Patents Examined by Sejoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 10643577
    Abstract: A display device has a display area in a non-rectangular shape, and in the display device, a plurality of rectangular-shaped pixels are arranged in the display area and a non-display area, each pixel being composed of a plurality of subpixels that correspond to a plurality of colors, respectively. The display device includes a brightness value adjustment unit that, during image display, adjusts a brightness value of a boundary pixel that is partially included in the display area and is partially included in the non-display area, in such a manner that the brightness value of the boundary pixel is between a brightness value of a pixel whose subpixels are all included in the non-display area and a brightness value of a pixel that is adjacent to the boundary pixel and whose subpixels are all included in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jin Nakamura, Hiroyuki Higashino
  • Patent number: 10643503
    Abstract: A motherboard and a manufacturing method thereof, a cover plate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the motherboard includes: forming an ink pattern layer on a base substrate, the ink pattern layer including a plurality of hollow regions; applying a curable liquid onto the base substrate to cover the ink pattern layer; and curing the curable liquid to form a cured layer covering the ink pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xue Mao
  • Patent number: 10635235
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photoelectric sensor and driving method thereof, as well as an array substrate and a display device. The photoelectric sensor comprises a photoelectric element having an output terminal and a reference level input terminal, an amplifying transistor, a readout transistor, a reset transistor, a capacitor and a plurality of control input terminals. The output terminal of the photoelectric element, the gate of the amplifying transistor and the source of the reset transistor are connected to a first terminal of the capacitor. The reference level input terminal, the sources of the readout transistor and amplifying transistor are connected to a first reference voltage input terminal. The drains of the reset transistor and amplifying transistor are connected to a second reference voltage input terminal. The gates of the read-out transistor and reset transistor are respectively connected to a control input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunwei Wu
  • Patent number: 10636345
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of compensating in a display panel, comprising: determining a displaying state according to a displaying state parameter of the display panel; acquiring a reference compensation parameter and a correction coefficient for a target displaying state, in response to determining that the displaying state is the target displaying state; determining a corrected compensation parameter for the target displaying state, based on the reference compensation parameter and the correction coefficient for the target displaying state; and compensating display brightness of pixels on the display panel, by using the corrected compensation parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qun Jia, Yong Yu, Chuanyan Lan
  • Patent number: 10636336
    Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and system are disclosed for generating mixed-primary data for display. The method includes the steps of receiving a source image that includes a plurality of pixels, dividing the source image into a plurality of blocks, analyzing the source image based on an image decomposition algorithm, encoding chroma information and modulation information to generate a video signal, and transmitting the video signal to a mixed-primary display. The chroma information and modulation information correspond with two or more mixed-primary color components and are generated by the image decomposition algorithm to minimize error between a reproduced image and the source image. The two or more mixed-primary colors selected for each block of the source image are not limited to any particular set of colors and each mixed-primary color component may be selected from any color capable of being reproduced by the mixed-primary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Chung Huang, David Patrick Luebke, Jan Kautz, Dawid Stanislaw Pajak
  • Patent number: 10635237
    Abstract: There is provided a control circuit configured for a touch panel. The touch panel includes: a first resistive film and a second resistive film installed with a gap between the first resistive film and the second resistive film; and a first terminal and a second terminal that extend from two opposing sides of the first resistive film. The control circuit includes: a driving circuit configured to apply a driving voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a current detection circuit configured to generate a digital current detection value that indicates a current amount obtained by subtracting a predetermined current from a panel current flowing between the first terminal and the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Shimada
  • Patent number: 10621894
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a flexible screen and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a press parameter with respect to a motor drive switch; and controlling a motor to rotate according to the press parameter, to unfold or fold the flexible screen. The flexible screen can be controlled to unfold and fold to obtain a suitable screen size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yugui Lin
  • Patent number: 10614762
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus having a simplified configuration. The display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixel areas defined in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a plurality of pixels each including a pixel driving chip provided in a corresponding pixel area of the plurality of pixel areas of the substrate and a light emission part connected to the pixel driving chip, a plurality of pixel data transfer lines sequentially transferring digital pixel data to pixel driving chips of pixels arranged in the first direction, and a plurality of clock transfer lines sequentially transferring a reference clock to the pixel driving chips of the pixels arranged in the first direction. The pixel driving chip allows the light emission part to emit light, based on the digital pixel data and the reference clock input thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Rok Kim, Taegung Kim
  • Patent number: 10617004
    Abstract: A power line structure, an array substrate including the power line structure and a display panel are provided. The power line structure includes a conductive plate, the conductive plate includes a through hole disposing area, the through hole disposing area is provided with a plurality of via holes; in at least one sub-area of the through hole disposing area, a distribution density of the via holes increases along a direction of decreasing a current density in the conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunfei Li, Tian Dong
  • Patent number: 10614764
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display panel and one or more drivers operatively coupled to the display panel. The display panel includes an array of pixels divided into at least a first zone and a second zone, each of which is associated with a plurality of display attributes. The drivers are configured to receive control signals, and drive the array of pixels based, at least in part, on the control signals so that a first value of at least one of the plurality of display attributes associated with the first zone is different from a second value of the at least one of the plurality of display attributes associated with the second zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Shanghai Yunyinggu Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsun Peng, Jing Gu, Shih-Wei Tseng
  • Patent number: 10606386
    Abstract: An input device associated with a sensing region is provided. The input device includes: a sensor electrode configured to receive a resulting signal associated with the sensing region; an auxiliary component configured to generate an output based on a differential current; a mixer circuit coupled to the sensor electrode and including: a current conveyor configured to generate a replica of the resulting signal; and a switch array, in series with the replica and the differential current, and configured to generate the differential current by demodulating the replica of the resulting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Fronczak, Eric Bohannon
  • Patent number: 10592046
    Abstract: A method is provided for capacitive detection, implementing a plurality of electrodes capable of allowing the detection of objects in their proximity by capacitive coupling, and including a step of simultaneous polarization of at least a part of the electrodes with different excitation potentials, the excitation potentials being generated with respect to a reference potential such that the scalar product over a predetermined duration of at least two of these excitation potentials is zero or very much less than the scalar product of one and/or the other of these excitation potentials with itself over the predetermined duration. A device and an appliance implementing the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: QuickStep Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Didier Roziere, Eric Legros
  • Patent number: 10585526
    Abstract: A flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate bent in a first direction, and a touch sensor unit disposed on the flexible substrate, the touch sensor unit including a bridge extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Chul Kim, Jung Mok Park
  • Patent number: 10585507
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel including a sensor drive electrode and a detection electrode opposed to the sensor drive electrode and a driver, wherein the detection electrode includes a first layer formed in a thin line shape, and a second layer on the first layer in a plan view of the display area, the second layer having a reflectivity lower than that of the first layer, the outer edge of a second lower surface of the second layer is shifted with respect to the outer edge of a first upper surface of the first layer in a plan view, and the outermost outer edge of the second layer is positioned outside the outermost outer edge of the first layer in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Daisuke Sonoda, Tatsuya Ide, Hiroyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 10579161
    Abstract: An ion writing system includes a writing unit and a calibration module. The writing unit includes an array of selectable electrode nozzles to direct ions onto passive e-paper to form a pattern of dots on the e-paper. The calibration module calibrates the writing unit for image optical intensity via information from a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Omer Gila, Napolean J. Leoni, Henryk Birecki
  • Patent number: 10576893
    Abstract: An illumination assembly for a vehicle is provided herein. The illumination assembly may employ a projection assembly that may be disposed within a housing extending from a portion of a vehicle. A window is disposed on the vehicle and may be optically coupled with the projection assembly. A luminescent structure may be disposed within the window and is excited by the projection assembly. A controller may be configured to activate the projection assembly to selectively illuminate indicia on the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Annette Lynn Huebner, Keith Hoelscher, Craig Willbanks
  • Patent number: 10572145
    Abstract: A mobile terminal for one-hand operation mode is provided, the mobile terminal including: a display unit including a touch screen; a sensor unit sensing a motion; and a controller, in response to at least one of a touch input applied to the touch screen and a motion sensed by the sensor unit, executing an one-hand operation mode to control a size or a position of a screen displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dong Hoe Kim, Eun Jung Yang, Kyu Ho Kim, Sang Hyun Lee, Min Woo Hong, Young Soo Chang
  • Patent number: 10571966
    Abstract: A touch panel and a display device are provided. The touch panel includes: a display screen, and a supporting frame configured to mount the display screen thereon; an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver are provided on the supporting frame, the infrared transmitter being configured to emit infrared light so as to form an infrared light field above the display screen; the infrared receiver being configured to receive the infrared light emitted by the infrared transmitter and in turn reflected at a floating touch position above the display screen, the infrared transmitter and the infrared receiver cooperating with each other to determine the floating touch position; and the infrared transmitter and the supporting frame are formed as an integral structure. The display device includes the touch panel as above and an outer frame in which the touch panel is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongbao Wu
  • Patent number: 10566771
    Abstract: A method for assembling electric switching systems includes wiring and/or connecting electric components together at specific connection points may be used in conjunction with an assembly support device for simplifying and/or checking the assembly of such electric switching systems. A respective component which is provided for connecting in the switching system is identified by an identifying device. At least one target connection point where the identified component is to be connected is determined by a connection point determining device on the basis of the component identified by the identifying device, and the actual connection point where the component has actually been connected is monitored by a monitoring device. If the detected actual connection point deviates from the target connection point, an error message is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Leibherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Fenker
  • Patent number: 10564917
    Abstract: A coiled coil geometry of modular concave LED/OLED panels or “tiles” can effectively display a simulated barreling wave. The structure of the coiled coil LED/OLED modules allows one or more users/participants to stand on and/or sit in a motion or non-motion seating platform to observe the simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Steve Welck