Patents Examined by Krishna P Neupane
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Patent number: 11106282Abstract: A mobile device includes sensors and a processor. The sensors are disposed on opposite edges of the mobile device respectively. The processor is configured to collect a first data set labeled with a right hand holding gesture, collect a second data set labeled with a left hand holding gesture, establish a determination model associated with the first data set and the second data set, and in response to the processor collects a third data set comprising the holding positions and the force values detected by the sensor, determine a current holding gesture according to the third data set in reference to the determination model.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Yu-Kai Hung, I-Jui Chang, Jhao-Yin Li, Wen-Yu Weng, Yu-Ta Chen
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Patent number: 11100877Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels such as liquid crystal display pixels. The display may include short pixel rows that span only partially across the display and full-width pixel rows that span the width of the display. The gate lines coupled to the short pixel rows may extend into the inactive area of the display. Supplemental gate line loading structures may be located in the inactive area of the display to increase loading on the gate lines that are coupled to short pixel rows. The supplemental gate line loading structures may include data lines and doped polysilicon that overlap the gate lines in the inactive area. In displays that combine display and touch functionality into a thin-film transistor layer, supplemental loading structures may be used in the inactive area to increase loading on common voltage lines that are coupled to short rows of common voltage pads.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shin-Hung Yeh, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Ting-Kuo Chang
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Patent number: 11099062Abstract: An electronic device includes a device body, a screen, and a photo-sensing module. The screen is mounted on a front side of the device body. The photo-sensing module includes a light emitter and a light receiver. The light emitter is arranged obliquely relative to the screen, and a direction of the emitted light from the light emitter is tilted towards the side with the screen relative to the device body.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Chaoxi Chen
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Patent number: 11087937Abstract: Keyboards and other input devices are provided with at least one flexible layer that extends over or under the keycaps. The flexible layer spans interkey spaces and provides finger support and key definition as the user feels the top surface of the keycaps and flexible layer. The flexible layer therefore smooths the top surface of the keyboard, supports fingers during key travel, prevents ingress of contaminants, fluids, or debris into the keyboard, and provides a surface that can be used as a touch interface that coincides with the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Dinesh C. Mathew, Keith J. Hendren
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Patent number: 11074886Abstract: A multiplexing circuit is provided. The multiplexing circuit includes a first multiplexing unit. The first multiplexing unit is configured to receive a signal at a first output end of a source driving circuit of a display and configured to transmit the signal to a pixel of the display. The first multiplexing unit includes a first switching unit configured to control transmitting of the signal to a first sub-pixel of a first pixel of the display. The first switching unit includes a first switch and a second switch. Both the first switch and the second switch are electrically connected between the first output end and the first sub-pixel of the first pixel. The first switch and the second switch are configured to simultaneously turn on or turn on only one to transmit the signal to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Lihua Zheng
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Patent number: 11069282Abstract: A system and method for operating a sensing circuit for sensing a pixel current of a pixel of a display panel using correlated double sampling. In some embodiments, the method includes: during a first interval of time, resetting a pixel sensing circuit; during a third interval of time following the first interval of time, operating the pixel sensing circuit in an integration mode; during a fourth interval of time following the third interval of time, operating the pixel sensing circuit in a hold mode; and during a fifth interval of time following the fourth interval of time, operating the pixel sensing circuit in the integration mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Amir Amirkhany, Anup P. Jose, Gaurav Malhotra, Younghoon Song, Mohamed Elzeftawi
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Patent number: 11069307Abstract: Disclosed is a spliced display device and a backlight control method therefor. The spliced display device includes a plurality of display modules that include respective backlight modules. Each of the backlight modules includes a plurality of backlight partitions, of which a first backlight partition is located at edge of a corresponding backlight module of the backlight modules. The backlight control method comprises the steps of obtaining an initial brightness value and a reference brightness value for the first backlight partition, adjusting the initial brightness value of the first backlight partition according to the reference brightness value to obtain an adjusted brightness value for the first backlight partition, and controlling the brightness of the first backlight partition according to the adjusted brightness value.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinhui Cheng, Hengyu Yan, Zhankun Meng, Neng He, Hanzhang Niu
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Patent number: 11061494Abstract: An electronic pen includes: a communication unit which communicates with a communication target apparatus; a state detection unit which detects a state of the electronic pen decided by a relation with the communication target apparatus; and a control unit which changes an operation of the communication unit according to the state detected by the state detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiko Tamura
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Patent number: 11042254Abstract: A touch display device includes a substrate. The substrate includes a display area, a non-display area, a first touch area, and a non-touch area. A first touch grid is disposed within the first touch area. A second touch grid is electrically isolated from the first touch grid and disposed within the first touch area. A first wire is disposed within the non-touch area and electrically connected to the first touch grid. A second wire is disposed within the non-touch area and electrically connected to the second touch grid. The first wire and the second wire are staggered and are electrically isolated from each other. The second wire includes at least two separate conductive units and at least one bridge wire connected to the at least two separate conductive units. An insulating layer is disposed between the first wire and the second wire.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Hao-Yu Liou, Hong-Sheng Hsieh, Yu-Sheng Chen, Jian-Cheng Chen, Ying-Shiang Huang, Chin-Lung Ting, Chung-Kuang Wei
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Patent number: 11043163Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction, and each including a memory block that has at least one memory configured to store sub-pixel data. The at least one memory includes: a first transistor including a first floating gate and configured to store the sub-pixel data based on an electric charge in the first floating gate; and a second transistor including a second floating gate electrically coupled to the first floating gate of the first transistor, one of a drain and a source of the second transistor being coupled to a power supply potential, the other of the drain and the source being coupled to a node. Each of the sub-pixels is configured to display an image based on a potential of the node.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Tatsuya Ishii
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Patent number: 11017715Abstract: A Mura compensation method and device for a curved screen are disclosed. The method includes: dividing each of curved portions into blocks; acquiring measured luminance values of each of the illuminated sub-pixels in a non-curved portion and measured luminance values of each of the illuminated blocks in the curved portions according to grayscale values, wherein each of measured luminance values has a corresponding relationship with one of the grayscale values; and using the measured luminance values and the grayscale values in a gamma relational expression, solving for coefficients and a gamma value in the gamma relational expression by a fitting process, finding a theoretical luminance value corresponding to each of the grayscale values in a gamma curve according to the gamma value, and using the theoretical luminance value, the coefficients, and the gamma value in the gamma relational expression to solve for a compensation grayscale value.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Dispiay Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei Wang, Yaojen Chang
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Patent number: 11010001Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch display device. The touch substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes on the base substrate, and a vanishing pattern insulated from the touch electrodes, in which an orthogonal projection of the vanishing pattern on the base substrate covers at least a portion of an orthogonal projection of a gap between adjacent touch electrodes on the base substrate, and a material of the vanishing pattern and a material of the touch electrodes are the same.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Dacheng Deng, Ting Zeng, Ming Zhang
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Patent number: 11009913Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Hiroyuki Miyake, Seiko Inoue, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11002967Abstract: Techniques for reducing weight on wearable display devices are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, an active optical cable is used to transmit image data as well as control signals along with various instructions. The active optical cable is used between a wearable device and a control box (portable device) or extended all the way to a frame holding an integrated lens via a temple. An exemplary active optical cable includes one or more optical fibers for transporting control signals, image data and various instructions while a minimum number of wires are used (e.g., for power and ground).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Inventor: Darwin Hu
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Patent number: 10998446Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors and a first light shielding layer. The base substrate includes a first surface and a second surface respectively located on opposite sides of the base substrate. The plurality of thin film transistors are disposed on the first surface of the base substrate, and each of the plurality of thin film transistors includes an active layer. The first light shielding layer is disposed on the second surface of the base substrate. The first light shielding layer has at least one opening that overlaps with at least one thin film transistor in a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the base substrate to allow light to irradiate at least the active layer of at least one thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li
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Patent number: 10991283Abstract: A flat-panel display device and method to prevent display panel burn-in through a decimated look-up table with pixel shifting in a display or an augmented reality display.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Chaohao Wang, Michael Slootsky, Yifan Zhang, Tae-Wook Koh
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Patent number: 10983627Abstract: An example method includes sensing a first touch event on a touch sensitive surface of a computing device, where the first touch event is associated with a touch contact; and classifying the touch contact as being a finger contact or a palm contact based on biometric information. The method includes providing an input to the computing device based on the classification of the touch contact; and associating the first touch event with a time sequence of touch events that are associated with the touch contact. The method includes, based on a feature of the time sequence of touch events, selectively reclassifying the touch contact; and selectively changing the input based on a result of the selective reclassification of the touch contact.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Abu Baker
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Patent number: 10986707Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel having a light-tuning array; a backlight module providing a backlight to the light-tuning array; and a backlight driving module electrically connected with the backlight module. The backlight driving module has a first driving mode corresponding to a first range of brightness scale and a second driving mode corresponding to a second range of brightness scale. The first driving mode controls the brightness scale corresponding to the backlight by adjusting a duty ratio of a driving signal. The second driving mode controls the brightness scale corresponding to the backlight by adjusting a current value of the driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Ming-Chia Shih, Li-Wei Mao
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Patent number: 10986275Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a light source emitting light; an optical scanner scanning a predetermined scanning zone with light from the light source to render a display image; a light intensity detector detecting a light intensity of light from the light source; a memory storing relationships between control currents provided to the light source and light intensities; and one or more processors controlling, on the basis of the control current and light intensity relationships stored in the memory, a control current to display the display image with light from the light source. When the optical scanner scans an area outside the display image, the one or more processors detect by the light intensity detector a light intensity of light for the scanning, and update on the basis of the light intensity the relationships stored in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Miho Higuchi, Takuro Yasuda
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Patent number: 10963042Abstract: The blinking control method comprises the following steps. First, detect a current blinking signal, wherein the current blinking signal occurs at a current blinking time point. Afterwards, obtain a predicted spontaneous blinking time slot according to the current blinking time point, a minimum spontaneous blinking calibration time interval, and a maximum spontaneous blinking calibration time interval. Afterwards, detect a next blinking signal. Afterwards, determine if the next blinking signal occurs within the predicted spontaneous blinking time slot. Determine if the next blinking signal belongs to a spontaneous blinking when the next blinking signal occurs within the predicted spontaneous blinking time slot. Determine if the next blinking signal belongs to a controlled blinking when the next blinking signal occurs outside the predicted spontaneous blinking time slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Qisda CorporationInventors: Tsung-Hung Lee, Wei-Huan Lee