Patents Examined by Yuzhen Shen
  • Patent number: 10719164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device with a touch sensor, including: a plurality of display pixel electrodes; a common electrode configured to be provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes; a display function layer configured to have an image display function; a display control circuit configured to apply a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carry out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted; and a touch detection electrode configured to be provided opposed to the common electrode and form capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takeya Takeuchi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Tadayoshi Katsuta, Takehiro Shima
  • Patent number: 10706796
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display panel, a data driver, and a scan driver. The display panel includes first and second pixel groups, each of having two pixels. The data driver is connected to the display panel via a plurality of data lines. The scan driver is connected to the display panel via a plurality of scan lines. The first pixel group is connected to one of the data lines. The second pixel group is connected to both the data line to which the first pixel group is connected and a data line adjacent to the data line to which the first pixel group is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon Kyoon Mok, Seong Young Lee, Hyung Jun Park, Dong Hyun Yoo, Kyung Hoe Lee, Hwan Young Jang, Chang Won Jeong
  • Patent number: 10699616
    Abstract: In a scan driver including a plurality of stages configured to supply scan signals to scan lines, the scan driver includes: an i?1th stage configured to supply an i?1th scan signal to an i?1th scan line while controlling a node Qi?1 (i is a natural number) in response to a first clock signal, a third clock signal, and a control voltage; an ith stage configured to supply an ith scan signal to an ith scan line while controlling a node Qi in response to a second clock signal, a fourth clock signal, and the control voltage; and a controller connected to the i?1th stage and the ith stage, and configured to supply the control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Keum Nam Kim, Sung Hwan Kim, Kyoung Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 10698538
    Abstract: A pressure sensing input equipment includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a first substrate, and a pressure sensing chip. The first substrate is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes first pressure sensing electrodes and first axial touch sensing electrodes. The first pressure sensing electrodes and the first axial touch sensing electrodes are alternately arranged and insulated from each other and do not overlap. The first pressure sensing electrodes are applied for detecting pressure magnitude. The first pressure sensing electrodes include a first end part and a second end part. The pressure sensing chip is electrically connected to the pressure sensing electrodes, and the pressure sensing chip determines the pressure magnitude by detecting, the resistance variation of the pressure sensing electrodes after pressured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Chen, Jiayou He, Liuyun Fang
  • Patent number: 10698521
    Abstract: The present application provides an in-cell touch display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display device. At least two sub-pixels are a sub-pixel group, cathode layers of different sub-pixel groups are independent of each other, which is equivalent to that the cathode layer set as a whole surface in the prior art is segmented, one sub-pixel group corresponds to one segmented cathode layer, cathode layers of respective sub-pixel groups are connected through conductive lines to the driver chip, so that the cathode layer is reused as a self-capacitive touch control electrode, the driver chip detects a capacitance variation of the cathode layer through the conductive line corresponding thereto to determine a touch location, thus achieving the touch control function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Haisheng Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Xi Chen, Jianyun Xie, Hongjuan Liu, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Jiantao Liu
  • Patent number: 10691267
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes an operation surface, a capacitance sensor having a capacitance that changes in response to a touch operation on the operation surface and a touch-operation detection IC that detects the touch operation based on the change in capacitance in the capacitance sensor. When the operation surface is deformed, the touch-operation detection IC obtains a capacitance of the capacitance sensor which has changed due to the deformation of the operation surface, and grasps the change in capacitance of the capacitance sensor, made due to the touch operation, with the obtained capacitance taken as a new reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kitada
  • Patent number: 10692457
    Abstract: A driving circuit including an output circuit that outputs a signal to a lead line electrically connected to a signal line provided in a display panel; and an output transistor that is provided in the output circuit and connected to an output terminal of the output circuit. An on-resistance value of the output transistor is set according to a resistance value of the lead line electrically connected to the output transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Masahiro Ishii, Kenta Endo, Tetsuo Fukami
  • Patent number: 10684731
    Abstract: A touch apparatus and a sensing method and a touch sensing circuit thereof are provided. The touch apparatus includes a touch panel and the touch sensing circuit. In a first period, the touch sensing circuit applies the same driving signal to a plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel at the same time, and performs self-capacitance touch detection on the sensing electrodes to obtain a self-capacitance detection result. In a second period, the touch sensing circuit performs mutual-capacitance touch detection on at least one of the sensing electrodes to obtain a mutual-capacitance detection result. The touch sensing circuit determines whether a touch event of the touch panel is triggered by water based on the mutual-capacitance detection result and the self-capacitance detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei-Song Wang, Yaw-Guang Chang
  • Patent number: 10684720
    Abstract: Disclosed are a touch display panel and a touch display device. The touch display panel comprises a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the non-display region is provided with at least one pressure-sensitive touch unit; the display region is provided with a plurality of touch location detection electrodes; the touch display panel further comprises a plurality of touch location wirings; each of the touch location wirings is electrically connected with the corresponding touch location detection electrode of the plurality of touch location detection electrodes; in the pressure-sensitive detection stage, at least one of the touch location wirings is reused as a signal line of the pressure-sensitive touch unit, and the pressure-sensitive touch unit is configured to detect the magnitude of the touch pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Ding, Liang Liu, Feng Lu, Kang Yang
  • Patent number: 10685597
    Abstract: Provided is a shift register, including a first node control module for controlling a level state of a first node based on an input signal, a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The shift register includes a second node control module for controlling a level state of a second node based on the input signal, the first clock signal, the second clock signal and the level state of the first node. In a phase when the input signal is at high level and the first clock signal is at low level, a third node for controlling a level at the second node is provided with high level, such that in a phase when the input signal is at high level and the second clock signal is at low level, the level at the third node is pulled down so as to provide low level at the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Dongxu Xiang, Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Gaojun Huang, Yilin Xu, Zhonglan Cai, Juan Zhu
  • Patent number: 10679579
    Abstract: A data driving circuit of a flat panel display device is disclosed. Digital-to-analog controllers of a digital-to-analog conversion unit and amplifiers of an output amplification unit are configured to be equal in number and a switch array is arranged between the output amplification unit and a pad. Therefore, a settling time can be secured and distortion of a data signal can be prevented by maintaining settling during a next horizontal period and performing overlapping driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Hun Cho
  • Patent number: 10671223
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus with force and touch sensing includes a touch protection layer, a touch electrode layer, a resilient material layer, a force electrode layer, a thin-film-encapsulation layer, a common electrode layer, an organic light emitting material layer and a thin film transistor substrate from top to bottom. The thin film transistor substrate includes a pixel electrode layer, a thin film transistor layer and a transistor substrate from top to bottom. The organic light emitting display apparatus further includes a display controller to drive the organic light emitting material layer and a force touch controller for sensing touch position on the touch electrode layer and force exerted on the force electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
  • Patent number: 10665158
    Abstract: Discussed is a panel including: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels; and a single circuit part, wherein at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels in the each pixel has a plurality of emitting parts that are all light emitting, and wherein the single circuit part is connected to the plurality of emitting parts to drive the plurality of emitting parts to all emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chulwoo Lee, Kyungsu Lee
  • Patent number: 10657913
    Abstract: A display panel includes a gate line, first and second data lines, first and second gate control lines, and first and second pixels. The first pixel includes a double-gate switching element including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the first data line, and another gate electrode connected to the first gate control line. The second pixel includes a double-gate switching element including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a source electrode connected to the second data line, and a gate electrode connected to the second gate control line. A data voltage having a first polarity is applied to the first data line, another data voltage having a second polarity is applied to the second data line, and first and second gate control voltages are respectively applied to the first and second gate control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Kyoung-Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 10649509
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, first and second source boards connected to the display panel, and a control board. The control board is connected to the first source board via a first power cable and to the second source board via a second power cable. The control board is configured to control a power voltage provided to the pixels based on a first connection signal received from a first ground line of the first power cable and a second connection signal received from a second ground line of the second power cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung-Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10649570
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a force detection apparatus and method, a touch device and an electronic terminal. The apparatus includes: a first detection capacitor, and a second detection capacitor configured to perform differential processing for a capacitance of the first detection capacitor to cancel an interference signal; wherein the first detection capacitor includes a force detection electrode, and the second detection capacitor includes a reference detection electrode, the force detection electrode and the reference detection electrode being arranged within a surface, such that the first detection capacitor and the second detection capacitor are simultaneously coupled to the interference signal causing interference to force detection, and differential processing is performed for capacitances of the first detection capacitor and the second detection capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Jiang, Mengta Yang, Fuchiang Yang
  • Patent number: 10650720
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first signal pad and a second signal pad on a substrate. The first signal pad receives a first voltage. The second signal pad receives a second voltage less than the first voltage. The at least one conductive pad is between the first signal pad and the second signal pad and receives an alternating current voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyunuk Oh
  • Patent number: 10643551
    Abstract: A method for driving a display, a display device, and a source driver. The method includes receiving and storing data obtained by dividing and compressing an image frame, decompressing the data, scanning the decompressed data, storing a result of the scanning, and displaying an image corresponding to the scan result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Anapass Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Bae Park, Do Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 10629122
    Abstract: A light-emitting device in which variation in luminance of pixels is suppressed. A light-emitting device includes at least a transistor, a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a capacitor, and a light-emitting element. The first wiring and a first electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other through the first switch. A second electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the transistor. The second wiring and a gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the second switch. The first electrode of the capacitor and the gate of the transistor are electrically connected to each other through the third switch. The first terminal of the transistor and an anode of the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fourth switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiko Inoue, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 10614755
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of first power lines that extend in a pixel column direction and through which a power supply voltage is supplied to the pixels, and a plurality of second power lines that extend in the pixel column direction and through which an initialization voltage different from the power supply voltage is to the pixels. The number of first power lines is greater than the number of second power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kohei Ebisuno, Masafumi Matsui, Hitoshi Tsuge