Patents Examined by Rodney Amadiz
  • Patent number: 12182349
    Abstract: A touch display device can include a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of subpixels, and a plurality of touch electrodes, each of the plurality of subpixels including a light emitting element and a driving transistor; and a signal conversion circuit configured to supply a driving signal to the plurality of subpixels in the display panel or a driving circuit connected to the display panel. Also, the driving signal can have a signal waveform corresponding to a signal waveform of a first power signal or a signal waveform of a second power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CheolSe Kim
  • Patent number: 12183276
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method for driving a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of pixel circuits. The plurality of pixel units are divided into a plurality of groups, and each pixel circuit is configured to drive a corresponding group of pixel units. Each pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a data writing circuit, a storage circuit, a sensing circuit, and a light-emitting control circuit. The light-emitting control circuit is respectively connected to light-emitting elements of a corresponding group of pixel units, and the light-emitting control circuit is configured to apply a driving current to the light-emitting elements of respective pixel units of the group of pixel units at different times in response to at least two light-emitting control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tangxiang Wang, Fei Yang
  • Patent number: 12165613
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of displays, and disclose a screen correction method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a first display parameter of pixel points in at least two display regions of a target screen, wherein the first display parameter comprises first spectral tristimulus values; determining a target region in the display regions and determining a second display parameter of pixel points in a non-target region in the display regions according to the first display parameter, wherein the target region is a display region among the display regions where a luminance parameter meets a preset requirement, and the second display parameter comprises second spectral tristimulus values; converting the luminance parameter into a target display parameter with the type of the second spectral tristimulus values; and compensating the second display parameter based on the target display parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: HAINING ESWIN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING ESWIN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Zhang, Qiqiang Han, Meng Guo
  • Patent number: 12154481
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel component including first pixels which emits light having a first color, and second pixels which emits light having a second color different from the first color, a sensing component which extracts, during a sensing period, first sensing data from the first pixels, and second sensing data from the second pixels, and a temperature determiner which senses a temperature of the pixel component using the first sensing data and the second sensing data. The temperature determiner senses, when the first sensing data is supplied to the temperature determiner, the temperature of the pixel component at least one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Bang, Dong Ki Eun, Seung Ho Park, Seok Gyu Ban, Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 12154495
    Abstract: An array base plate includes a silicon substrate including multiple cascaded EOA units disposed at a peripheral area; the EOA units are electrically connected to a pixel driving unit; each EOA unit includes an input circuit transmitting a signal input by a light-emitting control signal input line to the EOA unit; a first control circuit transmitting a second power signal input by a second power signal line to a first node, and transmitting a first power signal input by a first power signal line to a second node; a second control circuit transmitting a second clock signal to a third node or transmitting the second power signal to the third node; a pull-up circuit transmitting the first power signal to a light-emitting control signal output line, and a pull-down circuit transmitting the second power signal to the light-emitting control signal output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: YUNNAN INVENSIGHT OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaoxi Ma, Longfei Fan, Pengcheng Lu, Shengji Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Shanghong Jiang, Zhijian Zhu, Huaiyun Fan
  • Patent number: 12148117
    Abstract: A control method includes responding to a first trigger event to control a screen to display a set three-dimensional (3D) cubic space region, responding to an operation on the set 3D cubic space region to obtain adjustment information of the set 3D cubic space region, adjusting the set 3D cubic space region based on the adjustment information to obtain an adjusted 3D cubic space region, and controlling the screen to display the adjusted 3D cubic space region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yong Duan, Xi Wan
  • Patent number: 12142236
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device with an optical sensor includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes first to third signal lines, an optical sensor including a photoelectric conversion element, and a sensor signal line that is connected to the optical sensor and transmits a detection signal to the driver IC. One first wiring line drawn from one terminal of the driver IC is connected to four switching elements. Three of the four switching elements are electrically connected to one of the first to third signal lines, respectively. One of the four switching elements, different from the three switching elements, is electrically connected to the sensor signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Akihiko Saitoh, Teppei Yamada
  • Patent number: 12141434
    Abstract: An example multi-zone touchscreen device is configured to receive multiple feeds of touchscreen display data from different respective data sources. The touchscreen device scales the respective feeds of touchscreen display data for concurrent display in predefined regions of a touch-sensitive display. The touchscreen device receives a touch input in one of the predefined regions of the touch-sensitive display and applies a reverse scaling to the selected touchscreen display data to determine a location of the selection in the original data feed. The touchscreen device then communicates the location of the selection to the source of the original data feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Macro-Blue, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard Ogle
  • Patent number: 12142199
    Abstract: A recognition apparatus includes a recognition layer and a light-emitting panel disposed on the recognition layer. The recognition layer is configured to recognize an object that contacts the light-emitting panel based on light that is emitted by the light-emitting panel in response to contact with the object and reflected by the object to the recognition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianfeng Zhu
  • Patent number: 12124655
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a touch structure including a touch interface and an inner interface arranged opposite to the touch interface; a capacitive ultrasonic transmitter arranged inside an enclosed interior volume and configured to transmit an ultrasonic transmit wave towards the touch structure; a capacitive ultrasonic receiver arranged inside the enclosed interior volume and configured to receive at least one ultrasonic reflected wave produced from the ultrasonic transmit wave via internal reflection; a coupling medium that fills an area between the inner interface and the capacitive ultrasonic receiver, wherein an external force applied to the touch interface is configured to impart an internal pressure onto the capacitive ultrasonic receiver through the coupling medium; and a sensor circuit configured to convert the at least one ultrasonic reflected wave into a measurement signal and detect the external force based on the measurement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Emanuel Stoicescu, Matthias Eberl, Costin Batrinu, Klaus Elian
  • Patent number: 12125447
    Abstract: A display driver includes a display panel, a backlight array, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight array includes a plurality of light sources and is configured to illuminate the display panel. The backlight control circuitry is configured to determine first base luminance for a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on pixel data for a first set of pixels associated with the first light source. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to determine first compensated luminance for the first light source by modifying the first base luminance based at least in part on a position of the first light source in the backlight array. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to control light emission of the first light source based at least in part on the first compensated luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki
  • Patent number: 12126337
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display screen, and an optical proximity sensor module disposed behind the display screen. The optical proximity sensor module includes a light emitter operable to produce light having a wavelength for transmission through the display screen toward a target object, and a light sensor operable to sense light reflected by the target object and having the wavelength. The optical proximity sensor module can includes means for reducing a maximum energy density of a light beam produced by the light emitter. The means for reducing the maximum energy density of the light beam is disposed between the light emitter and the display screen so as to intersect the light beam produced by the light emitter. In some cases, there are multiple light emitters collectively operable to provide sufficient optical energy for proximity sensing without producing a visible spot on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AMS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Jian Liu, Klaus Schmidegg, Whitney Hernandez, Helmut Theiler, Josef Kriebernegg, George Richard Kelly, Matt Kroese
  • Patent number: 12112675
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel grayscale compensation method, a grayscale compensation device, and a grayscale compensation system. The grayscale compensation method, by acquiring at least one set of image data corresponding to bonding point grayscale values of the display panel, and by dividing the display panel into a main display region and sub-display regions through the image data, can determine grayscale compensation values corresponding to pixels in the sub-display region according to the average gamma value of each sub-display region, which can increase precision of a single grayscale compensation of the pixels in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yuhua Chang, Wenli Wang
  • Patent number: 12112706
    Abstract: A driving transistor is configured to control driving current for the light-emitting element. A first capacitive element and a second capacitive element are connected in series between a gate and a source of the driving transistor. A first switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between a data line and an intermediate node located between the first capacitive element and the second capacitive element. A second switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the gate and a drain of the driving transistor. A third switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the intermediate node and a reference power line. A fourth switching transistor is configured to switch supply/non-supply of driving current from the driving transistor to the light-emitting element. A fifth switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between an anode of the light-emitting element and a reset power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda
  • Patent number: 12105899
    Abstract: A method for estimating stylus position and a stylus are provided. The method includes the following operation. An image is captured towards a display through an image capturing device disposed on a stylus. A distance between the stylus and the display is detected through a distance sensor disposed on the stylus. A display bezel of the display in the image is detected. A spatial position of the stylus relative to the display is determined according to the display bezel in the image and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Shang-Yao Lin, Ting-Wei Yuan, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 12099647
    Abstract: An electronic device and a control method using the same are provided. The electronic device may include: a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor having a plurality of channels arranged isotropically; and a processor configured to: detect a center of gravity of an external force applied to a measurement area of the PPG sensor by an object, based on PPG signals that are detected from the plurality of channels when the object is in contact with the measurement area of the PPG sensor, and generate a control command based on a change in the detected center of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Kang, Seung Woo Noh, Byung Hoon Ko, Sang Yun Park, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 12073030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a keyboard for a tablet. The keyboard is configured to be mounted on a back of a tablet and/or a back of a cover for tablet, and is functionally associable with the tablet. When properly mounted on the back of the tablet or on the back of the cover of the tablet inserted into the cover, the keyboard is configured to enable a user, holding the tablet with both hands and facing a screen of the table, to use a right hand to type on a first part of the keyboard and a left hand to type on a second part of the keyboard. The first part and the second part may constitute complementary parts of a keyboard whose keys are arranged in a mirror image of a standard computer keyboard or virtual smartphone keyboard. The keyboard is thereby configured to facilitate blind typing thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Yair Landau
  • Patent number: 12067199
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch panel includes, in sequence: a stretchable array substrate; a detection electrode; and a resin plate. The resin plate has a detection surface facing opposite to the detection electrode. The detection surface has a recessed surface. The detection electrode and the recessed surface overlap when viewed in a stacking direction in which the stretchable array substrate, the detection electrode, and the resin plate are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Takumi Sano
  • Patent number: 12061790
    Abstract: Some examples provides a set of frameworks, process and methods aimed at enabling the expression and exploration of free-form and parametric 3D shape designs enabled through natural interactions with a hand-held mobile device acting as a controller for 3D virtual objects. A reference plane in a virtual space generated by the location of the mobile device may be used to select a 3D virtual object intersected by the reference plane. Positioning of the mobile device may also be used to control a pointer in the virtual space. In an example, the orientation of the mobile device may be detected by an accelerometer or gyroscope. In example, the position of the mobile device may be detected by a position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Vinayak Raman Krishnamurthy, Cecil Piya, Karthik Ramani
  • Patent number: 12056417
    Abstract: In a cooperative display system that connects a portable terminal and a head mounted display to display information in cooperation, the portable terminal displays information on a first display, and transmits at least a part of the information that is displayed to the head mounted display, and the head mounted display shares and displays the information transmitted from the portable terminal on a second display. Here, the information displayed on the portable terminal is hierarchical information, and the information displayed on the head mounted display is lower-level information in the hierarchical information. In addition, whether a user is stationary or moving is detected by a sensor of the portable terminal, and in a case where the user is stationary, the display of the information on the portable terminal is stopped, and the information is displayed only on the head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Shigeyuki Itou