Patents Examined by Michael Pervan
  • Patent number: 10838556
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Lun Tsai, Meng-Huan Ho, Niva A. Ran, Akshay Bhat, Volodymyr Borshch, Anand K. Chamakura, Giovanni Gozzini
  • Patent number: 10839757
    Abstract: A display device includes an initialization voltage line to which an initialization voltage is applied, a first driving voltage line to which a first driving voltage is applied, and a pixel connected to the initialization voltage line and the first driving voltage line. The pixel includes a first transistor to control a driving current flowing between a first electrode and a second electrode according to a voltage applied to a first node, a light emitting element between the first transistor and the first driving voltage line, and a first capacitor between the first node and the initialization voltage line. During an initialization period in which the light emitting element is initialized, the initialization voltage is changed from a first level voltage to a second level voltage lower than the first level voltage and the first driving voltage is changed from a first high-level voltage to a first low-level voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Sun Kwang Kim, Young Wan Seo, Cheol Gon Lee, Yang Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 10825875
    Abstract: An OLED display panel and a display device are disclosed. The OLED display panel includes a light shielding layer, a planarization layer, and an anode layer which are arranged on a substrate in this order. The anode layer includes a plurality of sub-electrodes independently disposed. The OLED display panel includes a display area including a fingerprint imaging area and a non-imaging area. The OLED display panel further includes a light blocking portion on a side of the planarization layer away from the substrate. An orthographic projection of the light blocking portion on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of a gap between two sub-electrodes on the substrate which lies in the non-imaging area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanyan Zhao, Jianqiang Liu, Wei Zhang, Jingyi Feng
  • Patent number: 10818224
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to determine ambient light luminance includes: m luminance sensors, m groups of inverse controllers and a processor, wherein the inverse controllers are configured to control luminance of first pixels in n rows of pixels in a display screen, the n rows of pixels including m groups of target pixel rows, each group of the target pixel rows including the first pixels, the first pixel in an ith group of target pixels rows being a pixel located above an ith luminance sensor; the first pixels in the ith group of target pixel rows are correspondingly coupled to an ith group of inverse controllers, and the processor is coupled to the m groups of inverse controller and the m luminance sensors, wherein m is less than or equal to n, and i is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10818227
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first substrate layer which is flexible, a second substrate layer which is flexible, and a conductive layer between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer, a display panel including a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate, and a sensing portion configured to measure a resistance of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Lee, Kiwan Ahn, Jintaek Kim, Jaehyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 10810801
    Abstract: A method of displaying in mixed reality at least one virtual object. The method includes comprising the following steps that are performed by a first terminal: sending at least one position data element of a pointer positioned on a portion of a first window of a computer application, said first window being displayed by a second terminal; receiving at least one data element relating to the portion of the first window; and processing the at least one data element relating to the portion of the first window, so as to display the at least one virtual object in mixed reality on the basis of the at least one data element relating to the portion of the first window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Cedric Floury, Jean Cartigny
  • Patent number: 10803778
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring light emissions in electronic devices. The disclosed techniques herein provide for determining a display duration of display devices for a user. Light emission profiles for each of the display devices are determined. A cumulative emissions exposure is determined that is based on the light emission profiles for the display devices and the display duration of the display devices for the user. A determination is made whether the cumulative emissions exposure exceeds a light emission exposure limit set for the user. In a positive determination, an instruction is transmitted to the display devices for execution of a remedial action based on predefined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddhartha Pande, Madhusudhan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10795572
    Abstract: A device receives a user input that corresponds with a sequence of characters. In response to the user input, the device displays simulated handwritten text that includes varying the appearance of characters in the simulated handwritten text based on variations in handwritten text of a respective user. In response to receiving the user input and in accordance with a determination that a first criterion is met, a first character in the sequence of characters has a first appearance that corresponds to the appearance of the first character in handwritten text of the respective user. In accordance with a determination that a second criterion is met, the first character in the sequence of characters has a second appearance that corresponds to the appearance of the first character in handwritten text of the respective user. The second appearance of the first character is different than the first appearance of the first character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Gobera Rubalcava, Ryan S. Dixon
  • Patent number: 10795553
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to the creation and use of fixed-layout display component(s) embedded as part of the overall programmatic device(s) screen display(s). In preferred embodiments, these fixed-layout components may behave in a specific manner and can be utilized and managed independently of the remaining programmatically generated screen display functionality. A fixed-layout component may contain many elements and associated user interactivities. Each element may be related positionally, dimensionally and display sequence to the overall component and to other elements contained such that the mathematical calculation of relative position, size and dimension aspect ratio of all the component items and the item display sequence is maintained programmatically and visually relative to each other irrespective of the device screen size or orientation when the fixed-layout component is part of an overall display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Michael E. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10789879
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a board, a light emitting element that is provided on the board, a drive element that is provided on the board and drives the light emitting element, and drive wiring that is provided on the board and connects the light emitting element to the drive element, and a capacitive element that is provided inside the board such that at least a part of the capacitive element overlaps the drive wiring in plan view, and supplies a drive current to the light emitting element via internal wiring which is inside the board and faces the drive wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Iguchi
  • Patent number: 10790342
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a substrate, a pixel disposed on the substrate, and an encapsulation layer that covers the pixel, and a touch sensor disposed on the display panel. The touch sensor includes sensing electrodes disposed on the encapsulation layer, and sensing lines respectively connected to the sensing electrodes. Each of the sensing lines includes a first sensing line pattern that extends onto the substrate, a second sensing line pattern connected to the first sensing line pattern outside of the encapsulation region, the second sensing line pattern including a first connection part and a second connection part, and a third sensing line pattern connected to the second connection part of the second sensing line pattern at a lower side of the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Yun Han, Jong Hwa Kim, Kyung Su Lee
  • Patent number: 10783977
    Abstract: A shift register including an input circuit, an output circuit, a first output control circuit, a second output control circuit, a reset circuit, a first reset control circuit, a second reset control circuit, and an energy-storing circuit. The first output control circuit is configured to transfer a clock signal present at a third clock signal terminal to a first node in response to the clock signal at the third clock signal terminal being active. The second output control circuit is configured to transfer a voltage present at a first voltage terminal to the first node in response to a clock signal at a fourth clock signal terminal being active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mo Chen, Kai Chen, Fei Han, Fangqing Li, Wangdi Wu
  • Patent number: 10775884
    Abstract: An eye-mounted display can be calibrated relative to a user's gaze. A calibration system causes the eye-mounted display to project a calibration image onto the user's retina. The system detects eye movement as the user looks towards the calibration image. Once the detected eye movement indicates that the user's gaze is centered gaze on the calibration image, the system determines a calibration parameter representative of the user's gaze or the detected eye movement. The calibration parameter can be, for example, a pixel offset relative to an initial image source location or an image source pixel corresponding to the user's centered gaze. Subsequent images are then projected by the eye-mounted display onto the user's retina based on the calibration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Tectus Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory David Miller, Brian Elliot Lemoff
  • Patent number: 10768750
    Abstract: An input device includes an input accepting member, a base, a first pressure sensor, a weight, a second pressure sensor, and a processor. The input accepting member accepts a pressing operation. The input accepting member is attached to the base. The first pressure sensor on the base is configured to detect a pressure acting thereon by the input accepting member. The second pressure sensor on the base is configured to detect a pressure acting thereon by the weight. The processor is configured to: multiply an output value from the second pressure sensor by a ratio of mass of the input accepting member to that of the weight to obtain a correction value; and correct an output value from the first pressure sensor by using a correction value to extract an output value that relates to a pressing force applied to the input accepting member by the pressing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Togashi
  • Patent number: 10769995
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a panel compensation method of the display device. The panel compensation method of the display device includes a step of allowing at least one line pixel of a display panel to be a current source that generates a pixel current with the same value, and a step of correcting a deviation between all current sensing paths of a source driver by using the pixel current with the same value and correcting a characteristic deviation between all pixels after correcting the deviation between the current sensing paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Jik Min, Won Kab Oh, Su Hun Yang, Jeong Hie Choi
  • Patent number: 10770025
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a display panel drive device that receives image data in a plurality of image reception periods within one frame period and retrains a data link according to link data received in an interval between the image reception periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Yu Kim, Kwan Hee Lee, Young Woong Kim, Hyun Kyu Jeon
  • Patent number: 10764991
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printed circuit board including an overvoltage controlling element and an electronic device including the same. The printed circuit board includes a first outer layer, a second outer layer, at least one inner layer stacked between the first and second outer layers, an overvoltage controlling element comprising overvoltage controlling circuitry mounted on the first outer layer and including a plurality of terminals of which a first terminal is connected to a ground, and a conductive area configured to transfer at least a part of a first voltage applied from an external power source to an external IC and to transfer a remaining part of the first voltage to the overvoltage controlling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjun Park, Hongkook Lee, Dongkyoon Han
  • Patent number: 10761615
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: first to third source-side IF units; and a control unit which causes one of the first to third source-side IF units to transmit image data inputted thereto, to a projector, when an operation mode of the electronic apparatus is a first operation mode, and which causes one of the first to third source-side IF units that is not the one of the first to third source-side IF units connected when in the first operation mode, to transmit image data inputted thereto, to the projector, when the operation mode of the electronic apparatus is a second operation mode. The control unit switches the operation mode to one of the first operation mode and the second operation mode in response to a change request received from the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Ano
  • Patent number: 10748502
    Abstract: A driving method of a display panel and a display device are provided. The method includes: receiving an external display data; changing a luminance signal of the sub-pixel corresponding to each pixel unit of a display panel in the display data, to generate a data signal; sending the data signal; wherein the luminance of one sub-pixel in the two adjacent sub-pixels in the same color after being changed, is greater than the luminance before being changed, and the luminance of the other sub-pixel after being changed, is smaller than the luminance before being changed. The present disclosure can make the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal display panel may be more rich, and the chromaticity viewing angle of the liquid crystal display panel may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bing-jei Liao, Yu Wu, Xiaoliang Guan, Geng Wang
  • Patent number: 10732444
    Abstract: A display device includes a display part; a driving part; and a display control part, the display control part being configured to provide a transition period between first and second driving periods in switching from the first driving period to the second driving period, the first driving period allowing the display part to be driven at a first frame frequency, the second driving period allowing the display part to be driven at a second frame frequency, the transition period including a period where the display part is driven at at least one frame frequency with a value between the first and second frame frequencies, the transition period including positive and negative periods that last for different total durations, the positive period allowing the display part to be driven at a positive voltage, the negative period allowing the display part to be driven at a negative voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuru Chida