Patents Examined by Nitin Patel
  • Patent number: 11200851
    Abstract: In a display device having a non-rectangular display panel, when the display panel is divided into a rectangular region and a non-rectangular region by a boundary line extending in a same direction as scanning lines, light emission control lines are driven so that a length of a first non-light emission period in which pixel circuits in each row in the rectangular region are in a non-light emission state and a length of a second non-light emission period in which the pixel circuits in each row in the non-rectangular region are in the non-light emission state are different. With this, a luminance difference that occurs near a boundary between the rectangular region and the non-rectangular region is suppressed, and display quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigetsugu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11177453
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises: a substrate comprising a display area where a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged and a non-display area surrounding the display area; a data driver disposed in the non-display area of the substrate; a GIP driver disposed in the non-display area, adjacent to the display area; data link lines extending from the data driver to the display area; gate link lines extending from the GIP driver to the display area; and a passivation film disposed on the gate link lines, wherein the passivation film comprises one or more passivation holes that are arranged between the gate link lines, at the intersections of the data link lines and the gate link lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11157120
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels disposed in a display region; a pressure sensor disposed to overlap with the display panel, the pressure sensor including a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a touch region; a bump structure disposed on at least one of a first surface and a second surface of the pressure sensor to be separated from the sensor electrodes; and a housing supporting the display panel, the pressure sensor, and the bump structure. The bump structure includes a plurality of bumps distributed on respective coordinate points at which the sensor electrodes are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ki Hong, Tae Hee Lee, Rang Kyun Mok, Won Sang Park
  • Patent number: 11138939
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit and display apparatus, which is capable of outputting signals of positive and negative pulse waveforms using a simplified circuit design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liuqi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11137613
    Abstract: An adjusting apparatus and a head-mounted display device, which includes: a runner, an interpupillary distance adjusting component and an object distance adjusting component; where, the interpupillary distance adjusting component includes: a first screw, and an interpupillary distance adjusting actuator engaged with the first screw; the object distance adjusting component includes: a second screw, and an object distance adjusting actuator engaged with the second screw; a through hole is formed on a center of the runner, the through hole, and the first screw and the second screw are coaxial; when the runner moves onto the first screw, the runner is connected with the first screw through a connection structure, and the runner drives the first screw to rotate together; when the runner moves onto the second screw, the runner is connected with the second screw through a connection structure, and the runner drives the second screw to rotate together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GOERTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiangdong Lan
  • Patent number: 11127352
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit including: a first electrostatic discharge diode including a cathode to receive a first voltage, and an anode connected to a sensing line; a first switching element to determine the first voltage as a precharging voltage applied to a source terminal of the driving transistor when a sensing operation is performed, and to determine the first voltage as a maximum voltage used in a display panel when the sensing operation is not performed; a second electrostatic discharge diode including a cathode connected to the sensing line, and an anode configured to receive a second voltage; and a second switching element configured to determine the second voltage as the precharging voltage when the sensing operation is performed, and to determine the second voltage as a minimum voltage used in the display panel when the sensing operation is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Cheol Kang, Ha Neul Kim, Dae-Gwang Jang, Young-Soo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11125998
    Abstract: An apparatus including an internal optical projection element configured to project light internally towards an eye of a user of the apparatus; an external optical projection element configured to project light externally away from an eye of the user of the apparatus; and one or more optical engines configured to provide light to the internal optical projection element and the external optical projection element. The apparatus preferably further includes a light guide with diffractive in and out-coupling elements and is configured as a head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Toni Jarvenpaa, Erika Reponen, Andres Lucero, Akos Vetek
  • Patent number: 11127354
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a first region and a second region at one side of the first region; a plurality of pixels in the first region; a first gate line connected to a first pixel among the pixels; a second gate line connected to a second pixel among the pixels; a first capacitor in the second region; and a first selector configured to select one of the first gate line and the second gate line and connect the selected one to the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Shin, Jun Hee Moon
  • Patent number: 11126392
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of omitting a device discovery process and a service discovery process and simplifying a W-Fi Direct connection procedure includes a memory; a display; communication circuitry configured to communicate with the server and the source device; and a controller configured to execute the screen mirroring service with the source device. The controller is configured to, when a start command of the screen mirroring service is input by a user, control the display to display the source device connected to a cloud account, in response to an input of the user who selects the source device, to perform the Wi-Fi Direct connection with the source device based on first Wi-Fi Direct configuration information stored in the memory and second Wi-Fi Direct configuration information obtained from the server, and to control the display to output a screen of the source device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wha Seob Sim, Je Ik Kim
  • Patent number: 11119598
    Abstract: A piezoelectric touch device is provided. According to a first aspect, a piezoelectric touch device comprises: a conductive support structure comprising an inseparable section as a bridge separated by a first opening; a piezoelectric element configured to provide a touch sensing and a haptic feedback; connection pads configured to form an electrically connected circuit for the piezoelectric element, wherein the piezoelectric element is electrically connected to the connection pads, and wherein the bridge comprises one of the connection pads and the conductive support structure comprises another of the connection pads; a second opening next to the another connection pad allowing the piezoelectric element to bend freely. The piezoelectric touch device for touch sensing and haptic feedback may be consequently manufactured with an improved manufacturability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Aito BV
    Inventors: Pauli Laitinen, Jockum Lönnberg, Ferdinand Van Der Neut, Jari Heikki Antero Toropainen
  • Patent number: 11114028
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device capable of determining the characteristics of the light emitting diode without having to consider various factors dependent upon the manufacturing process. The light emitting diode includes an internal resistor and a parasitic capacitor. The light emitting diode is connected to a sensing circuit including an integrator that has a sensing resistor and a feedback capacitor. Based on a first sensing of a pixel along a first sensing path and a second sensing of the pixel along the second sensing path, the sensing circuit senses a first charge amount from the first sensing path and a second charge amount from the second sensing path. The characteristics of the light emitting diode can be determined by dividing the first charge amount and the second charge amount, which is based on the ratio of the sensing resistor and the internal resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Munchae Yoon, Sungwon Lee, Sungwook Choi
  • Patent number: 11106772
    Abstract: A piezo haptic keyboard and touchpad user identification system may comprise a processor receiving an authenticating user input identifying an authorized user of the information handling system, and a controller operably connected to a plurality of piezo electric elements situated beneath the keyboard. The controller may detect haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters describing characteristics of a plurality of deformations of the piezo electric elements during interaction between the authorized user and the keyboard, and the processor may use machine learning to identify a repeated pattern of values for a combination of the haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters reoccurring during interaction between the authorized user and keyboard. The processor may associate the repeated pattern of values for the combination of the haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters with the authorized user for later, passive authentication of a user based on typing dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Michiel Knoppert, Priyank Gajiwala, Frank van Valkenhoef
  • Patent number: 11106034
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes an optical assembly and an actuator. The actuator includes a movement mechanism configured to adjust a position of an optical component within the optical assembly, a locking-release mechanism configured to modify operation of the movement mechanism upon detection of a dynamic event, and a dampening mechanism configured to control positional changes of the optical component during the dynamic event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Tao, Aidan N. Zimmerman, Phil M. Hobson, Jeremy C. Franklin, Ivan S. Maric, Jason C. Sauers, Jan K. Quijalvo, Eric N. Vergo
  • Patent number: 11097616
    Abstract: The operating device for a vehicle component, in particular a human machine interface (HMI) for vehicles, is provided with a housing, comprising a front wall having a front face in particular with a display surface and a rear face facing away from the front face, and an operating element unit which is positioned and/or can be positioned on and/or in front of the front wall of the housing for manually triggering operating functions and/or for manually adjusting parameters of operating functions for a vehicle component. The operating element unit comprises at least one operating element, a display element and/or a display device, an evaluating and control unit assigned to the at least one operating element and to the display element or the display device, and an energy supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus-Martin Masthoff, Tobias Schwab, Matthias Stallein
  • Patent number: 11094270
    Abstract: A display device and a drive method, the display device including: an edge-lit backlight module; a liquid crystal display panel positioned on the light-emergent side of the edge-lit backlight module; and a polymer liquid crystal film positioned between the liquid crystal display panel and the edge-lit backlight module, and including a plurality of closely arranged independent dimming areas, each dimming area being configured for independent control of light transmittance. The present display device takes advantage of the characteristics of the polymer liquid crystal film, loading different driving voltages in different dimming areas and changing the transmittance of the polymer liquid crystal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianyong Gao, Qiang Yu, Fanjian Zeng, Siqing Fu, Xu Lu, Liang Gao, Sijun Lei
  • Patent number: 11094897
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible display device including: a housing comprising an accommodating chamber, a first opening is formed at one end of accommodating chamber; a flexible display screen accommodated in the accommodating chamber, the flexible display screen includes a substrate, a first infrared receiving circuit formed on one side of the substrate, and an anode formed on a side of the first infrared receiving circuit away from the substrate; a hole through are formed on the anode, orthographic projections of the hole, onto the substrate cover an orthographic projection of the first infrared receiving circuit onto the substrate; an infrared transmitting circuit arranged in the first opening; a reel is arranged in the accommodating chamber; a control circuit signal-connected with the first infrared receiving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shicheng Sun, Jonguk Kwak, Dawei Shi, Weixin Meng, Kai Zhang, Wei Zhang, Shuang Hu
  • Patent number: 11093072
    Abstract: A touch display panel includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a plurality of pixels at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode opposite to the pixel electrode. The common electrodes are distributed in a plurality of touch regions arranged in an array and independent of each other. Each of the touch regions includes at least one connecting line extending in the first direction and a respective touch signal line electrically connected to the at least one connecting line and extending in the second direction. Each of the at least one connecting line electrically connects together respective ones of the plurality of common electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuquan Hu, Xiaoye Ma, Rui Ma
  • Patent number: 11086177
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a gate line, a data line, and a pixel. The pixel includes first and second pixels displaying grayscales different from each other in response to a data voltage provided through the data line. The first pixel includes a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a first terminal connected to the data line and a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to a second terminal of the first transistor. The second pixel includes a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to a second terminal of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gichang Lee, Insoo Wang
  • Patent number: 11087555
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a system for enabling two or more users to interact within a virtual world comprising virtual world data, comprising a computer network comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices comprising memory, processing circuitry, and software stored at least in part in the memory and executable by the processing circuitry to process at least a portion of the virtual world data; wherein at least a first portion of the virtual world data originates from a first user virtual world local to a first user, and wherein the computer network is operable to transmit the first portion to a user device for presentation to a second user, such that the second user may experience the first portion from the location of the second user, such that aspects of the first user virtual world are effectively passed to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Miller, Rony Abovitz
  • Patent number: 11067809
    Abstract: The disclosed display system may include (1) a display element that is transparent and includes a first surface facing a viewing region and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface facing an external environment, (2) a light-blocking shutter that faces and overlaps at least a portion of the second surface of the display element, (3) a display-driving subsystem that displays images visible to a user at the viewing region via display light emitted from the first surface of the display element during active display intervals, and (4) a shutter-driving subsystem that alternately switches the state of the light-blocking shutter between a blocking state during the active display intervals and a pass-through state during inactive display intervals when the display light is not emitted from the display element. Various other systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jasmine Soria Sears, Gareth Valentine