Patents Examined by Shaheda A Abdin
  • Patent number: 11005153
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes sub-pixels located in a display area, first and second substrate that are oppositely arranged, a first electrode layer, an antenna layer, and a magnet isolating layer including at least one magnet isolator. The first electrode layer is located at a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and a first electrode of the first electrode layer covers at least two sub-pixels in a first direction. The antenna layer includes at least one antenna including a multi-turn antenna coil. One magnet isolator corresponds to at least one antenna. Along a thickness direction of the display panel, the magnet isolating layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the antenna layer. The magnet isolator is disposed between the first electrode and the antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yihua Zhu, Qingjun Lai
  • Patent number: 11003267
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a touch screen can include a display area and a non-display area; a plurality of first touch electrodes in the display area; a plurality of second touch electrodes crossing over the plurality of first touch electrodes; a gate driver in the non-display area and configured to generate gate signals; a switching unit in the non-display area of the display panel and configured to be controlled based on the gate signals; at least one touch signal supply line in the non-display area of the display panel and configured to supply a touch driving signal to the switching unit; a plurality of first touch routing lines in the non-display area and configured to receive the touch driving signal from the switching unit and supply the touch driving signal to the plurality of first touch electrodes; and a plurality of second touch routing lines in the non-display area of the display panel and configured to sense the plurality of second touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongchul Kim, Sejong Yoo
  • Patent number: 11003253
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program calibrate a gaming application. An image of a player is received. A region is determined based on the image, and interactions performed within the region are interpreted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Eric Zavesky
  • Patent number: 10976886
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display that displays an image, a first sensor that detects an intensity of light incident from an area in front of the display, a second sensor that detects a color of light incident from a different direction than the light sensed by the first sensor, and a processor that corrects the intensity of the light sensed by the first sensor using the color of the light sensed by the second sensor and controls an operation of the display apparatus based on the corrected intensity of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-min Kim, Geon-woo Nam
  • Patent number: 10962784
    Abstract: An optical device, including a light waves-transmitting substrate has two major surfaces and edges, optical means for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection, and a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces (22a, 22b) carried by the substrate. The partially reflecting surfaces (22a, 22b) are parallel to each other and are not parallel to any of the edges of the substrate, one or more of the partially reflecting surfaces (22a, 22b) being an anisotropic surface. The optical device has dual operational modes in see-through configuration. In a first mode, light waves are projected from a display source through the substrate to an eye of a viewer. In a second mode, the display source is shut off and only an external scene is viewable through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventor: Yaakov Amitai
  • Patent number: 10957281
    Abstract: Disclosed are a photographing method by a smart television and system thereof. The method includes acquiring a picture of an environment captured by a camera of the smart television, when the smart television is photographing; determining a brightness value of current environment of the smart television, based on the picture of the environment; when the brightness value of the environment is less than a preset value, gradually increasing screen brightness of the smart television and showing a preview image of the picture at different screen brightness; and after a required screen brightness is selected by the user according to the preview image of the picture, adjusting the screen brightness to the required screen brightness selected by the user, for the user to be photographed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jieyan Ke, Yanxing Qi, Liangjun Meng
  • Patent number: 10950669
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element, a protection layer disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, a first sensing electrode disposed on the protection layer, an insulating layer disposed on the first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode disposed on the insulating layer, in which at least one of the thin film encapsulation layer and the insulating layer has a multi-layer structure including first and second alternating layers forming at least three layers, and the first layer includes a first material having a first refractive index and the second layer includes a second material having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Wook Lee, Chang Ok Kim, Heon Sik Ha
  • Patent number: 10928906
    Abstract: A data entry device for entering predetermined characters by the finger of a user and converting the characters into a sequence of electronic signals representing the entered characters, that comprises a touch sensitive zone (2) on an outer surface, a processor (58) coupled to the touch sensitive zone (2) for sensing the zone (2) is touched, the processor (58) is programmed to recognize predetermined elementary finger movements and combinations thereof and to associate each of them with a character, wherein a closed boundary (10) is defined on the surface of the device above a portion of the touch sensitive zone (2) that has at least one haptic property differing from the haptic properties of the surrounding area, whereby the finger can definitely sense when the boundary (10) is touched, and the boundary (10) has an interior area constituting a data entry field (11) that has a centre region (16) which has at least one haptic property differing from the haptic properties of the portion beyond the centre region
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Geza Balint
  • Patent number: 10905340
    Abstract: A physiological detection device including a light source, an image sensor and a processor is provided. The light source illuminates a skin surface using a burst mode. The image sensor receives ejected light from skin tissues under the skin surface at a sampling frequency to successively generate image frames. The processor controls the light source and the image sensor, and calculates a physiological characteristic according to the image frames captured when the light source is illuminating light. The physiological detection device reduces the total power consumption by adopting the burst mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Ren-Hau Gu, Hsin-Chia Chen, Raman Sahgal, Jung-Tai Lin
  • Patent number: 10902798
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to inactive state backlight operation. In some examples, a system may include a display. The display may include a liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel and a backlight to illuminate the LCD panel. The system may include a computing device comprising instructions executable to disable the LCD panel from displaying a live image while the display is in an inactive state. The system may include a computing device comprising instructions executable to reduce an electrical current supplied to the backlight while the display is in the inactive state from a first amount of electrical current associated with the active state to a second amount of electrical current to cause the backlight to reach an operating condition within a targeted length of time from reentering the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John W Frederick, Greg Staten, Syed S Azam
  • Patent number: 10891907
    Abstract: A color display device in which each pixel can display four high-quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, wherein each type of particle has a different charge profile (polarity and magnitude) and a different optical characteristic. When driven with a two-step process, a mixture of the particles having the highest charge state can be seen at the viewing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Ming-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 10878767
    Abstract: A display driver includes a D/A converter circuit configured to convert display data into a gradation voltage, an amplifier circuit including an input node to which the gradation voltage is input and configured to output data voltage, and a supply circuit configured to supply an auxiliary current or an auxiliary electrical charge to the input node of the amplifier circuit. In an auxiliary period, an output of the D/A converter circuit is in a high impedance state, and the supply circuit supplies the auxiliary current or the auxiliary electrical charge to the input node of the amplifier circuit. In a non-auxiliary period after the auxiliary period, the D/A converter circuit outputs the gradation voltage to the input node of the amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Morita
  • Patent number: 10871852
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device, a touch circuit, and a touch sensing method. More particularly, by performing differential sensing on touch electrodes, noise components which the touch electrodes receive from display electrodes (e.g., data line, gate line, etc.) may be removed to accurately sense a touch, so that display driving and touch sensing may be normally performed simultaneously. In this manner, the display driving and the touch sensing may be normally performed simultaneously, thereby enabling implementation of a high-resolution display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HoonBae Kim, CheolSe Kim, SunYeop Kim
  • Patent number: 10847103
    Abstract: Provided is a display control device which can display image data with improved quality while consuming less electric power. A display control section (201) includes a first frame rate setting section (22) configured to set a frame rate in accordance with a determination result determined by an image data update determining section (21) which is configured to determine, for each preset image data update period, whether image data is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Okamoto, Kenji Maeda
  • Patent number: 10818218
    Abstract: A display driver includes gradation voltage generation circuits; n DA converters configured to select and output a gradation voltage corresponding to pixel data, out of the gradation voltages generated by the gradation voltage generation circuit; n amplifiers configured to independently amplify n gradation voltages outputted from the DA converters, to generate n amplified gradation voltages; and a selector configured to output the n amplified gradation voltages from n output terminals, respectively, in a normal mode. In a power save mode, one of the gradation voltage generation circuits generates a gradation voltage, and the other gradation voltage generation circuits stop. In the power save mode, the selector outputs selected one of k amplified gradation voltages from k output terminals, and opens an output terminal of each amplifier, except for an amplifier for generating the one amplified gradation voltage, out of the k amplifiers configured to generate the k amplified gradation voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koya Sugihara, Atsushi Hirama
  • Patent number: 10803793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus. The image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention a display including an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, and a controller to control the OLED panel, in which, in a case where an image to be displayed on the OLED panel is a moving image, during a first duration, the display displays a portion of a first frame image on a first area of the OLED panel and displays a portion of a second frame image before the first frame image on a second area other than the first area of the OLED panel, and in which, in the case where the image to be displayed on the organic light-emitting is the moving image, during a second duration after the first duration, the display displays a black image on all display areas of the OLED panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Joonduk Jang, Hyungil Lee
  • Patent number: 10789887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes a display; a processor configured to control to supply a power to the display; and a power supply configured to convert an input AC power and output converted first DC power and second DC power to the processor and the display, wherein the power supply comprises a discharging unit configured to discharge the first DC power when a supply of the AC power to the power supply is stopped, wherein the processor is configured to supply the second DC power to the display according to a level of a voltage outputted from the discharging unit, when the supply of the AC power to the power supply is stopped and then supplied again. Accordingly, when the AC power is supplied to the power supply of the image display apparatus, the display can be quickly turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Beduero Hong
  • Patent number: 10789907
    Abstract: A gamma reference voltage generating circuit including a first resistor string disposed between a first reference voltage node and a second reference voltage node, a first multiplexer connected to the first resistor string and determining a level of a first gamma reference voltage, a first amplifier connected to the first multiplexer and outputting the first gamma reference voltage, a first resistor connected between an output terminal of the first amplifier and a first previous gamma voltage output node, a second resistor connected between the output terminal of the first amplifier and a first next gamma voltage output node, a first compensating resistor connected between a second previous gamma voltage output node and the present gamma voltage output node, and a second compensating resistor connected between a second next gamma voltage output node and the present gamma voltage output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun-Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 10782791
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recognizing a gesture in a wearable device are disclosed. The system may sense a plurality of sensor measurements during a gesture sensing session, and down-sample the measurements using an adaptive down-sampling interval. The adaptive down-sampling interval may be determined based at least on a fractional part of a ratio of a frame length of the sensor measurements to a specified target length shorter than the frame length. The magnitude of the down-sampled measurements is normalized, and a feature vector may be generated using the normalized measurements. A gesture recognizer module may associate a gesture with the feature vector using gesture classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Liang, Tingqian Li, Jinkui Ren
  • Patent number: 10783845
    Abstract: A liquid crystal control circuit is provided for driving a MIP liquid crystal panel. The MIP liquid crystal panel has a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a memory element and a display element. The memory element holds electric potential depending on an image signal. The display element is applied voltage depending on the electric potential which the memory element holds. The liquid crystal control circuit includes an inversion unit that inverts polarity of AC voltage in a first mode in which an enable signal is output. The AC voltage being is applied to the display element in synchronization with outputting of the enable signal. The enable signal activates the image signal output to the MIP liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Fumiaki Ochiai, Yoshinori Asami, Eiji Yamakawa