Display Driving Control Circuitry Patents (Class 345/204)
  • Patent number: 11495278
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes first and second wiring lines, memory cells between first and second wiring lines, first and second common wiring lines, a first selecting circuit between one ends of the first wiring lines and the first common wiring line, and a second selecting circuit between the other ends of the first wiring lines and the first common wiring line. A path between the first wiring line and the first common wiring line through the first selecting circuit and a path between the first wiring line and the first common wiring line through the second selecting circuit are defined as first and second paths, one of the first and second paths is set to an electrically conductive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Osada, Kosuke Hatsuda
  • Patent number: 11494029
    Abstract: In a display system, a source drive circuit outputs a source signal. Multiple switching elements are respectively connected between multiple source lines and the source drive circuit, and each switching element outputs a source signal output from the source drive circuit to a source line in an ON state and stops the output of the source signal to the source line in an OFF state. A switching circuit supplies multiple pulse signals to the multiple switching elements. A CPU determines pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals. The pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals are determined such that each of the pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals is longer than or equal to a charging time of a pixel electrode and such that the sum of the pulse widths of the multiple pulse signals is shorter than or equal to a horizontal synchronization period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hirai, Yuji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11495622
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel, a manufacture method and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a first substrate; the first substrate includes a base, a first metal layer, an insulating layer and a second metal layer; the second metal layer includes horizontal zones and oblique zones; each of the oblique zones is inclined from a first height to a second height; the first height is greater than the second height; a thickness of each of the horizontal zones of the second metal layer is greater than a thickness of each of the oblique zones of the second metal layer; and a width of each of the oblique zones of the second metal layer is greater than a width of each of the horizontal zones of the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chunhui Yang
  • Patent number: 11488557
    Abstract: A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit layout is provided, including a plurality of driving thin-film transistor units, wherein each of the driving thin-film transistor units includes a wiring side and a capacitor side, and any two adjacent driving thin-film transistor units are spaced apart and connected in series with each other; and a plurality of first capacitor areas, wherein each of the first capacitor areas is disposed between two adjacent capacitor sides of the driving thin-film transistor units. The GOA circuit layout according to the present invention increases heat dissipation area for the driving thin-film transistors, which is more advantageous for heat dissipation. On the other hand, because of sufficient use of the first capacitor areas, a size of layout is basically not increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liuqi Zhang, Baixiang Han
  • Patent number: 11487169
    Abstract: A substrate and a display panel are provided, which relate to the technical field of display apparatus. The substrate includes an active area and a bonding area located outside the active area and close to an edge of the substrate, wherein a bonding electrode is disposed within the bonding area, a first lead extending toward the edge of the substrate is connected to one side of the bonding electrode toward the edge of the substrate, and the first lead includes a curved section close to the bonding electrode and a straight section close to the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Xu, Shanshan Xu, Wenchao Wang, Xin Fang
  • Patent number: 11490496
    Abstract: An interactive display system includes a display device and a user device. The display device includes a controlling unit and lighting units, and the controlling unit transmits a color signal to the lighting units. When the user device emits an active light signal to the lighting units, the lighting unit that receives the active light signal lights up according to the color signal. Namely, when the user uses the user device to emit the active light signal to the lighting units of the display device, the lighting units illuminated by the active light signal can light up. Therefore, the user can use the display device as a canvas, and the user can draw a picture or write a memo on the display device for interacting with the display device of the interactive display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Power Mos Electronic Limited
    Inventor: Cheng-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 11488536
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area and a second area surrounded by the first area, a first gate driving circuit unit and a second gate driving circuit unit adjacent to and spaced apart from each other in the first area, a (1-1)st pixel circuit unit arranged between the first gate driving circuit unit and the second gate driving circuit unit, and a (1-1)st display element arranged in the first area and electrically connected to the (1-1)st pixel circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Okkyung Park, Sunho Kim, Juchan Park
  • Patent number: 11490068
    Abstract: A triangulation scanner having a projection unit, at least one first image acquisition unit and one second image acquisition unit and a control and processing unit for deriving distance measured values from image information. The scanner comprises a third image acquisition unit and a fourth image acquisition unit and an acquisition zoom functionality for activating or reading out the sensors such that a respective first acquisition state and a respective second acquisition state can be provided for each sensor. The acquisition of an image corresponding to a field of view defined by the respective acquisition zoom level is provided by each such acquisition zoom level thus definable, wherein the fields of view are each different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Jensen, Michael Hermstein, Johan Stigwall, Andreas Schwendener, Robert Godding, Peter Münstermann
  • Patent number: 11489095
    Abstract: A first pixel with a first pixel sidewall is disclosed. A second pixel with a second pixel sidewall facing the first pixel sidewall is also disclosed. A first dynamic optical isolation material between the first pixel sidewall and the second pixel sidewall and configured to change an optical state based on a state trigger such that a light behavior at the first pixel sidewall for a light emitted by one of the first pixel and the second pixel is determined by the optical state, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Kentaro Shimizu, Marcel Rene Bohmer, Daniel Estrada, Jacobus Johannes Franciscus Gerardus Heuts
  • Patent number: 11490139
    Abstract: A scaler integrated circuit (IC) applicable to performing multi-picture processing in a display device includes multiple terminals, multiple Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) circuits and a control circuit. The control circuit receives a Multi-Stream Transport (MST) video stream from a video source through a first video input terminal, analyzes the MST video stream to generate a first Single Stream Transport (SST) video stream and a second SST video stream, sends the second SST video stream through a video output terminal to be a video output signal, and receives the video output signal through a second video input terminal, to allow the scaler IC to generate a combination picture according to the first SST video stream and the second SST video stream, for being displayed by a display output module within the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Yuh-Wey Lin, Chun-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 11488507
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power management device, including an initial voltage input terminal, a power management circuit, and a plurality of gamma correction circuits. The initial voltage input terminal is configured to provide an initial voltage; the power management circuit includes at least one follower amplifier sub-circuit, each follower amplifier sub-circuit is configured to output a corresponding target operating voltage according to the initial voltage, a reference voltage, and a target operating voltage setting parameter; and each gamma correction circuit is configured to output a corresponding gamma correction voltage according to the initial voltage, the reference voltage, and a corresponding gamma parameter. The present disclosure further provides a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinlong Zhang, Zhihua Sun, Shulin Yao, Wenpeng Ma, Pengfei Hu, Liangliang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11490059
    Abstract: Provided is a light source device including a laser light source group including at least one multi-emitter laser light source and at least one non-multi-emitter laser light source that emits a colored light different from that of the multi-emitter laser light source, a collimator lens having at least one cylindrical surface that adjusts a laser light emitted from the at least one multi-emitter laser light source, and a light guide unit that performs color synthesis of a laser light emitted from the at least one multi-emitter laser light source and having passed through the cylindrical surface and a laser light emitted from the at least one non-multi-emitter laser light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Narita, Hideaki Okano
  • Patent number: 11488554
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating an overdrive look-up table (LUT) for response time compensation of a display device are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a controller and a memory coupled to the controller, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the controller to generate a Look-up Table (LUT) of alternate grey levels selected to implement Response Time Compensation (RTC) in a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), where at least one of the alternate grey levels is calculated, at least in part, by taking into account a frame rate of a video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Guo Lei, Siew Fei Lee
  • Patent number: 11487157
    Abstract: A display device including a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes: a substrate, a backlight cavity, a plurality of light emitting elements, and an optical adjustment layer. The backlight cavity is located on the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements is disposed in the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer covers the plurality of light emitting elements and fills the remaining space of the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer has a refractive index n greater than the refractive index n0 of the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Ming-Hui Chu, Fang-Ho Lin, Chia-Lun Chen, Yen-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 11483637
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include: a housing including a cover and at least one first opening; a first acoustic module comprising a speaker disposed in an internal space of the housing; and at least one path configured to guide sound signals generated by the first acoustic module to an outside, the at least one path including: a first space defined by the first acoustic module and at least a portion of the housing; a second space connecting the first space to the first opening and configured to guide a sound signal having a first frequency band toward the first opening; and a third space connecting the first space to a second opening at least partially provided between the housing and the cover and configured to guide a sound signal having a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band toward the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heecheul Moon, Sangyoup Seok, Kwonho Son, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 11482157
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a pixel unit in which each of pixel rows extends in a first direction, odd numbered pixel rows and even numbered pixel rows are alternately disposed in a second direction, and pixels included in the pixel rows are designated as dots having two or more units, a gray difference calculator that calculates difference between representative grays of dots adjacent in the second direction among dots of a p-th pair of the pixel rows, an edge detector that increases an edge dot number when a first condition in which the difference between the representative grays is larger than a first threshold value is satisfied, and a first pattern detector that increases an edge number when the edge dot number is larger than a second threshold value, and that generates a first pattern detection signal when the edge number is larger than a third threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Keun Lim, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Se Hyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11482089
    Abstract: An anti-tamper device combining a RFID component and an article surveillance or security component with a visual indicator. The article surveillance or security component is operatively coupled to a display so that an interruption of the RFID component is visibly indicated by the display. The visual indicator moves between a first state indicating a lack of tampering, and a second state indicating tampering without the need for a battery or external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLC
    Inventor: Ian J. Forster
  • Patent number: 11482186
    Abstract: The application discloses a driving method and a driver circuit for a display panel, where the driving method includes the following steps: starting a source electrode driver circuit, outputting OV voltage, and simultaneously enabling a common line to output 0 V voltage or be disconnected; outputting, a preset initial voltage by the source electrode driver circuit, and simultaneously enabling the common line to output the identical initial voltage; after starting the source electrode driver circuit, transmitting a gray-scale voltage to the display panel; meanwhile, controlling a gamma circuit of the display panel to output a preset common voltage to the common line through a common voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mancheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11482168
    Abstract: A gate driving unit, a circuit, a display substrate, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The gate driving unit includes an Nth stage of shift register unit and an (N+1)th stage of shift register unit, N is a positive integer. The Nth stage of shift register unit includes an Nth stage of pull-up node control circuit, and the (N+1)th stage of shift register unit includes an (N+1)th stage of pull-up node control circuit. The Nth stage of pull-up node control circuit is electrically connected to an Nth stage of pull-up node and a control line, respectively, is configured to control a potential of the Nth stage of pull-up node under the control of a control signal inputted by the control line. The (N+1)th stage of pull-up node control circuit is electrically connected to an (N+1)th stage of pull-up node and the control line, respectively, and is configured to control a potential of the (N+1)th stage of pull-up node under the control of the control signal inputted by the control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Feng, Yongqian Li
  • Patent number: 11475856
    Abstract: The present application discloses a driving circuit, a driving method, and a display panel. The driving circuit includes: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel; and a switching circuit, configured to communicate one or both of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel with a scan line and a data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiao Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11475809
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a display panel, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The driving circuit includes a plurality of driving units, wherein at least one of the driving units includes M dummy pins, at least one of the M dummy pins is configured to be electrically connected to at least one clock pin of the display panel, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BQE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingqing Yang, Wenkai Mu, Shijun Wang, Wenjun Xiao, Ji Dong, Tianxin Zhao, Bo Feng, Xiaoxiao Chen, Zhiying Bao, Haoliang Ji, Hao Xu, Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 11475858
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a driving method and a circuit of a display panel and a display device. The driving method includes the following steps: acquiring image data of a screen to be displayed; acquiring a voltage polarity corresponding to each row of image data in the image data, in responding to a determination that the image data of the screen to be displayed are image data of a heavy-load screen; sorting rows of image data according to voltage polarities and generating sorting labels; compensating image data voltage of a corresponding row according to the sorting labels; scanning gate lines of the display panel in sequence according to the sorting labels; and outputting compensated image data of the corresponding row to a corresponding data line of the display panel to display the screen to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Wenqin Zhao, Haijiang Yuan, Yubo Gu
  • Patent number: 11474577
    Abstract: Cooling of an electronic device that includes a first portion and a second portion is provided. The first portion and the second portion are rotatable relative to each other. A first sensor measures a first temperature at a first location within or on the electronic device continuously or intermittently. A second sensor measures a second temperature at a second location within or on the electronic device continuously or intermittently. A processor identifies a first state of the electronic device or a second state of the electronic device. The processor controls operation of the electronic device based on the first measured temperature and the second measured temperature when the electronic device is in the identified first state and controls the operation of the electronic device based on the first measured temperatures but not based on the second measured temperatures when the electronic device is in the identified second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chau Van Ho, Bo Dan, Brandon Earl Gary, Gary Russell McClary
  • Patent number: 11476246
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a display element on the display area, a peripheral circuit on the peripheral area, the peripheral circuit including a thin film transistor, a first shielding layer on the peripheral circuit. and a second shielding layer on the first shielding layer. At least one of the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer includes a hole. One shielding layer of the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer includes the hole and overlaps the other one of the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11468813
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for driving a display panel. The method includes steps of: presetting a mapping database of correspondence between each of first voltages and a respective one of image refresh rates; sending a refresh rate adjustment instruction to a timing controller; switching the image refresh rate from the first image refresh rate to the second image refresh rate according to the refresh rate adjustment instruction, and sending a voltage adjustment instruction to a power driving chip; obtaining the first voltage according to the voltage adjustment instruction and the mapping database; obtaining the pixel driving voltage according to the preset correspondence between the first voltage and the pixel driving voltage; and adjusting the display panel according to the pixel driving voltage to change the operating current of each pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: JehYen Kang, Xiangshu Li, Zhouhui Xia, Keitaro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11468826
    Abstract: A scan driver includes: a first transistor having a first electrode coupled to an output scan line, a second electrode coupled to a first power line, and a gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second transistor having a first electrode coupled to a first clock line, a second electrode coupled to the output scan line, and a gate electrode coupled to a second node; a third transistor having a first electrode coupled to the first node, a second electrode coupled to a first input scan line, and a gate electrode coupled to a second clock line; and a fourth transistor having a first electrode coupled to the second node and a second electrode and a gate electrode, which are coupled to a second input scan line, wherein the first input scan line and the second input scan line are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chui Kyu Kang, Sung Hwan Kim, Soo Hee Oh, Dong Sun Lee, Sang Moo Choi
  • Patent number: 11468847
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of data lines extending in a first direction and coupled to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of first scan lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction and coupled to the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of second scan lines extending in the first direction and coupled to the plurality of first scan lines, a data driver which provides data voltages to the plurality of pixels through the plurality of data lines, and a scan driver which sequentially provides a scan signal to the plurality of pixels on a row-by-row basis through the plurality of second scan lines and the plurality of first scan lines. The data driver and the scan driver are implemented with a data-scan integration chip which outputs the data voltages and the scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiwoong Kim, Jaekeun Lim
  • Patent number: 11468809
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a variable refresh rate display. Static content may be displayed on the display at a lower refresh rate than moving content to conserve power. The display may include an array of pixels. Display driver circuitry in the display may load image data into rows of the pixels. The display driver circuitry may have digital-to-analog converter circuitry that supplies data signals to the array. The display driver circuitry may respond to a variable refresh rate control signal that is asserted and deasserted depending on whether static or moving image content is to be displayed. The display driver circuitry may use the digital-to-analog converter circuitry to apply a time-varying scaling factor to the image data. The magnitude of the scaling factor may be adjusted during transitions between refresh rates to help suppress luminance variations that might otherwise result in flickering on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Nho, Wei Chen, Wei H Yao, Yafei Bi
  • Patent number: 11465502
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for rotating a console display device of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a display device; a rotation mechanism connected to the display device and configured to rotate the display device between a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation; a touch bar having at least one button; and a memory storing instructions. The instructions include receiving a request from a user via the touch bar to rotate the display device from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation; sending a message to the user via the display device providing a time for the user to cancel the request; executing, via the rotation mechanism, a rotation of the display device from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation after the provided time to cancel the request elapses: and sending a signal to disable vehicle movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Fisker Inc.
    Inventors: Henrik Fisker, Todd Omotani, Nadya Arnaout
  • Patent number: 11462160
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a display device are provided. A first pixel driving circuit of the is configured to compensate a threshold voltage of a drive transistor in the bending area during a first time period before starting up or a second time period after shutting down. A second pixel driving circuit is configured to compensate a threshold voltage of a drive transistor in the non-bending area during a blank time period between adjacent display frames. A duration of the first time period and a duration of the second time period are both greater than a duration of the blank time period. A brightness of the display panel is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenfei Cai
  • Patent number: 11462163
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels each of which has a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. A drive transistor and an emission transistor may be coupled in series with the light-emitting diode of each pixel between a positive power supply and a ground power supply. The pixels may include first and second switching transistors. A data storage capacitor may be coupled between a gate and source of the drive transistor in each pixel. Signal lines may be provided in columns of pixels to route signals such as data signals, sensed drive currents from the drive transistors, and predetermined voltages between display driver circuitry and the pixels. The switching transistors, emission transistors, and drive transistors may include semiconducting-oxide transistors and silicon transistors and may be n-channel transistors or p-channel transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Shih Chang Chang, Shinya Ono
  • Patent number: 11460989
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display device outputting an image in either one of display modes including a horizontal mode and a vertical mode, the display device including a display configured to be rotatable, includes displaying at least one user interface (UI) element corresponding to at least one image content. The method further includes based on a user instruction of positioning a highlight on a first UI element among the displayed at least one UI element, identifying whether a resolution of a first image content corresponding to the first UI element corresponds to a current display mode, and based on the resolution of the first image content being identified to not correspond to the current display mode, providing a visual effect to the first UI element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyun Jang, Junsik Choi
  • Patent number: 11462185
    Abstract: A display device with favorable display quality is provided. A display portion where a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix is divided into Region A and Region B, i.e., regions on the upstream side and the downstream side of a scanning direction. A signal line for supplying an image signal is provided in each of Region A and Region B. Region A and Region B adjoin each other such that a boundary line showing the boundary between the regions is bent. Bending the boundary line suppresses formation of a stripe in a boundary portion. For example, in a given column, the total number of pixels electrically connected to a signal line in Region A is made different from the total number of pixels electrically connected to a signal line in Region B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetomo Kobayashi, Kei Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11462178
    Abstract: A display device including a light-emitting diode, a first transistor configured to supply a driving current to the light-emitting diode, a second transistor configured to transmit a data signal to the first transistor, a third transistor configured to transmit the data signal compensated with a threshold voltage to a gate electrode of the first transistor, a first scan line connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor, a second scan line connected to a gate electrode of the third transistor and insulated from the first scan line, and a conductive pattern connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor and insulated from the first scan line and the second scan line. The conductive pattern overlaps the first scan line and the second scan line, and the conductive pattern includes a stem part extending in one direction and a branch part branching from the stem part and overlapping the first scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Mi Kang, Ji Sun Kim, Mu Kyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 11462188
    Abstract: A fingerprint display device has plural pixel rows. Each pixel row of n pixel rows among the plural pixel rows has plural display pixel units and plural fingerprint pixel units. The n pixel rows are driven at least by corresponding n display scan lines and n reset and select multiplexing lines for performing display and fingerprint sensing. Each fingerprint pixel unit has a reset end and a select end. The reset end of the fingerprint pixel unit of i-th pixel row among the n pixel rows is connected to the i-th reset and select multiplexing line among the n reset and select multiplexing lines, and the select end of the fingerprint pixel unit of i-th pixel row among the n pixel rows is connected to the (i?1)-th reset and select multiplexing line among the n reset and select multiplexing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FOCAL TECH SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 11462592
    Abstract: An array substrate, a driving method, an organic light emitting display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of light emitting devices and pixel circuits connected with the light emitting devices, both located in a display area as well as a plurality of voltage control circuits located in a non-display area, wherein at least two of the pixel circuits in one row share one of the voltage control circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Xiaochuan Chen, Hui Wang, Shengnan Li, Zengqiang Zheng
  • Patent number: 11455967
    Abstract: The present application discloses an overhaul method and a driving method for a display device and the display device. A display panel is provided with a first screen gate driving circuit and a second screen gate driving circuit which are respectively controlled by a first frame start signal L_STV and a second frame start signal R_STV which are independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Li Tang, Feilin Ji
  • Patent number: 11455939
    Abstract: An interface circuit generates a timing signal indicating the timing at which to switch between a data input period and a non-input period, and outputs a second start pulse signal obtained by delaying a first start pulse signal. Anomaly detection circuits detect an anomaly that has occurred in source drivers, and a detection result selection circuit selects one of the anomaly detection circuits during the non-input period and outputs a detection result signal indicating detection results. A selector selectively outputs the second start pulse signal or the detection result signal on the basis of the timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LAPIS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yukinobu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11455937
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driving block which outputs a scan signal to the display panel, a source driving block which outputs a data signal to the display panel, and a controller. In the low-frequency mode, the controller divides the display panel into a first area operated at a first frequency lower than the reference frequency and a second area operated at a second frequency lower than the first frequency according to the image data, the source driving block outputs the data signal to the first area at the first frequency and outputs the data signal to the second area at the second frequency, and the gate driving block outputs a first scan signal to the first area at the first frequency and outputs a second scan signal to the second area at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae-Kwan Seo
  • Patent number: 11448911
    Abstract: A method of setting a common electrode voltage of a liquid crystal display panel in a liquid crystal module is provided. The liquid crystal module includes the liquid crystal display panel including an alignment film, and a backlight disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel. The method of setting a common electrode voltage of a liquid crystal display panel includes: eliminating an electric charge of the alignment film by turning on the backlight without driving the liquid crystal display panel to emit light of the backlight onto the liquid crystal display panel; and setting the common electrode voltage of the liquid crystal display panel by adjusting the common electrode voltage, after the eliminating of the electric charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Izawa, Makoto Arita, Toshitaka Uchikoba
  • Patent number: 11448898
    Abstract: A floating image system is provided. The floating image system includes a controller, a first floating image display device electrically connected to the controller, and a second floating image display device electrically connected to the controller. The second floating display device is detachably connected to the first floating image display device. The first floating image display device and the second floating image display device provide a plurality of first floating images and a plurality of second floating images, respectively, so as to jointly display an integrated floating image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Lixel Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Yang, Chih-Hung Ting, Kai-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11450281
    Abstract: A stage and a scan driver including the same for supplying a scan signal using a stage formed of P-type transistors to prevent output of an unwanted noise in a period where the scan signal is not supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Hee Oh, Chui Kyu Kang, Dong Sun Lee, Sang Moo Choi
  • Patent number: 11445097
    Abstract: An electronic device and control method thereof capable of utilizing a display as illumination light for a camera that is being used to capture images is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable display; a camera; a processor; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that cause, when executed, the processor to detect a user input for activating the camera; identify a state of the foldable display based on the user input; display a live view of an object obtained by the camera through a designated region of the foldable display based on a first state of the foldable display; divide the foldable display into a first region for a live view and a second region for a lighting plate with respect to a folding site based on a second state of the foldable display; display a live view of an object obtained by the camera based on the first region; and output illumination light based on the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Juhyun Ko, Sooyoun Park, Youngseok Park, Donghwan Bae, Minsuk Jang
  • Patent number: 11443665
    Abstract: A switching circuit is signally-connected to an initial trigger signal, a detection circuit and the GOA circuit. Upon a low voltage level of a low potential signal, the switching circuit is turned on to transmit the initial trigger signal to the GOA circuit so that the LCD panel works normally. Upon a high voltage level of the low potential signal, the switching circuit is turned off so that the GOA circuit does not conduct the initial trigger signal to protect the LCD panel from burn-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shujhih Chen
  • Patent number: 11436964
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. The display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. An inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. Electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Chih Wang, Michael J. Brown, Michael B. Wittenberg, Paul C. Kelley, Rasamy Phouthavong, Tyler R. Kakuda, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Marwan Rammah
  • Patent number: 11435780
    Abstract: In an electronic device and a method for operating the electronic device according to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a foldable housing including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge, and a second housing connected to the hinge and configured to be foldable with the first housing about the hinge, a display including a bent area in a state in which the first housing and the second housing are folded with respect to each other, a processor disposed in the first housing or the second housing and operatively connected to the display, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, and the memory may be configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: identify a folding degree between the first housing and the second housing, generate a first image based on mapping data in which the folding degree and characteristics of the first image are mapped, generate a synthetic image of the first image and a second image cor
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjun Lee, Seungjin Kim, Jiyong Kim, Jungchul An, Joungmin Cho, Kwangtai Kim, Donghyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 11431938
    Abstract: Using the same image sensor to capture a two-dimensional (2D) image and three-dimensional (3D) depth measurements for a 3D object. A laser point-scans the surface of the object with light spots, which are detected by a pixel array in the image sensor to generate the 3D depth profile of the object using triangulation. Each row of pixels in the pixel array forms an epipolar line of the corresponding laser scan line. Timestamping provides a correspondence between the pixel location of a captured light spot and the respective scan angle of the laser to remove any ambiguity in triangulation. An Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) in the image sensor operates as a Time-to-Digital (TDC) converter to generate timestamps. A timestamp calibration circuit is provided on-board to record the propagation delay of each column of pixels in the pixel array and to provide necessary corrections to the timestamp values generated during 3D depth measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Yibing Michelle Wang, Ilia Ovsiannikov
  • Patent number: 11428997
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel is provided which is capable of performing displaying with sufficiently high quality while reducing power consumption. The liquid crystal panel 20 includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of counter electrodes which are smaller in number and larger in individual size than the plurality of pixel electrodes, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the plurality of counter electrodes, and a control unit configured to control a voltage applied to the plurality of pixel electrodes and a voltage applied to the plurality of counter electrodes. In a predetermined case, the control unit operates in a power saving operation mode in which the control unit performs control such that a fixed voltage is applied to the plurality of pixel electrodes and a voltage corresponding to an image signal is applied to the plurality of counter electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Suehiro, Tatsuhiko Suyama, Atsushi Aoki, Daiji Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 11423850
    Abstract: In example implementations, a display is provided. The display includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a color filter (CF) substrate, and a controller. The TFT substrate is formed over the LEDs to control emission of light from the plurality of LEDs. The liquid crystal layer is formed over the TFT substrate. The CF substrate is formed over the liquid crystal layer to control a color of the light emitted from the plurality of LEDs. The controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of LEDs to group subsets of LEDs of the plurality of LEDs into a plurality of local dimming zones, wherein the subsets of LEDs in each one of the plurality of local dimming zones changes over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hsing-Hung Hsieh, Kuan-Ting Wu, Super Liao
  • Patent number: 11423815
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display apparatus, a control method and a recording medium, the display apparatus including: a display; an information obtaining part; and a processor configured to: obtain an information on a plurality of viewing positions of a plurality of users regarding a screen of the display by the information obtaining part, identify a viewing position, on which a distribution is concentrated, among the plurality of viewing positions based on the obtained information, and control to compensate an image quality of an area corresponding to the identified viewing position among a plurality of areas of the screen based on a viewing angle at the identified viewing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anjin Song, Juyong Kim, Junho Song