Patents Issued in March 20, 2018
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Patent number: 9922566Abstract: A road type module, based on a present location of the vehicle, determines whether the vehicle is traveling on a single lane road. The single lane road includes passing zones and no passing zones. The single lane road has only a first lane designated for travel in one direction and a second lane designated for travel in an opposite direction. A passing zone module, when the vehicle is traveling on the single lane road, determines whether the vehicle is located in one of the passing zones or in one of the no passing zones. A display module selectively displays at least one of: a driving distance to a next one of the passing zones on the single lane road in a direction of travel of the vehicle; and an estimated driving period to the next one of the passing zones.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Fabricio Pereira
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Patent number: 9922567Abstract: A system and method is described in which vehicles are configured to collect driver and vehicle event data, selectively compress and encode the collected driver and vehicle event data, and communicate the compressed and encoded data wirelessly to one or more telematics service providers. Servers poll this driver event data periodically, process it, and present multiple methods to end users by which they are able to view and analyze it. The present system permits fleet managers to use this driver event data, received through a report or notification, or pulled directly from a web-based portal, to monitor, correct or reward driver behavior, and to implement driver education and training programs.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLCInventors: Hans M. Molin, Ken D. Au
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Patent number: 9922568Abstract: A flight management unit includes two guidance subsystems each including a flight management system, each of the flight management systems being configured at least to extract a flight plan from at least one navigation database, to construct a flight trajectory, and to compute guidance commands for the aircraft. The flight management unit also includes at least one monitoring unit configured to compute a guidance command from a validated flight trajectory and a consolidated flight plan and to monitor the guidance command, as well as guidance commands computed by the two flight management systems so as to be able to detect and to identify a defective flight management system.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Airbus Operations S.A.S.Inventors: Sylvain Raynaud, Jean-Claude Mere, Simon Sellem
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Patent number: 9922569Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a communication channel and displaying information. A signal is received via the communication channel and signal information is extracted from the signal. The signal information is monitored for a predetermined indicator. Selected information is extracted from the signal information when the predetermined indicator is detected in the signal information and then displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jan Bilek, Ivan Lacko, Jiri Vasek
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Patent number: 9922570Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting aircraft navigation performance are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include determining that one or more navigational aid measurements are not available to the aircraft. The method can include estimating a future actual navigation performance of the aircraft for a future point in the flight plan. The method can include determining a future required navigation performance associated with the future point in the flight plan. The method can include comparing the future actual navigation performance to the future required navigation performance to determine if the future actual navigation performance satisfies the future required navigation performance. The method can include providing, to an onboard system of the aircraft, information indicative of whether the future actual navigation performance satisfies the future required navigation performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: GE Aviation Systems, LLCInventor: Gregory Alan Stark
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Patent number: 9922571Abstract: A small aircraft includes a computer system configured to determine its own location, establish a datalink with a ground station and send the location information to the ground station in an ADS-B compliant format. The ground station then transmits the ADS-B compliant small aircraft information as a virtual ADS-B signal from the small aircraft to air traffic controllers and local ADS-B capable aircraft. Likewise, a ground station incorporates a virtual ADS-B In function to receive ADS-B information in a non-ADS-B datalink channel. The ground station performs ADS-B In applications without the burden of the small aircraft carrying the actual ADS-B equipment.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: William T. Greenleaf, Daniel J. Clark, Phillip L. Ellery
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Patent number: 9922572Abstract: An estimation unit including an element for computing an actual distance, representing the distance covered by the aircraft over at least one speed interval delimited between two speeds of the aircraft, the interval corresponding to rollout on a segment of the runway, for which the braking performance of the aircraft is limited by the friction of the runway, an element for computing a plurality of so-called reference distances corresponding to various runway states, an element for comparing the actual distance with the reference distances, and an element for selecting, on the basis of these comparisons, one of the reference distances, the runway state which corresponds to the reference distance thus selected representing the runway state determined by the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)Inventors: Nicolas Daveau, Laurent Berdoulat, Houssam Soueid
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Patent number: 9922573Abstract: The multi-compartment bag for teaching art includes a first section and a second section selectively coupled to the first section. A plurality of elongate holders attached in a compact circular pattern to form the first section. The second section includes a plurality of caps arranged in a circular pattern to cap the first section. The holders store various art supplies. The caps each have a first subsection and a second subsection divided by an inner wall. The first subsection covers the corresponding holders, and the second subsection stores a deck of educational cards. An endcap covers the second subsection to close and retain the cards. The cards serve as a visual aid relating to the subject matter being taught by a user. A handle on the first section enables portability.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventor: Hessah Saud Al Sulatieen
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Patent number: 9922574Abstract: A room or area designed to facilitate a plurality of users moving while they learn, work, or participate in a simulation. sensor relays aid this process by sending and receiving user information to a central hub, a movement device, one another or any combination of the three, in order to safely benefit the users coordination, exercise, or concentration while multitasking, according to their own user defined set points, a set of default set points, or set points determined by an external observer. This room or area may be further enhanced in applications where a treadmill or moving walkway is present.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Forward Entertainment & Technology, LLCInventors: James Clarke, Chiedo Ohanyerenwa
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Patent number: 9922575Abstract: A vicarious coaching method included generating a plurality of play selection user interfaces associated with a first team playing football against a second team, The play selection user interfaces include a first play selection user interface corresponding to a first play parameter and indicating a plurality of first play parameter options. The first play selection user interface is generated based on historical data indicative of previous plays executed by the first team. Responsive to receiving user inputs to the plurality of play selection user interfaces, a play called by the user is identified. Responsive to obtaining play identification information indicative of a play executed by the first team and a result of the play executed, the play called by the user is then scored based on the play executed by the first team and the result of the play executed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventor: Charles Edward Coiner
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Patent number: 9922576Abstract: Prior to dispensing of the one or more selected ingestible products for ingestion by the particular individual living being of the selected ingestible products, the at least partial preparation of the one or more selected ingestible products occurring within a first vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus; and electronically directing control at least in part of acquisition of ingestion intelligence including information related to ingestion by the particular individual living being of at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products, the ingestion by the particular individual living being within a second vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Paul Holman, Royce A. Levien, Mark A. Malamud, Neal Stephenson, Christopher Charles Young
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Patent number: 9922577Abstract: A medicament delivery training device configured to provide stepwise instructions for using the device to a user in a sequence of steps is provided in an embodiment herein. The medicament delivery training device includes a housing, a sensor, a microprocessor, a storage medium component associated with the microprocessor comprising a database of instructions pertaining to the sequence of steps for using the device stored thereon, one or more program code modules stored on the microprocessor or the storage medium component wherein the one or more program code modules comprise a first program code module for causing the microprocessor to provide a first instruction, and a second program code module for causing the microprocessor to provide a subsequent instruction based on a current register.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: JBCB HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Jeff Baker, Paul van der Pol
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Patent number: 9922578Abstract: An injection apparatus and training system for prophylactic, curative, therapeutic, acupuncture, or cosmetic injection training and certification. In an embodiment, an injection training system is described that includes a testing tool having a needle and a position sensor, where the position sensor is configured to obtain position information of the testing tool. The system also includes an injection apparatus configured to receive a simulated injection by the testing tool. The system includes a display device configured to receive the position information and to display position data reflective of the position information.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: TRUINJECT CORP.Inventors: Clark B. Foster, Gabrielle A. Rios, Bruce A. Christie, Khoi Turner
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Patent number: 9922579Abstract: An anatomical model for surgical training is provided. The model includes a first layer simulating a liver and a second layer including a simulated gallbladder. A third layer having an inner surface and an outer surface is provided between the first and second layer. The outer surface of the third layer is adhered to the first layer at location around the simulated gallbladder and the simulated gallbladder is adhered to the inner surface of the third layer. A fourth layer is provided that overlays both the second layer and the simulated gallbladder. A frame is embedded within the first layer and is connectable to a support. The model provides a substantially upright projection of a simulated gallbladder and liver in a retracted orientation ideally suited for practicing laparoscopic cholecystectomy when inserted inside a simulated insufflated cavity of laparoscopic trainer.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Applied Medical Resources CorporationInventors: Katie Black, Tracy Breslin, Nikolai Poulsen, Charles C. Hart
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Patent number: 9922580Abstract: An apparatus providing for virtual use of one or more virtualized smart home devices. The apparatus includes a simulation app download element and a web host. The simulation app download element is disposed in a cloud-based file server, and is configured to download a simulation app to a smart phone that is collocated with a computer, upon which the one or more virtualized smart home devices are simulated. The web host is disposed in the cloud-based file server, and is configured to provide content to the computer to simulate the one or more virtualized smart home devices and, responsive to control commands transmitted via the simulation app, is configured to transmit corresponding control commands to the computer that change simulated states of the one or more virtualized smart home devices such that a user experiences control of the one or more virtualized smart home devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Jeffrey P. Mathews, Andrew J. Zimmer
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Patent number: 9922581Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous element arrangement (A), in particular a luminous element field, comprising a plurality of luminous elements, at least one communication interface (5), in particular a bus and/or radio interface, and a converter unit (2), said converter unit (2) activating and/or deactivating the plurality of luminous elements of the luminous element arrangement (A) in response to a signal received via the communication interface (5) such that in top view onto the luminous element arrangement (A) a machine-readable code, in particular a one-dimensional or two-dimensional, machine-readable code is represented.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KGInventor: Jens Herter
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Patent number: 9922582Abstract: Apparatus for removably supporting an article such as a bottle, box, or hook on a vertical wall is provided by two parts. A first part is adhered to the wall. A second part is adhered to, or is a part of, the article. Each of the parts has a portion of a holding mechanism that cooperate to hold the article to the first part when the second part on the article slidingly engages the portion on the first part from above. The holding mechanism releases the article when it is lifted from the first part, and when it is pulled away from the first part.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventor: Robert Edward Rock
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Patent number: 9922583Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle window projection system that includes projection devices, mounting devices, image processing unit, and a projection film. The projection device is used to project an image onto the projection file thereby displaying an image on a window with the projection film attached thereto. The projection device can include a projector housing rotatably mounted to a mounting bracket that is mounted to a panel in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventor: Tyler Moe
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Patent number: 9922584Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional smart messenger envelope comprising: a main body having contents accommodated therein, and a cover integrally formed with the main body to cover the opening of the main body, wherein the main body and the cover have an overlap portion therebetween when being sealed with each other, the main body includes an advertisement means on the overlap portion, and the advertisement means has a cutoff line formed therearound and includes an advertisement display part that has both side surfaces formed to be cut away or torn off and therefore folded toward the interior of the main body. While the advertisement display part is folded toward the interior of the main body and the cover is sealed, when the cover is open, the advertisement means is located on the inner surface of the cover, and the folded advertisement display part protrudes toward the front of a receiver by repulsive force.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventor: Mun Bae Chae
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Patent number: 9922585Abstract: A display device includes a display panel with signal wire pads connected to data lines; an integrated circuit (IC) that feeds a data voltage to the data lines; a multiplexer disposed on a substrate of the display panel, between the data lines and the integrated circuit; a flexible circuit board bonded onto the substrate of the display panel and connected to the signal wire pads; and a test circuit on the substrate of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kakyung Kim, Euihyun Chung, Yeseul Han
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Patent number: 9922586Abstract: A loading effect control device includes a detecting line, a detector, a load controller, and a gamma reference voltage generator. The detecting line is coupled to a first power supply line in a display panel, and the first power supply line provides a first power voltage. The detector measures the first power voltage in the display panel through the detecting line, detects an amount of load of the display panel, and outputs a first voltage corresponding to the detected amount of the load. The load controller determines a control amount of the load based on the detected load amount and a loading effect setting. The gamma reference voltage generator controls a gamma reference voltage based on the control amount of the load.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Kook Park, Yong-Kyu Jang
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Patent number: 9922587Abstract: This disclosure provides a pixel structure and a driving method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The pixel structure comprises: a plurality of repeating groups; each repeating group comprising three sub-pixels of different colors arranged in row direction; positions of repeating groups of adjacent rows being staggered for one and a half sub-pixels in column direction. In the above pixel structure, three sub-pixels constitute two pixels, which can, under a relatively low physical resolution, realize a relatively high resolution through sharing sub-pixels by a plurality of pixel units.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng Liu, Chungchun Chen, Renwei Guo, Xue Dong
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Patent number: 9922588Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention comprises: a transparent-display-area extraction circuit (15) for extracting an area to be used as a transparent display area from an input image signal (Sin); a subfield generation circuit (21) which divides the input image signal (Sin) into a plurality of subfields to generate a subfield image signal (Ssf) and reads, from a resister (22), transparency setting data (Dts) for forcibly changing the transparent display area to a state of transparent display in all the subfields; and a display panel drive unit (23,30) which displays an image on a crystal liquid panel (60) for each subfield on the basis of the subfield image signal (Ssf) and changes the transparent display area into a state of transparent display on the liquid crystal panel (60) on the basis of the transparency setting data (Dts).Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Noriaki Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 9922589Abstract: There provide an emission electrode scanning circuit, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The emission electrode scanning circuit includes a plurality of sub scanning circuits connected in cascades, each of which includes a shift register unit, a scanning signal generation unit and a driving output unit. Each sub scanning circuit provides a driving signal to the emission electrode respectively, thereby avoiding bringing in a plurality of driving signal lines from outside of the array substrate. And the plurality of sub scanning circuits shares the emission electrode driving signal line and needs an input of only one start signal to drive the emission electrode scanning circuit to send the emission electrode driving signal progressively.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wen Tan, Xiaojing Qi
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Patent number: 9922590Abstract: A driving apparatus and a method for driving a display panel thereof are provided. The driving apparatus includes an output buffer, a switch, an adjusting circuit, a digital-to-analog converter and a code detecting unit. The output buffer provides an output voltage to a load according to a static current determining a speed of the output voltage reaching a target voltage for driving the load. The switch is coupled between the output buffer and the load in series, and is turned on or off according to a control signal. The code detecting unit detects an input code. The adjusting circuit determines whether the input code varies when the control signal is enabled, and disables a high driving ratio signal when the input code does not vary when the control signal is enabled. An enabling period of the high driving ratio signal is different from an enabling period of the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Jia-Hui Wang, Chuan-Chien Hsu, Hung-Yu Huang
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Patent number: 9922591Abstract: A display driving method includes: performing a display scan function and a display stop function during a plurality of frame periods; during one frame period, outputting, alternately and sequentially along a scan direction, N scan signals according to K clock signals when performing the display scan function, wherein each of the scan signals has an enable period of a scan line, the clock signals sequentially have a delay, and each of the clock signals is a periodic signal with K delays as one period; providing a driving control signal and disabling the clock signals when performing the display stop function during a display stop period, wherein an initiation time position of the display stop period is changed based on an offset between two neighboring frame periods, and the neighboring frame periods have no overlapping or interlacing interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chien-Chuan Ko, Chun-Hung Kuo, Meng-Chieh Tsai
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Patent number: 9922592Abstract: In one example, a method for controlling a display with a digital signal includes detecting a binary value from a timing controller, the binary value corresponding to a portion of an image to be displayed. The method can also include determining a previous binary value from the timing controller and calculating a difference between the binary value from the timing controller and the previous binary value from the timing controller. Furthermore, the method can include generating an encoded signal based on the difference and transmitting the encoded signal to a display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kunjal Parikh, Khaled Ahmed, Prakash K. Radhakrishnan, Peter L. Chang, Ravi Ranganathan
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Patent number: 9922593Abstract: The disclosure relates to an emissive display configured to operate in a day mode and a night mode. The emissive display comprises a day pixel configured to operate in the day mode. The emissive display also comprises a night pixel configured to operate in the night mode, wherein the night pixel is not operational in the day mode. The emissive display also comprises a common pixel configured to operate in both the day mode and the night mode. The emissive display also comprises a detector configured to selectively change an operating mode of the display between the day mode and the night mode based on a detected indication.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: L3 Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sanjay Tripathi
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Patent number: 9922594Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device having a demultiplexing structure is disclosed. One inventive aspect includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver, a plurality of demultiplexers and a timing controller. The timing controller includes first, second and third control signal lines. Each demultiplexer includes first, second and third switching elements, and a branch point formed between the control signal lines and the switching elements. The distance between the switching elements and the display panel is less than the distance between the control signal lines and the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sun-Ja Kwon
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Patent number: 9922595Abstract: A pixel structure for use in a high-definition light-emitting display panel having a plurality of sub-pixels, comprising: a glass substrate; a backplane that is disposed on the glass substrate and includes a capacitive element having sufficiently high light transmittance to cause 50 percent or more of light to be transmitted therethrough; a frontplane that is disposed on the backplane and includes a light-emitting element disposed so as to radiate light towards the glass substrate and the backplane; an electrical connecting portion that provides an electrical connection between the frontplane and the backplane, three or fewer of such electrical connecting portions being provided on one of the sub-pixels; and a switching element that is provided on the backplane and controls electricity distribution to the light-emitting element, wherein an aperture ratio from which light is transmitted through the glass substrate is 20 percent or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventors: Tadahiko Hirai, Kazunori Ueno
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Patent number: 9922596Abstract: 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: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventors: Yaser Azizi, Gholamreza Chaji
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Patent number: 9922597Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) display apparatus and corresponding method of control are provided. A display screen includes pixels arranged in a matrix. A pixel circuit of each of the pixels includes, in part: a second switch transistor to supply, to a driving transistor, an image signal; and a third switch transistor for initially resetting the pixel circuit before the second switch transistor supplies the image signal. A gate terminal of the second switch transistor and a gate terminal of the third switch transistor are connected to a second gate driver circuit. The second gate driver circuit includes a first gate driver circuit and a second gate driver circuit. The second gate driver circuit includes a second gate signal line connected to both the gate terminal of the second switch transistor of a Nth row and the gate terminal of the third switch transistor of a (N+1)th row.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Hiroshi Takahara, Hitoshi Tsuge
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Patent number: 9922598Abstract: Embodiments relate to selectively sensing device characteristics of pixels in a sensing period. Input image displayed on a display panel is analyzed to determine the complexity or gray level difference in different portions of the input image. Based on analysis, the portions of the display panel likely to result in significantly difference in device characteristics are selected with smaller intervals but portions of the display panel likely to experience the same or similar device characteristics are selected with larger intervals. The device characteristics of only the selected pixels are sensed in a sensing period while the remaining pixels are estimated based on the sensed device characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongwon Park, Heejung Hong
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Patent number: 9922599Abstract: A device and method for applying a data voltage signal, a display panel, and a display device. The device for applying the data voltage signal includes: a voltage signal detection module configured to detect an image signal inputted to a display assembly; and a threshold compensation signal outputting module configured to process the inputted image signal and apply the processed image signal to a gate electrode of a driving transistor so that the driving transistor is turned on before a threshold compensation for the driving transistor is conducted; where, the processed image signal is obtained by subtracting a preset voltage signal from the inputted image signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yue Li, Tong Zhang, Dong Qian, Yi Du
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Patent number: 9922600Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display device which consumes less electric power by reducing the number of times to output sampling pulses in a pulse output circuit or write video signals to pixels. A display device includes a pixel portion in which a plurality of pixels are provided in a matrix form in accordance with a row direction and a column direction; a signal line driving circuit for inputting to a signal line a video signal for controlling lighting or non-lighting of a pixel; and a scan line driving circuit for selecting a pixel row to which the video signal is to be written. The signal line driving circuit is provided with a shift register and has a means of not transferring a signal in the shift register when a video signal written in the pixel row selected by the scan line driving circuit is identical with a video signal to be written in a pixel in one row after the selected row.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Kimura
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Patent number: 9922601Abstract: The invention provides a backlight unit used in a display device. The backlight unit includes a light source which is driven by a pulse wave having a predetermined duty cycle. The light source emits light including a first color light and a second color light. The frequency of the pulse wave is at least 360 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Hsu Lin, Yi-Fen Chuang, Tai-Chieh Huang, Meng-Chang Tsai, Ming-Feng Hsieh
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Patent number: 9922602Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a liquid crystal display section adapted to display an image based on a video signal; a backlight; and a processing section adapted to correct the video signal and set the luminance of the backlight based on two pieces of information, a peak level of the video signal in a display screen or in each of a plurality of partial display areas into which the display screen is divided, and factor data obtained from a data map made up of a reference position on the display screen and the factor data that are associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Katsu, Tomohiro Nishi, Akihiro Ohta, Mitsuyasu Asano
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Patent number: 9922603Abstract: The invention relates to electrophoretic layers containing at least five different particles, and to driving methods for displaying at least five, and in some embodiments, six different colors at each pixel or sub-pixel.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLCInventor: Craig Lin
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Patent number: 9922604Abstract: Provided is a display panel, a display device and a display method. The display panel can include a plurality of sub pixel columns including sub pixel columns arranged sequentially in a first direction, and the sub pixel columns can be formed by a plurality of sub pixels of the same color arranged sequentially. At least one sub pixel column is in a zigzag line formed by repeat units that repeat in a second direction. Each of the repeat units can include a first segment to a sixth segment that are connected successively. The first, third and fifth segments can be parallel to a diagonal direction of the sub pixel, and the second, fourth and sixth segments can be parallel to the other diagonal direction of the sub pixel. A better display effect can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chunyan He, Zhaodong Zhang, Taichi Chen
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Patent number: 9922605Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, a common voltage measuring unit, and a signal controller. The display unit include a plurality of pixels, each including a liquid crystal capacitor including a terminal coupled to a common electrode to receive a common voltage and a pixel electrode to receive a gray scale voltage. The common voltage measuring unit measures a change in the common voltage resulting from a coupling between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when a test image including a specific pattern is output to the display unit. The signal controller detects a level of a residual DC voltage of a liquid crystal layer between the common electrode and pixel electrode based on a measured value of the common voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Dae-Gwang Jang
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Patent number: 9922606Abstract: The present invention provides a display driving circuit and a display device. The display driving circuit comprises a timing controller and a driving chip, and the timing controller comprises a first generation module and a first timing module. The first generation module is connected with the first timing module and the driving chip respectively, and configured to generate a row starting signal for triggering the first timing module to start timing and the driving chip which is idle to turn on. The first timing module is connected with the driving chip, and configured to trigger the driving chip which is idle in a non-effective pixel display duration to turn off, in case a current timing duration equals to an effective pixel display duration. The display driving circuit can prevent an idle driving chip from staying in the on-state and consuming power, so that current requirements for energy saving against a display device can be satisfied, and the quality of display device can be improved.(FIG.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Xingchen Shangguan
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Patent number: 9922607Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a matrix of liquid crystal cells defined by crossings of the data lines and the gate lines. The LCD device includes a data driving circuit for inverting a polarity of a data voltage in response to a polarity control signal, and supplying the polarity-inverted data voltage to an associated one of the data lines in response to a source output enable signal; a gate driving circuit for sequentially supplying a scan voltage to each of the gate lines in response to a gate output enable signal; and a controller for modulating the polarity control signal such that data voltages having the same polarity are respectively supplied to liquid crystal cells along one gate line in consecutive frame periods and generating the source output enable signal and the gate output enable signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong Sung Song, Woong Ki Min, Su Hyuk Jang
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Patent number: 9922608Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The image frames may be displayed with positive and negative polarities to help reduce charge accumulation effects. A charge accumulation tracker may analyze the image frames to determine when there is a risk of excess charge accumulation. The charge accumulation tracker may analyze information on gray levels, frame duration, and frame polarity. The charge accumulation tracker may compute a charge accumulation metric for entire image frames or may process subregions of each frame separately. When subregions are processed separately, each subregion may be individually monitored for a risk of excess charge accumulation.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chaohao Wang, Brijesh Tripathi, Christopher Philip Alan Tann, David S. Zalatimo, Guy Cote, Hao Nan, Marc Albrecht, Paolo Sacchetto, Sandro H. Pintz
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Patent number: 9922609Abstract: A drive circuit has a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel that operates at a given switching angle and response speed, a sensor that measures temperature, a drive circuit that supplies driving voltage to the ferroelectric liquid crystal panel, a waveform generation circuit that supplies a waveform signal to the drive circuit, and a control circuit that controls the waveform generation circuit; and in a first frame of the driving voltage, outputs during a first interval, a first voltage that is positive and outputs during a second interval that is longer than the first interval, a second voltage that is positive, and in a second frame, outputs during the first interval, the first voltage that is negative and outputs during the second interval that is longer than the first interval, the second voltage that is negative. The control circuit varies the first voltage and the second voltage according to the measured temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruki Amakawa, Shinya Kondoh
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Patent number: 9922610Abstract: A display device including a controller configured to control the source driver and the gate driver based on a control mode for displaying the frame image on the display portion, wherein: in the basic control mode, the controller is configured to display the frame image on the display portion by causing the gate driver to progressively scan all of the N gate signal lines within a predetermined time period, in the low-power control mode, the controller is configured to display a sub-frame image on the display portion by causing the gate driver to scan W gate signal lines within the predetermined time period, and to perform interlaced scanning of the plurality of gate signal lines every K lines, the control mode is configured to shift from the basic control mode to the low-power control mode by way of the first shift control mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Nakanishi, Junichi Maruyama, Toshikazu Koudo
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Patent number: 9922611Abstract: The invention provides a GOA circuit for narrow border LCD panel, by disposing a first node leakage prevention unit (700) comprised of ninth TFT (T9), tenth TFT (T10) and third capacitor (C3), wherein the ninth TFT (T9) has gate and source connected to the output clock signal (CK) to form a diode structure to charge the third capacitor (C3) and fourth node (H(n)) to high voltage; the tenth TFT (T10) clears the fourth node during stage-propagated signal duration to ensure normal charging for the first node (Q(n)). The GOA circuit is applicable to dual-side progressive scanning architecture and also to dual-side interlaced scanning architecture, and able to prevent current leakage in the first node under dual-side interlaced scanning architecture to ensure stable operation of circuit and improve reliability of GOA circuit. Moreover, with only two clock signals on each side, the invention is suitable for narrow border display panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mang Zhao, Yao Yan
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Patent number: 9922612Abstract: Upon each detection of an image switch by a display switch detection portion (27) included in a display control circuit (200), a selection frequency determination portion (23) makes a determination for each row corresponding to a scanning signal line as to whether or not the row includes any pixel with a middle tone. Further, a scanning signal output control portion (26) performs drive control such that any scanning signal line corresponding to a row without such a pixel is selected at intervals of one frame period. This results in reduced power consumption in selecting the scanning signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yousuke Nakagawa, Kazuhiro Maeda
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Patent number: 9922613Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, it is determined whether or not image data inputted from the outside has changed from image data of the previous frame by comparing those image data with respect to each line. As a result, when it is determined that the image data has changed, an entire screen is not rewritten, but image data from a top of a screen as a fixed position to a last line with the image data having changed are read from a frame memory and written into a pixel formation portion. Accordingly, of the screen for one frame, a screen from a top thereof to the last line where the image change has been detected is updated, and on subsequent lines, an image of the previous frame is continuously displayed.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuhiko Suyama, Norio Ohmura, Noriyuki Tanaka, Makoto Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9922614Abstract: A source driver circuit includes a receiver, a plurality of amplifying buffers, and a control logic circuit. The receiver receives a data signal and a control signal through an input terminal. Each of the amplifying buffers outputs a driving signal generated based on the image data signal through an output terminal. The control logic circuit controls the receiver and the plurality of amplifying buffers based on the control signal. When a power-down signal is provided to the receiver, the control logic circuit is to turn off at least one of the receiver and the plurality of amplifying buffers.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chulho Choi
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Patent number: 9922615Abstract: An operational amplifier circuit includes: a first differential amplifier section containing a P-type differential pair of P-type transistors; a second differential amplifier section containing an N-type differential pair of N-type transistors; an intermediate stage connected with outputs of the first and second differential amplifier sections and containing a first current mirror circuit of P-type transistors, and a second current mirror circuit of N-type transistors; and an output stage configured to amplify an output of the intermediate stage in power. The first differential amplifier section includes a first current source and a first capacitance between sources of the P-type transistors of the P-type differential pair and a positive side power supply voltage. The second differential amplifier section includes a second current source and a second capacitance between sources of the N-type transistors of the N-type differential pair and a negative side power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Renesas Electronics CorporationInventor: Kenji Shimomaki