Patents Examined by Saifeldin E Elnafia
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Patent number: 12379783Abstract: An electronic device displays one or more views. A first view includes a plurality of gesture recognizers. The plurality of gesture recognizers in the first view includes one or more proxy gesture recognizers and one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers. Each gesture recognizer indicates one of a plurality of predefined states. A first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view indicates a state that corresponds to a state of a respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view. The device delivers a respective sub-event to the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view and at least a subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view. The device processes the respective sub-event in accordance with states of the first proxy gesture recognizer and at least the subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Joshua H. Shaffer
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Patent number: 12361848Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, where a plurality of areas, in each of which a plurality of pixels is positioned, is defined in the display panel, and a controller which generates image data based on an image signal received from the outside and compensates for deterioration of the display panel. The controller includes a stress information generator which generates stress information of the display panel corresponding to the deterioration and a deterioration compensator which changes at least one selected from a spatial resolution and a bit-depth of each of the plurality of areas based on the stress information of each of the plurality of areas.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Seokha Hong
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Patent number: 12361855Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gate drive circuit and a display panel. The gate drive circuit includes signal conversion circuits; the signal conversion circuit is for converting an input signal to be processed into a control signal and transmitting the control signal to a GOA circuit; and the GOA circuit performs a corresponding operation according to the control signal. The signal conversion circuit is added into the gate drive circuit in the present disclosure, thereby saving the signal lines for transmitting a gate high-level signal or a pull-down control signal, reducing the complexity of a GOA circuit region.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Bing Rao
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Patent number: 12361898Abstract: An LCD device includes: a display panel, one display frame of the display panel corresponds to multiple scan cycles of a backlight source, a light-emitting diode array of an arbitrary one of backlight partitions has a first brightness and a second brightness under controlling of a timer control register in the scan cycles, wherein the first brightness is lower than the second brightness, and the timer control register controls the light-emitting diode array of at least one of the backlight partitions to have the first brightness in each of the scan cycles.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guangxing Xiao, Yu Wu, Tao He, Xuebing Zhou, Xinghai Zhao
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Patent number: 12340728Abstract: The present application provides a method for controlling an offset voltage in a display device, a display device and a storage medium. The method for controlling an offset voltage in a display device comprises: generating a chopper signal based on at least one of a data output control signal and a polarity inversion control signal; and, controlling, according the chopper signal, the polarity of an offset voltage of an operational amplifier in the display device, so that the offset voltage is equivalently eliminated within at least one of a design space range and a design time range. By using the control method of the present application, without using large-size transistors and providing more signals, the display effect can be ensured and the size of the chip can also be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignees: BEIJING ESWIN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HEFEI ESWIN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiajhang Wu, Jangjin Nam, Dongmyung Lee, Minsung Kim
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Patent number: 12315420Abstract: A gate driver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a pull-up-pull-down circuit configured to pull up a gate signal to a high level of a first clock signal in a first duration and configured to pull down the gate signal to a low level of the first clock signal in a second duration, and a pull-down boosting circuit configured to output a first off voltage to the pull-up-pull-down part in the second duration in response to a second clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cholho Kim, Gunwoo Yang, Hyunyoung Choi, Jihoon Yang, Yongwoo Lee
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Patent number: 12217711Abstract: An electrophoretic display device and a method for electrophoretic display refreshing are provided in the disclosure. The electrophoretic display device includes a display screen, a driving circuit, a driving control circuit, and a processor. The display screen includes multiple pixel units. The driving circuit is configured to generate multiple first data-voltage signals at a first time and multiple second data-voltage signals at a second time. The processor is configured to obtain and compare one of the multiple first data-voltage signals and one of the multiple second data-voltage signals that both are to be received by a same pixel unit of the multiple pixel units, to obtain a comparison result, and the processor is configured to control, according to the comparison result, the driving circuit and the driving control circuit to drive the pixel unit to work.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Mancheng Zhou, Haoxuan Zheng
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Patent number: 12216864Abstract: A method of sensing touch on a touch surface of a touch structure includes: transmitting, from within an enclosed interior volume, an ultra-sonic transmit signal towards an inner surface of the touch structure that is arranged counter to the touch surface; receiving, from within the enclosed interior volume, an ultra-sonic reflected signal produced from the ultra-sonic transmit signal being reflected by the inner surface; acquiring a plurality of digital samples from the ultra-sonic reflected signal; calculating an Euclidean distance of the plurality of digital samples to a first plurality of reference samples; and determining whether a no-touch event or a touch event has occurred at the touch surface based on the Euclidean distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Christoph Steiner, Lavinia-Elena Ciotirca, Redouane Djeghader, Mihai-Liviu Tudose
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Patent number: 12198643Abstract: A method includes generating luminance setting data, luminance estimation data, maximum luminance data, and gradation setting data, and controlling a backlight panel and a liquid crystal panel based on the luminance setting data and the gradation setting data, respectively. The luminance setting data sets a luminance value for each light-emitting region of the backlight panel and is generated based on an input image. The luminance estimation data indicates an estimated luminance value of backlight for the input image with respect to each pixel of the liquid crystal panel and is generated based on the luminance setting data and luminance profile data. The maximum luminance data is generated based on the luminance estimation data. The gradation setting data sets a gradation value of each pixel of the liquid crystal panel for the input image, and is generated based on the input image, the luminance estimation data, and the maximum luminance data.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventor: Masahiko Monomoshi
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Patent number: 12190832Abstract: A tiled display device includes a first display device including a first pixel, and a second display device coupled to the first display device in a bonding area, including a second pixel, and overlapping the first display device in the bonding area in a plane view.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho Kil Oh, Jin Suek Kim, Sae Ron Park, Seung Bo Shim, Eung Gyu Lee, Jae Soo Jang
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Patent number: 12183297Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display compensation method and device, and a display panel. The display compensation method includes: determining a central pixel column, a first pixel column, a second pixel column, a third pixel column, and a fourth column, in a predetermined direction; determining a target pixel area according to grayscale values of pixel units contained in each pixel column; and adjusting the grayscale value of each pixel unit in the target pixel area to be equal to one actual grayscale value of a picture to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yonglei Zhang
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Patent number: 12183258Abstract: Disclosed is a display device, which includes a display panel, a controller that receives an image signal and an external synchronization signal and generates a control signal, and a driver that generates a driving signal in response the control signal and provides the driving signal to the display panel. The controller includes a synchronization signal generator that generates an internal synchronization signal based on a reference clock signal, a corrector that corrects the internal synchronization signal to generate a corrected synchronization signal, and a control signal generator that generates the control signal, and the control signal generator generates the control signal based on the external synchronization signal when the external synchronization signal is in a normal state, and generates the control signal based on the internal synchronization signal when the external synchronization signal is in an abnormal state.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Subin Kim, Se-Byung Chae, Hyunchang Kim
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Patent number: 12183252Abstract: A display device and method of operating the display device is disclosed. The display device and method accurately compensate for the degradation of subpixels by monitoring the degradation in real time using an optical electronic device located under, or at a lower portion of, a display panel and partially overlapping an optical area in the display area. Such monitoring of the degradation can be performed in real time using such an optical element or device even in a situation where the display device is used, and the compensation of the degradation can be performed in real time in accordance with the result of the monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: JiHoon Park, EuiYeol Oh, DongHoon Cha, SungBok Yu, Changeui Hong
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Patent number: 12165563Abstract: A scan driver includes stages including an input block to change a first node voltage to a gate on voltage based on an input signal, a second node control block to control second node voltage based on a first clock signal and the first node voltage, a scan output block to output a second clock signal as a scan signal based on the first node voltage, and to output a first gate off voltage as the scan signal based on the second node voltage, a carry output block to output the second clock signal as a carry signal based on the first node voltage, and to output a second gate off voltage different from the first gate off voltage as the carry signal based on the second node voltage, and a first node control block to transfer the carry signal to the first node based on a next carry signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gyungsoon Park, Sunhwa Lee, Jaeyong Jang
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Patent number: 12154488Abstract: An electroluminescent display device can include a light emitting element; and a pixel driving circuit for applying a driving current to the light emitting element, in which the pixel driving circuit includes a first transistor connected to the first, second and third nodes; a second transistor connected between the third node and the second node; a third transistor connected between the first node and a data line; a fourth transistor connected between the first node and a first driving voltage line; a fifth transistor connected between the second node and a fourth node; a seventh transistor connected between the fourth node and a reset voltage line, and a storage capacitor disposed between the first driving voltage line and the third node.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Kyu Lee, Woo Kyu Sang, Hyoung Sik Kim
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Patent number: 12033595Abstract: An embodiment is able to improve the pure-color brightness ratio by compensating for image data of a current pixel on the basis of a result of comparing image data of a current pixel with image data of a previous pixel.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Hee Kim, Jung Eun Baek, Jin Woo Park, Ji Won Lee, Do Seok Kim, Young Gi Kim
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Patent number: 12020654Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display device and method for controlling the same, by which a display brightness may be appropriately adjusted in accordance with a change in an ambient light brightness irrespective of an average ambient light brightness. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is an image display device including a display, an ambient light detecting sensor, and a controller configured to determine a brightness of the display according to an ambient light brightness detected in real time by the ambient light detecting sensor based on a first graph line for a display brightness over an ambient light brightness and determine whether to adjust the first graph line based on a maximum brightness operation time of the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sungwoo Tak
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Patent number: 12013996Abstract: An electronic device displays content on a touch-sensitive display. A movement of a contact is detected. The movement of the contact is in a direction substantially perpendicular to an edge of the touch-sensitive display. A dock overlaying at least a portion of the content is displayed upon determining that movement of the contact satisfies a first movement-based threshold. The dock includes a number of affordances that, when selected, cause the electronic device to open a respective application that is available on the electronic device. While displaying the dock and in accordance with a determination that movement of the contact satisfies a second movement-based threshold greater than the first movement-based threshold, an application-switcher user interface is activated. The application-switcher user interface includes respective selectable representations of at least some applications that were recently used on the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Brandon M. Walkin
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Patent number: 12002395Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of display panels, a current sensor, a driving controller and a data driver. The current sensor is configured to sense a current of each of the display panels. The driving controller is configured to generate a compensation value of each of the display panels based on the current of each of the display panels and to generate a data signal of each of the display panels based on the compensation value. The data driver is configured to convert the data signal into a data voltage and to output the data voltage to each of the display panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Seokha Hong
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Patent number: 11935482Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first switch element turned on by a gate-on voltage of a first scan pulse to apply a data voltage to a first node; a second switch element turned on by a gate-on voltage of a second scan pulse to connect a second node to a third node; a third switch element turned on by a gate-on voltage of a light-emitting control pulse to apply a reference voltage to the first node; a fourth switch element turned on by the gate-on voltage of the light-emitting control pulse to connect the third node to a fourth node; and a fifth switch element turned on by a gate-on voltage of the second scan pulse to apply the reference voltage to the fourth node. A voltage higher than or equal to the pixel driving voltage is applied to the third node before generation of the first scan pulse.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woo Kyu Sang, Moon Soo Chung