Patents Examined by Jonathan G Cooper
  • Patent number: 11169640
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and an operation method thereof according to embodiments. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes an optical module configured to radiate light to an object and to detect a distance to the object from the electronic device by using light reflected from the object. The electronic device further includes a processor configured to determine touch information and/or gesture information of the object based on information about the detected distance to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: COREDAR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tak Geon Lee
  • Patent number: 11139128
    Abstract: The invention relates to a remote control (1, 48) comprising: a first data read-in device (24, 78) and a second data read-in device (24, 78) which are each designed to read in data in a pressure direction (20, 61) on the basis of a pressure exerted by a user, a first pressure take-up element (30) assigned to the first data read-in device (24, 78) and a second pressure take-up element (30, 85) assigned to the second data read-in device (24, 78), which elements each have a pressure take-up side (35, 89) for taking up the pressure applied by the user, and a pressure output side for outputting the pressure, which was taken up, to the respective data read-in device (24, 78); and a flexible printed circuit board (31, 86, 97) which connects the pressure take-up sides (35, 89) of the pressure take-up elements (30, 85) to each other and on which at least one capacitive measurement transducer (38, 39, 93, 94) is formed whose capacitance is dependent on the position of a finger of the user on the flexible printed circui
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FM MARKETING GMBH
    Inventor: Ferdinand Maier
  • Patent number: 10984690
    Abstract: A protection circuit for a gate driver on array (GOA) unit, which relates to ESD or EOS protection for the gate GOA unit. The protection circuit includes: a first voltage gating module configured to output, when a gate line signal output end should output a valid driving voltage of a gate driving signal, an output voltage of an output end of a first voltage source; and a first protection module, an input end of which is connected to an output end of the first voltage gating module, and an output end of which is connected to a gate line; wherein in the case where the output voltage of the first voltage source and a current output voltage of the gate line signal output end satisfies a first predetermined condition, the first protection module outputs the output voltage of the output end of the first voltage source as an adjusted gate driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xingchen Shangguan
  • Patent number: 10976591
    Abstract: A color filter substrate and a method for preparing the same, and a touch screen are provided in embodiments of the disclosure. The color filter substrate comprises: a base substrate; a plurality of first electrodes, on a first side of the base substrate and extending in a first direction; and a plurality of second electrodes, on a second side of the base substrate opposite to the first side and extending in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xie, Tsung-Chieh Kuo, Ming Zhang, Jing Wang, Yu Zhu, Yuzhao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10939521
    Abstract: A mobile application is disclosed that allows a user to configure an LED-based lamp. The LED-based lamp has the capability of color matching color spectrums and calibrating its correlated color temperatures, brightness, and hue based on a color model. The mobile application can send or schedule commands actively or passively to activate the color matching and calibration process on the LED-based lamp. The mobile application can further receive status information regarding the LED-based lamp including fault detection, estimated life time, temperature, power consumption, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LUMENETIX, LLC
    Inventors: David Bowers, Thomas Poliquin, Jay Hurley
  • Patent number: 10909907
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a driving method, pixel structure and display panel. A driving unit of the pixel circuit includes an isolating transistor, driving transistor and light emitting control transistor coupled between an external power supply and light emitting unit in series with source and drain electrodes. Both gates of the light emitting control transistor and isolating transistor receive a first control signal, and the driving transistor and compensating transistor are transistors with common gate region. The driving transistor is used to generate a driving current to drive the light emitting unit to emit light when the isolating transistor and light emitting control transistor are turned on under the control of the first control signal, and the driving current is obtained according to the first voltage, a voltage of the external power supply, and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor in the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xingyu Zhou
  • Patent number: 10884270
    Abstract: A method for determining compensating data voltages for a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal cell defined by a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other. The liquid crystal cell has non-uniform cell gaps across the cell. The method includes: measuring a capacitance distribution across the liquid crystal cell; determining a cell gap distribution across the cell based on the capacitance distribution; and deriving, from the cell gap distribution, respective compensation voltages for different data voltages for each of different regions of the liquid crystal cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Tong, Xuelu Wang, Yan Wang, Dongdong Song, Peimao Li
  • Patent number: 10885866
    Abstract: The present application provides a turn-on voltage supplying circuit and method, a defect analysis method and a display device. The turn-on voltage supplying circuit includes a voltage supplying unit and a switching unit. The voltage supplying unit is configured to provide turn-on voltages, values of which being within a predetermined range, to the M stages of gate driving circuits respectively in the case that the M stages of gate driving circuits are in a normal operation state, or provide corresponding turn-on voltages to the gate driving circuits in the case that the gate driving circuits are subject to a defect analysis process. M is an integer greater than 1. When the gate driving circuits are subject to the defect analysis process, the voltage supplying unit comprises variable resistors connected between a reference turn-on voltage outputting terminal and the turn-on voltage inputting terminals of the gate driving circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Hua, Xinyu Hu, Liwei Zhu, Luqiang Guo, Zhiming Meng, Yunfei Wang
  • Patent number: 10884538
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide an OLED touch display panel, a display device and a method for detecting a touch operation zone, relate to the field of touch display, and may achieve an incell touch display panel. The display panel has an OLED component, which comprises a first electrode; a piezoresistive material layer, which is above the first electrode of the OLED component; a touch electrode layer, which is above the piezoresistive material layer; and a first stripe electrode, a second stripe electrode, a third stripe electrode and a fourth stripe electrode, which are provided above the touch electrode layer and not contacted with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Xueyou Cao, Wei Liu, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10818262
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, display drivers, an inspection signal output, judgement signal outputs included in the respective display drivers and through which judgement signals generated by the display drivers are output, signal inputs included in at least the display drivers except a most upstream one of the display drivers and through which the judgement signals and the inspection signals are input, switches located between the adjacent display drivers in an upstream and downstream direction to cascade the display drivers and each configured to switch points connected to the signal input of one of the display drivers on a downstream side between the judgement signal output of one of the display drivers on an upstream side and the inspection signal output, and a judgement unit connected at least to the judgment signal output of a most downstream one of the display drivers to receive the judgement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10802627
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch display panel includes: a substrate; a first metal layer including a touch line and a light-shielding block, disposed on the substrate; a TFT function layer disposed on the first metal layer, with the TFT function layer provided with a first via; and a common electrode layer located above the TFT function layer and connected to the touch line through the first via. In the above manner, the present disclosure can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the process reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaohui Nie
  • Patent number: 10803809
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gate driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device which comprises the gate driving circuit. In the gate driving circuit, the Qn node in the nth stage circuit is precharged when an output signal of a Qn?1 node in a previous stage driving circuit and an output signal of a Qn+1 node in a next stage driving circuit are both in a high-level state. Both the Qn?1 node and the Qn+1 node are at low levels when the gate driving circuit is in an All Gate On display state, and thus a possibility of current leakage from the Qn node can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yafeng Li
  • Patent number: 10788903
    Abstract: A signal generating circuit of an active pen (300), an active pen and a signal driving method are disclosed. The signal generating circuit includes a power source unit (310) and a control unit (320), the power source unit (310) is configured to supply a signal driving voltage to the active pen, and the control unit (320) is configured to control alternate generation of a positive voltage and a negative voltage between a pen tip and a pen casing of the active pen in case where the power source unit only generates a single voltage. The signal generating circuit (300), the active pen and the signal driving method can reduce a signal driving power consumption of the active pen while ensuring a signal driving effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guangkai Yuan
  • Patent number: 10767822
    Abstract: Various examples related to automatic light control for illumination of a feature of interest are presented. A lighting system can automatically track a feature of interest, and/or a target positioned in relation to a feature of interest, and position one or more light sources to maintain illumination of the feature of interest. The location of the target, or the feature of interest, can be tracked using images captured by an image capture device and the orientation of one or more light sources can be adjusted to direct beams of light at the feature of interest. The beams of light can produce substantially shadow free illumination of the feature of interest. The controller can automatically calibrate a light source based on identifiable features within a captured image to ensure accurate movement of the light sources when tracking the target or feature of interest in or near real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Brian Munari
  • Patent number: 10757785
    Abstract: A load driver for driving a load and an LED module are disclosed. In one embodiment, the load driver comprises a converter circuit comprising a controllable switching element configured to be turned on and off and to perform power factor correction for power from a power supply to the load, wherein a control terminal of the controllable switching element is configured for receiving a startup current via the two output terminals, the controllable switching element configured to be turned on by the startup current. The converter circuit further comprises a first inductor, coupled to the power supply at a first end, and to ground at a second end via the controllable switching element, wherein a first one of the output terminals connects to a second end of the first inductor via a diode forwarded from the first inductor, a second one of the output terminals is coupled to the first end of the first inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Zhi Quan Chen, Duo L. Li, Kang Li, Matt J. Ma, Hui Zhang, Dennis Johannes Antonius Claessens
  • Patent number: 10736187
    Abstract: An illumination device and method are provided for controlling light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs (specifically, the LED loads) are controlled, e.g., brightness and color of the LED loads, independent of a phase-cut dimmer applied to the AC mains feeding a DC power supply. The power supply is active dependent upon the duration of a conduction angle supplied from the dimmer. The power supply, however, produces drive currents that are independent from the conduction angle by using a two-stage power supply and a relatively slow and fast control loops that are controlled through a microprocessor based control circuit. Parameters stored in the control circuit are drawn by the microprocessor to control the two-stage power supply to produce the drive currents independent and decoupled from the conduction angle yet dependent on the controller parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Lutron Ketra, LLC
    Inventors: Jason E. Lewis, Ryan Matthew Bocock
  • Patent number: 10728967
    Abstract: A surface mounted LED light structure has a V-shaped channel with opposed legs and a flat central portion. A flat base strip is attached to each leg. The strips each have a pair of electrically conductive traces. A plurality of LEDs is arrayed along the base strips and electrically connected to the traces. A diffuser is disposed over the LEDs. A spacer sleeve holds the diffuser over the channel central portion. A driver is mounted adjacent the channel and is connected to the conductive traces and to the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MAXLITE, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Treadway, James Steedly
  • Patent number: 10706760
    Abstract: A shift register, a method for driving the same, a gate driver circuit, and a display device are provided. The shift register includes an input circuit, a reset circuit, a first control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit, where the first output circuit includes two output channels, where one channel is that under the joint control of signals of a first clock signal terminal and a first node, a signal of a first clock signal terminal is provided to a drive signal output terminal of the shift register, and the other channel is that under the joint control of signals of the second clock signal terminal and the first node, a signal of a second clock signal terminal is provided to the drive signal output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Boe Technology Group, Ltd
    Inventors: Kangxi Chen, Min Wang, Hui Dong, Hongjun Wang, Jianjun Wang
  • Patent number: 10479262
    Abstract: Systems and methods for replicating vehicular illumination are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes a detector configured to sense light emitted by a host light of a host vehicle for detecting a lighting state of the host light. The system also includes a communications system configured to communicate the detected lighting state between the host light and the remote light. Further, the system includes a remote light being located on one of the host vehicle and an operator of the host vehicle and configured to replicate the lighting state of the host light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: International Research Institute iRI
    Inventor: Robert Ernest Troxler
  • Patent number: 10299324
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus may include two or more lighting units each including a plurality of LED groups which sequentially emit light in response to changes of a rectified voltage. The two or more lighting units may include one or more LED groups having the same light emitting sequence but having different light emitting points of time. Thus, current harmonic can be reduced, and power efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyeong Sik Mun, Sang Young Lee, Ki Chul An, Yong Geun Kim