Patents Examined by Lisa S Landis
  • Patent number: 11966553
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a digitizer disposed on the display panel, and a first coupling layer disposed between the display panel and the digitizer. The digitizer includes a base layer disposed on the display panel and have flexibility, a first circuit pattern disposed on a first surface of the base layer that faces the display panel and extended in a first direction, a second circuit pattern disposed on a second surface of the base layer and extended in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a first insulating layer disposed over the first surface of the base layer to cover the first circuit pattern and including a light-absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Hyo Park
  • Patent number: 11967169
    Abstract: A capacitive fingerprint sensor is configured to be integrated in a display. The capacitive fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of transmitter electrodes. Each respective transmitter electrode including at least one transmitter conductor formed in a first metal layer of a sensor stack and disposed between pixels of a display. The capacitive fingerprint sensor further includes a plurality of receiver electrodes. Each respective receiver electrode including at least one receiver conductor formed in a second metal layer of a sensor stack and disposed between pixels of the display. The receiver electrodes have an orientation different from the transmitter electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Xi Chu, Guozhong Shen
  • Patent number: 11954269
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that enable a configuration of a head mounted display (HMD) to be simplified. There is provided a generation unit configured to generate: first location data regarding a location of self with respect to a real space; second location data regarding a location of another device with respect to self; and third location data regarding a location of the another device with respect to the real space on the basis of the first location data and the second location data. On the basis of the third location data, image data of an image localized in the real space and to be displayed by the another device is generated. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus that supplies location data representing a location of an HMD to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nozomu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11951392
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device; recording the image data generated by the image generating unit; and receiving operation information from an input device, where the recording includes storing the image data for an application for a predetermined period of time up to the point in time at which operation information is received during the receiving operation information from a specific input unit provided in the input device while displaying an application image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Tomoki Takaichi, Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Toshimasa Aoki, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Takahiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 11947770
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a change detection unit that detects a change of a UI element on a target screen; a determination unit that determines a display update method among a plurality of display update methods for extended UIs based on the change of the UI element detected by the change detection unit; and a display update unit that updates display of the extended UIs by the display update method determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Komiyama, Akira Kataoka, Hidetaka Koya
  • Patent number: 11941187
    Abstract: An electronic pen includes a signal generator, a power supply, and a resonance circuit. The signal generator is configured to generate a signal. The power supply is configured to supply power to the signal generator. The resonance circuit is configured to generate a current based on the signal and emit a magnetic field based on the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Yun-Ho Kim, Jaeuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11942053
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a driving method therefor, and a display device. Two adjacent rows of sub-pixels are taken as a row group, and the row group is provided with a first sub row group and a second sub row group that are arranged in a column direction; a gate electrode of a first transistor in the first sub row group is electrically connected to a first gate line; a gate electrode of a second transistor in the second sub row group is electrically connected to a second gate line; two adjacent sub-pixels in the column direction share one third transistor, and a gate electrode of the third transistor in the row group is electrically connected to a third gate line; and the first transistor and the second transistor in one column of sub-pixels are electrically connected to a data line by means of the shared third transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianglei Qin, Jian Lin, Yong Zhang, Limin Zhang, Zepeng Sun, Zhichao Yang, Liangzhen Tang, Zhilong Duan, Honggui Jin, Yashuai An, Lingfang Nie, Jian Wang, Li Tian, Jing Pang, Xuechao Song
  • Patent number: 11934611
    Abstract: A detecting device includes a plurality of first electrodes arrayed in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction in a detection region, an electrode drive circuit configured to supply a drive signal to the first electrodes, a detection circuit configured to detect a detection signal received from the first electrodes, and a coupling circuit configured to couple part of the first electrodes to the detection circuit as a detection electrode and couple the first electrodes disposed side by side with the detection electrode in at least the first direction and the second direction to the electrode drive circuit as a drive electrode in a first detection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko Fujisawa, Naoki Takada, Kisho Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11935450
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display unit, the display unit includes a plurality of light emitting modules, and a driving circuit electrically connected to the display unit and drives the display unit to display. The driving circuit includes a first circuit module and a second circuit module, the second circuit module is electrically connected to the first circuit module and the display unit, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Jinfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11930688
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the display device further includes a gate driving circuit disposed on the substrate and in the non-display area, the display device further includes a light emitting element disposed in the display area and on the substrate and including a cathode electrode, the display device further includes a dam disposed on the substrate and in the non-display area, the dam further outside the substrate than the gate driving circuit, the display device further includes a first dummy conductive layer disposed to cover the dam and made of the same material as the cathode electrode, and a spacer disposed between the gate driving circuit and the dam, and the cathode electrode extends from the display area to the non-display area to overlap with the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyoung Sung
  • Patent number: 11928285
    Abstract: A transparent display device with a touch sensor is provided, which may reduce loss of light transmittance due to a touch sensor and a touch line, and may detect a line area, in which a defective touch sensor is included. The device includes a substrate provided with a plurality of transmissive areas and a non-transmissive area disposed between the transmissive areas adjacent to each other. The device includes a touch line extended from the non-transmissive area and connected to a touch sensor electrode, and a common power line connected to a cathode electrode to supply a cathode power source. The non-transmissive area includes a cathode power area to which the cathode power source is applied through the common power line, the cathode power area includes a first cathode power area and a second cathode power area. The second cathode power area may have resistance higher than that of the first cathode power area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JaeHee Park, MiReum Lee, Kihyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11922842
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a housing, a flexible display having at least a partial area configured to be drawn out from the housing so that a size of a visible area of the flexible display can be changed, a sensor configured to measure a length of the flexible display, a memory, a processor operatively connected to the memory, the sensor, and the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Moonjeong Kim, Taeyeong Kim, Sunghwan Park, Jookwan Lee, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park
  • Patent number: 11914834
    Abstract: A sensor includes a first substrate on a back side of a display panel, a first coil extending in a first direction at a predetermined angle between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to a long-side direction of the first substrate and including a first long-side portion provided with first and second end portions, a second coil including a second long-side portion extending in a second direction, a first leader line including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the first end portion, and the second end is connected to wiring on a second substrate arranged to extend at a right angle toward the outside of the sensor from one side of the first substrate, and a second leader line including first end connected to the end portion and a second end connected to the wiring on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanhao Chen, Yoshihisa Sugiyama, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 11900835
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes at least one display panel arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle and configured to display an image, and a display control unit configured to control display of the image. The display panel includes a movable portion provided on the vehicle body, and the display control unit includes an image control unit configured to control a display form of an image when the movable portion is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Takeda, Susumu Kaneko, Yoshiro Ito, Atsushi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11900848
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a color gamut mapping method, a color gamut mapping assembly, and a display device. The method includes: obtaining a first connection line between a white point and an original point of the original color gamut; obtaining a first mapping point in a target color gamut of an intersection point of the first connection line and the original color gamut; obtaining a second connection line between a reference point in the original color gamut and the first mapping point; obtaining color coordinates of a second mapping point of the original point in the target color gamut; obtaining a luminance value of the second mapping point according to the original point and the white point; and obtaining grayscale values of the second mapping point according to the color coordinates and the luminance value of the second mapping point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Chen, Daxue Xia, Renli Xie
  • Patent number: 11893172
    Abstract: An information processing method includes, in a situation that a connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device is established for first time, obtaining identity information of the second electronic device; obtaining a communication protocol corresponding to the identity information; and based on a data path formed after the first electronic device is connected to the second electronic device, sending the communication protocol to the second electronic device, to enable the second electronic device to communicate with the first electronic device based on the communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Junbin Gong, Dan Zhang, Song Ye, Lianqiang Lv
  • Patent number: 11893181
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a touch driving device and a display device including the same, and more particularly, to a touch driving device capable of reducing the power consumption thereof by changing a sampling method thereof and a pulse of a touch drive signal, compared to a conventional touch driving device, and a display device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11874996
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a touch display device and a level shifter for a touch display device. Specifically, embodiments of the disclosure may provide a touch display device comprising a plurality of touch electrodes and an overcurrent detection circuit configured to detect a current flowing through at least one touch pad electrically connected with at least one touch electrode among the plurality of touch electrodes. Thus, embodiments of the disclosure may provide a touch display device and a level shifter for a touch display device, which may increase the accuracy of touch sensing and easily determine whether the touch panel has an abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangug An, SungIl Byun
  • Patent number: 11871618
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that is capable of being driven with low power consumption. A first thin-film transistor including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and a second thin-film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are disposed in an active area, thereby reducing power consumption. At least one opening formed in a bending area is formed to have the same depth as any one of contact holes formed in the active area, thereby making it possible to form the opening and the contact holes through the same process and consequently simplifying the process of manufacturing the device. A second source electrode of the second thin-film transistor and a second gate electrode of the second thin-film transistor overlap each other with an upper interlayer insulation film interposed therebetween so as to form a first storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Young Kim, Kyoung-Nam Lim, Yu-Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11868579
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device including electronic paper and a position detection sensor disposed on a lower side of a display screen of the electronic paper and configured to detect a position indicated by an electronic pen on the display screen. The position detection sensor includes an insulating substrate having a first surface on a side facing the display screen, and a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction on the first surface of the insulating substrate. One or more first linear members extended in a direction along the first electrodes are arranged in each space between two of the first electrodes having a predetermined distance from each other in the first direction, among the plurality of first electrodes, on the first surface of the insulating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Watanabe