Patents Examined by Kenneth Bukowski
  • Patent number: 12706010
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel including pixels, a folding region that is configured to be folded to form a folding angle based on a folding line, and a non-folding region adjacent the folding region, a data driver configured to provide a data voltage to the display panel, and a driving controller configured to control the data driver, and to calculate a temperature for a position of the display panel based on the folding angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Gwang Jang, Kuk-Hwan Ahn, Seungjae Lee, Seongheon Cho
  • Patent number: 12693758
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including sub-pixels, and an input sensor on the display panel. The input sensor includes a sensing electrode array including a first sensing electrode array and a second sensing electrode array, and a transmission line electrically connected to the sensing electrode array. The transmission line includes a lower transmission line, and an upper transmission line electrically connected to the lower transmission line through a line contact hole. The first sensing electrode array includes a first sensing electrode and a first bridge electrode electrically connected to the first sensing electrode. The second sensing electrode array includes a second sensing electrode and a second bridge electrode electrically connected to the second sensing electrode. The lower transmission line, the upper transmission line, the first sensing electrode, the first bridge electrode, the second sensing electrode, and the second bridge electrode, refer to those described in this specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun Gi You
  • Patent number: 12694819
    Abstract: A display device including: a pixel unit partitioned into a plurality of blocks including at least one scan line, the pixel unit including pixels connected to the scan line and a data line in each of the blocks; a gamma voltage supplier configured to generate a gamma voltage, based on a gamma value; a data driver configured to generate a data signal to be supplied to the data line, using the gamma voltage; and a timing controller configured to supply different gamma values to at least two blocks among the blocks, each of the different gamma values corresponding to the same grayscale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Min Jeong, Jin Sung Choi, Ju Bong An
  • Patent number: 12687949
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate including a sensing area and a peripheral area surrounding at least portion of the sensing area, a plurality of driving lines disposed in the peripheral area on the substrate, a plurality of sensing lines disposed on a same layer as the driving lines and disposed in the peripheral area, a first touch insulating layer covering the driving lines and the sensing lines, a first touch electrode array disposed in the sensing area on the first touch insulating layer and electrically connected to the driving lines, a second touch electrode array disposed on a same layer as the first touch electrode array and electrically connected to the sensing lines, and a plurality of detection lines disposed in the peripheral area on the first touch insulating layer and overlapping the driving lines and the sensing lines in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yujin Shin, Hyun-Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 12676095
    Abstract: An electronic device configured to project an image includes: an image projection unit comprising a projector configured to project the image onto a projection area, memory storing at least one instruction, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory and to: determine a reference line including information about a point in the projection area, the point being farthest from the image projection unit, generate a distance correction coefficient for correcting an input grayscale of an input image, based on the reference line, and control the image projection unit to display a corrected image including a corrected grayscale generated by multiplying the input grayscale by the distance correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungjun Lim, Hyunku Kang
  • Patent number: 12661988
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a center console and an input unit is disclosed. The center console may include an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system. The input unit may be communicatively coupled with the IVI system. The input unit may be stowed or folded in the center console when not in use and moved out of the center console when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Inventors: Mansoor Nasir, Rami Al Khatib, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Patent number: 12656838
    Abstract: A multilink operation wireless networking system has a plurality of wireless communications modules. Each of these modules have a circuit board with connector pins, a wireless communications integrated circuit with signal ports connected to the connector pins, multilink operation input ports and output ports, and multilink operation input interconnects and output interconnects connected to respective multilink operation input ports and output ports. There are also one or more multilink operation cables. A first one of the multilink operation cables is connected to one of the multilink operation output interconnects of a first one of the plurality of wireless communications modules, and to one of the multilink operation input interconnects of a second one of the plurality of wireless communications modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: COMPEX SYSTEMS PTE LTD
    Inventor: Mun Chen
  • Patent number: 12658125
    Abstract: A control device includes: a state acquisition unit configured to acquire first state data regarding a state of a first element included in a first self-light-emitting pixel included in a display panel and configured to emit first color light, and second state data regarding a state of a second element included in a second self-light-emitting pixel included in the display panel and configured to emit second color light longer in wavelength than the first color light; and a compensation processing unit configured to perform first compensation of compensating for a temporal change in the first self-light-emitting pixel based on the first state data, and perform second compensation of compensating for a temporal change in the second self-light-emitting pixel based on the first state data and the second state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masafumi Ueno, Masaaki Moriya, Naoki Shiobara, Masafumi Kawai, Mohammad Reza Kazemi, Hiroyuki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 12651549
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, an afterimage compensator and a data driver. The display panel displays an image. The afterimage compensator writes first stress data of input image data corresponding to a first area to a first memory area in a first block size and second stress data of the input image data corresponding to a second area to a second memory area in a second block size different from the first block size and compensates a grayscale value of the input image data based on the first stress data and the second stress data. The data driver generates a data voltage based on a compensated grayscale value and outputs the data voltage to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Shin Kim, Inbok Song, Sung-Yeol Baek, Kyungsu Lee
  • Patent number: 12646450
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device and a display driving method. The electronic device includes a plurality of device groups and a plurality of driving elements; a first terminal of at least one device group among the plurality of device groups is coupled with a positive signal line, a second terminal of at least one device group among the plurality of device groups is coupled with an output terminal of any one of the plurality of driving elements, and a reference voltage terminal of any one of the plurality of driving elements is configured to be coupled with a reference signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiuling Li, Qibing Gu, Guofeng Hu, Bao Fu, Wenchieh Huang, Lingyun Shi
  • Patent number: 12638933
    Abstract: A touch panel capable of performing display and sensing along a curved surface or a touch panel that maintains high detection sensitivity even when it is curved along a curved surface is provided. A flexible display panel is placed along a curved portion included in a surface of a support. A first film layer is attached along a surface of the display panel by a bonding layer. Second to n-th film layers (n is an integer of 2 or more) are sequentially attached along a surface of the first film layer by bonding layers. A flexible touch sensor is attached along a surface of the n-th film layer by a bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Masataka Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12638686
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of apparatuses for an augmented reality system wherein a wearable augmented reality apparatus may be constructed to have multiple chambers with circuitry elements that are physically and electrically connected. The embodiments may further include a structure for a circuitry chamber that protects sensitive components from external factors. The embodiments may further include arrangements for subsections and components in a wearable augmented reality apparatus that allow for an overall compliant housing while reducing potential shearing force on embedded components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: AbdurRahman Bin Shahzad Bhatti, Jensen Rarig Steven Turner
  • Patent number: 12640073
    Abstract: A scalar of a display device of an information handling system includes a scalar processor and zero-gray luminance enhancer. The scalar processor generates image data by processing raw image data, including grayscale levels, received from the information handling system. The image data is used by the display device to control pixels of a display screen of the display device in rendering images on the display screen. The zero-gray luminance enhancer generates zero-gray enhancement values, each zero-gray enhancement value uniquely corresponding to one of the grayscale levels. The zero-gray enhancement values control luminance associated with the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: BongJun Lee, Seungjae Sung, Jaehyun You
  • Patent number: 12629626
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a housing, a main circuit board provided in the housing, and an adjustment assembly including a display screen, a display circuit board, an encoder, a knob assembly, a first flexible flat cable, a second flexible flat cable, and a fixed connection board provided with a cable threading hole. The encoder includes a fixed seat and a rotation sleeve sleeved on the fixed seat. The knob assembly is formed with an installation cavity inside which accommodates the display screen, the fixed connection board and the encoder. The fixed seat is connected to housing, the fixed connection board is connected to a side of the fixed seat away from housing; the display screen is connected to a side of the fixed connection board away from housing, and the display circuit board is connected to a side of the display screen facing the fixed connection board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SHENZHEN PUREMATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangsheng Yan, Xiang Zheng, Bo Yang, Shengbin Wen
  • Patent number: 12628291
    Abstract: A component for a high-voltage electric system of a vehicle includes a body having a circular cross section; an electrical device encapsulated within the body; a first electrically conductive contact area arranged circumferentially on the body and configured to form a first electrical connection to the electrical device; a second electrically conductive contact area arranged circumferentially on the body and configured to form a second electrical connection to the electric device, the second electrically conductive contact area being separated from the first electrically conductive contact area in the axial direction of the body; a cap attached to an end portion of the body; and a fastening mechanism configured to secure the component in a socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ringolds Jargans, Diego Santos Pereira Netto
  • Patent number: 12609078
    Abstract: Proposed are a display substrate and a preparation method therefor, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a drive circuit layer disposed on a substrate and a light emitting structure layer disposed at a side of the drive circuit layer away from the substrate, the drive circuit layer includes a plurality of circuit units, the light emitting structure layer includes a plurality of light emitting devices; at least one circuit unit includes a first power supply line, an initial signal line including a first initial signal line extending in a first direction and a second initial signal line extending in a second direction, and a pixel drive circuit; the first direction intersects the second direction, and an orthographic projection of the second initial signal line on the substrate overlaps at least partially with an orthographic projection of the first power supply line on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tinghua Shang, Yi Zhang, Tingliang Liu, Yang Zhou, Huijuan Yang
  • Patent number: 12609089
    Abstract: A global dimming display device and its control circuit and an operation method are provided. The global dimming display device includes a display panel module, a backlight panel module, and a control circuit. The backlight panel module provides backlight to the display panel module. The control circuit checks an image frame. In response to the image frame not being a dark picture, the control circuit performs global dimming on the backlight panel module to set backlight brightness of backlight to normal backlight brightness. In response to the image frame being a dark picture, the control circuit performs global dimming on the backlight panel module to dim the backlight brightness from the normal backlight brightness to dark picture backlight brightness, and gains the image frame of the display panel module to enhance a pixel gray level of the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Wei-Chen Tsai
  • Patent number: 12603032
    Abstract: A gamma tuning method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium. The gamma tuning method is applied to a display panel including a first display area and a second display area, and the gamma tuning method includes: acquiring a first register value of the first display area after gamma tuning under a target gray scale; and determining, according to the first register value and a predetermined linear relationship between register values of the first display area and register values of the second display area, a target register value of the second display area under the target gray scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuqing Wang, Tao Tang, Qiong Jia
  • Patent number: 12603030
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a first light emission area, a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in a column direction, and including a second light emission area, a transistor area overlapped with each of the first pixel and the second pixel, and coupled to the first light emission area and the second light emission area, and a light-transmissive area adjacent to the transistor area in a row direction crossing the column direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Kwun Son, Dong Hee Shin, Na Hyeon Cha
  • Patent number: 12597379
    Abstract: A driving method of a display device, and a display device are disclosed. The display device includes a driving chip and multiple selectors, the driving chip including a first pin connected to at least four scan lines through one selector, and a second pin connected to a data line. The driving method includes: generating a row initialization signal for driving at least four scan lines and outputting it to the selector via the first pin; controlling, by the selector, a corresponding output terminal to output the row initialization signal to the corresponding scan line for driving according to the control signal; where the row initialization signal is generated based on original scan signals of the at least four scan lines connected to the selector. The row initialization signal includes at least four scan cycles, each scan cycle being used to scan one respective scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mancheng Zhou, Yuanping Zhang, Junfeng Xie