Patents Examined by Lisa Landis
  • Patent number: 9367164
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, an organic light-emitting display panel and a display device. The pixel circuit is provided with a touch sensing module, a driving transistor, a driving control module and a light-emitting module. The pixel circuit compensates for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor by a diode connection of the driving transistor and a discharging of a storage capacitor, so that a driving current of the driving transistor is independent of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and thus the driving currents of the OLEDs located at different positions on the organic light-emitting display panel are consistent, which can improve a brightness uniformity and a reliability of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Wu, Xiaojing Qi, Leisen Nie
  • Patent number: 9355591
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of compensating for degradation are disclosed. One inventive aspect includes a panel assembly including a plurality of pixels. Luminance measuring units are formed along a perimeter of the panel assembly to measure luminance of light emitted from the pixels. A processing unit compares the measured luminance data so as to detect and also compensate for a degraded pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Eom, Baek-Woon Lee, In-Hwan Ji
  • Patent number: 9329627
    Abstract: Provided is a method of recognizing a control command based on finger motion involving: (a) obtaining coordinate data of a pointer corresponding to a position of a finger in contact with a touch input device of a mobile terminal; (b) obtaining an input continuance time of the coordinate data, and setting values of timer variables based on the input continuance time; (c) setting logic values of a plurality of command logic variables whose logic values of True or False are based on values of the respective timer variables; and (d) recognizing an operation control command of the pointer based on the respective timer variable values and the command logic variable values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kwang-Seok Hong, Byung Hun Oh
  • Patent number: 9328899
    Abstract: Light from an LED (light-emitting diodes) has strong directional characteristics; therefore, lighting over large area, as well as control of the quality or the distribution of lighting was impossible. Placing a liquid-crystal panel in front of an LED (light-emitting diodes) enables to control light from the LED and the quality or the distribution of lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shoei Kataoka, Teruyuki Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9298260
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating tactile information, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeyhan Karaoguz, Robert Rango
  • Patent number: 9275572
    Abstract: Display device includes: a power supplying unit which outputs at least a high-side or low-side output potential; an organic EL display unit which includes pixels and receives power supply from the power supplying unit; two or more detecting lines for transmitting a high-side or low-side applied potential applied to two or more pixels; a relay unit which outputs the high-side or low-side applied potentials transmitted by the detecting lines, to output lines fewer in number than the detecting lines; and a regulating unit which regulates at least the high-side or low-side output potential to be outputted by the power supplying unit, such that any one of potential difference between a reference potential and the high-side applied potential from the relay unit, potential difference between the reference potential and the low-side applied potential, and potential difference between the high-side applied potential and the low-side applied potential reaches a predetermined potential difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yosuke Izawa, Toshiyuki Kato, Kouhei Ebisuno, Shinya Ono, Tetsurou Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9244557
    Abstract: An input device includes a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface; a protective member having an opposed surface opposite to the first main surface; a bonding member configured to bond the first main surface and the opposed surface to each other; a first coloring member disposed between the first main surface and the opposed surface, the first coloring member being in contact with the bonding member; and a second coloring member disposed on the second main surface and having a color different from a color of the first coloring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunari Nagata, Takashi Minami, Takashi Shimizu, Natsuko Yamagata, Akinori Sato, Yoshio Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9236021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving method for a liquid crystal display panel, comprising a timing-driven process, wherein the timing-driven process includes the steps of: generating an initial pulse signal, which has a first rising edge rising from a low voltage to a high voltage and a first falling edge falling from the high voltage to the low voltage; and generating a timing pulse signal, which has a second rising edge rising from a low voltage to an intermediate voltage, a third rising edge rising from the intermediate voltage to a high voltage, a second falling edge falling from the high voltage to the intermediate voltage, and a third falling edge falling from the intermediate voltage to the low voltage. At the same time, the present invention further provides a driving circuit for a liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dekang Zeng, Jiehui Qin, Xiaoping Tan
  • Patent number: 9219909
    Abstract: In a 3D image display device and a driving method thereof, a left-eye image and a right-eye image are displayed at a 3D display frequency higher than a 2D display frequency in a 3D mode. The left-eye image or the right-eye image is applied to a data line as data voltages having the same polarity and the same magnitude throughout at least two consecutive frames. A gate-on voltage is applied to a plurality of gate lines crossing the data line sequentially at an interval of a compensation gate-on application time calculated based on a total data delay value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Pyo Lee, Bong Im Park, Ik Hyun Ahn, Ho Seok Son, Jung-Won Kim, Se Huhn Hur
  • Patent number: 9218080
    Abstract: A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes an array substrate including a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an inorganic material and conductive particles; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kum-Mi Oh, Yong-Su An, Kyoung-Jin Nam, Han-Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 9208733
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring internal resistance of a display. The method may include supplying the display via a capacitor with a first voltage configured to enable the display to receive one or more touch inputs. After supplying the display with the first voltage, the method may include discharging the capacitor to a second voltage configured to enable the display to display image data. The method may then monitor a discharge waveform that corresponds to when the capacitor discharges from the first voltage to the second voltage. Based at least in part on the discharge waveform, the method may determine a chip on glass resistance value and a flex on glass resistance value that correspond to an internal resistance of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Yafei Bi
  • Patent number: 9201549
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring internal resistance of a display may include supplying the display via a capacitor with a first voltage and a second voltage configured to enable the display to receive touch inputs and display image data, respectively. The method may discharge the capacitor at least three times via a first resistor, a second resistor, and the first resistor and second resistor coupled in parallel with each other. The method may monitor three discharge waveforms that corresponds to when the capacitor discharges from the first voltage to the second voltage via the first resistor, the second resistor, and the first resistor and second resistor coupled in parallel with each other. Based at least in part on the discharge waveforms, the method may determine a chip on glass resistance value and a flex on glass resistance value that correspond to an internal resistance of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmad Al-Dahle, Yafei Bi, Mir B. Ghaderi
  • Patent number: 9170679
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including: a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal to a first capacitor; a first integrating circuit unit including a second capacitor charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signal to generate a first output voltage; and a second integrating circuit unit including a third capacitor charged by a change in capacitance generated in the second capacitor to generate a second output voltage, wherein a level of the second output voltage is changed at least twice during a single period of the driving signal applied to the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Hak Jo, Tah Joon Park, Kyung Hee Hong, Moon Suk Jeong, Yong Il Kwon
  • Patent number: 9165517
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment a ripple, generated in an electric potential of data signal lines even in long-term reversal driving, is reduced and display quality is improved. In at least one example embodiment, the liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes scanning signal lines and data signal lines, in which one scanning pulse is outputted to select one scanning signal line, each of the data signal lines receives data signals whose polarities are reversed per one vertical scanning period while in one horizontal scanning period, one of two data signal lines receives a data signal having a polarity and the other of the two data signal lines receives another data signal having another polarity, the two data signal lines being arranged adjacent to each other, scanning pulses are successively outputted in sets of two, and at a timing in which two scanning pulses fall, two scanning pulses rise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masae Kitayama, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh, Kentaroh Irie
  • Patent number: 9144815
    Abstract: A digital device including a scent emitting unit and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The digital device includes a display unit for displaying a first image including a first object having a first scent property and a second object having a second scent property, a sensor unit for sensing a distance from a specific body part of a user, a scent emitting unit, and a processor. The processor controls the scent emitting unit to emit any one of a first scent, a second scent or a mixture of the first scent and the second scent according to the distance from the specific body part of the user, and a mixture ratio of the first scent to the second scent in the mixture is changed according to a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jihwan Kim, Doyoung Lee, Sinae Chun, Eunhyung Cho
  • Patent number: 9135870
    Abstract: A source driver, a controller, and a method for driving a source drive are provided. The source driver includes a controller configured to receive a start pulse signal, and generate and output one of a new start pulse signal if the start pulse signal is received, and an internal start pulse signal if the start pulse signal is not received, a shift register configured to receive video data, store the video data, and output the video data if the outputted start pulse signal is received by the shift register, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to convert the video data output from the shift register into an analog voltage signal, and output the analog voltage signal, and an output buffer configured to buffer the analog voltage signal output from the DAC, and output the buffered analog voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Magnachip Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-cho Choi, Jeong-soo Kang, Jung-hoon Sul, Jung-hyun Kim, Kyu-young Chung
  • Patent number: 9128546
    Abstract: A touch panel system in which power consumption is reduced and detection sensitivity is enhanced, a controller for the touch panel system, and a method of operating the system. Touch panel system includes status detecting portion having status signal generating portions generating a status signal indicative of a close status of an indicator, a position calculating portion processing the status signal, thereby calculating a position of the indicator on a detecting surface, and a region setting portion for updating an effective region set in the detecting surface P based on the position of the indicator which is calculated by the position calculating portion. A first operation causes the status signal generating portions SL and DL to selectively generate a status signal and a second operation causes the position calculating portion to selectively process the status signals generated by the status signal generating portions SL and DL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshida, Akira Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9053679
    Abstract: A semiconductor display device correcting system includes a control circuit for carrying out gamma correction of a picture signal supplied from the outside and a nonvolatile memory for storing data for gamma correction. The data for gamma correction is prepared for each semiconductor display device, so that excellent gradation display can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 9035909
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a location of at least one object on a touch surface, comprising: a light transmissive panel defining the touch surface and including a controllable reflective boundary; an illumination arrangement configured to introduce light into the panel; a control device configured to selectively control the reflective boundary such that the light may pass between a first layer and a second layer via an opening in the reflective boundary; a light detection arrangement configured to measure the light passed via the opening and impinged on the touch surface; and a processor unit configured to determine the location as a function of the measured light passed via the opening and the selective control of the reflective boundary. A method and computer readable medium is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: FLATFROG LABORATORIES AB
    Inventor: Tomas Christiansson
  • Patent number: 9019217
    Abstract: A touch input location correction device (112) includes: a touch location detecting unit detecting a set of touch point coordinates; a user operation determining unit (105) determining details of an operation; a touch portion shift detecting unit (106) detecting a first state transition at a first time point during which the portion of the user is sliding on a touch area, the first state transition showing transition from a state where the user touches the touch area with both of a first portion and a second portion to a state where the user touches the touch area only with the second portion; a touch point coordinate correcting unit (107) correcting a set of touch point coordinates of the second portion based on sets of touch point coordinates, of the first portion and the second portion, before the first time point and outputting the corrected set of touch point coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventor: Shigehiro Iida