Patents Examined by Tony O Davis
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Patent number: 11003291Abstract: A semiconductor device for an input device comprises a die body comprising sensor circuitry, a plurality of pads and a sensor bus. The sensor circuitry is configured to operate a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a single layer for capacitive sensing. A first pad of the plurality of pads is configured to be coupled to a first sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes, a second pad of the plurality of pads is configured to be coupled to a second sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes, and a third pad of the plurality of pads is configured to be coupled to a third sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes. The sensor bus comprises a plurality of wires. A first wire of the plurality of wires is configured to couple the first pad and the second pad to a first transmitter of the sensor circuitry and a second wire of the plurality of wires is coupled to the third pad to a first receiver of the sensor circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventor: Joseph Kurth Reynolds
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Patent number: 11004391Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic display having an active area comprising a pixel. The electronic device also includes processing circuitry configured to receive image data and predict a change in threshold voltage associated with a transistor of the pixel based at least in part on the image data. Furthermore, the processing circuitry is configured to adjust the image data to generate adjusted image data based at least in part on the predicted change in threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hei Kam, Junhua Tan, Wei H. Yao, Shihchang Chang, Derek K. Shaeffer, Chaohao Wang, Hyunwoo Nho, Yun Wang, Baris Cagdaser, Majid Gharghi, Yongjun Li, Aida Raquel Colon-Berrios, Mohammad Reza Esmaeili Rad, Hyunsoo Kim, Alex H. Pai, Hsin-Ying Chiu, Jiun-Jye Chang, Ching-Sang Chuang, Xin Lin
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Patent number: 11003300Abstract: A system and method for operating sensor electrodes comprises driving, during a first period, a first portion of the sensor electrodes with a sensing signal. A second portion of the sensor electrodes is driven with a guarding signal during the first period. The second portion is adjacent to the first portion. The guarding signal and the sensing signal have at least one characteristic in common that is selected from a group consisting of amplitude, phase, and frequency. A third portion of the sensor electrodes is electrically floated or driven with a direct current signal during the first period. The third portion is adjacent to the second portion but not adjacent to the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventor: Guozhong Shen
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Patent number: 11003409Abstract: According to an aspect, a collaborative aircraft display system includes an aircraft, a first display unit in a first position of the aircraft and in operable communication with a buffer unit, a second aircraft display in a second position and in operable communication with the buffer unit, where the first display unit operable to transmit a distinct copy of first data to the second display unit via a haptic stimulus, and where the buffer unit operable to filter a second data from being transmitted to the second display unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONInventors: William C. Fell, Jr., Jason E. Browning
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Patent number: 10996775Abstract: A method including receiving data corresponding to one or more objects in proximity to the controller, determining scores for controller configurations of the controller, ranking the scores of controller configurations, selecting a controller configuration among the controller configurations, and configuring a touch sensor of the controller according to a selected controller configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Valve CorporationInventor: Scott Douglas Nietfeld
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Patent number: 10991325Abstract: A backlight signal processing method is suitable for a display device including a backlight module and a LCD panel, wherein the number of multiple emitting areas of the backlight module is smaller than the number of multiple pixels of the LCD panel. The backlight signal processing method includes: generating multiple first gray level data signals according to multiple color data signals; grouping the first gray level data signals to calculate multiple second gray level data signals, wherein the number of the second gray level data signals is smaller than the number of the first gray level data signals; multiplying a coefficient matrix to obtain multiple gray level matrices; performing an overlapping operation on the gray level matrices to obtain a backlight matrix; and controlling the emitting areas to display according to the backlight matrix respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Hui-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10991317Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel where an input image including a moving image and a still image is displayed; a controller configured to generate a gain for decreasing a peak luminance of the still image and modulate a pixel data of the still image by the gain; and a display panel drive circuit configured to write the pixel data received from the controller to sub-pixels of the display panel, wherein the gain is set to be a different value on a different position on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Minchul Byun
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Patent number: 10984728Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a luminance compensation method, a luminance compensation circuit and a display device. When a display panel starts displaying, reference compensation factors are acquired from a flash. Then the acquired reference compensation factors are stored in and RAM. Finally, a scale factor corresponding to the current to-be-displayed frame image is acquired, and the reference compensation factors corresponding to all sub-pixels and stored in the RAM are multiplied by the scale factor to generate a target compensation factor corresponding to the current to-be-displayed frame image, to enable the display panel to perform the displaying according to the target compensation factor.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Li, Zhihua Yu
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Patent number: 10978011Abstract: A disclosed liquid-crystal display apparatus comprises a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scanning lines, and a plurality of data lines; and an image signal correction unit to correct a grayscale value determined in accordance with the transmittance the pixel is to have. The image signal correction unit carries out a first correction to bring a first grayscale value farther away from a second grayscale value by a first correction amount determined based on the state of difference between the first grayscale value determined in accordance with the transmittance a first pixel is to have and the second grayscale value determined in accordance with the transmittance a second pixel selected following the first pixel is to have. The first correction is a correction for bringing the transmittance of the first pixel closer to the transmittance according to the first grayscale value.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Haruhito Yabuki, Shuhei Haga
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Patent number: 10977989Abstract: A display element includes a shield line disposed between adjacent ones of signal lines that transmit a digital signal from a latch unit to a plurality of digital-to-analog converters.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Yamasaki, Yu Maehashi
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Patent number: 10971568Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device including a first display panel, a second display panel, at least one detection device, and a control module. The first display panel includes a first display area having first sub-pixel regions, the second display panel includes a second display area having second sub-pixel regions, and the second display panel is movable to at least partially overlap the first display panel. The detection device is disposed on at least one of the first and second display panels to detect a position of the other one and generate a relative position detection signal correspondingly. The control module is electrically connected to the detection device to receive the relative position detection signal and an image display signal from an image signal source, so as to generate a first display signal and a second display signal to respectively output to the first and second display panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chung-Chan Liu, Pin-Miao Liu
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Patent number: 10963070Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a tracking device to generate movement information for use in moving a user interface object on a graphical user interface. The tracking device is configured to receive at least a portion of a user's finger. The system also includes a base device configured to receive the tracking device. The base device is configured to translate movement of the base device relative to an adjacent surface for use in moving the user interface object.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: FTM COMPUTER PRODUCTSInventor: Michael P. Bailen
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Patent number: 10962702Abstract: An input device includes: a light source that emits light; a first sheet including a design portion; a second sheet having a conductive pattern on which the light source is mounted and in which a touch sensor electrode is disposed in a position different from the light source; a body that is sandwiched between the first sheet and the second sheet to be integral therewith, and transmits the light emitted by the light source; and a guide disposed in a light path from the light source to the design portion, the guide guiding light transmitting through an inside of the body toward the design portion and being distinguished from the body. The light source and the light guide are disposed along a surface of the second sheet on a side facing the body. The body is integral with the light source and the light guide and encapsulates them.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Yamane, Hideaki Eto, Wahei Agemizu, Masahiro Kasano, Go Nakatani, Hiroshi Morioka
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Patent number: 10963083Abstract: A display apparatus including a substrate having a display area in which a display device is provided to display an image, and a non-display area around the display area. The non-display area includes a bending area that is bent about a bending axis; an encapsulation layer arranged above the display area; a touch electrode arranged above the encapsulation layer; a touch wire connected to the touch electrode and extending to the non-display area; and a fan-out wiring connected to a signal wiring that applies electric signals to the display area. At least a portion of the fan-out wiring is arranged in the bending area, and the fan-out wiring includes the same material as the touch wire.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wonsuk Choi, Sangmin Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Cheolsu Kim, Yoonsun Choi
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Patent number: 10942600Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sensor pixel, an ultrasonic sensor, an OLED display panel and an OLED display device, in which the sensor pixel includes a base substrate, a piezoelectric transducer and a sensor pixel circuit arranged on the base substrate; the energy sensor is connected to a first signal input terminal and the first node; the sensor pixel circuit includes a signal node control subcircuit for controlling the first node according to a signal of the reset signal terminal and a signal of the second signal input terminal, a drive subcircuit for providing a detection signal to the second node under the control of a signal of the first node, and a read subcircuit for providing a signal of the second node to the signal read line under the control of the read signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoliang Ding, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu, Xiaochuan Chen, Bo Chen, Feiteng Liu, Wenhui Li
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Patent number: 10943560Abstract: In generating a mask signal to be used when a clock signal embedded in an interface signal is recovered, when a mask rising signal for generating the mask signal is located in a data signal interval and a data signal indicates a high level, the mask signal may be generated in accordance with a falling edge of the data signal other than the mask rising signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung-Guk Kim, Hyun Kyu Jeon
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Patent number: 10932369Abstract: A display device may include a window, an input sensing panel, first to third connection circuit boards, an optical sheet, a display panel, a stress control film, and a first adhesive member configured to couple the optical sheet and the input sensing panel. On a plane, the first adhesive member may include an inner portion overlapping the optical sheet and an outer portion extending from the inner portion to the outside and non-overlapping the optical sheet while overlapping the stress control film. A first portion of an edge of the first adhesive member defines a recessed area that is recessed toward a center area of the inner portion so that a partial area of the optical sheet is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Soon-sung Park, Jeongjin Kim, Seung-woo Kang, Jeongbong Lee, Younghoon Choi
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Patent number: 10930207Abstract: The disclosure discloses a display controller and a display device, and relates to the field of display technology. The display device includes a display panel and a display controller, and the display controller includes a display driver, data storage, mode trigger and mode controller. The output terminal of the mode trigger is connected to the input terminal of the mode controller, the output terminal of the mode controller is connected to the control terminal of a signal switcher and the control terminal of the display driver, the output terminal of the signal switcher is connected to a normal display signal terminal and a standby display signal terminal connected to the data storage, and the normal display signal terminal and the standby display signal terminal are connected to the input terminal of the display driver. The display device provided by the disclosure may be used for standby display.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Pan Li, Yongda Ma, Xueguang Hao
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Patent number: 10921883Abstract: A mobile device includes an eye sensor and an eye track control system. The eye detection sensor detects movements of a human eye generates an eye detection signal indicative of detected eye movements of a user. The eye tracking control system determines a concentrated state of the user and a distracted state of the user based on the detected eye movements. The eye tracking control system is further configured to selectively operate the mobile device in different modes based on the concentrated state and the distracted state. The eye tracking control system operates the mobile device in a first mode that provides a plurality of device capabilities to the user in response to determining the concentrated state, and operates the mobile device in a second mode that applies at least one limitation to the plurality of device capabilities in response to determining the distracted state.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Adaoha Onyekwelu
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Patent number: 10916168Abstract: A panel and a pixel structure are disclosed and include a substrate, a scan line, a data line, and a pixel electrode. The scan line is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The data line is disposed on the substrate and extends along a second direction different from the first direction. The pixel electrode is disposed on the substrate, in which the scan line and/or the data line crosses the pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: HannsTouch Solution IncorporatedInventor: Sheng-Chia Lin