Patents Examined by Kebede T Teshome
  • Patent number: 11056058
    Abstract: An nth (where n is a natural number) stage is included in a scan driver of a display. The nth stage includes: a first input circuit for controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a carry signal of a previous stage; a second input circuit for controlling the voltage of the first node in response to a carry signal of a next stage; a first control circuit for controlling a voltage of an output terminal in response to the carry signal of the next stage; an output circuit for outputting an nth scan signal and an nth carry signal in response to the voltage of the first node and a voltage of a second node; and a leakage control circuit for supplying a control voltage to the first input circuit and the second input circuit in response to one of the nth scan signal and the nth carry signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Kuk Hwan Ahn, Seok Ha Hong
  • Patent number: 11054638
    Abstract: A technique for measuring yaw (left-right direction) of a device includes obtaining a first measurement of an orientation of the device relative to a local magnetic frame of reference (FoR) and a second measurement of the orientation of the device relative to a spatial FoR, with both measurements made while the device is disposed at a known location and in the same orientation. The technique further includes computing an offset between the two measurements and storing the offset in connection with the known location. When the device later returns to the same location, the yaw direction of the device is determined based on acquiring a new measurement of the device's orientation relative to the local magnetic FoR and applying the offset as a correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Reavire, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Gullicksen, Ameya Lonkar
  • Patent number: 11048345
    Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the image processing device to: obtain first coordinate data indicating a coordinate position indicated by a position indicator from a sensor that detects the coordinate position; obtain first image data to which predetermined additional information is added; and associate the first image data with position data indicating a position on a display screen of a display device, the position corresponding to the first coordinate data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ipei Hung
  • Patent number: 11029787
    Abstract: Systems and methods associated for providing haptic feedback are provided. For instance, data indicative of a feedback scheme associated with an input mechanism can be accessed. The feedback scheme includes one or more feedback points associated with a position of a moveable portion of the input mechanism. The input mechanism is configured to change positions responsive to an actuation of the input mechanism by a user. One or more positions of the moveable portion of the input mechanism can be determined as the input mechanism is actuated by the user. Operation of one or more feedback motors can be controlled to provide feedback to the user in accordance with the feedback scheme based at least in part on the determined one or more positions of the input mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alexandra Maria Fernandes de Castro, Jayme Ross Goldstein, Zebedee Pedersen, Joao Henrique Santos Wilbert, Hana Tanimura, William Marlyan Carey, Iain Roberts, Nicholas Inzucchi, Ted Larson, Brandon Blodget, Michael Peter Thompson, Paulo Blikstein, Stavros Vranakis
  • Patent number: 11003266
    Abstract: A display device including: an optical image sensor; a pinhole array mask layer on the optical image sensor; a display layer disposed on the pinhole array mask layer and including a plurality of pixels; and a transparent cover layer disposed on the display layer, wherein a finger placement surface is provided on the transparent cover layer, wherein each of the pixels is one of a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel, and at least one of the green pixel and the blue pixel emits light and the red pixel does not emit light when a finger is adjacent to the finger placement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghwan Kim, Gwangbum Ko, Gayoung Kim, Doik Kim, Junghak Kim, Yeonsung Jung
  • Patent number: 10996912
    Abstract: A tiled display system is disclosed, which includes: a plurality of display devices; and a controller driving the plurality of display devices to enable each display device to display a sub-frame, all sub-frames being tiled as one frame, wherein the display devices include: a first display device that starts displaying first and a last display device that starts displaying last, the first display device displays the sub-frame at a first time point, the last display device displays the sub-frame at a last time point, and the first time point and the last time point satisfy an equation: 0<(Tn?T1)?(1/H1)×[(N?1)/N], where T1 is the first time point, Tn is the last time point, H1 is a refresh rate of each display device, and N is a number of the display devices. In addition, a display device including a plurality of display panels is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 10969958
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for supporting communication of a method for using an application for a key-input display apparatus that displays a key input on the application on an execution screen of the application displayed on a display unit. The key-input display apparatus includes an input-history display control unit that outputs an input-history display screen to the display unit. The input-history display screen sequentially displays key operation histories of key inputs one by one as a separate screen from the execution screen of the application. Thus, key inputs for the application are visualized, and therefore there is no need to alternately follow an input operation with an input device, such as a keyboard, and the execution screen of the application with eyes, allowing easy grasp of key inputs by watching the input-history display screen displayed side by side with the execution screen of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INVIO, INC.
    Inventors: Kenro Tokudome, Shusaku Tohya
  • Patent number: 10963103
    Abstract: A display system comprises a light source assembly, a display assembly, a camera assembly, and a controller. The light source assembly is configured to generate visible light and infrared light. The display assembly is configured to generate image light using the visible light and to generate tracking light using the infrared light. The tracking light and the image light pass through a beam splitter prior to being projected into a local area. The camera assembly is configured to capture one or more images of the local area illuminated with the tracking light. The images are illuminated with the tracking light that passes through the beam splitter prior to be being captured by the camera assembly. The controller is configured to calculate depth information for objects in the local area using the one or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mohsen Shahmohammadi
  • Patent number: 10948939
    Abstract: A display driver includes a driving circuit including an amplifier circuit and configured to cause the amplifier circuit to output a data voltage corresponding to display data, a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate a reference voltage supplied to a reference current source of the amplifier circuit and output the reference voltage to an output node, and a setting circuit configured to set a voltage of the output node of the reference voltage generation circuit. The setting circuit includes a capacitor having one end connected with the output node, and a control circuit configured to control a voltage of another end of the capacitor based on an enable signal to change a voltage of the output node from a first voltage at which a reference current flowing in the reference current source is off, toward the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Patent number: 10943082
    Abstract: A display device includes a first base layer, a circuit layer disposed on the first base layer and including a plurality of switching elements, a pixel layer disposed on the circuit layer and including a light emitting element, wherein the light emitting element is configured to receive a current from at least one of the plurality of switching elements to emit a first light, and a sensor layer disposed below the first base layer and including a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive a second light generated when the first light is reflected by an external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoungwook Jang, Yun-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10936111
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel configured to display an image and sense a touch, a first flexible printed circuit film bonded to one edge of the display panel, a second flexible printed circuit film bonded to another edge of the display panel, and a printed circuit board to which the first flexible printed circuit film and the second flexible printed circuit film are bonded or connected, in which the second flexible printed circuit film includes a main portion and a tail portion extending from the main portion, and the tail portion includes a first portion extending from the main portion in a first direction and a second portion extending from the first portion in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hak Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10929083
    Abstract: A resource sharing device and control method thereof. The resource sharing device is electrically coupled to a plurality of computers and a mouse. The mouse is used to control a mouse cursor, and each computer is electrically coupled to a display. The steps include: identifying the spatial arrangement and resolutions of the displays; the computers initializing the respective positions of the mouse cursor; receiving a mouse displacement generated by the mouse; generating a mouse cursor displacement according to the mouse displacement and an acceleration setting; transmitting the mouse cursor displacement to one of the computers; determining whether the mouse cursor reaches a threshold; when the determination is affirmative, switching the mouse control to another computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ATEN International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Hong Wang, Xing Hong, Sung-Ting Dai
  • Patent number: 10928943
    Abstract: A touch display device is provided, which includes a substrate, multiple touch electrodes arranged in an array on the substrate, and multiple touch lines on the substrate. The touch lines are arranged in a layer different from a layer in which the touch electrodes are positioned. The touch electrodes are arranged corresponding to the touch lines respectively. Each touch line is arranged parallel to a column direction of the touch electrodes. Each touch line includes a signal transmission portion. One end of the signal transmission portion of each touch line is connected to a corresponding one of the touch electrodes, another end of the signal transmission portion of each touch line is extended in a same direction to outside an area where the touch electrodes are positioned. Such configuration reduces a risk of short-circuiting between the touch lines and data lines in the same layer to ensure good production yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pengpeng Pan
  • Patent number: 10930235
    Abstract: Disclosed a driving method and a device of display panel, as well as a display panel, taking a time duration of scanning at least three adjacent columns of pixel unit as a driving period, the common electrodes of even rows of sub-pixels and odd rows of sub-pixels in adjacent rows of pixel units are driven by a preset voltage in the current driving period, and when the first preset voltage and the second preset voltage meet preset conditions, the preset sub-pixels in the pixel units are driven according to a preset data driving signal input by a data driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., HKC Corporation Limited
    Inventor: Chihtsung Kang
  • Patent number: 10909942
    Abstract: Provided are a drive circuit capable of preventing a malfunction of the circuit, and a display apparatus. Each of the multiple shift registers comprising an output switching element and a first input switching element, wherein one or more shift registers of the multiple shift registers comprise a control switching element, wherein a first controlled terminal is connected to either an output control node to which a second controlled terminal of the first input switching element and a control terminal of the output switching element are connected or a second controlled terminal of the output switching element, and a second controlled terminal is connected to a predetermined electric potential, wherein a first clear signal to be high level at or before a time point when an predetermined clock signal rises is input to a control terminal of the control switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10908709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch pen including a writing pressure detector that detects a writing pressure generated by a nib contacting an input surface of a touch panel, a sound producer that produces a pseudo sound of a first touch, based on the writing pressure detected by the writing pressure detector, and a sound outputter that outputs the pseudo sound produced by the sound producer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naoki Tamura
  • Patent number: 10901563
    Abstract: A touch panel sensor includes a substrate and an electrode having a detection electrode and an extraction electrode connected to a detection electrode. The electrode, in any cross-section thereof in the thickness direction, includes a metal layer which occupies at least part of the cross-section. The metal layer of the detection electrode and the metal layer of the extraction electrode are formed integrally at a joint between the detection electrode and the extraction electrode. The detection electrode includes a conductive mesh having conductive wire arranged in a mesh pattern, the conductive wire having a height of not less than 0.2 ?m and not more than 2 ?m and a width of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 5 ?m. The conductive wire of the conductive mesh each have a base surface on the substrate side, and a flat top surface located opposite to the base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ishii, Yuichi Miyazaki, Youichirou Oohashi
  • Patent number: 10902806
    Abstract: A half-power buffer amplifier is disclosed. The amplifier includes an amplification unit configured to differentially amplify differential input signals, the amplification unit including nodes configured to output differentially amplified first to fourth output signals, a first output buffer unit including first and second transistors, and an output node to which the first and second transistors are connected, a second output buffer unit including third and fourth transistors, wherein the third and fourth transistors are connected to the output node, a first control switch between the first output node and the second transistor and controlled by a polarity control signal, and a second control switch between the second output node and the third transistor and controlled by a complement of the polarity control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: DB HiTek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Gwi Choi, Mun Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10872558
    Abstract: An image display processing method for a display device, an image display processing device, a display device, and a non-volatile storage medium are provided. The display device includes a backlight unit, and the backlight unit includes a plurality of display backlight blocks and is configured to be driven by a local dimming mode. The image display processing method includes: obtaining a peak driving threshold of an (s?1)-th frame of image based on respective backlight values of the plurality of backlight blocks of the (s?1)-th frame of image after a first local dimming process is performed on the (s?1)-th frame of image; obtaining respective adjusted backlight values of the plurality of backlight blocks of the s-th frame of image; and displaying the s-th frame of image by using the respective adjusted backlight values of the plurality of backlight blocks of the s-th frame of image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Ji, Tiankuo Shi, Yilang Sun, Xiaomang Zhang, Yanhui Xi, Lingyun Shi, Wenyu Li
  • Patent number: 10866670
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment provides a touch sensing device including: a first processor configured to identify a defective sensed value that satisfies a defect determination condition among the first sensed values of a plurality of electrodes disposed on a panel in a state where there is no touch or proximity of an external object to the panel; a storage unit configured to store information indicating a defective electrode corresponding to the defective sensed value among the plurality of electrodes; and a second processor configured to correct a sensed value corresponding to the defective electrode among the second sensed values of the plurality of electrodes using the sensed value of at least one electrode adjacent to the defective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Deok Son