Patents Examined by Kenneth B Lee, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12148347
    Abstract: A driving method of a display panel, a display panel, and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The display panel includes sub-pixels in N areas. Gray level states of each of the sub-pixels include a high gray level and a low gray level. The gray level states of the sub-pixels in the same area remain for N consecutive frames, and the gray level states of the sub-pixels in one of the N areas in the same frame are switched. As such, a brightness change range between adjacent frames can be decreased, and a brightness change frequency can be increased, thereby reducing or avoiding flicker phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhenwei He
  • Patent number: 12141492
    Abstract: A process management device includes a first display control section to display a plan image of a mounting-related process including multiple partial processes; a second display control section to display a progress image showing progress of the mounting-related process together with the plan image on the display for each partial process; and a third display control section to, when the progress of the mounting-related process is delayed from the plan of the mounting-related process in a case where the mounting-related process is performed based on the plan of the mounting-related process, display a delay image showing the delay of the progress of the mounting-related process from the plan of the mounting-related process in association with the partial process in which the delay occurs in the mounting-related process, together with the plan image on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Fukao
  • Patent number: 12140998
    Abstract: Reconfigurable touch screen computing devices with folding configurations that include flexible displays made up of segments reconfigured from a folded state to an expanded state are described. The form factor of the folded state is the size of a handheld phone (including an integrated speaker and microphone). The form factor of the expanded state is the size of a tablet computer. Both states provide a configuration including a touch screen display on a front side and a protective housing on a back side. The computing devices include sensors indicating the state and mechanisms for folding, alignment, and structural support, and magnets for the devices to be locked in the folded or unfolded state. A module attached to at least one segment may contain substantially all processing and memory, and a communications system, all which may be used in either state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lepton Computing LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 12135847
    Abstract: An interaction interface device for providing an interface between a touch display unit and an external device. The touch display unit comprising a display unit having a touch surface. The interaction interface device comprises a first interface between the interaction interface device and the touch display unit, the first interface being configured to: receive a first touch data from the touch display unit, wherein the first touch data corresponds to touch interactions occurring within a sub-portion of the display unit, and transmit a first video data to the touch display unit for display on the sub-portion of the display unit, a second interface between the interaction interface device and the external device, the second interface being configured to: receive the first video data from an external device, and transmit the first touch data to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FlatFrog Laboratories AB
    Inventor: Markus Andreasson
  • Patent number: 12136370
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel sensing circuit in which a test is performed only on selected specific channels among channels of the pixel sensing circuit and the total test time of the pixel sensing circuit and data throughput for the test may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Ji, Yong Jung Kwon, Ho Sung Hong, Jung Bae Yun
  • Patent number: 12125451
    Abstract: A method of compensating for degradation of a display device includes: determining a reference region including a part of a first display region and a second display region having pixel structures from each other; determining first stress data of first pixels based on a first average luminance value of the first pixels disposed on the part of the first display region; determining second stress data of second pixels based on a second average luminance value of the second pixels disposed on a central region of the second display region; determining third stress data of third pixels based on a third average luminance value of the third pixels disposed on an outer region of the second display region; compensating for degradation of the second pixels based on the first and second stress data, and compensating for degradation of the third pixels based on the first and third stress data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokha Hong, Jong-Woong Park
  • Patent number: 12124660
    Abstract: A touch apparatus includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a power supply electrode and a plurality of first conductive patterns. The second conductive layer includes a common electrode and a plurality of second conductive patterns. The first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns are electrically connected to form a plurality of first conductive elements. At least one portion of the first conductive elements is first touch electrodes. The third conductive layer includes a plurality of bonding pads and a plurality of second touch electrodes. In a top view of the touch apparatus, the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are staggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 12125445
    Abstract: A display device includes at least a first luminance range and a second luminance range which includes a luminance different from the first luminance range. In a boundary area of a second dimming range corresponding to the second luminance range and which is adjacent to a first dimming range corresponding to the first luminance range, a reference luminance emitted from a pixel is maintained as a first constant luminance value, and an off-duty number, which is the number of periods in which the pixel is turned off during one frame, is gradually increased by an emission control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Kook Park, Dong Wan Park, Do Hyun Kang
  • Patent number: 12125437
    Abstract: Provided is a display substrate, which includes: a base substrate disposed with a first display region and a second display region, multiple second-region light emitting elements located in the second display region, and multiple second-type pixel circuits located in the first display region. The first display region is located at at least one side of the second display region. The multiple second-type pixel circuits include multiple pixel circuits of a first structure and multiple pixel circuits of a second structure. At least one pixel circuit of the multiple pixel circuits of the first structure is connected with at least one second-region light emitting element of the multiple second-region light emitting elements through a first group of conductive lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao Huang, Yudiao Cheng
  • Patent number: 12118908
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chaehoon Lim, Kyoungup Kim, Hyungu Park
  • Patent number: 12111692
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a folding area and a first non-folding area extended from a first folding line located on a first side of the folding area; a digitizer layer disposed on the display panel and including electrode patterns; and a step covering layer disposed between the display panel and the digitizer layer, wherein the step covering layer includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and a first non-metal plate, wherein the first metal plate overlaps the folding area, wherein the second metal plate overlaps the first non-folding area, and wherein the first non-metal plate overlaps the first non-folding area and is disposed on a first surface of the second metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Da Som Gu, Yun Jae Kim, Yong Chan Jeon, Hyun Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 12111546
    Abstract: Disclosed are an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel, and a control method. The array substrate (1) comprises a plurality of connecting wire assemblies (20) and a driver (30), each connecting wire assembly (20) comprises a wiring group (22) and an acquisition module (21), the acquisition module (21) is used to detect the electrical parameters of the wiring group (22) and feed them back to the driver (30). The present disclosure can adjust the input voltage according to the impedance of the wiring group (20), so that the driving voltage of each data line or each scanning line is the same and the display uniformity can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Di Wu, Haibo Li, Yao Chen, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 12102164
    Abstract: A sensor hub for collecting sensor data during a parachuting or wing-suite event is described herein. In some instances, the sensor hub may include a sensor hub housing, the sensor hub housing including a first cavity that houses a power supply and a communication unit and a second cavity that houses a location sensor and an orientation sensor, wherein the communication unit is configured to share the location sensor and the orientation sensor with a second sensor hub and a helmet that attaches to the sensor hub housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: S.W.O.R.D. INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Allen Elrod, Christopher Collin Klaftenegger
  • Patent number: 12105868
    Abstract: An information processing device (TM) includes a head information acquisition unit (21), a physical information acquisition unit (22), and a display control unit (30). The head information acquisition unit (21) acquires the position and posture of a head of a user. The physical information acquisition unit (22) acquires a position and posture of a portion of a body other than the head of the user. The display control unit (30) controls display of a virtual object corresponding to the portion of the body, on the basis of a history of the position and posture of the portion of the body and on the basis of the position and posture of the head, in a period before the position and posture of the portion of the body are acquired by the physical information acquisition unit (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishihara, Hirotake Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 12105885
    Abstract: A sensor on a wearable device may be further configured as a sensor for detecting and recognizing a gesture to control the wearable device. For example, light detected by a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of a smart watch may include (i) light back reflected from underneath the smart watch and (ii) light back reflected from a touch to a wrist adjacent to the smart watch. The detected light may be filtered to isolate the light back reflected from the touch. A waterfall image that includes information about how the isolated light changes with time and amplitude may be generated and used to detect and recognize gestures performed on the wrist, such as a touch. This additional touch area may help to supplement a touch area provided by a display to control the smart watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Dongeek Shin
  • Patent number: 12105942
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device displays functionality information in response to receiving an indication of a first input for which a contact meets functionality display criteria. In some embodiments, a device generates a user interface that includes a navigation bar including images from different positions in a respective content item, and a representation of an adjacent content item. In some embodiments, a device moves a selection-indicator in a user interface by a predefined amount in response to receiving an indication of a first input that meets unitary movement criteria. In some embodiments, a device interprets movement of a contact of an input based at least in part on a grip of a user. In some embodiments, a device displays a plurality of character selection options when a text entry field is not tolerant of character ambiguity and a first input corresponds to a plurality of candidate characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, William M. Bachman, Elbert D. Chen, Jeffrey L Robbin, Joe Howard, Joshua McGlinn, Jonathan Lochhead, Benjamin W. Keighran, Jennifer L. C. Folse, Lynne Kress, Julian Missig, Imran Chaudhri, Alessandro Sabatelli, Nicholas Zambetti
  • Patent number: 12093525
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device performs character recognition based on spatial and temporal components of touch input detected on a touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, a device provides feedback about handwritten input and its recognition by the device. In some embodiments, a device presents a user interface for changing previously-inputted characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Howard, Ryan S. Dixon, Joshua McGlinn, Jonathan Lochhead, Benjamin W. Keighran, William M. Bachman, Elbert D. Chen, Jeffrey L. Robbin, Jennifer L. C. Folse, Lynne Kress
  • Patent number: 12094424
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a display device and a data driving circuit. Specifically, there may be provided a display device with enhanced power efficiency and a data driving circuit by providing a display device including a display panel divided into an always-on display area displaying information during a standby screen period and a black grayscale area except for the always-on display area, an image display voltage output circuit outputting a data voltage to input to the always-on display area during the standby screen period, and a voltage stabilization circuit outputting a constant voltage to input to at least a partial area of the black grayscale area during the standby screen period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Soon Kim, Chan Park, Nakyoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12080724
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a pixel circuit unit, a data distribution unit, a plurality of signal generating units, a unit light emitting diode, and a dummy opening. The pixel circuit unit is configured to generate an output current. The data distribution unit is configured to apply a data voltage to the pixel circuit unit through a data line. The plurality of signal generating units are respectively configured to apply a scan signal and a light emission control signal to the pixel circuit unit through a plurality of signal lines. The unit light emitting diode is configured to receive the output current of the pixel circuit unit and is attached to the pixel circuit unit. The dummy opening is formed in the region where the pixel circuit unit, the data distribution unit, and a plurality of signal generating units are not positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Ki Jeong, Hyun Joon Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 12080241
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and sub-pixels on the base substrate, a sub-pixel includes an organic light emitting element and a pixel circuit, the organic light emitting element includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode which is electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The sub-pixels include first color sub-pixels, second color sub-pixels and third color sub-pixels, current efficiency of a first color sub-pixel is different from that of a second color sub-pixel. The display substrate includes a source-drain metal layer which includes a first power signal line, the display substrate includes a second power signal line and reset power signal lines, the reset power signal lines include a first reset power signal line and a second reset power signal line which are electrically connected to the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Mou, Yongfu Diao