Patents Examined by Shaheda A Abdin
  • Patent number: 10275012
    Abstract: A method for driving a display and an electronic device supporting the same are provided. The method includes determining a luminance setting of an output of a display panel; generating a gamma value corresponding to at least one sub pixel among sub pixels composing a pixel of the display panel when the luminance setting is equal to or lower than a specified value; and supplying the generated gamma value to the at least one sub pixel and at least one other sub pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Dong Kyoon Han, Han Yu Ool Kim
  • Patent number: 10276092
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of circuit units in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel electrodes, respectively, each of the plurality of circuit units being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of lower power supply lines extending in one direction so as to be electrically connected to some circuit units from among the plurality of circuit units, the some circuit units being along the one direction, and a plurality of upper power supply lines extending in the one direction, the upper power supply lines being over the plurality of lower power supply lines, and electrically connected to the plurality of lower power supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinseok Oh, Deukjong Kim
  • Patent number: 10269320
    Abstract: In a GOA circuit and an embedded touch display panel of the present disclosure, by providing a suppression module in each of multiple levels of GOA units, when the embedded touch display panel enters a stage in which signal interruption occurs and touch scanning is performed, a second node control signal on a second node is pulled down to a constant-voltage low level. This relieves the insufficiency in retaining capability of the GOA circuit in the case of TP interruption and further decreases the risk of stage-shift failure so that this GOA circuit becomes more stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGYCO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qiang Gong
  • Patent number: 10269279
    Abstract: A display system includes one or more multi-view (MV) pixels, each configured to emit beamlets in different directions in a beamlet coordinate system. The display system includes an input node which receives a specification of multiple viewing zones located relative to the MV pixels in a viewing zone coordinate system, and a processor coupled to the input node. The processor associates multiple contents with the multiple viewing zones, respectively, and determines a mapping that translates between the viewing zone coordinate system and the beamlet coordinate system. For each of multiple images generated from the multiple contents, the processor, using the mapping, identifies a bundle of beamlets from each of the MV pixels directed to one viewing zone to form the image. The processor outputs control signaling that defines color and brightness of each of the beamlets in each bundle to project the corresponding image to the corresponding viewing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Misapplied Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Han Ng, Paul Henry Dietz, David Steven Thompson
  • Patent number: 10249250
    Abstract: A backlight control method, a backlight module and a display apparatus are disclosed. The backlight control method comprises: dividing a backlight into N blocks; determining whether each of the N blocks satisfies a high current driving start-up condition or not according to a pixel signal in each input frame of image signal and determining blocks which satisfy the high current driving start-up condition as candidate blocks; setting blocks among the candidate blocks which are determined to be driven by high current as selected blocks in a case that power consumption of each frame of picture does not exceed total backlight power consumption without dynamic backlight control; and calculating backlight driving pulse width modulation duty ratios of the selected blocks according to a correspondence between brightness and pulse width modulation duty ratios, and transmitting the calculated backlight driving pulse width modulation duty ratios to a backlight driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifang Chu, Chul Gyu Jung, Shou Li
  • Patent number: 10249247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent dual-sided display device and a driving method thereof. The transparent dual-sided display device includes a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixel groups that each include a front-side OLED sub-pixel, a back-side OLED sub-pixel, and an electrowetting sub-pixel and a plurality of multiplexer modules that each include three thin-film transistors and a timing controller is involved to control a multiplexer module and a source driver, wherein the source driver writes the front-side and back-side output data signals to the front-side OLED sub-pixel and the back-side OLED sub-pixel respectively and applies a reference voltage to the electrowetting sub-pixel, such that controlling can be, through the timing controller, a voltage controller to output a voltage value of the reference voltage to the source driver to control transparency or light-blocking of the electrowetting sub-pixel for simultaneously fulfilling transparent displaying and dual-sided displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenling Wang, Taijiun Hwang
  • Patent number: 10234983
    Abstract: A novel input/output panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. In addition, a novel input/output device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The input/output panel includes a display element, a first conductive film, and a second conductive film. The first conductive film is electrically connected to a plurality of pixel circuits, and the second conductive film is provided so that an electric field which is partly interrupted by an object approaching on the display side of the display element is formed between the first conductive film and the second conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 10235970
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display including an emission unit, a light sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of ambient light level, a memory in which filtering instructions and emission control instructions are stored, and a processor configured to implement the filtering instructions to generate at least one filtered representation of the ambient light level in accordance with the signal. The processor is further configured to implement the emission control instructions to determine whether the ambient light level is increasing or decreasing, and to generate a control signal that, based on the at least one filtered representation, increases a brightness level of the emission unit at a first rate if the ambient light level is increasing and that decreases the brightness level at a second rate if the ambient light level is decreasing. The first rate is greater than the second rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Breazile, Ricardo Lopez-Barquilla, Yi-Min Huang
  • Patent number: 10229313
    Abstract: A system configured for tracking a human hand, e.g., in an interactive space, may comprise a distancing device, one or more physical processors, and/or other components. The distancing device may be configured to generate output signals conveying position information. The position information may include positions of surfaces of real-world objects, including surfaces of a human hand. A group of points may be identified that lie on a candidate surface which is a candidate for being the surface of a hand. The edges of the candidate surface may be detected. The points furthest away from the closest edge may be determined. A model may be created by connecting at least some of these points. Sections of the model are identified that may be a digit of the hand. Per section, fingertips and metacarpophalangeal joints may be identified. The model may be analyzed to determine whether the candidate surface is the surface of a hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Meta Company
    Inventor: Yishai Gribetz
  • Patent number: 10228842
    Abstract: Facilities are provided herein for invoking and providing an extended display on a flexible display of a computer system. Flexion being applied to a flexible display of a computer system is detected, the flexible display displaying primary content thereon, and the flexion including a bend in the flexible display along a bend line defining first and second regions of the flexible display. It is determined whether the detected flexion satisfies a threshold level of flexion for providing an extended display on the flexible display. If so, an extended display is provided on the flexible display, in which at least some of the primary content is displayed on the first region of the flexible display extended content is displayed on the second region of the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 10222873
    Abstract: Provided herein are an auxiliary device and a navigation system using the auxiliary device. The auxiliary device is configured to integrate with a pen mouse. When the pen mouse is tightly combined with the auxiliary device, the auxiliary device determines to use a first cursor displacement information data provided by the pen mouse and/or a second cursor displacement information data provided by the auxiliary device as a control signal for controlling a cursor corresponding to an electronic device according to an operation mode selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Lin Chung, Chia-Fu Ke, Jr-Shen Yang, Yen-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 10223965
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for measurement and compensation of display panel current leakage and/or display panel noise. A pixel data signal is received at sensing and compensation circuitry. Current leakage compensation circuitry compensates for current leakage of the display panel in the data signal, while panel noise mitigation circuitry configured to reduce panel noise from the data signal. After compensating for the current leakage and reducing the panel noise, the data signal is provided to downstream circuitry for subsequent processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yafei Bi, Mohammad B. Vahid Far
  • Patent number: 10210783
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a scan-line period for scanning one of the scan lines. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits according to the scan-line period for scanning one of the scan lines, wherein the scan-line period comprises a display data period and a test data period. In the test data period, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the display data period, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Patent number: 10209551
    Abstract: Devices, storage media, and methods for compensating for aging and temperature variations using dual-loop compensation are provided. The compensating for temperature and aging variations of one or more pixels of the display using a coarse scan loop updated at a faster rate. Compensation also includes compensating for aging variations of the one or more pixels of the display using a fine scan loop updated at a slower rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Jesse A. Richmond, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Tobias Jung, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Marc Albrecht, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 10209843
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include identifying contact with a surface of a touch-sensitive input device, identifying a location of the contact on the surface of the touch-sensitive input device, and calculating a change in a mutual capacitance between a first electrode and a second electrode included in a sensor module disposed below the surface of the touch-sensitive input device. The first electrode can be adjacent to the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode can be located approximate to the identified location of the contact on the surface of the touch-sensitive input device. The method can include estimating a contact-coupled capacitance based on the calculated change in a mutual capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and calculating a force applied to the surface of the touch-sensitive input device at the identified location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Kishore Sundara-Rajan
  • Patent number: 10210837
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a driver chip. The first substrate includes a plurality of gate lines disposed in the display area and extended in a first direction, a plurality of data lines disposed on a gate insulating layer insulating the gate lines and extended in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a gate driving circuit section disposed in the first peripheral area adjacent to first ends of the gate lines. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. A liquid crystal is interposed between the first and second substrates. The driver chip is disposed in the second peripheral area adjacent to second ends of the gate lines opposite to the first ends so that the width of the upper and lower portions of the display area may be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Koo Her, Jin Jeon, Kee-Han Uh, Yong-Je Jeon, Yong-Han Park
  • Patent number: 10209942
    Abstract: Various aspects of a system and a method for collaboratively displaying media content on multiple display devices comprises a plurality of display devices. A first display device of the plurality of display devices determines a portion of the media content to be displayed by the plurality of display devices, respectively. The portion of the media content is determined based on at least one parameter associated with the plurality of display devices. The first display device assigns at least a portion of a second display device of the plurality of display devices to display additional content. The portion of the second display device is determined based on the at least one parameter associated with the plurality of display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: True Xiong, Charles McCoy
  • Patent number: 10204561
    Abstract: An AMOLED pixel driving circuit and pixel driving method are provided. In the pixel driving circuit, a drain of the fourth thin film transistor is electrically coupled to a terminal of the second capacitor, a drain of the third thin film transistor, and a source of the first thin film transistor; a gate of the third thin film transistor receives a second scan signal, and a source of the third thin film transistor receives a data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaolong Chen
  • Patent number: 10203786
    Abstract: A user device includes an unpowered display and a touch sensor. User input such as touching or writing on the unpowered display with a stylus produces visual indicia indicative of the input. A touch sensor is used to acquire touch data indicative of the user input. The touch data may be sent wirelessly to another device, such as a server for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Morris Yuanhsiang Hsu, Jagan Vaidyanathan Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 10204597
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to be able to be curved in an almost cylindrical shape with a surface being oriented outwards and display information in a region of one of an entire periphery and a part of the surface; a viewing intention detector configured to detect viewing intention of a user for the information displayed on the display unit, the user wearing the display unit on a part of a body; a display region determiner configured to determine, according to the viewing intention of the user, a region of the display unit, which is viewable by the user, as a display region for displaying the information; and a display control unit configured to control display of the information in the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatomo Kurata, Yasuyuki Koga