12230169
    Abstract: A flexible device includes a first layer, a second layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer includes a plurality of first patterns. Two adjacent ones of the first patterns have a first pitch from two edges of the two adjacent ones of the first patterns. The second layer overlaps with the first layer and includes a plurality of second patterns. Two adjacent ones of the second patterns have a second pitch from two edges of the two adjacent ones of the second patterns. The first patterns include first conductive lines, and the second patterns include second conductive lines. One of the first patterns has a first width, one of the second patterns has a second width, and a ratio of the first width to the first pitch is less than a ratio of the second width to the second pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 12228977
    Abstract: A display method for a device having a foldable screen includes: detecting a status of the foldable screen; displaying an application interface on one or more of a first screen of the foldable screen or a second screen of the foldable screen according to a first display policy if the status of the foldable screen is a support state or a folded state; or if the status of the foldable screen is an unfolded state, displaying the application interface on the foldable screen in the unfolded state according to a second display policy, where in the unfolded state the first screen and the second screen form a same plane or form an approximately same plane, and where the first display policy is different from the second display policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao Chen, Hao Chen, Yuyan Chu, Hua Jiang, Lin Gao
  • Patent number: 12228974
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a supporting film, a flexible substrate, an integrated circuit unit, and a sensing structure. A least a portion of the flexible substrate and the integrated circuit unit respectively correspond to opposite sides of the supporting film. The sensing structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12229468
    Abstract: An electronic device, a method and a computer program product for providing a current input style and enabling a conversion of original inputs into modified inputs. The method includes identifying from device data received from an external display device, a first external display input style of the external display device and determining if the current input style of an electronic device corresponds to the first external display input style. In response to determining that the current input style of the electronic device does not correspond to the first external display input style, the method further includes converting original inputs received at the electronic device using the current input style into modified inputs corresponding to the first external display input style. The method further includes communicating the modified inputs to the external display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Patent number: 12223134
    Abstract: A sensor unit including a housing and a contact element movably mounted along a first axis and configured to come into contact with a touch display surface. The contact element is moved along the first axis when coming into contact with the touch display surface. An acceleration sensor is movably mounted in the housing at least along the first axis. A biasing element is located on one side of the acceleration sensor and configured to bias the acceleration sensor in one of two directions along the first axis. The contact element is movably mounted on the other side of the acceleration sensor opposite the biasing element and is coupled to the acceleration sensor to move the acceleration sensor against the bias of the biasing element in the other of the two directions along the first axis when contacting the touch display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systens GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brandt, Joerg Welke
  • Patent number: 12223123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are teeth-operated mouth mouses and methods of using the same. In some embodiments, the teeth-operated mouth mouse includes a mounting conforming to a row of upper teeth in the oral cavity of a user; and a plurality of sensors independently disposed at a position corresponding to an individual tooth along the mounting and wirelessly coupled to the computer for transmitting and receiving signals therebetween; wherein, each of the plurality sensors is capable of performing at least one teeth-activating task selected from the group consisting of “moving to the right”, “moving to the left”, “moving forward”, “moving backward”, and “enter”. Also provided herein are methods of operating a computer with the aid of the disclosed teeth-operated mouth mouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Mackay Memorial Hospital
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 12210703
    Abstract: A headset in the form of glasses for use in creating an augmented reality experience is implemented with a capacitive smart sensor disposed on an inside surface of an arm of the glasses. The capacitive smart sensor can be trained, using a neural network, to identify and distinguish different gestures associated with a touch event on an outside surface of the arm of the glasses. The smart sensor thus transforms the headset into a user input device without adding a touch pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Dongeek Shin, Lidan Mu, Seyed Farbod Taghizadeh Motlagh, Anuva Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 12211460
    Abstract: Provided are a driver board, a display panel, and a display apparatus. The driver board includes a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes N pixel electrodes, N pixel switches, a data switch, and a storage capacitor, N is a positive integer, and N?2. The storage capacitor includes a reference electrode and a counter electrode. A control terminal of the pixel switch receives a gating signal, a first terminal of the pixel switch is connected to the counter electrode, and a second terminal of the pixel switch is connected to the pixel electrode. The driver board further includes data lines, and each data line is connected to the counter electrode via the data switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haotian Lu, Linzhi Wang, Baiquan Lin, Zhen Liu, Kerui Xi, Kaidi Zhang, Yifan Xing, Xin Xu, Huijun Jin
  • Patent number: 12211424
    Abstract: A display panel driving circuit includes a scan driving circuit including a scan stage and a timing controller. The scan stage includes a first circuit connected to a first input node of receiving a first clock signal, a second circuit connected to a second input node of receiving a second clock signal, a third circuit connected to a third input node of receiving a carry signal, the first circuit, and the second circuit and connected to a first control node and a second control node, a pull-up transistor electrically connected to the first input node and an output node of outputting a scan signal and turned on/off by the first control node, and a pull-down transistor electrically connected to the output node and a low-level voltage line and turned on/off by the second control node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Geunjeong Park, Changnoh Yoon, Jaekeun Lim
  • Patent number: 12205553
    Abstract: A backlight device includes: a plurality of LED elements arranged in a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region; a plurality of LED drive circuits configured to generate LED drive signals configured to drive the LED elements; a control circuit configured to outputs a vertical synchronization signal and current setting data configured to set luminance of the LED elements; and a time constant circuit that delays the vertical synchronization signal by a predetermined time. The LED drive circuits includes a first LED drive circuit associated with the LED elements in the first region. The time constant circuit includes a first time constant circuit connected to the first LED drive circuit. The first LED drive circuit is configured to receive the current setting data output from the control circuit and receive the first vertical synchronization signal delayed by the first time constant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Nariya Kanbara
  • Patent number: 12197690
    Abstract: A display device including a display area and a foldable area includes a digitizer, and a display panel arranged on the digitizer, wherein the digitizer includes a first digitizer layer, and a second digitizer layer arranged on the first digitizer layer to be in contact with the first digitizer layer, and wherein the first digitizer layer includes a first layer including a polyimide material, and a plurality of first wires arranged on the first layer to be directed in a first direction and including a graphene material, and the second digitizer layer includes a second layer including a polyimide material, and a plurality of second wires arranged on the second layer to be directed in a second direction crossing the first direction and including a graphene material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Sungguk An, Soojung Lee, Chulho Jeong
  • Patent number: 12181648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image compensation device for an image for augmented reality. The image compensation device includes: a compensation function determination unit configured to determine a compensation function for compensating the luminance information of an observed image observed by a user through an optical device for augmented reality when an original image for augmented reality is output from an image output unit; and a pre-compensated image information generation unit configured to generate pre-compensated image information for augmented reality based on the compensation function determined by the compensation function determination unit and original image information for augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LETINAR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jeong Hun Ha, Soon Gi Park
  • Patent number: 12175918
    Abstract: A timing controller includes: an image input module configured to output respective raw data according to accessed video source data; a data processing module configured to buffer the raw data in one row and splice each row of raw data into display time control data and display luminous control data; a grayscale mapping and dividing module configured to establish a mapping relationship between the display luminous control data and a high grayscale and a mapping relationship between the display time control data and a low grayscale, to output display data; and a timing control module configured to control writing of the display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dexing Luo, Limin Wang
  • Patent number: 12175016
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted image display device 100 including an image acquisition unit 104 that acquires a positional relationship image from which a positional relationship between a pupil position of an eyeball of a user and a visually recognizable region of the user can be estimated and a projection system 103 onto which incident light is projected, and the visually recognizable region is a focal position of the projection system 103. Further, the image display device 100 includes an imaging element, and the imaging element acquires the three-dimensional positional relationship image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takada, Teppei Imamura, Ryo Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12169429
    Abstract: The present application relates to a power supply abnormality detection circuit and a display terminal, where the circuit includes a power supply conversion module for converting an input power supply into an output power supply; a comparison module for comparing a current output power supply with a preset reference power supply to obtain a first comparison signal; a control module for generating a control signal based on the first comparison signal; and a power supply management module for determining a first operation state corresponding to normality of the output power supply and a second operation state corresponding to abnormality of the output power supply based on the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: Huizhou China Star Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd., Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yue Fan
  • Patent number: 12165566
    Abstract: Discussed are a display panel and a display device having the same. The display panel includes a plurality of subpixels. A gate line, a data line, and a reference voltage line are further disposed on the display panel. A gate driving circuit supplies a scan signal to the gate line. A data driving circuit converts image data into a data voltage and supplies the data voltages to the data line. A timing controller controls the gate driving circuit and the data driving circuit and generates compensation data for the image data using a sensing voltage detected through the reference voltage line. The display panel includes a plurality of sensing transistors disposed around a corresponding subpixel among the plurality of subpixels to connect the data line and the reference voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SunYoon Kim, Jin-Hyun Jung, Byungjae Lee, Changwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12165591
    Abstract: A display panel includes a fundamental frequency display frame and a low frequency display frame. In the fundamental frequency display frame, a light emission control signal includes a light emission control period. A bias adjustment signal includes a bias adjustment period. The bias adjustment period is M times greater than the light emission control period. The fundamental frequency display frame includes a fundamental frequency scan stage. The time of the fundamental frequency scan stage is N times greater than the light emission control period. The low frequency display frame includes a fundamental frequency scan stage and a blank stage. The blank stage includes at least a non-bias stage. The time of the non-bias stage is L times greater than the light emission control period. L is not an integer multiple of M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Gaojun Huang
  • Patent number: 12159558
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, a plurality of functional layers disposed on the display panel, and an adhesive layer disposed between the plurality of functional layers or between one of the plurality of functional layers and the display panel. The adhesive layer has a storage modulus equal to or greater than about 0.02 megapascal (MPa) and equal to or smaller than about 0.045 MPa at a temperature of about 60 degrees Celsius (° C.) and has creep characteristics equal to or greater than about 10 percent (%) and equal to or smaller than about 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chansong Lee, Jihwa Lee, Minju Oh
  • Patent number: 12161042
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel including a folding area and non-folding areas on both sides of the folding area in a folding direction; a first support substrate configured to support the display panel under the display panel and including a plurality of opening patterns corresponding to the folding area; and a second support substrate between the display panel and the first support substrate and including a plurality of protrusion patterns protruding to be inserted into the plurality of opening patterns. Sizes of the plurality of protrusion patterns are smaller than sizes of the corresponding plurality of opening patterns. Therefore, it is possible to improve durability and prevent or at least reduce degradation of folding characteristics of the foldable display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjin Park, Gyuho Lee, Sinchul Kang, Miyeon Seo, Suk Choi