Patents Issued in June 13, 2023
  • Patent number: 11676507
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with modifying a food record database. The method comprises receiving a plurality of food records from a plurality of sources, each of the plurality of food records comprising at least a food record description, the plurality of sources including (i) at least one non-user entity that is an owner of a third party food database and (ii) users of the food record database. The method further comprises receiving search requests from users, and returning one or more top search results from the food record database in response. The method also comprises determining a score for a particular food record identified by the top search results, wherein the score is calculated based at least in part on one of: a number of times the particular food record has been included in the top search results of the search requests or a number of times the particular food record has been logged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MyFitnessPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Aadhar Jain, Chul Lee, Bryan Levine
  • Patent number: 11676508
    Abstract: A cloud-based performance enhancement service captures and collects data relating to interactions of users with industrial automation systems of multiple industrial customers for storage and analysis on a cloud platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Juan Asenjo, John Strohmenger, Stephen Nawalaniec, Bradford H. Hegrat, Joseph A. Harkulich, Jessica Lin Korpela, Jenifer Rydberg Wright, Rainer Hessmer, John Dyck, Edward Alan Hill, Sal Conti
  • Patent number: 11676509
    Abstract: A welding system includes a welding torch. The welding torch includes a sensor configured to detect a motion associated with the welding torch, a temperature associated with the welding torch, or some combination thereof. A display of the welding torch is activated, a determination is made that the welding torch has been involved in a high impact event, live welding using the welding torch is disabled, a software selection is made, or some combination thereof, based on the motion, the temperature, or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: William Joshua Becker, James M. Walker, Jeremy J. Erdmann
  • Patent number: 11676510
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of welding simulation systems with observation devices that facilitate the types of group interactions that occur in conventional weld training. In some examples, third party observers may use the observation devices to observe the welding simulation from their own perspectives. In some examples, this may allow for traditional “over the shoulder” observation, and/or group/classroom observation and interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Mitchell James Muske
  • Patent number: 11676511
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein are directed to robotically controlling a medical device to utilize manual skills and techniques developed by surgeons. The system can include an emulator representing a medical device. The system can include at least one detector configured to track the emulator. The system can also include an imaging device configured to track the medical device. The system may be configured to move the medical device to reduce an alignment offset between the location of the emulator and the location of the medical device, to move the imaging device based on the translational movement of the emulator, and/or to move the medical device based on data indicative of an orientation of the emulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shyh-Yen Ho, David Stephen Mintz, Edward Joseph Menard, Mark A. Lown, Jason Thomas Wilson, Yanan Huang
  • Patent number: 11676512
    Abstract: An injection training device for association with a skin of a user and simulating an injection event is provided herein. In a non-limiting embodiment, the injection training device comprises a housing having an opening for receiving a container, the housing comprising at least one sensor for detecting a condition of use of the device, wherein the housing is configured to be positioned at the skin of a user during an injection event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Baker, Francis Michael Siemer, Christopher Wai Yin Chung, Steven H. Madole, Joseph Reynolds, Seth Freytag
  • Patent number: 11676513
    Abstract: Methods for providing real-time, three-dimensional (3D) augmented reality (AR) feedback guidance to a user of an equipment system to achieve improved diagnostic or treatment outcomes, including comparing sensed, real-time user positioning data and data received from the equipment system during use to reference positioning and procedure outcome data, and generating and providing to a user real-time position-based and outcome-based 3D AR feedback based on comparing the sensed and reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Tienovix, LLC
    Inventors: William R. Buras, Craig S. Russell, Kyle Q. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11676514
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a system comprising: an artery, a vein, and a nerve; a first length of tubing adjacent at least one of the vein, artery, and nerve; a second length of tubing to couple to the first length of tubing; and a pump comprising a number of actuators; wherein when the system when operating is configured such that (b)(i) the second length of tubing couples to at least one of the number of actuators, (b)(ii) ends of the first and second lengths of tubing are closed, (b)(iii) a second end of the first length of tubing is operatively coupled to a second end of the second length of tubing, (b)(v) the pump pulsates fluid within the first length of tubing in response to the number of actuators intermittently contacting the second length of tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Maverick Regional Anesthesia Education, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Nash, David Gaskin
  • Patent number: 11676515
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for encrypting and decrypting data using visually encoded ciphertext. The method includes selecting, using a graphical user interface coupled to an electronic device, one or more portions of a document to be encrypted, visually encoding the selected one or more portions of the document, generating a visual representation, wherein the visual representation corresponds to encrypted content, and replacing the selected one or more portions of the document with the visual representation. The method further includes displaying, to the user, the visual representation, capturing the visual representation using one or more cameras, decoding the visual representation, obtaining the encrypted content, and decrypting the encrypted content, generating decrypted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Andrea G. Forte
  • Patent number: 11676516
    Abstract: An engageable lockout and tagout device for aircraft pushbutton switches prevents attempts to electrically engage a corresponding control panel circuit of a system under service. The lockout and tagout device is configured to lock different pushbutton switch types present in a flight deck, including Korry switches, thereby preventing operators from actuating switches and alerting them that the switches have been disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher M. Balsamello
  • Patent number: 11676517
    Abstract: An electronic display device includes: a chassis including a plurality of mounting elements and a controller, and a media player; and a display panel comprising at least one display module mounted to the mounting elements, wherein each display module includes a video display on a front surface of the display module and is positioned relative to the chassis using one or more locating pins located on a back surface of the display module that cooperate with one or more receiving holes in a front surface of the mounting elements and is secured to the chassis; wherein the controller causes the media player to display media content on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Adonthemove, LLC
    Inventors: Dragan Zubic, Sukjoong Oh, James Andrew Kindel
  • Patent number: 11676518
    Abstract: A processing unit, comprising a display interface to control a foldable display with multiple segments created by fold lines in the foldable display. The processing unit also including a plurality of lanes to connect the display interface to the foldable display, where each segment of the foldable display is connected to a lane. The processing unit also including a multi-segment protocol component to instruct the display interface to drive data to each segment of the display through the plurality of lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Srikanth Kambhatla
  • Patent number: 11676519
    Abstract: The present embodiment provides a technology for sensing a common mode voltage in the positive line and negative line of a transmission line for image data and determining whether noise occurs in the image data transmitted through the transmission line by comparing the common mode voltage with a set reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Yoon Jung, Hyung Sub Kim, Jung Hyun Tark
  • Patent number: 11676520
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for a power management device applied to a display device, in which driving voltages having different levels are supplied to driving devices having different sizes of load in different times, and this allows all of the driving devices to stably receive voltages within a limited range even though the number of driving devices increases according to the enlargement of a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geon Soo Jang, Hyung Sub Kim, Jung Hyun Tark
  • Patent number: 11676521
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes multiple scanning lines, a gate driver circuit, and a timing controller. The timing controller is configured to: receive multiple data enable signals, generate a gate control signal, and provide the gate control signal for the gate driver circuit. The gate control signal includes a start signal, a first clock signal and a second clock signal. The multiple data enable signals are only within the active cycle. The timing controller is configured to generate a rising edge of the start signal within the vertical blanking cycle of the (N?1)th frame cycle. Alternatively, the timing controller is configured to generate a rising edge and a falling edge of the start signal within a time interval formed by a rising edge and a falling edge of a first data enable signal in the Nth frame cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sijian Luo, Changzhi Wu, Yumin Xu
  • Patent number: 11676522
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. A shift register of the display panel includes a first control unit, configured to receive an input signal and control a signal of a first node in response to a first clock signal; a second control unit, configured to receive a first voltage signal and control a signal of a second node in response to the input signal and the first clock signal; a third control unit, configured to receive the first voltage signal and a second voltage signal and control a signal of a fourth node in response to the signal of the second node and a signal of a third node; and a fourth control unit, configured to receive a third voltage signal and a fourth voltage signal and generate an output signal in response to the signals of the second node and the fourth node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingjun Lai, Yihua Zhu, Yong Yuan, Ping An, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Patent number: 11676523
    Abstract: A method of operating a display device includes: receiving image data at an input frame frequency; generating a modulated clock signal by modulating an input clock signal according to a modulation frequency; randomly selecting an output frame frequency within a data frequency selection range, the input frame frequency being within the data frequency selection range; determining an output start timing of the image data based on the output frame frequency; initiating, at the output start timing, output of the image data in synchronization with the modulated clock signal; and displaying an image based on the outputted image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Sik Yoon, Daeho Hwang, Jeong-Hyun Kim, Junpyo Lee, Sungsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11676524
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register, a gate driving circuit and a display panel, and belongs to the field of display technology. The shift register of the present disclosure includes: an input circuit configured to precharge and reset a pull-up node; one pull-down control circuit being electrically connected to one pull-down circuit through a pull-down node; the pull-down control circuit being configured to control a potential at the pull-down node under a first power voltage; each pull-down circuit being configured to pull down the potential at the pull-down node in response to a potential at the pull-up node; an output circuit configured to output a clock signal through a signal output terminal in response to the potential at the pull-up node; one first noise reduction circuit connected to one pull-down node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongxian Xie, Tong Yang, Feng Qu, Fengzhen Lv, Xianjie Shao, Rui Ma, Rui Li
  • Patent number: 11676525
    Abstract: Display Pixel Design and Control for Lower Power and Higher Bit Depth Craig Michael Waller A method to generate pixel control signals more rapidly and with less overhead is disclosed. The method generates pixel control signals for a first block of pixels having a first first-block pixel and a second first-block pixel and a second block of pixels having a first first-block pixel and a second second-block pixel. A first-block base control signal that is shared by the first block of pixels is generated. A first first-block sharpening control signal for the first first-block pixel is generated and a first second-second-block sharpening control signal for the first second-block pixel is generated. The first first-block pixel control signal is generated using the first first-block sharpening signal and the first-block base control signal. The first second-block pixel control signal is generated using the first second-block sharpening signal and the second-block base control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Syndiant, Inc., XDMicro(Zhongshan) Optoelectronics Semiconductor Co. LTD
    Inventor: Craig Michael Waller
  • Patent number: 11676526
    Abstract: Methods for verifying and improving angular color shift impact factors are provided. Experiments have verified that angular color shift can be effectively improved by downgrading gray levels of red and green subpixels, while downgrading gray levels of blue subpixels may deteriorate the angular color shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo Hai
  • Patent number: 11676527
    Abstract: A display driver is provided. A designation of an output timing at each of first and kth output channels is received, and first and second delay pulse signals are generated at respective output timings of the first and the kth output channels. First to kth first direction delay shift signals where a first delay pulse signal is present after a delay increased for each output channel from the first toward the kth output channel are generated. First to kth second direction delay shift signals where a second delay pulse signal is present after the delay increased for each output channel from the kth toward the first output channel are generated. One whose timing at which a delay pulse signal is present is earlier is selected from each of the direction delay shift signals corresponding to the same output channel, and set as first to kth output timing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11676528
    Abstract: Provided is an electroluminescent display device. The electroluminescent display device includes a pixel circuit implemented with a plurality of transistors, and a gate driving circuit that provides a scan signal, an initialization signal, and an emission signal to the pixel circuit. The gate driving circuit includes a scan signal generating circuit that provides the scan signal to a gate electrode of at least one of the plurality of transistors, an initialization signal generating circuit that provides the initialization signal to a source electrode or a drain electrode of at least one of the plurality of transistors, and the emission signal generating circuit that provides an emission signal to the gate electrode of at least one of the plurality of transistors. The initialization signal generating circuit receives an output signal of the scan signal generating circuit and an output signal of the emission signal generating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minsu Kim, SeHwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11676529
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for in-pixel driving of micro-light-emitting diodes are disclosed. An example light-emitting diode driver includes a first input node to receive a data signal, a second input node to receive a reference signal having a first frequency, and a driver circuit including thin-film transistors to output a current pulse for driving a light-emitting diode, the current pulse having a width based on the data signal and the reference signal, the output signal having a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Khaled Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11676530
    Abstract: A display apparatus of a plurality of display apparatuses constituting a wall display includes a first board, a second board, and a plurality of display modules. The first board includes a first communication interface including a circuitry for wireless transmission, and a timing controller configured to, in response to information on an image being received, generate a plurality of driving signals for driving the plurality of display modules based on the received information and transmit the plurality of driving signals to the second board through the first communication interface. The second board includes a second communication interface including circuitry for wireless reception, a plurality of interfaces electrically connected to the plurality of display modules, and an IC chip configured to, based on the plurality of driving signals being received through the second interface, provide each of the received driving signals to each of the display modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeongryeol Seo, Sangwon Kim, Youngkook Kim
  • Patent number: 11676531
    Abstract: A pixel arrangement structure of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The pixel arrangement structure includes: a first pixel having a center coinciding with a center of a virtual square; a second pixel separated from the first pixel and having a center at a first vertex of the virtual square; and a third pixel separated from the first pixel and the second pixel, and having a center at a second vertex neighboring the first vertex of the virtual square. The first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel have polygonal shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 11676532
    Abstract: A display substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of sub-pixels in the display pixel region, wherein each sub-pixel includes a pixel driving circuit; a plurality of first dummy sub-pixel structures on the base substrate and in the first dummy pixel region, wherein at least one first dummy sub-pixel structure includes a compensation capacitor; and a plurality of scan signal lines arranged on the base substrate and configured to transmit a scan signal to the pixel driving circuit. At least one scan signal line extends through the display pixel region and the first dummy pixel region, and the at least one scan signal line is electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit of each sub-pixel in a row of sub-pixels and is further electrically connected to the compensation capacitor of the at least one first dummy sub-pixel structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengqi Wang, Haigang Qing, Zhengkun Li, De Li, Hong Yi, Shilong Wang
  • Patent number: 11676533
    Abstract: A signal processing device and an image display apparatus including the same are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display including an organic light emitting diode panel and a signal processor configured to control the display, wherein the signal processor is configured to perform luminance conversion based on a first luminance conversion pattern in the case in which the luminance level of an input image is greater a first level and to perform luminance conversion based on a second luminance conversion pattern having a higher luminance level than the first luminance conversion pattern in the case in which the luminance level of the input image is equal to or less than the first level, whereby low gray level expression of the organic light emitting diode panel is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sungjin Park
  • Patent number: 11676534
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a driver configured to drive the display panel, and a compensation circuit configured to repeat a process of obtaining a sensing voltage from a sub-pixel included in the display panel, storing the sensing voltage, outputting the stored sensing voltage to the sub-pixel, and obtaining a sensing voltage from the sub-pixel to integrate the sensing voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuck Jun Kim, Dong Kyun Woo, Tae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11676535
    Abstract: A pixel of a display device includes a light-emitting diode and a pixel circuit that provides a current corresponding to a data signal to the light-emitting diode in response to a plurality of scan signals and a light emission control signal. The light emission control signal includes a first section and a second section, the second section includes a light-emission-on section and a light-emission-off section, the light emission control signal has an active level in the light-emission-on section and has an inactive level in each of the first section and the light-emission-off section, and the light-emission-on section and the light-emission-off section of the light emission control signal may vary depending on a light emission ratio of a dimming mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyeon Jeon, Donggyu Lee, Jin-Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 11676536
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels coupled to a first scan line and a data line, a power supply to supply voltages, a scan driver to provide a first scan signal to the first scan line a plurality of times for a first frame period (FFP), a data driver to supply a data signal to the data line, and a timing controller to control driving of components. The FFP includes: a first active period (FAP), in which the data signal is supplied; and a first blank period (FBP), in which the data signal is not supplied. The power supply provides on-bias power having a first voltage level (FVL) in the FAP, and provides on-bias power having a second voltage level (SVL) in the FBP. The FBP following the FAP includes a first dimming period in which the on-bias power gradually changes from the FVL to the SVL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Byung Chae, Seung Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11676537
    Abstract: Provided is a pixel driving circuit, a display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit includes: driving transistor having gate electrode connected to first node, first electrode connected to second node, and second electrode electrically connected to third node coupled to light emitting element; storage capacitor connected to the first node; and M first transistors having M first and second electrodes connected to the first node M functional signal terminals, respectively, M?1. A driving cycle of the pixel driving circuit includes light-emitting stage and N non-light-emitting stages, N?M. The M first transistors are respectively turned on in the N non-light-emitting stages, and the M first transistors are all turned off in the light-emitting stage. One of the N non-light-emitting stages includes first non-light-emitting stage adjacent to the light-emitting stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li, Jian Kuang, Yuantao Wu
  • Patent number: 11676538
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a light emitting unit, a current source, voltage comparator, and an emission control unit. The voltage comparator is configured to receive a voltage data and a ramp signal and output a comparison signal according to the voltage data and the ramp signal. The emission control unit is configured to output a driving current to the light emitting unit according to the supply current, the emission enable signal, and the comparison signal. The ramp signal is a first ramp signal during a first frame, and the ramp signal is a second ramp signal during a second frame after the first frame. The emission control unit is configured to be operated in a first mode based on the first ramp signal, and the emission control unit is configured to be operated in a second mode based on the second ramp signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11676539
    Abstract: A driving transistor is configured to control driving current for the light-emitting element. A first capacitive element and a second capacitive element are connected in series between a gate and a source of the driving transistor. A first switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between a data line and an intermediate node located between the first capacitive element and the second capacitive element. A second switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the gate and a drain of the driving transistor. A third switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the intermediate node and a reference power line. A fourth switching transistor is configured to switch supply/non-supply of driving current from the driving transistor to the light-emitting element. A fifth switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between an anode of the light-emitting element and a reset power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda
  • Patent number: 11676540
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a method for driving the same, a display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a driving sub-circuit, a first light-emission controlling sub-circuit, a second light-emission controlling sub-circuit, an anode potential controlling sub-circuit, all of which operate in cooperation so that the pixel circuit drives a light-emitting element to emit light, where the second light-emission controlling sub-circuit provides voltage output by the driving sub-circuit to an anode of the light-emitting element in a light-emission period, and the anode potential controlling sub-circuit provides a signal of a first voltage signal terminal to the anode of the light-emitting element in a non-light-emission period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Li, Bing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11676541
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift resister unit, a gate driving circuit, a display device, and a method for controlling a shift register unit. The shift register unit incudes a first input sub-circuit, a first output sub-circuit, a first reset sub-circuit, a second input sub-circuit, and a third input sub-circuit. The first input sub-circuit is configured to change a potential of a first node in a first phase. The first output sub-circuit is configured to output a gate driving signal in the first phase and output a compensation driving signal in a second phase. The first reset sub-circuit is configured to reset the first node. The second input sub-circuit is configured to change a potential of a second node in the first phase and maintain the potential of the second node. The third input sub-circuit is configured to change the potential of the first node in the second phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE JOINT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP GO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li
  • Patent number: 11676542
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area and including a plurality of pixels overlapping the active area and a scan driving circuit overlapping a portion of each of the active area and the peripheral area. The scan driving circuit is configured to drive the plurality of pixels. A sensing sensor is disposed on the display panel and includes first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes overlapping the active area and insulated from each other and sensing lines connected to the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes. The plurality of pixels include: first pixels that do not overlap the scan driving circuit; and second pixels that overlap the scan driving circuit, wherein at least a portion of the sensing lines overlaps the scan driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Hee Lee, Hyang-A Park, Sunho Kim
  • Patent number: 11676543
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. The controller detects a logo region including a logo in image data, determines a correction gain based on a first average gray level of the logo region and a second average gray level of a peripheral region adjacent to the logo region, and generates corrected image data by correcting the image data based on the correction gain. The data driver provides data signals to the plurality of pixels based on the corrected image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonwoo Jang, Seungho Park, Kyoungho Lim
  • Patent number: 11676544
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including: a data wiring that includes a main data line disposed in a display area and a first data line disposed in a peripheral area; a driving voltage wiring that includes a main driving voltage line disposed in the display area and a first driving voltage line that is connected with the main driving voltage line and disposed in the peripheral area while extending in a first direction; and a driving low-voltage wiring that includes a cathode extending to the peripheral area while overlapping the display area, and a plurality of first driving low-voltage connection portions that are connected with the cathode and disposed in the peripheral area, wherein each of the plurality of first driving low-voltage connection portions comprises a wiring portion extended in the first direction and a pad portion electrically connected with the wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, An Su Lee, Dong Woo Kim, Sung Jae Moon, Kang Moon Jo
  • Patent number: 11676545
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel on which a plurality of sub-pixels are disposed; a timing controller configured to transmit an image control signal to a host system to receive image data from the host system; a data driving circuit configured to convert the image data transmitted from the timing controller into a data voltage and configured to supply the data voltage to the display panel; and a semi-off switching circuit configured to control the image control signal so that the image data is cut off from the host system during a semi-off period of a predetermined time from a time when an off monitoring signal is transmitted from the host system in response to the power off signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SangHyun Park
  • Patent number: 11676546
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light source, an optical phase modulator, a drive circuit, and a controller. The optical phase modulator includes a plurality of pixels, and modulates a phase of light from the light source for each of the pixels by displaying a phase distribution pattern indicated by phase distribution data. The drive circuit performs voltage application to the optical phase modulator based on the phase distribution data. The controller divides a pixel region in the optical phase modulator into a plurality of division regions. The controller causes the drive circuit to perform voltage application based on adjustment data to perform display in at least one division region of the plurality of division regions. The adjustment data is for determining an amount of voltage application performed by the drive circuit. The amount of voltage application corresponds to the phase distribution data. The display is based on the adjustment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kouyama
  • Patent number: 11676547
    Abstract: Provided is a display system with which visibility can be improved. The display system includes an imaging device, a control device, and a display device. The imaging device includes first pixels arranged in a matrix, and the display device includes second pixels arranged in a matrix. The imaging device has a function of generating first image data on the basis of the illuminance of light emitted to the first pixels. The control device has a function of forming a histogram on the basis of the first image data and dividing the histogram into two or more illuminance ranges. The control device has a function of converting the gray levels which are included in the first image data as information and correspond to the illuminance of the light emitted to the first pixels, thereby generating second image data obtained by performing dynamic range compression on the first image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Fukai, Takayuki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11676548
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a light source unit, a backlight module and a display device, wherein the light source unit comprises a printed circuit board and a plurality of light source groups, the plurality of light source groups are arranged on the printed circuit board, and each light source group at least comprises a red light source, a green light source and a blue light source; the plurality of light source groups are divided into a plurality of regions, and each region is independently controlled. According to the disclosure, the light source groups are divided into regions, and the display signals of the light source groups in each region are controlled through independent control switches, so that the backlight LED light source can be lighted regionally in high brightness and high color gamut region, and the energy consumption is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minna Yang, Jianlin Li
  • Patent number: 11676549
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a method of controlling display of a display device, an apparatus thereof and a display apparatus. The display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight partitions, each of which is independently driven, and the display panel includes a plurality of display partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions. The method comprises: causing the display panel to display a test image, wherein each pixel of the test image has a same gray value; acquiring a luminance of each display partition of the display panel; determining a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition; adjusting backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition; and providing the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengmeng Wang, Xiurong Wang, Xiaomang Zhang, Wenhao Liu, Juanjuan Shi
  • Patent number: 11676550
    Abstract: Provided is a spatial light modulator device that includes a light modulation unit, a first memory, and a second memory. The light modulation unit performs a transition operation between a first state and a second state. In the first memory, data for specifying which one state of the first state and the second state the light modulation unit is to be put in is written during a transition time in which the transition operation is performed. In the second memory, the data retained in the first memory is written after the transition time ends and the second memory supplies the data to the light modulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihito Nishiike
  • Patent number: 11676551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gamma voltage correction method and device, and a display device, wherein a candidate refresh rate last determined in a current frame period of a display panel is used as a target refresh rate, and a gamma voltage corresponding to the target refresh rate is used as a gamma voltage at a display phase in a next frame period of the display panel to perform brightness correction, so that flashing of the display panel during refresh rate switching is prevented, and storage resources are saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenwu Liao
  • Patent number: 11676552
    Abstract: A display panel and an electronic device are disclosed. The display panel includes a display area and a functional area. The functional area includes a first switch transistor, a second switch transistor, a sensing transistor, and a sensing capacitor. Specifically, an upper plate of the sensing capacitor is a transparent plate. The functional area can also serve a displaying function while performing color temperature sensing, gas sensing, or laser sensing, which increases an aperture ratio and transmittance of the display panel, so that an overall visual effect of the display panel is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haijun Wang
  • Patent number: 11676553
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first data lines, second data lines, gate lines, and a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator which generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, and a source driver which generates a first data voltage having a first polarity based on the first driving voltage and a second data voltage having a second polarity based on the second driving voltage. The source driver includes a first source driver coupled to the first data lines and a second source driver coupled to the second data lines. The voltage generator alternately provides the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage to each of the first source driver and the second source driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Sun-Koo Kang
  • Patent number: 11676554
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a timing controller configured to transmit a command for a common voltage of a particular frame rate to a power management circuit. A storage component may store digital information, wherein each digital information is associated with the common voltage of a particular frame rate. The power management circuit supports a variety of common voltage requirements of the liquid crystal display including an ability to select digital information of the digital information that is associated with the common voltage at the particular frame rate stored in the storage component and apply the common voltage at the particular frame rate to the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: ChaoKai Huang, Dan Odell Boice, MengFeng Hung, ChingFeng Chen, YiFan Wang
  • Patent number: 11676555
    Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Kouhei Toyotaka, Kei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11676556
    Abstract: A method and light-emitting diode (LED) device configured to compensate for crosstalk between rows of the LED device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Vehbi Calayir, Rodrigo Calderon Rico, Bret Rothenberg, Chengrui Le