Patents Examined by Robert J Michaud
  • Patent number: 11009982
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a circuit board, a display control device and a display device. The circuit board includes at least two circuit modules. Each of the circuit modules includes a plurality of first-type signal receiving terminals. Respective numbers of the first-type signal receiving terminals included in the at least two circuit modules are the same. Respective number of channels used by the at least two circuit modules to transmit a first-type signal are different. The display control device includes the above circuit board. The circuit board, the display control device and the display device provided by the present disclosure are used in touch display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjin Fan
  • Patent number: 11009952
    Abstract: A method for analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is disclosed. Information associated with two or more options is presented to a user. EEG signals from a sensor coupled to the user are received contemporaneously to the user receiving information associated with the two or more options. The EEG signals are processed in real time to determine which one of the options was selected by the user. In response to determining which one of the options was selected by the user, an action from one or more possible actions associated with the information presented to the user is selected. An output associated with the selected action is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Gabriella Levine, Joseph Hollis Sargent, Phillip Yee
  • Patent number: 11010007
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, including a display panel. An input sensing panel is disposed on the display panel. The input sensing panel includes a plurality of first sensor units arranged along a first direction. A first connection unit is configured to connect the first sensor units. A plurality of second sensor units are arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction. A second connection unit is configured to connect the second sensor units. A first insulation layer is disposed between the first connection unit and the second connection unit. A second insulation layer covers the first insulation layer. A plurality of holes is provided on an upper surface of the second insulation layer, and a thickness of the second insulation layer is greater than a depth of each of the plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsu Lee, Jeong Won Kim, Dae-Hyun Noh, Yongsung Park, Seungbin Lee, Richard James
  • Patent number: 11004374
    Abstract: A low-power display device in which an operation method is optimized in accordance with the resolution and the frame frequency of a content is provided. The display device includes a display unit and an image receiving apparatus. In the case where the resolution of a content is lower than the resolution that can be displayed by the display device, a source driver and a gate driver included in the display unit output signals to a plurality of source lines and gate lines, and the source driver and the gate driver are operated at lower operation frequencies. Furthermore, the power supply voltages of the logic circuit portions included in the source driver and the gate driver are lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Kei Takahashi, Kensuke Yoshizumi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10997950
    Abstract: A hand-held display device includes a container having a front display having a perimeter, a top side, a left side, a right side, and a bottom side, together all defining the perimeter of the front display, and a back side. The front display includes a plurality of display portions. Each display portion provides an array of display markers. The display markers are configured to display a first side when an electrical current is passed therethrough and a second side when the electrical current is not passed therethrough. A plurality of controllers is mounted on the container. The plurality of controllers equals the plurality of display portions. Each controller is configured to selectively pass the electrical current through a predetermined configuration of the display markers in a respective one of the first plurality of display portions, such that a predetermined indicia is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Oat Foundry, LLC
    Inventors: Luc Tenthorey, Michael Xavier Courtney, John Halko, IV, James Michael Vescio, Jr., Sarah van Bemmel
  • Patent number: 10996806
    Abstract: A touch display device includes: a display panel comprising: a plurality of subpixels; and a plurality of touch electrodes; and a touch sensing circuit configured to: supply a touch driving signal to the display panel; and detect a touch sensing signal to sense a touch, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes comprises: a plurality of X-touch electrode (XTE) lines, each comprising a plurality of XTEs, the plurality of XTE connecting lines being configured to connect adjacent XTEs to each other, among the plurality of XTEs, and a plurality of Y-touch electrode (YTE) lines intersecting the plurality of XTE lines, each YTE line comprising a plurality of YTEs, the plurality of YTE connecting lines being configured to connect adjacent YTEs to each other, and wherein at least two YTE connecting lines, among the plurality of YTE connecting lines, are between two neighboring subpixels of the plurality of subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ruda Rhe, JiHyun Jung, DeukSu Lee, SuChang An, JaeGyun Lee, Hyangmyoung Gwon, Yangsik Lee
  • Patent number: 10990344
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the processing circuitry to create data for displaying a web page in a web browser on a display device of at least one communication terminal among a plurality of communication terminals; and transmit the created data to the at least one communication terminal. The web page includes a first area for displaying a shared screen to be shared among the plurality of communication terminals; and a second area including at least an image of the shared screen displayed in response to an acquisition request, which is accepted at the at least one communication terminal, to acquire the image of the shared screen, and an editable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Daigo Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10991791
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a pixel area with at least a first rounded corner portion and first to third non-pixel areas arranged sequentially along an outer circumference of the pixel area. An internal circuit in the first non-pixel area has a first end portion adjacent to the first rounded corner portion of the pixel area. The first end portion of the internal circuit is rounded in accordance with the first rounded corner portion. A plurality of routing wires are in the third non-pixel area below the pixel area. The routing wires extending to the pixel area via the second non-pixel area and the first non-pixel area. The routing wires include at least a first routing wire connected to the pixel area passing an area of the first end portion of the internal circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Lee, Yang Wan Kim, Sun Ja Kwon, Byung Sun Kim, Hyun Ae Park, Su Jin Lee, Jae Yong Lee, Tae Hoon Kwon, Seung Ji Cha
  • Patent number: 10978015
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, a device and a display apparatus for adjusting a gate-off voltage. In that the method for adjusting the gate-off voltage includes: obtaining a contrast of the display brightness of the display panel by at least one photosensitive element; comparing the contrast with an initial contrast, and if the difference between the contrast and the initial contrast is greater than the set threshold value, adjusting the gate-off voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10978521
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an opening; and a sealing film formed on the plurality of pixels, wherein the sealing film includes an inorganic film, and the inorganic film includes a wave portion whose cross section is a wave-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kengo Kato
  • Patent number: 10977992
    Abstract: A driving compensation method for a pixel circuit includes: in a compensation phase of the pixel circuit, providing a preset signal to the control terminal of the driving transistor to write the preset signal to the control terminal of the driving transistor, to write internal loss voltage of the driving transistor to the first terminal of the driving transistor; wherein the compensation phase includes a first external compensation phase and a second external compensation phase; in the first external compensation phase, the preset signal is a sum of a reference signal and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor; in the second external compensation phase, the preset signal is the sum of the data signal and the threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yicheng Lin, Yu Wang, Ling Wang, Pan Xu, Cuili Gai, Baoxia Zhang, Guang Yan, Dongfang Yang
  • Patent number: 10969898
    Abstract: A method for determining a force of a touch object on a touch device and for determining its related touch event is provided. The touch object touched on the touch device is clustered into different object groups. Thus, multiple touch objects are simply grouped into two object groups to easily calculate the pressing force that is provided for determining follow-up touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsueh-Wei Yang, Ting-Jan Yang
  • Patent number: 10971089
    Abstract: A driving method of a display panel, comprising: dividing pixels on the display panel into pairs of pixel sets, wherein each pair of pixel sets comprises a first pixel set and a second pixel set; acquiring a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to a frame input signal look-up-table, wherein a front viewing-angle mixed brightness of the subpixel driven by the first and second voltage signals alternately is equivalent to a front viewing-angle brightness of the subpixel driven by a frame input signal; driving first subpixels of the first and second pixel sets by first and second voltage signals of the first subpixel of the first pixel set, respectively; and driving second subpixels of the first and second pixel sets by second and first voltage signals of the second subpixel of the second pixel set, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10969890
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel, a plurality of gripping sensors at a side of the display device and configured to detect a gripping of the side of the display device, and a plurality of touch sensors on the display panel and configured to generate a sensing output signal based on sensing input signals, in which the sensing input signals having different enable voltages are applied to the plurality of touch sensors, and the different enable voltages are determined according to the gripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Ki Hong, Jong Seo Lee
  • Patent number: 10971053
    Abstract: An electronic device for controlling a display based on luminance of external light and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a sensor, a memory, and a processor operably connected to the display, the sensor, and the memory. The processor is configured to identify first information regarding external light directed to the electronic device, acquire first frame data based on the identified first information and second information regarding the user, display the first frame data on the display, identify second frame data distinguished from the first frame data from an application stored in the memory while the first frame data is outputted on the display, adjust color of at least one of multiple pixels included in the second frame data at least partially based on the first frame data, and control the display based on the first frame data or the adjusted second frame data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjun Lee, Byeongjun Mun, Jinyoung Ahn, Sanghyun Lee, Minjung Kim
  • Patent number: 10969894
    Abstract: An input device may include various sensor electrodes that define various sensor pixels. The input device may further include a processing system coupled to the sensor electrodes. The processing system may obtain a first resulting signal and a second resulting signal from the sensor electrodes. The processing system may determine, using the first resulting signal, an in-phase estimate of a phase delay at a sensor pixel among the sensor pixels. The processing system may determine, using the second resulting signal, a quadrature estimate of the phase delay at the sensor pixel. The processing system may determine, based at least in part on the in-phase estimate and the quadrature estimate, a phase baseline estimate of the sensor pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Eric Bohannon
  • Patent number: 10969913
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for detection of a protective cover film on a capacitive touch screen are described. A device may include a capacitive touch screen having a surface and a sensor grid underneath the surface having a set of conductive columns and a set of conductive rows. The device may measure a mutual capacitance between a subset of conductive columns or a subset of conductive rows associated with a sensor grid, and compare the measured mutual capacitance between the subset of conductive columns or the subset of conductive rows to a baseline mutual capacitance associated with the set of conductive columns and the set of conductive rows. According to the comparison, the device may determine a presence of a protective layer in contact with the surface of the capacitive touch screen, and adjust an operating characteristic of the sensor grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Stacy Withers, David Johnson, Hrishikesh Panchawagh
  • Patent number: 10964252
    Abstract: The number of lithography processes is reduced and a high-definition display device is provided. The display device includes a pixel portion and a driver circuit for driving the pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a first transistor and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the first transistor. The driver circuit includes a second transistor and a connection portion. The second transistor includes a metal oxide film, first and second gate electrodes that face each other with the metal oxide film positioned therebetween, source and drain electrodes over and in contact with the metal oxide film, and a first wiring connecting the first and second gate electrodes. The connection portion includes a second wiring on the same surface as the first gate electrode, a third wiring on the same surface as the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a fourth wiring connecting the second wiring and the third wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Katayama, Daisuke Kurosaki, Kenichi Okazaki, Junichi Koezuka
  • Patent number: 10964273
    Abstract: A pixel sensing device, an organic light emitting display device and a pixel compensation method thereof are disclosed. The pixel sensing device comprises a plurality of current integrators for sensing driving characteristics of pixels. Each current integrator comprises: an operational amplifier equipped with an inverting input terminal to which a first input voltage is applied according to a pixel current of the pixels, a non-inverting input terminal to which a second input voltage is applied according to the pixel current, and an output terminal through which an integral voltage corresponding to the pixel current is output; and a feedback capacitor connected between the inverting input terminal and the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyemi Oh, Minkyu Song, Jisu Choi, Byungjae Lee, Myunggi Lim, Kyoungdon Woo, Seungtae Kim, Bumsik Kim
  • Patent number: 10957238
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided including a display panel, a memory configured to store first image quality compensation data corresponding to a driving frequency of the display panel, and second image quality compensation data corresponding to a frame frequency of an input image to the display panel, the second image quality compensation data corresponding to the first image quality compensation data adjusted based on a luminance value of the input image, and a timing controller configured to, based on the frame frequency of the image input to the display panel being varied, perform image quality compensation on the input image using the second image quality compensation data, and to control the display panel to display the input image based on the image quality compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjin Lim, Arum Lee