Patents Examined by Tom V. Sheng
  • Patent number: 11967268
    Abstract: Imaging systems and techniques are described. An imaging system causes a display to display light according to a predefined pattern. The imaging system receives image data of a scene from an image sensor. The image data is captured using the image sensor while the display is configured to display the light according to the predefined pattern. The imaging system processes the image data to generate at least one image frame of the scene based on detection of the predefined pattern in the image data. The imaging system outputs the at least one image frame of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikhil Verma, Prakasha Nayak, Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Avinash Shrivastava, Balamukund Sripada
  • Patent number: 11963417
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting diode electrically connected between a driving voltage line and a common voltage line; a driving transistor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the light emitting diode; a second transistor electrically connected between a first electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and a data line; a first scan line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a third transistor electrically connected between a second electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the light emitting diode and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; and a connection electrode that connects the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the third transistor, wherein at least a part of a contact portion where the connection electrode contacts the third transistor does not overlap the first scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hee Choi, Ji-Eun Lee, Jin Tae Jeong, Yun Sik Joo
  • Patent number: 11961478
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display device including the same according to an embodiment. A display panel according to the embodiment includes: a display area in which a plurality of first pixels are arranged at a first pixels per inch (PPI); and a sensing area in which a plurality of second pixels are arranged at a second PPI that is lower than the first PPI, wherein the first pixels of the display area and the second pixels of the sensing area are arranged adjacent to each other at a boundary between the display area and the sensing area, the second pixel includes red, green, and blue sub-pixels, and at least one of the red and green sub-pixels of the second pixel is arranged closest to the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sung Kang, Hee Jung Hong, Seong Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 11960648
    Abstract: A method for determining a current viewing direction of a user of a pair of data glasses having a virtual retina scan display. The method includes at least the method steps: projecting at least substantially parallel infrared laser beams onto an eye of a user of the data glasses, acquiring two-dimensional images from the infrared laser beams reflected back by the eye of the user, and determining pupil contours in the acquired two-dimensional images. The instantaneous viewing direction of the user of the data glasses is ascertained from a comparison of an instantaneous elliptical shape of the pupil contour with an elliptical shape of a reference pupil contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Johannes Meyer
  • Patent number: 11954816
    Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a display controller configured to place a virtual object within an augmented reality space corresponding to a real space in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in an image captured by an imaging part, and an operation acquisition part configured to acquire a user operation. When the user operation is a first operation, the display controller causes the virtual object to move within the augmented reality space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 11955078
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting elements of pixels; and sensors including a light sensing element and a sensor driving circuit connected with the light sensing element and configured to output a sensing signal corresponding to a light, the sensor driving circuit including: a reset transistor including a first electrode configured to receive a reset signal, a second electrode connected with a first sensing node, and a third electrode configured to receive a reset control signal; an amplification transistor including a first electrode configured to receive a sensing driving voltage, a second electrode connected with a second sensing node, and a third electrode connected with the first sensing node; and an output transistor including a first electrode connected with the second sensing node, a second electrode connected with a sensing line, and a third electrode configured to receive an output control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heerim Song, Heejean Park, Yujin Lee, Cheol-Gon Lee, Mukyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 11948524
    Abstract: The present application provides a logic circuit and a display panel. One end of a switching control module of the logic circuit is connected in series with a voltage adjusting control module, and another end of the switching control module is connected in series with a switch component of a voltage adjusting module. Also, the switching control module connected in series with the same switch component has at least two different operational currents for a corresponding switch component to have different switching speeds for alleviating the problem of excessive electromagnetic interference (EMI) occurred in a power management chip of existing LCD products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenfang Li
  • Patent number: 11948227
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for eliminating an appearance of one or more objects in an environment surrounding a vehicle during operation of the vehicle. A method generally includes detecting the one or more objects in first sensor data collected from first sensors onboard the vehicle, wherein the first sensor data is representative of the environment surrounding the vehicle; receiving, from other vehicles, second sensor data collected from second sensors onboard the other vehicles, wherein the second sensor data is representative of the environment surrounding each of the one or more other vehicles; generating one or more augmented reality images depicting portions of the environment obstructed by the one or more objects in the first sensor data; displaying the one or more augmented reality images in an augmented reality display such that the augmented reality images are positioned to overlay the one or more objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Benjamin Piya Austin, John K. Lenneman, George M. Evans, Takeshi Yoshida, William Patrick Garrett, Rebecca L. Kirschweng
  • Patent number: 11947394
    Abstract: Provided is a method for folding a foldable display device, in which the foldable display device includes a base panel plate, wherein a second panel plate hinged to one side of the base panel plate is folded, and a first panel plate hinged to the other side of the base panel plate is folded, and the first and second panel plates are unfolded, so that portions of a display panel, which are repeatedly folded and unfolded, can be stably supported, the display panel can be prevented from being damaged, and a thickness of the foldable display device can be thinner than a foldable smartphone folded once so that a volume thereof can be minimized, thereby providing a display panel that becomes wider when the first and second panel plates are unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Min Woo Chung
  • Patent number: 11942868
    Abstract: A power provider includes: first, second, and third inductors; a first transistor connected to the second inductor; a second transistor connected to the third inductor; and a power integrated chip (IC) including input terminals connected to the first, second, and third inductors, and an output terminal connected to a power line. The power provider may supply the power voltage using the first inductor and the power IC when power current is less than a first reference value, supply the power voltage using the second inductor, the first transistor, and the power IC when the power current is greater than the first reference value and less than a second reference value, and supply the power voltage using the second and third inductors, the first and second transistors, and the power IC when the power current is greater than the second reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Young Lee, Sung Chun Park
  • Patent number: 11940627
    Abstract: A head-mounted computing device having a waveguide optical engine assembly is disclosed. The waveguide is enclosed in a housing to limit or minimize exposure of the waveguide to ambient light. Further, the waveguide optical engine assembly comprises a compact footprint by allowing the other components of the waveguide optical engine assembly, such as a microprojector, a prism assembly, and the like, to be placed behind a rear surface of the waveguide. In addition to the compact footprint of the waveguide optical assembly, the configuration of the waveguide optical assembly disclosed, allows for maximization of advantages provided by the waveguide as related to eye box and eye relief. Additionally, the power requirements of the waveguide are greatly reduced, which also results in a prolonged battery life powering the head-mounted computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: RealWear, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Pombo, Christopher Parkinson
  • Patent number: 11935475
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a light emitting element, a driving transistor for providing a driving current to the light emitting element using a driving voltage, and a plurality of switching transistors for controlling the operation of the driving transistor; a gate driving circuit for supplying a plurality of scan signals to the display panel through a plurality of gate lines; an emission driving circuit for supplying a plurality of emission signals to the display panel through a plurality of emission signal lines; a data driving circuit for supplying a data voltage to the display panel; and a timing controller for controlling a leakage suppression voltage to be supplied to the driving transistor in a leakage suppression period after a bias voltage is supplied to the driving transistor in a low speed mode in which the display panel is driven at a lower driving frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhwan Noh, SungBae An
  • Patent number: 11928286
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a housing, a network interface to communicate with an external network, a user interface comprising a panel with a display panel to display a menu image and a touch panel to receive a touch input, the panel including a first portion and a second portion with a transparent condition and being within the first portion, a sensing unit including two front cameras disposed in the second portion of the panel, and a control unit to control the sensing unit in a photographing mode and a sensing mode to perform a function of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Seungman Kim
  • Patent number: 11928383
    Abstract: A screen projection control method, storage medium and communication apparatus are provided. The screen projection control method includes: a screen projection receiving end receiving screen projection request information from a first screen projection sending end; determining, according to the screen projection request information, whether a third screen projection sending end that has triggered an interference-free mode of screen projection exists in at least one second screen projection sending end that is performing screen projection, wherein enabling the interference-free mode comprises stopping accepting a screen projection request; and if the third screen projection sending end that has enabled the screen projection interference-free mode exists, the screen projection receiving end sending response information for refusing the screen projection request to the first screen projection sending end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED, GUANGZHOU SHIRUI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11924496
    Abstract: The application provides a channel switching method for a display apparatus, and a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display, a remote control, a communicator, an input interface and a controller, the controller is configured to perform: receiving a channel switch instruction generated from an input number, taking the input number as a digital channel number for a first round of channel search, and determining whether a first channel corresponding to the digital channel number exists in a channel table stored in the display apparatus; in response to the first channel not existing in the channel table, further processing the input number to obtain a processed input number and taking processed input number as a physical channel number for a second round of channel search; and in response to the first channel existing in the channel table, control the display to play content from the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weijia Yan, Xudong Li, Wenxiao Liu
  • Patent number: 11915644
    Abstract: Various examples are provided related to compensating brightness of a display using a vertical organic light emitting transistor that suppresses variations in brightness over a long period of time and a display. In one example, a method includes applying a voltage for brightness inspection to a gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor to be corrected, measuring a current flowing through a current supply line through which the current is supplied to a source electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor by the application of the voltage for brightness inspection to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor to be corrected, and determining a corrected value of the voltage to be applied to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor based on a value of the current and characteristic information of the vertical organic light emitting transistor stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: MATTRIX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Katsui, Bo Liu, Maxime Lemaitre
  • Patent number: 11917880
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting diode electrically connected between a driving voltage line and a common voltage line; a driving transistor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the light emitting diode; a second transistor electrically connected between a first electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and a data line; a first scan line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a third transistor electrically connected between a second electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the light emitting diode and a gate electrode of the driving transistor; and a connection electrode that connects the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the third transistor, wherein at least a part of a contact portion where the connection electrode contacts the third transistor does not overlap the first scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Hee Choi, Ji-Eun Lee, Jin Tae Jeong, Yun Sik Joo
  • Patent number: 11908369
    Abstract: A contrast enhancement device included in a display device includes an analysis circuit which receives input image data as input data in a normal mode, receives input test data as the input data in a diagnosis mode, and determines a contrast enhancement coefficient by analyzing the input data, a process circuit which generates output data by performing a contrast enhancement process on the input data based on the contrast enhancement coefficient, where the output data in the normal mode is output image data corresponding to the input image data, and the output data in the diagnosis mode is output test data corresponding to the input test data, and a diagnosis circuit which outputs the output image data in the normal mode, and generates diagnosis result data for the contrast enhancement device by comparing the output test data with reference test data in the diagnosis mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dale Yim, Seok Hwan Roh
  • Patent number: 11908092
    Abstract: Augmented reality presentations are provided at respective electronic devices. A first electronic device receives information relating to modification made to an augmented reality presentation at a second electronic device, and the first electronic device modifies the first augmented reality presentation in response to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Blanchflower, Timothy Halbert
  • Patent number: 11875747
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes: an energy storage sub-circuit, a reset sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, and a current leakage suppression sub-circuit. The energy storage sub-circuit is coupled to a first node and a second node. The reset sub-circuit is coupled to the second node, a first scan timing signal terminal, and an initialization signal terminal. The compensation sub-circuit is coupled to the second node, a third node, and a second scan timing signal terminal. The driving sub-circuit is coupled to the second node, the third node, and a first voltage signal terminal. The current leakage suppression sub-circuit is coupled to the energy storage sub-circuit, the reset sub-circuit, and the compensation sub-circuit. The current leakage suppression sub-circuit is configured to suppress current leakage of the energy storage sub-circuit in a process of generating and transmitting the driving signal by the driving sub-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lujiang Huangfu, Li Wang, Can Zheng, Tian Dong, Libin Liu