Patents Examined by Sepehr Azari
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Patent number: 11269381Abstract: A display screen with an irregular shape is provided. The display screen with the irregular shape includes: an irregular-shaped display area including an irregular-shaped boundary and a pixel area, and the irregular-shaped boundary is located at a periphery of the pixel area; a packaging area provided at a periphery of the irregular-shaped boundary, the packaging is used to package the irregular-shaped display area; a number of connecting lines located between the irregular-shaped boundary and the packaging area, and the connecting lines are arranged along a direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area. During arranging the connecting lines, along the direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area, the connecting lines are bent, such that the plurality of connecting lines are compactly arranged. A display device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xu Qin, Xiuqi Huang, Tingting Zhang, Lu Zhang, Siming Hu, Zhenzhen Han
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Patent number: 11269421Abstract: A free space input standard is instantiated on a processor. Free space input is sensed and communicated to the processor. If the free space input satisfies the free space input standard, a touch screen input response is invoked in an operating system. The free space input may be sensed using continuous implicit, discrete implicit, active explicit, or passive explicit approaches. The touch screen input response may be invoked through communicating virtual touch screen input, a virtual input event, or a virtual command to or within the operating system. In this manner free space gestures may control existing touch screen interfaces and devices, without modifying those interfaces and devices directly to accept free space gestures.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Atheer, Inc.Inventors: Shashwat Kandadai, Nathan Abercrombie, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Sleiman Itani
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Patent number: 11263966Abstract: A display device including a display unit which has a plurality of pixels and a plurality of driving lines for driving the plurality of pixels; a driving circuit which drives the plurality of pixels through the plurality of driving lines; and a control unit which adjusts a driving capability of the driving circuit according to the number of simultaneous driving lines of the driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventor: Teisuke Kishikawa
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Patent number: 11263933Abstract: An LED panel includes a panel body having a substrate, a plurality of LED elements and a mold, and a light absorbing layer formed at a lateral side of the panel body to absorb at least one of ambient light or light emitted from the plurality of LED elements. The light absorbing layer prevents a seam formed by a gap between the adjacent LED panels from being visible. The light absorbing layer absorbs the external light incident on the gap or absorbs the light emitted from the LED element to the gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Ryong Han, Shunsuke Kimura
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Patent number: 11257430Abstract: A drive method according to the disclosure includes a target row determination step of determining a target row to which a target pixel for which a characteristic of at least one of a drive transistor and an electro-optical element is detected belongs, a luminance calculation step of calculating a representative luminance of a pixel in the target row, and a detection determination step of performing a characteristic detection step of detecting monitoring data indicating the characteristic of at least one of the drive transistor and the electro-optical element of the pixel belonging to the target row in a case where the representative luminance is greater than or equal to a threshold, and skipping the characteristic detection step in a case where the representative luminance is less than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Keiichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11243623Abstract: An input device may include a housing, a scroll wheel having an arresting surface, and a lever pivotable about a pivot axis between first and second lever arms of the lever for moving a first free end portion of the first lever arm to engage or disengage the arresting surface. The input device may further include a rotary to linear motion converter having a rotary input axis and a linear output axis. The rotary to linear motion converter may be configured to apply a linear output motion along the linear output axis, converted from a rotary input motion about the rotary input axis, to move a second free end portion of the second lever arm so as to pivot the lever about the pivot axis for engaging or disengaging the first free end portion and the arresting surface to interchange the scroll wheel between a free-wheeling and a resistive-wheeling mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Farrukh Raza Rizvi, Chang Sern Gwee
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Patent number: 11238789Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel driving circuit and a method of driving the same, a display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit includes: a driving circuit, an energy storage circuit, a data and sensing line, a first initialization circuit, a second initialization circuit and a data writing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Yongqian Li
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Patent number: 11232747Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of compensation detection lines, wherein each data line is coupled with sub-pixels in one column; sub-pixels in every three columns serve as one first sub-pixel group, and each first sub-pixel group corresponds to two compensation detection lines which include a first detection line and a second detection line; and in each first sub-pixel group, sub-pixels in the first column are coupled with the first detection line, sub-pixels in the third column are coupled with the second detection line, and sub-pixels in the second column are alternatively coupled with the first detection line and the second detection line.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Li, Min He, Zhidong Yuan, Can Yuan, Haixia Xu
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Patent number: 11221682Abstract: This document describes techniques and devices for occluded gesture recognition. Through use of the techniques and devices described herein, users may control their devices even when a user's gesture is occluded by some material between the user's hands and the device itself. Thus, the techniques enable users to control their mobile devices in many situations in which control is desired but conventional techniques do permit effective control, such as when a user's mobile computing device is occluded by being in a purse, bag, pocket, or even in another room.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Ivan Poupyrev
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Patent number: 11216062Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable terminal. The terminal may comprise: a detection circuit; a first electrode and a second electrode which are connected to the detection circuit to form open loop circuits, respectively, and are spaced apart from each other; and a control unit for controlling the wearable terminal to perform a pre-configured function when the first electrode and the second electrode simultaneously come into contact with a part of a user's body, and the detection circuit, the first electrode, and the second electrode then form a signal pathway through the part of the user's body.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: INBODY CO., LTD.Inventor: Kichul Cha
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Patent number: 11217155Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display panel applied thereof, which comprise three thin film transistors are provided. A control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal of a first thin film transistor are respectively electrically coupled to a first node, a high preset potential, and a second node. A control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal of a second thin film transistor are respectively electrically connected to a scan line, the first node, and a data line. A control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal of a third thin film transistor are respectively electrically connected to a scan line, a third node, and the second node.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Inventor: Shiqi Liu
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Patent number: 11210999Abstract: A driving method includes: determining a starting luminance LS of a to-be-adjusted frame image; determining an average luminance LAVE(n) of the to-be-adjusted frame image during a nth duty period; determining a reference luminance flow rate ?L that indicates a current change rate of a storage capacitor storing a data signal for a display element; determining a time length TF of a reference frame image; determining a number k of black strips in the to-be-adjusted frame image; calculating a duty ratio of a pulse driving signal of the to-be-adjusted frame image during the nth duty period based on the starting luminance LS, the average luminance LAVE(n), the reference luminance flow rate ?L, the time length TF, and the number k of the black strips; and driving to display the to-be-adjusted frame image by the adjusted pulse driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., LtdInventors: Keitaro Yamashita, Shaodong Ma, Shanglong Wang, Fei Shen
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Patent number: 11189203Abstract: A liquid crystal device (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (200) and a liquid crystal driver (100) that drives the liquid crystal panel (200). The liquid crystal panel (200) includes a segment electrode (ESD1) and segment signal lines (LSD1, LSD2) that are connected to the segment electrode (ESD1). The liquid crystal driver (100) includes segment terminals (TSD1, TSD2) to be connected to the segment signal lines (LSD1, LSD2), and a segment driving circuit. The segment driving circuit outputs a first segment driving signal to the segment signal line (LSD1) through the segment terminal (TSD1), and outputs a second segment driving signal to the segment signal line (LSD2) through the segment terminal (TSD2).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hironori Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11189235Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a current-driven display device that uses an internal compensation method and can display a good-quality image with no bright dots that are not included in intended display content. In a pixel circuit of an organic EL display device, a voltage of a gate terminal of a drive transistor is initialized before the voltage of a data signal line is written to a holding capacitor via the drive transistor in a diode-connected state. A drain terminal of a first initialization transistor is connected to an anode electrode of the organic EL element in another pixel circuit adjacent to the drain terminal in a scanning signal line extension direction. In a reset period, a path for applying an initialization voltage to the gate terminal is formed by a second initialization transistor of the other pixel circuit, an initialization connecting line, and the first initialization transistor of the pixel circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuya Ueno
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Patent number: 11176893Abstract: A demultiplexer (DEMUX) display panel comprising an array substrate, a plurality of DEMUX switches, and a second control signal generating circuit which is connected to a second control signal input terminal and is configured to generate a second control signal. The second control signal is sent to the DEMUX switch before scanning each row of the sub-pixels to make the DEMUX switch transmit a reset signal to the corresponding first data lines through both of the data signal output terminals.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mian Zeng
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Patent number: 11158224Abstract: A start signal generation circuit, a driving method and a display device are provided. The start signal generation circuit includes: a pull-down node control sub-circuit; a pull-up control node control sub-circuit, configured to control a potential of the pull-up control node under the control of voltage signals from a first clock signal input terminal, a second clock signal input terminal, and the 2nth clock signal input terminal; a pull-up node control sub-circuit; a storage sub-circuit, connected between the pull-up node PU and a start signal output terminal; and a start signal output sub-circuit, where n is an integer larger than 1, and smaller than or equal to N, N is an integer larger than 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Feng Li, Baoqiang Wang, Qiujie Su
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Patent number: 11150726Abstract: Systems and methods for obscuring glares that are present on a windshield, mirror other surface of a vehicle are presented. The systems and methods comprise first and second sets of CCD cameras, where the first set is used to provide information about a source of a glare and the second set is used to provide information about eyes of a driver, for example. Based on the information gathered, locations of the source of the glare and the driver's eyes can be triangulated, and a position where light from the source of the glare is incident on the windshield or other surface can be determined. A translucent spot can be generated at that position to obscure the glare (light) from reaching the driver's eyes.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Sean PattonInventor: Sean Patton
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Patent number: 11150751Abstract: Systems and methods for a dynamically reconfigurable touchpad are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive a configuration parameter from a user; and modify a touchpad by applying the configuration parameter to the operation of proximity sensors disposed under a non-display surface of the IHS.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Srinivas Kamepalli, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Mohammed K. Hijazi
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Patent number: 11151935Abstract: An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display including an organic light emitting diode panel and a controller configured to control the display, wherein the controller is configured to display a first input image, in the case in which a second image having higher luminance than the first image is input after the first image, increase the luminance of the second image during a first period, and decrease the luminance of the second image after the first period. Consequently, it is possible to prevent glare while preventing luminance decrease at the time of scene change of an input image.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sungjin Park
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Patent number: 11145256Abstract: This document describes systems and techniques for dynamic control of scan signals in active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays. Displays in portable electronic devices, such as smartphones, include tens of thousands of pixels. Scan signals in the display control the brightness and color of individual pixels. A leading source of power consumption in AMOLED displays, however, is the parasitic capacitance in the scan lines that carry the scan signals. As the frame rate of AMOLED displays has increased, the frequency of scan signals and the associated parasitic capacitance has also increased. The described AMOLED display can dynamically control the number of pulses in scan signals to reduce power consumption without degrading image quality.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Sangmoo Choi, Sang Young Youn