Patents Examined by Kirk W Hermann
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Patent number: 12387691Abstract: A method includes steps of: obtaining a grayscale value of each sub-pixel in each minimum detection unit respectively; and exiting a picture detection function if at least one of the x minimum detection units meets a first preset condition corresponding to the at least one of the x minimum detection units when the picture detection function for a preset detection area is in an enabled state. A first preset condition corresponding to a first minimum detection unit is that the grayscale value of at least one sub-pixel of a first type is smaller than or equal to a first value, or alternatively, the grayscale value of at least one sub-pixel of a second type is greater than or equal to a second value.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Mancheng Zhou, Junfeng Xie
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Patent number: 12380868Abstract: A voltage control circuit comprises a timing control module; the timing control module comprises a first comparator, a second comparator, and an AND gate comparator, two input ends of the AND gate comparator are respectively connected to the output end of the first comparator and the output end of the second comparator, and the output end of the AND gate comparator is used for controlling the output of a second voltage signal; and the timing control module can implement control on the timing of the second voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fangyun Liu
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Patent number: 12374263Abstract: A digital display device comprises a controller and a two-dimensional digital pixel panel. The pixels of the two-dimensional digital pixel panel are divided into a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels. The controller is configured to operate the first group of pixels at a first refresh frequency (F1) and to operate the second group of pixels at a second refresh frequency (F2), different than F1. The controller may support two display channels, where the first display channel feeds a graphic content to the first group of pixels at the F1 and the second display channel feeds the graphic content to the second group of pixels at the F2. The first group of pixels and the second group of pixels interlace each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Aleddra Inc.Inventors: Chia-Yiu Maa, Chun-Te Yu
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Patent number: 12374270Abstract: Disclosed is a display panel in which a ratio of a plurality of areas capable of independently controlling a viewing angle in a display area may be adjusted. The display panel includes pixel blocks including subpixels and multiplexer circuits disposed in a bezel area and individually connected to the pixel blocks. The multiplexer circuits supplies first and second mode control signals to any one of the pixel blocks. The subpixels include a first light-emitting element connected to a driving transistor through a first mode control transistor controlled by the first mode control signal, a second light-emitting element connected to the driving transistor through a second mode control transistor controlled by the second mode control signal, a first lens area disposed on the first light-emitting element, and a second lens area disposed on the second light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: YoungKyu Shin, SeonGeun Gim, Solip Ju
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Patent number: 12373074Abstract: A touch panel having a mesh-typed electrode layer includes a substrate layer and the mesh-typed electrode layer formed on the substrate layer, in which the mesh-typed electrode layer has a mesh pattern and a metal line between nodes is configured in a wave shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinbok Yang, Kyoung Mo Lee, Chan-Hee Lee
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Patent number: 12361879Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array that includes a pixel including a light emitting diode and a first transistor that includes a source terminal to which a pixel drive voltage is applied and a gate terminal to which a data signal is applied, and outputs drive current generated based on the voltage difference between the gate terminal and the source terminal, to the light emitting diode, and a display driver IC that generates the data signal based on the pixel drive voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Choonghoon Lee, Sung-Jin Park, Sangwoo Bae, Seung-Hoon Baek
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Display substrate including a shift register at an edge area of a base substrate, and display device
Patent number: 12364016Abstract: A display substrate including a base and a shift register unit provided on the base; the shift register unit includes a first first voltage line, an on-off control circuit, a first energy storage circuit and a fourth node control circuit; the on-off control circuit comprises a first transistor, and the first energy storage circuit includes a first capacitor; at least part of the first first voltage line extends in the a first direction; the fourth node control circuit includes a second transistor; the first capacitor, the first transistor, the first first voltage line and the second transistor are arranged in a second direction; the second transistor, the first first voltage line, the first transistor and the first capacitor are arranged in sequence along a direction close to the display area; the first direction intersects the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhongliu Yang, Tiaomei Zhang, Wenbo Chen -
Patent number: 12353105Abstract: A display apparatus includes a data generation circuit, a source driver circuit, and a pixel. The source driver circuit is electrically connected to the pixel through first and second wirings. The pixel includes a display device that is a liquid crystal device, a potential of one electrode of the display device can be a potential of the first wiring, and a potential of the other electrode of the display device can be a potential of the second wiring. The image data generation circuit has a function of generating digital image data including first and second data. One of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to first data, and the other of the first and second wirings is made to have a potential corresponding to the second data. The potential of the first wiring and the potential of the second wiring are interchanged.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kazunori Watanabe
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Patent number: 12345893Abstract: An illumination optical component for a head mounted device includes an input aperture, an optical substrate, a hot mirror layer, and exit feature voids. The input aperture is configured to accept near-infrared light from a light source. The optical substrate has a refractive index. The hot mirror layer is disposed on the optical substrate. The hot mirror layer is configured to confine the near-infrared light to be recycled within the optical substrate and configured to pass visible light. The exit feature voids are patterned into an eye-side of the hot mirror layer. The exit feature voids are configured to illuminate an eyebox region with near-infrared illumination light.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventor: Matthew Thomas Hunwardsen
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Patent number: 12334011Abstract: A display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixels to which a pixel driving voltage is supplied are disposed, a display panel driving circuit configured to scan the plurality of pixels and write pixel data to the plurality of pixels during a refresh frame period of a refresh frame; and a power circuit configured to output a pixel driving voltage and decrease the pixel driving voltage in a skip frame period of a skip frame in which scanning of the plurality of pixels is skipped.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong Chul Kwon
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Patent number: 12322348Abstract: Energy and/or power recycling techniques for use with portable displays in order to extend battery life for portable displays.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Inventors: Sheida Gohardehi, Manoj Sachdev
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Patent number: 12293038Abstract: A position detection apparatus includes a sensor, and a controller that detects a position of a first position indicator and a position of a second position indicator through the sensor. The controller continues detecting the position of the first position indicator and halts detecting the position of the second position indicator after a state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the first position indicator is detected, and continues both detecting the position of the second position indicator and detecting the position of the first position indicator after the state in which the positions of the first position indicator and the second position indicator are not detected changes to a state in which the position of the second position indicator is detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomo Asakura, Masamitsu Ito
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Patent number: 12293718Abstract: A pixel drive circuit includes a light-emitting device electrically connected to a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal; a drive transistor having a gate electrically connected to a first node and a source and a drain electrically connected to second and third nodes; a first light-emitting control transistor having a source and a drain electrically connected to the first power supply terminal and the second node, and a gate configured to receive a first light-emitting control signal; and a second light-emitting control transistor having a source and a drain electrically connected to the third node and the light-emitting device, and a gate configured to receive a second light-emitting control signal. The first light-emitting control transistor is configured to transmit a first voltage signal supplied from the first power supply terminal to the second and third nodes at a node setting stage.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Weigao Cheng
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Patent number: 12287938Abstract: A touch control processing method is applied to a mobile terminal. A display screen of the mobile terminal is configured with an edge area and a near-edge area that are connected, the edge area is located at a peripheral edge position of the display screen, the edge area surrounds the near-edge area. The method is used to, when receiving a touch control instruction inputted by a user, and determining that a first frame coordinate is in the near-edge area and a sliding direction of the sliding instruction is not toward an original area, supplement a point coordinate supplement at a position in the edge area symmetrical to the second frame coordinate about the first frame coordinate, which is taken as a datum, opposite to the sliding direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: HUIZHOU TLC MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Hengjun Guo, Guangyue Luo, Yunguo Zhao
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Patent number: 12282603Abstract: A tactile presentation panel includes a tactile presentation voltage generation circuit that generates a voltage signal having a first frequency to be applied to at least one first electrode located in at least a partial region on an operation surface of the tactile presentation panel, and generates a voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency to be applied to at least one second electrode located in at least a partial region on the operation surface of the tactile presentation panel, a charge discharge portion that is connected to the tactile electrode and discharges charges accumulated in a conductive elastic portion, and a touch detection circuit that detects contact of the user with a tactile presentation knob.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Orita, Takeshi Ono, Takayuki Morioka, Yuichi Sasaki
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Patent number: 12277282Abstract: A organic light emitting display device includes a substrate comprising a light-emitting region and a reflection region, a first sensing electrode which senses a touch position is disposed in the reflection region, and comprises a material having a first reflectivity and a second sensing electrode which senses a touch position is disposed in the light-emitting region and the reflection region, and comprises a material having a second reflectivity, and overlapping a portion of the first sensing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Seok Seo, Seung-lyong Bok, MuGyeom Kim
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Patent number: 12273579Abstract: A controlling device has a configurable key. An insert is provided to the configurable key and includes an indicium representative of a media content provider. An image of the indicium or an image of a QR code associated with the indicium is used to assign one or more commands to the configurable key. The one or more commands are used to cause a controllable device to tune to a channel on which the media content provider is being broadcast, to invoke an app associated with the media content provider, to access a website associated with the media content provider, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Menno Koopmans, Rex Xu, Thomas Hascher
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Patent number: 12274016Abstract: A display device for presenting 3D images is provided. The display device includes: a display assembly; a hollow housing assembly; a motor connected to the display assembly; a driving assembly connected to the display assembly; and a hollow base assembly; wherein the driving assembly comprises a power transmission structure and a power reception structure, the power transmission structure is independent from the display assembly and wiredly connected to a first driving power supply, and the power reception structure is wiredly connected to the display assembly and capable of delivering power to the power reception structure by electromagnetic mutual inductance; and the base assembly comprises a first cylinder and a first plate fixedly connected to one end of the first cylinder; the first plate comprises a plate body and a cushion, and the cushion covers a side, proximal to the first cylinder, of the plate body.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuhong Liu, Zhanshan Ma, Zheng Ge, Jiyang Shao
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Patent number: 12272279Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a plurality of elements arranged in rows and columns and a controller coupled to the plurality of elements, the controller comprising a plurality of driving circuits and a plurality of row scanners. Each of the plurality of elements is coupled to a respective driving circuit of the plurality of driving circuits. The plurality of row scanners include a row scanner having a series of selectors that are arranged in a column between two adjacent columns of elements, each selector of the series of selectors being configured to select a corresponding row of elements through corresponding driving circuits coupled to the corresponding row of elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Seamus Blackley, Richard Bahr, Watson Brent Boyett, Sylvain Marcel Colin, Robin James Green, Isaac Serrano Guasch, Stephen John Hart, Robert Alan Hess, Margaret H. Hsu, Christoph Von Jutrzenka, DeaGyu Kim, Mark Anthony Loya, Kelly Swan Macneill, Benjamin Francis Neil, Kamran Qaderi, Tina Qin, Jesus Manuel Caridad Ramirez, Jayakrishna Sashidharan, Asher Zelig Sefami, Jeff Smith, Robert David Srinivasiah, Sameer Sudhir Walavalkar, Joshua D. Wiensch, Daniel Dereck Williamson
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Patent number: 12266280Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. A system includes a display and a controller. The display includes: a backplane having a plurality of circuits and a plurality of display elements arranged on the backplane. The plurality of display elements form an irregular pattern. Each of the plurality of display elements is coupled to a respective circuit of the plurality of circuits. The controller is coupled to the display and configured to transmit at least one control signal to at least one display element of the display for modulating at least one property of the at least one display element.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Seamus Blackley, Richard Bahr, Watson Brent Boyett, Sylvain Marcel Colin, Robin James Green, Isaac Serrano Guasch, Stephen John Hart, Robert Alan Hess, Margaret H. Hsu, Christoph Von Jutrzenka, DeaGyu Kim, Mark Anthony Loya, Kelly Swan MacNeill, Benjamin Francis Neil, Kamran Qaderi, Tina Qin, Jesus Manuel Caridad Ramirez, Jayakrishna Sashidharan, Asher Zelig Sefami, Jeff Smith, Robert David Srinivasiah, Sameer Sudhir Walavalkar, Joshua D. Wiensch, Daniel Dereck Williamson