Patents Examined by Kenneth Bukowski
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Patent number: 12724484Abstract: The present invention provides a self-powered passive electro-tactile haptic glove comprising: a plurality of textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) configured to harvest electrostatic energy through physical contact; a plurality of power management circuits electrically connected to the plurality of TENGs respectively and configured to covert the electrostatic energy harvested by the plurality of TENGs into electro-stimulation signals; and a plurality of skin stimulation electrode pairs electrically connected to the plurality of gas discharging tube-based power management circuits respectively and configured to transfer the electro-stimulation signals from the plurality of power management circuits to a user's skin. The provided glove is light-weight, self-sustainable and cost-effective, therefore has potential in fields of AR/VR, recovery treatment, and mutual perception systems between robots and humans.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2025Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: City University of Hong KongInventors: Xinge Yu, Guoqiang Xu, Haoyu Wang, Guangyao Zhao
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Patent number: 12725552Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for parallelizing determination of image grayscale pixel values based on their color filter array locations in e.g., a frame buffer associated with an electrophoretic display device. An example method may include receiving an image stored in a frame buffer associated with an electrophoretic display of a computing device, wherein the electrophoretic display includes black and white ink and a color filter array overlaid thereon; identifying, for the first image, a first processing region of the frame buffer, a second processing region of the frame buffer, and a third processing region of the frame buffer; determining, using a serial processing operation, grayscale values for pixels in the first processing region; determining, using a parallel processing operation, grayscale values for pixels in the second processing region; and determining, using the serial processing operation, grayscale values for pixels in the third processing region.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2025Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lifu Zhang, Yuan Wang, Hao Hu
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Patent number: 12727360Abstract: A display device comprising a display panel and an input sensor comprising detection electrodes overlapping an active area, and first trace lines connected to the detection electrodes, having a portion overlapping the active area, and comprising mesh lines overlapping the active area, having a portion extending in a first direction, and comprising a first row mesh line having a portion extending in the first direction, and a second row mesh line having a portion extending in the first direction, and spaced apart from the first row mesh line in a second direction, and a second portion electrically connected to the mesh lines, overlapping the peripheral area, extending in the second direction, and comprising a first column wiring connected to the first row mesh line and extending in the second direction, and a second column wiring connected to the second row mesh line and extending in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2025Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehyung Cho, Dong-Hoon Lee, Mukyung Jeon
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Patent number: 12727102Abstract: Disclosed is a motorized hinge drive device, a hinge device, and an electronic device. The motorized hinge drive device includes: a lead screw and nut assembly, a first flip drive assembly, a second flip drive assembly, a spring assembly, and a motor assembly. The lead screw and nut assembly includes two lead screws arranged oppositely and a nut simultaneously fitted on both of the two lead screws. The first flip drive assembly includes a first slider simultaneously sleeved on the two lead screws and two first rotation arms that are oppositely arranged and are respectively sleeved on the two lead screws. The second flip drive assembly includes a second slider simultaneously sleeved on the two lead screws and two second rotation arms that are oppositely arranged and are respectively sleeved on the two lead screws. The present disclosure achieves automatic unfolding and folding, and achieves good hovering stability.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junjie Liang, Wenbiao Xu
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Patent number: 12720696Abstract: A display device has unfoldable areas and a foldable area between the unfoldable areas. The display device includes a display module and a plate that supports the display module under the display module. The plate defines opening patterns overlapping the foldable area. A first adhesive layer is between the display module and the plate and overlaps at least the unfoldable areas, and a polyolefin-based resin fills the opening patterns.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hung Kun Ahn, Young Do Kim, Han Sun Ryou, Jung Hyun Oh, Byung Seo Yoon, Myung Ki Lee
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Patent number: 12718490Abstract: According to an embodiment, at least one processor of a wearable device may display, based on an input for entering a virtual space, on a display the virtual space. The at least processor may display within the virtual space a first avatar which is a current representation of a user and has a first appearance. The at least processor may display within the virtual space a first avatar together with a visual object for a second avatar which is a previous representation of the user and has a second appearance different from the first appearance of the first avatar. For example, the metaverse service is provided through a network based on 5G (fifth generation), and/or 6G (sixth generation).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2025Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hwajun Lee
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Patent number: 12718720Abstract: An electronic device includes a first display panel which displays a left-eye image, a second display panel which displays a right-eye image, a display driver integrated circuit which provides left-eye output grayscale data to the first display panel and provides right-eye output grayscale data to the second display panel, and a processor which provides left-eye input grayscale data and right-eye input grayscale data to the display driver integrated circuit. Each of the left-eye image and the right-eye image includes one or two selected from a first color, a second color different from the first color, and a third color different from the first and second colors.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2025Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Dale Yim
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Patent number: 12718728Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for interpolating a color for an interpolation point. A graphics processor may select a set of known points (known location, known color value) about an interpolation point. The processor may select a reference known point from the set of known points. The processor may determine a relative color value for each of the set of known points other than the selected reference known point based on a color difference between a corresponding known point and the selected reference known point. The processor may determine an interpolation color for the interpolation point based on the determined relative color value, the interpolation point, and a first known color value of the selected reference known point. The processor may output an indicator of the determined interpolation color for the interpolation point.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Sandeep Dager, Saurabh Kumar Shrimal
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Patent number: 12711902Abstract: A display device includes: a memory, a driving controller, a light emitting element, a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode for receiving a data signal, a second transistor connected between a first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor and receiving a first emission signal, and a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the light emitting element and receiving a second emission signal. The first emission signal includes a compensation period and an emission period, and the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to determine a compensation time of the compensation period depending on target luminance.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Joon Huh, Sanghyun Kang, Sang-Myoung Lee, Jaehoon Lee, Joosun Yoon
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Patent number: 12711887Abstract: A data voltage supply circuit is applied to a display device, the display device includes a data driver, a plurality of columns of pixels and a plurality of columns data lines, the column of pixels includes M columns of sub-pixels; M is an integer greater than or equal to 3; the data driver includes a plurality of data voltage supply terminals; the data voltage supply circuit includes a plurality of supply circuits; the supply circuit is configured to control the M columns of sub-pixels included in a corresponding column of pixels to respectively receive a data voltage provided by a corresponding data voltage supply terminal, or to control the M columns of sub-pixels included in the corresponding column of pixels to obtain the data voltage provided to the M columns of sub-pixels according to a data voltage provided to at least one other column of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Wang, Ke Dai, Chunyang Nie, Jianwei Sun, Yue Yang, Zhengru Pan
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Patent number: 12711890Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of preset regions. A preset region of the plurality of preset regions includes at least one first pixel. When the display panel is in a first state, a data voltage received by the first pixel is related to a Gamma curve corresponding to at least one preset region adjacent to a preset region where the first pixel is located.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yingteng Zhai
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Patent number: 12706010Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2025Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dae-Gwang Jang, Kuk-Hwan Ahn, Seungjae Lee, Seongheon Cho
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Patent number: 12693758Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2025Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chun Gi You
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Patent number: 12694819Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Se Min Jeong, Jin Sung Choi, Ju Bong An
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Patent number: 12687949Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2025Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yujin Shin, Hyun-Wook Cho
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Patent number: 12676095Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2025Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyungjun Lim, Hyunku Kang
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Patent number: 12661988Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2025Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Inventors: Mansoor Nasir, Rami Al Khatib, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
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Patent number: 12658125Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masafumi Ueno, Masaaki Moriya, Naoki Shiobara, Masafumi Kawai, Mohammad Reza Kazemi, Hiroyuki Furukawa
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Patent number: 12656838Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: COMPEX SYSTEMS PTE LTDInventor: Mun Chen
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Patent number: 12651549Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2024Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Shin Kim, Inbok Song, Sung-Yeol Baek, Kyungsu Lee