Patents Examined by Laurence J Lee
  • Patent number: 11300998
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus comprises a first communication unit, a stimulator, and a first processor. The first communication unit receives first information based on a physical quantity. The stimulator stimulates sense organs in the skin of the first user by a controllable stimulation quantity. The first processor causes the stimulator to stimulate the sense organs based on the first information so that the physical quantity is reproduced on the sense organs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Tadamichi Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11295652
    Abstract: A shift register unit can include a storage circuit and an output circuit respectively connected to a pull-up node, a gate electrode driving signal output terminal, and an output voltage signal input terminal, and can connect or disconnect the gate electrode driving signal output terminal and the output voltage signal input terminal under the control of electric potential of the pull-up node; the storage circuit can be respectively connected to the pull-up node and the gate electrode driving signal output terminal and can control the electric potential of the pull-up node during the gate electrode driving signal output stage, such that the output circuit can connect the gate electrode driving signal output terminal and the output voltage signal input terminal. During a gate electrode driving signal output stage, the electric potential of the pull-up node can be maintained, such that gate electrode driving signals can be outputted normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xueguang Hao, Jianbo Xian, Yong Qiao, Xinyin Wu
  • Patent number: 11281420
    Abstract: An electronic device including a housing, a display panel with a flexible substrate, and a flexible printed circuit, in which the housing comprises a flat surface and a side surface comprising a curved region, the display panel comprises a first region that overlaps with the flat surface and a second region that overlaps with the side surface, the display panel comprises a convex portion that comprises a region overlapping with a flexible printed circuit, and the display panel comprises a display portion in the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11276745
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate; a pixel circuit; a light emitting element including a first electrode, a light emitting; layer, and a second electrode: signal lines; a first voltage supply line overlapping the signal lines, configured to supply a first voltage to the pixel circuit, and, including first lower and upper conductive layers; a second voltage supply overlapping the signal lines, configured to supply a second voltage to the second electrode, and including a second lower conductive layer on a same layer as the first lower conductive layer and a second upper conductive layer on the second lower conductive layer on a same layer as the first upper conductive layer, an encapsulation layer on the second electrode, and the first and second voltage supply lines; and sensing signal lines on the encapsulation layer, the first lower conductive layer and the second upper conductive layer overlapping each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Ho Bang, Won Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11269394
    Abstract: Power supply unit supplies power to components of smartphone. Communication unit communicates with an external device. Touch-screen unit displays an image and receives a touch operation. Control unit causes smartphone to operate in an operation mode. For example, control unit causes smartphone to operate in a first sleep mode in which power supply unit supplies power to communication unit, and power supply unit refrains from supplying power to touch-screen unit while touch-screen unit maintains a displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventor: Takurou Itou
  • Patent number: 11270358
    Abstract: A feedback button is configured to receive a feedback expression characterizing a user experience and submit information in a user interface with a single action. When the user hovers an input cursor near the feedback button, icons/text may be displayed that indicate different types of feedback expressions that may be submitted. As the user moves the cursor back and forth over the button, the icons for the different feedback expressions may be emphasized indicating locations where the button may be clicked to submit specific feedback. When the user is satisfied with the displayed feedback expression, the user may click the feedback button at the current location to submit the feedback expression and perform the final submit action for other data in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lynn Ann Rampoldi-Hnilo, Hillel Noah Cooperman, Mahlon Connor Houk
  • Patent number: 11256376
    Abstract: A sensing system is provided. A processing system drives a first subset of sensor electrodes with a sensing signal and receives corresponding resulting signals. The processing system also drives a second subset of the sensor electrodes with a reference signal and a third subset of the sensor electrodes with a guard signal. A rotatable electronic device includes a first coupling electrode and a second coupling electrode. The second coupling electrode couples with and receives the reference signal from the second subset of the sensor electrodes. The rotatable electronic device also includes a conductive region that rotates relative to the first coupling electrode and the second coupling electrode. The resulting signals are affected based on the position of the conductive region relative to the first coupling electrode when the first coupling electrode is coupled with the first subset of the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kelvin Fong, Chun-Hsi Chen, Robert J. Bolender
  • Patent number: 11237413
    Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that display images at multiple focus distances on HMDs. The systems can avoid or mitigate vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC) and depth-blur conflict (DBC) experienced by users on traditional HMDs. Some implementations use a geometric phase lens and a circular polarization switch. The geometric phase lens passively changes its power depending on the light's circular polarization. The circular polarization switch changes the polarization of the light at appropriate times. With the circular polarization switch and geometric phase lens positioned over an HMD screen, the system can quickly change the apparent distance to the screen, which in turn changes the accommodative state of the eye needed to focus on the rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas G. Weber, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Tobias Eble, Yury A. Petrov
  • Patent number: 11238777
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns with a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and connected to the pixels, and a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels. In the display apparatus, certain data lines disposed between pixels are arranged in a first row to an e-th row with such data lines including a plurality of column data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of row data lines extending in the first direction. The row data lines are electrically connected to the column data lines. The column data lines extend in the second direction between pixels arranged in the e-th row to an f-th row, where e and f are natural numbers and f is equal to or greater than e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il-joo Kim, Mukyung Jeon, Ansu Lee
  • Patent number: 11231793
    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: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Patrick Troy Gray, Michael Gray
  • Patent number: 11221709
    Abstract: A circuit includes a function module, a processing module, and a transceive circuit. The function module is operably coupled to detect stimulus of an electronic writing apparatus and generate functional data based on the stimulus. The processing module is operable to generate an outbound data signal from the functional data. The transceive circuit is coupled to a conductor of the electronic writing apparatus and includes a reference circuit operably coupled to, generate an identifier signal having a unique waveform characteristic that is an identifier for an aspect of the electronic writing apparatus, and combine the outbound data signal with the identifier signal to produce a transmit reference signal. The transceive circuit also includes a drive-sense circuit that is operably coupled to regulate the transmit reference signal on the conductor and generate an error correction signal based on the transmit reference signal and an inbound signal received via the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Patrick Troy Gray
  • Patent number: 11216110
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch substrate, a touch display panel, and a touch display device. The touch substrate includes: a base substrate, an integrated circuit element disposed on the base substrate and located in a border area, a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in an array on the base substrate and located in a touch area, as well as touch leads configured to electrically connect the integrated circuit element to each of the touch electrodes. The plurality of touch electrodes are divided into a first group directly adjacent to the integrated circuit element and a second group spaced apart from the integrated circuit element by the first group. Each touch electrode in the second group is electrically connected to the integrated circuit element through two touch leads, respectively, and each touch electrode in the first group is electrically connected to the integrated circuit element through one touch lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanbao Chen, Yuanning Xu
  • Patent number: 11209926
    Abstract: A processing system comprises a first source amplifier and an analog front end. The first source amplifier comprises a first input electrically connectable to a first sensor electrode of a display panel and configured to generate a first drive signal based on a first grayscale voltage corresponding to a first pixel data and generate a first comparison output signal based on a first sensing signal from the first sensor electrode and a reference voltage. The analog front end is configured to generate a first digital detection data used for proximity sensing based on the first comparison output signal outputted from the first source amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Shinobu Nohtomi, Nobukazu Tanaka, Takayuki Noto
  • Patent number: 11205373
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method of controlling thereof are provided. The display apparatus may include a display including a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) devices, a driver configured to drive the plurality of LED devices, and a controller configured to control the driver to apply an image signal to each of a plurality of scan lines, and apply a first image signal to a first image frame period in a first scan line among the plurality of scan lines and apply the first image signal to a second image frame period in a second scan line among the plurality of scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jaehyang Lee
  • Patent number: 11200825
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit includes a first input sub-circuit to an Nth input sub-circuit and a first output sub-circuit to an Nth output sub-circuit. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. For n=1, 2, . . . , N, an nth input sub-circuit is electrically coupled to an nth input signal terminal, a first level signal terminal and a pull-up node, and an nth output sub-circuit is electrically coupled to an nth clock signal terminal, the pull-up node and an nth output signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE JOINT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li, Xing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11170710
    Abstract: A display module including display pixels, driving circuit and first switches is provided. The display pixels are arranged in columns and rows in the display area, and every display pixel includes sub-pixels. The display pixels form pixel rows along the first direction, and the sub-pixels of the display pixels form sub-pixel columns along the second direction. The color of the light emitting from the sub-pixels of the same sub-pixel column are substantially the same. The first direction and the second direction are substantially perpendicular. The driving circuit includes signal connectors, and every signal connector connects one of the pixel rows. The first switch is connected between a power source and one of the pixel rows, transmitting driving signal. The first switch is controlled by the driving circuit. A display device and a driving method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yuan Hsieh, Min-Yao Lu, Ming-Chen Hsu, Chin-Tang Chuang
  • Patent number: 11164511
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first scan driving circuit, a second scan driving circuit, and a third scan driving circuit. The first scan driving circuit is configured to generate a first gate scan signal to control programming of a first display line in a first horizontal sync period that includes a long horizontal blank (LHB) period. The second scan driving circuit is configured to generate a first dummy gate scan signal to control initialization of a second display line in the LHB period of the first horizontal sync period. The third scan driving circuit is configured to generate a second gate scan signal to control programming of the second display line in a second horizontal sync period that follows the first horizontal sync period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Atsushi Maruyama, Kazuhiro Okamura, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 11158263
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a plurality of data lines configured to supply data signals to the pixels, a plurality of scan lines configured to supply scan signals to the pixels, and a power line configured to supply a driving power voltage to the pixels. Each of the pixels includes: a display element, a first transistor connected to a first node and configured to control an amount of current supplied to the display element, the first transistor including a gate electrode; a second transistor connected between one of the data lines and the first node, the second transistor including a gate electrode connected to one of the scan lines; and a third transistor connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor, the third transistor including a gate electrode connected to one of the scan lines. The power line overlaps with at least a portion of the first transistor in a plan view, and is disposed on a different layer from the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Won Choi, Jun Yong An, Yun Kyeong In, Won Mi Hwang
  • Patent number: 11144626
    Abstract: An authorization management method and apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The method is applicable to a mobile terminal. A display screen of the mobile terminal is a bendable display screen and the display screen simultaneously displays an active authorization application and a passive authorization application. The method includes: monitoring whether the display screen is bent; and in a case that it is monitored that the display screen is bent, sending a first authorization confirmation instruction to the active authorization application such that the active authorization application provides an authorized account for the passive authorization application, and the passive authorization application acquires the authorized account from the active authorization application and performs a login through the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd, Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Jie Liu, Linlin Diao, Shun Li, Biao Xiao
  • Patent number: 11145255
    Abstract: Embodiments of pixel circuits for light emitting elements are disclosed herein. In one example, a pixel circuit includes a pixel driver configured to receive a data signal and drive a light emitting element based on the data signal, a first power signal coupled to an anode of the light emitting element through the pixel driver, and a second power signal coupled to a cathode of the light emitting element. In some embodiments, the second power signal is configured to vary based on the data signal. In some embodiments, in a first period of the data signal, a value of the second power signal is configured to be lower than a value of first power signal, and in a second period of the data signal, the value of the second power signal is configured to be higher than the value of the first power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YUNYINGGU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chu Rung Lee