Patents Examined by Parul H Gupta
  • Patent number: 11024399
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a gate drive circuit, a display device and a driving method are disclosed. A shift register unit includes an input circuit, a first node reset circuit, an output circuit and a touch noise reduction circuit. The input circuit is configured to control a level of a first node in response to an input signal; the first node reset circuit is configured to reset the first node in response to a reset signal; the output circuit is configured to output a driving signal to an output terminal under control of the level of the first node; and the touch noise reduction circuit is configured to reset the first node in response to a touch start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuebo Liang, Zhi Zhang, Xiuzhu Tang, Shuai Chen, Jingpeng Zhao, Xing Dong, Qian Qian, Taoliang Tang, Lijun Xiong, Zhenguo Tian, Shuang Hu, Hui Li
  • Patent number: 11018655
    Abstract: A level shift block of a level shift circuit includes a level shifter by which an amplitude level of a signal to drive a P-type transistor is extended to a negative side, and a level shifter by which an amplitude level of a signal to drive an N-type transistor is extended to a positive side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TOREY MICROELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Kaname Yamano
  • Patent number: 11017736
    Abstract: A display device may include a data driver that outputs a previous data voltage and a current data voltage, respectively, at an output terminal, to be applied to a pixel of a display panel in respective time intervals. A switch is controlled to open and close a circuit path between the output terminal and a data line coupled to the pixel. A capacitor stores an overdriving voltage. At least one further switch selectively applies the overdriving voltage to the data line from the capacitor when the circuit path is open and thereby enables a rapid transition of a voltage level of the data line between the previous and current data voltages, when the current and previous data voltages are to differ by more than a predetermined amount. As an example, the rapid transition between the previous and current data voltages may serve to minimize a color mixture phenomenon between pixels connected to a common data line and representing different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Boyeon Kim, Wontae Kim, Taegon Im
  • Patent number: 10976848
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate; a display area defined on the substrate and on which a plurality of pixels are disposed; a pad area defined on the substrate and on which a plurality of pads are disposed; a circuit area including a plurality of multiplexer circuits disposed between the display area and the pad area; a touch sensor part including a plurality of touch electrodes disposed at the display area; a plurality of touch electrode lines connecting the plurality of touch electrodes and the plurality of multiplexer circuits; and a touch wiring connecting the plurality of multiplexer circuits and the plurality of pads, wherein the plurality of multiplexer circuits selectively connects a touch electrode line among the plurality of touch electrode lines with the touch wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruda Rhe, JiHyun Jung, Hyangmyoung Gwon, JaeGyun Lee, Jungho Jo
  • Patent number: 10969876
    Abstract: A mobile computing device has a display and a user interface UI input device that has a control system for manipulating displayed data. The display and UI can be part of a touchscreen or the UI can be decoupled as an input device that is separate from the display. The UI can be used for scrolling, zooming, and selecting specific data on the visual display. The basic operation of the UI includes a touch circle being formed around a control point where the user touches the touchscreen. The user can swipe on the touchscreen with radial and arcuate gestures which can be interpreted by the UI for zooming, selecting, and inputting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Zachary Michaels, Charlotte Maumus
  • Patent number: 10963061
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing limited duration haptic effects are disclosed. Systems for providing limited duration haptic effects include sensors, control circuits, and vibration actuators configured closed loop feedback control of the vibration actuators. The sensors are configured to measure motion characteristics induced by the vibration actuators. The control circuits are configured to receive motion characteristic information from the sensors and provide closed loop feedback control of the vibration actuators. Closed loop feedback control permits precise control of vibration actuator output during limited duration haptic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Danny A. Grant, Christopher J. Ullrich
  • Patent number: 10955663
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine whether a state of a user that views a virtual space is a predetermined state, based on state information indicating the state of the user and condition information for determining that the user is in the predetermined state; and start collection of log information upon determining that the state of the user is the predetermined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuya Yonezawa, Ryuta Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10946744
    Abstract: A device includes a vehicle information acquisition part configured to acquire vehicle information containing a vehicle speed, a visibility information acquisition part configured to acquire visibility information on a road for travelling, a virtual vehicle video generation part configured to generate a virtual vehicle video of a virtual vehicle, which is to be moving ahead of a host vehicle in the same direction as the host vehicle, and a projection control part configured to control projection of the virtual vehicle video by a projection unit, such that a virtual image of the virtual vehicle video generated by the virtual vehicle video generation part is visually recognized in front of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Matsumoto, Makoto Kurihara
  • Patent number: 10948742
    Abstract: An eye-mounted display includes a scleral contact lens with one or more femtoprojectors that project images onto the user's retina. The scleral contact lens has a non-circular perimeter, for example elongated along the direction of the eye opening. The non-circular shape can result in less slippage and/or rotation of the contact lens relative to the eye. If the contact lens is elongated (compared to traditional circular lenses), then it can contain conductive coils that enclose a larger area. Thus, the lens increases coupling efficiency for power or data transfer. There can also be more space within the contact lens for payloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Tectus Corporation
    Inventor: Kuang-mon Ashley Tuan
  • Patent number: 10943955
    Abstract: A pixel arrangement structure, a display substrate, a display device, and a mask plate set are provided. In the pixel arrangement structure, a first virtual rectangle includes one first color sub-pixel block, one second color sub-pixel block, and one third color sub-pixel block, the first virtual rectangle includes a first edge and a second edge; a distance between the second color sub-pixel block and the first edge and a distance between the third color sub-pixel block and the first edge are both smaller than a distance between the first color sub-pixel block and the first edge; and a center of the first color sub-pixel block is located on the perpendicular bisector of the first edge and a distance between the center of the first color sub-pixel block and the first edge is approximately ½ to ¾ of a length of the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongli Wang, Lujiang Huangfu
  • Patent number: 10943559
    Abstract: A display driver IC includes a register map, an oscillator, a timing controller, an oscillator scatter, and an intellectual property (IP) block. The register map is configured to store a trim code of a fixed frequency and scatter option information. The oscillator is configured to generate an oscillator clock based on the trim code. The timing controller is configured to generate an internal synchronization signal based on the oscillator clock. The oscillator scatter is configured to output a modified trim code to the oscillator based on the trim code, the scatter option information, and the internal synchronization signal. The intellectual property (IP) block is configured to receive a modified oscillator clock generated in the oscillator based on the modified trim code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Su Park
  • Patent number: 10930219
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower (L) and higher (M, H) resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Jason C. Sauers, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, David W. Lum, Chun-Yao Huang, Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov, Graham B. Myhre, Bennett S. Wilburn, Paolo Sacchetto, Shih Chang Chang, Wonjae Choi, Cheuk Chi Lo
  • Patent number: 10921588
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display panel and an optical element. The display panel includes a display surface. The display surface extends in a first direction, extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first direction corresponds to a parallax direction of user's eyes seeing an image. The display surface curves around a central axis extending in the second direction. The display surface includes subpixels arranged in a grid pattern in the first direction and the second direction within the display surface. The optical element is arranged along the display surface, and the optical element includes strip-shaped regions, each of which extends in a certain direction. The optical element is configured to define a beam direction of image light emitted from the subpixels. The display surface forms an arc in a cross-section that is orthogonal to the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Kusafuka
  • Patent number: 10908727
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device having a first touch sensor array and a fingerprint sensor includes receiving a first touch at the fingerprint sensor, in a fingerprint sensing mode: receiving first touch data associated with the first touch to a fingerprint controller, and authenticating a user based on the first touch data, and in a touch sensing mode: transmitting the first touch data associated with the first touch to a second controller, wherein the fingerprint sensor and the first touch sensor array form a combined touchpad in the touch sensing mode, and determining a touch location on the combined touchpad based on the first touch data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Neil Patrick Adams
  • Patent number: 10902777
    Abstract: A display driver is disclosed that reduces first frame dimming and flicker in light-emitting diode pixels of a display device. The display driver may receive a display brightness value and determine a value of a dynamic supply voltage parameter based on the display brightness value. Over a first time interval, the display driver may apply a supply voltage that is based on the dynamic supply voltage parameter to one of a gate of a drive transistor of a light-emitting-diode circuit and a channel of the drive transistor. Over a second time interval, the display driver may apply a parking voltage to an anode of a light-emitting diode of the light-emitting-diode circuit and to the channel of the drive transistor. The value of the parking voltage may be below a threshold voltage of the light-emitting diode and correspond to the value of the dynamic supply voltage parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ruo-Gu Huang, Kyung Hoae Koo, Michael H. Lim, Chuang Qian, Weijun Yao, Yue Jack Chu
  • Patent number: 10901541
    Abstract: A display device includes a display member and a touch member. The display member is configured to generate an image. The display member includes a folding area configured to be folded along a folding axis, and another area adjacent to the folding area. The touch member is configured to detect a touch interaction association with the display member. The touch member includes a touch sensor, and a signal line electrically connected to the touch sensor. The touch sensor is a mesh-shaped touch sensor. A mesh line of the mesh-shaped touch sensor crosses the folding axis. A minimum angle between the folding axis and the mesh line is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gwang-bum Ko, Hyunjae Na, Cheolkyu Kim, Sangkyu Choi, Jiwon Sohn, Soonsung Ahn
  • Patent number: 10901461
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a substrate comprising at least a first region and a second region, the first region more flexible than the second region; a first layer disposed over the first region, the first layer comprising plural first units; and a second layer disposed over the first layer, the second layer comprising plural second units, wherein an area of at least one unit of the plural first units is greater than an area of at least one unit of the plural second units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 10884509
    Abstract: A method implemented by a computing device having a memory and a motion sensor detection sensor is disclosed. The memory stores an input model associated with a gesture input. The method includes detecting a motion of the computing device; matching the detected motion with the input model; and determining a confidence level associated with the match. If the confidence level is above a pre-determined threshold, an action associated with the gesture input is performed automatically by the processor; and if the confidence level is below the pre-determined threshold, the action is performed by the processor responsive to receiving a positive confirmation of the gesture input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Zhe Chen, Nazih Almalki
  • Patent number: 10867550
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display apparatus includes a display panel, a discharge circuit configured to discharge a voltage if the display panel is driven for more than a predetermined time and the supply of power to the display panel is interrupted, and a processor configured to, if the power is supplied, determine whether a cooling time required for afterimage compensation of the display panel is satisfied, and if the cooling time is satisfied, perform the afterimage compensation of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hanseok Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 10845926
    Abstract: The present application discloses a capacitance detecting circuit, a touch device and terminal device, which are beneficial for reducing an area of the capacitance detecting circuit, thereby reducing costs of a chip. The capacitance detecting circuit is connected to a measurement capacitor and where it includes a calibration capacitor; a charging and discharging module including a first current source configured to perform charging or discharging on the measurement capacitor, and a second current source configured to perform charging or discharging on the calibration capacitor; an integrator, configured to convert a capacitance signal of the measurement capacitor into a voltage signal; and a control module, configured to control working states of the charging and discharging module and the integrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengfeng Wang, Shuo Fan