Patents Examined by Ngan T Pham Lu
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Patent number: 11275455Abstract: Computing systems and input devices can include a chassis with a computing device and an input tool with a sensor, such as a pen- or rod-like input tool, that can be positioned relative to the chassis in multiple configurations. In one configuration, the tool can be spaced away from the chassis and its sensor output can cause a first output signal in response to input provided to the sensor. In another configuration, the tool can be contacting the chassis and its sensor output can cause a second output signal in response to input provided to the sensor. For example, an input tool can be stowed in a recess of a keyboard housing or device chassis, and the input tool can produce a first output when it is in the recess and a second input when it has been removed from the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Dinesh C. Mathew, John S. Camp
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Patent number: 11269127Abstract: Electrical equipment such as a tablet computer cover, a laptop computer, or other equipment may include keys. Each key may have a key member. Coatings such as opaque coating layers may be formed on the key members. Opaque coating layers may be patterned to form symbol-shaped openings associated with key labels. Opaque coating layers may also have recessed peripheral portions and other features to enhance the appearance of the keys. Metal coating layers such as physical vapor deposition metal layers may be incorporated into the keys. Key members may have outer surfaces and opposing inner surface on which patterned coating layers may be formed. Peripheral edge portions of the key members may extend between the outer and inner surfaces and may be coated with metal coating layers to form reflective metal trim structures. Backlight illumination for the keys may be formed form light sources such as light-emitting diodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Aidan N. Zimmerman, Michael Y. Cheung, Ming Yu
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Patent number: 11262967Abstract: A display device includes, a substrate, a pixel circuit disposed on the substrate, a light emitting element connected to the pixel circuit and, that emits light toward the substrate, an encapsulation layer that covers the light emitting element, and a panel driver disposed on the encapsulation layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit through a via line that penetrates the encapsulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Dae Ye, Jun Woo You, Dong Hyeon Lee, Tae Ho Lee
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Patent number: 11257453Abstract: A bluephase liquid crystal pixel circuit, which includes first to fifth electrical switches, a first capacitance, and a second capacitance. According to the bluephase liquid crystal pixel circuit, a data signal voltage of a panel can be significantly lowered to achieve a purpose of reducing power consumption, and a compensation effect for a threshold voltage may also be realized.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Inventor: Yan Xue
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Patent number: 11244653Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a driving method and driving device of a display panel and a display device. Under the partial display mode, different gamma curves may be called for different display regions, to drive different regions of the same picture. In one embodiment, a first gamma curve with relatively low brightness may be called for a first display region provided with an under screen sensor, that is, the first display region is driven by the first gamma curve with the relatively low brightness. A second gamma curve with relatively high brightness may be called for a second display region in normal display, that is, the second display region is driven by the second gamma curve with the relatively high brightness.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuejun Tang, Xudong Liang, Yongzhi Wang, Tao Peng
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Patent number: 11244640Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for adjusting luminance of a display device. The method of adjusting luminance of the display device includes: determining a gray scale level interval on a target gray scale curve based on a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value to be set; determining a target luminance value for each grayscale level of the display device on the target gray scale curve according to the gray scale level interval; and adjusting luminance of the grayscale level of the display device based on the determined target luminance value.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Xinshe Yin
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Patent number: 11237450Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel. The display panel includes a light switching layer, and a color film layer located on the light switching layer, wherein the color film layer includes a diffraction grating. The color film layer further includes a collimating layer located on a side of the diffraction grating facing away from the light switching layer. The color film layer further includes a light splitting layer located between the diffraction grating and the light switching layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Lianjie Qu, Kang Guo, Yonglian Qi, Hebin Zhao
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Patent number: 11227902Abstract: The present disclosure describes a light receiving IC, a proximity sensor and an electronic machine capable of expanding a display area of an electronic machine having a proximity sensor. A light receiving IC includes: a driving portion, driving an LED that emits light; and a light receiving element, detecting reflected light. The light receiving IC is disposed in a region that is under an OLED panel and is covered by the OLED panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshitsugu Uedaira
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Patent number: 11194428Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch screen and a pressure-sensitive touch method, and a display apparatus. In one embodiment, a touch screen includes: a touch sensing layer including a touch sensing area configured to sense touch information of a touch action; a pressure sensing layer including a pressure sensing area including a plurality of photosensitive devices therein, the pressure sensing area configured to sense pressure information of the touch action, the photosensitive devices being configured to receive optical signals from a light-emitting side of the touch screen and convert the optical signals into electrical signals; and a processor configured to process the electrical signals converted by the photosensitive devices and output corresponding pressure information, the pressure information at least comprising a pressure strength of the touch action.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhaohong Fu, Rui Guo, Zhiming Meng, Jianzi He, Junning Su, Xiaokang Hou
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Patent number: 11164501Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel is configured such that a first luminous intensity of a first sub-pixel is greater than a second luminous intensity of a second sub-pixel at a same driving current. A light blocking structure includes a grid-shaped grid line, the shortest distance between a first orthographic projection of a first sub-pixel onto a substrate and a third orthographic projection of the grid line onto the substrate is D1H along the row direction of an array, the shortest distance between a second orthographic projection of a second sub-pixel onto the substrate and the third orthographic projection of the grid line onto the substrate is D2H along the row direction of the array, where D1H<D2H.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Huiping Chai, Lijing Han
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Patent number: 11163411Abstract: A force detection apparatus is provided and includes a first electrode facing an input surface to which an object to be detected applies force, and configured to be supplied with a reference potential; a second electrode and a third electrode facing the first electrode; a first conductor arranged between the first electrode, and the second and third electrodes, and configured to be supplied with a drive signal; a first dielectric layer arranged between the first electrode and the first conductor; and a second dielectric layer arranged between the first conductor, and the second and third electrodes, wherein the second electrode is configured to be supplied with the reference potential, and wherein a signal that is same as the drive signal is supplied in synchronization with the drive signal to the third electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki, Shota Hosaka, Yosuke Nakamori
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Patent number: 11100876Abstract: The present application discloses a thin-film transistor-based latch circuit for latching a data voltage in a pixel circuit. The latch circuit includes an input terminal; a first node; an inverse node; a positive-feedback terminal coupled to the input terminal; a first control sub-circuit coupled respectively to the input terminal, the first node, a first power-supply port configured to be provided with a first voltage, and a second power-supply port configured to be provided with a second voltage; a second control sub-circuit coupled respectively to the input terminal, the first node, the inverse node, the first power-supply port, and the second power-supply port; and a third control sub-circuit coupled respectively to the inverse node, the positive-feedback terminal, the first power-supply port, and the second power-supply port.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xianjie Shao
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Patent number: 11094256Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a timing controller for calculating an On-Pixel Ratio (OPR) of input image data with respect to an arbitrary frame, and correcting the input image data, based on the OPR; and a data driver for generating a data signal, based on the corrected image data, and providing the data signal to the display panel. The OPRs are calculated in units of pixel rows.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hee Kwon Eun, Young Min Bae
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Patent number: 11081066Abstract: An electro-optic display including an array of pixel electrodes, where each row of pixel electrodes is associated with a source line, and that source line is connected to a drive chip with a T-wire that connects from the back of the substrate to the front of the substrate through a via. The vias are spaced out, such as in a zig-zag pattern or a pseudo-random pattern to reduce the capacitive coupling between the T-wires when adjacent pixels are driven, for example when presenting text characters.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Chih-Hsiang Ho, Yi Lu, Yuval Ben-Dov, Teck Ping Sim
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Patent number: 11068108Abstract: An input device capable of precisely determining presence or absence of a specific non-contact operation on an operation screen is provided. An input device includes a display control unit that displays an operation screen on a display surface, a first detection unit that detects a passing state of an object in a first sensing layer in air formed to face the display surface, a second detection unit that detects a passing state of the object in a second sensing layer in air formed between the display surface and the first sensing layer, and a determination unit that determines presence or absence of the specific non-contact operation performed by the object based on respective detection results of the first detection unit and the second detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Manabu Murayama
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Patent number: 11056053Abstract: A display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a degradation compensator configured to output compensation data based on age values of the plurality of pixels and an input grayscale value of input image data, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the display panel, and a data driver configured to supply a data signal corresponding to the compensation data to the display panel. The degradation compensator includes a first compensation unit configured to generate a first compensation grayscale value with reference to the input grayscale value and a first age value, and a second compensation unit configured to generate a second compensation grayscale value with reference to the first compensation grayscale value and the first age value.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Dong Hak Pyo, Seung Ho Park, Kyoung Ho Lim, Sang Myeon Han
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Patent number: 11054646Abstract: A head-mounted device may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have displays that produce images. The optical system may have Fresnel lenses through which a user of the head-mounted device may view the images. The Fresnel lenses may have concentric rings with slope facets and draft facets angled parallel to the chief rays. Light scattering in the Fresnel lenses may be reduced by coating the draft facets with opaque masking material and/or by aligning concentric rings of the opaque masking material that are supported on a transparent substrate with the draft facets. A central portion of the Fresnel lens that is free of facets may be enlarged to reduce scattering. The Fresnel lenses may have wedge-shaped cross-sectional profiles and may have outer portions that are thicker than inner portions. Gradient-index material may be used in forming the Fresnel lenses.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Victoria C. Chan, John N. Border, Jeffrey C. Olson, Yury A. Petrov, Edward S. Huo, Brandon Clarke
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Patent number: 11046452Abstract: A head-up display may include a combiner, a projector, a supplemental indicator, and a processor communicatively coupled to the supplemental indicator and the projector. The projector may be configured to project images onto or through the combiner. The combiner may be configured to present the images to a user. The supplemental indicator may be configured to visibly present supplemental information to the user. The processor may be configured to output image data signals to the projector, wherein the image data signals may be configured to cause the projector to project the images onto or through the combiner. The processor may be further configured to output supplemental indicator signals to the supplemental indicator, wherein the supplemental indicator signals may be configured to cause the supplemental indicator to visibly present the supplemental information to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Raghunath Viswanatha, Daniel Y. Chiew
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Patent number: 11011112Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting display panel including: a first pixel driving circuit driving a first sub-pixel and including first driving transistors, and a second pixel driving circuit driving a second sub-pixel and including one or more second driving transistors. An operating current of the first sub-pixel at a preset grayscale is n times an operating current of the second sub-pixel at the preset grayscale, n?1.5. The first driving transistor includes first and second driving sub-transistors. The first driving sub-transistor has a gate electrode electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second driving sub-transistor, a first electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the second driving sub-transistor, and a second electrode electrically connected to a second electrode of the second driving sub-transistor. The number of the one or more second driving transistors is smaller than the number of the first driving transistors.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yue Li, Xingyao Zhou, Mengmeng Zhang, Shuai Yang, Zhi Liu, Zhe Zhao
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Patent number: 11009713Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) includes a set of one or more lenses defining an optical axis, a display configured to project light through the set of the one or more lenses, a voice coil actuator coupled with the display and configured to move the display along the optical axis, and a first guide that is slidingly coupled with the first voice coil actuator to guide the movement of the first display. The HMD additionally includes a set of one or more position sensors configured to determine a position of the display long the optical axis and an electronic controller configured to receive information identifying a reference position of the display along the optical axis and generate one or more electrical signals for initiating a movement of the first display toward the first reference point along the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Joyce Fang, Nicholas Colonnese, Bruce A. Cleary, Ryan Michael Ebert, Douglas Robert Lanman