Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
  • Patent number: 11127360
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising, a liquid crystal display panel, a timing controller configured to output a light-source controlling signal during a variable frequency mode comprising a plurality of frames with variable frame frequencies, the light-source controlling signal having a high level during a light-on period preset in an early period of a frame of the plurality of frames and a low level during a light-off period preset to a length according to a frame frequency in a latter period of the frame of the plurality of frames, and a light source configured to emit light during the light-on period and not emit light during the light-off period in response to the light-source controlling signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwan-Young Oh, Suk Jin Park, Youngsoo Sohn, Wonhee Lee, Jae Hyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11116098
    Abstract: Embodiments of a dynamically bendable automotive interior display system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display, a dynamically bendable cover substrate assembly disposed over the display, wherein the cover substrate assembly comprises a cover substrate with a bend axis, and a reversible support attached to at least a portion the cover substrate that dynamically bends the cover substrate along the bend axis in a cycle from a first radius of curvature to a second radius of curvature and from the second radius of curvature to the first radius of curvature. In one or more embodiments, the system includes one or more frames that partially house the display and are attached to the cover substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Khaled Layouni, Torsten Nath, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Patent number: 11106276
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) headset adjusts the phase of light of a virtual scene received from a display element using a spatial light modulator (SLM) to accommodate changes in vergence for a user viewing objects in the virtual scene. The VR headset receives virtual scene data that includes depth information for components of the virtual scene and the SLM adjusts a wavefront of the light of the virtual scene by generating a phase function that adjusts the light of the virtual scene with phase delays based the depth values. Individual phase delays shift components of the virtual scene based on the depth values to a target focal plane to accommodate a user at a vergence depth for a frame of the virtual scene. Further, the SLM can provide optical defocus by shifting components of the virtual scene with the phase delays for depth of field blur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Lanman, Alexander Jobe Fix, Nathan Seigo Matsuda, Nicholas Daniel Trail
  • Patent number: 11107399
    Abstract: A display device includes power lines, first driving transistors on a first side of each of the power lines, second driving transistors on a second side of each of the power lines, light-emitting elements of a first color, a second color and a third color. A first driving transistor of a first power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the first power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a second power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color. A second driving transistor of the second power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a third power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the third power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda, Yoshihiro Nonaka
  • Patent number: 11100867
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting display apparatus in which two of three scan signals used by a pixel driving circuit provided in one pixel are supplied through two scan lines provided in the pixel and the other remaining signal is supplied through a scan line provided in another pixel adjacent to the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngsung Cho, Byeong-Seong So
  • Patent number: 11099804
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic device display circuitry and methods of operating the display. The display circuitry a panel driver interface that decodes digital display data, for each display frame, received from host circuitry of the electronic device. The digital display data includes error correction and detection information for frame and line configuration information distributed in a frame packet and multiple line packets for each display frame. The frame and line configuration information facilitates, efficient, low-error, digital control of various display operational features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, David S. Zalatimo, James E. Brown, Sachiko Oda, Johan L. Piper
  • Patent number: 11100825
    Abstract: A digital display system includes a transparent outer protective panel, a transparent inner protective panel, and a translucent digital video display located between the outer and inner protective panels. An integrated media player is operably connected to the translucent digital video display so that full-motion videos displayed on the translucent digital video display are viewed through the outer protective panel and items can be viewed through the translucent digital video display. The digital display system can be incorporated into any environment where a product is located behind a glass enclosure such as freezers, coolers, security glass, jewelry cases, liquor cases, cosmetic cases, and the like. In retail environments, the digital display systems can also be incorporated into entry doors, windows, drive-thru windows, teller windows, and any other location where there is traditionally glass and you want to focus consumer attention obstructing the customer's line of site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: STRATACACHE, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher K Riegel
  • Patent number: 11093093
    Abstract: A processing system includes a sensor module configured to receive first and second signals from first and second sensor electrodes, respectively, and generate a combination signal. The processing system further includes a determination module configured to determine, using the first sensor electrode, an absolute capacitive coupling to an input object; determine, using the first and second sensor electrodes, a transcapacitive coupling; determine a ratio of the absolute to transcapacitive coupling; determine, using the combination signal, in absence of a predetermined low ground mass state, and when the ratio fails to exceed a predetermined threshold, first positional information regarding a location of the input object; and determine, when the ratio fails to exceed the predetermined threshold and in presence of the predetermined low ground mass state, second positional information regarding the location of the input object in the sensing region using an absolute capacitive scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: John Weinerth, David Sobel, Derek Solven, Adam Schwartz, Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Tracy Scott Dattalo, David Hoch
  • Patent number: 11094259
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel includes a plurality of pixels driven by a first power voltage and a second power voltage. A display panel driving circuit is configured to receive image data from an external device, output a first voltage control signal for generating an analog supply voltage based on an on-pixel ratio (OPR) of the image data, and output a second voltage control signal for generating the first power voltage and the second power voltage. A DC-DC conversion circuit is configured to generate the analog supply voltage based on the first voltage control signal and generate the first power voltage and the second power voltage based on the second voltage control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun-Bae Kim, Hyun-Suk Kang, Jihoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11087687
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a driver IC, and a control circuit. The control circuit includes operation circuitry to calculate the magnitude of a driving current flowing in a first pixel column in response to first voltage information from the driver IC, where the first voltage information corresponding to a voltage level of a first power supply line applied to a first pixel group of the display panel. The operation circuitry also calculates a compensation gain by comparing the magnitude of the driving current with preset current information. Further, the control circuit includes a compensator to receive a first data signal, generate a second data signal by applying the compensation gain to the first data signal, and transfer the second data signal to the driver IC. The display device and driving method may suppress image quality degradation by monitoring a high-potential voltage and correcting a data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mookyoung Hong, Nari Kim
  • Patent number: 11079865
    Abstract: A position detection device includes an accommodation portion, a planar coil, a first control circuit, and a first detection circuit. The accommodation portion accommodates therein an electronic pen having a position indication coil wound in an axial direction of the electronic pen. The planar coil is disposed adjacent to the accommodation portion at a position at which a center axis direction of the planar coil crosses the axial direction of the electronic pen while the electronic pen is accommodated in the accommodation portion. The first control circuit performs control such that supply of a signal to the planar coil and reception of a signal through the planar coil by electromagnetic induction are performed alternately. The first detection circuit detects a state regarding accommodation of the electronic pen in the accommodation portion in accordance with a presence or an absence of a signal received through the planar coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kobori
  • Patent number: 11081056
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. A pixel on an ith horizontal line includes a first transistor coupled between a first power source and a first node and having a gate electrode coupled to a second node. An organic light emitting diode is coupled between the first node and a second power source. A second transistor is coupled between the second and third nodes and is turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to an ith first scan line. A third transistor is coupled between the third and first nodes. A first capacitor is coupled between an ith control line and the second node. A second capacitor is coupled between the third node and a data line. The pixels are simultaneously driven during first, second, and third periods of a frame period and sequentially driven during a fourth period of the frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Young Wan Seo, An Su Lee, Kang Moon Jo, Chong Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 11081062
    Abstract: The current sensing device in the present disclosure comprises a plurality of sensing units each of which is connected to a sensing channel. The sensing unit may comprise a reference current generator generating a reference current; a current comparator outputting a comparator output signal based on a pixel current input through the sensing channel and the reference current, and removing an offset deviation component included in the pixel current and the reference current by using a reset current externally applied; and an edge triggered data flip-flop outputting a digital sensing value corresponding to the pixel current based on the comparator output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuckjun Kim, Bumsik Kim, Seungtae Kim, Kyoungdon Woo, Myunggi Lim, Byungjae Lee, Minkyu Song
  • Patent number: 11079886
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a substrate, a first insulator, a metal film, a second insulator, an alignment film, a line, and film forming area defining recesses. The substrate includes a display area and a non-display area. The metal film is disposed in a layer upper than the first insulator. The second insulator is disposed upper than the metal film and has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first insulator. The alignment film is disposed upper than the second insulator. The line extends to straddle the display area and the non-display area and includes a section of the metal film. The film forming area defining recesses in the non-display area to extend in a direction crossing an extending direction of the line but not to overlap the line include recessed sections of the first insulator to define a forming area of the alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Maeda, Yoshihito Hara
  • Patent number: 11074890
    Abstract: To provide a display device that achieves both smooth input and a high detection sensitivity on a touch sensor unit. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The display device has three operation modes: normal display in which the entire display region is rewritten, partial IDS driving in which part of the display region is rewritten, and IDS driving in which the entire display region is not rewritten. The detection operation by the touch sensor unit is performed at a time different from the time of performing the rewriting operation of the display region, so that a high detection sensitivity is achieved. Furthermore, a period of performing the detection operation in each of the partial IDS driving and the IDS driving is set longer than a period of performing the detection operation in the normal display, which enables smooth input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11075257
    Abstract: Provided is an electroluminescence display comprising a display panel where a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines are arranged. Each pixel comprises: a driving TFT that controls the current in a light-emitting element EL in response to a data voltage applied to a gate; and switching TFTs that supply a high-level power supply voltage to the driving TFT in response to a gate-on voltage of an emission signal and control signals applied to the source and drain of the driving TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyungnyuck Cho, Jungyoup Suk
  • Patent number: 11073930
    Abstract: A display device comprises a first power supply line supplying a first potential, a second power supply line supplying a second potential, a third power supply line supplying a touch driving signal, and a display unit including a plurality of sub-pixels. The display unit comprises a plurality of first electrodes respectively provided in the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the first power supply line, a second electrode provided to be common among the plurality of sub-pixels and electrically connected to the second power supply line, a light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes electrically connected to the third power supply line, and a signal control circuit supplying a signal synchronized with a touch driving signal to the second electrode in a period in which a touch driving signal is supplied to the plurality of third electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitoshi Kida, Toshinori Uehara, Takayuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11069303
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a method of driving the same. The organic light-emitting display device is driven, with one frame being divided into a first period, a second period, a third period, and a fourth period, and includes pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines, a first power supply configured to supply first driving power, wherein the first driving power is set to a first voltage during the first period and the fourth period and a second voltage lower than the first voltage during the second period and the third period, a second power supply configured to supply second driving power. The second driving power is set to a third voltage during the first to third periods and to a fourth voltage lower than the third voltage during the fourth period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Choi Ho Kim, Gun Woo Yang
  • Patent number: 11062590
    Abstract: Systems and methods of security are provided, including a sensor to detect a location of at least one user, and generate detection data according to the detected location of the at least one user, a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor to receive the detection data, to determine whether the at least one user is occupying a building according to the detection data, and to store allowance data that sets one or more preferences for the at least one user, and an alarm device, communicatively coupled to at least the processor, that is armed or disarmed by the processor according to the allowance data and the determination as to whether the at least one user is occupying the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery Theodore Lee, Sophie Le Guen, Jeffrey Alan Boyd
  • Patent number: 11054929
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display configured to display a first screen; a force direction sensing unit configured to detect a force direction of a contact applied to one point by an external object; and a control unit configured to sense an occurrence of a predetermined event to logically divide the display into at least two regions including a first region and a second region, acquire a force direction of a first contact associated with the predetermined event from the force direction sensing unit, determine a region from among the at least two regions to display the first screen according to the force direction of the first contact, and display the first screen on the determined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Kunnyun Kim, Wion Hyo Kim, Yeonhwa Kwak, Kwang Bum Park