Patents Examined by Koosha Sharifi-Tafreshi
  • Patent number: 12168363
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a digital pen cap that can be positioned on the end of a stylus. The digital pen cap includes sensors for measuring position and orientation of the tip of the stylus, a controller configured to process the sensor data and output processed data, a memory for storing the processed data, and a transmitter for transmitting the processed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Nayan Bhatt, Alekhya Kosaraju, Cindralla George
  • Patent number: 12170060
    Abstract: There is provided a pixel driving circuit and method and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving circuit, a control circuit, a voltage stabilization circuit, and a first storage circuit. The driving circuit is configured to provide a driving current to a third node according to a signal from a first node. The control circuit is configured to create conduction between second and fourth nodes in response to a signal from a first enable signal terminal, and create conduction between the first power supply terminal and the fourth node in response to the signal from the first enable signal terminal. The voltage stabilization circuit configured to transmit a signal from the reference voltage terminal to the fourth node in response to a signal from the second enable signal terminal. The first storage circuit configured to store electric charges of the first and fourth nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haigang Qing
  • Patent number: 12170064
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method for a pixel circuit, and a display panel. The pixel circuit includes a drive module, a data write module, a first compensation module, a second compensation module, a light-emitting module, a storage module and a coupling module. The data write module is configured to write a voltage related to a data voltage to a control terminal of the drive module. The drive module is configured to provide a drive signal to the light-emitting module according to the voltage of the control terminal to drive the light-emitting module to emit light. A first terminal of the second compensation module is connected to the control terminal of the drive module, a second terminal of the second compensation module is connected to a first terminal of the first compensation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Enqing Guo, Cuili Gai, Kangguan Pan, Junfeng Li, Rubo Xing
  • Patent number: 12148383
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a driving method therefor, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving subcircuit, a first light emitting control subcircuit, a second light emitting control subcircuit, a first switching subcircuit, a second switching subcircuit, a third switching subcircuit, a fourth switching subcircuit and an energy storage subcircuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Huang, Binyan Wang, Zhi Wang, Chao Wu
  • Patent number: 12147633
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch display panel and a touch display device. Dummy lines in a same layer as touch signal lines are added in a wiring layer. A difference between a number of electrode lines disposed between two adjacent touch signal lines and a number of electrode lines disposed between two adjacent dummy lines is less than or equal to 1. Therefore, a distribution density of the touch signal lines is close to or same as a distribution density of the dummy lines. Accordingly, the present application can reduce a structural wiring difference between an area where the touch signal lines are located and an area where the dummy lines are located in the touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zuzhao Xu
  • Patent number: 12144210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display device having a structure in which at least one touch electrode is disposed on an encapsulation layer, and including a noise shielding layer located between a layer in which the signal line under the encapsulation layer is disposed and a layer in which at least one light emitting element is disposed. The noise shielding layer can block coupling between the signal line and an electrode of the light emitting element, and reduce or prevent a fluctuation in the voltage of the electrode of the light emitting element from causing noise to occur in a touch sensing signal detected by the at least one touch electrode on the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SuChang An, Ruda Rhe, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, JaeGyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12142244
    Abstract: The present technology provides an image display device capable of preventing a user from feeling glare as much as possible. The image display device according to the present technology includes: an irradiation system that irradiates an eyeball of a user with image light with which an image is formed; and a light amount adjustment system that adjusts a total light amount of the image light to be equal to or lower than a first threshold value regardless of a size of the image. Therefore, it is possible to provide the image display device capable of preventing a user from feeling glare as much as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Takaharu Suzuki
  • 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: 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: 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: 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