Patents Examined by Koosha Sharifi-Tafreshi
  • Patent number: 12135910
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a communication interface; a display; a memory configured to store a plurality of application image frames; and one or more processors configured to, based on a first output image frame that is output to the display and the plurality of application image frames, obtain frame information corresponding to background information and object information included in the first output image frame from information related to an application corresponding to the first output image frame based on that a number of the plurality of application image frames having a similarity to the first output image frame equal to or greater than a threshold value is equal to or greater than a threshold number, transmit a request based on profile information including identification information of the application and the frame information to a server, and control the display to provide video information corresponding to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heemin Kim
  • Patent number: 12124643
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a structure and function to a pen-type handheld writing, reading or pointing device to enable usage of the device to perform operations similar to a computer mouse for a computing device. The structure includes an optical sensor, a portion of the optical sensor surface that can perform operations of a clickable button, and a structure to support a connection to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Yoram Bendavid
  • Patent number: 12124640
    Abstract: A pen apparatus with a pressure sensitive tip mechanism that internally generates pressure, tilt, and/or barrel rotation through the use of a multi-axis measurement scheme with simultaneous transmit, receive, and sensing driver capability operable in conjunction with a receiving system or in a relative stand-alone manner. Signaling schemes are provided for operating the pen apparatus to achieve improved function. Systems and methods are provided for operating a pen, and for operating a pen with a touch sensor system. Drive/receive circuitry and methods of driving and receiving sensor electrode signals are provided that allow digital I/O pins to be used to interface with touch sensor electrodes. This circuitry may be operated in modes to sense various combinations of signals coupled within a pen, or from outside of a pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Michael Gray
  • Patent number: 12125432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a digital display system based on a common interface. More particularly, a cluster pixel circuit includes a row terminal connected to a row line for receiving PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) clock signal; a column terminal connected to a column line for receiving N-bit data; a first individual pixel driver for driving a first pixel in the cluster pixel; and a second individual pixel driver connected to the first individual pixel driver and for driving a second pixel in the cluster pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Sapien Semiconductors Inc.
    Inventors: Dae Young Jung, Geun Taek Lee, Hyun Tae Jung, Jong Gu Jeon, Myunghee Lee
  • Patent number: 12118935
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display apparatus are provided, wherein the display substrate includes a display area and a non-display area, wherein the non-display area includes a first bezel area and a transition area, the transition area including a first transition area; the display substrate includes a light emitting drive circuit, a scanning drive circuit, and a control drive circuit; the light emitting drive circuit includes multistage light emitting shift registers, the scanning drive circuit includes multistage scanning shift registers, and the control drive circuit includes multistage control shift registers; the first bezel area includes a first circuit group, the first transition area includes a second circuit group, and the first circuit group and the second circuit group include a Q1-stage light emitting shift register, a Q2-stage scanning shift register, and a Q3-stage control shift register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu Bai, Tingliang Liu, Yi Zhang, Yang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12118907
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel in which pixels, signal lines connected to the pixels, and gate lines supplying gate signals to the pixels are provided, and link lines provided on a rear surface of the display panel and connected to the signal lines provided on a front surface of the display panel, wherein a test unit is provided at ends of the link lines on the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngin Jang, Subin Kim, KyungYun Kang
  • Patent number: 12111983
    Abstract: A computer mouse can include a scroll wheel assembly that includes a scroll wheel rotatable about a scroll wheel axis; and a motor assembly that includes a rotor aligned with the scroll wheel axis and operatively coupled to the scroll wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Scott Li, Igor Stolbikov, Rafael Rodrigues Machado, Navneet Keshav
  • Patent number: 12094406
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus, in which the display panel include sub-pixels, shift registers, and pixel driving circuits. The sub-pixels include first sub-pixels located in the first display area and second sub-pixels located in the second display area, the first sub-pixels are used for achieving the display of the first display area, and the second sub-pixels are used for achieving the display of the second display area. The shift register is configured to provide a control signal to the scanning line, so as to make the first sub-pixel emit light by controlling the first circuit. The pixel driving circuits include first circuits configured to drive the first sub-pixels, second circuits configured to drive the second sub-pixels, and dummy areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Junhui Lou, Yong Wu, Lin Ge, Zeshang He
  • Patent number: 12086318
    Abstract: An operating device includes a touchpad having an operating surface for detecting touch inputs, which operating surface has multiple regions which are delimited from each other at least in part by one or more structural elements, each structural element being designed to have a first haptic effect on a finger when the finger swipes over the structural element; and a haptic actuator which is designed to have a second haptic effect which enhances the first haptic effect on the finger when the finger touches or swipes over a structural element. The operating device has a first operating mode in which the actuator is activated to produce the second haptic effect on the finger when the finger touches or swipes over a structural element, and a second operating mode in which the actuator is deactivated when the finger touches or swipes over a structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sonja Ruemelin
  • Patent number: 12087210
    Abstract: A pixel-driving circuit and a display device are provided. The pixel-driving circuit includes a switching circuit and a driving circuit. The switching circuit is activated according to one of first and second scan signals to provide a corresponding one of first and second data signals. The driving circuit is connected with the switching circuit and a light-emitting component, and generates a driving current according to the corresponding one of the first and second data signals to drive the light-emitting component. In driving periods of the first and second data signals, the first and second data signals are pulse signals having sub-cycles with different driving periods. By providing the first and second data signals with different time sequence of the sub-cycles to alternately drive the light-emitting component, a ratio cycle of the smallest sub-cycle is enhanced, thereby reducing the driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Gao
  • Patent number: 12073768
    Abstract: A display driving apparatus transmitting data to each of a plurality of display driver integrated circuits (ICs) through a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) using a point-to-multipoint (multi-drop) manner and a data transmission method thereof, the method may obtain display data and command data, transmit the display data and the command data to each of a plurality of display driver ICs through a MIPI using a point-to-multipoint (multi-drop) manner, and independently control sub-pixels corresponding to each of the plurality of display driver ICs based on the display data and the command data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sapien Semiconductors Inc.
    Inventors: Do Kyung Kim, Hyun Tae Jung, Jong Gu Jeon, Dae Young Jung
  • Patent number: 12073033
    Abstract: An active pen includes an integrated circuit that transmits a downlink signal through a first electrode and receives an uplink signal through a second electrode different from the first electrode. The active pen includes a stop filter inserted between the second electrode and the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit, in operation, performs transmission of the downlink signal and the reception of the uplink signal at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyamoto, Takeshi Koike, Naoki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12067326
    Abstract: Programs, systems, and methods for displaying data communicated to the wearable device by short-range communication and displayable by a display on the wearable device. In some embodiments, the data may be indicative of identification, authentication, or promotion. A communication device may transmit the data to the wearable device via short-range wireless communication. The wearable device may receive the communication and display the information on the display of the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: DriverDo LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Monteiro, Mashhur Zarif Haque
  • Patent number: 12067938
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a display device, and a method of driving the same are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a first transistor, and a second transistor. In response to a time voltage signal provided by a time voltage line RST, the second transistor T2 is turned off during a display scan period of one frame period and is turned on during a self scan period of one frame period to reset the first transistor T1 during the self scan period of one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mian Zeng, Liang Sun
  • Patent number: 12061735
    Abstract: A head-mountable device and/or another electronic device can provide guidance for optimal placement of the head-mountable device. The head-mountable device and/or another electronic device can be operated to guide a user to position the head-mountable device in a manner that will achieve proper alignment of components with respect to the user and maximize user comfort. For example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can include sensors for detecting features of the user's face, forces distributed on the face when worn, and/or alignment with the face (e.g., eyes). By further example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can detect changes in adjustment and infer user discomfort based on the frequency and/or magnitude of such changes. By further example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can detect changes in features of the user's face before, during, and/or after use of the head-mountable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Dustin A. Hatfield
  • Patent number: 12051351
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit, and a driving controller. The driving controller receives an image signal and a control signal and controls the data and scan driving circuits to display an image on the display panel. The driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions based on the image signal, and outputs start and masking signals indicating starts of one frame and the second display region, respectively. First and second frames have first and second durations, respectively. The scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal and stop the driving of scan lines, corresponding to the second display region, of the scan lines, in response to the masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12051385
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes multiple pixel groups arranged in an array, each pixel group includes two sub pixel groups, each sub pixel group includes two pixels, and each pixel includes multiple sub-pixels. The sub-pixels in a same pixel group are located in a same row. Pixel groups in the same row are correspondingly connected to two adjacent scan lines, and pixel groups in different row are connected to different scan lines. In a same sub pixel group, sub-pixels having a same color and opposite polarities are connected to a same source driver IC, and are connected to different scan lines. In a same pixel group, sub-pixels having a same color and opposite polarities in different sub pixel groups are connected to the same scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Haibo Li, Baohong Kang
  • Patent number: 12050835
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display module and a display device. The display module includes at least two display panels that are spliced; The display module further includes a groove disposed between two adjacent display panels and a light guiding portion disposed in the groove. The light guiding portion includes a light-incident surface near a bottom of the groove and a light-exiting surface away from the bottom of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Zheng
  • Patent number: 12046215
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines, a source driver configured to supply a data signal to the plurality of pixels via a corresponding data signal line of the plurality of data signal lines, and a spare wiring line configured to connect to a disconnected data signal line. For each data signal output to a data signal line with disconnection corrected by the spare wiring line, the source driver sets an output delay amount according to a disconnection position and a line position of a pixel to be supplied with the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Sawahata
  • Patent number: 12046173
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of multiplexing drive modules, a plurality of drive branches and M drive buses. By electrically connecting one drive bus to N drive branches, the number of used drive buses can be reduced, thereby reducing the number of output channels of a drive signal source. Sine the number of used drive buses is reduced, the multiplexing drive modules can complete transmission of a frame of data signals using a less number of times of time-divisional parts for switching on transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Yafeng Li