Patents Examined by Nathan Danielsen
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Patent number: 11227538Abstract: Provided is a display panel and a display apparatus, the display panel includes a regular display area including first pixel units and first pixel driving circuits, and a light-transmitting display area including second pixel units and second pixel driving circuits; the first pixel units include first light-emitting devices electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuits; the second pixel units have smaller density than the first pixel units, and the second pixel units in adjacent rows are arranged in a staggered manner; the second pixel unit includes second light-emitting devices electrically connected to the second pixel driving circuits; the second pixel driving circuits electrically connected to the second light-emitting devices in at least two columns are located in the same column, and the second pixel driving circuits in the same column and connected to the second light-emitting devices in different columns are respectively connected to different data signal wires.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: WuHan TianMa Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xingxing Yang, Yangzhao Ma
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Patent number: 11222582Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate and the electronic device also includes a light-emitting element, a sensing element and a black matrix disposed on the substrate. The sensing element is disposed adjacent to the light-emitting element. The black matrix has a plurality of openings and a light-shielding portion. The electronic device further includes a driving element disposed adjacent to and electrically connected to the light-emitting element. The sensing element includes a first thin-film transistor, and the driving element includes a second thin-film transistor. In a normal direction of the substrate, one of the openings is disposed corresponding to the sensing element, and the light-shielding portion is disposed corresponding to the driving element.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Li-Wei Mao, Shun-Yuan Hu
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Patent number: 11222595Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes: a plurality of stages, a k-th stage from among the plurality of stages, the k-th stage including: an input circuit to receive a previous carry signal and to pre-charge a first node; a first output circuit to output a k-th gate signal; a second output circuit to output a k-th carry signal; a discharge hold circuit to transmit a clock signal to a second node, and to discharge the second node with a second low voltage; a first pull down circuit to discharge the k-th gate signal with a first low voltage, and to discharge the first node and the k-th carry signal with the second low voltage; and a discharge circuit for discharging the k-th carry signal with the second low voltage in response to the previous carry signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehoon Lee, Bonghyun You, Soo-yeon Lee, Seokha Hong
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Patent number: 11218691Abstract: A system for content upsampling comprises a console and a head-mounted display (HMD). The console can select content for presentation and provide the content at a first frame rate. The HMD outputs fast calibration data comprising one or more intermediate estimated positions of a reference point on the HMD. The HMD estimates future positions of the HMD using the fast calibration data, and generates synthetic frames using frames from the content and the future positions of the HMD. The HMD then upsamples the content from the first frame rate to a second frame using the synthetic frames to generate augmented content, wherein the second frame rate is faster than the first frame rate. The HMD presents the augmented content at the second frame rate via an electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Warren Andrew Hunt, Devin Boyer, Nathan Bialke, William Howe-Lott, Hung Huu Nguyen
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Patent number: 11210978Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a non-display area outside the display area, a pad area located in the non-display area, and a bending area between the display area and the pad area. The display apparatus includes a first voltage line having a first main voltage line disposed between the display area and the bending area, and a first connection portion protruding from the first main voltage line, extending toward the pad area, and crossing the bending area. The display apparatus includes a fan-out portion disposed between the display area and the pad area on the substrate and including conductive lines that connect the display area to the pad area, and a strain gauge disposed in the bending area. The strain gauge overlaps the first connection portion of the first voltage line in the bending area.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minhyuk Im, Kichang Lee, Yeongbong Kang, Seongsik Ahn, Myoungha Jeon, Sujin Jung, Sangkyu Choi
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Patent number: 11183124Abstract: A scan driver for a display device includes a plurality of stages outputting scan signals. A first stage of the plurality of stages includes first to sixth transistors connected to a first carry clock line, a carry line, a previous carry line, and a second carry clock line. In a first frame period, the second carry clock line is configured to receive a second carry clock signal having at least one pulse with substantially the same phase as at least one of first pulses of a first carry clock signal to be applied to the first carry clock line.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yang Hwa Choi, Bo Yong Chung, Tak Young Lee, Sang Uk Lim
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Patent number: 11170708Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gamma correcting method and device, a display device, and a computer storage medium, which belong to the field of display technologies. The method includes: acquiring measurement data of a first display panel, wherein the measurement data includes m display brightness levels to be compensated and m sets of compensation parameters corresponding to the m display brightness levels, where m is a positive integer; and compensating a second display panel at a corresponding display brightness level with the m sets of compensation parameters respectively, wherein the second display panel and the first display panel have same structure and material.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Yu, Chuanyan Lan, Xin Wang
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Patent number: 11170680Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for acquiring Mura compensation data, a computer device and a storage medium, in which one or more Mura areas in a display panel are determined according to brightness data of a detection picture, and one or more Mura areas in the display panel are graded, and then compensation data of the display panel is determined according to the Mura level and the brightness data of the detection picture.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaodi Lv, Xiaobao Zhang, Jinquan Zhang
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Storage medium, expansion base and operation method thereof combined with portable electronic device
Patent number: 11164538Abstract: The disclosure provides a storage medium, an expansion base and an operation method thereof combined with a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device is pre-installed with an application program and includes a touch screen. The expansion base is paired with the portable electronic device and accommodates the portable electronic device. When the portable electronic device is accommodated inside the expansion base, a touch window on the surface of the expansion base exposes at least a portion of the touch screen, and the portable electronic device executes the application program to automatically adjust a size or a display position of a display image of the touch screen to correspond to the touch window.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Che-Wei Liang, Xiu-Yu Lin, Yi-Han Liao, Sheng-Chieh Tang, Chieh-Yu Chan, Chiao-Tsu Chiang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Wei-Chih Hsu, Li-Fang Chen, Yi-Jing Lin -
Patent number: 11144121Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a user input device and methods related to the use thereto. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a flexible fabric attachable to a user having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be moveable in relation to the second portion. The embodiment may further include a controller configured to identify an input configuration based on a position of the first portion relative to a position of the second portion within a three-dimensional space. The embodiment may further include a haptic feedback structure disposed adjacent the flexible fabric and configured to provide haptic feedback based on the input configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Zheng Gao, Reza Nasiri Mahalati, Ray L. Chang
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Patent number: 11137898Abstract: A device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying a plurality of settings controls are disclosed. An example method includes: at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display: while displaying a home screen user interface, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display; and in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive display: in accordance with a determination that the gesture is a first swipe gesture in a first direction, displaying a plurality of application images that corresponds to at least some of a plurality of recently used applications; and in accordance with a determination that the gesture is a second swipe gesture in a second direction distinct from the first direction, displaying a settings user interface that includes one or more media player controls for adjusting media playback at the multifunction device.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Lawrence Yang, Alessandro Sabatelli, Brian Schmitt
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Patent number: 11137858Abstract: Location-based swing compensation for touch sensor panels can improve touch sensing performance. Due to differences in impedance characteristics of touch nodes at different locations in a touch sensor panel (due to differences in routing to touch nodes and due to differences in impedance with respect to ground (loading effects) of touch nodes), touch nodes can have non-uniform bandwidth characteristics which can manifest as non-uniform signal and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) across the touch sensor panel. Additionally, the non-uniform signal can reduce the effectiveness of bootstrapping. Swing compensated stimulation signals can be applied to various touch nodes based on location and/or impedance characteristics of the various touch nodes. For example, the stimulation voltage can be increased for touch nodes with longer and/or thinner routing traces so that the signal at the touch node can be uniform with other touch nodes whose routing may be shorter and/or thicker.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Albert Lin, Shwetabh Verma, Sumant Ranganathan
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Patent number: 11132934Abstract: A shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, a display device, and a driving method are provided. The shift register unit includes an input circuit, an output circuit, and a first node control circuit. The input circuit is configured to charge a first node in response to an input signal; the output circuit is configured to output an output signal at an output terminal under control of a level signal of the first node; and the first node control circuit is configured to receive a precharge control signal from a precharge control terminal and charge the first node in response to the precharge control signal before the output terminal outputs the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yongxian Xie, Jinliang Liu, Hui Wang, Miao Zhang
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Patent number: 11120745Abstract: A scan driver including stages that are connected to scan lines respectively and supply scan signals to the scan lines in response to voltages of 11th and 12th nodes, and a selective drive circuit that is connected to i (i is a natural number of 2 or greater) stages and includes a first node and a second node. Each of the stages includes a first connection transistor that is connected between the first node and the 11th node and a second connection transistor that is connected between the second node and the 12th node. The first connection transistor and the second connection transistor are turned on by a second control signal to electrically connect the first node to the 11th node and the second node to the 12th node, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jong Hee Kim
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Patent number: 11099388Abstract: A display managing method for managing the display of an image to a user of an optical system comprising at least a see-through displaying device arranged and configured to display the image towards an eye of the user and an optical lens designed to be placed in front of the eye of the user and having an optical function. The method includes: an optical function data providing step, during which optical function data relating to the optical function of the optical lens are provided; and a display parameter determining step, during which a value of at least one display parameter is determined based at least on the optical function data.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Essilor InternationalInventors: Denis Rousseau, Benoit Callier, Marion Swital
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Patent number: 11093009Abstract: A touch module includes a touchpad assembly and a connection assembly. The connection assembly includes a main body, plural first coupling plates and plural protrusion posts. When the connection assembly is accommodated within a computer casing, the plural first coupling plates are penetrated through plural first openings of the computer casing and the plural protrusion posts are inserted into the corresponding fixing structures. The plural protrusion posts and the corresponding fixing structures are collaboratively formed as a hinge structure. While the touchpad assembly is pressed down, the connection assembly is swung relative to the computer casing by using the plural protrusion posts as the pivotal shafts, so that the touchpad assembly is correspondingly swung. Due to the hinge structure, the touchpad assembly is swung along a fixed direction. Consequently, the touch module is operated stably.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Tai-Sou Huang, Shao-Ju Yen
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Patent number: 11093039Abstract: The invention relates to a control interface for a motor vehicle, said interface including: a capacitive touch panel (9) including at least one locating capacitive sensor (17) defining a detecting surface and configured to locate a finger of a user on this detecting surface of the capacitive touch panel (9), and a display module (3) comprising a display screen (5). The capacitive touch panel (9) furthermore includes at least one contactless sensor (19) forming a distance meter configured to measure contactlessly a measurement value proportional to the distance between the contactless sensor (19) forming the distance meter and a metal element (7) borne by the display module (3), and the capacitive touch panel (9) is listened to the display screen (5) by way of a transparent elastic optical adhesive layer (21) allowing a relative movement between said capacitive touch panel (9) and the display screen (5) when a user presses on the capacitive touch panel (9).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Inventor: Anthony Aubry
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Patent number: 11086455Abstract: Disclosed herein is a circuit including a driver circuit applying a received drive signal to a capacitive sensing line of a capacitive touch panel as a boosted drive signal, the driver circuit powered by a boosted supply voltage. A charge pump circuit receives an input supply voltage and output the boosted supply voltage, the charge pump circuit including a voltage sensing circuit to sense the boosted supply voltage and a comparison circuit to compare the sensed boosted supply voltage to a threshold and produce a comparison signal. A control circuit determines a ratio of a pulse width of the comparison signal to the drive signal, and tunes operation of the charge pump circuit to drive the ratio to match a performance threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte LtdInventors: Abhishek Singh, Hugo Gicquel
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Patent number: 11081032Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to control circuitry for displays. A display control circuitry includes a plurality of amplifiers to drive gamma signals for a pixel array having a plurality of pixels of a display and a segmented resistor string coupled to the plurality of amplifiers. The resistor string includes a plurality of resistor segments with a resistor segment being designed with a modified resistance to modify display performance parameters including at least one of a settling time of an associated gamma signal, a power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of an amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers, or an output voltage offset of an amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Shatam Agarwal
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Patent number: 11067436Abstract: The proposed concept relates to an optical sensor arrangement comprising an optical sensor with an integrated circuit arranged in or on a substrate. The substrate comprises at least a first surface area and a second surface area. At least one optically active sensor component is arranged on or in the substrate of the first surface area. The optically active sensor component is arranged for emitting and/or detecting light of a desired wavelength range. Optically inactive sensor circuitry is arranged on or in the substrate of the second surface area. A display panel comprises an active display area and a non-active display area, wherein the non-active display area comprises a material which is optically transparent in the desired wavelength range and wherein the non-active display area at least partly frames the active display layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: AMS AGInventors: Bernhard Greimel-Längauer, Franz Lechner, Josef Kriebernegg, Herbert Lenhard, Manuel Hoerbinger, Dan Jacobs