Patents Examined by Sardis F Azongha
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Patent number: 12142230Abstract: A display device according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a display panel, a data driver configured to drive by dividing a diving period into an active period and a blank period, and apply a parking voltage during the blank period, and a controller configured to vary a driving frequency in frame units according to an input image, and, according to the driving frequency, to operate a frame as a refresh frame for writing the data voltage, or operate by dividing the frame into the refresh frame and a hold frame, wherein a voltage level of the parking voltage varies according to the driving frequency. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a stripe defects and improve the uniformity of the display panel by reducing the mura of a parking voltage, thereby improving image quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: HyunKyo Lim, DongSup Sim
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Patent number: 12142206Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area configured to display images and a non-display area around the display area; a plurality of driving voltage lines in the display area; a plurality of initialization voltage lines in the display area; a plurality of driving voltage transmission lines in the non-display area and configured to transmit a driving voltage to the driving voltage line, and including a first driving voltage transmission line and a second driving voltage transmission line adjacent to each other; an initialization voltage transmission line in the non-display area and configured to transmit an initialization voltage to the initialization voltage line; and a bridge connecting the first driving voltage transmission line and the second driving voltage transmission line and overlapping the initialization voltage transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Ho Moon, Chun Gi You, Hyoung Hak Kim
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Patent number: 12135854Abstract: A display device and an electronic device including the same are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of first pixels in a first display area and a plurality of second pixels in a second display area and form pixel groups spaced apart from each other with a transmission area therebetween; and a touch sensing layer including a plurality of electrodes on the display panel, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes includes first conductive lines having a mesh pattern, the first conductive lines including a plurality of first openings that respectively correspond to at least one of the first pixels, and at least one of the plurality of electrodes includes second conductive lines having a mesh pattern, the second conductive lines including a plurality of second openings that respectively correspond to at least one of the second pixels.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minjoo Kim, Kicheol Kim, Mikyung Seo, Jaeyoon Chang
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Patent number: 12131674Abstract: An electronic device including: a display module including a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface and including a module hole that penetrates from the front surface to the rear surface; and an electronic module overlapping the module hole. The display module includes a crack detection wiring including a hole wiring disposed in a hole area, and a first detection wiring and a second detection wiring of the crack detection wiring are connected to the hole wiring and disposed on different layers with a detection insulating layer interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyungsu Lee, Jong-Hwa Kim, Jeongyun Han
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Patent number: 12124629Abstract: A system includes a wearable device including a camera. The system further includes at least one processor that can identify objects from video data generated by the camera and monitor how an individual wearing the wearable device manipulates the objects according to predetermined micro-activities of interest to infer an action by the individual.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Troy McDaniel, Mozest Goldberg, Hemanth Kumar Demakethepalli Venkateswara, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Vishnu Prateek Kakaraparthi
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Patent number: 12118143Abstract: An apparatus for a pancake lens with integration accommodation may include a beamsplitter, a first lens, a reflective polarizer, and a second lens, where the second lens includes at least one planar module embedded within the second lens. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Robin Sharma, Afsoon Jamali, Brent Bollman
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Patent number: 12108644Abstract: A display panel includes: a display area including a main display area, and a component area; a peripheral area; a plurality of main pixel circuits at the main display area; a plurality of main gate lines extending in a first direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of main data lines extending in a second direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of auxiliary display elements at the component area; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits at the periphery area, and connected to the auxiliary display elements; a plurality of auxiliary gate lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main gate lines that are adjacent to the component area in the first direction; and a plurality of auxiliary data lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main data lines that are adjacent to the component area in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sunyoung Jung, Gunhee Kim, Hyunho Kim, Donghwan Shim, Taehoon Yang, Sanghee Jang, Chungsock Choi
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Patent number: 12108646Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a first component area, a second component area, and a peripheral area; a first subpixel on the main display area, and a first pixel circuit connected to the first subpixel; a second subpixel on the first component area; a second pixel circuit spaced apart from the second subpixel; and a connection wiring connecting the second subpixel to the second pixel circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seunglyong Bok, Okkyung Park, Youngran Son
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Patent number: 12106707Abstract: An inverter circuit in a scan driving circuit of a display device that includes an output transistor connected between a first voltage line and an output terminal outputting a second start signal and including a gate electrode connected to an input terminal receiving a first start signal, a first switching transistor connected between the first voltage line and the output terminal and including a gate electrode connected to a first switching line receiving a first switching signal, a second switching transistor connected between the output terminal and a first node and including a gate electrode connected to a second switching line receiving a second switching signal, and a discharge circuit that discharges the first node to a first bias clock signal in response to the first start signal, the first bias clock signal, and a second bias clock signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungmin Son, Jae-Jin Song, Jungwoo Lee
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Patent number: 12094418Abstract: A display panel with an extended display area, and a display apparatus including the display panel, wherein the display panel includes: a substrate in which a display area including a component area and a main area, and a peripheral area outside the display area are defined; a first main pixel circuit in the main area; a main display element in the main area connected to the first main pixel circuit; a first auxiliary pixel circuit in the peripheral area; a first auxiliary display element in the component area, connected to the first auxiliary pixel circuit; a pad unit in the peripheral area including a first main data pad and a first auxiliary data pad; a first main data line connecting the main data pad to the first main pixel circuit; and a first auxiliary data line connecting the first auxiliary data pad to the first auxiliary pixel circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Keuntae Jung
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Patent number: 12094432Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and a display driver. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources to illuminate a plurality of zones defined for the display panel. The display driver is configured to store a first light source arrangement type of a first zone of the plurality of zones. The first light source arrangement type is based on an arrangement of one or more light sources with respect to the first zone. The display driver is further configured to process first input pixel data for a first target pixel of the display panel based on the first light source arrangement type of the first zone to generate first output pixel data. The first target pixel is located in the first zone. The display driver is further configured to update the first target pixel based on the first output pixel data.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Kazutoshi Aogaki
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Patent number: 12089460Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area, a gate driver disposed on both sides of the display area in the non-display area, the gate driver comprising a plurality of stages including a first stage and a second stage, and a plurality of gate lines extending from the gate driver to the display area, wherein the plurality of gate lines include a first gate line including a linear portion and coupled to the first stage, and a second gate line including a linear portion and a curved portion and coupled to the second stage, and wherein a size of the second stage may be larger than a size of the first stage.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seonghwan Woo, Junggyu Lee
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Patent number: 12085719Abstract: Terahertz sensing in this disclosure involves the use of at least one terahertz signal that is transmitted towards an object. At least one return terahertz signal is reflected from the object. The return terahertz signal(s) may be analyzed to determine one or more parameters, such as phase, frequency, amplitude, spectral profile, time of flight (TOF) etc. associated with the return terahertz signal(s). Based on the parameter(s), a portion of the object impinged upon by the transmit terahertz signal(s) and which reflected the return terahertz signal(s), and the state of the object/portion, can be identified. The identification of the portion and its state can be used in eye tracking implementations.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventor: Gaetano Aiello
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Patent number: 12086367Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display layer having light-emitting elements on the substrate, and a sensor electrode layer on the display layer. The sensor electrode layer includes sensor electrodes in a sensor area, sensor lines electrically connected to the sensor electrodes and a first conductive pattern spaced apart from the sensor lines and sensor electrodes. The sensor lines and the first conductive pattern are in a sensor peripheral area adjacent to the sensor area. The first conductive pattern is an antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Ki Seo Kim, Jae Kyoung Kim, Young Seok Seo, Sun Mi Yu, Jin Oh Kwag
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Patent number: 12080244Abstract: A display apparatus including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area, the display apparatus includes: a substrate; an auxiliary sub-pixel arranged in the component area on the substrate; an auxiliary pixel circuit arranged in the peripheral area on the substrate; a connection line connecting the auxiliary sub-pixel to the auxiliary pixel circuit; an auxiliary scan line arranged in the peripheral area on the substrate and connected to the auxiliary pixel circuit; and an auxiliary scan driving circuit arranged in the peripheral area on the substrate and configured to output a scan signal to the auxiliary pixel circuit through the auxiliary scan line.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junki Jeong, Seonyoung Choi
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Patent number: 12069910Abstract: A display device includes a display module and a circuit board. The display module includes a base substrate, which includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad positioned on the base substrate and overlapping the non-display area. The circuit board includes a first board and a second pad positioned on the first board and contacting the first pad, wherein the second pad is provided with a first metal layer of a single material.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Joo-nyung Jang
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Patent number: 12062334Abstract: A pixel may include a light emitting diode which includes an anode and a cathode, a first transistor which includes a first source region, a first drain region electrically connected to the anode, a first channel region, and a first gate electrode, a first sub-transistor which includes a first sub-source region connected to the first drain region, a first sub-drain region, a first sub-channel region, and a first sub-gate electrode, a second sub-transistor which includes a second sub-source region connected to the first sub-drain region, a second sub-drain region connected to the first gate electrode, a second sub-channel region, and a second sub-gate electrode, a storage line which overlaps the first sub-drain region and the second sub-source region, and a first hold pattern which overlaps the first sub-drain region, the second sub-source region, and the storage line, and connected to the first sub-drain region and the second sub-source region.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hanbit Kim, Sungwook Kim, Chanyeob Seol, Yunjung Oh, Jeong-Soo Lee, Jina Lee, Seongbaik Chu
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Patent number: 12063832Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a circuit substrate, an array substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units and a driver. The circuit substrate has a top surface. A top circuit is disposed on the top surface. The array substrate is disposed on the top surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the top circuit. The light-emitting units are disposed on the array substrate. The light-emitting device further includes an electrical connection structure, a plurality of light extraction layers, a protective layer, a plurality of test pads, and a light absorption layer. The plurality of test pads are disposed on the array substrate, and the light absorption layer covers at least one of the test pads.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Shun-Yuan Hu, Chin-Lung Ting, Li-Wei Mao, Ming-Chun Tseng, Kung-Chen Kuo, M-Hua Hsu, Ker-Yih Kao
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Patent number: 12062327Abstract: An array substrate and a driving method therefor, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; and a plurality of pixels located on the base substrate, where the plurality of pixels are arranged in an array in a first direction and a second direction. At least one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes: sub-pixels, and a pixel driving chip for driving each sub-pixel in the pixel. The array substrate further includes: a plurality of addressing signal lines located on the base substrate, where the addressing signal lines are coupled to addressing signal ends of pixel driving chips of a row of the pixels arranged in the first direction; and a plurality of data lines located on the base substrate, where the data lines are coupled to data signal ends of pixel driving chips of a column of the pixels arranged in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiuling Li, Qibing Gu, Guofeng Hu, Hongge Mei, Nana Gao, Bao Fu, Xiangyi Chen, Lingyun Shi, Wenchieh Huang
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Patent number: 12048214Abstract: A light emitting diode display device includes: a pixel circuit; a data line connected to the pixel circuit to transmit a data voltage; an anode on the pixel circuit and the data line; an emission layer on the anode; and a cathode on the emission layer. The anode includes a first anode and a second anode, and the data line extends across the first anode and the second anode.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Jang Mi Kang, Hyun Joon Kim, Hae Min Kim, Min Jae Jeong