Patents Examined by Robin J Mishler
  • Patent number: 11907472
    Abstract: A detection device includes a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a controller. The controller selects, as first detection electrodes, two of the first electrodes and two of the second electrodes positioned outermost in a predetermined detection region, selects, as first driving electrodes, at least one of first electrodes and the second electrodes not selected as the first detection electrodes, and detects a target in a non-contacting state from signals expressing capacitances acquired, by applying a voltage to the first driving electrodes, from the first detection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Ito, Yukihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11899892
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area in which pixels are provided, and a non-display area formed to enclose at least one side of the display area; a touch sensing layer disposed on the display panel, and including at least one first touch electrode and at least one second touch electrode; a printed circuit substrate connected to one side of the non-display area and electrically connected with the pixels; and conductive tape attached to one surface of the printed circuit substrate. The conductive tape may include first conductive tape and second conductive tape spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong Il Kang, Ga Yeon Yun
  • Patent number: 11899867
    Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: providing a display configured to render frames of data into visible images; providing a plurality of electrodes integrated into the display to facilitate touch sense functionality based on electrode signals having a drive signal component and a receive signal component; generating, via a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to at least some of the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of sensed signals; receiving the plurality of sensed signals; generating a stream of capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes capacitance variation data corresponding to variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value within a temporal period; and processing the capacitance image data to determine a touchless gesture occurring within the temporal period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11886661
    Abstract: A display device according to an example embodiment includes a display portion displaying an image, and a sense portion that is disposed over one side of the display portion, and senses an external input, wherein the sense portion includes: at least one of first sense electrodes receiving a first sense signal that is changed in response to the external input, at least one of second sense electrodes that are disposed at a distance from the first sense electrodes, wherein the first sense electrodes are disposed between the second sense electrodes, and at least one of compensation electrode that are disposed spaced apart from and between the first sense electrodes, and to which a compensation signal is applied, wherein the compensation signal and the first sense signal are inverted in phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11875008
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including emissive devices disposed in a display area, signal lines disposed in a non-display area, first touch electrodes disposed in the display area, the first touch electrodes being arranged in a first direction, second touch electrodes disposed in the display area while being arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, touch routing lines disposed in the non-display area, the touch routing lines being electrically connected to the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes, wherein the display area includes a first region including touch blocks surrounded by lines dividing the first touch electrodes into halves in the second direction and lines dividing the second touch electrodes into halves in the first direction and a second region provided so as to surround the first region, the touch blocks being disposed spaced apart from each other in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum Hee Han, Jong Moo Ha, Ji Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11875005
    Abstract: A capacitive touch screen display operates by: providing a display configured to render frames of data into visible images; providing a plurality of electrodes integrated into the display to facilitate touch sense functionality based on electrode signals having a drive signal component and a receive signal component; generating, via a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to at least some of the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of sensed signals; receiving the plurality of sensed signals; generating capacitance image data associated with the plurality of cross points that includes capacitance variation data corresponding to variations of the capacitance image data from a nominal value; and processing the capacitance image data to determine a touchless indication proximal to the touch screen display based on a touchless indication threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Michael Shawn Gray, Patrick Troy Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11868573
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including: an electronic module; a display panel including a first region overlapped with the electronic module and a second region adjacent to the first region, a plurality of first emission parts, which are disposed in the first region and are spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of second emission parts, which are disposed in the second region and are spaced apart from each other; and an input sensor including a first electrode, which is disposed on the first region, a second electrode, which is disposed on the second region, a third electrode, which is disposed on the second region and is electrically disconnected from the second electrode, and a plurality of conductive patterns, which are disposed on the second region, wherein the conductive patterns comprise a first pattern, which is electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second pattern, which is electrically floated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Lyong Bok, Kicheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11864606
    Abstract: A smart mask includes a first material layer, at least one display, a first sensor, and a control module. The first material layer is configured to cover a portion of a face of a person. The at least one display is connected to the first material layer and configured to display images over a mouth of the person. The first sensor is configured to detect movement of the mouth of the person and generate a signal indicative of the movement of the mouth. The control module is configured to receive the signal and display the images on the display based on the movement of the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NantWorks, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas James Witchey, Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Patent number: 11861118
    Abstract: A touch display panel at least includes a plurality of touch signal lines, the touch signal lines includes a first type touch signal line and a second type touch signal line, and a distance between a first end of the first type touch signal line and a touch integrated circuit is less than a distance between a first end of the second type touch signal line and the touch integrated circuit. The first type touch signal line includes a single sub-signal line, and the second type touch signal line includes at least two sub-signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Fang, Ningkun Peng
  • Patent number: 11861087
    Abstract: Foldable touch screen display devices with a flexible display including foldable segments to configure from a compact state to an expanded state, and a fold over camera window are described. The form factor of the compact state can be the size of a handheld phone. The form factor of the expanded state can be the size of a tablet computer, and can include the mechanical functionality of a laptop. Both states include an integrated speaker and microphone. The fold over camera window allows symmetrically folding so that edges of each segment are tangent with each other in a fully folded state. The device includes sensors indicating the state of configuration and mechanisms for alignment, locking, and further structural support. A module attached to at least one segment of the flexible display or rigid display contains all processing and memory, and a communications system to be used in any state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEPTON COMPUTING LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 11861107
    Abstract: Disclosed is an input sensor which includes a plurality of sensing parts, an amplifier circuit that is connected to the sensing parts, a rectifier circuit connected to the amplifier circuit, an analog-to-digital converter that is connected to the rectifier circuit, an output switching element that controls a connection of the rectifier circuit and the analog-to-digital converter, a first connection switching element that controls a connection of the amplifier circuit and the rectifier circuit, a second connection switching element that connects a first voltage line to the rectifier circuit, and a third connection switching element that connects a second voltage to be applied to the rectifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11854447
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array including touch blocks; a plurality of test pads in a bezel area outside the pixel array for performing a pixel test and a touch block test; a plurality of pixel test lines and a plurality of touch block test lines connected to the test pads within the pixel array; a switching unit between the test pads and the pixel test lines and the touch block test lines and applying a test signal to any one of the pixel test lines and the touch block test lines; a pixel test switching pad in the bezel area and providing a control signal for testing pixel operation in the pixel array to the switching unit; and a touch block test switching pad in the bezel area and providing a control signal for testing the touch blocks within the pixel array to the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Se-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11847946
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array including touch blocks; a plurality of test pads in a bezel area outside the pixel array for performing a pixel test and a touch block test; a plurality of pixel test lines and a plurality of touch block test lines connected to the test pads within the pixel array; a switching unit between the test pads and the pixel test lines and the touch block test lines and applying a test signal to any one of the pixel test lines and the touch block test lines; a pixel test switching pad in the bezel area and providing a control signal for testing pixel operation in the pixel array to the switching unit; and a touch block test switching pad in the bezel area and providing a control signal for testing the touch blocks within the pixel array to the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Se-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11849623
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and a display device, including a substrate; a light-emitting layer disposed on a side of the substrate, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a plurality of light-emitting units; an encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate, wherein the first insulating layer includes a plurality of protruding structures arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light-emitting units; a second insulating layer covering the plurality of protruding structures, wherein a refractive index of the second insulating layer is smaller than a refractive index of the first insulating layer, and a surface of a side of the encapsulation layer close to the first insulating layer is provided with a first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jing Ni
  • Patent number: 11846966
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display layer; a sensor layer on the display layer and comprising an active area and a peripheral area, the sensor layer being configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode; and a sensor controller configured to control the sensor layer, wherein the first mode comprises a first operation period, the second mode comprises a plurality of second operation periods and a third operation period, and the sensor controller is configured to sense a first input generated by a touch in the first operation period, to sense a second input generated by an input device in one of the second operation periods, to sense a third input generated by a touch different from the touch generating the first input in a portion of the active area in the third operation period, and to calculate a first sensing value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gayoung Kim, Sanghyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11847273
    Abstract: An electronic panel including a base layer having a sensing area and a peripheral area adjacent to the sensing area, sensing electrodes overlapping the sensing area and disposed on the base layer, first lines overlapping the peripheral area and connected to one end and the other end of each of the sensing electrodes, an insulation layer including a first insulation portion configured to cover the sensing electrodes and disposed on the base layer and a second insulation portion configured to cover at least a portion of each of the first lines and disposed on the base layer, and second lines disposed on the second insulation portion and respectively electrically connected to the first lines through contact holes defined in the second insulation portion. The at least a portion of each of the first lines has a meandering shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hwa Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Il-Joo Kim, Youngbae Jung
  • Patent number: 11835983
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch panel and a touch display device, the touch panel includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area is provided with a plurality of row electrodes arranged at intervals along a first direction and a plurality of column electrodes arranged at intervals along a second direction. The non-display area is provided with a driving unit electrically connected to each row electrode which is provided with a plurality of first open holes, and each column electrode includes a plurality of electrode blocks; each electrode block is arranged in the first open hole, and the electrode block is insulated from the row electrode; each electrode block is provided with a second open hole, and a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes are provided in the display area; each self-capacitance electrode is arranged in the second open hole, and the self-capacitance electrode is insulated from the electrode block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Wang Li, Baohong Kang
  • Patent number: 11829533
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of display surfaces having a closed-loop structure and configured to display images in different directions, a plurality of vibration generating devices configured to vibrate the plurality of display surfaces, and a vibration support surrounded by the plurality of display surfaces and configured to support the plurality of vibration generating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seeun Kim, Taehyung Kim, HakMo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11824066
    Abstract: A display device may include a source electrode disposed on a substrate; a drain electrode disposed on the substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode, the insulating layer including an opening overlapping the drain electrode; and a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer and electrically contacting the drain electrode in the opening of the insulating layer, wherein an angle between a side surface of the opening of the insulating layer and a plane parallel to the substrate is in a range of about 70 degrees to about 85 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeon Bum Lee
  • Patent number: 11822753
    Abstract: A touch sensor of multi-driving scheme includes a touch panel including input lines and output lines, the touch panel causes a change in mutual capacitance in response to touch. Processing circuitry generates transmission signals to the input lines as a result of an encoding operation on a first matrix having an inverse matrix, each of the transmission signals has a first polarity or a second polarity opposite in phase to the first polarity; outputs the transmission signals in an unbalanced period when the sum of phases of the transmission signals is greater than 0; receives receiving signals through the output lines; and decodes the receiving signals based on the first matrix, the receiving signals generated by the change in the mutual capacitance in response to the touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinchul Lee, Yoonkyung Choi, Bumsoo Kim, Sanho Byun