Patents Examined by Scott Au
  • Patent number: 10032408
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a scan transistor connected between a data line and a first node and being configured to receive a scan signal, an emission control transistor connected between a first power supply and a second node and being configured to receive an emission control signal, a driving transistor connected between the second node and a third node and being connected to the first node, an initialize transistor being configured to receive an initialization signal, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the third node; an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply, a charge share capacitor connected between a fourth node and the second power supply; and a charge share transistor configured to connect the charge share capacitor to the storage capacitor, the charge share transistor being configured to receive a charge share control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong-Doo Kang, Jong-Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 10025089
    Abstract: A display system produces three-dimensional images. The display system includes a waveguide, and a light source that injects light into the waveguide. A switchable grating allows individual positions in the grating in a two-dimensional array to be turned on and off. A controller configured to spatially modulate the switchable grating so as to control where light exits the waveguide. An eye tracking module tracks eye position of a viewer. The controller uses the eye position to control switching of the grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Adrian Travis
  • Patent number: 10007374
    Abstract: A touch control elastic structure, a pressure detection method and a display device are disclosed. The touch control elastic structure is adaptable to be disposed between a cover plate and an internal supporting structure, and includes a force touch base layer, an elastic layer and a force touch sensor layer which are sequentially laminated; the force touch sensor layer is disposed on one side of the elastic layer facing the internal supporting structure, or the force touch base layer is disposed on one side of the elastic layer facing the internal supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Sang, Haiwei Sun
  • Patent number: 10002501
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit 13, a panel 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 12 configured to vibrate a touch face of the panel 11, and a control unit 16 configured, when detecting contact to a tactile sensation providing area of the touch face corresponding to a predetermined word displayed on the display unit 13, to drive the tactile sensation providing unit 12 based on tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word, such that a tactile sensation is provided to a contact object in contact with the tactile sensation providing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ueno
  • Patent number: 10002555
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a display method are disclosed. The display apparatus includes at least one display unit and a control unit. The display unit includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) module and a self-luminous display module. The self-luminous display module is disposed on an edge of the LCD module. The control unit is electrically connected to the LCD module and the self-luminous display module, and matches optical parameters of the LCD module with optical parameters of the self-luminous display module. The display apparatus makes an effective use of a frame region of the LCD module for displaying, and maintains the characteristic of the LCD module, and the display method matches display effects of the LCD module and the self-luminous display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Ku Liu, Jhong-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9997094
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display substrate, first interconnections, second interconnections, a driving circuit and a polarizing plate. The display substrate includes a bend portion which is curved with respect to an axis parallel to a first direction. The first interconnections extend in the first direction and are on the display substrate. The second interconnections are on the display substrate, connected to the first interconnections and extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the first interconnections and the second interconnections and provides driving signals to the first interconnections and thesecond interconnections. The polarizing plate is on the display substrate and overlaps the first interconnections and the second interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taehyeog Jung
  • Patent number: 9971430
    Abstract: A touch panel comprises a sensing area, a periphery area, a plurality of wires and a plurality of bonding pads. The periphery area is disposed around the sensing area. The periphery area comprises a bonding area. The wires are disposed in the periphery area. The bonding pads are disposed in the bonding area and electrical connected to the wires correspondingly. Each of the bonding pads comprises at least a bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: TPK Touch Systems (XIAMEN) Inc, TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc
    Inventors: Pu-Hsin Chang, Jui-Hsing Li, Fucheng Chen, Manyi Lin, Pudi Hong, Tsai-Kuai Wei, Xiaoxin Bai, Caijin Ye, Defa Wu
  • Patent number: 9972238
    Abstract: A shift register and a driving method therefor, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register comprises a trigger reset module, a pull-up module, a first capacitor and a pull-down module, and further comprises a denoising module. The pull-up module is used for pulling up a signal output from an output terminal of the shift register and a signal output from a transmission signal output terminal. The pull-down module is used for pulling down a signal output from the output terminal of the shift register and the signal output from the transmission signal output terminal. The denoising module is used for cutting off the connection path between the transmission signal output terminal and a second terminal of the first capacitor in a pull-down phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinyu Li, Xi Chen
  • Patent number: 9965059
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices are provided for providing user interface navigation of screen display metrics of a device. In one example, a device is configured for capture of activity data for a user. The device includes a housing and a screen disposed on the housing to display a plurality of metrics which include metrics that characterize the activity captured over time. The device further includes a sensor disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. A processor is included to process the physical contact to determine if the physical contact qualifies as an input. The processor enables the screen from an off state when the physical contact qualifies as the input. The screen is configured to display one or more of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a scroll order, and a first metric displayed in response to the physical contact that qualifies as the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Myers, Christine Brumback, Timothy Roberts, James Park, Dave Knight, Shelten Yuen, Jayson Messenger
  • Patent number: 9965110
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an in-cell touch screen and a driving method thereof. The method comprises: implementing scan to a display circuit in an active area and implementing scan to a touch control circuit in another active area in the meantime. With the aforementioned way, it can be prevented that the display circuit and the touch control circuit in the same active area are functioning at the same time. Accordingly, the mutual interference between the display circuit and the touch control circuit can be diminished to raise the touch control precision; meanwhile, the scans are implemented at the same time to the different circuits in two active areas and the scan time can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yujie Bai, Xiang Yang, Feilin Ji
  • Patent number: 9958980
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a driving method and device of a touch control display configured to resolve the problems such as image smearing and jittering caused by the touch control displaying during the image displaying by the display with the touch functions. The driving method of the touch control display includes: detecting whether or not a touch currently occurs on the touch control panel after the touch control display panel displaying the present image frame and before displaying the next image frame; when a occurred touch event is detected, controlling the display panel to display the inserted image with equal grayscale for each pixel of the display during a prescribed period; and controlling the touch control panel to execute the touch control command based on the touch signal corresponding to the occurred touch event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuai Xu, Yao Yu, Zhengxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9952697
    Abstract: A touch module and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The touch module includes a substrate, at least one first touch electrode, and at least one second touch electrode. The first touch electrode is embedded into the substrate. The second touch electrode is embedded into the substrate. A height of the first touch electrode relative to a first surface of the substrate is different from a height of the second touch electrode relative to the first surface of the substrate, such that the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are insulated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shun-Ta Chien, Chen-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 9947256
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes: a timing information storage section that stores phase length information in correspondence with an index number; a waveform information storage section that stores waveform information related to a plurality of drive waveforms used in response to at least one display state; a timing control section that reads an index number included for each phase in the waveform information, reads phase length information corresponding to the index number from the timing information storage section, and sequentially generates a selection signal during a drive voltage application period corresponding to a plurality of phases; and a drive waveform selection section that selects a waveform value representing a drive voltage, out of a plurality of units of waveform information stored in the waveform information storage section, in accordance with the selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Muto, Toshimichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9946133
    Abstract: An electrically suppressed helix (ESH) ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) display cell with fast response includes: a liquid crystal layer, disposed between two transparent substrates, wherein helix pitch of chiral smectic liquid crystals of the liquid crystal layer is less than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer; at least one polarizer; and a voltage source, configured to apply electrical driving voltage pulses to electrodes of the display cell with amplitude greater than a critical voltage for helix unwinding of the chiral smectic liquid crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Vladimir Grigorievich Chigrinov, Hoi Sing Kwok
  • Patent number: 9936190
    Abstract: An optical modulation device is provided. The optical modulation device includes first and second plates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second plates, and first and second electrodes. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first plate includes a first aligner. The second plate includes a second aligner. A first alignment direction of the first aligner and a second alignment direction of the second aligner are substantially parallel to each other. The first and second electrodes extend to cross each other. The first and second electrodes are insulated from each other. The second electrode extends to cross the second alignment direction. An angle ?P formed between a vertical axis of the second alignment direction and an extending direction of the second electrode is a value between 5° and 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Cho, Seung Jun Jeong, Seong Min Cho
  • Patent number: 9916046
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes a first detection unit configured to determine whether or not a user control member is within a first threshold distance of the touch panel. The apparatus also includes a second detection unit configured to determine a direction of movement of the user control member with respect to a touch panel when the user control member is not in contact with the touch panel, and a display control unit configure to, when the user control member is determined to be moving within the threshold distance and in a predetermined direction, generate signals to alter a first displayed object such that the altered first displayed object appears to move closer to the user control member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Kasahara, Ritsuko Kano, Tomoya Narita
  • Patent number: 9916008
    Abstract: A microfluidic transducer is overlaid on a two-dimensional display and controlled in accordance with metadata corresponding to a displayed image to cause raising of a surface of the microfluidic transducer to represent objects depicted in the image and at least the relative distance of such objects from a viewing point of the image to form a touch screen allowing the image to be navigated and manipulated in the form of a tactile display, particularly for persons having visual impairment. The distance information is preferably captured during initial capture of the image and stored as metadata but can also be determined by image analysis. Object analysis is also provided for objects in the image for identification that can be conveyed by touch or audibly and the relative hardness of softness, texture and color of objects is conveyed by compliance, motion and/or temperature of the surface of the microfluidics transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Craig M. Trim
  • Patent number: 9899997
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for supplying gate driving voltages, a method for supplying gate driving voltages and a display apparatus to which the apparatus for supplying gate driving voltages is applied to. In the apparatus for supplying gate driving voltages, there is disposed a starting voltage boost module connected with a starting voltage output module. The starting voltage boost module is configured to boost a second preset voltage to a third preset voltage higher than a first preset voltage in advance within a predetermined period of time when the second preset voltage is restored to the first preset voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yiqiang Lai
  • Patent number: 9898146
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of first electrode patterns; a plurality of second electrode patterns; a plurality of first touch signal lines; and a plurality of second touch signal lines. The plurality of first electrode patterns respectively include a plurality of first electrode cells physically separated from each other and arranged in a first direction. The plurality of second electrode patterns include a plurality of second electrode cells physically separated from each other and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. The plurality of first touch signal lines are connected to the first electrode cells. The plurality of second touch signal lines are connected to the second electrode cells. The first and second electrode patterns and the first and second touch signal lines are all positioned at the same layer on a substrate. The first touch signal lines are independently connected to each first electrode cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Wook Jang, Hyun Jae Na, Jin Woo Noh, Soon Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 9892709
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines; a data driver applying data voltages to the plurality of data lines; a signal controller controlling the data driver; and a graphic controller inputting an image signal that is dithered based on dithering patterns of one set to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller includes a dithering cycle detector configured to detect a dithering cycle which is a cycle in which the dithering patterns of one set are repeated, and a still image detector configured to determine whether a current frame is a frame displaying a still image or a frame displaying a motion picture image based on the dithering cycle and the image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Sil Yi Bang, Jang Hyun Yeo, Myeong Su Kim