Patents Issued in December 17, 2019
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Patent number: 10510287Abstract: A transfer method for expanding pitches of devices includes: providing a first substrate with micro devices having the pitches being a predetermined value in a first direction and a second direction; transferring the micro devices to a first roller by contacting it with the micro devices, wherein a pitch of contact line portions on the first roller is N times of the predetermined value; transferring the micro devices on the first roller to a second substrate; rotating the second substrate by 90 degrees; transferring the micro devices to a second roller by rolling the second roller to contact the micro devices; and then transferring the micro devices to a third substrate to expand the pitch of the micro devices in both the first and the second directions. The portions in contact with the micro devices all have adhesive layers with different adhesion operation windows.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Kang-Feng Lee, Yi-Tsung Pan
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Patent number: 10510288Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dot correction method for a LED display device. The LED display device has a plurality of LED units arranged in an array. The method comprises providing driving currents to the plurality of LED units in columns or rows of the LED display device to make the LED units emit light; obtaining non-uniform brightness information corresponding to the LED units in columns or rows of the LED display device; and adjusting the driving current provided to each LED unit according to the non-uniform brightness information, in order to make the brightness of each LED unit be the same.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SILICON TOUCH TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Chi-Yuan Chin, Kuei-Jyun Chen
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Patent number: 10510289Abstract: An optimization method and device for brightness compensation, including: setting a compensation reference sampling area; providing a brightness obtaining apparatus, and photographing, by the brightness obtaining apparatus, the compensation reference sampling area to obtain a sampling frame; measuring brightness uniformity of all photographing units in the sampling frame, selecting one of the photographing units having good brightness uniformity as a sampling and photographing unit, and using brightness of the sampling and photographing unit as a compensation reference value to obtain a compensation reference curve; photographing a to-be-compensated panel to obtain a brightness compensation reference frame; applying brightness of all photographing units in the brightness compensation reference frame to the compensation reference curve, and calculating a plurality of pieces of brightness compensation data of the first pixel units corresponding to the photographing units; and performing brightness compensationType: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Mingliang Wang
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Patent number: 10510290Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus with display screen burn-ins prevention functions, comprising a calculation module configured to identify a set of to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels corresponding to a static display part in a detection area based on a plurality of sets of grayscale edge pixels identified from a plurality of images in the detection area at different time instances; a determination module configured to determine whether the set of to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels is an empty set; and an adjustment module configured to adjust intensity levels of the to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels when the determination module determines that the set of to-be-adjusted grayscale edge pixels is not an empty set.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Danna Song, Zhongyuan Wu, Song Meng, Cuili Gai
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Patent number: 10510291Abstract: A display method for a display device and the display device are provided. The display device includes multiple gate lines and multiple data lines, each of the gate lines extends in a row direction, and each of the data lines extends in a column direction. The method includes: dividing a display region of the display device into multiple sub-regions, where each of the sub-regions includes all of the data lines in the row direction and includes at least one of the gate lines in the column direction; controlling, when the display device is shut down or powered down, a gate driving circuit of the display device to input a turn-on voltage into the gate lines in each of the sub-regions one by one; and controlling a source driving circuit of the display device to input a voltage corresponding to a grayscale value of 0 to each of the data lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chienpang Huang, Chengte Lai, Weilin Lai
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Patent number: 10510292Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof, which prevent an OLED of each pixel from being burned in even when still images are continuously displayed on a display panel. When a certain time elapses after a display panel enters a PSR mode of displaying a still image, a timing controller may progressively decrease the control duty ratio for controlling the luminance of the display panel. Also, the timing controller prevents the OLED from being burned in when a still image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Haejong Jang
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Patent number: 10510293Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a driving method thereof. A first pixel of the plurality of pixels is initialized in response to a first gate signal of the gate signals, receives a first data signal input thereto in response to a second gate signal generated after the first gate signal, and is controlled by the emission control signal to emit light in response to the first data signal. A second pixel of the plurality of pixels is initialized in response to the second gate signal, receives a second data signal input thereto in response to a third gate signal generated after the second gate signal, and is controlled by the emission control signal to emit light in response to the second data signal. The size of a non-display area is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: DaeSung Jung, SangMoo Song
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Patent number: 10510294Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof and a display device are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving control unit, a light-emission control signal generation unit and a pixel driving unit. The driving control unit is configured to generate a low resolution control signal or a high resolution control signal. The pixel driving unit includes N pixel driving sub-units. Each pixel driving sub-unit is configured to control M light-emitting elements connected to the pixel driving sub-unit to emit light simultaneously when the light-emission control signal generation unit has received the low resolution control signal, and control the M light-emitting elements to emit light in a time-division manner based on M data voltages applied to a data line in a time-division manner when the light-emission control signal generation unit has received the high resolution control signal, where N and M are both integers greater than 1.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Jing Lv, Xiaochuan Chen, Can Zhang
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Patent number: 10510295Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an EL drive voltage for a display panel is disclosed, which includes a current sensing circuit configured to detect an EL drive current signal outputted to the display panel, and convert the EL drive current signal into a first voltage signal, a signal generation circuit configured to generate a pulse signal based on the first voltage signal, a current protection circuit configured to generate a first control signal based on the first voltage signal and a reference voltage, and a signal coupling circuit configured to output, based on the first control signal, the pulse signal or a low level signal as a second control signal to control the EL drive voltage. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the EL drive voltage of the display panel can be dynamically controlled, and be reset to normal when it is overhigh.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chenggeng Zhang, Nan Lu, Yufei Wang, Hualing Yang, Jing Liu
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Patent number: 10510296Abstract: Disclosed is a pixel driving circuit, comprising a driving control circuit, a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit. The driving control circuit is configured to control one of the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit to be turned on under the condition the first scanning line outputs an effective voltage signal, and control the other of the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit to be turned on under the condition the second scanning line outputs an effective voltage signal. The first driving circuit is configured to drive the light emitting circuit to emit light under control of the driving control circuit. The second driving circuit is configured to drive the light emitting circuit to emit light under control of the driving control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mo Chen, Xiong Xiong, Jilei Gao, Songmei Sun
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Patent number: 10510297Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel circuit including a charging circuit, a driving circuit, a compensating circuit, an adjusting circuit and a light emitting device. In a charging stage, a first node and a second node may be charged through the charging circuit. In a compensating stage, a threshold voltage compensation is applied to the third node through the compensating circuit. In an adjusting stage, a potential of the third node is adjusted by the adjusting circuit. In a light emitting stage, the driving circuit drives the light emitting device to emit light through the first power signal under control of the third node. Meanwhile, a threshold voltage compensation is applied to the third node which controls the driving circuit during the compensating stage.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng Jiang, Haipeng Yang, Ke Dai, Yong Jun Yoon
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Patent number: 10510298Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit, a display apparatus and a terminal. The pixel driving circuit includes: a light-emitting device, an enabling unit, a first transistor and a second transistor. When the light-emitting device illuminates, saturated current passing through the light-emitting device is relevant to the power voltage and the grayscale data voltage. Through embodiment of the present invention, saturated current passing through the driving transistor is relevant to the power voltage and the grayscale data voltage. Furthermore, both the power voltage and the grayscale data voltage are fixed values, that is, current passing through the light-emitting device is guaranteed to the constant. Therefore, current passing through the light-emitting device is no longer affected by the threshold voltage of the driving transistor and non-uniform pixel color could be avoided, accordingly, image uniformity of display with light-emitting device (e.g., OLED) raises, and so does display quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Di Zhang
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Patent number: 10510299Abstract: A pixel compensation method, pixel compensation apparatus and display device are provided. In the blanking section of (2n?1)th display frame, the detection line corresponding to the first sub-pixel column of the same color sub-pixels in the nth row is charged with an additional detection voltage, such that the detected voltage on this detection line is the sum of the detection voltage and a coupling voltage. The detection line corresponding to the second sub-pixel column of the same color sub-pixels is not charged with the additional detection voltage, such that the detected voltage on this detection line is the coupling voltage. The detection voltage corresponding to the first sub-pixel column is obtained according to the voltage on the detection line corresponding to each of the same color sub-pixels. Similarly, in the blanking section of (2n)th display frame, the detection voltage corresponding to the second sub-pixel column may be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Haixia Xu, Yue Wu, Heng Li
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Patent number: 10510300Abstract: An organic light emitting display is capable of reducing variation in power transmitted to pixels to reduce or prevent non-uniformity of brightness from being generated. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel including a red sub pixel, a green sub pixel, and a blue sub pixel and first pixel power source lines for supplying a first pixel power from a first pixel power source to the red sub pixel, the green sub pixel, and the blue sub pixel, wherein the first pixel power source lines coupled to at least two different color sub pixels of the red, green and blue sub pixels have different widths. The first pixel power source lines have widths that may correspond to a voltage drop of the first pixel power source or may correspond to deterioration of the respective sub pixels to which they are coupled.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Young-In Hwang
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Patent number: 10510301Abstract: A scan driver is integrated to include multiple drivers in a peripheral area of a display. The drivers output gate, emission, and/or other signals for driving pixel circuits in the display based on one or more clock signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji-Su Na, Ji-Hye Kong, Young-In Hwang
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Patent number: 10510302Abstract: A display device includes a driving thin film transistor (TFT) having a two-gate overlap structure and a power line having a width extension structure that together allow for improved storage capacitance when compared to a display device without such structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Juhn-Suk Yoo, Woo-Hyun Kwon
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Patent number: 10510303Abstract: A current sensor includes a first resistor between a first node and a second node, a first voltage limiting device between the first node and the second node, and a second resistor between the second node and a third node, wherein a resistance level of the first resistor is greater than a resistance level of the second resistor, and wherein a current flowing from the third node to the first node is configured to be measured based on a voltage across the first resistor or a voltage across the second resistor.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin Woo Kim
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Patent number: 10510304Abstract: A LCD assembly having a dynamic dimming LCD backlight and a plurality of individual LCD displays positioned in front of the backlight, and a method for controlling a backlight of such an assembly. The backlight is divided into an array of individually controllable subsections, and adjacent edges of the LCD displays are used to define virtual boundary lines relative to the backlight subsections. Initial desired luminance values are determined for each subsection of the backlight based on incoming video data. A difference between desired luminance values for each pair of adjacent backlight subsections that border the virtual boundary lines is calculated and compared to a threshold value. Based on the comparisons, adjustments may be made to the desired luminance value of the backlight subsections.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventors: William Dunn, Rick DeLaet
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Patent number: 10510305Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device may include a first display device and a second display device. An embedded controller may determine a first perceived brightness of the first display based on a first current and a first amount of ambient light associated with the first display device, determine a second perceived brightness of the second display device based on a second current and a second amount of ambient light associated with the second display device, and determine a ratio of the first perceived brightness to the second perceived brightness. The embedded controller may modify, based at least in part on the ratio, the second current to create a second modified amount of current associated with the second display device that modifies the second perceived brightness of the second display device to create a modified second perceived brightness of the second display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Dell Products L. P.Inventors: Jace W. Files, Preeth K. Srinivasan
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Patent number: 10510306Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and including first and second gate lines adjacent to each other. A plurality of data lines extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction and includes first and second data lines adjacent to each other. A plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix configuration, each row of the matrix being disposed between two adjacent gate lines, from among the plurality of gate lines, each column of the matrix being disposed between two adjacent data lines, from among the plurality of data lines. The plurality of sub-pixels includes first column sub-pixels disposed on a first column of the matrix and connected to the first data line. Second column sub-pixels are disposed on a second column of the matrix and are connected to the second data line, the second column being adjacent to the first column.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Won-Sik Oh, Tae-Jin Kim, Kuk-Hwan Ahn
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Patent number: 10510307Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel groups arranged along a column direction. Each of the plurality of pixel groups includes a plurality of sub-pixel rows. Each sub-pixel row includes a plurality of sub-pixels, a first shelter or a second shelter is arranged between two adjacent sub-pixels, and the first shelter and the second shelter are arranged alternately. The first shelter has a first width, and the second shelter has a second width. For each pixel group, the first shelters on at least one of the sub-pixel rows are aligned with the second shelters on at least one of other sub-pixel rows.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng Liao, Xue Dong, Jing Lv, Yunsik Im
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Patent number: 10510308Abstract: An array substrate, a display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The array substrate includes gate lines, data lines intersecting with the gate lines, and sub-pixel units. Each sub-pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged with a same sequence; each row of sub-pixel units along a gate line direction are driven by two gate lines, and different rows of sub-pixel units are driven by different gate lines; each column of sub-pixel units along a data line direction are driven by two data lines; the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in each sub-pixel unit are driven by different gate lines and different data lines, for the sub-pixels in each column, the sub-pixels in odd-numbered rows are driven by same one data line, and the sub-pixels in even-numbered rows are driven by same the other data line.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Suzhen Mu
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Patent number: 10510309Abstract: A display panel for displaying an image is provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. Each pixel includes one or more units each including a plurality of subunits. Each subunit includes a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer which is provided so as to overlap a gate electrode with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween, a pixel electrode which drives liquid crystal connected to a source or a drain of the transistor, a counter electrode which is provided so as to face the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. In the display panel, a transistor whose off current is lower than 10 zA/?m at room temperature per micrometer of the channel width and off current of the transistor at 85° C. can be lower than 100 zA/?m per micrometer in the channel width.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10510310Abstract: A semiconductor device where delay or distortion of a signal output to a gate signal line in a selection period is reduced is provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate signal line, a first and second gate driver circuits which output a selection signal and a non-selection signal to the gate signal line, and pixels electrically connected to the gate signal line and supplied with the two signals. In a period during which the gate signal line is selected, both the first and second gate driver circuits output the selection signal to the gate signal line. In a period during which the gate signal line is not selected, one of the first and second gate driver circuits outputs the non-selection signal to the gate signal line, and the other gate driver circuit outputs neither the selection signal nor the non-selection signal to the gate signal line.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Atsushi Umezaki
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Patent number: 10510311Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technique for supplying different voltages to a plurality of adjacent electrodes, sensing a voltage formed on each electrode, and diagnosing a short-circuit failure of each electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Sung Ahn, Jeong Lee, Jun Tak Jeon
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Gate driver, display apparatus including the same and method of driving display panel using the same
Patent number: 10510312Abstract: A gate driver includes a gate signal generating part, a switching part and a switching controlling part. The gate signal generating part is configured to generate a gate signal including a precharge time and a normal charge time using a compensated gate on voltage and a gate off voltage. The switching part is disposed between the gate signal generating part and a gate line. The switching part is configured to apply a compensated gate signal to the gate line. The switching controlling part is configured to generate a switching control signal for controlling an operation of the switching part.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Hyun Sim, Neung-Beom Lee, Dong-Joon Kwag, Soo-Yeon Kim, Jeong-Hyun Kim, Hyeon-Uk Won, Ji-Ye Lee, Hyeon-Woo Hwang -
Patent number: 10510313Abstract: A driving circuit, a driving method and a display apparatus are provided. The driving circuit comprises: a gate driving module; a timing control module; and a chamfered wave generating circuit, an input terminal thereof being connected with the timing control module, an output terminal thereof being connected with an input terminal of the gate driving module, and being configured to discharge a power supply voltage provided by a power supply of the display apparatus under an effect of a timing control signal output by the gate driving module, so that the gate driving module outputs a chamfered wave scanning signal. The display quality of the display apparatus can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hongjun Xie
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Patent number: 10510314Abstract: The invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded GOA units. Each GOA unit comprises: a pull up control module, an output module, a pull down module and a pull down maintenance module; for N-th GOA unit: the 41st TFT of pull down module having a gate receiving a scan signal from (N+4)-th GOA unit, a source connected to a circuit start signal, and a drain connected to the first node, and the circuit start signal having a low voltage level lower than or equal to 0V and higher than the low voltage signal; so that when the scan signal from (N+4)-th GOA unit changing from high voltage to low voltage, the gate-source voltage difference of the 41st TFT being negative to effectively reduce the current leakage and prevent the current leakage from affecting the first node voltage, improve circuit stability, facilitate cost reduction and narrow border.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaowen Lv, Yifang Chou
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Patent number: 10510315Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device, for improving the quality of displayed images and reducing the power consumption. The display panel includes first and second pixel units of opposite polarities, and first and second data lines for transmitting signals of opposite polarities. The first and the second pixel units each includes at least two sub-pixels of different colors. The first data line is connected to the first pixel units in the (j?1)th and jth columns of sub-pixels. Sub-pixels in the first pixel unit in the (j?1)th column have different colors from those in the first pixel unit in the jth column. The second data line is connected to the second pixel units in the jth and (j+1)th columns. Sub-pixels in the second pixel unit in the jth column have different colors from those in the second pixel unit in the (j+1)th column.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongbo Zhou, Huangyao Wu, Xiufeng Zhou, Boping Shen
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Patent number: 10510316Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control circuit, a control method, and a display apparatus. The control sub-circuit is connected to a first voltage input terminal, a second voltage input terminal and the driving sub-circuit, and configured to boost a second voltage input from the second voltage input terminal to obtain a third voltage when it is detected that a first voltage input from the first voltage input terminal is lower than or equal to a first reference voltage, and output the third voltage to the driving sub-circuit; the driving sub-circuit is connected to the control sub-circuit, a fourth voltage input terminal and scan lines of a display panel, and configured to output the third voltage to the scan lines when it is detected that a fourth voltage input from the fourth voltage input terminal is lower than or equal to a second reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Lijun Xiong, Xiuzhu Tang, Zhi Zhang, Shuai Chen, Xing Dong, Taoliang Tang, Jingpeng Zhao, Zhenguo Tian, Xuebo Liang, Shuang Hu
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Patent number: 10510317Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a display system to generate and display data on a display device, the display system comprising one or more graphics processors to generate one or more frames of data for display on the display device; display logic to receive a request to display the one or more frames of data, the request including a requested presentation time in which the one or more frames of data are to be displayed; and a display engine to present the one or more frames of data to the display device for display at a target presentation time, the target presentation time derived from the requested presentation time, wherein the display engine is to adjust a refresh rate of the display device based on the target presentation time of the one or more frames of data.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Arthur L. Spence, Jeremy T. Sandmel, David M. Chan, Chendi Zhang, Peter C. Tsoi
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Patent number: 10510318Abstract: A vehicle mirror system that includes: an electronic rear-view mirror that is switchable between a display mode in which the electronic rear-view mirror displays, by means of a display component, vehicle rear-view ages captured by an image capturing component provided at a rear portion of the vehicle, and a reflecting mode in which the electronic rear-view mirror shows, by optical reflection, what is behind the vehicle; and a control component that causes switching of the electronic rear-view mirror to either the display mode or the reflecting mode in a case in which a determination criterion relating to a field of view in a rear direction of the vehicle has been met.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasunori Hirosawa
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Patent number: 10510319Abstract: A technique for enhancing an image includes manipulating a base image to highlight pixels showing a particular material based on the energy absorption information of each pixel. In another technique, pixels in a base image are each converted to an output value to produce a converted image. Another technique allows imaging an obstructed object within a base image which is made of pixels, each representing a captured signal from a source emitting a source signal I0. An obstruction region contains pixels representing a combined signal I3 having traversed the obstructed object and an obstructive layer. Knowing a layer signal I2 representing a signal having traversed the obstructive layer outside of the obstruction region, the layer signal I2 may be removed from the combined signal I3, in order to reveal the original signal I1 representing an image of the obstructed object.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: VOTI INC.Inventors: William Awad, Simon Archambault
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Patent number: 10510320Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of displays arranged adjacently, an image divider configured to divide an original input image into a plurality of sub-images for displaying the original input image split between the plurality of displays, wherein one or more of the plurality of sub-images corresponds to one or more still images and one or more of the plurality of sub-images corresponds to one or more moving images, and at least one controller configured to cause the one or more still images and the one or more moving images to be displayed with a first luminance value based on luminance values corresponding to the plurality of sub-images of each display of the plurality of displays. Accordingly, it is possible to improve image quality in the display apparatus including the plurality of displays.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Moonsoo Kang, Wooyoung Jung, Bongseok Kim, Wontae Kim
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Patent number: 10510321Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of flexible display modules and systems of flexible display modules. Display modules have a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a predetermined pattern and providing a highly uniform visual effect. Alignment and complementary alignment features enable the alignment of adjacent display modules and the creation of large displays from a plurality of aligned display modules. Features to couple to and retain a support frame are provided. Flexible and durable weather resistance features are provided. Modules and systems have features that permit installation and removal from the front side or the back side of the display. A system of modular support frames works cooperatively with the display modules, adapting to different mounting environments, and thereby providing large modular displays with desirable properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Nanolumens Acquisition, Inc.Inventors: Robert J Cross, Jorge Perez-Bravo
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Patent number: 10510322Abstract: An input display device includes: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps including: receiving an input of a track by a receiving unit; generating a track image showing the track; acquiring a character string; and displaying the character string acquired in the acquiring to be superimposed on the track image. When the character string is acquired in the acquiring before the track image is generated, the displaying the character string is stood by.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Hirai, Akiko Imaishi, Yoshimichi Umeki, Tsutomu Matsubara, Naoki Tsuru, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Takanori Hikima, Takashi Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10510323Abstract: A display controller 10 comprises a first display processing core 20 comprising a first input stage operable to read at least one input surface, a first processing stage operable to generate an output surface, a first output stage operable to provide an output surface for display to a first display 3, and a first write-out stage 27 operable to write data of an output surface to external memory 1, and a second display processing core 40 comprising a second input stage operable to read at least one input surface, a second processing stage operable to generate an output surface, and a second output stage operable to provide an output surface for display to a second display 5. The display controller 10 also comprises an internal data path 30 for passing data of an output surface from the first display core 20 to the second display core 40.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Daren Croxford, Damian Piotr Modrzyk, Piotr Tadeusz Chrobak
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Patent number: 10510324Abstract: A display controller 12 comprises a first display processing core 20 comprising a first input stage 21 operable to read at least one input surface, a first processing stage operable to process one or more input surfaces to generate an output surface, and a first output stage 26 operable to provide an output surface for display to a first display 6, and a second display processing core 40 comprising a second input stage 41 operable to read at least one input surface, a second processing stage operable to process one or more input surfaces to generate an output surface, and a second output stage 46 operable to provide an output surface for display to a second display 8. The display controller 12 also comprises an internal data path 30 for passing pixel data of an output surface from the second display core 40 to the first display core 20.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Arm LimitedInventors: Daren Croxford, Damian Piotr Modrzyk, Piotr Tadeusz Chrobak
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Patent number: 10510325Abstract: A rendering method includes receiving an input including pixel pattern information of a device configured to display a rendered image, generating a pixel pattern of the rendered image using the received input indicating pixel pattern information, and outputting a pixel value of the rendered image into a frame buffer using the generated pixel pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seunghun Jin, Kwontaek Kwon, Jeongae Park, Soojung Ryu, Yeongon Cho
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Patent number: 10510326Abstract: A bow grip aid for string instruments comprised of a body having a U-shape in cross-section so as to be capable of sandwiching a stick of a bow, wherein the body includes a first portion and a second portion to sandwich the stick by the first portion and the second portion from both sides, a surface of the first portion has a recess corresponding to a thumb of a player on the opposite side of a surface contacting with the stick, a distance from a bottom of the recess of the first portion to a surface of the stick is 2 mm to 10 mm, a length of the second portion in a longitudinal direction of the stick is 30 mm to 50 mm, and a thickness of the second portion from a surface contacting with the stick to an opposite surface is 5 mm to 15 mm.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Inventor: Rintaro Wada
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Patent number: 10510327Abstract: A musical instrument system is described to operate as a human to machine input device. The musical instrument outputs an audio signal that is processed to control the movement of an indicator in a computer.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventor: Tom Cram
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Patent number: 10510328Abstract: A lyrics analyzer generates tags and explicitness indicators for a set of tracks. These tags may indicate the genre, mood, occasion, or other features of each track. The lyrics analyzer does so by generating an n-dimensional vector relating to a set of topics extracted from the lyrics and then using those vectors to train a classifier to determine whether each tag applies to each track. The lyrics analyzer may also generate playlists for a user based on a single seed song by comparing the lyrics vector or the lyrics and acoustics vectors of the seed song to other songs to select songs that closely match the seed song. Such a playlist generator may also take into account the tags generated for each track.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tahora H. Nazer, Tristan Jehan
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Patent number: 10510329Abstract: A keyboard apparatus includes a plurality of keys, a frame supporting the plurality of keys arranged in a first direction, a first member, a longitudinal direction of the first member being along the first direction, and a second member including a first section, a second section, and a third section, the first section, the third section, and the second section being arranged in this order in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first section being a plate-shaped member sandwiched between the first member and the frame, the second section being connected to the first member at a position away from the first section, the third section being separated from the first member between the first section and the second section, and a longitudinal direction of the second member being along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihiko Yasuda, Yuji Yamada
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Patent number: 10510330Abstract: A device for deadening the sound of a component having a damping layer of a foamed material and a stiffening layer, which is fixedly connected to the damping layer and which is stiffer than the damping layer, wherein the damping layer is formed by a foamed hot-melt adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Rudolf Vidovic, Christian Hardt, Bernd Lieutenant, Joachim Oster, Torsten Graf, Jean Georges Becker
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Patent number: 10510331Abstract: This technology provides a sound absorbing structure comprising: an outer frame including an opening; a perforated plate member formed in the outer frame and including a rear surface facing the opening of the outer frame and a front surface opposite to the rear surface; and a rear sound absorber interposed between the rear surface of the perforated plate member and the opening of the outer frame, and an anechoic chamber comprising: a wall, a ceiling and a floor; and a plurality of sound absorbing structures of the embodiment fixed to at least the wall and the ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: S.I.PAN, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCEInventors: Gab Cheol Jeong, Eon Mo Ahn, Jong Young Park, Sung Soo Jung
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Patent number: 10510332Abstract: According to one embodiment, a noise reduction apparatus includes a speaker, a generator and a controller. The speaker outputs control sound. The generator generates self-excited sound. The controller controls a phase and an amplitude of the control sound to reduce noise generated from a noise source, based on the control sound and the self-excited sound that is synchronized with the control sound.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tatsuhiko Goto, Akihiko Enamito
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Patent number: 10510333Abstract: Provided are a vehicle capable of detecting an occurrence of a fault of a noise control device of the vehicle and indicating a result of the detection to a user upon occurrence of a fault such that the user handles the fault, and a method of controlling the same, the method including outputting an acoustic signal having a predetermined frequency through a speaker; detecting the acoustic signal output through the speaker; detecting a vibration generated by the acoustic signal output through the speaker; and determining that a fault has occurred when the detected acoustic signal and the detected vibration mismatch the acoustic signal having the predetermined frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Young Kim
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Patent number: 10510334Abstract: A headphone apparatus and method of designing the apparatus, the apparatus having selectable EQ mode circuitry configured for listening to different types of audio signals. The EQ mode circuits comprise only passive circuit elements, and each is configured for listening to audio signals having a different characteristic sound profile. The EQ circuits can be switched in and out of the audio signal path to the headphone earpieces, using a switch selector. The selector is configured to operate the plurality of switches such that only a select one of them can be closed at a time.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: ONANOFF LIMITEDInventors: Petur Hannes Olafsson, Morgan Colmer
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Patent number: 10510335Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to acoustic white noise machines. In particular, embodiments of the present invention are directed to an acoustic white noise machine that comprises a fan blade designed to shear airflow against a sharp edge in order to create broadband turbulent noise. Embodiments of the present invention may further include an adjustable enclosure that may be manipulated via the rotation or other movement of an outer shell to alter the amount of air being sheared by the fan blade, thereby changing the frequencies which resonate in the adjustable enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Inventors: Eli Stewart Lazar, Matthew Melvin George Snyder
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Patent number: 10510336Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for resolving conflicts between training data conflicts by retrieving independent training data sets, each comprising a plurality of intents and end-user utterances for use in training one or more classifiers to recognize a corresponding intent from one or more of the end-user utterances, providing a first test end-user utterance associated with a first intent from the first independent training data set to the one or more classifiers to select an output intent generated by the one or more classifiers; identifying a first conflict when the first intent does not match the output intent, and automatically generating, by the system, one or more conflict resolution recommendations for display and selection by an end user to resolve the first conflict.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Amid, David Boaz, Tin Kam Ho, Amir Kantor, Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Neil R. Mallinar