Patents Examined by Sepehr Azari
  • Patent number: 10656735
    Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed, which includes a substrate, a black matrix layer, and an insulating layer. The black matrix is over the substrate, the insulating layer is over the black matrix layer, and an edge of the insulating layer has a longer distance to an edge of the substrate on a same side of the touch panel than an edge of the black matrix layer on the same side of the touch panel. The touch panel further includes a protecting layer over the insulating layer, configured such that an edge of the protecting layer on the same side of the touch panel has a longer distance to the edge of the substrate than the edge of the insulating layer. A manufacturing method of the touch panel, and a display apparatus containing the touch panel, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xie, Ming Hu, Ming Zhang, Qingpu Wang
  • Patent number: 10642477
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a touch panel; a processor electrically connected to the display; and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions executed to enable the processor to: receive, from the touch panel, first data regarding a time or an area contacted by an external object through a first region on the display, receive, from the touch panel, second data regarding a contact or an approach of the external object to a second region of the display after the external object is spaced apart from the display, and display an image or an image variation on the display based on the first data or the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Gyun Lee, Doo-Yong Park, Young-Dae Lee, Jae-Hak Lee, Min-Ho Kim, Cheong-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10636374
    Abstract: An electrooptic device includes a scan line; data lines; a scan line driving circuit that selects the scan line; a data line driving circuit that supplies data signals to the data lines; a TFT that includes a gate electrode receiving gate signals for selecting the data line and has one end connected to the data line and the other end connected to the data line driving circuit; and a TFT that includes a gate electrode receiving gate signals for selecting the data line and has one end connected to the data line and the other end connected to the data line driving circuit. The gate electrode of the TFT overlaps the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 10636381
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and at least one light modulation panel. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of micro light emitting semiconductors disposed on the substrate. The light modulation panel is disposed on a light emitting surface of the display panel and includes a light modulation unit. The light modulation panel is configured to change a transmittance of the light modulation unit according to a light modulation control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PLAYNITRIDE INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Li Li, Tzu-Yang Lin
  • Patent number: 10636367
    Abstract: A display and a color correction method are disclosed. The display includes a panel, a backlight module, a first sensing unit, a second sensing unit and a processing module. The first sensing unit senses a real-time ambient light information of an environment that the display is located in. The processing module estimates a target display lightness according to the real-time ambient light information and adjusts a backlight intensity to an adjusted backlight intensity to make a backlight intensity of the panel substantially the same with the target display lightness. The second sensing unit senses an adjusted backlight information of the backlight module. The processing module estimates a color gain compensation value for the panel according to the adjusted backlight information and the real-time ambient light information and compensates the colors displayed on the panel when the panel displays an image according to the color gain compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Liao, Cheng-Lung Wu
  • Patent number: 10635247
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensing pattern which include a first mesh pattern formed in a first direction and a second mesh pattern formed in a second direction, the second mesh pattern including isolated unit patterns, a bridge electrode connecting the neighboring unit patterns of the second mesh pattern, an insulation layer disposed between the sensing pattern and the bridge electrode, and an auxiliary electrode layer on an at least one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern, the auxiliary electrode layer being connected to at least one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jin Choi, Jae Hyun Lee, Cheol Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10607540
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. A pixel circuit in the disclosed display panel includes a driving module, a data writing module, a storage module, and at least one control module. The data writing module is configured to write a data signal into a control terminal of the driving module. The storage module is electrically connected to the control terminal of the driving module for maintaining a voltage on the control terminal of the driving module in an emit-lighting phase. The control module is electrically connected to the control terminal of the driving module for writing a signal into the control terminal of the driving module prior to the light-emitting stage. At least one hollowed structure is provided on the continuous gate structure of the control transistor of the control module. At least one channel's width-to-length ratio is different from others among the overlapping portions' channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kerui Xi, Tingting Cui, Baiquan Lin, Junting Ouyang, Ruiyuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10592034
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes: a display unit for outputting an image and receiving a touch input; a virtual home key unit overlapped with a specific region of the display unit, and for generating a control command for executing a specific function; and a controller for forming the control command, wherein the virtual home key unit includes: a vibration output unit for outputting vibrations of a specific pattern based on a touch input applied to the specific region and a peripheral region; and a pressure sensor disposed between the vibration output unit and the display unit, and for sensing a touch pressure, and wherein the controller executes the specific function when the touch pressure is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hongjo Shim, Sungho Woo
  • Patent number: 10592033
    Abstract: A pressure sensor, a touch substrate and a touch display device are provided. The pressure sensor includes: an active layer; a gate electrode, which is stacked with the active layer and insulated from the active layer; an elastic layer, which is arranged between the active layer and the gate electrode in a direction perpendicular to the active layer, and a thickness of the elastic layer is decreased in a case that a pressure is applied to the pressure sensor; and a source electrode and a drain electrode, which are spaced from each other and are both electrically connected with the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfei Cheng, Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10592035
    Abstract: A pressure sensor, comprises a first electrode plate; a plurality of second electrode plates; an elastic member, disposed between the first electrode plate and the plurality of second electrode plates; a first switch, comprising a first end coupled to the first electrode plate, and a second end selectively coupled to a first plate receiving end or a ground; and a plurality of second switches, wherein each second switch comprises a first end coupled to one of the plurality of second electrode plates, and a second end selectively coupled to a second plate receiving end, the ground or a driving signal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10591725
    Abstract: A display device is provided and may include a light source that emits a light beam, a scanner that causes the light beam to scan, a movable screen in which an image is formed by transmitting the light beam from scanner, an optical system configured to project the image on a display medium, and a driver configured to cause the movable screen to reciprocate in moving directions. The image includes a first image and a second image. The movable screen reciprocates in a posture inclined with respect to the moving directions such that a second end of the movable screen is positioned closer to the scanner than a first end of the movable screen. The scanner forms the second image in the movable screen while the movable screen moves such that a forming direction of the second image is inclined with respect to a direction approaching the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Kasazumi, Toshiya Mori, Hiroaki Okayama, Satoshi Kuzuhara, Hiroyuki Furuya, Hiroshi Gotou, Akira Kurozuka
  • Patent number: 10565935
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit for OLED and a display panel are provided. The scan driving circuit for OLED comprising a plurality of scan driving units connected in cascade. The scan driving units at each stages for receiving the stage transmission signal at previous-stage, the first scan signal at previous-stage, the first scan signal at next-stage, the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and outputting a stage transmission signal at current-stage, the first scan signal at current-stage, the second scan signal at current-stage and the third scan signal at current-stage, wherein duty cycle of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are difference. The invention could generating three types shift scanning signal required for pixel compensation circuit and solved the problem of threshold voltage drift, then reducing difference brightness of display and enhancing display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Mian Zeng
  • Patent number: 10545592
    Abstract: The touch display module includes touch electrodes, a plurality of pixel units arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines crossing the plurality of gate lines. The touch display module further includes a plurality of touch scanning lines. The pixel units in two columns are arranged between every two adjacent data lines, and each data line is electrically connected to the pixel units arranged in two columns and adjacent to the data line. Each touch scanning line is arranged between two adjacent data lines and connected to the corresponding touch electrode. Two gate lines are arranged between every two adjacent rows of pixel units. The pixel units in each row include a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit arranged adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xiaochuan Chen, Haisheng Wang, Weijie Zhao, Yingming Liu
  • Patent number: 10529272
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a visual information inputting part, a mode determining part, a driver and a display panel. The visual information inputting part receives an eyesight of a user and a viewing distance of the user. The mode determining part determines a pixel perception distance based on the eyesight of the user and compares the viewing distance and the pixel perception distance to select one of a normal mode and a control mode. The driver maintains a vertical resolution of an input image and a frame frequency when the normal mode is selected, and outputs gate signals to gate lines during a same horizontal period to decrease the vertical resolution and inserts a compensation frame between adjacent frames to increase the frame frequency when the control mode is selected. The display panel displays an image based on the vertical resolution and the frame frequency set by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Min Kim, Mira Gwon, Nam Heon Kim, Hasook Kim, Junghwan Yi, Sunkyo Lim
  • Patent number: 10522609
    Abstract: A gate driver circuit, a display device, and a method of driving the display device are disclosed. The gate driver circuit includes a first transistor supplying a start signal to a Q node in response to a clock, a second transistor adjusting a gate voltage of the first transistor in response to the clock, a third transistor adjusting a gate voltage of the second transistor in response to the start signal, a fourth transistor changing a voltage of a QB node, a fifth transistor switching a current path between the first transistor and the Q node in response to a first line control signal, a sixth transistor supplying a gate-off voltage to an output node, a seventh transistor supplying a gate-on voltage to the output node, and an eighth transistor supplying a second line control signal to the QB node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngbin Woo, Youngsun Jang
  • Patent number: 10510303
    Abstract: A current sensor includes a first resistor between a first node and a second node, a first voltage limiting device between the first node and the second node, and a second resistor between the second node and a third node, wherein a resistance level of the first resistor is greater than a resistance level of the second resistor, and wherein a current flowing from the third node to the first node is configured to be measured based on a voltage across the first resistor or a voltage across the second resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 10503317
    Abstract: Aspects herein describe a display system that moves at least a portion of a displayed GUI in response to turbulent motions in a vehicle. In one aspect, the GUI is displayed on a screen that includes an integrated touch sensing region that permits a user to interact with one or more elements in the GUI. However, turbulent motion may cause the user to miss the interactive element or inadvertently touch the wrong element in the GUI. To aid the user to touch the desired portion of the GUI, in one aspect, the display system tracks the movement of a hand or finger of the user to determine its position relative to a screen displaying the GUI and maintains the spatial relationship of the hand or the finger to the GUI during turbulent motions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Lukasz Domaradzki, Brian Azcuenaga, Samantha Schwartz, Mariusz Nawotczynski, Antonio Puentes
  • Patent number: 10503258
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. In some examples, the electronic device comprises a housing and an input mechanism cooperatively engaged with the housing and configured to rotate in a first direction about a rotation axis. In some examples, the electronic device comprises an input sensor configured to sense an input at the input mechanism based on rotation of the input mechanism. In some examples, the electronic device comprises an actuator coupled to the housing and configured to displace the input mechanism. In some examples, the electronic device comprises a force sensor coupled to the input mechanism and configured to sense an input at the input mechanism based on a force applied to the input mechanism along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Prashanth Holenarsipur, Xingxing Cai, Stephen N. Sweet, Richard Ruh
  • Patent number: 10467970
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a display module, a method for driving the display module, a driving device and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel repeat units, each of the pixel repeat units includes first monochromatic sub-pixels, second monochromatic sub-pixels and third monochromatic sub-pixels of different colors, each of the pixel repeat units includes three pixel units arranged in sequence in a row direction, each of the pixel unit includes two monochromatic sub-pixels in a first row and two monochromatic sub-pixels in a second row, the two monochromatic sub-pixels in the first row and the two monochromatic sub-pixels in the second row are staggered, and a color of each monochromatic sub-pixel is different from colors of adjacent monochromatic sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaochen Niu, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao, Pengcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 10466815
    Abstract: A display system includes a pointing device and a display device. The pointing device includes: a magnetic member; a contact detector configured to detect contact with a user; a motion detector configured to detect a motion of the pointing device; and a transmitter configured to transmit state information to the display device in response to a state determining unit determining that contact detection information indicating detection of the contact is acquired from the contact detector and a value indicating the motion is less than a reference value. The display device includes: an electromagnet; a status determining unit configured to determine an energization status of the electromagnet; a receiver configured to receive the state information; and an electromagnet controller configured to control energization to the electromagnet in accordance with the energization status of the electromagnet when the state information is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Haruo Shida