Patents Examined by Julie Anne Watko
  • Patent number: 11625134
    Abstract: A touch sensing unit includes a base substrate, touch sensing lines disposed on the base substrate, a first touch insulating layer disposed on the touch sensing lines, and touch electrodes disposed on the first touch insulating layer. The touch electrodes overlap the touch sensing lines in a thickness direction. Each of the touch electrodes has a mesh shape including a body and mesh holes. The bodies do not overlap the touch sensing lines in the thickness direction in a remaining area, except for partial areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Kim, Sang Hun Park
  • Patent number: 11619989
    Abstract: According to the invention, a system for presenting graphics on a display device is disclosed. The system may include an eye tracking device and a graphics processing device. The eye tracking device may be for determining a gaze point of a user on a display device. The graphics processing device may be for causing graphics to be displayed on the display device. The graphics displayed on the display device may be modified such that the graphics are of higher quality in an area including the gaze point of the user, than outside the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Tobil AB
    Inventors: Robin Thunström, Mårten Skogö
  • Patent number: 11567595
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a crack sensing line disposed in the non-display area; an electrostatic protecting line disposed in the non-display area; a light emitting element disposed on the substrate and including a first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a power supplying line, wherein the second electrode and the power supplying line are in contact in an electrode contact area, the electrode contact area being disposed in the non-display area, and the crack sensing line and the electrostatic protecting line do not overlap the electrode contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Cheol Kim, Min Joo Kim, Mi Kyung Seo, Jae Yoon Chang
  • Patent number: 11567618
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a cathode layer, a touch control layer, and a pixel definition layer. The cathode layer is disposed over the substrate, and the cathode layer is formed with a first gap therein. The touch control layer is not disposed at a side of the cathode layer away from a substrate, and the touch control layer is provided with a plurality of touch control components, and adjacent touch control components in the touch control layer are formed with a second gap therebetween. A supporting wall is disposed over the pixel definition layer, and a height of the supporting wall is greater than a height of the cathode layer, thereby forming the first gap in the cathode layer. The touch control components function as a touch control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenqi Li, Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11561643
    Abstract: An electronic device in some embodiments includes: a display layer configured to display an image based on image data and having a plurality of regions defined thereon; a sensor layer on the display layer; and a sensor driver configured to receive image information data calculated based on the image data, to generate an output signal based on the image information data, and to provide the output signal to the sensor layer, wherein the image information data includes noise information on the image, the noise information being calculated based on the plurality of regions. Some embodiments may include the electronic device included in an interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Ho Kim, Chui Kim, Wonsang Park, Jaeuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11561640
    Abstract: There is provided a touch substrate including a base substrate and at least one touch unit on the base substrate. Each touch unit includes capacitive touch electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode and electromagnetic touch electrodes including a third electrode and a fourth electrode. An insulating layer is between the first and second electrodes. A resistance of a material of each of the electromagnetic touch electrodes is changed when a magnetic field where the electromagnetic touch electrode is located is changed. The insulating layer further extends between the third and fourth electrodes. The third and first electrodes are spaced apart from each other and are side by side on a same side of the base substrate, and the fourth and second electrodes are spaced apart from each other and are side by side on a side of the insulating layer distal to the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawei Xu, Bisheng Li, Taofeng Xie, Wenjin Fan
  • Patent number: 11562692
    Abstract: A display device including: first and second scan drivers; a data driver; a display unit including pixels connected to first and second scan lines, and data lines; and a controller controlling the first and second scan drivers, and the data driver, a first pixel includes: a light emitting element, a first transistor including a gate connected to a first node, wherein the first transistor is connected between a second node and a third node, a second transistor including a gate connected to a first scan line, the second transistor is connected between a data line and the second node, and a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first power voltage; the first transistor is reverse biased by a second scan signal applied to a second scan line; and a first scan signal applied to the first scan line is different from the second scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gi Chang Lee
  • Patent number: 11521296
    Abstract: An application engine renders an image based on image data from a content source. A display engine displays the image to a user. The image is adjustable from a first size to a second size. A detection system detects the size adjustment. An application executes a clarification routine to maintain sharpness of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed Idris Shah, Henricus Cabanier
  • Patent number: 11520424
    Abstract: A circuit for performing a display driving function and a fingerprint and touch detecting function includes a unity gain buffer amplifier, an operational amplifier integrator, an ADC circuit, and a digital processing circuit coupled to the ADC circuit. An input terminal of the operational amplifier integrator is coupled to a touch sensor. When the circuit is operated under a display driving mode, an input terminal of the unity gain buffer amplifier receives a gray level voltage and an output terminal of the unity gain buffer amplifier is coupled to a display panel. When the circuit is operated under a fingerprint detecting mode, the input terminal and the output terminal of the unity gain buffer amplifier are respectively coupled to a fingerprint sensor and the ADC circuit. When the circuit is operated under a touch detecting mode, an output terminal of the operational amplifier integrator is coupled to the ADC circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jia-Ming He, Yaw-Guang Chang
  • Patent number: 11481032
    Abstract: Provided are a display device. The display device comprises a display panel displaying an image, a main circuit board disposed under the display panel, a first vibration element attached to a lower surface of the display panel and providing first vibration in accordance with a first vibration signal, a second vibration element disposed on the main circuit board and providing second vibration in accordance with a second vibration signal, and a first vibration driver circuit providing the first vibration signal to the first vibration element, wherein a phase of the second vibration signal is opposite to a phase of the first vibration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Jung Hun Noh, Jae Woo Im
  • Patent number: 11467414
    Abstract: A see-through display device includes an image generation unit configured to emit a virtual image light, a light combining unit configured to combine the virtual image light with an actual image light, and a driving unit including a deformation unit and a bridge unit disposed between the deformation unit and the image generation unit, and configured to control a distance between the image generation unit and the light combining unit through the deformation unit and the bridge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bongsu Shin, Changkun Lee, Sunil Kim, Wontaek Seo, Geeyoung Sung
  • Patent number: 11460989
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display device outputting an image in either one of display modes including a horizontal mode and a vertical mode, the display device including a display configured to be rotatable, includes displaying at least one user interface (UI) element corresponding to at least one image content. The method further includes based on a user instruction of positioning a highlight on a first UI element among the displayed at least one UI element, identifying whether a resolution of a first image content corresponding to the first UI element corresponds to a current display mode, and based on the resolution of the first image content being identified to not correspond to the current display mode, providing a visual effect to the first UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyun Jang, Junsik Choi
  • Patent number: 11460951
    Abstract: A system and method for determining location of a touch event on or in proximity to a touch sensitive device is disclosed. Sampling of data is performed during different frames. The frames are processed to determine touch events and information related to the touch events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Clifton Forlines, Darren Leigh
  • Patent number: 11442572
    Abstract: A touch display controller, panel and system may include a select circuit having a first selectable input terminal connected to touch sensors, a second selectable input terminal connected to display pixels, and an output terminal; an analog front-end circuit coupled to the output terminal of the select circuit to receive a raw analog signal, and having a shared processing path for analog signals from both the touch sensors and the display pixels; and a control circuit configured to control the an analog front-end circuit based on which type of element among the touch sensors or the display pixels is connected to the analog front-end circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinbong Kim, Changju Lee, Yoonkyung Choi
  • Patent number: 11442621
    Abstract: A computing device detects a press of a global shortcut key simultaneously with a first press and release of a modifier key. In response thereto, an operation is initiated in a non-default display region. The operation might be displaying a user interface element in the non-default display region. The computing device can also detect a second press and release of the modifier key simultaneously with the press of the global shortcut key. In response thereto, the operation can be initiated in a second display region, such as a default display region. The second press and release of the modifier key can be detected within a predetermined period of time following the detection of the first press and release of the modifier key. The operation might be simultaneously initiated in multiple display regions, such as sharing a region that encompasses the non-default display region and one or more other display regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Klein, Peter Hammerquist, David Carl Naber, Christoffer Peter Hart Hansen, Ryan Pendlay
  • Patent number: 11430532
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of shift registers coupled in series. An nth shift register includes a driving circuit and a pull-down circuit. The driving circuit is electrically coupled to an output node and a first node. The driving circuit is configured to receive a first clock signal and output a gate signal according to the first clock signal. The pull-down circuit is electrically coupled to the output node. The pull-down circuit is configured to receive an (n?m)th gate signal and an (n+m)th gate signal, and pull-down the gate signal to a low voltage level according to one of the (n?m)th gate signal and the (n+m)th gate signal, wherein m and n are positive integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Chen, Meng-Chieh Tsai
  • Patent number: 11386823
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method of driving the same, and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of sets of transistors, each set of transistors include at least two columns of drive transistors. A target column of drive transistors of each set of transistors are connected to a data line, and the rest drive transistors are connected to the target column of drive transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingting Jin, Liangliang Zheng, Site Cai
  • Patent number: 11372499
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a touch display device including an array substrate, a light-emitting layer, an encapsulation layer, and a touch function layer are provided. The array substrate includes a first trace. The touch function layer includes a second trace. The second trace is electrically connected to the chip by a bonding end, in which the chip is integrated with functions of display control and touching control. This realizes a control of a display function and a touch function of the touch display panel or the touch display device, thereby reducing the number of chips. At the same time, the stepped structure of the edge of the encapsulation layer effectively alleviates the steep gradient between the touch function layer and the array substrate, thereby facilitating the electrical connection of the trace on the touch function layer to the trace on the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuejun Tang, Xueyun Li
  • Patent number: 11370353
    Abstract: A wireless doorsill plate with changeable display information and power-saving mechanism includes a baseplate, a battery module, a radio frequency module, a display module and an energy-saving module. A circuit board is provided on the baseplate, the battery module is disposed on the baseplate and electrically connected to the circuit board, and the battery module is used to generate an electric power. The radio frequency module is disposed on the circuit board and used to receive an activation signal to generate a wireless signal. The display module is assembled on the circuit board and has a backlight unit connected to the battery module. The energy-saving module is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the battery module. According to the wireless signal the energy-saving module reduces the electric power generated by the battery module in order to turn on the backlight unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ZEALIO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Pao Cheng, Pao-Lin Guo, An-Tsun Teng
  • Patent number: 11360664
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a control device. The control device functions as a determiner and a controller. The determiner determines, with a plurality of fields displayed on a screen of the display panel, whether or not an entire software keyboard is displayable without overlap with the plurality of fields on the screen of the display panel. The controller allows for, when the determiner determines that the entire software keyboard is displayable without overlap, display of the software keyboard without overlap with the plurality of fields or allows for, when the determiner determines that the entire software keyboard is not displayable without overlap, display of the software keyboard in a split form or display of the software keyboard in a partial form composed only of a portion of the software keyboard in a region of the screen out of the plurality of fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kohei Konishi