Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
  • Patent number: 11587485
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display area and a non-display area. The display panel includes pixels arranged in H columns and H*x data lines arranged in the display area and DEMUX circuits arranged in the non-display area. Each pixel includes x sub-pixels, and the data line is electrically connected to the sub-pixel. Each DEMUX circuit includes signal output terminals electrically connected to the data lines. The DEMUX circuits include M first DEMUX circuits and N second DEMUX circuits. Each first DEMUX circuit includes a first signal input terminal and al first signal output terminals. Each second DEMUX circuit includes a second signal input terminal and b1 second signal output terminals. H*x=M*a1+N*b1, where H, x, M, N, a1, and b1 are positive integers, M>N, a1>2, b1?2, a1>b1, and (M+N) is an even number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li, Xinzhao Liu
  • Patent number: 11579475
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display apparatus includes: when the display apparatus is in a privacy display mode, obtaining, by an image processor, a plurality of frames of display images according to a frame of original image, transmitting, by the image processor, the plurality of frames of images to a display controller; controlling, by the display controller, the display panel to display the plurality of frames of display images in sequence within a display time of the frame of original image, and controlling, by the display controller, the grating panel to form light-transmitting regions and non-light-transmitting regions that are alternately arranged when the display panel displays each frame of display image, so as to limit an exit angle of light exiting from the display side of the display apparatus, the exit angle being within a range of a privacy viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinwei Chen, Haiwei Sun
  • Patent number: 11573363
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display apparatus, including: a display panel; a frame, provided at a side part of the display panel and including a light-transmitting area; a plurality of light guide structures spaced apart from each other, one end of each light guide structure having a photosensitive area, the photosensitive area being provided opposite to the light-transmitting area so that light is irradiated on the photosensitive area through the light-transmitting area; and an optical device provided at an end of each light guide structure away from the photosensitive area, wherein each of the light guide structures is configured to transmit the light irradiated on the photosensitive area to the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangxiang Zou, Xinxin Mu
  • Patent number: 11574578
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the first scan line, a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the second scan line. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are driven during a first scan on time in which the first scan line is driven. Consecutive N?1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group are driven during a first portion of a second scan on time in which the second scan line is driven, and consecutive N?1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group are driven during a second portion of the second scan on time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Soon-Dong Kim, Chang-Noh Yoon, Eun-Gyeong Choe
  • Patent number: 11568817
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second initialization voltage sources and first and second pixel circuits. The first initialization voltage source provides a first initialization voltage. The second initialization voltage source provides a second initialization voltage less than the first initialization voltage. The first pixel circuit includes a first organic light emitting diode. The second pixel circuit includes a second organic light emitting diode with an organic material having a band gap different from a band gap of an organic material in the first organic light emitting diode. The first pixel circuit is coupled to the first initialization voltage source and the second initialization voltage source. The second pixel circuit is coupled to a single initialization voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun Park, Yang Wan Kim, Byung Sun Kim, Su Jin Lee, Jae Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11561637
    Abstract: A method of drawing a handwriting track for an electronic apparatus includes: creating a buffer canvas and a display canvas; acquiring parameter information of a plurality of touch track points; and performing drawing processing on each touch track point of the plurality of touch track points. The performing drawing processing on each touch track point includes: determining a position parameter, size and transparency of each of a plurality of track points to be displayed respectively, based on the touch position parameter and sensing parameter of the each touch track point and those of a predetermined number of touch track points of the plurality of touch track points; and drawing a handwriting track on the buffer canvas based on the position parameter, size and transparency of each of the plurality of track points, and drawing on the display canvas the handwriting track drawn on the buffer canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pengyu Liu
  • Patent number: 11561665
    Abstract: A display method includes: based on at least one of first information obtained by a control device including a display and second information obtained by a device other than the control device, changing an image used as a basic screen that is displayed on the display and is for controlling a control target device other than the control device by a user (S12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Aizu, Jasmeen Julayhi, Minoru Satou, Rikiya Masuda, Masami Ohno, Tomikazu Imai
  • Patent number: 11554212
    Abstract: A medical device is disclosed, which includes: an operation reception unit; a position acquisition unit capable of acquiring position information of a detection target that is in contact with or proximity to the operation reception unit, the position information being based on a position on the operation reception unit; and a control unit that identifies an operation input by the detection target based on a change in the acquired position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Ogahara
  • Patent number: 11550442
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic pen with a cylindrical housing including an opening at an end portion of the housing on a pen tip side of the housing, a cylindrical member disposed in the housing and fixed to the housing at a part on the pen tip side of the housing, and a core body formed in a rod shape by a material containing a pigment, the core body including a body portion inserted into the cylindrical member through the opening of the housing and a pull-out portion configured to enable the core body to be pulled out of the housing. A diameter of the body portion of the core body inserted into the cylindrical member is larger than a difference between an outer diameter of the cylindrical member and an inner diameter of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenori Kaneda, Mamoru Ogata, Kenichi Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 11550408
    Abstract: A device such as a stylus may have a color sensor. The color sensor may have a color sensing light detector having a plurality of photodetectors each of which measures light for a different respective color channel. The color sensor may also have a light emitter. The light emitter may have an adjustable light spectrum. The light spectrum may be adjusted during color sensing measurements using information such as ambient light color measurements made with a color ambient light sensor that has a plurality of photodetectors each of which measures light for a different respective color channel. An inertial measurement unit may be used to measure the angular orientation between the stylus and an external object during color measurements. Arrangements in which the light emitter is modulated during color sensing may also be used. Measurements from the stylus may be transmitted wirelessly to external equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Hsiang-Chun Lu, Bosheng Zhang, Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki, Manohar B. Srikanth, Noah D. Bedard, Ting Sun
  • Patent number: 11551610
    Abstract: A display includes a camera under panel, a display panel, a frame rate controller, and a switching circuit. The display panel includes an under-panel camera region corresponding to the camera under-panel. A first pixel set, positioned in the under-panel camera region, driven by a first scan line, a second scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a third data line, and a fourth data line. The first pixel set includes a first pixel electrically connected to the first scan line and the third data line, a second pixel electrically connected to the second scan line and the third data line, a third pixel electrically connected to the first scan line and the first data line, a fourth pixel electrically connected to the second scan line and the second data line, and a fifth pixel electrically connected to the second scan line and the fourth data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Wang
  • Patent number: 11537224
    Abstract: In one example, a display unit comprises a display panel that is configured to display digital images. The display unit further comprises an at least partially transparent protective layer that is arranged above the display panel. The display unit further comprises a controller that is communicatively attached onto an upper surface of the display panel. A biometric sensor pattern is integrated in the controller, and the controller is configured to control the biometric sensor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Joni Arola, Aki Vänninen
  • Patent number: 11537255
    Abstract: A touch substrate, a method for manufacturing a touch substrate, and a touch display device are provided. The touch substrate includes: a base substrate having a first surface; a first over coat layer on the first surface; a first touch electrode on the first over coat layer; and a second over coat layer on the first touch electrode, wherein the first touch electrode is located between the first over coat layer and the second over coat layer, and the second over coat layer covers at least the first touch electrode, and wherein an area of at least one of the first over coat layer and the second over coat layer is less than an area of the first surface in the touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongzheng Yang, Ming Zhang, Qicheng Chen, Ting Zeng, Qi Gao
  • Patent number: 11537256
    Abstract: A touch substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. The touch substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of first electrodes including body segments arranged in an electrode pattern layer; a plurality of second electrodes including body segments arranged in the electrode pattern layer, wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes intersect at intersection areas on the touch substrate; and an insulating layer arranged on a side of the electrode pattern layer away from the base substrate and provided with first via holes and second via holes; wherein each first electrode includes a first conductive bridge, each second electrode includes a second conductive bridge, and in an intersection area, two adjacent body segments of a first electrode are electrically connected through the first conductive bridge, and/or two adjacent body segments of a second electrode are electrically connected through the second conductive bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan He, Xiangdan Dong, Jun Yan, Bo Cheng, Zhengwei Luo, Kemeng Tong
  • Patent number: 11538833
    Abstract: A display substrate having a bonding area for bonding with a circuit structure. The display substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes in the bonding area, a respective one of the plurality of first electrodes being bound to a respective one of the plurality of second electrodes thereby forming a respective pair of a plurality of bound electrode pairs in the bonding area; a barrier layer including a plurality of barriers respectively between adjacent pairs of the plurality of bound electrode pairs; and an anisotropic conductive film for bonding the respective one of the plurality of first electrodes and the respective one of the plurality of second electrodes together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yichen Jiang, Biyu Zhao, Jianjun Wu, Jiangsheng Wang, Zewen Li
  • Patent number: 11521526
    Abstract: A display driver comprises a decoder, a first source amplifier and a logic circuitry. The decoder is configured to output a grayscale voltage corresponding to an image data. The first source amplifier is configured to output a first source output voltage corresponding to the grayscale voltage to a first external output terminal. The logic circuitry is configured to generate fault detection data for fault detection of a test object connected to the first external output terminal. The fault detection data is based on a comparison output signal generated based on a comparison between a reference voltage and a voltage on the first external output terminal. The comparison is performed by the first source amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Shinobu Nohtomi, Sosuke Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11520420
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting a touch pattern width and identifying the touch pattern, including receiving, from a touch device, first coordinate information and corresponding touch width information for a touch pattern, and storing the first coordinate information and the touch width information, receiving, from an operating system, second coordinate information for a current touch pattern, and searching, from the stored first coordinate information, for one consistent with the second coordinate information, and determining the touch width information corresponding to the first coordinate information that has been found as width information of the current touch pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU SHIRUI ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Yao Cheng
  • Patent number: 11520446
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor including a sensor electrode unit including: a sensing unit of a capacitance type that detects pressing; and a temperature detection sensing unit of a capacitance type provided in an area corresponding to the sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui
  • Patent number: 11508332
    Abstract: An optical sensor, an electronic device and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. The electronic device includes a light-permeable display screen and an optical sensor. The light-permeable display screen has a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The optical sensor is arranged opposite to the second surface of the light-permeable display screen. The optical sensor includes a base plate, an emitter and a receiver. The emitter is coupled to the base plate and faces the second surface of the light-permeable display screen. The receiver surrounds the emitter and is configured to communicate with the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11507206
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to touch-sensitive input devices, systems, and methods for providing user input to a computing device. In one example, a touch-sensitive input device comprises an elongated body and a plurality of force-sensing elements spaced along a length of the body. The touch-sensitive input device also comprises a wireless communication subsystem configured to communicatively couple the input device to the computing device and provide signals from the plurality of force-sensing elements to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Marie Bogan, Lincoln Matthew Ghioni, Anatoly Churikov