Backlight Control Patents (Class 345/102)
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Patent number: 12236905Abstract: A device may include an electronic display having a backlight that generates light and multiple display pixels that modulate the amount of generated light emitted from the electronic display based on compensated image data. The backlight may include multiple illuminators that generate the light, and a first color component illuminator may have a slower response rate than a second color component illuminator. The device may also include image processing circuitry that generates the compensated image data by compensating input image data for a color shift associated with a change in brightness of the backlight and the slower response rate of the first color component illuminator. The input image data may be compensated by increasing first color component pixel values of the input image data relative to second color component pixel values of the input image data, and the compensated image data may be output to the electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chengrui Le, Fang-Cheng Lin, Alexey Kornienko
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Patent number: 12230222Abstract: An electronic device including a display device is provided. The display device includes a sharing area, a junction area, and a privacy area. The junction area is positioned between the sharing area and the privacy area. The display device includes a privacy panel. A transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the sharing area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area, and the transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the junction area is greater than a transmittance of the privacy panel corresponding to the privacy area.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: Innolux Corporation, CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.Inventors: Li-Wei Sung, Chia-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Wu Lin, Yu-Ming Wu
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Patent number: 12230185Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight unit including a plurality of backlight blocks; and a processor configured to drive the backlight unit to output light, wherein the processor may be further configured to: adjust a first image having a first resolution to a second image having a second resolution that is smaller than the first resolution, divide an image area corresponding to a first backlight block among the plurality of backlight blocks in the second image having the second resolution into a plurality of image areas, acquire current information corresponding to the first backlight block and a second backlight block adjacent to the first backlight block, based on the plurality of image areas, and drive the backlight unit based on the acquired current information.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinjoo Chung, Daesung Lim
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Patent number: 12211459Abstract: A driving method for a liquid crystal display apparatus includes generating and sending, by a system unit according to image data, respective ones of dimming data groups sequentially; and responding, by a backlight driver, to respective ones of the dimming data groups sequentially; where responding, by the backlight driver, to any one of the dimming data groups comprises: receiving the dimming data group, and sending driving configuration information to each of the signal channels according to the dimming data group. The driving configuration information of any one of the signal channels includes driving data and address related information of a selected microchip in the signal channel, and the selected microchip is the microchip that controls the light emitting zone corresponding to the dimming data in the dimming data group. The method further includes acquiring, by the selected microchip, the driving data according to the driving configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTDInventor: Zhitao Zhang
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Patent number: 12205560Abstract: An image controller includes: a first semiconductor circuit configured to generate a third compensation data obtained by applying a first image compensation to an input image data; a second semiconductor circuit configured to generate a first compensation data obtained by applying a second image compensation different from the first image compensation to the input image data; and a sensing unit configured to generate a temperature sensing data by measuring a temperature of the second semiconductor circuit. The first semiconductor circuit determines whether an operation of the second semiconductor circuit is to be off based on the temperature sensing data.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Bon Seog Gu
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Patent number: 12198643Abstract: A method includes generating luminance setting data, luminance estimation data, maximum luminance data, and gradation setting data, and controlling a backlight panel and a liquid crystal panel based on the luminance setting data and the gradation setting data, respectively. The luminance setting data sets a luminance value for each light-emitting region of the backlight panel and is generated based on an input image. The luminance estimation data indicates an estimated luminance value of backlight for the input image with respect to each pixel of the liquid crystal panel and is generated based on the luminance setting data and luminance profile data. The maximum luminance data is generated based on the luminance estimation data. The gradation setting data sets a gradation value of each pixel of the liquid crystal panel for the input image, and is generated based on the input image, the luminance estimation data, and the maximum luminance data.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventor: Masahiko Monomoshi
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Patent number: 12198639Abstract: A display panel assembly includes a display panel and driving devices. The display panel includes first multiplexers; each first multiplexer is configured to control the first load connection terminal (N11) to be electrically coupled to one of two first data lines (S1), and to control the second load connection terminal (N12) to be electrically coupled to the second or third data line (S2 or S3); each driving device includes data signal generators, and second multiplexers; each second multiplexer is configured to control the first signal generating terminal (N21) to be electrically coupled to one of the two first data signal generators, and control the second signal generating terminal (N22) to be electrically coupled to the second or third data signal generator; and the first and second load connection terminals (N11, N12) are electrically coupled to the first and second signal generating terminals (N21, N22), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chenghao Liao, Guoqiang Wu, Shuai Hou
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Patent number: 12198645Abstract: According to an embodiment, a contrast and deep black can be enhanced by differentially performing spatial filtering according to a position of a block of a video image.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Pil Jae Min
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Patent number: 12198644Abstract: In a display device, a display includes a display area for displaying a display image, and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. A control circuit receives, from an illuminance sensor for detecting an illuminance of an incident light, the illuminance and controls the display. The display area includes a first end area that is an area located near the peripheral area. The control circuit derives a brightness ratio that is a ratio between a brightness of the first end area and a brightness of the peripheral area, based on the illuminance and image data for the display image. The control circuit controls, when the brightness ratio is larger than a brightness ratio threshold value that is a predefined value, the display to cause the brightness ratio to be equal to or smaller than the brightness ratio threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuuki Namekata
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Patent number: 12198655Abstract: An image adjusting method applied to an image adjusting device of a display panel includes applying content analysis to an original image, determining one related specific light power saving mode to reduce intensity of specific color of the original image in accordance with a result of the content analysis, and executing the related specific light power saving mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Wan-Ting Chen, Shuo-Li Shih, Tsu-Ming Liu, Chih-Kai Chang, Kuo-Chen Huang
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Patent number: 12192437Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for displaying a 3-D representation of an object are described. Apparatuses can include a rotatable structure, motor, and multiple light field sub-displays disposed on the rotatable structure. The apparatuses can store a light field image to be displayed, the light field image providing multiple different views of the object at different viewing directions. A processor can drive the motor to rotate the rotatable structure and map the light field image to each of the light field sub-displays based in part on the rotation angle, and illuminate the light field sub-displays based in part on the mapped light field image. The apparatuses can include a display panel configured to be viewed from a fiducial viewing direction, where the display panel is curved out of a plane that is perpendicular to the fiducial viewing direction, and a plurality of light field sub-displays disposed on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Adrian Kaehler
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Patent number: 12188814Abstract: The present application provides a method, apparatus, and electronic device for detecting ambient light under a display screen, which could reduce the influence of a light leak from a screen on detection of the ambient light. The method includes: generating an interval identification signal for screen light of the display screen according to a dimming period of the display screen, the interval identification signal being used to identify the screen light that is within a specific time interval in the dimming period; performing data collection according to a sampling signal; reading data of a target sampling period from data of a plurality of sampling periods of the sampling signal according to the interval identification signal, the target sampling period being a sampling period in which sampling time overlaps with the specific time interval in time; and detecting the ambient light according to the data of the target sampling period.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingsong Wei, Xiangyu Yang, Luming Zhou
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Patent number: 12189171Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, a first light source module, and a second light source module is disclosed. The display panel has a display surface and a back surface away from the display surface. The first light source module is disposed on a side of one of the display surface and the back surface of the display panel, and overlaps the display surface. The second light source module is disposed on a side of the other one of the display surface and the back surface of the display panel, and overlaps the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: HannStar Display CorporationInventors: Chen-Hao Su, Chin-Wei Lin, Chin-Yung Liu
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Patent number: 12183293Abstract: A display method and a display apparatus. The method includes: firstly, when an automatic backlight adjustment function of a display apparatus is enabled, measuring a target environment brightness of the environment where the display apparatus is located; then, the display apparatus determining, according to correspondences, between different environment brightnesses and backlight brightnesses, a target backlight brightness corresponding to an environment brightness sensed; and finally, the display apparatus adjusting the current backlight brightness according to the target backlight brightness.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jidong Zhang, Jie Dong, Wenlong Li, Tian Lin
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Patent number: 12181921Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area defined therein, a sensor including a plurality of loop portions and a plurality of line portions, and at least one transverse line comprising at least one of the loop portions and the line portions that overlaps substantially all of the first non-foldable area, the foldable area, and the second non-foldable area. The at least one transverse line includes a first rigid portion overlapping the first non-foldable area, a flexible portion overlapping the foldable area, and a second rigid portion overlapping the second non-foldable area. The flexible portion has a first width, the first rigid portion has a second width, the second rigid portion has a third width, with the first width being greater than the second width and the third width.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Dasom Gu, Chul Ho Jeong
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Patent number: 12165614Abstract: A driving method for a display panel includes: obtaining a change range of a refresh frequency difference of the display panel within a preset duration; obtaining a current refresh frequency of the display panel in response to determining that an upper limit of the change range of the refresh frequency difference is less than a preset refresh frequency difference; obtaining a number of display frames in response to determining that the current refresh frequency of the display panel is less than a reference refresh frequency; and performing brightness compensation on the display panel in response to determining that the number of display frames is greater than or equal to a preset number of frames.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Haokai Wang
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Patent number: 12159594Abstract: A method for generating driving signal is provided. The method includes generating by a first circuit, a first driving signal for a first frame of image, the first driving signal comprising a plurality of first pulse width modulation signals; transmitting the plurality of first pulse width modulation signals to a modulation controller; detecting a vertical synchronization signal; determining whether a most recent first pulse width modulation signal is partially generated when the vertical synchronization signal is detected; and upon determination that the most recent first pulse width modulation signal is partially generated, determining whether to delay generating a second driving signal for a second frame of image.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei Hao, Chinghua Hung, Lingyun Shi, Feifei Wang, Wengang Su, Xingce Shang, Kaimin Yin, Junwei Zhang, Taotao Duan
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Patent number: 12158644Abstract: An electronic device, including a display module, a viewing angle switchable panel, a switching element, and a driving element, is provided. The display module has multiple first units and multiple second units. The first units have a first color, and the second units have a second color. The first color and the second color are different. The switching element is used to switch the viewing angle switchable panel between a first viewing angle mode and a second viewing angle mode. The driving element is used to provide a first data voltage to at least one of the first units of the display module in the first viewing angle mode, and provide a second data voltage to the at least one of the first units in the second viewing angle mode. The first data voltage and the second data voltage are different.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Hao-Yu Chen, Hong-Sheng Hsieh, Hsin-Chih Wu
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Patent number: 12159172Abstract: Systems and methods for managing user engagement during collaboration sessions in heterogenous computing platforms are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform comprising a plurality of devices and a memory coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the memory includes a plurality of sets of firmware instructions, where each set of firmware instructions, upon execution by a respective device, enables the respective device to provide a corresponding firmware service, and where at least one of the plurality of devices operates as an orchestrator configured to receive a user engagement cue during a collaboration session and process the user engagement cue.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Daniel L. Hamlin, Srikanth Kondapi, Todd Erick Swierk
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Patent number: 12159597Abstract: A backlight control device adapted to control a plurality of backlight sources is provided. The backlight control device includes a timing control circuitry and a local-dimming control circuitry. The timing control circuitry is configured to generate a transmission packet according to a first customized content specification, where the transmission packet includes control information and brightness information. The timing control circuitry includes a differential circuit, where the differential circuit is configured to transmit the transmission packet according to a differential voltage level. The local-dimming control circuitry includes a receiving circuit electrically coupled to the differential circuit. The receiving circuit is configured to receive the transmission packet. The local-dimming control circuitry is configured to transmit a light source control signal according to the control information and the brightness information.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.Inventors: Pui-Kei Leong, Wun-Lin Chang
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Patent number: 12154522Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus. The image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel; a plurality of light sources configured to output light to the display panel; a plurality of switching elements configured to switch the light sources, respectively; and a processor configured to output a switching control signal having variable amplitude to the switching element, wherein the processor controls a driving frequency of the light source to be a second frequency higher than a first frequency corresponding to a vertical synchronization signal of the panel. Thus, the sharpness of the image can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jongmin Lee, Sunwoo Jung, Myongyoung Lee, Kyuyong Chung, Wonki Lee, Seokpan Kang
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Patent number: 12154480Abstract: A light emitter that operates through a display may cause display artifacts, even when the light emitter operates using non-visible wavelengths. Display artifacts caused by a light emitter that operates through a display may be referred to as emitter artifacts. To mitigate emitter artifacts, operating conditions for a display frame may be used to determine an optimal firing time for the light emitter during that display frame. The operating conditions used to determine the optimal firing time may include emitter operating conditions, display content statistics, display brightness, temperature, and refresh rate. Operating conditions from one or more previous frames may be stored in a frame buffer and may be used to help determine the optimal firing time for the light emitter during a display frame. Pixel values for the display may be modified to mitigate emitter artifacts.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jenny Hu, Chaohao Wang, Christopher E Glazowski, Clint M Perlaki, David R Manly, Feng Wen, Graeme M Williams, Hei Kam, Hyun H Boo, Kevin J Choboter, Kyounghwan Kim, Lu Yan, Mahesh B Chappalli, Mark T Winkler, Na Zhu, Peter F Holland, Tong Chen, Warren S Rieutort-Louis, Wenrui Cai, Ximeng Guan, Yingying Tang, Yuchi Che
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Patent number: 12156443Abstract: A display substrate includes: a base substrate having a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; a plurality of sub-pixels in the display region; a plurality of data lines in the display region, electrically coupled to the plurality of sub-pixels respectively, and configured to provide a data signal to the plurality of sub-pixels respectively; a plurality of pads in the peripheral region, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of pads are configured to provide a data signal to the plurality of data lines respectively; at least one test data signal line in the peripheral region; at least one test control signal line in the peripheral region; and a plurality of test units in the peripheral region and on a side of the plurality of pads away from the display region.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng Wei, Lili Du, Hongjun Zhou, Jianchang Cai
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Patent number: 12136398Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight module is configured to illuminate the display panel, the backlight module comprising a plurality of light sources. The backlight control circuitry is configured to control first luminance of a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on a first weighted average of brightness values for a first set of pixels of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Masao Orio, Tomoo Minaki, Akio Sugiyama
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Patent number: 12130324Abstract: A test apparatus includes: an electrical connection unit to be electrically connected to a terminal of each of a plurality of light emitting devices to be tested; a light source unit for collectively irradiating the plurality of light emitting devices with light; a measuring unit for measuring a photoelectric signal obtained by photoelectrically converting light irradiated by the light source unit and output via the electrical connection unit by each light emitting device; an acquisition unit for acquiring a correction map including a correction value for correcting a variation in intensity of light with which a position of each light emitting device is irradiated by the light source unit; and a determination unit for determining a quality of each light emitting device on a basis of a measurement result by the measuring unit and the correction map acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: ADVANTEST CORPORATIONInventors: Kotaro Hasegawa, Kouji Miyauchi, Go Utamaru
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Patent number: 12130510Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate including an upper end, a left end, a right end, and a lower end, and a plurality of wiring pads extending to the lower end; a display layer provided on a surface of the first substrate; a second substrate provided on a surface of the display layer, including an upper end, a left end, and a right end coincident with the upper end, the left end, and the right end of the first substrate, and a lower end shorter than the lower end of the first substrate, where the plurality of wiring pads of the first substrate are exposed; a plurality of side wiring pads provided on the lower end of the first substrate and the lower end of the second substrate and connected to the plurality of wiring pads; and a display driving circuit connected to the plurality of side wiring pads.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Enjung Kim, Jeongphil Seo, Sungho Kim, Seungjun Jeong, Suhong Ko, Bupmyoung Kim
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Patent number: 12131711Abstract: A data processing method spoiled to a display apparatus includes, obtaining first image data including first pixel values of pixels; obtaining a brightness control value of each backlight unit according to first pixel values of pixels corresponding to the backlight unit; determining relative positional relationships between a first pixel and at least two first backlight units in a plane perpendicular to a thickness direction of the display apparatus, the first backlight units including a backlight unit corresponding to the first pixel and backlight unit(s) adjacent thereto; determining an optical diffusion coefficient of each first backlight unit at a corresponding position of the first pixel according to the relative positional relationships; and determining a backlight brightness characteristic value of the first pixel according to a brightness control value of each first backlight unit and the optical diffusion coefficient of each first backlight unit at the corresponding position of the first pixel.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Xitong Ma
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Patent number: 12131690Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a display compensation system and a display panel compensation method. Specifically, it is possible to enhance the luminance uniformity of the display panel by generating a current temporary shift voltage by adding a unit offset voltage to a previous temporary shift voltage, generating modified image data by compensating for image data based on the current temporary shift voltage, driving the display panel based on the modified image data, and reducing the luminance difference value which is the difference between the maximum luminance data and the minimum luminance data for the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yongsang Lee
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Patent number: 12125447Abstract: A display driver includes a display panel, a backlight array, and backlight control circuitry. The backlight array includes a plurality of light sources and is configured to illuminate the display panel. The backlight control circuitry is configured to determine first base luminance for a first light source of the plurality of light sources based at least in part on pixel data for a first set of pixels associated with the first light source. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to determine first compensated luminance for the first light source by modifying the first base luminance based at least in part on a position of the first light source in the backlight array. The backlight control circuitry is further configured to control light emission of the first light source based at least in part on the first compensated luminance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki
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Patent number: 12118958Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and a method for driving the same. The display device includes: a timing controller which receives a dimming value from the outside, determines a dimming band corresponding to the dimming value, and generates and outputs an image data and a data driving control signal; a data driver which outputs, on the basis of the data driving control signal, a data signal corresponding to the image data; and a display panel which displays an image corresponding to the data signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zonggun Oh, Jaehun Jung
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Patent number: 12112713Abstract: A head wearable device (HWD) suitable to be worn by a user, the HWD may include: a head tracker configured to track a line of sight (LOS) of the user; a near eye display (NED) comprising: a plurality of transistors groups forming a pixel array of said display, a plurality of backlight units, forming a backlight surface of said display; a backlight control module configured to dim the backlight units that spatially overlap one or more of the transistor groups whenever the data at said transistor groups is being refreshed and further configured to change at least one of: a frequency and a location of the dimmed backlight units; and a computer processor coupled to the tracker and the NED and configured to instruct the backlight control module to change at least one of: the frequency and the location of the dimmed backlight units, based on the user LOS.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Elbit Systems Ltd.Inventors: Yoav Ophir, Gil Benesh
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Patent number: 12112714Abstract: A circuit device includes a luminance analysis circuit, a luminance information calculation circuit, and a color correction circuit. The luminance analysis circuit executes luminance analysis on image data, and obtains dimming information for local dimming control based on a result of the luminance analysis. The luminance information calculation circuit calculates, based on the dimming information on n×m light source elements, luminance information indicating a luminance of light reaching a target pixel from the n×m light source elements. Among the plurality of light source elements of the backlight, the n×m light source elements are arranged around the target pixel for color correction in the local dimming control. The color correction circuit executes color correction on image data on the target pixel based on the luminance information, and outputs the image data after the color correction to the display device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutoshi Akiba, Kumar Anandabairavasamy Anand, Sebdani Mahmood Mazrouei, Tyler Dahlman
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Patent number: 12100792Abstract: A white-light-emitting inorganic light-emitting-diode (iLED) structure comprises first iLEDs electrically connected in series, each first iLED emitting a different color of light from any other first iLED when electrical power is provided to the first iLEDs, and a second iLED electrically connected to one of the first iLEDs, the second iLED emitting the same color of light as the one of the first iLEDs when electrical power is provided to the first iLEDs. The second iLED can be electrically connected in series or in parallel with the one of the first iLEDs. Such iLED structures can be used at least in displays, lamps, and indicators.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: X Display Company Technology LimitedInventors: Matthew Alexander Meitl, Ronald S. Cok
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Patent number: 12100361Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight device, a drive circuit, and a backlight control circuit. The backlight device includes a plurality of light sources configured to illuminate the display panel. The drive circuit is configured to update the display panel based on an input image. The backlight control circuit is configured to apply a filter to a target part of the input image to generate a filtered image part. The target part of the input image is displayed in a corresponding region of the display panel illuminated by a target light source of the plurality of light sources. The backlight control circuit is further configured to control a luminance level of the target light source based on a maximum pixel luminance level of the filtered image part and a local average picture level (APL) of the filtered image part.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Synaptics IncorporatedInventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose, Masao Orio
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Patent number: 12100362Abstract: A display device includes a backlight, a pixel controlling unit, a power driving unit, a source driving unit which transmits, to the pixel controlling unit, intensities of the LEDs connected to the pixel controlling unit, and a timing controlling unit. The pixel controlling unit adjusts, in a first time section, an intensity of a first LED based on a first intensity received from the source driving unit, wherein the first LED is connected to a first line which is activated by the power driving. The pixel controlling unit adjusts, in a second time section different from the first time section, an intensity of a second LED based on a second intensity received from the source driving unit, wherein the second LED is connected to a second line which is activated by the power driving unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Minhoon Lee
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Patent number: 12100328Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a light-emitting element, a first control module, a second control module, and a light-emitting control module. The first control module is connected to a control terminal of the light-emitting control module, the second control module is connected to a first terminal of the light-emitting control module, and a second terminal of the light-emitting control module is connected to the light-emitting element. The first control module selectively controls a light-emitting duration of the light-emitting element, and the second control module selectively provides a driving current for the light-emitting element. At least one of the first control module provides a driving signal to at least one of the second control module.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: TIANMA ADVANCED DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Yingteng Zhai
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Patent number: 12094428Abstract: An apparatus that displays a video in accordance with an input signal, the apparatus includes a backlight including a plurality of light sources, a panel configured to display the video by modulating light from the backlight, a determination section configured to determine an amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources subframe by subframe, a controller configured to control the plurality of light sources in accordance with the determined amounts of light, and an acquisition section configured to acquire a statistic in a plurality of areas subframe by subframe in accordance with the input signal. The determination section is configured to determine the amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources in accordance with the statistic.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuru Tada
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Patent number: 12087206Abstract: A color adjustment device applied to a display panel includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller is configured to control light emission of the display panel. The second controller is connected to the first controller, and is configured to receive an input image, and determine whether a blue component proportion of the input image is greater than a preset proportion and whether luminance of the display panel is lower than a luminance threshold value, wherein at least one pulse signal is transmitted from the second controller to the first controller through a first signal line when the blue component proportion is greater than the preset proportion and the luminance of the display panel is lower than the luminance threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventors: Chang Lin Liou, Chih Hao Lo, Cheng Ta Wu
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Patent number: 12082317Abstract: A controller for a light fixture includes light intensity control circuitry to control intensity of light and color temperature control circuitry to control color temperature of light produced by a light engine, a first switch having a first switch cover disposed on an exterior portion of the controller, the first switch configured to communicate with the light intensity control circuitry to cause the light engine to produce a specified light intensity based on a position of the first switch cover, and a second switch having a second switch cover disposed on the exterior portion of the controller, the second switch configured to communicate with the color temperature control circuitry to cause the light engine to produce a specified color temperature of light based on a position of the second switch cover. The position of the first switch cover and the position of the second switch cover are manually selectable.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Charles Richard Vasquez, Ryan D. Meldahl, Paul W. Lewis
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Patent number: 12078881Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spliced display device. The spliced display device includes two liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips. Each LCD panel includes a first frame area. The first frame areas of the two LCD panels are disposed adjacent to each other. The LED chips are disposed in the first frame area.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Feng Zheng
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Patent number: 12073801Abstract: A method of controlling a backlight of a display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel and the backlight. The backlight includes a plurality of backlight blocks. The method determines provisional luminance values for the plurality of backlight blocks in accordance with an input video frame. The method adjusts the provisional luminance values by amounts of reduction based on a total sum of the provisional luminance values and individual provisional luminance values.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kouichi Ooga
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Patent number: 12073798Abstract: A display device and a display method thereof are disclosed. The display method includes following steps: First, obtaining a target display frequency and a target backlight brightness value of a target display device. Then, obtaining a first display frequency and a first backlight brightness value of the target display device within a predetermined period. After that, confirming a backlight brightness compensation value of the target display device within the predetermined period according to a differential between the target display frequency and the first display frequency when the first display frequency and the target display frequency are different. Finally, compensating for the first backlight brightness value according to the backlight brightness compensation value.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Lu Liu
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Patent number: 12069783Abstract: This LED driving device comprises: a DC/DC controller which controls an output stage for supplying an output voltage to an LED; and a current driver which generates an output current of the LED, wherein the current driver performs PWM dimming by turning on the output current in accordance with an LED-current-on period of a PWM dimming signal and turning off the output current in accordance with an LED-current-off period of the PWM dimming signal, and the DC/DC controller includes a feedback control unit which performs feedback control for outputting a switching pulse to the output stage so as to make a cathode voltage of the LED equal to a reference voltage, and a pulse addition control unit which performs pulse addition control for adding a predetermined pulse number of additional switching pulses at a time of switching between the LED-current-on period and the LED-current-off period.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Inventors: Ryosuke Kanemitsu, Koji Katsura
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Patent number: 12046213Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel with pixel rows; a light source device having light emission regions; and a controller configured to control light emission of the light emission regions. A second period is shorter than a first period. The first period is a period from a drive timing of one or more pixel rows that are driven first to a drive timing of one or more other pixel rows that are driven last. The second period is a period from a light emission timing of one or more light emission regions that emit light first to a light emission timing of one or more other light emission regions that emit light last. The light emission timing of the one or more light emission regions that emit light first is different from the light emission timing of the one or more other light emission regions that emit light last.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kazunari Tomizawa, Tadafumi Ozaki
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Patent number: 12038637Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display device, including a display panel, a back panel, and a shading adhesive tape. A bonding region is provided on at least one side of the display panel. The back panel includes bottom panel and a lateral panel surrounding the bottom panel. The lateral panel and the bottom panel form a cavity. The display panel is located in the cavity. A part of the lateral panel away from the bottom panel is disposed adjacent to a perimeter of the display panel. The shading adhesive tape is adjacent to a side of the lateral panel close to the cavity. At least a part of the shading adhesive tape is adhered to a side of the display panel away from the bottom panel and is disposed corresponding to the bonding region.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuanyuan Qi
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Patent number: 12033592Abstract: Provided is a method for displaying an image, including acquiring a first target image with a third resolution and a second target image with a fourth resolution; determining a reference grayscale value of each of the backlight sections based on grayscale values of respective pixels in the first image region corresponding to the backlight section; determining grayscale values of respective pixels in a first display image based on grayscale values of respective pixels in the first target image; determining grayscale values of respective pixels in a second display image; driving each of the backlight sources to emit light based on the reference grayscale value of the backlight section where the backlight source is disposed; driving the first display panel to perform display based on the first display image; and driving the second display panel to perform display based on the second display image.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO. , LTD.Inventors: Shuo Zhang, Tiankuo Shi, Xiaomang Zhang, Yanhui Xi, Zhihua Ji, Yan Sun, Chenxi Zhao, Xiangjun Peng, Yifan Hou, Minglei Chu
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Patent number: 12014682Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels each including a light-emitting element, a display brightness value adjuster configured to output brightness data with different values according to user inputs to adjust screen luminance of the display panel, a duty adjuster configured to adjust an emission duty of the light-emitting element according to the brightness data, and a power adjuster configured to adjust a low-level source voltage to be applied to the pixels within a preset power supply voltage range according to the brightness data, wherein the emission duty of the light-emitting element gradually increases from 0% to an upper limit set to be less than 100%.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: So Jeong Kim, Nam Hun Oh
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Patent number: 12008971Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device may comprise: a power supply configured to generate power; an external input port, which can be connected to at least one external device; a display; and a processor configured to: acquire brightness information about the display, identify first power information required by the display based on the acquired brightness information, and adjust, based on the identified first power information and second power information provided from the power supply, power supplied to the external input port.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Doyoung Kim, Gwanghyun Kim, Wonpil Kim, Heehyo Yang, Younggon Cho
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Patent number: 12001113Abstract: Provided are a display substrate, a display apparatus and a display method therefor. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; pixel units on the base substrate; and an electrochromic structure on a side of the pixel units that is away from the base substrate. The transmittance of the electrochromic structure is positively correlated with the brightness of the pixel units when displaying an image, such that the contrast of the display substrate is improved, and the display effect is improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanhui Lu, Kang Guo, Xiao Zhang, Duohui Li, Xueyuan Zhou, Mengya Song, Jin Zhao
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Patent number: 11978410Abstract: A method of backlight control for a display panel is provided. The display panel is configured to display with a variable refresh rate in a plurality of frame periods each having a fixed period and a variable period. The method includes steps of: generating a first backlight control signal in the fixed period of a frame period; determining whether a liquid crystal (LC) transition time corresponding to the frame period ends before an end time of the variable period of the frame period; generating a second backlight control signal in the variable period of the frame period when the LC transition time ends before the end time of the variable period of the frame period; and generating a compensation backlight control signal in a next frame period according to a backlight duty cycle of the frame period.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Po-Hsiang Huang, Chung-Wen Wu, Jiun-Yi Lin, Wen-Chi Lin