Patents Examined by Vinh T Lam
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Patent number: 11054899Abstract: A method for three dimensional visualization and manipulation of downhole data. A measured signal is received a downhole environment and a three dimensional virtualization of the measured signal is generated. A stereographic viewer displays the three dimensional virtualization of the measured signal. The three dimensional virtualization can be manipulated in response to an input from a user, thereby creating a manipulated three dimensional virtualization. The stereographic viewer can display the manipulated three dimensional virtualization.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Ilker R. Capoglu, Burkay Donderici
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Patent number: 11056081Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes at least one first display area, and a second display area located at a periphery of the first display area. The first display area includes a plurality of first repeating sub-areas that can be repeatedly arranged in both a first direction and a second direction. The second display area includes a plurality of second repeating sub-areas that has a same size as the first repeating sub-areas. A number of the pixels disposed within the first repeating sub-areas is less than a number of the pixels disposed within the second repeating sub-areas.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Zhao, Zuomin Liao, Tao Chen
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Patent number: 11036080Abstract: An LED backlight system and an LED control circuit are provided. The LED backlight system includes an LED string and the LED control circuit. The LED control circuit includes an LED driver, a switching circuit and an abnormality detecting circuit. The LED driver is configured to generate a control signal. The switching circuit controls a current flowing through the LED string in response to the control signal. The abnormality detecting circuit is configured to detect a voltage or the current of a first end of the LED string. When the voltage or the current of the first end of the LED string is less than or equal to a threshold value, the abnormality detecting circuit turns off the switching circuit, and the abnormality detecting circuit detects an impedance of the first end of the LED string to determine an abnormal state of the LED string.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Power Forest Technology CorporationInventor: Chia-Hsien Liu
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Patent number: 11016625Abstract: A display panel and deformation sensing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, and a deformation sensing unit on the substrate; the deformation sensing unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode being configured to form a first capacitor, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured to form a second capacitor, the first electrode and the third electrode being configured to form a third capacitor, and the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor being configured to determine a shape-state of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinqian Wang, Tieshi Wang
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Patent number: 11008117Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a user (e.g., a pilot) to input information to a computer at a flight deck display station using both a split keyboard and a touch screen. The split keyboard provides space in front of the touch-screen display device, which space is available for a pilot to use as an arm or wrist rest while manually interacting with the touch screen. For example, the split keyboard may be mounted to a shelf having an empty central or middle portion in front of the touch-screen display device. The split keyboard concept entails placing one keypad on one side and another keypad on the other side of the empty middle shelf portion, both keypads being communicatively to the keyboard controller of the computer that controls the display device. The open space between the keypads may also be used for meal trays or tablet computers.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Sandra C. Dam, Christopher D. Haus, Alireza Majd, John Wiedemann, Alessandro E. Galli, Brandon R. Boekelman
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Patent number: 11011126Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver that supplies scan signals to a first to nth scan lines, a data driver that supplies gradation voltage signals corresponding to a video data signal to a plurality of data lines, and a display controller that supplies the video data signal to the data driver. The display controller supplies a first to nth pieces of display data to the data driver in units of display data pairs each including a kth piece of display data and an (n+1?k)th piece of display data. The gate driver supplies the scan signals to the plurality of scan lines. Each of the scan signals has different pulse widths depending on distance from the data driver to the respective first to nth scan lines. The data driver supplies the gradation voltage signals to the plurality of data lines on the basis of supply of the display data pairs from the display controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Higuchi, Kunihiro Harayama
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Patent number: 11011555Abstract: Methods of fabricating integrated active-matrix light emitting pixel array based displays are provided. The methods include: forming an array of light emitting elements on a first side of a substrate, forming an array of active-matrix light emitting pixels using the array of light emitting elements, each pixel including at least one light emitting element and at least one non-volatile memory coupled to the at least one light-emitting element, forming conductive interconnects penetrating through the substrate from a second side of the substrate to the first side, and forming one or more integrated circuits on the second side, the one or more integrated circuits being conductively coupled to the array of active-matrix light-emitting pixels through the conductive interconnects. The methods can further include forming an array of active-matrix multi-color display pixels by using the array of active-matrix light emitting pixels.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Inventor: Shaoher Pan
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Patent number: 11006101Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to viewing device adjustment based on eye accommodation in relation to a display. In one implementation, a computing device determines accommodation information related to a viewer's focus on an image rendered on a display. The computing device may cause an optical component associated with a viewing device to adjust based on the determined accommodation.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Will Allen, Nelson L Chang, Irwin Sobel
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Patent number: 11004330Abstract: A method carried out in a system including an active stylus and a sensor controller includes: transmitting, by the sensor controller, an uplink signal including a first partial signal and a second partial signal; and receiving, by the active stylus, the uplink signal. The transmitting includes transmitting the first partial signal by direct spreading using a first spread code and transmitting the second partial signal by direct spreading using a second spread code, wherein the second spread code is different from the first spread code and has a chip time length that is identical to a chip time length of the first spread code. The receiving includes, while the active stylus is synchronized with the uplink signal, detecting the first partial signal using the first spread code and subsequently detecting the second partial signal using the second spread code.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadao Yamamoto, Hideyuki Hara
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Patent number: 10991308Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a pixel island and a transparent region located on a periphery of the pixel island. The pixel island includes K active display area, a distance between adjacent ones of the K active display area in the pixel island is less than a distance between pixel islands of adjacent ones of the plurality of pixel regions. Each of the plurality of pixel regions includes K sub-regions with approximately equal areas, K pixel driving circuits are respectively disposed in the K sub-regions, the K pixel driving circuits are configured to respectively drive the K active display areas, and the K is an integer greater than or equal to 2.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming Yang, Minghua Xuan, Can Zhang, Xiandong Meng, Xiaochuan Chen, Wenqing Zhao
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Patent number: 10984699Abstract: A drive circuit for a liquid crystal panel includes a voltage output device, a resistive voltage dividing circuit, and a low-pass filter. The voltage output device has a pulse-signal output port, a first port and a second port. The pulse-signal output port outputs a pulse signal, which is modulated by pulse width modulation. The first port and the second port switch an output between a DC power supply voltage and a ground voltage. The resistive voltage dividing circuit is connected to the first port and the second port. The low-pass filter has an input and an output. The input of the low-pass filter connected to a voltage output node of the resistive voltage dividing circuit and the pulse-signal output port. The output of the low-pass filter connected to a terminal, which outputs a voltage to the liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Shunji Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10971082Abstract: Data drivers and organic light emitting display devices having data drivers are provided in which a number of amplifiers for driving a display panel is reduced. A data driver includes an analog-to-digital converter, first and second amplifier circuits, a first switch coupled to an output of the first amplifier circuit, and a second switch and a third switch coupled to an output of the second amplifier circuit. The first switch is configured to selectively couple the output of the first amplifier circuit to a first data line and to second data line of a display panel. The second switch is configured to selectively couple the output of the second amplifier circuit to the second data line and to the analog-to-digital converter. The third switch is configured to selectively couple the output of the second amplifier circuit to a sensing line of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taewook Kim, Jungyoon Yi, Byungjae Lee
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Patent number: 10971034Abstract: A method of automatically partitioning a refreshable braille display based on presence of pertinent ancillary alphanumeric content. In an unpartitioned configuration, every braille cell of the refreshable braille display is used to output the primary alphanumeric content. When the refreshable braille display outputs a segment of the primary alphanumeric content having associated ancillary alphanumeric content, such as a footnote or a comment, the braille display is automatically partitioned into a first partition and a second partition. The braille cells of the first partition are allocated for outputting the primary alphanumeric content, while the braille cells of the second partition are allocated for outputting the ancillary alphanumeric content.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.Inventors: James T. Datray, Joseph Kelton Stephen, Glen Gordon
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Patent number: 10964767Abstract: This organic-EL display apparatus comprises an organic-EL display panel including: a substrate that is provided with pixel drive circuits to drive respective pixels arranged in a matrix along each of a first direction and a second direction, and organic light-emitting elements being provided to each of the pixels and connected to any one of the pixel drive circuits. The organic-EL display panel comprises a signal output circuit to supply a signal to each of the pixel drive circuits arranged in a line along the first direction or the second direction. The signal output circuit includes thin film transistors and is formed around a display region on a surface of the substrate. The thin film transistors include a semiconductor layer including a region to be a channel between a source electrode and a drain electrode. The semiconductor layer is formed of amorphous silicon.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATIONInventors: Yukiya Nishioka, Katsuhiko Kishimoto
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Patent number: 10964911Abstract: A thin-film encapsulation structure of an active-matrix organic light-emitting, diode (AMOLED) is provided, and a touch electrode layer is disposed thereon. The thin-film encapsulation structure includes a first ceramic layer, an organic layer, and a second ceramic layer. The second ceramic layer has a first film layer and a second film layer; a side end of the second film layer is contracted inward so that a recessed first step portion is defined at the side end of the second film layer and a side end of the first film layer. The second ceramic layer is changed into a design of a multi-layer stacked structure, and a recessed step portion is formed at the side ends of the upper and lower layers. Therefore, the traces can be placed in a larger space and resistant to line breakage, thereby ensuring the yield and product performance.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xuwen Cao
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Patent number: 10963107Abstract: Embodiments described herein is able to provide a touch display device, an active pen, a touch system, a touch circuit, and a pen recognition method capable of efficiently providing a display function, a touch-sensing function, and a pen-touch-sensing function.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: SangHyuck Bae, BuYeol Lee, SeungRok Shin, CheolSe Kim, DeukSu Lee, Hyunwoo Jang, Jaeseung Kim, YoungGyu Kim, Hyunsuk Cho
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Patent number: 10950182Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that may reduce a reduction in visual artifacts related to hysteresis of a light emitting diode (LED) electronic display. In one example, an electronic device may include a controller. The controller is may provide a signal to a pixel of a display of the electronic device while at least a portion of the display is turned off. The signal may include a first current and a second current. The first current may be designed to increase an ambient temperature corresponding to the pixel. The second current may be generated as part of an active panel conditioning operation. By applying the first current and the second current, hysteresis settling times from the pixel may improve, therefore improving speeds of sensing and compensation operations of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Jie Won Ryu, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Majid Gharghi, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Kavinaath Murugan, Sun-Il Chang, Chin-Wei Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Rui Zhang, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Yun Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Alex H. Pai, Chaohao Wang, Wei H. Yao
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Patent number: 10928942Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of gate lines on the base substrate, a film structure on a side of the plurality of gate lines away from the base substrate, and a plurality of conductive lines on a side of the film structure away from the base substrate. In the display substrate, an orthographic projection of each gate line on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of a corresponding conductive line on the base substrate, and a signal transmitted on each conductive line is inverted from a signal transmitted on a corresponding gate line.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Can Shen, Zhicai Xu, Bo Xu, Xinghong Liu, Shuai Hou, Bo Ran
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Patent number: 10930688Abstract: A display substrate, a display device, and a display control method of a display device. The display substrate includes a black matrix region. At least one photosensitive circuit is in the black matrix region at a light exit side of the display substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Lulu Chu, Han Jiang, Donghan Yu, Wen Li
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Patent number: 10930724Abstract: A pixel includes a pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode. The pixel circuit has first, second, third, and fourth transistors. The first transistor controls an amount of current flowing from a first driving power supply coupled to a first node to a second driving power supply through the organic light emitting diode. The turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a first scan line. The third transistor turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a second scan line. The fourth transistor turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a third scan line. The first transistor is a p-type Low Temperature Poly-Silicon thin film transistor and the third transistor and the fourth transistor are n-type oxide semiconductor thin film transistors.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Han Sung Bae, Won Kyu Kwak