Patents Examined by Tony O Davis
  • Patent number: 11139344
    Abstract: A display device includes a first sub-pixel have a square form, a second sub-pixel positioned to face a first side or a second side of the first sub-pixel and having a rectangular form, and a third sub-pixel positioned to face the first side or the second side of the first sub-pixel spaced from the second sub-pixel and having a rectangular form, wherein the first side and the second side of the first sub-pixel come together at an angle, and wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are configured to emit lights of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangshin Lee, Jongbum Kim
  • Patent number: 11132098
    Abstract: An electronic panel includes: a base substrate; a first sensor including a first sensing electrode on the base substrate, a second sensing electrode spaced apart from the first sensing electrode, a first sensing line connected to the first sensing electrode, and a second sensing line connected to the second sensing electrode; and a second sensor including an additional sensing electrode spaced apart from the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, wherein the additional sensing electrode overlaps the first sensing line on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Iyong Bok, Jungkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11132096
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area, which is on the periphery of the display area, a light-emitting element disposed on the first substrate and in the display area, a display signal line which is disposed on the first substrate and in the display area, extends in a first direction, and transmits a signal to the light-emitting element, a common voltage supply line disposed on the first substrate and in the non-display area, a pad disposed on the first substrate and in the non-display area, and electrically connected to the display signal line, and an indentation pad disposed on the first substrate and in the non-display area, and electrically connected to the common voltage supply line, where the indentation pad is disposed closer than the pad to edges of the first substrate in a second direction, which intersects the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Lee, Han Soo Kim, Kyung Min Park, Tae Jong Eom
  • Patent number: 11132092
    Abstract: A touch substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The touch substrate according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a basal substrate; a touch electrode layer disposed on the basal substrate, the touch electrode layer comprising a plurality of touch electrodes; and a filler disposed between any two adjacent touch electrodes of the touch electrode layer. An orthographic projection of the filler on the basal substrate is at least partially located between orthographic projections of two adjacent touch electrodes on the basal substrate. A refractive index of the filler is n3, a refractive index of the basal substrate is n1, a refractive index of the touch electrode is n2, and |n2?n3|<|n2?n1|.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Binbin Cao, Ke Cao, Li Ai
  • Patent number: 11127920
    Abstract: In non-limiting example embodiments, an electroluminescent device may include a lower structure including an emission area, and an encapsulation structure located on the lower structure. The lower structure may include a window. The window may be a light transmitting region or a notch. The light transmitting region may be spaced apart from the emission area and completely or partially surrounded by the emission area in a plan view. The notch may be formed at one side of the lower structure and recessed inward in a plan view such that one side of the emission area substantially conforms to the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park
  • Patent number: 11119596
    Abstract: A display panel and driving method, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate, and a light adjustment layer and a touch-control layer disposed over the base substrate. The touch-control layer includes a dummy touch-control structure, and the light adjustment layer includes a first structure. At least a portion of the dummy touch-control structure and the first structure have an overlapped region in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate. The dummy touch-control structure includes a first dummy touch-control structure in the overlapped region, and the first dummy touch-control structure is in contact with the first structure. The first structure in a first state has a first light transmittance, the first structure in a second state has a second light transmittance, and the first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guofeng Zhang, Junqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11119619
    Abstract: A touch display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, a driving method thereof, and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a cathode. The cathode includes a plurality of inductive electrodes and a plurality of drive electrodes intersecting with the plurality of inductive electrodes. Each of the inductive electrodes includes a plurality of inductive sub-electrodes connected in sequence, and each of the drive electrodes includes a plurality of drive sub-electrodes connected in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kookchul Moon, Bing Wang, Peng Xu, Wonkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11119347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device including a display face and a bottom face facing away from each other, wherein between the display face and the bottom face, the display device further includes: a substrate; a photosensitive layer including a plurality of photosensitive units, the plurality of photosensitive units being disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of collimators disposed between the photosensitive layer and the display face, the collimators defining light-passing holes aligned with the photosensitive units, wherein the light-passing holes are capable of allowing light signals to pass through to reach the photosensitive units. The present disclosure further provides an electronic apparatus, and an image acquisition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Shilin Yuan
  • Patent number: 11112905
    Abstract: A sensor for use with vehicular components. The sensors may comprise transmitting and receiving antennas that can be interleaved or placed within the various materials throughout the vehicle so that interaction with the materials will provide information related to the use. Sensors may also infuse signal into an occupant within the vehicle via the material which can provide enhanced interactions with various vehicle features and components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Alack, Jr., Clifton Forlines, Darren Leigh, Braon Moseley, Adam Landa
  • Patent number: 11114511
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel comprising two pixels spaced apart from each other and a transmission area between the two pixels. An input sensing section is disposed on the display panel and comprises sensing electrodes and trace lines electrically connected to the sensing electrodes. A metal layer is on the display panel. The metal layer is disposed between the two pixels and surrounds the transmission area. The metal layer comprises a first hole located in the transmission area. The first hole has a first width. An optical functional section is on the metal layer. The optical functional section includes a second hole that overlaps the first hole. The second hole has a second width that is greater than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonjun Choi, Iljoo Kim, Deokjung Kim
  • Patent number: 11106305
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes touch electrodes on an encapsulating element. Each of the touch electrodes can be connected to a first touch line extending in a direction, and a second touch line extending in a direction opposite to the first touch line. Each of the touch electrodes can be connected to one of touch pads by one of the first touch lines. The second touch line can include an end on the encapsulating element. Thus, in the display apparatus, the reliability for the touch of a user or tool can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Gyun Lee, Ru-Da Rhe, Hyang-Myoung Gwon, Ji-Hyun Jung
  • Patent number: 11106416
    Abstract: Cable (200) for connecting an image displaying device (133) to a digital computer network (120), which cable (200) comprises only a first end (201), arranged to receive a digital network signal, and a second end (202), arranged to be connected to the image displaying device (133) and deliver a digital image signal to the image displaying device (133). The invention is characterised in that the cable (200) comprises an integrated general-purpose programmable computer device (203), arranged to execute a piece of cable computer software in turn arranged to read the network signal and produce said image signal using the said network signal, and in that the computer device (203) is arranged to be powered by a voltage provided y an ethernet socket (121) to which the first end (201) is arranged to be physically connected or by an image signal receiving socket to which the second end (202) is arranged to be physically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Mathias Adolfsson, Martin Chevalley
  • Patent number: 11099682
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bonding region connection structure, a touch screen, and a display device. The bonding region connection structure for connecting a touch substrate and a flexible printed circuit includes: a plurality of electrode trace pins disposed at the bonding region, wherein the bonding region is between the touch substrate and the flexible printed circuit, each of the plurality of the electrode trace pins being respectively configured to connect to a touch electrode on the touch substrate and an electrode on the flexible printed circuit; and a plurality of dummy pins respectively disposed on both sides of the electrode trace pins, one end of each of the plurality of dummy pins leading to the touch electrode being respectively connected to a corresponding first test point by a lead wire, and configured to measure impedance of the bonding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., ltd.
    Inventors: Qingpu Wang, Lei Zhang, Tsungchieh Kuo, Zhi Zhang, Xiaoyue He
  • Patent number: 11093047
    Abstract: System and methods for controlling a user experience are described. In an aspect, an interface can comprise an interface device for rendering content to a user, a sensor having a gesture zone associated therewith configured to detect a dexterous gesture of a user within the gesture zone and generate a sensor signal representing the dexterous gesture. A processor may be provided in communication with the sensor and the interface device. The processor receives the sensor signal, analyzes the sensor signal to determine a control action associated with the detected dexterous gesture of the user, and configures the user interface based upon the determined control action of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Chen
  • Patent number: 11094273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image in a first direction, a sensor disposed in a direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the display panel and comprising a sensor head configured to transmit ultrasonic waves in a second direction or receive the ultrasonic waves in a direction opposite to the second direction, and a guide comprising a first opening into which the sensor head is inserted, a second opening opened in the second direction, a channel connecting the first opening and the second opening, and a guide portion provided inside the channel to guide the ultrasonic waves to change a traveling direction of the ultrasonic waves passing through the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kwang Seo, Atsuya Yokoi, Hiromi Tachibana, Eun Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 11093066
    Abstract: Touch substrate and manufacturing method thereof, touch display panel and touch display apparatus are provided. The touch substrate includes a base substrate, and a metal layer, an insulating layer and an electrode layer on the base substrate; the metal layer includes touch leads and an electrostatic conductive structure insulated from the touch leads, the electrostatic conductive structure being grounded; the electrode layer includes touch electrodes and dummy electrodes insulated from the touch electrodes, wherein the touch electrodes are electrically connected to the touch leads, and the dummy electrodes are electrically connected to the electrostatic conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tengfei Zhong, Xiaodong Xie, Min He, Xinxiu Zhang, Yuan Li
  • Patent number: 11081676
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a substrate, a display element disposed above the substrate, an encapsulation layer disposed above the display element and including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer, and a touch-sensing layer disposed above the encapsulation layer. The touch-sensing layer may include a first insulating layer including a side surface inclined with respect to a top surface of the encapsulation layer and including an organic material. The touch-sensing layer may include a conductive layer including sensing electrodes, and a second insulating layer covering the conductive layer and including a refractive index that may be different from that of the first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woongsik Kim, Jinsu Byun, Sanghyun Lee, Gwangmin Cha, Saehee Han
  • Patent number: 11073985
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display configured to display at least one content, a pressure sensor configured to sense a touch input having a pressure value of a specified value or more, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the pressure sensor, and the memory. When the touch input occurs in a first screen of the display, the processor is configured to determine an input location of the touch input, to verify content displayed at a display location of the first screen corresponding to the input location, to create a widget including information associated with the content, and to output the created widget to a second screen of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Jin Eun, Woo Hyun Kim, Hee Jin Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Chi Hoon Lee, Hae Na Lee, Jee Yeun Wang, Ah Young Kim, Hyun Seok Seo, Hyo Jin Bae, Wan Soo Lim, Hee Woon Kim, Sung Chan Bae, Jung Eui Seo
  • Patent number: 11074040
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting information and executing a task. In an aspect, when a user gazes at a display of a standby device, location related information is presented. In another aspect, when a user utters a voice command and gazes or gestures at a device, a task is executed. In another aspect, a partial address in a voice input, a gesture, and user information are used to determine a destination in an autonomous vehicle. In another aspect, a partial name in a voice input and a gesture are used to determine a product in a purchase process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Chian Chiu Li
  • Patent number: 11073955
    Abstract: A display device including an input sensor divided into a plurality of first sensing areas and a plurality of second sensing areas, which are alternately disposed, and the plurality of first sensing areas and the plurality of second sensing areas have the same area. Each of the plurality of first sensing areas and the plurality of second sensing areas includes a corresponding crossing area of crossing areas between a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes. Openings of the sensing electrodes disposed on each of the plurality of first sensing areas have a first arrangement, and openings of the sensing electrodes disposed on each of the plurality of second sensing areas have a second arrangement different from the first arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwook Kim, Kwangmin Kim, Yangwan Kim, Jisu Na