Patents Examined by Sejoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9959797
    Abstract: The circuit of the present invention comprises a detection module and a feedback module, wherein an output end of a power supply management module is coupled to one end of a voltage level shift module, and the other end of the voltage level shift module is coupled to a first end of the detection module, and a second end of the detection module is coupled to a WOA route module or a GOA route module, and a third end of the detection is coupled to one end of the feedback module, and the other end of the feedback module is coupled to an enable end of the power supply management module, and the detection module detects whether the WOA route module or the GOA route module is short, and feeds back a short signal; the feedback module receives the short signal, and sends a disable signal to the enable end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xinhong Chen
  • Patent number: 9933886
    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: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Chul Kim, Jung Mok Park
  • Patent number: 9927902
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a peripheral controller to interface with a touch controller and to communicate mapping information to identify primary and secondary regions of a display. The touch controller includes logic to filter touch data when it is for a touch within the secondary region and to communicate the touch data to the peripheral controller when it is for the user touch within the primary region. In an embodiment, display logic may determine when and how to use a display bezel area for displaying content, via a combination of criteria. Decision vectors (such as sensors, device configuration, content type, primary display activity) may enable/disable display areas for rendering, with independent control of each side of the bezel. Content can be rendered based on primary display content, environment, other devices and user preferences. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Burr, Gokul Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 9928765
    Abstract: A TFT array substrate is disclosed. The substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, and a first gate drive circuit, where the first gate drive circuit includes m levels of first repeat units. Each level of first repeat unit includes a first shift register. The substrate also includes a second gate drive circuit, where the second gate drive circuit includes n levels of second repeat units. Each level of second repeat unit includes a second shift register. The substrate also includes a first start signal line and a first start transistor, where a drain of the first start transistor is electrically connected with the first start signal line. The substrate also includes a second start transistor, where a drain of the second start transistor is electrically connected with the first start signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Wen, Lei Li, Fen Wan
  • Patent number: 9928780
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an AMOLED driving device. The AMOLED device includes an AMOLED driving circuit, a scan driving signal source, a data driving signal source, and a data driving signal source control module. The AMOLED driving circuit includes a first semiconductor controllable switch, a second semiconductor controllable switch, an energy storage capacitor, and an organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yichien Wen
  • Patent number: 9921702
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Chuan Ko, Meng-Chieh Tsai
  • Patent number: 9910505
    Abstract: Approaches are described for managing content via an electronic device. In particular, various embodiments enable single-handed approaches to adjusting content provided by a computing device. For example, the computing device (e.g., a mobile phone) or other portable computing device can detect a touch-based gesture input (e.g., a tap and hold) on a display screen to activate a content control mode (e.g., a zoom control mode, a panning control mode, a volume control mode). As the device is moved relative to user of the device or some other reference point, the device can cause a zooming, panning, or audio function to be executed. In this way, as the user holds the device and tilts, rotates, or otherwise changes the orientation of the device, or as the user's relative position or orientation changes with respect to the device, the content can appear to be zoomed-in or zoomed-out on, panned, or otherwise adjusted based at least in part on the function executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jae Pum Park, Mike Dodge
  • Patent number: 9910549
    Abstract: Discussed are a display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of operating the same. The display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes; a touch screen including m number of electrodes which are formed to overlap with the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein m is a multiple of n, and n is an integer equal to or greater than two, and wherein the m electrodes are divided into n number of electrode groups; a touch driver configured to generate a touch scan signal and to supply the generated touch scan signal to a display driver; and the display driver configured to apply a common voltage or the touch scan signal to one or more of the m electrodes depending on a driving mode of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JungHan Lee, HongChul Kim, SungChul Kim, JeongSeop Lee, SeungEun Pyo
  • Patent number: 9905182
    Abstract: A GOA driving circuit, a TFT display panel and a display device are disclosed. The GOA driving circuit includes: an input module configured for outputting first control signals in accordance with the received display scanning signals and the touch scanning signals; an output module configured for outputting the first output control signals in accordance with the first control signals and the first clock signals; a pull-down module configured for outputting pull-down signals in accordance with the first control signals, the second control signals and the low level signals; and a pull-down maintaining module configure for outputting the second output control signals in accordance with the pull-down signals, the high level signals, and the first clock signals. The DC source is adopted to charge/discharge Qn to keep Qn at a reasonable level, and the transfer capability is enhanced. In addition, the forward scanning and the backward scanning may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juncheng Xiao, Shangcao Cao, Ronglei Dai, Yao Yan
  • Patent number: 9898988
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a scan-driving circuit, which comprises a plurality of cascaded scan-driving units, a touch-driving unit, and a clock signal generator, wherein the scan-driving unit comprises a signal transfer circuit, an inverting amplifier circuit, a signal reset circuit, and an inverting logistic circuit. The present invention raises the report rate of the touch liquid crystal display device and the sensitivity of the touch-operation by a discontinuity-operation of the first clock signal and the second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Juncheng Xiao
  • Patent number: 9898987
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit is provided, where includes a plurality of gate driving units connected in cascade, each of the gate driving units is used to drive two scan lines arranged continuously, a gate driving signal of a first scan line and a first cascading signal are respectively transmitted by a first pull up module and a first down transmitting module, and a gate driving signal of a second scan line and a second cascading signal are respectively transmitted by a second pull up module and a second down transmitting module. By the above manner, the disclosure is capable of decreasing a component quantity of GOA circuit, thus achieving the ultra-narrow frame design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chao Dai
  • Patent number: 9898985
    Abstract: The present invention provides a GOA drive system and a liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shangcao Cao
  • Patent number: 9891718
    Abstract: This invention can be embodied in a wearable device or system for measuring finger motion and recognizing hand gestures comprising a distal loop which encircles the intermediate phalanx of a finger, a proximal loop which encircles the proximal phalanx of the finger, a joint-spanning strip which connects these two loops, and a bend sensor which is part of the joint-spanning strip. Changes in energy transmitted through, or generated by, the bend sensor are used to measure the motion and/or configuration of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 9892686
    Abstract: The present invention provides an AMOLED IR drop compensation system and method. The AMOLED IR drop compensation system includes an AMOLED display panel that is divided into a plurality of zones, an image detection module, a data signal correction module, and an IR drop compensation module and may achieve zone-wise linear compensation for IR drop. The AMOLED IR drop compensation method includes dividing an AMOLED display panel in a direction of extension of a power line into a plurality of zones, applying an image detection module to detect a data signal of an image to be displayed and determine if the image to be displayed is a pure color image, applying a data correction module to convert the data signal of a pure color image to be displayed, and applying an IR drop compensation module to conduct zone-wise linear IR drop compensation for each of the plurality of zones by adjusting the variation of the data signal of each of the sub-pixels of each of the zones of the AMOLED display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Taijiun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9892671
    Abstract: A method of performing gamma correction for LCD panels includes: dividing the display area of a LCD panel to form n sub-areas of the display area; dividing all grey-scale images into n sets to form n sets of grey-scale images; displaying a first chosen grey-scale image of each set of grey-scale images on the corresponding sub-area of n sub-areas concurrently; detecting the brightness of the first chosen grey-scale image with a photosensor installed on the sub-area; examining if there is grey-scale image pending for detection in the set of grey scale images; extracting a gamma curve of the LCD panel; and correcting the gamma curve of the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Xiong, Yingchi Wang, Gonghua Zou
  • Patent number: 9892674
    Abstract: A method of computing an overdriving target based on brightness switching on a subpixel signal includes: trying an overdriving target for obtaining a curve of R/G/B luminance and time response of the overdriving target, and determining if brightness of the curve of the R/G/B luminance and the time response of the overdriving target and the target brightness are matched. The rule for matching includes: when the subpixel is switched from low grayscale to high grayscale, the maximal brightness of the curve of the R/G/B luminance and the time response of the driving target being not more than 110% of the target brightness; otherwise, the minimal brightness of the curve of the R/G/B luminance and the time response is not less than 90% of the target brightness. By using the matching rule, swift switching of H/L switching between upper-intermediate grayscale and low grayscale is realized, and wide viewing angle and transmittance remain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9894349
    Abstract: A 3D display method and a display device. The method includes: step a: driving first sub-pixels of odd numbered rows of pixels to display a first left eye image, driving first sub-pixels of even numbered rows of pixels to display a first right eye image, driving second sub-pixels of the odd numbered rows of pixels to display a black image, and driving second sub-pixels of the even numbered rows to display a black image; and step b: driving second sub-pixels of the odd numbered rows of pixels to display a second left eye image, driving second sub-pixels of even numbered rows of pixels to display a second right eye image, driving first sub-pixels of the odd numbered rows of pixels to display a black image, and driving first sub-pixels of the even numbered rows to display a black image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jing Lv
  • Patent number: 9891657
    Abstract: An electroconductive film is provided on a display unit and has at least two wiring layers that are disposed on both sides of a transparent substrate or each disposed on either side of each of the at least two transparent substrates in a laminate form and are regularly arranged. A wiring pattern of the wiring layers is superimposed onto a pixel array pattern of the display unit, the wiring pattern of a lower layer being displaced in phase in relation to an upper layer. The electroconductive film satisfies: fm1?fm2, when a first lowest frequency (fm1) is the lowest frequency of the moire spatial frequency, and a second lowest frequency (fm2) is the lowest frequency of the moire spatial frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuchika Iwami
  • Patent number: 9886921
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit comprises GOA units of multiple stages. Each GOA unit includes a pull-up module and an output module. The pull-up module outputs a second clock signal to the output module when an input signal is at a high level; and the output module is turned on when the second clock signal is at a high level, and outputs a third clock signal as a first gate driving signal and outputs a fourth clock signal as a second gate driving signal when being turned on; the third clock signal and the fourth clock signal have opposite phases but the same cycle, and the cycle of the second clock signal is twice that of the third clock signal. It also discloses a liquid crystal display and a gate driving method, two rows of pixels are driven by one GOA unit, thus the space for disposing TFTs is saved, the sealing area of the LCD is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaochuan Chen, Hailin Xue, Yanna Xue, Yue Li, Xuelu Wang
  • Patent number: 9884510
    Abstract: A pen-shaped apparatus includes a key ring, a stylus, an ink pen, and a flash drive in a preferred embodiment are configured to interconnect with each other to form a single unit. When assembled together, the flash drive fits into a bottom portion of the ink pen while the stylus is attached to a top of the pen. The compiled flash drive, ink pen, and stylus are collectively attached to a cap having a key ring feature that allows for convenient attachment of the device to a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Kecia I Foster