Patents Examined by MD Saiful A Siddiqui
-
Patent number: 12253884Abstract: A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Robert Y. Cao, Michael K. McCord, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
-
Patent number: 12248648Abstract: A capacitance module may include a stack of layers, the stack including a first substrate and at least one capacitance sensing electrode on the substrate. The capacitance module may also include a magnetically conductive, electrically insulating material incorporated into the capacitance module.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Cirque CorporationInventor: Brian Monson
-
Patent number: 12241854Abstract: An electronic panel includes a base substrate having a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area adjacent to the second area, a plurality of sensing electrodes in the second area, a plurality of sensing lines in the third area and electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, a crack sensing pattern in the first area and spaced apart from the plurality of sensing electrodes, a crack sensing line in the third area and spaced apart from the plurality of sensing lines, and a connection line connecting the crack sensing pattern to the crack sensing line via the second area and including a floating portion, wherein the floating portion is at the same layer as the crack sensing pattern and is spaced apart from the plurality of sensing electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Changho Lee, Gyeongnam Bang, Hyeyun Han
-
Patent number: 12232396Abstract: The display defects of a display device are reduced. The display quality of the display device is improved. The display device includes a display panel and a first conductive layer. The display panel includes a display element including a pair of electrodes. An electrode of the pair of electrodes which is closer to one surface of the display panel is supplied with a constant potential. A constant potential is supplied to the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer provided on the other surface of the display panel is in contact with the first conductive layer, whereby the second conductive layer is also supplied with the constant potential. The second conductive layer includes a portion not fixed to the first conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshiyuki Isa
-
Patent number: 12229374Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a plurality of pixels on a substrate, a sealing thin film on the substrate, and a plurality of sensing electrodes on the sealing thin film, each of the sensing electrodes having a mesh structure, the mesh structures of the sensing electrodes and the pixels overlapping different portions of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hyoung-Wook Jang
-
Patent number: 12219801Abstract: A display panel including: a base substrate including first and second surfaces, a display region and a peripheral region; a pixel layer provided on the display region, the pixel layer including a plurality of pixels; a module hole penetrating the display region; a blocking groove in the display region and adjacent to the module hole, the blocking groove being recessed in the base substrate; an encapsulation layer provided on the pixel layer, the encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer, a second inorganic layer and an organic layer; and a filling member in the blocking groove, the filling member including a same material as the organic layer, wherein the second inorganic layer covers a top surface of the filling member and a top surface of the first inorganic layer adjacent to the top surface of the filling member.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junghan Seo, Hyoungsub Lee, Wooyong Sung
-
Patent number: 12210714Abstract: A touch module includes first and second mesh electrode layers respectively with first and second irregular mesh patterns. Line segments of the first irregular mesh pattern are configured to form a first radial pattern having a first intersection point by translation. A top X % fan-blade shape area of line segment density in the first radial pattern is defined as a first dense area, in which X is at least 10. Line segments of the second irregular mesh pattern are configured to form a second radial pattern having a second intersection point by translation. A top X % fan-blade shape area of line segment density in the second radial pattern is defined as a second dense area. When the first radial pattern and the second radial pattern are translated so that the first and second intersection points coincide, the first dense area and the second dense area do not overlap.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.Inventors: Xiang Mei Chen, Tai-Shih Cheng, Lien-Hsin Lee, Liang Liu
-
Patent number: 12205535Abstract: A compensation apparatus and method, a display apparatus and a working method thereof, and a storage medium are provided, the compensation apparatus includes a first memory, a first timer and a processor; the first timer starts timing from the processor receiving the pixel data to obtain the first timing information and send the first timing information to the processor; the processor receives the pixel data and the first timing information, compensate the gray-scale data of the pixel data according to the first timing information and the compensation parameters in the pre-term compensation parameter set when the first timing information does not reach the first time node value, compensate the gray-scale data of the pixel data according to the first timing information and the compensation parameters in the mid-term compensation parameter set.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tan Jing, Xuesong Tian, Shanchuan Jin, Shiming Li, Eunho Lee
-
Patent number: 12204698Abstract: A method for controlling a device, including: determining a distance state between a keyboard and a terminal device, the keyboard is in communication connection with the terminal device; in a case that the distance state is a distant state, adjusting a state of a screen of the terminal device to a wake-up state, and obtaining a first position of the keyboard and a second position of the terminal device; determining an angle between the keyboard and the screen of the terminal device according to the first position and the second position; and adjusting a state of the keyboard according to the angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Shukong Wu, Haipeng Zhang, Wenqiang Fu
-
Patent number: 12204721Abstract: A method and system for detecting imperfections on a surface of a touchscreen of an electrical device, comprising: swiping a test object, such as a fingertip, a fingernail or a pin, along at least a portion of the touchscreen; producing, by the touchscreen, an electric signal indicative of the test object's contact with the touchscreen; receiving an acoustic signal by an acoustic sensor, during the swipe of the test object along the touchscreen; analyzing, by a processor, at least one of the electric signal and received acoustic signal; and determining existence of imperfections on the touchscreen's surface based on the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ESW Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Amit Gross, Oded Rozenberg, Moshe Lipsker
-
Patent number: 12205507Abstract: A display panel driving method, a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel driving method comprises: according to a data signal transmitted in a data line, determining whether a grayscale value difference of a data signal input by a pixel unit of an nth row and a data signal input by a pixel unit of an (n?1)th row is greater than a threshold, n being a positive integer less than or equal to N; if the grayscale value difference between the data signal input by the pixel unit of the nth row and the data signal input by the pixel unit of the (n?1)th row is greater than the threshold, then adjusting the phase of a clock signal input by the nth shift register, such that the falling of the pull-up node of the nth shift register is delayed along with time, to output a phase-delayed scan signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: Wuhan BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co.,Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hui Wang, Rongcheng Liu
-
Patent number: 12197663Abstract: A display device includes a display module which includes a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area, and a digitizer which includes a first area overlapping the first non-folding area and a portion of the folding area, a second area overlapping the folding area, and a third area overlapping a portion of the folding area and the second non-folding area, where a plurality of holes is defined in the second area through the digitizer, and the digitizer includes a base layer, a plurality of first coils, a plurality of second coils, first signal lines which are connected to the plurality of first coils, overlap the first area, the second area, and the third area, and do not overlap the plurality of holes, and second signal lines connected to the plurality of second coils and overlapping the third area.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Yong-Kwan Kim, Hyunjae Na, Sungguk An, Seokwon Jang, Sung-Ki Jung
-
Patent number: 12197685Abstract: A touch control substrate includes: a base, a first metal layer including first touch control signal lines, a first insulating layer; and a second metal layer including: second touch control signal lines electrically connected with the first touch control signal lines. An orthographic projection of an edge of a first end of the first touch control signal line on the base does not overlap with an orthographic projection of an edge of a first end of the second touch control signal line electrically connected with the first touch control signal line on the base. The orthographic projection of the edge of the first end of the first touch control signal line on the base at least partially overlap with an orthographic projection of the second touch control signal line on the base.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Wang, Cong Fan, Kemeng Tong, Fan He, Guoyi Cui, Xiangdan Dong, Jiangtao Deng
-
Patent number: 12189891Abstract: A gate driving circuit including a driving circuit configured to charge an M node based on a selection signal externally supplied in response to receiving a first carry signal, and charge a Q node with a high voltage responsive to a reset signal and a voltage charged in the M node that corresponds to the selection signal, a node controller configured to control the Q node and a Qb node responsive to driving of the driving circuit, wherein a level of a voltage of the Qb node is opposite to a level of a voltage of the Q node, and an output circuit configured to output a second carry signal and at least one scan signal responsive to voltages at the Q node and Qb node included in the node controller.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tae Gwan Lee
-
Patent number: 12182361Abstract: A display device having a touch sensor can include a display panel including a plurality of touch electrodes, and a readout integrated circuit (IC). Also, the readout IC is configured to apply a touch driving signal to the plurality of touch electrodes and amplify charges from the plurality touch electrodes according to an amplifier reset signal to generate an amplifier output voltage, and differentially adjust a toggle timing of the amplifier reset signal based on positions of the plurality of touch electrodes to control a level of the amplifier output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Woo Jang, Ki Yong Kim, Jae Kyu Park, Young Woo Jo
-
Patent number: 12174672Abstract: An electronic device, method, and computer program product enable a space saving rollable display device to extend automatically in a power efficient manner. While a blade assembly is in a retracted position, a controller of the electronic device determines whether a user notification opportunity exists based on a transition between contextual states of one of stationary and changing from unattended to attended by the user; and stowed on-body of the user changing to held by the user. In response, the controller actuates a translation mechanism to slide a blade assembly, which includes a blade and flexible display, relative to a device housing of an electronic device from a retracted position to at least a partially extended position. The actuation prepares the flexible display to present user notification(s) and generates a physical indication to a user that the user notification(s) is available to be presented when the flexible display is active.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Xiaofeng Zhu, Sanjay Dhar
-
Patent number: 12175936Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel in which a display region including first to third regions is defined, and which includes a first data line and a second data line connected to first and second pixels of the first and second regions; a driving transistor, a sampling transistor, and a data supply transistor included in each of the first and second pixels; a vertical link line in the first region, and forming a parasitic capacitance with a first node of the first pixel; a horizontal link line in the third region, and connecting the vertical link line and the second data line; and a data compensation portion which calculates a voltage coupling amount caused in the first pixel according to a change of data voltage applied to the vertical link line and provided to the second pixels during the sampling section after the data writing section of the first pixel, calculates a compensation value for the voltage coupling amount, and applies the compensation value to a first input image data of the first pixType: GrantFiled: January 30, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-Hun Kim, Ju-Hee Eun
-
Patent number: 12169616Abstract: A touch panel and a display device are provided by embodiments of the present application, a self-capacitance module in an original touch panel is replaced with a mutual capacitance module, and a combination of self-capacitance and mutual capacitance is adopted to effectively reduce wiring in the touch panel and to reduce cost at a same time.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Bao Zha
-
Patent number: 12164724Abstract: A method includes: displaying, an image on a display by sequentially displaying a plurality of frames of the image, the plurality of frames including a first frame and second frame; performing a first noise sampling scan at a plurality of frequencies at a first time location within a first frame; determining a first frequency from the plurality of frequencies with the lowest noise; performing a first mutual sensing scan at the first frequency; performing, a second noise sampling scan at the plurality of frequencies at a second time location within a second frame of the plurality of frames, the second time location being a different frame location than the first time location; determining a second frequency from the plurality of frequencies with the lowest noise, the second frequency being different from the first frequency; and performing, a second mutual sensing scan at the second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.Inventors: MooKyung Kang, Sang Hoon Jeon
-
Patent number: 12164723Abstract: A detection device includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined non-contact operation by a detection reference; and a control unit that changes the detection reference when the predetermined non-contact operation is not detected by the detection reference.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Kuribayashi, Tatsuyoshi Tanabe, Marie Shimoyama, Hidefumi Toki, Daisaku Komiya