Patents Examined by Muhammad N. Edun
  • Patent number: 11663958
    Abstract: A display substrate includes: a pixel circuit including: a switching transistor connected between a first terminal of a compensation capacitor and a data line; and a pixel transistor connected between a second terminal of the compensation capacitor and a first voltage line, the pixel transistor to receive a test voltage; and a test transistor including: a test gate terminal to receive a test signal; a test source terminal electrically connected to the first voltage line; and a test drain terminal electrically connected to the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bon-Yong Koo, Sujin Lee, Jaeyong Jang
  • Patent number: 11662837
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus pen including: a body; a conductive tip configured to be exposed from an inside of the body to an outside thereof; and a resonance circuit connected to the conductive tip to resonate an electrical signal transferred from the conductive tip. An inductor unit of the resonance circuit includes a ferrite core and a coil wound in multiple layers over at least a portion of the ferrite core. The ferrite core includes nickel, and the coil can be formed by a litz wire with adjacent winding layers that are wound to be inclined in a zigzag form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Seyeob Kim, Hyoungwook Woo, Kiryoung Jung, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 11663961
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a pixel driving method and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a first light-emitting control circuit and a light-emitting circuit; the light-emitting circuit includes a path control sub-circuit, a first light-emitting sub-circuit, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting sub-circuit and a second light-emitting element; a path control sub-circuit controls to write a second data voltage on a second data line into the control terminal, and maintains a potential of the control terminal; a first light-emitting sub-circuit connects the writing node to or disconnects the writing node from the first light-emitting element under the control of the potential of the control terminal; the second light-emitting sub-circuit electrically connects the writing node to or electrically disconnects the writing node from the second light-emitting element under the control of the potential of the control terminal and the second light-emitting control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongni Liu
  • Patent number: 11659317
    Abstract: A user content audio signal is converted into sound that is delivered into an ear canal of a wearer of an in-ear speaker, while the in-ear speaker is sealing off the ear canal against ambient sound leakage. An acoustic or venting valve in the in-ear speaker is automatically signaled to open, so that sound inside the ear canal is allowed to travel out into an ambient environment through the valve, while activating conversion of an ambient content audio signal into sound for delivery into the ear canal. Both user content and ambient content are heard by the wearer. The ambient content audio signal is digitally processed so that certain frequency components have been gain adjusted, based on an equalization profile, so as to compensate for some of the insertion loss that is due to the in-ear speaker blocking the ear canal. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Scott C. Grinker
  • Patent number: 11659638
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) matrix driver includes a scan line switch coupled to a scan line of an LED matrix and adapted to be coupled to a signal ground; a first voltage clamp coupled to the scan line switch and the scan line; and a second voltage clamp coupled to the scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan He, Yang Wang, Haibin Shao, Shang Ding, Wei Xu, Qingjie Ma
  • Patent number: 11651729
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving method for a display device and a display device. The display device includes a display driver, the display driver includes a plurality of driving channels each of which drives corresponding display unit according to display data in a pulse width modulation manner within one frame period, the method comprises: selectively enabling, in each sub-frame subset among a plurality of different sub-frame subsets of the frame period, different channel subset among a plurality of channel subsets of the plurality of driving channels to drive corresponding display unit, wherein each channel subset of the plurality of channel subsets includes two or more driving channels among the plurality of driving channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Chun-Fu Lin, Po-Hsiang Fang, Ju-Lin Huang
  • Patent number: 11644899
    Abstract: Biometric enabled virtual reality (VR) systems and methods are disclosed for detecting user intention(s) and modulating virtual avatar control based on the user intention(s) for creation of virtual avatar(s) or object(s) in holographic space, two-dimensional (2D) virtual space, or three-dimensional (3D) virtual space. A virtual representation of an intended motion of a user corresponding to an intention of muscle activation of the user is determined based on analysis of a biometric signal data of the user as collected by a biometric detection device. The virtual representation of the intended motion is used to modulate virtual avatar control or output to create at least one of a virtual avatar representing aspect(s) of the user or an object manipulated by the user in a holographic space, virtual 2D space, or virtual 3D space. The avatar or the object is created based on: (1) the biometric signal data of a user, or (2) user-specific specifications as provided by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: COAPT LLC
    Inventors: Blair Andrew Lock, Levi John Hargrove
  • Patent number: 11645975
    Abstract: The present embodiments disclose a pixel driving circuit and a display device including the same. A pixel driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pixel circuit configured to control light-emission and non-emission of the luminous element in response to a control signal applied to each of a plurality of subframes constituting a frame during a light-emitting period and a second pixel circuit storing a bit value of image data in a data writing period and generating the control signal based on the bit value and a clock signal in the light-emitting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.
    Inventor: Jae Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11636802
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a technique for driving an LED display. In a method of controlling grayscale of pixels dividedly by N subframes (N is a natural number of 2 or greater), a pulse width modulation (PWM) control value of each subframe may be calculated by a precalculator disposed at a front end of latches, thereby simplifying a circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Ho Choi, Jang Su Kim, Ji Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11631368
    Abstract: A display device is able to be operated with a first state and a second state, and the display device includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units. When the display device is extended along a stretched direction from the first state to the second state, the substrate has a first width in the first state and a second width in the second state. The second width is greater than the first width. The plurality of light emitting units are disposed on the substrate, and the plurality of light emitting units can be in a mode of ON or in a mode of OFF. The light emitting units being in the mode of ON are in a number of N1 while in the first state. The light emitting units being in the mode of ON are in a number of N3 while in the second state, and N3>N1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Chan-Feng Chiu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11631367
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel unit located on a substrate and including a first micro-LED, a second pixel unit located on the substrate and including a second micro-LED having a differently colored emission and a different level of luminous efficiency from the first micro-LED, and an emission controller that controls light intensities of the first micro-LED and the second micro-LED. The first pixel unit includes a first current control switch and a first period control switch. The second pixel unit includes a second current control switch and a second period control switch. The first current control switch, the first period control switch, the second current control switch, and the second period control switch are connected to the emission controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Takanobu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11625094
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a method for designing an eye tracker on a wearable device includes selecting a first three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a head of a person, selecting a second 3D model of a wearable device, positioning a synthetic eye within the first 3D model, positioning an eye tracker component at a first location on the second 3D model, the eye tracker component including at least one of an eye tracker sensor or a light source, moving at least one of the first 3D model or the second 3D model such that at least a portion of the first 3D model contacts at least a portion of the second 3D model, and generating performance data with the eye tracker component positioned at the first location on the second 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Idris Syed Aleem, Andrew Logan
  • Patent number: 11614810
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an input device. The input device includes a circuit board, a wheel, a supporting frame, a push button switch and a tilt switch. The wheel has a rotary shaft. The supporting frame includes a body, an extension arm, a first and a second supporting portion. The wheel is pivotally connected to the body by the rotary shaft. The extension arm is disposed at the side edge of the body. The first and second supporting portion are connected to the body, where the second supporting portion is disposed between the rotary shaft and the first supporting portion. The push button switch is corresponding to the body. When the wheel is pressed, the body is driven to trigger the push button switch. The tilt switch is corresponding to the extension arm. When the wheel tilts, the extension arm is driven to trigger the tilt switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Tse Kao, Yu-Cheng Pan, Tsung-Yueh Yu
  • Patent number: 11615739
    Abstract: A method of compensating for change in pixel and a display device incorporating such method are presented. The method includes dividing pixels into groups including a previous group L?1, a current group L and a next group L+1; determining Aconverged[L] and Bconverged[L] for each pixel in the current group L; for each pixel in the current group L, determining a first moving average Amean[L] and a second moving average Bmean[L] as follows: A mean [ L ] = A ? mean [ L - 1 ] ? ( K - 1 ) + A [ L ] K , B mean [ L ] = B ? mean [ L - 1 ] ? ( K - 1 ) + B [ L ] K , wherein Amean[L?1] is a first moving average of a pixel in the corresponding column in the previous group L?1, Bmean[L?1] is a second moving average of a pixel in the corresponding column in the previous group L?1, and K is a moving average window; and for the next group L+1, setting a first initial value A0[L+1] and a second initial value A0[L+1] of each pixel to Amean[L] and Bmean[L].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyunglok Kim, Amir Amirkhany, Gaurav Malhotra
  • Patent number: 11615730
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a controller configured to determine a peak luminance based on a target luminance and a black duty ratio that is a ratio of a black insertion period to a sum of an image display period and the black insertion period, to determine gray-luminance information representing a plurality of luminances respectively corresponding to a plurality of gray levels based on the peak luminance and a target gamma value, and to generate gray-voltage information representing a plurality of voltage levels respectively corresponding to the plurality of gray levels based on a target white color coordinate and the gray-luminance information, a gray voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of gray voltages having the plurality of voltage levels based on the gray-voltage information, and a data driver configured to provide the plurality of gray voltages corresponding to output image data as data voltages to the plurality of pixels in the image display
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Hee Sook Park
  • Patent number: 11610537
    Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a pixel unit including first pixel rows connected to first scan lines and second pixel rows alternating with the first pixel rows and connected to second scan lines, a scan driver including first scan stages connected to the first scan lines and second scan stages connected to the second scan lines, and an emission driver including emission stages in which each of emission lines is connected to two or more pixel rows. Accordingly, the display device is capable of changing a display frequency and maintaining the same cycle in which luminance decreases when the display frequency is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Keun Lim, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Se Hyuk Park, Woo Mi Bae, Hyo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11610538
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and an emission driver. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver is configured to provide a gate signal to the pixel. The data driver is configured to provide a data voltage to the pixel. The emission driver is configured to provide an emission signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a light emitting element, a driving switching element and a bias switching element. The driving switching element is configured to apply a driving current to the light emitting element. The bias switching element is configured to provide a bias voltage to an input electrode of the driving switching element. A frequency of a bias gate signal applied to a control electrode of the bias switching element is greater than a frequency of a data write gate signal applied to the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Junhyun Park, Jangmi Kang, Minjae Jeong
  • Patent number: 11605337
    Abstract: The present embodiments disclose a pixel driving circuit and a display device including the same. A pixel driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pixel circuit configured to control light-emission and non-emission of the luminous element in response to a control signal applied to each of a plurality of subframes constituting a frame during a light-emitting period and a second pixel circuit storing a bit value of image data in a data writing period and generating the control signal based on the bit value and a clock signal in the light-emitting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.
    Inventor: Jae Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11594170
    Abstract: A micro light-emitting diode (LED) display panel is provided. The micro LED display panel includes a substrate and a driving layer. The driving layer is disposed on the substrate. The driving layer includes a micro LED and a photo sensor. When the micro LED emits light to a finger of a user, the photo sensor generates a sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan Hsieh, Hsin-Wei Mao
  • Patent number: 11586334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display portion, a display driver, a touch sensing portion, and a touch driver. The display portion includes data lines, scan lines, and pixels connected to the data lines and the scan lines. The display driver provides data signals to the data lines and sequentially provides scan signals to the scan lines. The touch sensing portion includes sensing electrodes. The touch driver senses a touch input based on a change of a capacitance between the sensing electrodes and calculates a movement speed of the touch input. When the movement speed of the touch input is greater than a reference speed, a first period in which the scan signals and the data signals are provided is reduced in a frame period in which a frame image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Seok Son, Myoung Ho Kwon, Jeong Kug Lee