Patents Examined by William Boddie
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Patent number: 12784704Abstract: A panel driving device includes panel. Panel includes data line, reference electrode line and first pixel. Data line transmits data signal. Reference electrode line transmits reference signal. First pixel generates pixel signal according to data signal and reference signal. During positive frame period, difference between first voltage value of pixel signal and first reference voltage value of reference signal is first driving voltage value. During negative frame period, difference between second voltage value of pixel signal and second reference voltage value of reference signal is second driving voltage value. Absolute value of first driving voltage value is about the same as absolute value of second driving voltage value. During charging period which is between negative and positive frame periods, pixel signal has a third voltage value, which is greater than second voltage value, and third voltage value is less than or equal to first voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2024Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: AUO CORPORATIONInventors: Chu-Kuan Yu, Che-Min Lin, Chun-Ru Huang, Fang-Ming Tsao, Kai-Teng Chiang, Chen-Yu Wu
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Patent number: 12784642Abstract: A display device is provided, which can compensate for degradation of a thin film transistor in a demultiplexer circuit. The demultiplexer array in the display device includes a compensation circuit configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of a monitoring transistor, which is configured to share a control node with touch switching transistors, store the threshold voltage in a capacitor, compensate a touch control signal applied to the capacitor for the threshold voltage stored in the capacitor, and apply the touch control signal compensated for the threshold voltage to the control node.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2025Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: JungHyun Lee
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Patent number: 12776271Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, a display panel, and a display device, the pixel driving circuit includes: a driving circuit, a control circuit, a first reset circuit, and a second reset circuit and a coupling circuit. The driving circuit, the control circuit, the first reset circuit and the second reset circuit all include transistors, the transistors in the driving circuit, the control circuit, the first reset circuit and the second reset circuit are all N-type transistors, the transistors in the first reset circuit are at least partially oxide transistors, and the transistors in the second reset circuit are at least partially the oxide transistors.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2025Date of Patent: October 27, 2026Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhu Wang, Ling Shi
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Patent number: 12769411Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for selectively activating and suspending control of a graphical user interface by two or more electronic devices. A portable eyewear device includes a display projected onto at least one lens assembly and a primary touchpad through which the user may access a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display. A handheld accessory device, such as a ring, includes an auxiliary touchpad that is configured to emulate the primary touchpad. The eyewear processor temporarily suspends inputs from one touchpad when it detects an activation signal from the other touchpad.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2025Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Yu Jiang Tham, Stephen Pomes, Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II, Nir Daube
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Patent number: 12772633Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area including pixels, and a non-display area around the display area, a pad part in the non-display area, antistatic circuits between the pad part and the pixels, respectively, a first resistance line connected to the pad part and to the antistatic circuits, a second resistance line connected to the first resistance line and overlapping the first resistance line, and a fan-out line connected between the second resistance line and a respective one of the pixels.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kye Uk Lee, Hyun Joon Kim, Jung Hwan Hwang
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Patent number: 12769413Abstract: An electronic device displays content on a touch-sensitive display. A movement of a contact is detected. The movement of the contact is in a direction substantially perpendicular to an edge of the touch-sensitive display. A dock overlaying at least a portion of the content is displayed upon determining that movement of the contact satisfies a first movement-based threshold. The dock includes a number of affordances that, when selected, cause the electronic device to open a respective application that is available on the electronic device. While displaying the dock and in accordance with a determination that movement of the contact satisfies a second movement-based threshold greater than the first movement-based threshold, an application-switcher user interface is activated. The application-switcher user interface includes respective selectable representations of at least some applications that were recently used on the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brandon M. Walkin, Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 12763015Abstract: A display apparatus includes a driving transistor including a gate electrode, and a first electrode for receiving a high-potential driving voltage and a second electrode for providing a driving current to a light emitting element, a first transistor including a gate electrode to which a light emitting control signal is applied, a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor, and a second electrode connected to an anode electrode of the light emitting element, a second transistor including a gate electrode to which the light emitting control signal or a scanning signal is applied, and a first electrode for receiving an initialization voltage and a second electrode, and a compensation transistor including a gate electrode to which a compensation scan signal is applied, a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode connected to the anode electrode of the light emitting element, and when the compensation scan signal at a low levType: GrantFiled: January 25, 2024Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sanghun Yoon
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Patent number: 12758859Abstract: The invention is a board game and associated method for playing a board game. The board game includes a playing surface configured as an excavation site. Specifically, the game includes a frame that surrounds a grid, and a plurality of double-sided tiles that cooperate with the frame and grid. Users roll a pair of dice to select specific grid tiles to attempt to remove. Once a tile is successfully removed, it can be collected or placed on the puzzle board, depending on what type of tile it is.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2024Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Inventor: David Berthold
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Patent number: 12755712Abstract: A method for maintaining optical quality of a display and a display thereof are provided, wherein the display includes a backlight unit, a display unit, and a driving unit, and the method includes: providing a preset gamma value of the display; driving the driving unit based on the preset gamma value of the display to obtain a first display luminance corresponding to the backlight unit according to the preset gamma value; performing local dimming of the backlight unit in the display to obtain a second display brightness value of each area in the measured backlight unit; receiving, by the driving unit, the second display brightness value to compare the second display brightness value with the first display brightness value for obtaining a luminance difference; and providing the brightness difference into the backlight unit for brightness compensation, so that the backlight unit has a third display brightness value.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2024Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: AUO Display Plus CorporationInventors: Po-Kun Chen, Ai-Ling Lin, Ting-Ting Kuo
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Patent number: 12755684Abstract: A degradation compensation circuit and a display device including the same are discussed. When noise is included in sensed data indicating a degradation amount of a display panel, the degradation compensation circuit cancels the noise component and/or an effect of the noise component on degradation compensation. The degradation compensation circuit can receive initial sensed data indicating a characteristic of a display panel from a sensing circuit for sensing a pixel signal of the display panel, store therein a first noise level of the initial sensed data at each pixel coordinate, receive current sensed data indicating degradation of the display panel from the sensing circuit, correct a second noise level of the current sensed data to the first noise level of the initial sensed data, calculate a difference between the current sensed data and the initial sensed data, and extract degradation compensation data corresponding to the difference.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwanwoong Park, Byunghun Lee, Jaehyeon Woo
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Patent number: 12755714Abstract: Provided is a data integrated circuit including: a data driving circuit, a shift register configured to output a plurality of latch clock signals, a latch configured to latch a plurality of image signals in response to the plurality of latch clock signals and output a plurality of digital image signals in response to a plurality of latch output signals, and a clock generator configured to divide a main clock signal into the plurality of latch output signals and output the plurality of divided latch output signals to the latch. At least two of the latch output signals are activated at different time intervals.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2025Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wontae Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Young-Il Ban, Sunkyu Son
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Patent number: 12754421Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided. The HMD includes: a communication interface; a processor; and memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the HMD device to: execute a first application related to virtual reality, identify a protection area of the HMD device corresponding to the first application, the protection area of the HMD device being set based on a position of the HMD device, and transmit information related to a change in the protection area of the HMD device through the communication interface, based on the protection area of the HMD device changing.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Junsang Yoo, Jinwan An
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Patent number: 12757495Abstract: An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a common electrode layer and a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array disposed on the base substrate. Each of the pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixel units defined by gate lines and data lines disposed to intersect each other laterally and vertically. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrode blocks that double as self-capacitance electrodes, each of the common electrode blocks is connected with at least one wire, and the wires are in the middle of sub-pixel units of a same column.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2025Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xi Chen, Yingming Liu, Xiaoliang Ding, Weijie Zhao, Shengji Yang, Hongjuan Liu, Changfeng Li, Wei Liu
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Patent number: 12748467Abstract: Knob on display (KoD) devices and related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. A KoD device includes at least one electrode including an electrically conductive material. The KoD device also includes a base assembly configured to be positioned between a touch screen of a touch screen device and the at least one electrode. The at least one electrode is configured to be positioned in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of the touch screen device through the base assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2025Date of Patent: September 29, 2026Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventor: Nigel Hinson
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Patent number: 12748509Abstract: A method to process touch input on a touch-screen display device having an electronic display layer arranged behind a series of column electrodes and behind a series of row electrodes. The method comprises: concurrently driving one or more row electrodes while leaving undriven one or more other row electrodes; sensing a row signal from the one or more other row electrodes; sensing a column signal from the series of column electrodes; and providing a corrected column output based at least partly on the column signal and on the row signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 29, 2026Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: On Haran, Eliyahu Barel
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Patent number: 12743161Abstract: A device connection establishment method and a terminal device. A first terminal moves a cursor to an edge on a first side of a first interface in response to a move operation. Further, the first terminal enters a preset mode in response to a move operation. A first operation performed by a user on an input device can be received. A second terminal performs, in response to a third operation, a function corresponding to the first operation. In addition, the first terminal continuously displays first prompt information to prompt the user that the first terminal and the second terminal start to establish a short-range communication connection, and the second terminal continuously displays second prompt information to prompt the user that the first terminal and the second terminal start to enter the preset mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2023Date of Patent: September 22, 2026Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Ke Sun, Jie Ren
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Patent number: 12738193Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a timing controller configured to control the display panel, and a power supply including an output circuit configured to generate an output power for supplying power to the display panel based on an input power, and an output controller configured to sense a voltage output through an output terminal of the output circuit to obtain a sensing value. The output controller provides a reference voltage value and compensation voltage values having levels which differ from a level of the reference voltage value, based on an external signal. Further, the output controller selectively outputs at least one of the reference voltage value and the compensation voltage values to provide a voltage value, based on the external signal, and generates a control signal for controlling the output circuit, based on the sensing value and the voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2024Date of Patent: September 15, 2026Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung Jae Kim, Dong Won Park
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Patent number: 12725547Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power management integrated circuit and a gate clock modulation circuit, the power management integrated circuit including a delay circuit configured to delay, by a preset time, and output an on clock signal for setting an output start time point of a gate driving circuit and an off clock signal for setting an initialization time point of the gate driving circuit; a multiplexer configured to select and output one among delayed signals transferred through signal lines which are connected to the delay circuit; and a gate clock generation circuit configured to generate a gate clock signal by using the on clock signal and the off clock signal outputted from the multiplexer.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTDInventors: Jin Su Byeon, Cheol Ho Lee, Yoon Soo Shin
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Patent number: 12724505Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including an opening defined therein, a display area adjacent to the opening, and a non-display area extended along the opening to be disposed between the opening and the display area; a display element with which an image is displayed, on the substrate in the display area thereof; and a metal layer including a plurality of segments spaced apart from each other, each segment disposed in the non-display area of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2025Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Inyoung Han, Jonghwa Kim
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Patent number: 12718732Abstract: Provided are a timing controller, sensing compensation method thereof, and display panel. The timing controller includes a sensing module (501), a built-in picture generation module (502), a multi-channel data selection module (503) and a processing output module (504).Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Song Meng, Yue Wu, Jian Mao, Jingbo Xu, Miao Liu, Cheng Xu