Patents Issued in August 1, 2017
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Patent number: 9721490Abstract: A dual-screen display and a display method. The dual-screen display comprises: a display unit, a control unit and controllable light-transmitting bodies. Each display unit comprises at least three sub-pixel units. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the sub-pixel units. The control unit is used for controlling, according to an instruction of a user, a control signal applied to the controllable light-transmitting bodies, so as to control the transparency of the controllable light-transmitting bodies. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on the two surfaces of the sub-pixel unit, and a control signal is applied according to an instruction of the user, so that the controllable light-transmitting bodies present corresponding transparency, thereby respectively controlling light of the sub-pixel unit irradiated to the two surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guang Yang, Ke Shang, Quan Niu
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Patent number: 9721491Abstract: A display includes first pixels, second pixels, a first de-multiplexer and a second de-multiplexer. The first de-multiplexer transmits a first data signal to the first pixels sequentially in response to first control signals. The second de-multiplexer transmits a second data signal to the second pixels sequentially in response to second control signals. The polarity of the first data signal is different from that of the second data signal. Levels of the first control signals are switched between a first voltage level and a zero voltage level, corresponding to the polarity of the first data signal. Levels of the second control signals are switched between a second voltage level and the zero voltage level, corresponding to the polarity of the second data signal. The first voltage level is different from the second voltage level. A method of transmitting signals in a display is also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Cheng-Chiu Pai
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Patent number: 9721492Abstract: An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a size of a flat region on the basis of an input image, this flat region, from among regions of the input image, being a region in which a change in gradation value in a spatial direction of the image is small; and an image processing unit configured to perform unevenness reduction processing on the input image, this unevenness reduction processing reducing at least one of brightness unevenness and color unevenness of a screen at a higher reduction degree as the flat region is larger in size.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoshiyuki Nagashima
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Patent number: 9721493Abstract: A touch-type input device includes a touch panel. Capacitors are formed at intersections of drive electrodes and sensor electrodes in the touch panel. A controller determines whether the touch panel has been touched from data values, each indicating a change amount in the capacitance from a reference value. When detecting from the data values a change in the capacitance to a reverse polarity differing from the polarity when a human body touches the touch panel, the controller determines that external noise caused the change and stops detecting touching of the touch panel. When the controller detects a change in the capacitance to the reverse polarity, at the same time, the location of where the capacitance of the reverse polarity is detected does not shift, the controller determines that the change in the capacitance is irrelevant to influence of external noise and continues to detect touching of the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, SMK CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Imai, Osamu Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 9721494Abstract: A controller for a display panel includes a detector, a timing controller, and a voltage generator. The detector detects a predetermined pattern in an image signal. The timing controller generates a control signal based on detection of the pattern. The voltage generator changes at least one driving voltage for a display panel from a first level to a second level based on the control signal. The predetermined pattern may correspond to at least one region having a predetermined arrangement of at least first and second gray scale values of pixels in an image corresponding to the image signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Taegon Kim, Young-Il Ban, Sunkyu Son
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Patent number: 9721495Abstract: An electro-optic display having a plurality of pixels is driven from a first image to a second image using a first drive scheme, and then from the second image to a third image using a second drive scheme different from the first drive scheme and having at least one impulse differential gray level having an impulse potential different from the corresponding gray level in the first drive scheme. Each pixel which is in an impulse differential gray level in the second image is driven from the second image to the third image using a modified version of the second drive scheme which reduces its impulse differential The subsequent transition from the third image to a fourth image is also conducted using the modified second drive scheme but after a limited number of transitions using the modified second drive scheme, all subsequent transitions are conducted using the unmodified second drive scheme.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Demetrious Mark Harrington, Kenneth R. Crounse, Karl Raymond Amundson, Teck Ping Sim, Matthew J. Aprea
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Patent number: 9721496Abstract: A display panel and a display device, where, the display panel includes a trigger signal controller, and the trigger signal controller is configured to convert N primary trigger signals generated by a first driving unit into 2N secondary trigger signals according to a display control signal generated by a second driving unit, and sequentially outputting the 2N secondary trigger signals to 2N gate controlling circuits, each of the 2N gate controlling circuits is configured to drive a group of pixels in a display region, where, rows of pixels respectively from different groups of pixels are alternately arranged, the secondary trigger signals are configured to control gate controlling circuits to simultaneously drive two paired groups of pixels under a first display mode, and alternately drive two paired groups of pixels under a second display mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Lei Niu, Conghua Ma, Zhihua Ling, Jun Ma, Tianyi Wu, Sitao Huo
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Patent number: 9721497Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including: a first sub-pixel configured to emit light of a first color; a second sub-pixel configured to emit light of a second color that is different from the first color; a third sub-pixel configured to emit light of a third color that is different from the first and second colors; and a transmission sub-pixel configured to selectively transmit external light in response to an electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chan-Sung Jung, Jae-Won Choi, Tae-Hyeog Jung
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Patent number: 9721498Abstract: An OLED pixel includes a switching transistor to transfer a data signal to a driving transistor. The switching transistor includes a first gate coupled to receive a first scan signal and a second gate coupled to receive a second scan signal received before the first scan signal. A storage capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the driving transistor and the first transistor passes a data signal to a second terminal of the driving transistor based on the first and second scan signals. A compensation transistor and an initialization transistor are also included. The compensation transistor includes first and second gates to receive the first scan signal to establish a signal path between the first terminal and a third terminal of the driving transistor. The initialization transistor establishes a signal path between an initialization voltage and the storage capacitor between its two gates.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mu Kyung Jeon
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Patent number: 9721499Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel disposed in a matrix and first to third driving voltage lines configured to transmit a driving voltage to the first to third pixel, respectively. A width of one driving voltage line among the first to third driving voltage lines is different from the width of the other driving voltage lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Do-Hyun Kwon, Il-Jeong Lee, Choong-Youl Im, Ju-Won Yoon, Moo-Soon Ko, Min-Woo Woo
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Patent number: 9721500Abstract: A display device comprises: a pixel array substrate comprising first pads; a touch screen substrate comprising second pads; an adhesive film that attaches the pixel array substrate and the touch screen substrate; and a conductive sealant that electrically connects the first pads and the second pads between the pixel array substrate and the touch screen substrate. The adhesive film comprises: an opening with the conductive sealant applied thereto; and an extension portion that surrounds the opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seunghyun Kim, Howon Choi, Jinyeol Kim
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Patent number: 9721501Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged at a display area in column and row directions, the plurality of pixels being configured to receive power voltages; a voltage line associated with a pixel column, the voltage line being configured to apply a power voltage to the plurality of pixels included in the pixel column, the power voltage being supplied from a power line; and an auxiliary line coupled to a center node of the voltage line, the center node being located at a middle point of the voltage line, wherein the power voltage supplied from the power line is configured to be applied to the voltage line through the center node.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Jin Cho, Deok-Young Choi, Young-In Hwang
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Patent number: 9721502Abstract: A display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels having transistors characterized by threshold voltages subject to transistor variations. Compensation circuitry may be used to measure at transistor threshold voltage for a pixel. The threshold voltage may be sampled by controlling the pixel to sample the threshold voltage onto a capacitor at the pixel. The compensation circuitry may include sense circuitry that may be operated in combination with the pixel to transfer charge from the capacitor to the sense circuitry such that the threshold voltage is produced at an output of the sense circuitry. The compensation circuitry may generate compensation data based on the measured threshold voltage. During display operations, data circuitry may receive digital image data and process the digital image data along with the compensation data to generate analog data signals for the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yafei Bi, Wei H. Yao
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Patent number: 9721503Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on a substrate, each including a luminescent element and a drive transistor configured to supply current to the luminescent element for light emission, and a panel characteristics correction unit configured to correct for display a video signal supplied from outside, to be supplied to a respective one of the pixels, and the panel characteristics correction unit includes an EL characteristics correction unit configured to correct the video signal with inverse luminescent characteristics of the luminescent element, and a TFT characteristics correction unit configured to correct the video signal with inverse drive characteristics of the drive transistor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hirofumi Kato, Takayuki Nakanishi, Tatsuya Yata
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Patent number: 9721504Abstract: Discussed are a current sensing circuit capable of compensating for degradation of an organic light emitting diode by sensing a current of the organic light emitting diode, and an organic light emitting diode display having the same. The current sensing circuit according to an embodiment includes a plurality of sensing modules configured to sense a pixel current from a display panel having an organic light emitting diode on each of a plurality of pixels, and to output a sensing voltage according to a sensing result; and an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the sensing voltage into an analog-to-digital voltage, and to output sensing data.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: SangYun Kim, JunHyeok Yang
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Patent number: 9721505Abstract: A system for driving a display that includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array, each of the pixel circuits including a light emitting device and a driving transistor for conveying a driving current through the light emitting device. Methods of measuring characteristics of circuit elements of pixels sharing a monitor line include the control of biasing to selectively turn off circuit elements or render their response known while measuring other circuit elements of interest.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: Gholamreza Chaji, Yaser Azizi
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Patent number: 9721506Abstract: An electro-optical device includes one or more control lines that include a scanning line, a data line and a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit has a drive transistor, a write-in transistor with a gate which is electrically connected to the scanning line, a light-emitting element that emits light at a brightness that depends on the size of a current that is supplied through the drive transistor, and a control line which overlaps the gate of the drive transistor when viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to a surface of a substrate on which the pixel circuit is formed is included in the one or more control lines.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Toya, Takehiko Kubota
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AMOLED pixel driving circuit and pixel driving method with compensation of threshold voltage changes
Patent number: 9721507Abstract: The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit utilizes a 5T2C structure, comprising a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth thin film transistors (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5), a first, a second capacitors (C1, C2) and an organic light emitting diode (OLED), and the first thin film transistor (T1) is a drive thin film transistor; and a first, a second and a third global signal (G1, G2, G3) are involved, and the three and the scan signal (Scan) are combined with one another and correspond to an initialization stage (1), a data signal writing stage (2), a threshold voltage compensation stage (3) and a drive stage (4) one after another. The data writing signal stage (2) and the threshold voltage compensation stage (3) are separately implemented.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Baixiang Han -
Patent number: 9721508Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method of a pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting display device are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuo Sun, Wang Li, Dong Qian
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Patent number: 9721509Abstract: An active matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes an array of pixels, each pixel including an OLED, a driving transistor (DT) coupled to drive current through the OLED, a storage capacitor, and a scanning transistor (ST) coupled to control charge on the storage capacitor corresponding to a data voltage for said pixel. The display device also includes a timing controller configured to control the ST of each pixel to update the charge stored on the storage capacitor of each pixel at a frame rate including at least one frequency within a range of 1-10 Hertz (Hz).Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junghyeon Kim, Hyungjin Bang
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Patent number: 9721510Abstract: A gate driving unit includes an input circuit, a pull-up circuit, a reset circuit, and an output circuit. The pull-up driving signals received by the input circuit include the gate driving signals for pixel units of row n?2 and row n+4. The reset driving signals received by the reset circuit include the gate driving signals for pixel units of row n+2 and row n+8. The gate driving signals output from the output circuit include the gate driving signals for pixel units of row n and row n+6. Where, n is a positive integer and n?[3,?). The gate driving unit can output gate driving signals of two rows of pixel units and thus has a high service efficiency. An area occupied by a gate driving circuit made of the gate driving units is reduced, and a driving efficiency of the gate driving circuit is increased.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiangyang Xu
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Patent number: 9721511Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of division areas; a data driver configured to apply a data signal corresponding to image data to the display unit, and to control a slew rate of the data signal, based on a bias voltage; and a bias controller configured to control the data driver so that the slew rate of the data signal is changed for each division area, based on a luminance variation of the image data corresponding to each of the division areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-Woong Jeong, Cheol-Woo Park, Eun-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 9721512Abstract: The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: Jaimal Soni, Ricky Yik Hei Ngan, Gholamreza Chaji, Nino Zahirovic, Joseph Marcel Dionne
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Patent number: 9721513Abstract: The invention provides a NAND gate latched driving circuit and a NAND gate latched shift register. The NAND gate latched driving circuit includes multiple cascade connected shift register circuits, each of the shift register circuits including a clock control transmission circuit and a NAND gate latch circuit. The clock control transmission circuit is triggered by a first clock pulse of a clock signal to transmit a driving pulse of a former stage to the NAND gate latch circuit, the driving pulse then is latched by the NAND gate latch circuit. The NAND gate latch circuit further is triggered by a subsequent second clock pulse of a first clock signal to output the latched driving pulse. By the above solution, the NAND gate latched driving circuit of the invention is suitable for CMOS process and can achieve low power consumption and wide noise tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Sikun Hao
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Patent number: 9721514Abstract: A method for driving a reflective LCD panel is provided. The driving method includes following steps: the reflective LCD panel is driven by a driving signal with alternate positive and negative polarities, wherein the driving signal has positive polarity for a first driving duration and the driving signal has negative polarity for a second driving duration; a color beam is provided to irradiate the reflective LCD panel during a partial time period of the first driving duration; and the color beam is provided to irradiate the reflective LCD panel during a partial time period of the second driving duration.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Chien-Liang Wu, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
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Patent number: 9721515Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a grayscale voltage compensating method thereof are provided. The compensating method includes: obtaining an actual voltage distribution of a common voltage on a common electrode; and compensating positive polarity grayscale voltages as well as negative polarity grayscale voltages of respective pixel electrodes according to the actual voltage distribution to make that: for a same grayscale value, a difference value between the compensated positive polarity grayscale voltage of each pixel electrode and the common voltage on an opposing position of the pixel electrode on the common electrode is equal to a difference value between the compensated negative polarity grayscale voltage of the pixel electrode and the common voltage on the opposing position. By the above method, the invention can eliminate the flicker phenomenon when the liquid crystal display panel is displaying and therefore the display effect is improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Shen-sian Syu
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Patent number: 9721516Abstract: A method of driving a display panel and display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises providing input image data, generating a gamma reference voltage, generating a data voltage based on the gamma reference voltage and input image data, providing the data voltage to the display panel, and determining whether the input image data represents a still image or a video image. The method further comprises substantially periodically and alternately generating first and second common voltages when the input image data represents the still image, and providing the first and second common voltages to the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Mi Kim, Kyoung-Won Lee, Su-Hyeong Park, Cheol-Woo Park, Ho-Yong Jung
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Patent number: 9721517Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction, a plurality of data lines intersecting with the gate lines, the data lines extending in a column direction, a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines, and a data driving unit configured to output a plurality of data voltages to the pixels, wherein the data driving unit outputs the data voltages based on a first column inversion scheme and a second column inversion scheme to respective data lines along the column direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyunkyu Namkung, Seokyun Son, Jai-Hyun Koh, Heendol Kim, Kuk-Hwan Ahn
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Patent number: 9721519Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first interconnects, second interconnects, an electrode layer, pixel electrodes, a display layer and a controller. The first interconnects extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction. The second interconnects extend in the second direction and are arranged in the first direction. The electrode layer is aligned with a plane including the first and the second direction, and has openings. The second interconnects include a first signal line of a first color and a second signal line of the first color most proximal to the first signal line. The controller performs a first operation of supplying signals of a first polarity to the first and the second signal lines. The controller performs a second operation of supplying signals of a second polarity to the first and the second signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Toshiaki Fukushima, Hayato Kurasawa, Hiroshi Mizuhashi
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Patent number: 9721520Abstract: The application disclosure a GOA circuit and a liquid crystal display. The GOA circuit including a plurality of GOA unit connected in series, wherein a Nth level GOA unit including a fifth transistor, a eighth transistor and a leakage control module. wherein the leakage control module is connected in series between the Nth level gate terminal signal and the drain terminal of the eighth transistor and/or between the Nth level pull-down signal and the drain terminal of the fifth transistor; in the valid period of the Nth level scanning signal can block the Nth level gate terminal signal through the leakage pathway of the eighth transistor and/or to block the Nth level pull-down signal through the leakage pathway of the fifth transistor to achieve the stability of the GOA circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Shangcao Cao
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Patent number: 9721521Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a gate driving method, a driving apparatus of a display panel and a display apparatus. The driving apparatus may be in two driving modes, i.e., a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, due to a reduced number of gate lines to be driven when various frames of images are displayed, the power consumption can be reduced. In addition, due to the effect of persistence of vision of human eyes, better quality of display images can be ensured while reducing power consumption. In the second mode, as respective lines of gate lines are driven progressively when various frames of images are displayed, the display panel is enabled to have better quality of display images. By switching the driving apparatus between the first mode and second mode, a number of gate lines to be driven can be reduced so as to reduce power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xue Jiang, Xinghua Li, Wei He
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Patent number: 9721522Abstract: An array substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units (11) defined by gate lines (110) and data lines (111) intersecting each other and a charge sharing unit (12). The charge sharing unit (12) is connected with at least two of the data lines (111). During a time period when a gate line (110) is not input with any scan signal for turning on pixel units (11), the charge sharing unit (12) electrically connects at least two data lines (111), to which it is connected, with each other. With this array substrate, the circuits for realizing charge sharing function is disposed in the driving unit for driving the display to display, thereby reducing costs of the driving unit and facilitating panellization of the driving unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dan Zheng, Jingxian Jin, Haibo Zhu
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Patent number: 9721523Abstract: A driving device of a display apparatus includes: a gate driver, a gate on voltage modulator, and a signal controller. The gate driver includes a plurality of gate driving circuits, each of the gate driving circuits being configured to: generate a gate signal according to a gate control signal, and apply the gate signal to at least one gate line. The gate on voltage modulator is configured to: modulate a gate on voltage according to a modulation control signal, and generate a first modulated gate on voltage. The signal controller is configured to generate the modulation control signal and the gate control signal. At least one of the plurality of gate driving circuits includes an amplifier configured to: receive the first modulated gate on voltage, and output a second modulated gate on voltage including substantially the same waveform as the first modulated gate on voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ok-Kwon Shin, Won Tae Kim, Sun Kyu Son
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Patent number: 9721524Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a power line and a power supply circuitry. The power supply circuitry includes: a first power supply circuit operating on a first power supply voltage and having an output connected with the power line; and a second power supply circuit operating on a second power supply voltage higher than the first power supply voltage and having an output connected with the power line. The first power supply circuit is configured to drive the power line to a first preset, voltage. The second power supply circuit is configured to drive the power line to a second preset voltage lower than the first preset voltage. The second power supply circuit is configured not to decrease a third power supply voltage generated on the power line when the third power supply voltage is higher than the second preset voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Synaptics Japan GKInventor: Teru Yoneyama
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Patent number: 9721525Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a data driver including a voltage generator configured to convert an image data applied thereto to a data voltage and a buffer configured to apply the data voltage to the display panel, a timing controller including a mode controller configured to generate a mode selection signal on the basis of an image frame rate of the image data. The data driver is configured to be operated in a power cut-off mode or a stand-by mode in response to the mode selection signal. The driving voltage switch is configured to cut off the analog driving voltage applied to at least one of the buffer and the voltage generator during the power cut-off mode and the bias controller is configured to reduce a bias current in the stand-by mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Suhyeong Park, KyoungWon Lee, Hoyong Jung, Sangmi Kim, Jimyoung Seo, Hyundae Lee, Heesoon Jeong, Cheolwoo Park, Bonghyun You
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Patent number: 9721526Abstract: A level shift circuit includes first and second NMOS transistors that are coupled between a first supply terminal, and first and second output nodes, respectively, and have respective control terminals receiving input signals of a low amplitude, third and fourth PMOS transistors which are coupled between a second supply terminal, and the first and second output nodes outputting signals of high amplitude, respectively, a fifth PMOS transistor which is coupled between a gate of the third PMOS transistor and the second output node, and has a gate coupled to the first output node, a sixth PMOS transistor which is coupled between a gate of the fourth PMOS transistor and the first output node, and has a gate coupled to the second output node, and first and second load elements which are coupled between the second supply terminal and the gates of the third and fourth PMOS transistors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Tsuchi
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Patent number: 9721527Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose an electrochromic display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device; the electrochromic display panel comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged with box alignment; the first substrate being divided into a plurality of pixel units; a plurality of electrochromic strips made of a black electrochromic material are arranged in each pixel unit of the first substrate; a electrochromic layer made of the black electrochromic material is arranged on the second substrate; the black electrochromic material presents a transparent state when it is powered off, and presents a black state when it is powered on. The electrochromic display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention realizes both color display and black display with one electrochromic material; compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the present invention has advantages of low cost, stable luminous efficiency and simple driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Juan Chen
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Patent number: 9721528Abstract: In an example, a programmable integrated circuit (IC) includes programmable logic and a display controller. The display controller includes a first interface coupled to receive coded data, a renderer to generate display-agnostic data from the coded data, a transmitter to generate display data from the display-agnostic data in accordance with a first protocol, a second interface coupled to provide the display data as output, and a third interface coupled to provide the display-agnostic data to the programmable logic.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventor: Ygal Arbel
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Patent number: 9721529Abstract: A mobile computing device is disclosed for displaying backlight and diffuse reflecting information. The mobile computing device is configured to include a processor, a first LCD display unit connected to the processor, and a second diffuse reflecting display unit connected to the processor. The mobile computing device is further provided with a display panel interface, such as a mouse or a gravity detecting device like an accelerometer, configured to detect a property for activating a display type. The processor is configured to send information to be displayed to the first display unit or the second display unit or both depending on the display type property detected.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Internmec IP Corp.Inventors: Sprague Ackley, Paul Maltseff
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Patent number: 9721530Abstract: A method of displaying an image on a display panel which comprises a plurality of pixels arranged as a matrix type includes measuring a tristimulus value of X, Y and Z values of a displayed image to generate a target curve, generating a corrected grayscale data of a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel using X, Y and Z values of the target curve and converting the corrected grayscale data to a data voltage to provide a data line of the display panel with the data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Suk Han, Hoi-Sik Moon, Kang-Hyun Kim, Jong-Hee Na, Jun-Il Park, Woo-Jin Jung, Jae-Seob Chung
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Patent number: 9721531Abstract: The disclosure provides a pixel arrangement structure, a display device and a display method. The pixel arrangement structure comprises at least one pixel unit arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction, each pixel unit comprising first pixels and second pixels arranged alternately along the horizontal direction; each first pixel comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in a first row along the horizontal direction and a third sub-pixel in a second row along the horizontal direction; each second pixel comprising a third sub-pixel in the first row along the horizontal direction and a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in the second row along the horizontal direction, sub-pixels located in the first row inclining towards a first direction, sub-pixels located in the second row inclining towards a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are horizontally opposite.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Renwei Guo, Xue Dong
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Patent number: 9721532Abstract: A color chart detection apparatus that detects a color chart from an image representing the color chart having a plurality of palettes arranged in a predefined order is provided. The color chart detection apparatus: extracts any pixel having a color component corresponding to each designated one of a predetermined number of palettes; selects at least three palettes to form a first group and, when a combination of pixels selected on a palette-by-palette basis from among the pixels extracted for the respective palettes included in the first group is arranged in the predefined order, detects each of the pixels included in the combination as being a candidate pixel; and based on the candidate pixel, computes color information representing color of the palette corresponding to the candidate pixel on the image and position information representing position of the corresponding palette on the image.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Akihiro Minagawa, Yutaka Katsuyama, Hiroaki Takebe, Yoshinobu Hotta
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Patent number: 9721533Abstract: An image compensating device includes a transmission ratio calculator configured to output a red transmission ratio of a user's crystalline lens, a green transmission ratio of the crystalline lens, and a blue transmission ratio of the crystalline lens based on the user's age, and a compensator configured to receive red input data, green input data, and blue input data and compensate the red input data, the green input data, and the blue input data based on the red transmission ratio, the green transmission ratio, and the blue transmission ratio.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun-Min Cho, Jae-Byung Park, Jae-Woong Kang, Jong-Hyuk Kang, Hyun-Deok Im, Sung-Jin Hong
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Patent number: 9721534Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for controlling a backlight module thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes the backlight module, an input unit and a processing unit. A light-emitting device of the backlight module includes a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit. A photoelectric conversion efficiency of the first light-emitting unit is higher than that of the second light-emitting unit, and a covering color gamut of the second light-emitting unit is larger than that of the first light-emitting unit. The input unit generates an input signal. The processing unit is coupled to the input unit and configured to receive the input signal generated by the input unit, and the processing unit is coupled to the backlight module, and dynamically adjusts respective light intensity ratios of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit according to the received input signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Ku Liu, Jhong-Hao Wu
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Patent number: 9721535Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer program product for managing power consumption of a display. An illumination area of the display may be adjusted to limit or increase a number of activated light emitting devices, and thus, adjust power consumption of the display. A device may receive an input to adjust the first illumination area to the second illumination area. In response, a device may, for example, disable a portion of the first illumination area not included in the second illumination area. In another example, a device may enable a portion of the second illumination area not included in the first illumination area. An amount of operation time and/or energy storage may be calculated, based at least in part on a resize of an illumination area of the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jing Chen, Fang Lu, Juan Rao, Xue Ting Ying
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Patent number: 9721536Abstract: A display apparatus with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a display area including a plurality of pixels; a touch detection electrode including a plurality of small electrode portions; a plurality of wiring portions electrically coupling the small electrode portions to a terminal portion formed; and a plurality of drive electrodes forming capacitance between the drive electrodes and the touch detection electrode. The small electrode portions each include one conductive thin wire in which one first thin wire segment and one second thin wire segment are coupled in a first direction, the first thin wire segment makes a first angle with respect to the first direction, the second thin wire segment makes a second angle with respect to the first direction, and the wiring portions each include the one first thin wire segment and the one second thin wire segment that are coupled in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa, Koji Ishizaki
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Patent number: 9721537Abstract: A motor vehicle display device is provided with information on vehicle operating states which can be displayed in an analog and/or digital manner by display elements, wherein in the direction of viewing of the motor vehicle display device, the display elements are disposed at least in two superimposed planes or plane regions. At least one first plane or one first plane region is provided, in which at least one active display element is disposed, and at least one further plane or one further plane region is provided, which is positioned before the first plane or the first plane region in a viewing direction, wherein only passive display elements are disposed therein, with at least one passive display element being disposed there. In this way the motor vehicle display device is given an appearance with a special 3D effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Sandra Sturmat, Roman Gabbert, Christoph Krawczyk, Janine Bretz
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Patent number: 9721538Abstract: An information display system capable of reducing a trouble about display caused by display of content information corresponding to numerous markers and reducing process loads and a control method of the information display system are provided. In this system, a movement speed and a movement direction of a client apparatus operated by a user are detected, and a size and a position of a marker recognition area for recognizing a marker in an imaged image are determined according to the detected movement speed and the detected movement direction. Then, the content information corresponding to the marker recognized in the marker recognition area is superposed on the imaged image and output to a display screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshihiro Naganawa
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Patent number: 9721539Abstract: Upon receiving a communication switching instruction from a first wireless access point used for communication with an image processing apparatus, an image display apparatus disconnects communication with the first wireless access point. Simultaneously, the image display apparatus transmits, to a second wireless access point, a link request to establish communication with the second wireless access point of a new communication destination included in the switching instruction. The image display apparatus displays, on a display unit, a captured image continuously acquired from am image capturing unit until switching from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point finishes as communication destination switching.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takuya Tsujimoto
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Patent number: 9721540Abstract: A display device having a scope of accreditation in cooperation with a depth of a virtual object and a controlling method thereof are disclosed in this specification. The display device according to this specification outputs a three-dimensional (3D) image including virtual objects. And a scope of accreditation accrediting (or recognizing) that a virtual object has been selected is configured in the virtual object. At this point, an area of a scope of accreditation may be configured to be in cooperation with a depth of a virtual object along an increasing or decreasing direction of the depth of the virtual object, wherein the depth of the virtual object indicates a distance level between the virtual object and a user's perspective within the 3D image.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jihwan Kim, Doyoung Lee