Patents Examined by Saiful A Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11341911
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a storage capacitor unit, a driving transistor, a compensation unit, a switching unit, a light-emitting element and a current supply unit. The compensation unit is connected to a compensation control end, a gate electrode and a second electrode of the driving transistor, and the current supply unit, and configured to, under the control of the compensation control end, control the current supply unit to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the gate electrode, and control the gate electrode to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the second electrode. The switching unit is connected to a light-emitting control end, the second electrode, and a first end of the light-emitting element, and configured to control the second electrode to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the first end of the light-emitting element under the control of the light-emitting control end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawei Qu, Linxuan Li, Taoran Zhang, Wenjun Liao
  • Patent number: 11314368
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a first area, a second area, and a plurality of pixels to provide an image during a frame period, and a touch panel including a first touch part including first and second touch coils insulated from each other, and a second touch part including first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes insulated each other, in which corresponding second scan signals are applied to the first touch electrodes disposed in the first area when corresponding first scan signals are applied to the first touch coils disposed in the second area during a first period of the frame period, the second touch coils are configured to provide first sensing signals according to a resonant frequency of an input device, and the second touch electrodes are configured to provide second sensing signals according to a variation in a capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kangwon Lee, Incheol Kim, Ung Choi, Won-ki Hong, Seungho Nam, Jihong Park, Chul Kim, Hojin Byun, Kiseok Cha
  • Patent number: 11314360
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a touch panel and a touch display device. The touch panel includes: an underlying substrate; and a plurality of touch electrodes arranged on the underlying substrate, and insulated from each other. At least one of the plurality of touch electrodes includes a plurality of annular touch electrode sections arranged at an interval. Every two adjacent touch electrode sections in the same touch electrode are electrically connected through a plurality of connection sections. The capability of the electrodes to withstand bending can be improved to thereby prevent the touch panel from being broken while being bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunjian Liu, Tianqing Liu, Zouming Xu, Lei Zhang, Jian Tian
  • Patent number: 11307692
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an input sensing panel. The input sensing panel may include a base layer, a plurality of sensing electrodes, sensing lines, and sensing pads. Each of the sensing lines may include a transparent conductive line on the base layer, a metal line directly on the transparent conductive line, and an insulation layer covering the metal line. Openings may be defined in at least one of the metal line and the transparent conductive line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Yang, Taeik Kim, Hyunsik Park, Chungi You
  • Patent number: 11307710
    Abstract: A position detecting device including an antenna function includes a plurality of electrodes including a plurality of shared electrodes separated by spaces, a position detection circuit configured to detect a position by energizing the plurality of electrodes and using electric fields generated between the plurality of electrodes, an antenna circuit configured to perform wireless communication by energizing the plurality of shared electrodes and using magnetic fields generated in the spaces, and a switch connected to at least the plurality of shared electrodes among the plurality of electrodes, the position detection circuit, and the antenna circuit, the switch being configured to selectively connect either the position detection circuit or the antenna circuit to the plurality of shared electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kida, Takenori Maruyama, Takuma Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Sugita, Shinji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 11294523
    Abstract: A touch structure has a bending area and a non-bending area, and the bending area has a first center line parallel to a first direction. The touch structure includes: a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in the first direction and sequentially arranged in a second direction, and a first insulating layer. At least a portion of a first touch electrode located in the bending area includes first sub-touch electrodes; and the first direction intersects with the second direction. The first insulating layer has a plurality of via holes. Among the first sub-touch electrodes included in the first touch electrode, any two adjacent first sub-touch electrodes are located on two opposite sides of the first insulating layer, and any two adjacent first sub-touch electrodes are electrically connected through at least one via hole in the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangpeng Wang, Weinan Dai, Xucong Wang, Xianghua Nan, Yuanyuan Chai
  • Patent number: 11294505
    Abstract: A sensor driver comprises a receiver and an interference mitigation element. The receiver is configured to acquire a resulting signal from a sensor electrode. The interference mitigation element is communicatively coupled with the receiver and is configured to receive interference data, generate an interference estimate from the interference data and a transfer function, and communicate the interference estimate to the receiver. The interference estimate removes charge from a resulting signal, mitigating effects of interference within the resulting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan Losh, Derek Solven, Vladan Petrovic
  • Patent number: 11295692
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method, comprising: a time sequence controller generating a time sequence control verification signal on the basis of a display data signal; a high-speed interface of the time sequence controller transmitting the display data signal to a driver, and a low-speed interface of the time sequence controller transmitting a time sequence control verification signal to the driver; the driver generating a source driving verification signal on the basis of the display data signal; the driver comparing the source driving verification signal to the time sequence control verification signal; and on the basis of the comparison result, the driver triggering the time sequence controller to adjust the display data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenqin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11287880
    Abstract: Player-to-player eye contact is used to establish a private chat channel in an augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) setting. Since maintaining eye contact requires agreement from both parties, it allows both players an equal amount of control when performing the mutual action. Eye tracking may be used for determining whether mutual eye contact has been established. In the case of AR, “inside out” eye tracking can be used, whereas in a VR setting only inside eye tracking need be used. Techniques are described to confirm and establish a channel once eye contact has been held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Taylor, Glenn Black, Javier Fernandez Rico
  • Patent number: 11289550
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a first flexible substrate, a display unit on the first flexible substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer for encapsulating the display unit, a cover layer for covering the thin film encapsulation layer, a touch screen layer on the cover layer, and a second flexible substrate on the touch screen layer, wherein the touch screen layer includes a sensing pattern unit, and a touch pad unit electrically connected to the sensing pattern unit, wherein the cover layer is under the sensing pattern unit, and wherein a thickness of the cover layer from an upper surface of the thin film encapsulation layer to a lower surface of the touch screen layer is about 1 ?m to about 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ungsoo Lee, Jinwoo Park, Hoyoun Kim, Hyunchul Oh, Jaewan Yoo, Hyunsoo Jung, Suhyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11287919
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing a split view in a portable device. The method of processing a split view in a portable device, includes: displaying a plurality of applications as a split view corresponding to split display regions of a display unit; displaying an input panel on a display region of an application of the plurality of applications that did not call for the input panel when the input panel is called; and processing data input through the input panel by an application calling the input panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngri Kim, Bonghee Han, Sungjin Yoon, Yujin Lee, Wonkyu Park
  • Patent number: 11281332
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device, a touch driving circuit, and a touch sensing method, and enable differential sensing using a single-ended amplifier without using a differential amplifier, thereby not only accurately sensing a touch during display driving, but also significantly reducing the number of circuit components and the circuit area for differential sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: HongJu Lee
  • Patent number: 11275456
    Abstract: Finger-wearable input assemblies for controlling an electronic device and methods for using finger-wearable input assemblies for controlling an electronic device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xie, Xianwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11262880
    Abstract: A high performance touch sensor according to the present invention comprises: a substrate; a first detection electrode formed on the substrate; an insulation layer formed on the first detection electrode; a second detection electrode formed on the insulation layer; and a protection layer formed on the second detection electrode, wherein one of the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode has a triple-film structure including a metal oxide and a thin film metal laminated on each other, and the other one includes a metal pattern. Therefore, the present invention can implement touch sensor having a high resolution and a large area while simultaneously satisfying a low resistance characteristic and an optical characteristic, facilitate progress of a high-temperature process, and diversify the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Lee, Ju In Yoon, Keon Kim, Byung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11256328
    Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) rendering method and apparatus that detect eye coordinates of positions of eyes of a user from an image of the user, adjust the eye coordinates to correspond to virtual eye positions that reduce crosstalk caused by refraction of light; and perform 3D rendering of the eyes based on the adjusted eye coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byong Min Kang, Dong Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 11256377
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a sensing panel disposed on the display panel. The sensing panel includes a first conductive layer disposed on a first surface of a base layer, a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, a first auxiliary conductive layer in a folding region on the same layer as the first conductive layer on the first surface of the base layer, a second auxiliary conductive layer in the folding region on the first auxiliary conductive layer and spaced apart from the second conductive layer, a third conductive layer disposed on a second surface of the base layer, and a fourth conductive layer disposed on the third conductive layer in first and second non-folding regions. The second auxiliary conductive layer is electrically connected to the third conductive layer via a contact hole passing through the first auxiliary conductive layer and the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Been Hwang, Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Sung-Ki Jung
  • Patent number: 11256466
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: determine, when a first apparatus displays a part of contents, whether or not a user who operates a second apparatus which is different from the first apparatus is at a position where it is possible to operate the part of the contents among the contents displayed on the first apparatus; and cause the first apparatus to display an image indicating that the user is present at the position where it is possible to operate the part of the contents based on a determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Murakawa, Keiju Okabayashi, Masashi Uyama, Hideki Tanaka, Kenji Nakajima, Bin Chen
  • Patent number: 11249603
    Abstract: A method of forming a touch control module, a touch control module, and a touch display device are provided. The method includes: providing a rigid base substrate; forming a base layer on the rigid base substrate; forming a touch functional layer at a side of the base layer away from the rigid base substrate; separating the rigid base substrate from the base layer, to form a touch functional component including the base layer and the touch functional layer; and adhering the touch functional component to a display functional component of a display device through an adhesive, to form the touch control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjie Xu, Weiwei Chu, Jing Wang, Feifei Yu, Tsungchieh Kuo
  • Patent number: 11250744
    Abstract: An optical adjustment method and an optical adjustment device for a display panel, and a display device are provided. The optical adjustment method includes: displaying N groups of testing images sequentially on the display panel, each group of testing images including M images distributed at different display regions of the display panel, each image corresponding to one to-be-adjusted reference color, N being an integer greater than or equal to 1, M being an integer greater than or equal to 1; and when each group of testing images are displayed on the display panel, detecting, by an optical detection unit, optical parameters of the M images in the group of testing images simultaneously, and performing optical adjustment on the display panel in accordance with the optical parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liwei Huang, Wei He, Jing Wang, Zhiyong Yang, Xueping Li, Wei Li, Shihua Huang, Xue Jiang, Xiao Luo, Wei Liu, Xiaohong Chen
  • Patent number: 11249605
    Abstract: The touch panel includes the substrate, the first touch sensing electrode, the second touch sensing electrode, and the insulating layer. A first peripheral wire and a second peripheral wire are located at a peripheral area of the substrate. A first touch sensing electrode layer includes a first portion of a patterned first metal nanowire layer. The peripheral area includes a co-etched conductive layer and a second portion of the patterned first metal nanowire layer. The conductive layer and the second portion of the patterned first metal nanowire layer have a co-etched surface. The second touch sensing electrode is formed above the insulating layer and is connected with the second peripheral wire. The insulating layer may be made of a low dielectric constant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Hsiao, Siou-Cheng Lien, Chi-Fan Hsiao