Patents Examined by Sosina Abebe
  • Patent number: 11574961
    Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first pixel; the first pixel includes a first display element, a first color conversion layer, and a first absorption layer; the first display element emits first light; the first absorption layer overlaps with the first display element; and the first absorption layer absorbs the first light. Furthermore, the first color conversion layer is sandwiched between the first display element and the first absorption layer; the first color conversion layer converts the first light into second light; and the second light has a spectrum including a high proportion of light with a long wavelength compared with the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tsunenori Suzuki, Yasuhiro Niikura, Tomoya Hirose, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11574451
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for moving virtual content between virtual planes in three-dimensional space are provided. In one implementation, the wearable extended reality appliance may present a virtual object at a first location on a first virtual plane; intraplanar input signals may be received for causing the virtual object to move to a second location on the first virtual plane, and in response the wearable extended reality appliance may virtually display an intraplanar movement of the virtual object from the first location to the second location; and interplanar input signals may be received for causing the virtual object to move to a third location on a second virtual plane, while the virtual object is in the second location, and in response the wearable extended reality appliance may virtually display an interplanar movement of the virtual object from the second location to the third location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MULTINARITY LTD
    Inventors: Tamir Berliner, Tomer Kahan
  • Patent number: 11574971
    Abstract: An electronic panel including a base layer, a signal line disposed on the base layer, and an insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including an open edge that contacts the signal line and defines an open area, the open area exposing a portion of the base layer and an end portion of the signal line when viewed in a plan view, in which the insulating layer has a first thickness at a first point spaced apart from the open edge, and a second thickness greater than the first thickness at a second point disposed farther away from the open edge than the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minji Lee, Hyungjun An, Jeongoh Jin
  • Patent number: 11561617
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes an operation interface configured to receive an input operation from a user, a piezoelectric element attached to the operation interface, and a controller configured to acquire output based on the input operation to the operation interface from the piezoelectric element and to execute different control with respect to a controlled apparatus in accordance with the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeto Hattori
  • Patent number: 11550421
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device by an input device, and an input device is disclosed. The method includes: controlling, by the input device, an electronic device by using a touch apparatus when the input device detects that the input device is in contact with the touch apparatus of the electronic device; and when the input device detects that the input device is in contact with an object surface beyond the touch apparatus of the electronic device, detecting, by the input device, a motion of the input device on the object surface, and sending information about the motion to the electronic device, to control the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Wah Sun, Po Chin Yu, Wei Kuang Chu
  • Patent number: 11543902
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a peripheral circuit layer, and a touch sensing electrode layer. The substrate has a visible region and a border region surrounding the visible region. The peripheral circuit layer is disposed on the substrate and located in the border region, and has at least one concave portion, in which the concave portion is located on a surface of the peripheral circuit layer facing away from the substrate. The touch sensing electrode layer is disposed in the visible region and partially extends to the border region to at least cover the concave portion, in which the touch sensing electrode layer has at least one entering portion extending into the concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Huang Tsai, Zi-Jun Ding, Yun-Guo Xu, Jian-Hua Fang, Li-De Lv
  • Patent number: 11536964
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted display apparatus including: a display unit configured to display each of virtual screens that is set to each of a plurality of predetermined focal lengths; a distance-specific image generation unit configured to generate distance-specific display images for displaying, on the virtual screens, a display object representing an object to be displayed present between two focal lengths next to each other of the plurality of focal lengths; and a display controller configured to display each of the generated distance-specific display images on the virtual screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 11521570
    Abstract: A gate driver for a display device includes: a clock signal line to transfer a clock signal; and a plurality of stages to sequentially output a gate signal based upon the clock signal in response to a carry signal. The plurality of stages include a plurality of thin film transistors, and at least one of the plurality of thin film transistors includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor. The at least one thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode disposed in different layers, the oxide semiconductor is disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to receive a common voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Lim, Kang Nam Kim, Seok Hwan Bang, Sung Hwan Won, Woo Geun Lee, Kyu Sik Cho, Soo Jung Chae
  • Patent number: 11481052
    Abstract: A display panel, a production method and a display device thereof. The display panel includes: a flexible circuit board, a touch layer, a cover plate, and an auxiliary transparent layer disposed close to the cover plate; the flexible circuit board is connected to the touch layer, a first sealant is provided at a boundary position between the touch layer and the flexible circuit board and is located on a side of the flexible circuit board facing the cover; a distance between a surface of the auxiliary transparent layer facing the cover plate and the cover plate is not greater than a distance between a surface of the first sealant facing the cover plate and the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Kunshan New Flat Panel Display Technology Center Co., Ltd., KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tong Xu, Rui Liu, Weiguo Li, Qi Wang, Qiang Lu
  • Patent number: 11442564
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display devices, and discloses a touch display device and a fabrication method thereof, and terminal equipment. The touch display device includes: a cover plate; a mold frame, including a bottom and an extended part, wherein the bottom and the extended part define a groove; adhesive, located at the end part of the extended part; a touch display module, located in the groove and including a display panel and a touch panel located at the side, facing the cover plate, of the display panel; and a touch flexible printed circuit board, bound to a side edge of the side, facing away from the display panel, of the touch panel and bent to the side, facing away from the touch panel, of the display panel, wherein the touch flexible printed circuit board is provided with a plurality of through holes at the area other than the binding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bing Ji, Xiaoxia Huang
  • Patent number: 11424300
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a thin-film encapsulation layer covering pixel on a substrate and including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer having a different length from that of the first inorganic encapsulation layer, a touch electrode located on the thin-film encapsulation layer, a touch contact line spaced apart from the thin-film encapsulation layer and located outside the thin-film encapsulation layer, an insulating layer located on the touch contact line, a touch contact hole formed in the insulating layer and spaced apart from the thin-film encapsulation layer, and a touch connection line extending from the touch electrode toward the touch contact hole and connected to the touch contact line through the touch contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiho Bang, Yonghwan Park
  • Patent number: 11385731
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film for a touch sensitive panel, comprising: providing a layered structure comprising a plurality of homogeneous layers which include at least a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a transparent support substrate between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, the transparent support substrate being the thickest layer of the layered structure; forming an electrode pattern in the first transparent conductive layer by laser ablation of the first transparent layer by a laser beam incident on the first transparent layer from a side of the transparent support substrate on which the first transparent layer is provided; wherein the laser beam and transparent support substrate are configured such that the laser beam energy density is reduced by 50% or more by the transparent support substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: M-SOLV LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Rumsby, Adam Brunton
  • Patent number: 11275280
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises an array substrate. The array substrate comprises a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display area comprises a plurality of active switches and a plurality of pixel units. The non-display area comprises a flexible circuit board and a fixing member. A first end of the flexible circuit board is disposed in the non-display area of the array substrate for driving the pixel units to display. The fixing member disposed on the flexible circuit board. The fixing member bends a second end of the flexible circuit board in a direction toward the display area of the array substrate, so that a projection of the flexible circuit board on the array substrate is located in the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsu-Kang Lo
  • Patent number: 11269470
    Abstract: An operation support device that is placed on a touch panel detecting a change in electrostatic capacitance or a change in a contact region, includes: a case part; a first member attached inside the case part; a first deforming member that is an elastic member provided on an end of the first member and is provided between the first member and the touch panel; and a wall part that is attached inside the case part and sets a direction of deformation of the first deforming member when the case part approaches the touch panel, to a predetermined direction. As the case part approaches the touch panel, the electrostatic capacitance in a region facing the first defaming member increases due to defamation of the first deforming member or area of the contact region of the first defaming member increases due to deformation of the first defaming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Mori, Yuichi Sasaki, Atsushi Hori
  • Patent number: 11269402
    Abstract: An eyewear device presents, via an image display, an initial displayed image. The initial displayed image has an initial field of view corresponding to an initial head direction or an initial eye direction. Eyewear device detects movement of a user of the eyewear device by: (i) tracking, via a head movement tracker, a head movement of a head of the user, or (ii) tracking, via an eye movement tracker, an eye movement of an eye of the user of the eyewear device. Eyewear device determines a field of view adjustment to the initial field of view of the initial displayed image based on the detected movement of the user. Field of view adjustment includes a successive field of view corresponding to a successive head direction or a successive eye direction. Eyewear device generates a successive displayed image based on the field of view adjustment and presents the successive displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ilteris Canberk, David Meisenholder, Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II
  • Patent number: 11257875
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel layer, a touch sensing layer, a reflection prevention layer, and a window layer. The touch sensing layer is disposed directly on a first display panel surface, a second display panel surface facing the first display panel surface in a thickness direction, or a second base surface of the reflection prevention layer. The reflection prevention layer is disposed directly on the second display panel surface or a first base surface of the touch sensing layer. The window layer is disposed directly on the first base surface or the second base surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Yang, Yongsu Lee, Sungchul Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Sungsik Yun, Kyoungah Lee
  • Patent number: 11250748
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: a light modulation unit that spatially modulates, in accordance with image data that has been input, light emitted by a light source; a projection optical system that projects the light that has been spatially modulated onto a projection surface of a vehicle; a measurement information acquisition unit that acquires measurement information measured by an information measuring device; an image display control unit that performs either first display control or second display control as defined herein; and a warning determination unit that determines, in accordance with the measurement information, whether or not a warning is necessary, and the image display control unit performs the second display control when the warning determination unit determines that the warning is necessary, and performs the first display control when the warning determination unit determines that the warning is not necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Oshima
  • Patent number: 11244631
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including data lines, gate lines which cross the data lines, and pixels; a gamma voltage generator configured to generate first to nth gamma voltages, n being an integer; and a data driver configured to generate data voltages by selecting the gamma voltages according to input image data, and to supply the data voltages to the data lines, wherein the gamma voltage generator comprises a first voltage dividing unit configured to divide a reference voltage; a first voltage dividing circuit configured to generate the first gamma voltage by selecting voltages output from the first voltage dividing unit according to a highest gamma register value; and a second voltage dividing circuit configured to generate the second to nth gamma voltages using the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Rha, Hyungguk Bae, Minsu Cho, Minkyu Jang
  • Patent number: 11231806
    Abstract: An electronic device including an electronic pen and a method of controlling a communication connection with the electronic pen is provided. The electronic device include a housing, a touch-screen display, a first wireless communication circuit, an extended recess disposed inside the housing, a first wireless charging circuit; an electronic pen including a second wireless communication circuit and a second wireless charging circuit electrically coupled to the first wireless charging circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to detect whether the electronic pen is inserted into the recess, charge the electronic pen through the first wireless charging circuit based on the detection, receive inherent information of the electronic pen through the first wireless communication circuit during or after the charging, and maintain or re-establish a communication connection with the electronic pen based on at least a portion of the received inherent information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongmu Choi, Byunghoon Kang, Banghyun Kwon, Hyunwoong Kwon, Chunho Park, Namyong Kang, Doosuk Kang, Bokun Choi
  • Patent number: 11221749
    Abstract: An electronic device, method and computer program product are provided. The electronic device comprises a memory to store program instructions, one or more processors to execute the program instructions, and a main body unit. The main body unit has a housing comprising a top side. The main body unit further includes a keyboard and a touchpad disposed along the top side of the housing. The keyboard and the touchpad are located in discrete areas. The touchpad includes a touch sensor and a touchpad display covering at least a portion of the touch sensor. The one or more processors display a graphical user interface (GUI) on the touchpad display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Brian William Wallace, Cuong Huy Truong