Patents by Inventor Michael Hack

Michael Hack has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High resolution low power consumption OLED display with extended lifetime
    Patent number: 10249685
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Top emission AMOLED displays using two emissive layers
    Patent number: 10243023
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Ruiqing Ma, William E. Quinn, Gregory McGraw
  • High resolution low power consumption OLED display with extended lifetime
    Patent number: 10229956
    Abstract: OLED-based devices that include at least two colors of emissive regions are provided, in which one region is optically coupled to a microcavity and the other is not. Devices including pixels in which only a portion of sub-pixels within the pixel are coupled to a microcavity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Julia J. Brown, Woo-Young So, Candice H. Brown
  • OLED displays with variable display regions
    Patent number: 10229960
    Abstract: A display includes a frontplane having multiple pixels in a first pixel region and multiple pixels in a second pixel region. At least one display characteristic in the first pixel region is different from at least one display characteristic in the second pixel region. The at least one characteristic is selected from the group consisting of resolution, cavity mode, outcoupling, color and color filter. A display with a curved scan line and variable spaced data line backplane architecture is also described. In addition, a method of reducing power requirements in a display is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael S. Weaver, Julia A. Brown
  • LOW LATENCY LOW VIDEO BANDWIDTH OLED DISPLAY ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20190057647
    Abstract: An OLED display architecture includes an OLED display having a plurality of pixels, a video input source, and a data link having a data transfer rate, the data link being communicatively connected to the video input source and the OLED display, where a first subset of the pixels is updated at a first refresh rate and the remaining pixels are updated at a second refresh rate. A video display system and a method of driving a display are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Hack
  • OLED display architecture
    Patent number: 10192936
    Abstract: A device that may be used as a multi-color pixel is provided. The device has a first organic light emitting device, a second organic light emitting device, a third organic light emitting device, and a fourth organic light emitting device. The device may be a pixel of a display having four sub-pixels. The first device may emit red light, the second device may emit green light, the third device may emit light blue light and the fourth device may emit deep blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Julia J. Brown, Michael Stuart Weaver, Peter Levermore, Woo-Young So
  • Intelligent dimming lighting
    Patent number: 10178738
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are provided for operating a display and/or an illumination source based upon the direction of a user's gaze and/or a desired illumination level in a monitored area. One or more elements may be controlled with sensor input and application lighting preferences. For example, when a user receives a video call, light may be activated to illuminate their face. When the user is looking at the display, the display will be at the brightness necessary for the lighting conditions. When the user looks away from the screen, the screen may dim further and the lighting elements for the desk can brighten. Similarly, embodiments may adjust the lighting in a monitored location based upon lighting levels identified in other areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Emory Krall, Ruiqing Ma, Michael Hack, Eoin Billings, Duncan Jackson
  • OLED display architecture
    Patent number: 10177201
    Abstract: A device that may be used as a multi-color pixel is provided. The device has a first organic light emitting device, a second organic light emitting device, a third organic light emitting device, and a fourth organic light emitting device. The device may be a pixel of a display having four sub-pixels. The first device may emit red light, the second device may emit green light, the third device may emit light blue light and the fourth device may emit deep blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Julia J. Brown, Michael Stuart Weaver, Peter Levermore, Woo-Young So
  • Tunable OLED lighting source
    Patent number: 10177126
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods related to lighting systems that are color tunable and have a long lifetime. In certain embodiments, the device comprises two independently controlled phosphorescent OLED lighting panels coupled together in one package to emit light in one direction. In certain embodiment, aspects of the device are tunable, such as RGB color, color temperature, and luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael S. Weaver
  • Rugged display device architecture
    Patent number: 10147360
    Abstract: Described herein are display devices having architectures with a reduced number of external connections from the display to the external electronics, which allows for an increase in the pitch of the external connections, thereby improving reliability and flexibility, and reducing costs. The architecture of these devices is based on using multiplexers to connect external source lines to the individual display column lines. Accordingly, data signals can come into the display on a reduced number of external source lines as compared to the number of display column lines. The architecture allows for high-reliability, rugged contacts to a small-sized display by avoiding the need for high resolution interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, David Allee
  • Hybrid display
    Patent number: 10128319
    Abstract: A hybrid pixel arrangement for a full-color display is provided, which includes an inorganic LED in at least one sub-pixel, and an organic emissive stack in at least one other sub-pixel. In an embodiment, a first sub-pixel is configured to emit a first color, and includes an inorganic LED, a second sub-pixel is configured to emit a second color, and includes a first portion of a first organic emissive stack configured to emit an initial color different from the first color. A third sub-pixel is configured to emit a third color different from the initial color, and includes a second portion of the first organic emissive stack, and a first color altering layer disposed in a stack with the second portion of the first organic emissive stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, William T. Mayweather, III, Julia J. Brown, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • OLED lighting device with short tolerant structure
    Patent number: 10096592
    Abstract: An OLED panel having a plurality of OLED circuit elements is provided. Each OLED circuit element may include a fuse or other component that can be ablated or otherwise opened to render the component essentially non-conductive. Each OLED circuit element may comprise a pixel that may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first and the second electrodes. Each of the OLED circuit elements may not be electrically connected in series with any other of the OLED circuit elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Ruiqing Ma, Emory Krall
  • FLEXIBLE AMOLED DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20180205036
    Abstract: A flexible AMOLED display is disclosed including an OLED stack having an anode layer, a cathode layer and an organic light emitting layer between the anode layer and the cathode layer. A backplane includes a substrate, a plurality of bus lines, and a thin film transistor array. A permeation barrier layer is positioned between the OLED stack and the backplane, and a plurality of vias connect the OLED anode layer to the backplane thin film transistor array. In one embodiment, a neutral plane of the AMOLED display crosses the permeation barrier. In one embodiment, the thickness of at least a portion of the bus lines is greater than the thickness of the cathode layer. A method of increasing the flexibility of an AMOLED display is disclosed. A method of assembling a flexible AMOLED display under a processing temperature of less than 200 degrees Celsius is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Ruiqing Ma, Julia J. Brown
  • Flash optimized using OLED display
    Patent number: 10027869
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image sensor, an OLED display, a profile selection processor configured to select an output profile from among a plurality of pre-stored output profiles based at least in part on a digital representation of a target scene captured by the image sensor, and an image driver configured to drive the OLED display to display an image based on the selected output profile during a capture of an image of the target scene with the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Mauro Premutico, Michael Hack
  • OLED DEVICE WITH CONTROLLABLE BRIGHTNESS
    Publication number: 20180190187
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are provided in which an OLED panel is operated in two modes. The first mode operates in a standard way to display an image or video or otherwise illuminate sub-pixels of the panel. In the second mode, some pixels are operated at a lower brightness than in the first mode. The use of multiple modes allows for improved sub-pixel lifetime and reduced sub-pixel and image degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Chun LIN
  • HYBRID DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20180166512
    Abstract: A hybrid pixel arrangement for a full-color display is provided, which includes an inorganic LED in at least one sub-pixel, and an organic emissive stack in at least one other sub-pixel. In an embodiment, a first sub-pixel is configured to emit a first color, and includes an inorganic LED, a second sub-pixel is configured to emit a second color, and includes a first organic emissive stack configured to emit an initial color different from the first color. A third sub-pixel is configured to emit a third color different from the initial color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, William T. MAYWEATHER, III, Julia J. BROWN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON
  • THIN FILM BARRIER STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180151843
    Abstract: OLED device structures are provided that include an OLED, a high index optical layer (HOL), a thin film barrier disposed over the high index optical layer, and a low index optical layer (LOL) disposed over the thin film barrier. It is shown that such devices provide acceptable color emission that is at least comparable to a conventional device, while also exhibiting improved efficiency and luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Ruiqing MA, Michael HACK, Julia J. BROWN
  • OLED DISPLAY MODULE
    Publication number: 20180145283
    Abstract: Some OLED devices contain circular polarizers, which are used to reduce reflection from metallic electrodes. A novel OLED display module incorporates a photo-switchable polarizer that transitions between an active polarizing state and an inactive transmissive state, and further contains at least one optical sensor disposed in the OLED display module and adapted to measure light transmitted through the photo-switchable polarizer, and a controller configured to adjust a luminance of the organic electroluminescent layer based on the measured light transmitted through the photo-switchable polarizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: MIchael Hack
  • Rollable OLED display
    Patent number: 9978965
    Abstract: A rollable display includes a frontplane having multiple OLED pixels and a backplane having a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has a perimeter and a thin film transistor array operably connected to the OLED pixels. At least one rigid band of drivers is operably connected to the backplane and positioned along an edge of the substrate perimeter. The flexible substrate includes a material having a glass transition temperature of less than 200 degrees Celsius. A method of fabricating a rollable display is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Ruiqing Ma
  • Hybrid MEMS OLED display
    Patent number: 9947728
    Abstract: A hybrid display includes a blue LED backlight layer, at least one shutter element, a frontplane having multiple sub-pixels, and a backplane operatively connected to the frontplane and the at least one shutter element. The backplane and the at least one shutter element are positioned between the backlight layer and the frontplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Hack