Patents Examined by Kenneth B Lee, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12045403
    Abstract: An operation knob apparatus includes a base a conductive transmitting member, an operation member that brings the transmitting member near to and away from a display panel, and a stabilizer disposed between the bases and the operation member. The stabilizer includes a main body, a pair of arms connected to respective ends of the main body, and a pair of base portions and connected to the respective arms. One of the base and the operation member has a holding portion configured to rotatably hold the main body, and the other has a pair of holding grooves respectively configured to slidably and rotatably hold the base portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: U-SHIN LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ito, Akira Nagoshi
  • Patent number: 12045413
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a display device are provided. The touch display panel includes: a plurality of touch electrodes, a plurality of touch signal lines, a plurality of demultiplexing circuits, a plurality of touch channel signal lines, a plurality of pads, and a driving chip. The demultiplexing circuits can selectively electrically connect one of multiple of the touch signal lines to a corresponding one of the touch channel signal lines. A number of the pads can be decreased, and layout design space required by the touch channel signal lines and the pads can be reduced, so as to increase freedom of selection of the driving chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12039939
    Abstract: An emission driver includes a plurality of stages. A stage of the plurality of stages receives a start signal, a first clock signal, a second clock signal, a protection signal, a first gate power voltage and a second gate power voltage and outputs an emission signal. The stage of the plurality of stages includes a pull-up switching element connected between a first gate power voltage terminal which receives the first gate power voltage and an emission signal output terminal which outputs the emission signal, a pull-down switching element connected between a second gate power voltage terminal which receives the second gate power voltage and the emission signal output terminal and a protection switching element which applies the first gate power voltage to a control electrode of the pull-down switching element in response to the protection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Kimyeong Eom, Ji-Hyun Ka
  • Patent number: 12026323
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a structure of an optical digital pen. In particular, the invention relates to an optical digital pen by use of light scattering which can effectively acquire positional information of a pen tip even when the optical digital pen moves at a tilt on a display panel having a smooth surface. The invention is advantageous in that even when an optical digital pen is used at a tilt on a panel having a smooth surface made of glass or transparent plastic, reflected light for acquiring positional information of a pen tip is sufficiently received. In addition, the optical digital pen has an advantage of being compatibly used with a display panel of an electronic device such as a tablet PC or a laptop computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: BONA INC.
    Inventors: Chun Seop Kim, Kyu Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 12027128
    Abstract: A display module and a display device are provided. In the display module, a liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of display subareas. A color backlight module has a plurality of backlight subareas in a one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of display subareas. A driving apparatus may sequentially drive liquid crystal molecules in the display subareas to turn over, and after driving the liquid crystal molecules in each display subarea to turn over, drive a light-emitting element of one color included in each backlight source in one corresponding backlight subarea to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing Ma, Rui Han, Pengtao Li, Daekeun Yoon, Jie Yu, Weining Chi, Tianyang Han, Jing Yu
  • Patent number: 12026311
    Abstract: Systems and methods for decoding intended symbols from neural activity in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a symbol decoding system for brain-computer interfacing, including a neural signal recorder implanted into a brain of a user, and a symbol decoder, the symbol decoder including a processor, and a memory, where the memory includes a symbol decoding application capable of directing the processor to obtain neural signal data from the neural signal recorder, estimate a symbol from the neural signal data using a symbol model, and perform a command associated with the symbol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Krishna Vaughn Shenoy, Jaimie M. Henderson, Francis Robert Willett
  • Patent number: 12020663
    Abstract: A display panel, a display module, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes multiple pixel units arranged in an array. Each of the multiple pixel units includes sub-pixels emitting lights of three colors. Multiple sub-pixels are arranged in rows in a first direction, and sub-pixels emitting lights of a same color are arranged in columns. In any pixel unit of the array, the third-color sub-pixel has a charging rate higher than each of the first-color sub-pixel and the second-color sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanna Yang, Haoxuan Zheng
  • Patent number: 12021088
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array in a first direction and a second direction; and a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The plurality of data lines include first data lines and second data lines alternately arranged in the first direction, two columns of sub-pixels arranged in the second direction are arranged between a first data line and a second data line, and the first data line and the second data line are respectively configured to transmit data signals of different polarities. Two adjacent sub-pixels arranged in the first direction are respectively connected to the first data line and the second data line, and two adjacent sub-pixels arranged in the second direction are respectively connected to the first data line and the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoliang Ji, Wenjun Xiao, Shijun Wang, Zhiying Bao, Wenkai Mu, Bingqing Yang, Xiaoxiao Chen
  • Patent number: 12013710
    Abstract: Disclosed are a voltage stabilizing circuit and a display panel. A voltage stabilizing circuit includes a light emitting module, a driving module, a comparison module, a selection module, a first switch module and a second switch module. Since the delay of on-off of each LED in the display panel is difficult to be detected by the eyes, the present application combines the above modules, can change the on-off timing of the LED in the entire display panel by setting the reference voltage as the judgment threshold of the driving voltage, to provide more ample time for the driving voltage of the remote end to climb or fall, to turn the LED on and light it up until the driving voltage meets the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Renjie Zhou, Baohong Kang
  • Patent number: 12014013
    Abstract: A display device according to an aspect includes: a display panel; and a touch panel on the display panel. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection electrodes extending in a first direction in a plan view; and a plurality of drive electrodes disposed respectively between the plurality of detection electrodes and extending in the first direction. Each of the plurality of drive electrodes includes: a plurality of electrode segments patterned in the first direction; and a plurality of wires connected respectively to the plurality of electrode segments and extending in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Jean Mugiraneza
  • Patent number: 12001757
    Abstract: A method for parameter adjustment and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: receiving a first input for a target button by a user; and adjusting, in response to the first input, at least two first output parameters corresponding to the target button, where the at least two first output parameters are output parameters of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Liang
  • Patent number: 11982862
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a first set of one or more lenses and a first display configured to provide visual data through the first set of one or more lenses. The head-mounted display device further includes a first stepper motor mechanically coupled to the first display, and the first stepper motor is configured to move the first display along a first axis by rotating a rotatable component of the first stepper motor. The head-mounted display device further includes a first electronic controller configured to (i) determine a first position of the first display, (ii) receive information identifying a second position of the first display, and (iii) generate one or more electrical signals that cause the first stepper motor to move the first display from the first position to the second position along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joyce S Fang, Nicholas Colonnese, Bruce A. Cleary, III, Ryan Michael Ebert, Douglas Robert Lanman
  • Patent number: 11976950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film sensor, a thin film sensor array and an electronic device. The thin film sensor has a functional area and a non-functional area surrounding the functional area, and includes: a dielectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are oppositely arranged; a first conductive layer located on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and including a first conductive structure arranged in the functional area; a second conductive layer located on the second surface of the dielectric substrate; a first light-shielding layer located on the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the first light-shielding layer includes a first light-shielding structure at least arranged in the non-functional area, the first light-shielding structure has the same pattern as the first conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Wang, Dongdong Zhang, Yafei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11980050
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate that includes an opening and a display area that surrounds the opening; a plurality of grooves formed in the substrate between the opening and the display area; a display element layer on the substrate and that includes a plurality of display elements in the display area; a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed on the display element layer, the thin-film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer which are sequentially stacked; a planarization layer disposed over the plurality of grooves and that includes an organic insulating material, wherein the planarization layer is disposed over the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and the organic encapsulation layer is disposed below the second inorganic encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wooyong Sung, Wonwoo Choi, Sooyoun Kim, Junghan Seo, Seoyeon Lee, Hyoungsub Lee, Moonwon Chang, Seunggun Chae, Seungyong Song
  • Patent number: 11977243
    Abstract: A method of using a system for generating a centrally located floating image display includes displaying a first map image with a first display, receiving the first map image with a first reflector, reflecting the first map image with the first reflector, displaying, a second map image with a second display, receiving the second map image with a second reflector, reflecting the second map image with the second reflector, displaying first private information to the first passenger and second private information to the second passenger with a transparent display positioned between the first passenger and the first reflector and between the second passenger and the second reflector, receiving input from the first and second passengers with the system controller, and collecting images with an external scene camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joseph F. Szczerba, John P. Weiss, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 11972105
    Abstract: A force sensing system for determining if a user input has occurred, the system comprising: an input channel, to receive an input from at least one force sensor; an activity detection stage, to monitor an activity level of the input from the at least one force sensor and, responsive to an activity level which may be indicative of a user input being reached, to generate an indication that an activity has occurred at the force sensor; and an event detection stage to receive said indication, and to determine if a user input has occurred based on the received input from the at least one force sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Hamid Sepehr, Pablo Peso Parada, Willem Zwart, Tom Birchall, Michael Allen Kost, Tejasvi Das, Siddharth Maru, Matthew Beardsworth, Bruce E. Duewer
  • Patent number: 11968289
    Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes the following elements: a phase detector for outputting a phase adjustment signal by comparing a clock signal of a first node and an input signal; a charge pump for adjusting a charge amount of a second node according to the phase adjustment signal; a first switch including one end coupled to the second node and including another end coupled to a third node; a second switch including one end which receives a bias voltage and including another end coupled to the third node; a capacitor including a first electrode coupled to the third node; third switches; and voltage control oscillators including control terminals coupled to the third node and including output terminals coupled to the first node through the third switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Min Young Park, Jong Min Shim
  • Patent number: 11966061
    Abstract: A near-eye display system including an optics module coupled with an electronics module having a controller. Wherein the optics module includes a planar waveguide operable to display virtual images, and a camera operable to capture pictures and videos. The planar waveguide coupled with the camera via the optics module, whereby a first view through the planar waveguide is oriented to be the same as a second view by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Vuzix Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler W. Porter, Paul J. Travers
  • Patent number: 11961470
    Abstract: A sensing circuit and a correction method thereof, a pixel driving module and a sensing method thereof, and a display apparatus, the sensing circuit includes: an operation amplifier (AMP), an integration capacitor (Cfb), a first switch (S1), a second switch (S2), a third switch (S3), a fourth switch (S4), a fifth switch (S5) and a sixth switch (S6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Yang, Tangxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11961446
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display driving method and device, and a display device, by obtaining Gaussian probability of a preset scene in a to-be-displayed image with respect to a preset color, comparing the Gaussian probability with a predetermined threshold, and setting the polarities of sub-pixels, the driving method of the present application reduces the risk of crosstalk caused by the fact that the voltage drops of the coupling capacitance on the adjacent data lines cannot be canceled each other out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhenwei He