Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
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Patent number: 10417934Abstract: A method includes receiving welding data corresponding to a welding session completed with a welding system, receiving a selected location from an operator, and displaying on a display one or more quality characteristics of the welding session corresponding to the selected location. The welding data includes welding parameters and quality characteristics corresponding to a plurality of points along a path of the welding session. The welding parameters include a work angle of a welding torch, a travel angle of the welding torch, a contact tip to work distance, a travel speed of the welding torch along the path of the welding session, an aim of the welding torch, or any combination thereof. The quality characteristics include porosity, undercut, spatter, underfill, overfill, or any combination thereof. The selected location corresponds to a point of the plurality of points along the path of the welding session.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventor: William Joshua Becker
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Patent number: 10417935Abstract: A system and device for welding training. In one example, a welding training system includes a position detecting system configured to detect a distance between the position detecting system and objects within a field of view of the position detecting system, and to produce a map corresponding to the objects. The welding training system also includes a markers configured to be coupled to a device of the welding training system. Furthermore, the markers are configured to be detected by the position detecting system.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: William J. Becker
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Patent number: 10417936Abstract: Systems and methods facilitating training in clinical procedures via mixed reality simulations are disclosed. Such a system can comprise a physical model and a virtual model of an anatomic region associated with the procedure, wherein the virtual model associates tissue types with locations in the physical model. The system can include a tracking component that tracks locations of at least one clinical instrument relative to the models, and an anatomic feedback component that can produce perceptible changes in the physical model based on the interaction between the instrument and virtual model. A clinical device interface can detect outputs of clinical devices like electrical signals, pressure or flow, wherein feedback to the physical model depends on the tracked position of a clinical device and output from the same or different clinical device. Another component can generate feedback effects to the clinical device. Aspects can simulate anesthesiology procedures like local nerve blockade.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONInventors: Joseph T. Samosky, Robert Weaver
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Training device for medicine injection devices and reset device for resetting such a training device
Patent number: 10417937Abstract: The training device for medicine injection devices comprises a plunger slidably arranged in the cavity of a body. The plunger comprises a compressible element arranged at a distal end of the plunger and adapted to provide a resistance between compressible element and inner wall if the cavity of the body when the plunger is moved in the cavity towards the distal end of the body. The resistance corresponds to an injection resistance of a medicine injected into a patient. The invention also comprises a reset device for resetting the training device from a used status to a condition for reuse.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AGInventors: Maxime Gaillot, Mark Anthony Chipperfield, Mark Teucher, Paul Hayton -
Patent number: 10417938Abstract: The invention relates to a digestion system for analyzing the intestinal fluid. The system comprises a compartment containing the fluid content and a micro filter for filtering particles in the fluid content having a size beyond the micro range. The system further comprises a pertractor arranged downstream to the micro filter for removing digested lipophilic particles.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Triskelion B.V.Inventor: Mans Minekus
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Patent number: 10417939Abstract: An erasable loop scheduler for use with a calendar system is disclosed. The erasable loop scheduler may have a board and a loop system. The board has a first and second side, each having a viewing pane that displays a different portion of the loop system. The loop system includes a grid system that can be configured like a calendar. The calendar system allows recurring appointments to be recorded from a previous calendar and stored adjacent to the erasable loop scheduler. The erasable loop scheduler allows a user to write out a full month of dates and appointments on the first side of the board and another full month of dates and appointments on the second side of the board. Once a row of events has passed, the loop system can be advanced, at which point the row of past events moves to the second side of the board.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: Richard J. Hogan
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Patent number: 10417940Abstract: A plate holder for holding a license plate includes: a holder base having, on a first side, a contact surface, which extends along a contact plane and on which a license plate is rests in a position arranged on the plate holder; and two guide rails, which are arranged on the holder base and extend parallel to each other and between which the license plate can be slid in an insertion direction for arrangement on the contact surface, the license plate being held between the guide rails in the position arranged on the plate holder, wherein the holder base has, on a second side facing away from the contact surface, a placement surface, which extends parallel to the contact plane, is spaced apart from the contact surface in a vertical direction pointing perpendicularly to the contact plane, and can be placed on an object to arrange the plate holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Nicole Probach, Patrick Oster
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Patent number: 10417941Abstract: A wheel mounted display provides one or more presentations at one or more wheels of a vehicle. The presentations may provide advertising, informational, or other material, and are maintained in an upright position even while the vehicle is in motion. The wheel mounted display comprises a display showing one or more presentations may be rotatably attached to a wheel. A ballast is provided to aid in maintaining an upright position for the presentations. A mount allows attachment to a variety of wheels without requiring modification of the wheels.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: Douglas W. Green
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Patent number: 10417942Abstract: A promotional product including an emitter is provided. One or more tobacco-containing articles may be received in the package. The promotional product may include an actuator for facilitating delivery of power from a power source to the emitter to provide a visual, audio, and/or haptic effect to the promotional product. The emitter specifically can be a visual emitter, such as an electroluminescent emitter. A related method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Rajesh Sur, Friedrich Karl Eibensteiner
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Patent number: 10417943Abstract: A point-of-sale advertising system for use with a display case having a front glass sheet positioned in front of a cavity for accepting goods, the system containing a transparent LCD positioned behind the front glass sheet, and a plurality of LEDs positioned adjacent to one pair of opposing edges of the LCD and arranged so that light which is emitted from the LEDs is directed backwards towards the cavity. Further embodiments may also contain a door assembly and frame surrounding the front glass sheet and LCD, a switch positioned to determine when the door assembly is open or closed, and electrical circuitry adapted to turn off the LEDs when the door is open and turn on the LEDs when the door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventor: William Dunn
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Patent number: 10417944Abstract: The luminance information acquiring module acquires luminance information of the background pattern in states having transparent display or not. The data processing module calculates the luminance gradation width of each black and white luminance horizontal cross point and each black and white luminance vertical cross point on the background pattern in states having transparent display or not and then, calculates a ratio of the luminance gradation width of each black and white luminance horizontal cross point and each black and white luminance vertical cross point in states having transparent display or not as clarities of the black and white luminance horizontal cross point and the black and white luminance vertical cross point and finally, calculates average values of the clarities of all the black and white luminance horizontal cross points and all the black and white luminance vertical cross points as a horizontal clarity and a vertical clarity.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Limin Wang
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Patent number: 10417945Abstract: Circuits for programming, monitoring, and driving pixels in a display are provided. Circuits generally include a driving transistor to drive current through a light emitting device according to programming information which is stored on a storage device, such as a capacitor. One or more switching transistors are generally included to select the circuits for programming, monitoring, and/or emission. Circuits advantageously incorporate emission transistors to selectively couple the gate and source terminals of a driving transistor to allow programming information to be applied to the driving transistor independently of a resistance of a switching transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Ignis Innovation Inc.Inventor: Gholamreza Chaji
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Patent number: 10417946Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to diagnostic procedures and related device architectures that check the operating health of a display element of a host electronic device. In certain embodiments, a display apparatus for an electronic device includes a display element, a display controller, a conductive trace, and a detection circuit. The display element has an array of pixel elements formed overlying a substrate and arranged to define a viewable display area. The display controller is coupled to control activation of the array of pixel elements. The conductive trace is formed overlying the substrate and is arranged to bypass the display controller in a layout that does not interfere with visibility of the pixel elements. The detection circuit is coupled to the conductive trace, and it operates to check electrical continuity of the conductive trace to obtain an indication of health of the display element.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventor: Adam S. Trock
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Patent number: 10417947Abstract: Fail-operational display devices and methods for controlling such fail-operational display devices are disclosed. More specifically, emissive displays having independently addressable (controllable) light emitting elements fitted with redundant control circuits may be utilized. In the event of a failure, one set of redundant control circuits may be disabled while another set of redundant control circuits may be enabled to keep the display device fail-operational.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Donald E. Mosier, Tracy J. Barnidge, Jon J. Freesmeier
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Patent number: 10417948Abstract: A stretchable display device includes a first stretchable display panel and a second stretchable display panel overlapping the first stretchable display panel. The first stretchable display panel includes a first stretchable substrate having a first length and a plurality of first pixels spaced apart from one another on the first stretchable substrate. The second stretchable panel includes a second stretchable substrate and a plurality of second pixels spaced apart from one another on the second stretchable substrate. The first stretchable substrate is stretchable in a first direction to have a second length. When the first stretchable substrate is stretched to have the second length, the second pixels are each positioned between the plurality of first pixels when viewed from a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Minhoon Choi
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Patent number: 10417949Abstract: An apparatus including a display and control logic is provided. In one example, the display includes an array of subpixels having a plurality of zigzag subpixel groups. Each zigzag subpixel group includes at least three zigzag subpixel units arranged adjacently along a horizontal or vertical direction. Each zigzag subpixel unit includes a plurality of subpixels of the same color arranged in a zigzag pattern. In each zigzag subpixel unit, a first plurality of subpixels are arranged along one diagonal direction from a turning subpixel disposed at a turning corner of the zigzag pattern, and a second plurality of subpixels are arranged along another diagonal direction from the turning subpixel. In another example, the display includes an array of subpixels having a novel subpixel repeating group. The control logic is operatively coupled to the display and configured to receive display data and render the display data into control signals for driving the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN YUNYINGGU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jing Gu
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Patent number: 10417950Abstract: A color eye-mounted display typically contains different color light emitters, with red, green and blue being the most common color combination. In one approach, the resolution of the red, green and blue components is not the same. For example, there may be more individually addressable red or green subpixels than blue subpixels. In hardware, this may be implemented by using fewer blue light emitters. Alternately, there may be equal numbers of red, green and blue light emitters, but the blue light emitters are not individually addressable and are grouped together to form larger blue subpixels. For example, three or more blue light emitters may form one addressable blue subpixel.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Tectus CorporationInventors: Michael Frank Deering, Paul Scott Martin
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Patent number: 10417951Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a first random number seed generation circuit generates a first random number seed corresponding to the line number. An image compression circuit generates compressed data by quantizing addition data acquired by adding up of first image data and a first pseudo random number generated based on the first random number seed and a quantization coefficient. A second random number seed generation circuit generates a second random number seed that corresponds to the line number and is equal to the first random number seed. An image decompression circuit generates decompressed data by dequantizing the compressed data using a quantization coefficient, and generates second image data by subtracting a second pseudo random number equal to the first pseudo random number, which is generated based on the second random number seed and the quantization coefficient, from the decompressed data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MegaChips CorporationInventor: Jun Ando
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Patent number: 10417952Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving method and a driving device of display devices. The driving device includes an image input unit, an image analyzing unit, an image processing unit, and an image output unit. The image input unit receives image data of each frames to be displayed in sequence. The image analyzing unit divides the received image data of the frame into a plurality of display areas, and calculates pixel grayscale values of the display areas to determine adjustment coefficients of each of the display areas to lower down the pixel grayscale values of the display areas. The image processing unit combines all of the display areas after adjusting the pixel grayscale values to form driving data of the current frame. The image output unit 40 outputs the driving data of the current frame to drive the current frame to be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Weinan Yan
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Patent number: 10417953Abstract: Provided are a source driving circuit and driving method thereof, and a display apparatus. The driving method of the source driving circuit comprises: the source driving circuit outputting a display data signal when preparing to charge one pixel electrode, the source driving circuit stopping outputting the display data signal when the display data signal reaches a target value, the time when the display data signal reaches the target value being earlier than the time when the charging of the one pixel electrode is completed; and the source driving circuit resuming outputting the display data signal when preparing to charge the next pixel electrode. It is possible to reduce the power consumption of the source driving circuit and thus reduce the power consumption of the display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Shichang Yin
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Patent number: 10417954Abstract: Provided is a display panel, including a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction and arranged in a column direction; a plurality of data lines extending in a column direction and arranged in a row direction; a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array of M rows by N columns defined by the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines intersecting each other; a first gate driver connected to pixel units from a first row to a mth row; and a second gate driver connected to pixel units from a (m+1)th row to a Mth row, where pixel units from the first row to the mth row of the nth column are connected to an integrated circuit through one of the plurality of data lines and pixel units from the (m+1)th row to the Mth row of the nth column are connected to the integrated circuit through another one of the plurality of data lines, where M, N, m and n are positive integers satisfying the following conditions: 1<m<M and 1<n<N. Split-screen display is made possible.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kangpeng Yang, Yumin Xu, Chao Zheng, Shaofan Liu, Xiaomeng Chen
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Patent number: 10417955Abstract: Provided herein is an image processing method and device for a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display screen. The image processing method for an LED display screen includes: receiving original image data; acquiring information of an original pixel according to the original image data; executing the information of the original pixel computation according to a preset algorithm to obtain information of target pixels; and controlling an image corresponding to the original image data according to the color information of the target pixel and the position information of the target pixel to be displayed on the LED display screen panel. The disclosure improves the quality of a displayed image of an LED display screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ming Chang
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Patent number: 10417956Abstract: Pixel locations in an addressable display are defined by metal landings on a top surface of a flexible substrate, such as by depositing a metal film and etching the film. The substrate surface may be hydrophobic so that the hydrophobic surface is exposed between the metal landings. The substrate has conductive vias that connect the metal landings to traces on a bottom surface of the substrate for connection to addressing circuitry. LED ink is then blanket-printed over the top surface and cured to electrically connect bottom electrodes of the LEDs to the metal landings. LEDs that fall between the landings are ineffective. A dielectric layer is blanket-printed which exposes the top electrodes, and a transparent conductor layer is blanket-printed over the LEDs to connect all LEDs associated with an individual pixel location in parallel. Accordingly, all printed steps can be performed without any alignment.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: NTHDEGREE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC.Inventor: Brian D. Ogonowsky
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Patent number: 10417957Abstract: A method of prolonging a lifetime of a display includes monitoring a display time period of a displaying image; determine whether the display time period of the display image is not less than a predetermined time period; and lowering a resolution of the displaying image if the display time period of the display image is not less than the predetermined time period. A display is also provided. By using the display and the method of prolonging lifetime of the display according to the present embodiment, the requirement energy of displaying image is greatly reduced, thereby saving cost. In addition, all of the pixels are alternately applied to data voltage to display during displaying frames. Accordingly, a lifetime of each of pixels and the display are prolonged.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Minlun Liu
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Patent number: 10417958Abstract: A pixel structure is disclosed which includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a common driving unit, a first driving transistor, a second driving transistor, a first switch unit operably coupled between the first driving transistor and the first light-emitting device, and a second switch unit operably coupled between the second driving transistor and the second light-emitting device. The second driving transistor has a channel width-to-length ratio smaller than that of the first driving transistor. The first switch unit and the second switch unit are configured to turn on time-divisionally. Also disclosed are a display device and a method for driving the pixel structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Chiehhsing Chung
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Patent number: 10417959Abstract: A display panel includes a distributor to transfer a second data signal to a second data line in a first period of a data period and to transfer a first data signal to a first data line in a second period of the data period, the second period being different from the first period; a first pixel electrically connected to the first data line, to initialize a first previous data signal in the data period in response to a first control signal, and to store the first data signal in the second period in response a scan signal; and a second pixel electrically connected to the second data line and to store the second data signal in the first period in response to the scan signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chae-Han Hyun, Min-Kyu Woo
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Patent number: 10417960Abstract: The disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display panel, where initialization transistor and the control transistor are connected by a second power source signal line, and if the initialization transistor is turned on by first scan signal line, and if the control transistor is turned on by light emitting control line, then different electrical signal will be loaded on the second power source signal line to thereby reset the gate of a drive transistor in an initialization stage, and to load power source voltage to the source of the drive transistor for light emission and displaying, in a light emitting stage.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Yana Gao
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Patent number: 10417961Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel, a driving method, and an organic light-emitting display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel comprises a plurality of pixel driving circuits, wherein a pixel driving circuit includes a first scan signal terminal and a second scan signal terminal; a light-emitting signal terminal, a data signal terminal, an initialization signal terminal, a first voltage terminal, and a second voltage terminal; a driving module comprising a driving transistor and a first capacitor having two electrode plates electrically connected to a gate electrode and a first electrode of the driving transistor, respectively; an initialization module comprising a first transistor, a first electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to a second electrode of the driving transistor; a data writing module electrically connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a light-emitting control module; and an organic light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Tong Wu, Renyuan Zhu, Gang Liu, Dong Qian, Zeyuan Chen
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Patent number: 10417962Abstract: A data compensating device includes a plurality of data compensating blocks. Each of the data compensating blocks includes: a memory cell configured to store an image signal; a one-time programmable (OTP) cell including a program transistor; and a calculator configured to output a compensation signal that is based on an offset signal output from the OTP cell and the image signal stored in the memory cell. The OTP cell is configured to output the output signal from the program transistor. The program transistor includes a gate oxide and is configured to be irreversibly changed based on the image signal. Thicknesses of the gate oxide of the program transistor of the OTP cell in different ones of the data compensating blocks are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho-Seok Han, Kyung-Ho Hwang
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Patent number: 10417963Abstract: A scanning line driving circuit selects arbitrary one of a plurality of pixels and causes the pixel to perform a current value setting operation of setting a current value of the driving current to be supplied to the light emitting element of the pixel in a frame period before the pixel is selected again and a light emission operation of emitting light by supplying the driving current to the light emitting element. The scanning line driving circuit controls, in common with the plurality of pixels, a duty ratio corresponding to the frame period of the light emission period in which the light emission operation is performed. The scanning line driving circuit disperses time differences between a current value setting timing and a start timing of the light emission period in the plurality of pixels when the duty ratio is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshiyuki Kasai
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Patent number: 10417964Abstract: A display with an array of pixels may be provided with redundant pixel control circuits. Switching circuitry may be used to couple pixel control circuits to light-emitting diodes for the pixels. The switching circuitry can be configured using control signals from non-volatile memory in decoder circuitry such as thermometer code decoder circuitry. During manufacturing, the display may be inspected for defects. Defective pixel control circuits can be replaced with redundant pixel control circuits so that the display operates satisfactory. The decoder circuitry may supply control signals to the switching circuitry to switch redundant pixel control circuitry into use while bypassing defective pixel control circuits.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cheuk Chi Lo, Chun-Ming Tang, Chun-Yao Huang, Ivan Knez
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Patent number: 10417965Abstract: An organic EL display device includes a transistor for controlling whether to shut off supply of a current to an organic EL element or not, a pulse signal generation circuit which generates a pulse signal to be inputted to the transistor and a storage unit. The storage unit stores the information in such a way that one frame period includes, in order, a first light emission period which is a period preceding a pulse, a black display period which is a period equivalent to a width of the pulse, and a second light emission period which is longer than the first light emission period, and that an area expressed by a product of a length of and a luminance in a light emission period is greater for the second light emission period than for the first light emission period.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Norio Nakamura
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Patent number: 10417966Abstract: A brightness regulation method and a brightness regulation device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining an average image voltage value of each image in previous N images; calculating an average voltage value according to the average image voltage value of each image in previous N images; obtaining a brightness trend regulation coefficient and a brightness regulation coefficient according to the average voltage value; and performing a brightness regulation to a brightness of a (N+1)-th image to be displayed according to the brightness trend regulation coefficient and the brightness regulation coefficient. When an average value of the average image voltage values is smaller, and less than a threshold value, the (N+1)-th image to be displayed will continue a low brightness status so as to regulate and decrease the brightness of the (N+1)-th image in order to avoid a sudden change in current and brightness of the (N+1)-th image.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., LtdInventor: Jing Xu
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Patent number: 10417967Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel circuits, and each of the pixel circuit includes an initialization component, a data writing component, a light emitting control component, a voltage storage component, a driving transistor, a first voltage maintenance component, a switching control component, an external compensation component and a light-emitting diode. The driving transistor is a dual-gate transistor, and a second gate of the dual-gate transistor is electrically connected to the external compensation component through the switching control component. The external compensation component is under the control of the switching control component to firstly collect the voltage at a third node and then provide a compensation voltage to a second node to adjust the threshold voltage of the dual-gate transistor so that the threshold voltage of the dual-gate transistor is more approximate to a standard threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.Inventors: Renyuan Zhu, Yana Gao, Yue Li, Zeyuan Chen
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Patent number: 10417968Abstract: The invention provides an AMOLED display and driving method thereof, wherein a display panel is provided with a plurality of multiplexers, with each multiplexer having a multiplexer control end receiving a multiplexing control signal, a first input end connected to gate driver and a second input end to a constant low voltage. The first and second output ends are respectively connected to the first and second control ends of corresponding rows of sub-pixel driving circuits. When driving AMOLED display, the multiplexer receives scan signal from gate driver, and under control of multiplex control signal, the first and second output ends selectively output scan signal or the constant low voltage, respectively to generate two different control signals respectively outputted to the first and second control ends of corresponding row of sub-pixel driving circuits. The invention can reduce the number of the output channels of gate drivers to reduce production cost.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Limin Wang
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Patent number: 10417969Abstract: An organic light emitting (OLED) display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The OLED display panel comprises a display region including N number of pixel rows and a non-display region including a light-emitting driver circuit and a scanning driver circuit. The display region includes a first display region including N1 number of pixel rows and a second display region including N2 number of pixel rows, where N1, N2, and N are positive integers, and N1+N2=N. A pixel row in the second display region has a smaller number of pixels than a pixel row in the first display region. The light-emitting driver circuit is configured to, in scanning time S for each frame, supply a light-emitting control signal having n number of light-emitting cycles to each pixel row in the display region, where n is a positive integer.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Chuanli Leng, Yuan Li, Yana Gao, Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Dongxu Xiang
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Patent number: 10417970Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected with data lines and scan lines with different lengths; a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the data lines; a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines; and a timing controller controlling the data driver to supply the data signal to the data lines at different output timings according to a position of a scan line to which the scan signal is supplied.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho Seok Son, Tae Jin Kim, Soo Wan Yoon, Myung Ho Lee
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Patent number: 10417971Abstract: An electronic device includes processors that generate image data. The electronic device also includes an electronic display that displays the image data over a first frame duration by programming a first row of display pixels with the image data. The electronic display also displays the image data over the first frame duration by causing the first row of display pixels to emit light for an emission duration that is based at least in part on a first luminance of the image data. The electronic display further displays the image data over the first frame duration by resetting the first row of pixels before an end of the first frame duration.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao, Mohammad Hajirostam
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Patent number: 10417972Abstract: A gamma correction digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a first DAC circuit, a second DAC circuit and a voltage generator. The first DAC circuit includes a plurality of first transistors and is configured to receive a plurality of first reference gamma voltages and 1 upper bits of k-bit digital data and generate a first gamma voltage based on the 1 upper bits of the k-bit digital data and the first reference gamma voltages. The second DAC circuit includes a plurality of second transistors and is configured to receive a plurality of second reference gamma voltages and m lower bits of the k-bit digital data and generate a second gamma voltage based on the m lower bits of the k-bit digital data and the second reference gamma voltages.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Ju-Lin Huang
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Patent number: 10417973Abstract: An image processing device includes a luminance modulator operable to receive a video input signal and operable to calculate a video output signal to be supplied to a display panel, a peak value detector operable to calculate a peak value as a maximum luminance in a prescribed region of the video input signal, a histogram detector operable to calculate frequency distribution about a luminance value of the video input signal in the prescribed region, a peak Automatic contrast level (ACL) control gain calculation unit operable to calculate a peak ACL control gain with which luminance of each pixel of the video input signal is amplified, based on the ratio of the peak value to a maximum possible value of the video output signal, and a pattern-adaptive gamma characteristic calculation unit operable to calculate a luminance modulation gain.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Hirofumi Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 10417974Abstract: According to various embodiments, a display control method of an electronic device includes: determining content to display to the outside of an electronic device based on contextual information associated with the electronic device; automatically configuring one region of a display functionally connected to the electronic device as a highlighted region; and displaying, through the highlighted region, at least a part of the content in a higher visibility state than the remaining region of the display except for the highlighted region in response to an input. In addition, other embodiments can be made.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaebong Yoo, Hyuk Kang, Dukki Hong
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Patent number: 10417975Abstract: A scanning display device includes a MEMS scanner having a biaxial MEMS mirror or a pair of uniaxial MEMS mirrors. A controller communicatively coupled to the MEMS scanner controls rotation of the biaxial MEMS mirror or uniaxial MEMS mirrors. A first light source is used to produce a first light beam, and second light source is used to produce a second light beam. The first and second light beams are simultaneously directed toward and incident on the biaxial MEMS mirror, or a same one of the pair of uniaxial MEMS mirrors, at different angles of incidence relative to one another. The controller controls rotation of the biaxial MEMS mirror or the uniaxial MEMS mirrors to simultaneously raster scan a first portion of an image using the first light beam and a second portion of the image using the second light beam. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: John Tardif, Joshua O Miller
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Patent number: 10417976Abstract: A pixel rendering method and a pixel rendering device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a grayscale value of a red, green, and blue (RGB) primary color weight of each pixel in an original image and converting the grayscale value into RGBW luminance values; determining a display mode of a pending pixel to be a text display mode or an image display mode; rendering the pending pixel based on the text display mode if the display mode of the pending pixel is on the text display mode; otherwise, rendering the pending pixel on the image display mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Biao Pan
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Patent number: 10417977Abstract: A scan driving circuit, and an array substrate and a display panel having the scan driving circuit are disclosed. The scan driving circuit includes a plurality of cascaded scan driving units. Each scan driving unit includes an input unit and an output unit. The input unit receives the activation trigger signal, transmits to the output unit and controls the output units in a scanning state. The scan driving unit includes a scan signal modulation unit having at least two transistors. The transistors output a clock modulation signal according to a plurality of clock signals. The clock modulation signal includes at least two first voltages separated with predetermined duration. The output unit outputs scan driving signal from the scan signal output end according to the clock modulation signal. The scan signal includes two sub-scan signals to control pixel unit to receive image data within a scan cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventor: Mang Zhao
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Patent number: 10417978Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device is provided. The liquid-crystal display device includes super-pixels, each of the super-pixels including a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel arranged in a first row, and a fourth pixel arranged in a second row, and first and second data lines extending in a column direction, wherein a width of the fourth pixel is equal to a sum of widths of the first to third pixels, each of the first to fourth pixels is connected to one of the first and second data lines, each of the first data lines is disposed adjacent to one side of the first pixel, and each of the second data lines is disposed between the second pixel and the third pixel.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Man Kim, Jun Ho Song, Tae Hyung Hwang
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Patent number: 10417979Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a driving method thereof. The array substrate includes a plurality of right-angled triangular subpixels. Each subpixel and another adjacent subpixel form a corresponding rectangular virtual pixel, and the plurality of subpixels form a plurality of virtual pixels arranged in an array. Every four adjacent subpixels which belong to different virtual pixels respectively form a corresponding diamond-shaped physical pixel.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhuo Xu, Yajie Bai, Xing Xiong, Jaikwang Kim, Fei Shang, Wu Wang
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Patent number: 10417980Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The driving method of the liquid-crystal display device comprises: converting data of an input image into a positive gamma reference level voltage and a negative gamma reference voltage to generate a positive data voltage and a negative data voltage; selecting between the positive data voltage and the negative data voltage in response to a polarity control signal and supplying the selected data voltage to data lines; generating a compensated voltage based on the difference between a dummy data voltage and a preset gamma reference level voltage; and increasing the high-potential power supply voltage by an amount equal to the compensated voltage and decreasing the low-potential power-supply voltage by the amount equal to the compensated voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joohee Lee, Yongwon Jo
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Patent number: 10417981Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a GOA gate driving circuit includes a plurality of GOA driving units arranged in cascade, each level GOA driving unit includes a pull-up control part, a pull-up part, a first pull-down part and a pull-down holding part; wherein, each stage GOA driving unit further includes a second pull-down part coupled between the gate control signal and the reference low level signal, the second pull-down part being controlled by a pull-down signal for lowering the gate control signal to the reference low level signal; the phase of the pull-down signal lags behind the latter two-stage scan driving signal, and the pull-down signal is provided by a separate control chip. The present disclosure further discloses a liquid crystal display including a GOA gate driving circuit as described above.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LtdInventors: Tianhong Wang, Xujun Liu, Yi-fang Chou
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Patent number: 10417982Abstract: The disclosure, which relates to a display device is created so that it can be integrated in a surface, providing in particular a seamless extension and an integrated appearance between the surface surrounding the display device and the display device itself and thus appears to the viewer of the display device as being part of a surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, INC.Inventors: Alexander Van Laack, Ruddy Cittadini, Frederik Belzl
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Patent number: 10417983Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit with bi-directional scan, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit comprises: an input module configured to provide a first input signal to a first node; a first control module configured to provide a pull-up output based on the first input signal and the third clock signal, and then provide a pull-down output; and a second control module configured to maintain a level at the output node at the source voltage based on a fourth clock signal. The first control module comprises a first transistor that remains on after the pull-up output to provide the pull-down output, and the second control module comprises a second transistor that maintains the level at the output node. The shift register unit according to the embodiment of the present disclosure achieves bi-directional scan with a simple design, which is beneficial for wiring in display panels with narrow rims and high resolutions.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Like Hu, Xiaojing Qi