Patents Examined by Roy P Rabindranath
  • Patent number: 10685599
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a pixel circuit provided to correspond to an intersection of a scan line and a data line, a low potential line, and a high potential line. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a first transistor, and a memory circuit including a first inverter, a second inverter, and a second transistor. The first transistor is disposed between an first input terminal of the first inverter and the data line. The second transistor is disposed between an second output terminal of the second inverter and the first input terminal. An first output terminal of the first inverter is electrically connected to an second input terminal of the second inverter. When the first transistor is in an ON-state, the second transistor is in an OFF-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Miyasaka, Yoichi Momose, Kiyoshi Sekijima
  • Patent number: 10672324
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes sub-pixels connected to gate lines, and a gate driver configured to supply a scan signal to at least one of the gate lines, and including stages. One of the stages includes a QB-node regulation unit configured to charge a QB-node and a QP-node to turn-on voltage by using a first gate clock signal and a second gate clock signal, and a pull-down unit configured to output a turn-off voltage in response to a voltage of the QP-node. The QB-node regulation unit includes a QP-node control part configured to invert a phase of a voltage of a Q1-node and apply the voltage of the inverted phase to the QP-node, and a QB-node control part configured to bootstrap the QP-node. Accordingly, by employing the gate driver including the QB-node regulation unit that provides a stable voltage to the QB-node and the QP-node, the reliability of the gate driver can be improved, and the bezel of the electroluminescence display device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ChungSik Kong, MiHee Shin, GyuTae Kang
  • Patent number: 10665661
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display region including a plurality of pixels and a non-display region at one side of the display region; at least one transistor on the substrate; a light emitting element connected to the transistor; a thin film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element; a plurality of light blocking patterns on the thin film encapsulation layer, the plurality of light blocking patterns corresponding to at least a portion of a non-emission region of each pixel, and a planarization layer covering the light blocking patterns; and a touch sensor including a plurality of touch electrodes on the planarization layer. None of the light blocking patterns overlap touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Woo Park, Jeong Won Kim, Dong Ki Lee, Jin Ho Ju
  • Patent number: 10656893
    Abstract: A display device includes a screen, first and second projectors, a detector, and a controller. The screen has first and second surfaces. The first projector projects a first horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the first surface. The second projector projects a second horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the second surface. The detector detects a person at least viewing one of the first and second surfaces. The controller controls switching of an operation between the first and second projectors in accordance with a detection result of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Ono, Tomotaka Matsuyuki, Sayaka Hirose, Yuri Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10657894
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pixel circuit, a method for driving the same, a display panel, and a display device, and in the pixel circuit, a node reset sub-circuit resets a gate of a driver transistor in a first reset stage, a data writing sub-circuit writes a data signal, and compensates for drifting threshold voltage of the driver transistor, in a data writing stage, and a light-emission control sub-circuit connects a first voltage terminal with a light-emitting diode in a light emission stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuanjun Peng, Xiangxiang Zou, Chengchung Yang
  • Patent number: 10649596
    Abstract: A touch panel and a touch method thereof, and an electronic device are provided. The touch panel includes a first touch detection line, a touch electrode, a second touch detection line and a first switch element. The first touch detection line is connected with the touch electrode and is insulated from the second detection line, and the second detection line is connected with the touch electrode through the first switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenmei Xie, Huizhe Lin, Qian Qian, Zhiyong Li, Jia Liu
  • Patent number: 10643571
    Abstract: A display device and method are provided. The display device includes a display, a first sensor, and a processor. The first sensor senses movement. The processor is operatively connected with the display, and the first sensor, and operates in one of a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which a dynamic image is displayed in the display and the second mode being a mode in which a static image is displayed in the display. In response to a movement of a user being sensed by the first sensor, in the second mode within a first critical time, the processor controls the display to display the static image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Jung Whang, Jee Soo Kim, Kang Il Chung, Dong Wook Han, Young Kwang Seo, Eun Seok Choi, Jin Hyuk Hong
  • Patent number: 10642412
    Abstract: A capacitive detection circuit is provided according to the disclosure. The capacitive detection circuit is applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen, and the touch screen comprises a plurality of receiving electrodes. The capacitive detection circuit includes: a phase detection circuit for detecting a phase of a reception signal and generating a time signal, wherein the receiving electrode receives a transmission signal and generates the reception signal; a mixing module for performing a mixing operation on the reception signal according to the time signal so as to generate an output signal; and a back-end processing module for determining a capacitance corresponding to the receiving electrode according to the output signal. The time signal instructs the mixing module to perform the mixing operation on the reception signal after a first time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Chiang Yang, Yingsi Liang
  • Patent number: 10635218
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pressure detection circuit, a pressure detection circuit array, a touch panel, and a detection method. The pressure detection circuit comprises: a collection sub-circuit configured to receive an external pressure signal and convert the external pressure signal into a voltage signal under the control of a gating signal; and a reading sub-circuit configured to receive the voltage signal, and output a detection output signal related to the voltage signal, wherein the collection sub-circuit and the reading sub-circuit are powered by a constant current source respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ChihJen Cheng, Haisheng Wang, Yuzhen Guo, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu, Pengpeng Wang, Xueyou Cao
  • Patent number: 10629110
    Abstract: A display includes: pixels arranged in a display area (DA) in a first direction (FD) and a second direction (SD), each pixel to display one of first to third colors; gate lines (GLs) extending in the FD in the DA, arranged in the SD, and connected to the pixels; a stage unit (SU) in a non-DA, the SU including stages and being connected to the GLs; clock lines (CLs) to receive signals to control the SU, the CLs extending in the SD in the non-DA and being arranged in the FD; and bridge lines connecting the CLs with the SU. First and second CLs are connected to stages connected to pixels to display the first color. Third and fourth CLs are connected to stages connected to pixels to display the second color. Fifth and sixth CLs are connected to stages connected to pixels to display the third color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Deok Seo, Haeng Won Park
  • Patent number: 10620498
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, the substrate is provided with a display region, a fan-out region, and a plurality of driving chips, a plurality of signal lines formed in the display region; a plurality of pixel regions formed in the display region, and coupled to the signal lines; a plurality of fan-out wires formed in the fan-out region, wherein one terminal of each of the fan-out wires is connected to the signal lines, the other terminal of each of the fan-out wires is connected to the driving chips; a connecting portion formed in the fan-out region; a plurality of connecting lines formed in the connecting portion, wherein each of the driving chips is connected by the connecting lines; wherein the plurality of the fan-out wires are arranged corresponding to a disposing position of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTROMICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10621916
    Abstract: Provided are a driving circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The driving circuit includes a signal line, a control line, a driving unit, a power supply unit, a compensation unit, a light emitting control unit, a data writing unit, a storage unit, and an aging alleviation unit, wherein the driving unit is configured to drive a light emitting element; the light emitting control unit is configured to control the light emitting element to emit light; the data writing unit is configured to write the data signal into the storage unit; the compensation unit is configured to perform threshold voltage compensation for the driving unit; and the aging alleviation unit is configured to short-circuit a cathode and an anode of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haigang Qing, Xiaojing Qi
  • Patent number: 10614733
    Abstract: A display panel includes M drive groups disposed side by side in a display area, and M pad groups disposed in a wiring area around the display area. Each pad group includes N data detection terminals. Each drive group includes a plurality of columns of pixel units, and each pixel unit includes N sub-pixels. N?3, M?2, and M and N are positive integers. Each data detection terminal is configured to receive a signal output from a detection device. The pad groups are in one-to-one correspondence with the drive groups. Sub-pixels having same color in a drive group of the drive groups are electrically connected to a data detection terminal of one of the pad groups corresponding to the drive group via a same one of data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenfei Cai, Yongqian Li, Can Yuan, Xuehuan Feng
  • Patent number: 10613812
    Abstract: A system, a control apparatus and a control method for distributed video display are provided. The system includes an image source device configured to provide image data, a plurality of displays, a plurality of display chips respectively coupled to the displays and connected with the video source device through a network, and a control apparatus connected with the image source device and the display chips through the network and configured to transmit a playback signal to each of the display chips to control the display chips to receive the image data from the image source device and convert the received image data into display frames capable of being played by the displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Shu Liu
  • Patent number: 10614760
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first scan line, a data line, and a pixel circuit provided at a position corresponding to intersections of the first scan line and the data line. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a memory circuit, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor is electrically connected in series to the light emitting element, and a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the memory circuit. The second transistor is disposed between the data line and an input of a first inverter. The third transistor is disposed between an output terminal of a second inverter and the input of the first inverter. When the second transistor turns from an OFF-state to an ON-state, the third transistor is not in an ON-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Miyasaka, Yoichi Momose, Kiyoshi Sekijima
  • Patent number: 10607536
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a pixel circuit located at a position corresponding to an intersection of a scan line and a data line, a low potential line, and a high potential line. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a first transistor, a memory circuit including a first inverter, a second inverter, and a second transistor, and a third transistor. The first transistor is disposed between an input of the first inverter and the data line. The second transistor is disposed between an output of the second inverter and the input. The third transistor and the light emitting element are disposed between the low potential line and the memory circuit. When the first transistor is in an ON-state, the second transistor and the third transistor are in an OFF-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Miyasaka, Yoichi Momose, Kiyoshi Sekijima
  • Patent number: 10606422
    Abstract: The present disclosure detects capacitance distribution between each of detection electrodes and a detected subject on a touch panel with a simple configuration. A drive sense switch element selected among a plurality of drive sense switch elements (DST) on the basis of a code sequence via control lines turns on, and drive sense lines are driven at a first potential. A difference between linear sum signals based on an electric charge of each of the detection electrodes is then read. Subsequently, a capacitance or a change in capacitance between each of the detection electrodes of a touch panel and a detected subject is detected on the basis of a sum-of-product computation performed on the difference between the linear sum signals and the code sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mutsumi Hamaguchi, Masayuki Miyamoto, Shinji Shinjo
  • Patent number: 10591777
    Abstract: A display device comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a color conversion layer disposed on one surface of the second substrate and including quantum dots; a first circular polarizer disposed on the color conversion layer and a second circular polarizer disposed on either one surface of the first substrate facing one surface of the second substrate or the other surface opposed to the one surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Guen Yoon, Jae Hong Park, Dong Han Song, Ji Yun Park, Sang Hee Yu, Kyung Seon Tak
  • Patent number: 10580346
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel that displays an image; a plurality of mount boards having long-length shaped disposed along the display panel; and light emitting elements arrayed on each of the plurality of mount boards in a longitudinal direction of each of the plurality of mount boards. The light emitting elements emit light toward the display panel from behind the display panel, and are arranged in a matrix shape along the display panel. The display device further includes: a back surface board on which the plurality of mount boards is stuck by an adhesive member; and a reflective sheet mounted to the back surface board. The reflective sheet has holes that allow the light emitting elements to pass through at positions corresponding to the light emitting elements, and reflects the light emitted from the light emitting elements toward the display panel. Each of the plurality of mount boards is constituted of a flexible wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kumamoto, Tomonari Oogami, Takamitsu Isono, Koujirou Higa
  • Patent number: 10579200
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch substrate, including a base substrate, having a peripheral wiring area and a pin area, a plurality of first touch electrodes, provided on the base substrate, a plurality of second touch electrodes, provided on the base substrate and interleaved and insulated from the plurality of first touch electrodes, and a detection wiring, both ends of the detection wiring are located in the pin area to form a detection pin, and the detection wiring has a plurality of bending portions distributed along an extending direction of the peripheral wiring area, each of the bending portions has a first touch electrode sensing portion that forms a first sensing capacitor by cooperating with a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode sensing portion that forms a second sensing capacitor by cooperating with a second touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangsheng Liu, Yue Long