Patents Examined by Ram A Mistry
  • Patent number: 9268414
    Abstract: A method for measuring relative motion between an illuminated surface and an optical sensing device comprising a coherent light source and a photodetector array is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventors: Lawrence Bieber, Michel Willemin
  • Patent number: 9251747
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a plurality of pixels aligned in row and column directions, each of the pixels including a drive element; a plurality of scan lines each coupled with the drive elements included in the pixels aligned in the row direction to transmit thereto a scan signal for selecting the pixels row by row; a plurality of signal lines each coupled with the drive elements included in the pixels aligned in the column direction to write display data; and a display control unit. The display control unit alternately repeats a display period and a stop period. In a latter term of the stop period, display control unit provides the display data written in the respective pixels in a row that has been selected during the display period immediately before the stop period, to the signal lines corresponding to the respective pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tadayoshi Katsuta, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
  • Patent number: 9236001
    Abstract: A driving method of an electro-optic device is capable of sufficiently providing a threshold voltage compensation time of a driving transistor and a data writing time. A driving method of an electro-optic device including a first power source, a second power source, data lines, scan lines, signal lines, and pixel circuits, includes: a first step in which a light emitting element is in a non-light-emitting state, and a second transistor is turned on by a change of a pulse applied to a signal line; and a second step in which the scan line is sequentially and exclusively selected after the second transistor is turned on, a third transistor including a gate connected to a selected scan line is turned on, and a corresponding data voltage is written to a first node from the data line through the third transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Ishii, Hirofumi Katsuse, Takeshi Okuno, Naoaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 9230511
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines and a timing controller, in which each pixel includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. In such a display apparatus, the timing controller provides the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel with a first data signal and a second data signal corresponding to one of a high gray scale curve and a low gray scale curve, alternately every frame, when the image signal is a first type of image signal, and the timing controller provides the first sub-pixel with a first data signal corresponding to the high gray scale curve and the second sub-pixel with a second data signal corresponding to the low gray scale curve when the image signal is a first type of image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Gwan Jeon, Yong-Bum Kim, Jaehyoung Park, Youngsoo Sohn, ByungKil Jeon, Akihiro Takegama, Junpyo Lee
  • Patent number: 9218097
    Abstract: A capacitive touch device and a sensing method thereof are disclosed. The capacitive touch device includes a touch panel and a plurality of touch detection units. The touch panel includes first sensing lines and second sensing lines. The position of a touch between a last one of the first sensing lines and a first one of the second sensing lines is calculated according to sensed values respectively corresponding to a first sensing line prior to the last one of the first sensing lines, the last one of the first sensing lines and the first one of the second sensing lines. The present invention is capable of avoiding the problem that the frame rate is reduced significantly because of the data transmission between the first and second touch detection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP
    Inventors: Jih-Ming Hsu, Chia-Yi Chu
  • Patent number: 9202423
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes: driving the LCD panel according to a location of a pixel of the LCD panel and a corresponding compensation value of the pixel of the LCD panel. The compensation value of the pixel corresponds to an offset value of a reference brightness corresponding to brightness of a light spot of the LCD panel before compensation of the light spot of the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventors: Lei Sun, Yu yeh Chen, Xiaoping Tan
  • Patent number: 9177505
    Abstract: A pixel of a display panel includes a first transistor with a first end coupled to a data line, a control end coupled to a scan line; a second transistor with a first end coupled to a first voltage source, a control end coupled to a second end of the first transistor; a third transistor with a first end coupled to a second end of the second transistor, a control end for receiving a control signal; a light emitting unit with a first end coupled to the second end of the second transistor, a second end coupled to a second voltage source; a first capacitor with a first end coupled to the second end of the first transistor, a second end coupled to a second end of the third transistor; and a second capacitor coupled between the second end of the first capacitor and the second voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Ya-Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 9143090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an output voltage stabilization circuit. Specifically, the present invention relates to an output voltage stabilization circuit of a display device driving circuit, which generates a reference current dependent on a high source voltage using a current source independent of a magnitude of the high source voltage, generates a reference current dependent on a low source voltage using a current source independent of a magnitude of the low source voltage, and then generates a control signal by comparing the magnitudes to each other, whereby the output voltage stabilization circuit may stabilize an output voltage regardless of an order in which the low source voltage and the high source voltage are turned off in a circuit using both the low source voltage and the high source voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Il Seo, Yong Jung Kwon, An Young Kim, Joon Ho Na, Yun Tack Han, Ji Hun Kim, Hyun Min Song, Yeong Joon Son, Sung Wan Jung, Sang Woo Kim, Hae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9128713
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device that includes one or more source drivers that are coupled to a display screen. Specifically, one of the source drivers may be coupled to a plurality of source lines (or column lines) on the display screen which the source driver uses to set voltages associated with one or more sub-pixels that determine the color displayed by the pixel. When driving voltages onto subsequent source lines, the input device may precharge the source driver using a latent voltage stored on the source lines. That is, if the source line was previously driven to a particular voltage by the source driver, the input device uses that latent voltage to precharge the output of the source driver to the same voltage. The source driver may then adjust its output to a desired voltage and drive the desired voltage onto the source line and sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Imre Knausz, Brian Mott, John Childs
  • Patent number: 9123288
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a driving transistor, a switch transistor, a reset transistor, a light-emitting element, and a control unit. The driving transistor has a control terminal, a first terminal coupled to a first operation voltage source and a second terminal. The reset transistor is coupled to the control terminal of the driving transistor. The light-emitting element is coupled to the switch transistor in series between the second terminal of the driving transistor and a second operation voltage source. The control unit stores a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and a driving voltage of the light-emitting element according to a voltage level of the second terminal of the driving transistor. The control unit changes a voltage level of the control terminal of the driving transistor according to the stored threshold voltage, the stored driving voltage, and a corresponding data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong-Ru Guo, Ming-Chun Tseng
  • Patent number: 9122350
    Abstract: An optical touch apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, a light guide device, a light reflecting device and an image sensing module. The first light source emits first light beam which travels within the light guide device and is reflective by an object close to or in contact with a surface of the light guide device to become a first image light beam. The first image light beam is reflected by a light reflecting device. The image sensing module receives the first image light beam. The second light source emits a second light beam, wherein when the optical touch apparatus moves on a working surface, the second light beam is reflective by the working surface to form a second image light beam which is received by the same image sensing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Ming-Tsan Kao, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Tien-Chia Liu, Hsin-Chia Chen
  • Patent number: 9117416
    Abstract: An exemplary active matrix display device includes a plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of pixel rows. The gate signal lines are independently driven from one another. Each of the pixel rows is electrically coupled to one of the gate signal lines and a part of the data signals lines. The pixel rows include a first pixel row and a second pixel row. The first pixel row and the second pixel row are not neighboring with each other. The gate signal line electrically coupled with the first pixel row and the gate signal line electrically coupled with the second pixel row are synchronously enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Pei-Yi Chen, Chun-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 9110526
    Abstract: A driving method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes are coupled to a driving circuit respectively via different electrical paths. The driving method includes: defining a plurality of sub-frame periods in a first frame period; converting a driving configuration for providing the driving configuration that is different from each other respectively to each of the sub-frame periods; the driving circuit drives the electrodes respectively with the driving configuration corresponding to one of the sub-frame periods during the sub-frame periods for obtaining at least one of the sub-frame sensing values from each of the sub-frame periods; and the driving circuit integrates the sub-frame sensing values respectively obtained during the sub-frame periods for obtaining a touch information of the touch panel during the first frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yung-Jen Lin, Chao-Shih Huang, Chih-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9070341
    Abstract: An LCD device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD device includes a data driver, a detection unit, and a power mode control option generation unit. The data driver controls a consumption power of an output buffer which outputs an image data signal to a liquid crystal display panel. The detection unit detects a low power driving mode interval for driving the data driver at a first consumption power. The power mode control option generation unit transfers a second power mode control option to the data driver during an interval other than the low power driving mode interval, and transfers a first power mode control option to the data driver during the low power driving mode interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ha Young Ji, Jin Sung Kim, Min Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 9064460
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that has a photodetection element in a pixel, and has an input function that is not dependent on the light environment. The display device includes a photosensor in a pixel region. The photosensor includes a first sensor pixel circuit that outputs a sensor signal that corresponds to charge accumulated in an accumulation period when a light source for the sensor is lit, and a second sensor pixel circuit that outputs a sensor signal that corresponds to charge accumulated in an accumulation period when the light source is extinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Kohei Tanaka, Naru Usukura, Tadashi Nemoto, Hiromi Katoh
  • Patent number: 9041638
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal-driving circuit includes: a plurality of resistors connected in series between a first and second potentials; one or more voltage follower circuits to impedance-convert one or more intermediate potentials between the first and second potentials, to be outputted, respectively, the intermediate potentials generated at one or more connection points between the resistors, respectively; a common-signal-output circuit to supply common signals to common electrodes of a liquid-crystal panel, respectively, the common signals each being at the first and second potentials, and the intermediate potentials; and a segment-signal-output circuit to supply segment signals to segment electrodes of the panel, respectively, the segment signals each being at the first and second potentials, and the intermediate potentials according to the common signals, the segment-signal output circuit to change the potentials of the segment signals in a ramp form, at least if the potentials of the segment signals are changed w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Norikazu Katagiri, Tetsuya Tokunaga, Mamoru Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9041699
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that has a photodetection element in a pixel and can automatically correct a photosensor signal during operation, while resolving offset error with respect to the true black level or white level. As operation modes, a sensor row driver (5) has: (a) a sensor drive mode in which a sensor drive signal of a first pattern is supplied, and a photosensor signal that corresponds to the amount of light received by the photosensor is output to a signal processing circuit (8), and (b) a correction data acquisition mode in which a sensor drive signal of a second pattern that is different from the first pattern is supplied, and a correction photosensor signal level that corresponds to the case where the photosensor detected a black level or a white level is acquired. The photosensor signal levels obtained in the two modes while the ambient environment is controlled to a predetermined condition are stored in a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sugita, Kohei Tanaka, Naru Usukura, Tadashi Nemoto, Hiromi Katoh
  • Patent number: 9024932
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter with auto-switching between pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse frequency modulation (PFM) is used in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and judges power consumption of an OLED array of the display according to display data of the display and thus determines a switching time between PWM and PFM. The converter comprises a content statistic unit, an auto-switching control unit, a PWM controller, a PFM controller and a power generator. The content statistic unit receives and accumulates the display data of the OLED display and then outputs a statistic value. The auto-switching control unit outputs a control signal according to the statistic value to control the PWM controller and the PFM controller and to switch to a PWM mode or a PFM mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Orise Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin-Chien Chen, Ming-Chien Li
  • Patent number: 9019181
    Abstract: A driver apparatus for an electroluminescent display comprising a plurality of rows to be scanned and a plurality of columns which intersect the rows to form a plurality of pixels, comprises addressable row drivers, each row driver applying an output voltage to its associated row when addressed. The value of the output voltage is approximately equal to the numerical average of the threshold voltage for the electroluminescent display and the voltage required to provide the maximum desired pixel luminance for the electroluminescent display. Bipolar column drivers each supply an output voltage to its associated column. The output voltage is either positive or negative depending on the desired luminance of the pixels. The range of both positive and negative column output voltages is from zero volts to about one half of the difference between the threshold voltage and the voltage to provide the desired maximum pixel luminance for the electroluminescent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Ifire IP Corporation
    Inventor: Willy Liu
  • Patent number: 9013375
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus, including: a plurality of pixels each including an organic light-emitting diode (OLED); and a power supply voltage driving unit generating a first power supply voltage have a first level that varies according to time and a second power supply voltage having a second level that varies according to time, the power supply voltage driving unit supplying the first and the second power supply voltages to the plurality of pixels, wherein the power supply voltage driving unit includes: a first resistor connected to a gate of a second transistor for pulling-down the first power supply voltage, and a second resistor connected to a gate of a fourth transistor for pulling-down the second power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung-Hwan Yoo