Patents Examined by Sujit Shah
  • Patent number: 10991292
    Abstract: People use their mobile devices anywhere and anytime to run various apps, and the information shown on their device screens can be seen by nearby unauthorized parties, referred to as shoulder surfers. To mitigate this privacy threat, techniques have been developed utilizing human vision and optical system properties to hide the users' on-screen information from the shoulder surfers. Specifically, the proposed techniques discretize the device screen into grid patterns to neutralize the low-frequency components so that the on-screen information will “blend into” the background when viewed from the outside of the designed visible range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Kang G. Shin, Chun-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10978016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a GOA circuit, including GOA units, which are cascade coupled. An nth stage GOA unit charges nth stage, n+1th stage and n+2th stage horizontal scanning lines. The nth stage GOA unit includes a pull-up control circuit, receiving a start signal CT and outputting a pull-up control signal Q(n); a pull-up circuit, receiving Q(n), an nth stage clock signal CK(n), an n+1th stage clock signal CK(n+1) and an n+2th stage clock signal CK(n+2), and outputting an nth stage transfer signal ST(n), an nth stage scan driving signal G(n), an n+1th stage scan driving signal G(n+1) and an n+2th stage scan driving signal G(n+2); a pull-down circuit, receiving an n+6th stage scan driving signal G(n+6) and a first direct current low voltage signal VSSQ1 to enable Q(n) in an off state. Three stages scan driving signals can be outputted through one stage GOA unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenying Li
  • Patent number: 10969908
    Abstract: Detecting a location of a touch input is disclosed. Each of a plurality of transmitters coupled to a propagating medium emits a signal that is distinguishable from other signals emitted from other transmitters. The signals from the transmitters are received from at least one receiver coupled to the propagating medium to detect the location of the touch input on a surface of the propagating medium as indicated by an effect of the touch input on each of the distinguishable signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh, Shirish A. Altekar
  • Patent number: 10969906
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method for a touch device. The control method of the touch device allows the plurality of pressure sensors to be activated to detect the pressure on the touch position of the touch panel while the capacitive touch sensor is probably invalid and the touch device is abnormal. Therefore, the touch device works continuously when the capacitive touch sensor is probably invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Huang-Chih Chen, Yueh-Hsiang Chen, Kun-Chi Pan, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Chung-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 10949040
    Abstract: A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface may be provided. The touch input device includes: a display module; and a pressure sensor which is disposed at a position where a distance between the pressure sensor and a reference potential layer is changeable according to the touch on the touch surface. The distance is changeable according to a pressure magnitude of the touch. The pressure sensor outputs a signal including information on a capacitance which is changed according to the distance. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of electrodes to form a plurality of channels. The pressure magnitude of the touch is detected on the basis of a change amount of the capacitance detected in each of the channels and an SNR improvement scaling factor assigned to each of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hwan Hee Lee, Sang Sic Yoon, Bon Kee Kim, Myung Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 10943526
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a driving circuit structure and at least one light emitting device. The driving circuit structure is disposed on the substrate and has at least one driving thin film transistor. The at least one light emitting device has a first connecting post and a second connecting post thereby being disposed on the driving circuit structure, and the at least one light emitting device is electrically connected to the at least one driving thin film transistor through the first connecting post. The at least one driving thin film transistor includes a channel layer, and a distance between the first connecting post and the second connecting post is greater than a channel length of the channel layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Yuan Chen, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee, Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 10937989
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a light-emitting component located on the first substrate, and an encapsulation part located on the first substrate. A receiving cavity is formed between the encapsulation part and the first substrate. The receiving cavity has a light-emitting region inside. The light-emitting component is located within the light-emitting region. The display panel further includes at least one water vapor detecting part located on the first substrate and inside the receiving cavity. The at least one water vapor detecting part is disposed outside the light-emitting region. Each of the water vapor detecting part has different light transmittance before and after water absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingliang Liu, Hongwei Ma, Yue Long, Xiangdan Dong, Weiyun Huang, Yang Wang, Yunsheng Xiao, Zhenxiao Tong
  • Patent number: 10930237
    Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10928940
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of touch electrode blocks disposed at interval on the base substrate, and a plurality of shadow elimination portions each provided between any two adjacent touch electrode blocks in the plurality of touch electrode blocks. The plurality of shadow elimination portions and the plurality of touch electrode blocks are disposed in insulation from each other, and a difference between a reflectivity of one of the plurality of shadow elimination portions and a reflectivity of a corresponding one of the plurality of touch electrode blocks adjacent to the one of the plurality of shadow elimination portions is within a threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weijie Ma, Taofeng Xie, Tsung Chieh Kuo, Xianlin Ding
  • Patent number: 10928948
    Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display configured to include a main display area disposed on a front surface of the user terminal apparatus and a sub display area extending from a side of the main display area to be disposed in at least one area of a back surface of the user terminal apparatus, a processor electrically connected to the display, and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control to perform a first function of an application in response to a touch interaction being sensed on the main display area and a second function of the application in response to a touch interaction being sensed on the sub display area in response to the application being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il-ho Lee, Dae-myung Kim, Youn-ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10901508
    Abstract: A method for analyzing electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is disclosed. EEG signals are received from a sensor coupled to a user. Contextual information from one or both of the user and the user's environment is also received. The EEG signals are processed in real time using a machine learning model to predict an action of the user, which is associated with the contextual information. Output associated with the predicted action is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Ann Laszlo, Philip Edwin Watson, Carl Ferman McCleary Smith, Aysja Johnson
  • Patent number: 10896645
    Abstract: A foldable display device according to example embodiments includes a flexible display panel including a first display area having at least partially foldable area and a second display area not having the foldable area, a folding sensor in the first display area configured to detect a folding status of the flexible display panel and output a detecting signal which includes the folding status of the flexible display panel, a scan driver configured to sequentially provide scan signals to at least a part of a plurality of scan lines based on the detecting signal, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the flexible display panel based on the detecting signal, and a timing controller configured to convert input image data into corrected image data based on the detecting signal and control the scan driver and the data driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Jun Lee, Hyo-Jin Lee, Hui Nam, Myung-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10890811
    Abstract: An LCD device includes first and second electrodes in each of the first and second pixel regions, a first TFT connected to a second gate line and a first data line and configured to supply a first data voltage to the first electrode in the first pixel region, a second TFT connected to the second gate line and a second data line and configured to supply a second data voltage having a level opposite the first data voltage to the second electrode in the first pixel region, a third TFT connected to a fourth gate line and the first data line and configured to supply the first data voltage to the second electrode in the second pixel region, and a fourth TFT connected to the fourth gate line and the second data line and configured to supply the second data voltage to the first electrode in the second pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Wook Lee, Hyung-Beom Shin
  • Patent number: 10885835
    Abstract: There is disclosed a display device comprising a display panel; an inner plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel; a module cover disposed on a rear surface of the inner plate; a space formed between the inner plate and the module cover; and a back cover configured to form a loading portion by covering a first area provided in a rear surface of the module cover and being coupled to the first area, wherein the module cover comprises a lateral wall portion projected from a circumference of the first area toward the rear surface and configured to define a lateral surface of the loading portion; an inclined portion inclined from the lateral wall portion and extended toward the front surface; a first vent hole formed in a first lateral wall portion provided in an upper area of the lateral wall portion and configured to communicate the loading portion and the space; a second vent hole formed in a first inclined portion provided in an upper area of the first area and configured to communicate the space
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jinhum Cho, Hyunsik Kim, Honghae Do, Jaeuk Ryu, Hyunchul Moon, Chunsoo Chang, Sangmoon Hwang
  • Patent number: 10884692
    Abstract: A method for displaying and transmitting images and an electronic device thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first display, a second display separated from the first display, a transceiver, at least one processor electrically connected to the first display, the second display, and the transceiver, and a memory electrically connected to the at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to display a first screen image on the first display, provide a second screen image on the second display at least partially simultaneously with the displaying of the first screen image on the first display, provide data associated with one of the screen images to the transceiver, and control the transceiver to transmit the data to an external device such that a screen image at least partially identical to one of the screen images is output on a display of the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeongtae Kim, Changtae Kim, Taekun Kim, Donghun Park, Jaewoong Jeon
  • Patent number: 10877581
    Abstract: Detecting a touch input force is disclosed. A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface is sent. The propagating signal that has been disturbed by a touch input with an amount of force on the surface is received. The received signal is processed to determine an identifier associated with the amount of force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Lapoe E. Lynn, Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10879223
    Abstract: Provided is a display including a very-small light-emitting diode (LED) and a method of manufacturing the same. The display includes a panel in which first and second signal lines are disposed in a lattice form, an LED module including an electrode assembly having a first electrode connected to the first signal line, a second electrode connected to a ground, and a plurality of very-small LEDs connected to the first and second electrodes, and two or more switches which connect the first and second electrodes to the first signal line, wherein the second electrode is connected to a common electrode formed on the panel, at least one other LED module is grounded to the common electrode, and the two or more switches selectively provide a current supplied through the first signal line to the first electrode on the basis of a signal of the first and second signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Rag Do, Yeon Goog Sung
  • Patent number: 10866680
    Abstract: A touch panel with a single plate includes a plate and a sensing circuit structure. The substrate is taken as a cover. The sensing circuit structure is formed on the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Kuei-Ching Wang
  • Patent number: 10845903
    Abstract: A display device includes a peripheral area around a display area, a display element in the display area, and a dam in the peripheral area. A thin film encapsulation layer covers the dam and the display element. A touch sensor is on the thin film encapsulation layer. A first insulating layer is between the thin film encapsulation layer and the touch sensor and has a first region and a second region. A dielectric constant of the first region is lower than a dielectric constant of the second region, and the first region is between the dam and the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan Ryu, Young Dae Kim, Hee Na Kim, Sang Jin Park, Tae Hyeok Choi, Eui Kang Heo
  • Patent number: 10839760
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a main pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels which exhibit different colors, respectively, a first pixel block adjacent to the main pixel, a second pixel block adjacent to the first pixel block, and electrically connected to the first pixel block, and a driver which drives the main pixel and the first pixel block, wherein the main pixel, the first pixel block, and the second pixel block are located in a display area which displays an image, the display area includes an outer edge portion, the first pixel block is closer to the outer edge portion than the main pixel is, and the second pixel block is closer to the outer edge portion than the first pixel block is, and the second pixel block overlaps the driver in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masaya Tamaki