Patents Examined by Krishna P Neupane
  • Patent number: 12175940
    Abstract: A light emitting display device in which odd scan stages receive odd first and second scan clocks alternately, and even scan stages receive an even scan clock, in a multi-frequency mode in which a first region is driven at a higher frequency than a second region, an odd first scan clock is provided to a n+5-th scan stage at a begin of the second region, an even scan clock is provided to a n+4-th scan stage at an end of the first region, and an odd second scan clock is provided to a n+3-th scan stage of the first region, and in the multi-frequency mode, during a driving frame of refreshing the first region and refresh-skipping the second region, the odd first scan clock does not have an i+2-th clock pulse corresponding to a scan pulse of the n+4-th first scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Min Kim, Bong-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12154491
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a display panel and a display device. The pixel circuit includes drive transistor, storage capacitor, compensation circuit, and voltage controller. The drive transistor has a gate electrode connected to a first node and generates a drive current in a light-emitting phase of an operation cycle of the pixel circuit. The storage capacitor has a first plate connected to the first node and a second plate connected to a second node and stores a data voltage inputted to the gate electrode of the drive transistor. The compensation circuit has an output terminal connected to the second node and a first input terminal receiving a first power supply voltage and compensates a deviation of the first power supply voltage affecting the drive current. The voltage controller is connected to the second node and controls a fluctuation of a voltage of the second node prior to the light-emitting phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yingteng Zhai, Xiaoxiang He
  • Patent number: 12140766
    Abstract: A virtual image display system for displaying virtual images having expanded resolution and field of view is disclosed. The virtual image display system comprises a first light emitter emitting a plurality of first light signals to be projected into a viewer's eye; a first light direction modifier varying a light direction of the plurality of first light signals emitted from the first light emitter. The light direction of first light signals is varied at a first scan rate with respect to time within a first spatial range for displaying a first image frame with a predetermined number of light signals and the first scan rate is non-constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HES IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jiunn-Yiing Lai, Feng-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 12141393
    Abstract: A display apparatus with touch electrode embedded therein includes a display panel including gate lines and touch groups including touch electrodes, a generator generating a lower gate clock corresponding to a lower gate pulse output to a lower gate line included in a touch group and normal gate clocks supplied to normal gate lines except the lower gate line among gate lines corresponding to the touch group, a controller supplying gate control signals to the generator, and a gate driver generating gate pulses by using the gate control signals, the lower gate clock, and the normal gate clocks and supplying the gate pulses to gate lines corresponding to the touch group. A form of the lower gate clock differs from a form of each of the normal gate clocks, each of the touch groups is arranged in parallel with the gate lines, and the touch groups are arranged in a direction vertical to the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ChungHo Yu, KwangHan Lee, JaeHoon Lim
  • Patent number: 12130993
    Abstract: A touch display device drives only some of a plurality of common electrodes disposed in a display panel as a touch electrode, so that an increase of lines and a reduction of an aperture ratio according to implementing a function of a touch sensing can be minimized, and as adjusting a total resistance and a resistance distribution according to locations between the common electrode driven as the touch electrode and the common electrode not driven as the touch electrode same or similarly, an abnormality of a display driving due to partial driving the plurality of common electrodes as the touch electrode and provide the function of the touch sensing can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SangYoon Paik, Chulwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12130980
    Abstract: An input device a touchpad, an near field communication (NFC) controller, and an antenna electrically interfaced with the NFC controller. The antenna includes an antenna rod. The antenna rod is straight and disposed outside a perimeter of the touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventor: Wei Ding
  • Patent number: 12124651
    Abstract: A system includes a robot having contact surfaces and a sensor array having a spatially distributed touch sensors disposed on the contact surfaces. Each touch sensor has an identifier and outputs an analog signal at a set of frequencies associated with the identifier The sensor array outputs a combined analog signal representative of a combination of the analog signals outputted by the touch sensors. The system includes an analog-to-digital converter that generates a digital signal in a time domain based on the combined analog signal. The system includes one or more processing units that transforms the digital signal from the time domain to a frequency domain and detects locations of touch within the sensor array based on frequencies observed the frequency domain and the identifiers of the touch sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Kranski, Adrian Kaehler
  • Patent number: 12111701
    Abstract: A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12105878
    Abstract: A stress feedback device and a virtual image display system are provided. The stress feedback device includes a position sensor and a pressure generator. The position sensor is configured to generate a position information based on a trigger signal and send the position information to a host. The pressure generator is configured to apply a stress to a target area based on the trigger signal and adjust an intensity of the stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lun-Kang Lin, I-Han Tai
  • Patent number: 12093458
    Abstract: One variation of a keyboard system includes: a substrate including an array of inductors; a tactile layer arranged over the substrate defining an array of key locations over the array of inductors; an array of magnetic elements, each arranged within the tactile layer at a key location configured to inductively couple to an adjacent inductor and configured to move relative to the adjacent inductor responsive to application of a force on the tactile layer at the key location; and a controller configured to read electrical values from the inductors. In response to detecting a change in electrical value at a first inductor, the controller also configured to: register a first keystroke of a first key type associated with a first key location defined over the first inductor; and drive an oscillating voltage across the first inductor to oscillate the tactile layer over the substrate during a haptic feedback cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Sensel, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, John Aaron Zarraga
  • Patent number: 12086341
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus is provided. The touch display apparatus may include a touch sensor on an encapsulating unit covering light-emitting devices. The touch sensor may include touch electrodes and bridge electrodes electrically connecting between the touch electrodes. Each of the touch electrodes may be electrically connected to the corresponding touch pad by one of touch routing lines. A guard line may be disposed between the touch electrodes and each touch routing line. A signal applied to the guard line may be different from a signal applied to adjacent touch routing line. Thus, in the touch display apparatus, a reduction in touch sensitivity due to a touch driving signal or a touch sensing signal applied by the touch routing lines may be prevented or at least reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Seob Song, Sang Woo Seo
  • Patent number: 12045407
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display layer having an active region, and a peripheral region including a first region, a second region spaced from the first region in a first direction, and a third region between the first region and the second region; and a sensor layer on the display layer. The display layer includes: a plurality of pixels at the active region; and a power supply pattern at the peripheral region, and including: a first power supply pattern at the first region; and a second power supply pattern at the second region. The sensor layer includes: a plurality of sensing electrodes at the active region; a plurality of sensing lines including: a first sensing line at the first region; and a second sensing line at at least one of the first region or the second region; and a dummy pattern at the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeri Jeong, Il-Joo Kim, Young-Soo Yoon, Wonjun Choi
  • Patent number: 12039927
    Abstract: An active-matrix display comprising a power source VDD; a pixel array of columns and rows, each light-emitting pixel having an individually controlled segmented electrode and an opposite electrode; a driving circuit comprising at least one data line that supplies a data signal for each pixel along a column, wherein the data signal controls the gate of a driving transistor whose source and drain are connected between the power source VDD and the segmented electrode and at least one scan line that supplies a scan signal that controls the gate of a scan transistor that enables the loading of the data signal from the data line to the gate of the driving transistor for each pixel along a row; and a pixel control circuit in electrical contact with the segmented electrode wherein the pixel control circuit prevents light emission by the pixel based on the value of the data signal for that pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: OLEDWorks LLC
    Inventors: John Hamer, Charles I. Levey
  • Patent number: 12029542
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor, and a readout circuit. The display panel is configured to display an image. The input sensor is disposed on the display panel, and incudes transmission electrodes and reception electrodes electrically insulated from the transmission electrodes. The readout circuit is connected to the input sensor, and includes a first transmission/reception circuit, a second transmission/reception circuit, and a control circuit. The first transmission/reception circuit is electrically connected to the reception electrodes. The second transmission/reception circuit electrically is connected to the transmission electrodes. The control circuit configured to transmit a transmission signal to the input sensor through one of the first transmission/reception circuit and the second transmission/reception circuit, and to receive a reception signal from the input sensor through the other of the first transmission/reception circuit and the second transmission/reception circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungwook Chun, Yuna Kim, Yun-Ho Kim, Chul Kim, Soojung Lee, Boram Choi
  • Patent number: 12026338
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a touch display device capable of solving distortion of a display image due to a difference in condition between touch nodes, and a method of driving the same. The touch display device includes a panel driver configured to drive gate lines and data lines of a panel and drive and sense touch electrodes, a timing controller configured to control an operation of the panel driver, and a touch controller configured to control touch electrode driving and a sensing operation of the panel driver, wherein the timing controller compensates a display signal for a difference in condition between a touch node where a touch occurs and a touch node where a touch does not occur or a difference in physical structure between the touch nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Gi Kim, Hae Won Lee, Woong Jin Oh, Jae Woo Jeon
  • Patent number: 12019835
    Abstract: Visibility of the metal mesh touch electrodes can be mitigated using one or more mitigation techniques. In some examples, the boundary between touch electrodes and/or the boundary between a touch electrode and a routing trace of another touch electrode and/or the boundary between two routing traces can be non-linear. In some examples, dummy cuts can be made within an area of a touch electrode region (e.g., while maintaining the same electrical potential for the touch electrode region). In some examples, notches can be made in the metal mesh. In some examples, the location of cuts and/or notches can be optimized to mitigate visibility of the metal mesh. In some examples, some or all of the visibility mitigations may be used in combination in a touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany Tang Moy, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Warren S. A. Rieutort-Louis, Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Chuang Qian, Sabino Joseph Pietrangelo, II, Abbas Jamshidi-Roudbari, Rui Liu, Yurii Morozov
  • Patent number: 12010899
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light-emitting device and an optical lens are stacked on an emission area of a device substrate. A black matrix and a touch electrode may be disposed on a non-emission area of the device substrate. An encapsulation unit covering the light-emitting device and an optical insulating layer covering the black matrix may be disposed on the emission area and the non-emission area of the device substrate. The touch electrode and the optical lens may be disposed on the optical insulating layer. A lens barrier may be disposed on the optical insulating layer. The optical lens may be surrounded by the lens barrier. Thus, in the display apparatus, a deform of the optical lens due to a reflow process may be prevented. Therefore, in the display apparatus, decreasing the quality of the image due to a process of forming the optical lens may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gyu Lee, Jung Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 12008191
    Abstract: A single-chip device for driving a panel including fingerprint sensing pixels, display pixels and touch sensors, electronic module therefor, and electronic apparatus including the single-chip device are provided. The single-chip device comprises a main body, a first group of pads and a second group of pads disposed in the main body. The main body has a left portion and a right portion with respect to an axis. The first group of pads comprise a plurality of first pads for driving the fingerprint sensing pixels, are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the fingerprint sensing pixels. The second group of pads comprise a plurality of second pads for driving the display pixels and the touch sensors, are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Wen Hsieh, Weilun Shih, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 11997903
    Abstract: Provided are a display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a display region and a binding region located on one side of the display region. The binding region includes: a source driver circuit, a flexible printed circuit board, a first selector circuit, a second selector circuit and a plurality of selection connection lines. For at least one selection connection line of the plurality of selection connection lines, one end of the selection connection line is connected to an input port of the first selector circuit, and the other end is connected to an input port of the second selector circuit. The flexible printed circuit board is disposed on one side, away from the display region, of the source driver circuit, and the plurality of selection connection lines are arranged between the source driving circuit and the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Zeng, Weiyun Huang, Youngyik Ko
  • Patent number: 11996062
    Abstract: A display panel and a gate driving circuit are provided. The gate driving circuit utilizes the pull-down control module to periodically pull up and pull down the voltage level of the second node. The voltage level of the second node is periodically a high voltage level. This effectively reduces the time duration when the second node corresponds to the high voltage level. After the TFTs electrically connected to the second node are forward biased, the TFTs could have sufficient recovery time. This solution effectively improves the bias condition of the TFTs in the pull-down control module and thus makes the circuit more stable and raises the reliability of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanqing Guan, Chao Tian, Haiming Cao