Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
  • Patent number: 11216138
    Abstract: Provided is a display system or a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. The display system includes a first display panel, a second display panel, a detection means, and a compensation means. The first display panel includes a first display region. The second display panel includes a second display region. The first display region and the second display region include a first region where they overlap. The detection means has a function of detecting the size of the first region. The compensation means has a function of compensating an image displayed on the first display region in accordance with the change in the size of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Daiki Nakamura, Nozomu Sugisawa, Hisao Ikeda, Naoyuki Senda, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11211443
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area where a plurality of pixels are arranged to display an image, and a non-display area around the display area; an opposite electrode commonly provided to the plurality of pixels; a driving voltage supply line extending in a first direction to correspond to one of sides of the display area in the non-display area, and configured to supply a driving voltage to the plurality of pixels; and a common voltage supply line comprising a bent portion that is bent to correspond to one corner of the driving voltage supply line in the non-display area, and configured to supply a common voltage by being connected to the opposite electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonse Lee, Ae Shin
  • Patent number: 11199830
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an operating system for a machine of a food industry. The operating system includes eyeglasses for a user of the operating system and a transceiver for exchanging data between the operating system and the machine. The eyeglasses include a display system configured to display a control element and information of a human machine interface (HMI). Furthermore, the operating system includes at least one input module which receives user input from the user with respect to the control element. The operating system additionally includes a processing module. The processing module converts the received user input into an input signal for controlling at least one of the machine or the HMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Hoferer, Sebastian Vogl, Thomas Stauber, Johannes Reschke
  • Patent number: 11200852
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a display device, which may include a display panel including a pixel column having a first pixel and a second pixel, a first data line coupled to the first pixel, and a second data line coupled to the second pixel, a data driver configured to output a data signal for the pixel column to an output line, a signal distribution circuit configured to receive the data signal through the output line, and to alternately transmit the data signal to the first data line and to the second data line, and a signal transmission circuit coupled between the data driver and the output line, and configured to transmit the data signal to the output line during a first period and a second period, and to block transmission of the data signal during a third period that is between the first period and the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ok Kwon Shin, Bong Ho Bae, Chong Guk Lee, Myeong Bin Lim, Hyun Ho Lim, Se Hui Jang
  • Patent number: 11198364
    Abstract: A pair of outside view displays that are provided on an instrument panel, are located outside a steering in a vehicle width direction, and display captured outside view images and displays that are provided inside the outside view displays in the vehicle width direction and have display regions from a driver seat to a front passenger seat are provided, and the outside view displays are provided so as to face the inside in the vehicle width direction and are disposed such that inner ends of the outside view displays are located on a front side of the vehicle relative to closer left and right ends of the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Hayashida, Akinori Myoi, Susumu Seki, Yasuyuki Shigefuji
  • Patent number: 11194412
    Abstract: An operation detection device includes an operation unit including an operation surface to be operated thereon, a load sensor disposed on a lower surface of the operation unit to detect a load applied to the operation surface, and a protective member that allows a load of not more than a predetermined first load to be applied to the load sensor and that prevents a load more than the predetermined first load from being applied to the load sensor by a contact with the lower surface of the operation unit so as to protect the load sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Toshihito Takai
  • Patent number: 11181793
    Abstract: To provide a display device in which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be reduced while preventing increase in wiring resistance. To provide a display device with improved display quality. To provide a display device with low power consumption. A pixel of the liquid crystal display device includes a signal line, a scan line intersecting with the signal line, a first electrode projected from the signal line, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a pixel electrode connected to the second electrode. Part of the scan line has a loop shape, and part of the first electrode is located in a region overlapped with an opening of the scan line. In other words, part of the first electrode is not overlapped with the scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Hirose
  • Patent number: 11176885
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array unit in which pixel circuits are disposed in a matrix form, the pixel circuits each including a light emission unit, a write transistor that writes a signal voltage of a video signal, a retention capacitor that retains the signal voltage written by the write transistor, and a drive transistor that drives the light emission unit on the basis of the signal voltage retained by the retention capacitor; and a common line that is wired along a pixel row, for each pixel row. The pixel circuit includes a switching transistor which selectively connects the common line and a source electrode of the drive transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Naobumi Toyomura, Katsuhide Uchino, Yuki Seo
  • Patent number: 11175774
    Abstract: A method for determining a time of contact of a capacitive sensor includes continuously measuring a capacitance value of the capacitive sensor and processing the measured capacitance value into a digital sensor signal. The sensor signal is filtered to output a filter signal. Initial dynamics of the filter signal are identified upon the filter signal exceeding a first set filter threshold value. A time at which the filter signal falls below a second set filter threshold value is determined as being a potential time of contact of the capacitive sensor. An actual time of contact of the capacitive sensor is determined when the sensor signal relative to an offset of the sensor signal exceeds a sensor signal threshold value. The offset of the sensor signal is a value of the sensor signal prior to the contact of the capacitive sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Quint, Philipp Ciolek, Christoph Rebbe, Carl Christian Lexow
  • Patent number: 11175761
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, a sensor unit, and a touch driver. The sensor unit is provided on the display panel and may output a sensing signal corresponding to a touch input. The sensor unit may include a first electrode and may include a conductive layer provided between the display panel and the first electrode and spaced from the first electrode. The touch driver may include a signal receiver. The signal receiver may include a first input terminal electrically coupled to the first electrode, may include a second input terminal electrically coupled to the conductive layer, may receive the sensing signal, and may output a signal corresponding to a voltage difference the first input terminal and the second input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Do Ik Kim
  • Patent number: 11169612
    Abstract: A method and system for improving wearable device function control is provided. The method includes detecting a first gesture executed by a user. A speed and direction of the first gesture; an eye focus of the user, and a time period associated with eye focus being directed towards a display portion of a wearable device are detected. The first gesture is analyzed with respect to previously determined mapping data, the speed and direction of the first gesture, the eye focus of the user, and the time period. In response, a specified function of the wearable device associated with the first gesture is determined and executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Norbert Herman, Shubhadip Ray
  • Patent number: 11169629
    Abstract: A touch screen and a display device having the same are disclosed. The touch screen includes an insulating substrate including a sensing region and a peripheral region, a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed in the sensing region, a plurality of wirings disposed in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of pads disposed in the peripheral region and electrically connected to the plurality of wirings, an optical film disposed on an upper portion of the plurality of sensing electrodes, a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the plurality of pads, and a reinforcing member disposed on the flexible circuit board corresponding to the plurality of pads, wherein a first height measured from the insulating substrate to an upper surface of the reinforcing member is equal to a second height measured from the insulating substrate to an upper surface of the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Yeon Baek, Mi Young Kim, Chang Bum Kim, Jung Mok Park, Young Seok Yoo, Byeong Kyu Jeon, Hee Yeon Choi
  • Patent number: 11164520
    Abstract: A light emitting display panel includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a light emitting element, a capacitor that is connected to a gate of a drive transistor and the light emitting element, a first switch transistor that is connected to a first electrode of the capacitor, a first wire that is connected to the first electrode of the capacitor via the first switch transistor, a second switch transistor that is connected to a second electrode of the capacitor and the light emitting element, and a second wire that is connected to the second electrode of the capacitor via the second switch transistor. A voltage of the first wire and a voltage of the second wire are the same during a power off operation or during a non-light emission period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tsuge
  • Patent number: 11158698
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of intersection areas of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines. Each of the pixels includes a storage capacitor configured to store a data voltage, at least one target transistor having one end electrically connected to a current path of the storage capacitor, an organic light emitting layer, and a first electrode of an OLED formed over the organic light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a first electrode extension configured to block at least a portion of the target transistor from light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Mu Kyung Jeon, Chong Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 11158250
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a pixel compensation circuit, a method for driving the same, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel compensation circuit includes: a first initialization sub-circuit, a second initialization sub-circuit, an IR drop control sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a driver sub-circuit, a light-emission control sub-circuit, and a light emitting element. The compensation sub-circuit compensates for threshold voltage of the driver sub-circuit, and the IR drop control sub-circuit decreases the influence of the IR drop of a signal of the high-level power supply terminal to the operating current of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunsheng Xiao, Zhenxiao Tong, Xiangdan Dong, Tingliang Liu, Hongwei Ma
  • Patent number: 11158685
    Abstract: An OLED touch display operation method is disclosed. The OLED touch display operation method includes the following steps: controlling a touch scan transition timing and a display multiplexer switching timing to maintain a specific equidistant relationship; when the OLED touch display performs display function, the OLED touch display performs touch scanning only for a part of display time, and stops touch scanning or performs touch voltage compensation scanning for another part of display time; and when being interfered by external noise, the OLED touch display performs touch scanning only in a blanking period out of the display time and the touch scanning frequency can be adjusted to avoid interference of external noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Wei Yang, Cheng-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 11150486
    Abstract: An instrument panel may include a multi-layer display including a first display panel and second display panel arranged in a substantially parallel manner, a backlight configured to provide light to the first display panel and the second display panel of the multi-layer display system, and a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory. The processing system may be configured to: display content including an object on a first display panel; divide the object into a plurality of segments; assign to each divided segment a position in a time sequence; and responsive to instructions, display, on the second display panel, segments corresponding to the segments of the object displayed on the first display panel, wherein the segments displayed on the first and second display panel are animated by varying optical properties of each segment according to the positions assigned the segments in the time sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PURE DEPTH INC.
    Inventors: Sok-Mung Ng, Austin F. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 11139451
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including an opening area, a display area, and a first non-display area, the first non-display area being between the opening area and the display area, a plurality of display elements arranged in the display area, a thin film encapsulation layer that covers the display elements, the thin film encapsulation layer including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer, a groove in the first non-display area, a planarization layer in the first non-display area, the planarization layer covering the groove, a first inorganic insulating layer under the planarization layer such that the first inorganic insulating layer is between the planarization layer and the substrate, and a second inorganic insulating layer over the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoonsun Choi, Hyunchul Kim, Seongryong Lee, Eunae Jung, Wonsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11132958
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel; a signal processor configured to obtain a PWM signal corresponding to a grayscale of an input image; and a driver including a switching element, the driver being configured to control a current applied to the backlight unit by alternately turning the switching element on/off during a section in which the PWM signal provided from the signal processor is in an on-state, and the driver is configured to, based on the grayscale of the input image being greater than or equal to a threshold value, alternately turn the switching element on/off based on a first period, and, based on the grayscale of the input image being less than the threshold value, to alternately turn the switching element on-off based on a second period shorter than the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-hoon Lee, Jeong-il Kang
  • Patent number: 11126300
    Abstract: A method of processing an input in an electronic device having a touch screen is provided. The method includes identifying attribute information of a geometric figure corresponding to an area of a touch input detected through the touch screen, determining a user input from the attribute information, based on a stored user input distinction rule, and executing a function corresponding to the determined user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiseok Lee, Kyungwhoon Cheun, Dohy Hong, Sungkee Kim, Sungil Park, Changmin Ha