Patents Issued in February 21, 2017
  • Patent number: 9576514
    Abstract: A detecting method and a detecting apparatus for detection of a gate line disconnection. The gate line disconnection detecting method includes step 1: providing a first unit (41) at least capable of receiving signals at one end of a gate line to be detected (2), and providing a second unit (42) at least capable of transmitting signals at the other end of it; step 2: providing a first signal receiving unit (51) for receiving signals on a gate line other than the gate line to be detected (2). With respect to the gate line disconnection detecting method, whether disconnection occurs or not is judged depending on the signal strength received by the first signal receiving unit (51), and thus, the case that in a gate line disconnection detection of a bilateral drive type display device, whether a gate line is disconnected or not can be accurately detected, is realized. By it, technical supports are provided for getting rid of bad products timely, and a goal of promoting the yield of products is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenfei Cai, Xu Wang
  • Patent number: 9576515
    Abstract: A bright dot detection method adapted to be used in a display panel including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines and a bright dot detection module. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of sources line are interlaced thereby forming a plurality of pixels. The bright dot detection method includes: driving the plurality of pixels through enabling the plurality of gate lines simultaneously, thereby forming a first bright line in a first direction; and driving the plurality of pixels through enabling the plurality of gate lines sequentially and providing a control signal to the bright dot detection module, thereby forming a second bright line in a second direction, wherein a bright dot is positioned where the first and second bright lines meet with each other. A display panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Kun-Feng Tsou
  • Patent number: 9576516
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a substrate, a color filter layer, an electrophoretic display film, a common electrode layer, multiple electrode patterns and multiple spacers. The color filter layer is disposed on the substrate and at least includes multiple first color filter patterns and second color filter patterns. The electrophoretic display film is disposed between the substrate and the color filter layer and includes a flexible substrate and multiple display media. The first and second color filter patterns are respectively corresponding to the display media. The electrode patterns at least include multiple first electrode patterns and second electrode patterns. The first electrode patterns receive a first voltage and are disposed respectively correspondingly to the first color filter patterns, while the second electrode patterns receive a second voltage and are disposed respectively correspondingly to the second color filter patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsu-Cheng Yeh, Ming-Chuan Hung
  • Patent number: 9576517
    Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of shift register circuits. Each of the shift register circuits includes a first switch, an input circuit, a pull-down circuit and a ripple reduction circuit. The first switch is used to output a scanning signal of the shift register circuit according to voltage levels of a node and a clock signal. The input circuit is used to pull up the voltage level of the node according to a scanning signal of a previous shift register circuit. The pull-down circuit is used to pull down the voltage levels of the node and the scanning signal of the shift register circuit according to a scanning signal of a following shift register circuit. The ripple reduction circuit is used to suppress ripples on the voltage levels of the node and the scanning signal caused by the coupling effect of the clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Chu Hsu, Man-Wen Shih, Ya-Ling Chen, Chien-Ya Lee
  • Patent number: 9576518
    Abstract: A display panel and a driving circuit thereof are provided. The driving circuit includes a data signal supplying module for generating a data signal; a first selection signal generating module for providing a first selecting signal; a second selection signal generating module for providing a second selecting signal; a selecting module including selecting switch sets, which are utilized to receive the first and second selecting signals and output the data signal to a pixel array. The present invention is capable of decreasing a level switching frequency of the selecting signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qingcheng Zuo, Gonghua Zou
  • Patent number: 9576519
    Abstract: The invention provides a display method and a display device. The display method in the invention is applicable to a display panel comprising multiple rows of sub-pixels, each row of sub-pixels are formed of sub-pixels of various colors which are alternately and circularly arranged, the sub-pixels in each row are arranged in the same order, and in column direction, sub-pixels of the same color are not adjacent, wherein the display method comprises steps of: S1, generating a primary image based on image information, the primary image is formed of virtual pixels arranged in a matrix, each virtual pixel is formed of sub-pixels of different colors and size of the virtual pixel is the same as that of the sub-pixel of the display panel; S2, calculating a display component of each sub-pixel by using primary components of sampling virtual sub-pixels of the sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renwei Guo, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 9576520
    Abstract: A display device having a substrate including a first display area, a second display area, a non-display area disposed adjacent to the first and second display areas, a plurality of first pixels disposed in the first display area, a plurality of second pixels disposed in the second display area, a first groove disposed in the non-display area and recessed downward from an upper surface of the substrate, a first flexible film disposed in the first groove, and a plurality of pad electrodes disposed on the first flexible film in the non-display area between the first and second display areas and connecting the first pixels are connected to the second pixels in a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: DaeJin Park, Bumsoo Kam, Gilhwan Yeo, Hyung-Il Jeon
  • Patent number: 9576521
    Abstract: Provided are a drive device and drive method for a vacuum fluorescent display that can suppress brightness variations in display images and improve display quality. A drive device for a vacuum fluorescent display is provided with a positive electrode unit in which a plurality of positive electrodes to which a phosphor is applied are disposed in a matrix shape and a negative electrode filament that discharges electrons toward the positive electrode unit. The device is provided with: a first magnetic field generating means that generates a first magnetic field perpendicular to the direction in which the positive electrode unit and the negative electrode filament face each other and that can periodically switch polarity; and a second magnetic field generating means that generates a second magnetic field that is perpendicular to the direction in which the positive electrode unit and the negative electrode filament face each other and crosses the first magnetic field and that can periodically switch polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Yachida
  • Patent number: 9576522
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels formed at crossings of data lines and gate line parts and a main power supply line part supplying a cell driving voltage to the pixels. The main power supply line part includes a plurality of main power supply lines disposed along a first direction and main power supply line connection patterns for connecting the adjacent main power supply lines along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The main power supply line connection patterns are staggered along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihun Kim, Hyojin Park
  • Patent number: 9576523
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including: a display panel including a display area consisting of a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area surrounding the display area; a plurality of power lines formed on the display area to supply a first voltage to the plurality of pixel areas; a first power link line connected to the plurality of first power lines, and formed on the non-display area; and a plurality of drivers connected to the display panel, and including a plurality of output pads and a plurality of first power pads, the plurality of (first) power pads disposed between the plurality of output pads and respectively connected to the plurality of first power link lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-Rim Kim, Bum-Sik Kim, Kyoung-Don Woo
  • Patent number: 9576524
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a shift register circuit, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The present disclosure relates to the field of display device manufacture, and can prevent an OLED device from flickering while writing display data. A shift register comprises a first pull-up unit, connected with a high level end, a first clock signal end and a first control node (A); a first pull-down unit, connected with a low level end, a second clock signal end, an input signal end, the first pull-up unit, a first output end and the first control node (A); a pull-down switch unit, connected with the high level end, the low level end, the first clock signal end, the second clock signal end and a second control node (B); a second pull-down unit, connected with the low level end, the second control node (B) and a second output end; and a second pull-up unit, connected with the high level end, the first control node (A) and the second output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Gyu Kim, Pil Seok Kim, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 9576525
    Abstract: Provided are an AMOLED pixel unit, a method for driving the same, and a display device. The AMOLED pixel unit includes a compensating unit, a light emitting control unit, a driving transistor, a storage capacitor and an organic light emitting diode, wherein the compensating unit is switched on under the control of a signal on a scan line; the light emitting control unit is switched on under the control of a signal on a light emitting control line; an anode of the organic light emitting diode is connected to a second terminal of the storage capacitor, and a cathode of the organic light emitting diode receives a second power supply signal. Such a circuit can effectively compensate for the drift and the non-uniformity of the threshold voltages of the transistors and the non-uniformity of the voltages of the organic light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cuili Gai, Danna Song, Zhongyuan Wu
  • Patent number: 9576526
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a transistor can supply an accurate current to a load (EL pixel and signal line) without being influenced by variations is provided. A voltage at each terminal of a transistor is adjusted by a feedback circuit using an amplifier circuit. A current Idata is input from a current source circuit to the transistor, and a gate-source voltage is set by the feedback circuit so that the transistor can flow the current Idata. The feedback circuit controls the transistor to operate in a saturation region. Thus, a gate voltage required for flowing the current Idata is set. With the use of the set transistor, a current can be supplied to a load (EL pixel and signal line) with accuracy. Note that a desired gate voltage can be set quickly since the amplifier circuit is utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 9576527
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a plurality of pixels configured to store a first data signal received through a corresponding data line during a scan period and to emit light according to a second data signal during a light emitting period of a frame, wherein the first data signal corresponds to the frame and the second data signal corresponds to a previous frame, and the scan period overlaps the light emitting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Patent number: 9576528
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display unit in which the method includes: forming a transistor on a substrate, in which a first direction to be scanned by an ion implantation apparatus intersects with a second direction to be scanned by an Excimer Laser Anneal apparatus; and forming a display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichiro Jinta
  • Patent number: 9576529
    Abstract: A driving circuit is provided to reduce threshold voltage shifting of a driving switch thereof, and includes a capacitor, a pre-charging switch, a scanning switch, a driving switch, three stabilizing switches, and a light emitting device. A gate electrode of the pre-charging switch receives a first control signal, a drain electrode thereof receives a second control signal, and a source electrode thereof is connected to the capacitor, so as to pre-charge the capacitor to switch on the driving switch. The capacitor then discharges through the driving switch. When the driving circuit reaches a stable state, the driving switch drives the light emitting device to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen Chine Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiangyang Xu
  • Patent number: 9576530
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a control circuit. The first transistor is electrically connected between a power supply and a light-emitting element, has a gate to receive a gray scale voltage, and supplies the light-emitting element with a driving current corresponding to the gray scale voltage. The second transistor has a gate electrically connected to an electrode of the light-emitting element and a source or drain electrically connected to a circuit including a voltmeter. The control circuit reads a measurement value of the voltmeter when the gate of the first transistor receives the gray scale voltage, and corrects a next gray scale voltage applied to the gate of the first transistor based on the measurement value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kanda, Takeshi Okuno, Masayuki Kumeta, Daisuke Kawae, Ryo Ishii, Naoaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 9576531
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including scan lines, data lines crossing the scan lines, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; a timing control unit configured to receive first data from an outside; a conversion unit configured to receive the first data from the timing control unit, to extract luminance components of the first data corresponding to the pixels to determine luminance distribution of the first data, to divide the luminance distribution into a plurality of luminance distribution ranges, and to convert the first data into second data by regulating an input gray level of the first data based on a conversion equation corresponding to a variation between data of the luminance distribution ranges; and a data drive unit configured to receive the second data from the conversion unit and to provide the second data to the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Woong Park, Dong-Wook Yang, Won-Woo Jang, Byung-Ki Chun, Yong-Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 9576532
    Abstract: A display panel and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display including the display panel are disclosed. The display panel includes a first pixel configured to emit a first color of light, a second pixel configured to emit a second color of light, and a third pixel configured to emit a third color of light. Each of the first to third pixels includes a light emission current applying unit including a driving transistor and a storage capacitor, a gate electrode of the driving transistor configured to receive a data signal from a display driver of the OLED display. The panel includes a light emission unit configured to emit light based on a light emission current. The panel also includes an initialization voltage supply unit configured to provide an initialization voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the first electrode of the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9576533
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit, a control unit, and a compensation unit. The compensation unit may compensate the display data when a sensing operation is performed on a target pixel circuit, the compensation unit compensating display data by setting a light emission amount of light emitting element of a target pixel circuit to be an amount obtained by subtracting a sensing light emission amount, which is a light emission amount of the light emitting element of the target pixel circuit during a sensing interval, from a display light emission amount, which is a light emission amount of the light emitting element of the target pixel circuit before the compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kumeta, Ryo Ishii, Eiji Kanda, Naoaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 9576534
    Abstract: A pixel selection control method, driving circuit, display apparatus and electronic instrument are disclosed. A driving circuit includes a logic circuit configured to receive a reference signal associated with a line of pixels. The reference signal has a first logic level or a second logic level. The driving circuit also includes a switch circuit configured to receive the reference signal and an enable signal, and to provide the enable signal to the logic circuit when the reference signal is at the first logic level. A display apparatus may be provided that includes the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Tomida, Keisuke Omoto
  • Patent number: 9576535
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first driver and a second driver. The second driver controls an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode, corresponding to a previous data signal. The first driver stores a current data signal supplied from a data line and supplies the previous data signal to the second driver. In the pixel, the second driver includes a sixth transistor coupled between an initialization power source and a first node coupled to a gate electrode of a first transistor, the sixth transistor being configured to turn on when a first control signal is supplied; and a seventh transistor coupled between the first power source and a second node commonly coupled to the first and second drivers, the seventh transistor being configured to turn on when the first control signal is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Park, Tak-Young Lee, Hai-Jung In, Bo-Yong Chung, Min-Hyuk Choi, Yong-Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 9576536
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pixel configured to emit light according to a data signal supplied to a data line, a power source voltage supplier configured to supply a power source voltage to the pixel, a driving transistor configured to drive the pixel to be emitted according to the data signal and the power source voltage, and a sensor configured to supply a test signal to a data line and to detect a sensing current flowing to the data line through the driving transistor according to the test signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Youl Min, Choong Sun Shin, Hee Sun Ahn, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Patent number: 9576537
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a backlight unit disposed at a rear surface of the display panel and supplying a light to the display panel, where the backlight unit includes a first light source which provides a first color light to the display panel, a second light source which provides a second color light to the display panel, and a third light sources which provides a third color light to the display panel, spectral bands of the first, second and third color light are different from each other, and the first color light and the second color light have substantially the same color as each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghyun Kwon, Jae Byung Park, Jong Hyuk Kang, Dong-Hoon Lee, Hyundeok Im
  • Patent number: 9576538
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image; an ambient light sensor configured to sense an illumination level of ambient light and to generate ambient light data; a gamma controller configured to control sections of a reference gamma curve based on the ambient light data to generate a controlled gamma curve, the controlled gamma curve defining output data according to input data; a data driver configured to convert an image signal into a data voltage based on the controlled gamma curve and to supply the data voltage to the pixels; and a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Ki Baek, Jung-Taek Kim, Yong-Jun Jang, Nam-Gon Choi, Joon-Chul Goh, Ah-Reum Kim
  • Patent number: 9576539
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a light source, a detection unit configured to detect light emitted by the light source, a determination unit configured to determine a target brightness, and a control unit configured to periodically perform control of light emission from the light source, wherein the control unit divides one period of the control into a first period during which the light source is caused to emit light that is to be detected by the detection unit and a second period during which the light source is caused to emit light at the target brightness, and during the first period, drives the light source using a driving signal with a value smaller than a value during the second period, and the detection unit detects light emitted by the light source during the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kiyohiro Uemura
  • Patent number: 9576540
    Abstract: Electrophoretic displays (EPDs) and methods for controlling EPDs are disclosed herein. An embodiment of an EPD includes a first operating format, wherein pixels on at least one area of the EPD are driven individually. The EPD has a second operating format, wherein a plurality of pixels constituting at least one area of the EPD are driven simultaneously. Both the first operating format and the second operating format are performable simultaneously on the EPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Philippe Gentric, Julien Carre, Sathish Thoppay Egambaram
  • Patent number: 9576541
    Abstract: A vision inspection apparatus includes a first luminance profile generator configured to generate a plurality of first luminance profiles corresponding to the plurality of reference grayscales, a gamma corrector configured to calculate a gamma correction value of the display apparatus using the plurality of first luminance profiles corresponding to the plurality of reference grayscales, and a second luminance profile generator configured to apply the gamma correction value to each of the plurality of first luminance profiles and to generate a plurality of second luminance profiles corresponding to the plurality of reference grayscales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Seob Chung, Hoi-Sik Moon, Kang-Hyun Kim, Jong-Hee Na, Woo-Jin Jung, Jung-Suk Han
  • Patent number: 9576542
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to, among other things, devices, systems, methods, computer-readable media, techniques, and methodologies that utilize and/or incorporate display components capable of being configured to detect light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Martin Pollack, Jerry Yee-Ming Chung
  • Patent number: 9576543
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register, a gate driving unit and a display device. By disposing a scanning sequence control circuit configured to control output sequence of a first gate signal and a second gate signal according to the received first and second scanning sequence control signals, a first control circuit and a second control circuit in the shift register unit, it may settle a Vertical mura problem in the prior art and may improve an image quality of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian He
  • Patent number: 9576544
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a line part to receive control signals and a shift register to sequentially output gate signals in response to the control signals provided from the line part. The line part and the shift register are disposed apart from each other with a first distance equal to or greater than about 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Mok Park
  • Patent number: 9576545
    Abstract: A driving circuit, flexible display device and flexible splicing display apparatus thereof are described. The driving circuit comprises a driving chip, a plurality of data signal wires and a plurality of scan signal wires. The data signal wires of the flexible display device and the data lines are connected correspondingly within the display region of the flexible display device, and the scan signal wires and the scan lines are connected correspondingly in one side of the driving chip of the flexible display device. The present invention utilizes the arrangement of connection pads of the signal wires to improve the display quality of the flexible display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowen Lv, Chih-Yu Su, Chih Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9576546
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a data driving method, the method including receiving data corresponding to a plurality of pixels. Received data are converted into data voltages of an analog type to be output to a plurality of data lines. One of a first data voltage and a last data voltage of the data voltages is output to a dummy data line adjacent to the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Sun-Kyu Son
  • Patent number: 9576547
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode alternating with each other to form a horizontal electric field, a first data line transmitting a first data voltage to the first sub-pixel electrode, and a second data line transmitting a second data voltage to the second sub-pixel electrode, wherein the second sub-pixel electrode is formed to overlap the first and second data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Chul Jung, Chong-Chul Chai, Mee-Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9576548
    Abstract: A touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel is detects a position of a stylus, which includes first and second resonance circuits. The touch panel includes first and second coils respectively extending in first and second directions. Each of the first coils emits a first signal having a first frequency and receives a second signal having a second frequency, where emitting the first signal and receiving the second signal are successively and respectively performed by the plurality of second coils. In addition, each of second coils emits a second signal having the second frequency and receives a first signal having the first frequency, where emitting the second signal and receiving the first signal are successively performed. The first resonance circuit of the stylus generates the first signal after receiving the first signal, and the second resonance circuit of the electromagnetic stylus generates the second signal after receiving the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qijun Yao, Feng Lu, Xianxiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9576549
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus, includes a sensor-equipped display device includes a display device and a sensor configured to detect a contact or proximate position, a display driver configured to output an image display signal to the display device and to output a drive signal to the sensor, a detecting circuit configured to generate, based on the information from the sensor, raw data (Raw data) including three-dimensional information of coordinates of a position on the display device and a physical quantity at the coordinates, and an application processor configured to discriminate whether a part of the region in the display area should be further sensed or not, based on the raw data, and if the part of the region is further sensed, to output the range of the display device to be further sensed and the timing of driving the sensor to the display driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitoshi Kida, Jouji Yamada, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Michio Yamamoto, Kohei Azumi, Makoto Hayashi, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Kozo Ikeno
  • Patent number: 9576550
    Abstract: A low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) transmitter may include an LVDS transmission device configured to generate a transmission clock and serial data, which are synchronized to the transmission clock on respective clock and data channels. The transmission clock may have different signal patterns when the LVDS transmission device is operating in normal and de-skew modes of operation. A de-skew controller is also provided, which is electrically coupled to the LVDS transmission device. The de-skew controller is configured to drive the LVDS transmission device with control signals that switch the LVDS transmission device between the normal and de-skew modes of operation. A duty cycle of the transmission clock during the de-skew mode of operation may be unequal to a duty cycle of the transmission clock during the normal mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Phil Jae Jeon
  • Patent number: 9576551
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for gesture interaction with an image displayed on a painted wall is described. The method may include capturing image data of the image displayed on the painted wall and a user motion performed relative to the image. The method may also include analyzing the captured image data to determine a sequence of one or more physical movements of the user relative to the image displayed on the painted wall. The method may also include determining, based on the analysis, that the user motion is indicative of a gesture associated with the image displayed on the painted wall, and controlling a connected system in response to the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Lee, Eric Teller, William Graham Patrick, Eric Peeters
  • Patent number: 9576552
    Abstract: A dark portion in an image seen by a viewer is expressed more precisely, whereby the image given a greater sense of depth is displayed. A display device in which pixels each include a light-emitting module capable of emitting light having a spectral line half-width of less than or equal to 60 nm in a response time of less than or equal to 100 ?s and are provided at a resolution of higher than or equal to 80 ppi; the NTSC ratio is higher than or equal to 80%; and the contrast ratio is higher than or equal to 500, is provided with a circuit converting an image signal having a given grayscale into an image signal capable of representing an image on the low luminance side by high-level grayscale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 9576553
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a reflective or refractive surface that reflects or refracts light shined thereon and reproduces on a screen a desired greyscale intensity image on which the reflective or refractive surface is based and a corresponding apparatus, wherein the method permits a reproduction of a reference grayscale image with adjustable precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE
    Inventors: Mark Pauly, Thomas Kiser
  • Patent number: 9576554
    Abstract: A digital magazine server determines a dominant color present in an image using a clustering algorithm. Color components of each pixel in the image are identified used to generate vectors associated with each pixel. Based on the vectors associated with the pixels, clusters including one or more pixels are generated using a clustering algorithm (e.g., k-means). The digital magazine server generates a characteristic vector for each cluster based on the vectors included in the cluster and selects a set of clusters based on their characteristic vectors. A centroid identifying the dominant color of the image is determined from the characteristic vectors of clusters in the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Flipboard, Inc.
    Inventor: Meng Guo
  • Patent number: 9576555
    Abstract: Displays, display components, image and video processing apparatus and related methods are described. A method for driving local-dimming displays comprises generating control values for driving pixels of a spatial light modulator from one image data component and generating control values for driving backlight elements from a second image data component. The first and second image data components may respectively comprise a tone map and a ratio image. Control values for the spatial light modulator and/or backlight may be obtained using cost effective hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Ajit Ninan, Wenhui Jia
  • Patent number: 9576556
    Abstract: A light control and display technology applicable to light redirection and projection with the capacity, in a number of embodiments modified for particular applications, to produce managed light, including advanced images. Applications include miniature to very large scale video displays, optical data processing, 3-dimensional imaging, and lens-less vision enhancement for poor night-driving vision, cataracts and macular degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: John Castle Simmons
  • Patent number: 9576557
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device with display screens that periodically update (refresh) the screen by selectively driving common electrodes corresponding to pixels in a display line. In general, the input devices drive each electrode until each display line (and each pixel) of a display frame is updated. In addition to updating the display, the input device may perform capacitive sensing using the display screen as a proximity sensing area. To do this, the input device may interleave periods of capacitive sensing between periods of updating the display based on a display frame. For example, the input device may update the first half of display lines of the display screen, pause display updating, perform capacitive sensing, and finish updating the rest of the display lines. Further still, the input device may use common electrodes for both updating the display and performing capacitive sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Lillie, John Childs, Christopher A. Ludden, Thomas Mackin, Petr Shepelev
  • Patent number: 9576558
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device with display screens that periodically update (refresh) the screen by selectively driving common electrodes corresponding to pixels in a display line. In general, the input devices drive each electrode until each display line (and each pixel) of a display frame is updated. In addition to updating the display, the input device may perform capacitive sensing using the display screen as a proximity sensing area. To do this, the input device may interleave periods of capacitive sensing between periods of updating the display based on a display frame. For example, the input device may update the first half of display lines of the display screen, pause display updating, perform capacitive sensing, and finish updating the rest of the display lines. Further still, the input device may use common electrodes for both updating the display and performing capacitive sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Petr Shepelev, Adam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9576559
    Abstract: The present invention provides a musical instrument manual having keys that may be made of a material subject to warping and twisting, such as wood. A distal flexible suspension allows angular shifting of the distal end of each key of the manual to accomodate key warping. The flexible suspension enables angular displacement of the key lever about its distal end perpendicular to the plane of the playing surface of the key to allow the key to be played. The flexible suspension elastically opposes twisting of the key lever relative to the key bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: William Henry Morong
  • Patent number: 9576560
    Abstract: Stringed instrument, especially the guitar with flexible connection of the upper part of the heel of the neck below the fingerboard to the fixing block in the body of the instrument, whereby the lower free end of the heel of the neck is coupled to a fixing block in the body of a stringed instrument through the rod via a rectification element which dilates in reaction to atmospheric humidity changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Franti{hacek over (s)}ek Furch, Petr Furch
  • Patent number: 9576561
    Abstract: A pick for use with stringed musical instruments is disclosed. In some embodiments the pick is characterized by a roughened texture on the front and back substantially planar surfaces of the narrowed bottom portion of a substantially teardrop shaped body for the purpose of altering the tonal properties produced as it moves against strings that are strummed or picked. In further embodiments the roughened textured picking portion is combined with a separate second picking portion that is substantially smooth and useable to produce a conventional sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan Mark Thompson
  • Patent number: 9576562
    Abstract: A guitar hand placement guide and support bar that attaches to the upper surface of the body of a guitar with one or more suction cups. An upper platform portion in contact with lower, round portion of the palm of the hand supports the weight of the hand. The guitar hand placement guide and support bar has legs that straddle the strings at a location adjacent the sound hole of the guitar such that every time the guitar is being played, the pick and strum hand can be consistently positioned above the sound hole in precisely the same place. A dogleg extension and one or more internal finger grip portions located along the lower edge of the platform portion extending between the leading edge and the rear-facing edge provide the player with optional methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Russell K. Porter, Jerrilyn J. Roblin-Porter
  • Patent number: 9576563
    Abstract: A percussion instrument, specifically a tank drum having tongues that form playing parts and including a ground clearance in its body, and a tuning structure which by changing the center of gravity of the tank drum, enables its tuning. A magnet is placed under the tongues. A channel is provided on the tongues enabling the magnet to be moved back and forth with the help of a key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Deniz Güngör