Patents Examined by Patrick N. Edouard
  • Patent number: 11372511
    Abstract: A conducting thin film and preparation method therefor, a touch panel, and a display device are provided by the present disclosure. The conducting thin film includes a substrate, a conducting layer arranged on the substrate, a protecting layer arranged on the conducting layer, and an electricity conducting adhesive. The conducting layer includes a conducting net formed of conducting material. The protecting layer defines a plurality of openings for exposing the conducting material. The electricity conducting adhesive is formed on the protecting layer such that the electricity conducting adhesive passes through the plurality of openings in contact with the conducting material, and is filled in the plurality of openings. The protecting layer formed before the electricity conducting adhesive, thus reducing the problem of the conducting net breaking caused by the exposed conducting material being oxidized and vulmayized, and the thereby improving the conductivity of the conducting thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ROYOLE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Chen, Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11373593
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixels and a compensating data generator configured to sense a sensing driving current of the pixel in an Nth frame and a target driving current of the pixel in an (N+M)th frame, and to calculate an over driving data that allows the sensing driving current to be the same with the target driving current by changing a data voltage of the Nth frame when a sensing image having a first grayscale in a (N?1)th frame and having a second grayscale in the Nth frame and the (N+M)th frame, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Bang, Min-Seok Bae, Wooseok Han
  • Patent number: 11366513
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatuses are provided to determine an occurrence of a first user indication and determine a plurality of Points of Interest (POI) corresponding to the first user indication, and to determine an occurrence of a second user indication and responsively determine a narrowed POI from the plurality of POIs. An action corresponding to the narrowed POI and the first and/or second user indication is determined and effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., EDGE 3 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Yamamoto, Pedram Vaghefinazari, Tarek A. El Dokor, Jordan Cluster
  • Patent number: 11366540
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel electrodes, position detection electrodes, a signal supply section, main position detection lines disposed in the display area, and an auxiliary position detection line disposed outside the display area and routed around an area in which the main position detection lines are disposed. One end portions the main position detection lines are connected to the position detection electrodes and another end portions thereof are connected to the signal supply section and cross a space between the signal supply section and the display area. One end portion of the auxiliary position detection line is connected to the position detection electrode different from the position detection electrodes connected to the main position detection lines. Another end portion of the auxiliary position detection line is connected to the signal supply section. The auxiliary position detection line includes portions of conductive films included in different layers via insulating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11367376
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a light-emitting unit and a drive switch electrically connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting unit. The light-emitting units in the multiple sub-pixels form a pixel array. Multiple light-emitting units in at least one pixel column of the pixel array correspond to sub-pixels of at least two colors. The drive switches in the multiple sub-pixels form a drive array. In the drive array, in drive columns correspondingly connected to the at least one pixel column, multiple drive switches in at least one drive column drive-control light-emitting units of the same color. Thus, the corresponding drive column can be connected to a peripheral drive circuit by using only one switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianlong Wu, Siming Hu, Zhenzhen Han
  • Patent number: 11366354
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light source unit having: a first light source to emit first light having a first peak wavelength; and a second light source to emit second light having a second peak wavelength, the second peak wavelength being shorter than the first peak wavelength; a wavelength conversion member to absorb the second light and convert the second light into first color light and second color light, each of the first and second color light having peak wavelengths different from the first and second peak wavelengths; and a display panel having a first pixel area to display the first color light, a second pixel area to display the second color light, and a third pixel area to display the first light, wherein the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength have a value of about 365 nm or more to about 500 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-uk Kim, Minki Nam, Kyoungwon Park
  • Patent number: 11361717
    Abstract: A sensing circuit includes: a current source that outputs a direct current; an integrator that integrates a sensing current and the direct current, which is higher than the sensing current, to output an integrated value composed of the sum of a sensing voltage and a direct current voltage; and a subtractor that takes the sensing voltage from the integrated value outputted from the integrator, but not the direct current voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taeyoung Lee, KyoungDon Woo, KyungRok Kim, MyungGi Lim, Jisu Choi
  • Patent number: 11360622
    Abstract: A stack structure includes: a substrate, a copper layer disposed on the substrate, a migration-proof layer disposed on the copper layer, and a silver-nanowire layer disposed on the migration-proof layer, wherein the migration-proof layer is made of materials between copper and silver in galvanic series. A touch sensor includes the stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Hsiao, Siou-Cheng Lien, Yi-Wen Chiu, Chia-Yang Tsai
  • Patent number: 11361694
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register comprises a power consumption-reducing sub-circuit and an output sub-circuit; wherein: the power consumption-reducing sub-circuit is connected to a clock signal terminal, a control terminal, and the output sub-circuit, the power consumption-reducing sub-circuit is used to output a signal of the clock signal terminal to the output sub-circuit under the control of the control terminal; the output sub-circuit is connected to the clock signal terminal through the power consumption-reducing sub-circuit and is also connected to an output terminal and a pull-up node, the output sub-circuit is used to output an output signal of the power consumption-reducing sub-circuit to the output terminal under the control of the pull-up node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruifang Du, Ruiying Yang, Lingjuan Liu, Xiaoye Ma
  • Patent number: 11360632
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including an application unit that applies a voltage to an application site of a user's body and a detection unit that detects a change in potential at a detection site of the user's body that is different from the application site in a state where the voltage is applied to the application site, and the information processing system determines a contact between a site of the user's body and another object on the basis of the change in potential detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Arimatsu, Yoshinori Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11360607
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch device. The touch device includes a frame, a substrate, an infrared emitting unit, and an infrared receiving unit. The infrared emitting unit and the infrared receiving unit are disposed on the frame and located above the substrate. The touch device also includes: a connecting block which is connected at an edge region on a lower surface of the substrate, and an adjusting member which connects the connecting block and the frame and adjusts a lateral tensile force applied by the adjusting member to the substrate. The touch device of the present disclosure ensures the flatness of the substrate by the connecting block in cooperation with the adjusting member, avoiding the influence of the substrate on the infrared light, and has a simple structure and is convenient to assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Anhui Hongcheng Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tingfeng Chen, Junde Dai, Xinyi Liu
  • Patent number: 11362078
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate; and a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate. Each of the pixels includes a red light emitting element and a first green light emitting element. When the first green light emitting element and the red light emitting element are turned on simultaneously, an emission intensity of the first green light emitting element is lower than an emission intensity of the red light emitting element, and a half width of a spectrum of light output from the first green light emitting element is greater than a half width of a spectrum of light output from the red light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda, Yuji Maede, Yasuhiro Kanaya
  • Patent number: 11362167
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including a substrate, a first power line on the substrate, a second power line, and a plurality of pixel groups, each of which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction, the plurality of pixel groups are arranged in a second direction parallel to an extending direction of the first power line, the second direction is different from and intersects with the first direction, each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting unit having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode of the light emitting unit is coupled to the first power line through an additional resistor with an additional resistance, and the second electrode of the light emitting unit is coupled to the second power line through an equivalent resistor with an equivalent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Li, Lujiang Huangfu, Xing Fan
  • Patent number: 11355052
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a driver which receives input image data, generates final image data by compensating the input image data to increase luminances of pixels disposed in at least one edge portion of the display panel among the plurality of pixels, and drives the display panel based on the final image data. The input image data for a pixel of the pixels is compensated based on a compensation constant determined according to a position of the pixel when the input image data for the pixel represents a gray level higher than or equal to a first reference gray level, and is compensated based on a reduced compensation constant that is reduced from the determined compensation constant when the input image data for the pixel represents the gray level lower than the first reference gray level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Jong Jun, Jae Sung Bae, Sanghyun Lee, Daeki Park, Namjae Lim
  • Patent number: 11355049
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display having multiple pixels to display an image based on processed image data. Each of the pixels may include multiple sub-pixels. The electronic device may also include image processing circuitry to receive first image data for a sub-pixel of the and second image data for a group of sub-pixels surrounding the sub-pixel. The first image data may include a luminance value for the sub-pixel and the second image data may include luminance values for each sub-pixel of the group. The image processing circuitry may also determine a compensation value, to compensate the luminance value for lateral current leakage between the sub-pixel and the group of sub-pixels, based on the luminance value of the sub-pixel and the luminance values for each sub-pixel of the group of sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: Chaohao Wang, Sheng Zhang, Yingying Tang, Yunhui Hou
  • Patent number: 11353754
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a functional layer. The first pixel includes a first display element, and the second pixel includes a second display element. The functional layer includes a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit. The first display element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing a liquid crystal material. A first distance is provided between the first electrode and the functional layer. A second distance is provided between the second electrode and the functional layer. The first electrode and the second electrode each include a region overlapping with the layer containing a liquid crystal material. The second distance is shorter than the first distance. The second display element includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and the layer containing a liquid crystal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11348500
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a scan driving circuit, an array substrate, a display device, and a driving method are provided. The shift register unit includes an input circuit, a replacement circuit, an output circuit, and a pull-down circuit; the input circuit is respectively connected to the input terminal and the first node, and is configured to set the first node to an active level when the input terminal (IN) is at an active level; the replacement circuit is respectively connected to the input terminal and the second node, and is configured to set the second node to an inactive level when the input terminal is at an active level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lijun Xiao, Qian Qian, Shaohong Gao, Tao Zhou, Chuan Ji
  • Patent number: 11347325
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller is to track markings of an input element in a content area defined on a medium without electronic input capability, and track an input made with the input element in a file handling control area defined on the medium, the input made with the pen in the file handling control area comprising information relating to a file and is to cause saving of a representation of the markings made in the content area according to the information relating to the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Quijano, Scott Rawlings, Bruce E. Blaho
  • Patent number: 11346943
    Abstract: An eye tracking unit that includes one or more transmitters that transmit a signal (e.g., a radar signal or an ultrasonic sound) at an eye, one or more receivers that receive a reflection of the signal generated by interaction of the signal with the eye, and an eye orientation estimation module that estimates an orientation of the eye based on the reflected signal received by the one or more ultrasonic receivers and based on a model of the eye. The eye tracking unit may be part of a head-mounted display (HMD) that includes a display element configured to display content to a user wearing the HMD. The model of the eye may be trained by displaying a visual indicator on the electronic element and detecting a reflected signal corresponding to the eye looking at the visual indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Michael Scally, David R. Perek
  • Patent number: 11347054
    Abstract: Methods and systems for triggering presentation of virtual content based on sensor information. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes using different wavefront divergences. The system may monitor information detected via the sensors, and based on the monitored information, trigger access to virtual content identified in the sensor information. Virtual content can be obtained, and presented as augmented reality content via the display system. The system may monitor information detected via the sensors to identify a QR code, or a presence of a wireless beacon. The QR code or wireless beacon can trigger the display system to obtain virtual content for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Janusz Woods, Andrew Rabinovich, Richard Leslie Taylor