Light Detection Means (e.g., With Photodetector) Patents (Class 345/207)
  • Patent number: 12262621
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting sub-pixel disposed in a display area, a light receiving pixel disposed in one of the display area or a non-display area, and a touch sensing layer including a sensing conductive layer overlapping with the light receiving pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo Park, Kwang Soo Bae, Byung Han Yoo, Dae Young Lee, Hyun Dae Lee
  • Patent number: 12254143
    Abstract: A method includes a second processor of an electronic device processing related information of a display screen and a touch pad. The electronic device switches, when detecting that a user starts a first touch operation, processing permission of the display screen from the second processor to a first processor, and sends first touch data of the detected first touch operation to the first processor through the second processor. The electronic device switches, when detecting that the first touch operation ends, processing permission of the touch pad from the second processor to the first processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawen Li, Baiping Jin, Mingdong Song
  • Patent number: 12256591
    Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a first element and a second element. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first optical functional layer. The first optical functional layer includes a region interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first optical functional layer includes a first layer and a layer containing a first light-emitting material. The second element includes a third electrode, the second electrode, and a second optical functional layer. The second optical functional layer includes a region interposed between the third electrode and the second electrode. The second optical functional layer includes the first layer and a layer containing a photoelectric conversion material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Taisuke Kamada
  • Patent number: 12236832
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a luma adjustment method and apparatus, a computer device, a storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes: acquiring a first luma requirement or a second luma requirement; acquiring, based on a current image of a display page, a luma map corresponding to the current image; converting the luma map from a linear space to a logarithmic space when the luma adjustment requirement is the first luma requirement; filtering the luma map to acquire a base layer image and a detail layer image; compressing the base layer image and the detail layer image based on a configuration parameter for merging, to obtain a merged image; converting the merged image from the logarithmic space to the linear space when the luma adjustment requirement is the first luma requirement; and adjusting luma of the display page based on the luma map and the merged image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GLENFLY TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yiding Xu, Kun Yang
  • Patent number: 12230187
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first transistor having a gate electrode connected to a first node and a first electrode to which a high level driving voltage is applied, a light emitting device having an anode electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and a cathode electrode to which a low level driving voltage is applied, a second transistor applying a fixing voltage to the first node based on a first gate signal, a third transistor applying a data voltage to a second node based on the first gate signal, a fourth transistor connecting the second node to an input terminal for the low level driving voltage based on a second gate signal having a phase opposite to a phase of the first gate signal, and a capacitor between the first node and the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon Hee Lee, Jong Min Park, Nam Kon Ko, Dong Won Park, Yong Chul Kwon
  • Patent number: 12229355
    Abstract: In a sensing device of a pointing device, like a mouse, said pointing device includes at least one light source configured to illuminate a surface, at least one first secondary photodetector, at least one second secondary photodetector, and at least one primary photodetector. Each individual storage element of photodetectors is weighted and compared such as to sense a displacement of the pointing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventors: Sylvain Grosjean, Jérémy Schlachter
  • Patent number: 12223871
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a display device and a method compensating for deterioration thereof, and a mobile terminal including the display device. The display device includes: a display panel including a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a third pixel area; a first optical device disposed below the display panel or embedded within the display panel in a predetermined sensing area on the display panel, the first optical device facing at least a portion of the first pixel area and a portion of the second pixel area when the display panel is folded or moved; and a pixel deterioration compensation circuit configured to operate to reduce a luminance difference between the first pixel area and the second pixel area by receiving sensing data from the first optical device in a deterioration sensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Gun Lee, Seung Taek Oh, Yong Kyun Choi, Jung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12219861
    Abstract: A novel display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first layer including a plurality of pixel circuits, a second layer provided over the first layer, a plurality of optical lenses provided over the second layer, a display region, and a plurality of light-receiving regions. The display region includes a first pixel circuit provided in the first layer and a light-emitting device provided in the second layer. The light-receiving region includes a second pixel circuit provided in the first layer and a light-receiving device provided in the second layer. The plurality of light-receiving regions are provided around the display region. The optical lens is provided at a position overlapping with the light-receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Godo, Hisao Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 12217639
    Abstract: A control device including a device coupling unit coupled to an electronic device, and a processing unit configured to execute an application program configured to process sensor data related to a sensor provided in the electronic device, in which the electronic device determines whether an algorithm language related to processing of a detection value of the sensor is receivable, and transmits the algorithm language to the electronic device when determining that the algorithm language is receivable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Nagai
  • Patent number: 12211405
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, a method for controlling the display device, and a display apparatus. The display device includes a plurality of source signal output terminals, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a pixel unit array, and a switching module. When the display device displays a three-dimensional picture, a source signal output terminal provides a data signal to only one sub-pixel. When the display device displays a two-dimensional picture, a source signal output terminal simultaneously provides data signals to two rows and columns of four sub-pixels of the same luminous color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rui Xiong
  • Patent number: 12211144
    Abstract: An image generation method includes obtaining a first image of a photographed object and a first ambient light angle indicating a relative location relationship between an illumination light source and the photographed object when the first image is photographed; obtaining a first three-dimensional (3D) model that is generated through fusion based on depth information of the photographed object, a plurality of second images of the photographed object, and first lighting information, where the second images include a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images obtained by photographing the photographed object from a plurality of angles of the photographed object, and where the first lighting information includes a first illumination angle that is the same as the first ambient light angle and a first light intensity; and generating a third image through fusion based on the first image and the first 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fengxia Wang
  • Patent number: 12198317
    Abstract: Visual artifact detection systems and methods are disclosed herein. In an example system, optical characteristic measurements (e.g., a luminance value) for a display are obtained over a length of time, such as during power cycle events of a computing device coupled to the display. Based on the measurements, ripple values are generated, where each ripple value indicates a change of the optical characteristic over a period of time. A first ripple value is identified that exceeds a threshold and a first time window for identifying a subsequent ripple exceeding the threshold is commenced. If a second ripple value exceeds the threshold in the first time window, a determination is made that the first ripple value corresponds to a visual artifact on the display. In response, a visual artifact indication is generated, such as a notification to a user and/or a dynamic adjustment to a display parameter for remediating the artifact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Ki-Chan Lee
  • Patent number: 12192394
    Abstract: A housing of an electronic device according to an embodiment may include a combination of at least two housings, and the entire size or length of the electronic device may change according to relative movement between the housings. The electronic device may comprise: a flexible display configured to expand or contract according to a change in size of the electronic device. A portion of the flexible display may be inserted into the housing when the housing contracts and may be drawn out of the housing when the housing expands. The electronic device may comprise a distance sensor and/or an expansion sensor. The distance sensor is configured to measure a change in a relative distance of the housing, and the expansion sensor senses a contraction or expansion state of the housing, thereby contributing to correcting data measured by the distance sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kihun Eom, Kihoon Kang, Taekeun Kim, Kwanghee Ryu, Kihong Min, Sunghun Shin
  • Patent number: 12191314
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a first area and a second area, a first optical sensing module disposed corresponding to the first area, and a second optical sensing module disposed corresponding to the second area. The first area includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of first signal lines electrically connected with the first pixels. The second area includes a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of second signal lines electrically connected with the second pixels, wherein a transmittance of the second area is greater than a transmittance of the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Chandra Lius
  • Patent number: 12181915
    Abstract: A display module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, which include a display panel having a display region, and a protective layer attached to a back surface of the display region. Wherein, at least two alignment marks are disposed on peripheral sides of the display region, at least two alignment grooves are defined on peripheral sides of the protective layer, and the alignment grooves respectively one-to-one correspond to the alignment marks to align and attach the protective layer to the back surface of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 12163839
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus that can be used to determine various characteristics of ambient light when an ambient light sensor is located behind a display screen. The strategy of the disclosure relies, at least in part, on spectral decomposition of ambient light measurements into components (e.g., red, green, and blue components of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (“OLED”) display screen and ambient light). Following the spectral decomposition technique, statistical analysis are performed on the measurement data to remove the OLED light components from the measurement. This technique enables determinations such as ambient lux and correlated color temperature independent of the content displayed on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: AMS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: James Archibald, Doug Nelson, Timothy Cogan
  • Patent number: 12167181
    Abstract: There is provided a specifying method including, determining whether an camera, that images a projection object onto which a projection image is projected from a projector, is fixed, sequentially projecting images belonging to a first group onto the projection object from the projector when determining that the camera is not fixed, sequentially projecting images belonging to a second group onto the projection object from the projector when determining that the camera is fixed, imaging the projection object with the camera to generate a captured mage in a state in which the images belonging to the first group or the images belonging to the second group are projected, and specifying, based on an image projected onto the projection object from the projector and the captured image by the camera, a correspondence relation between a position on the image projected onto the projection object and a position on the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ippei Kurota
  • Patent number: 12162161
    Abstract: A lab system identifies a set of steps associated with a protocol for a lab meant to be performed by a robot within the lab using equipment and reagents. The lab system renders, within a user interface, a virtual representation of the lab, a virtual robot, and virtual equipment and reagents. Responsive to operating in a first mode, the lab system simulates the identified set of steps identify virtual positions of the virtual robot within the lab as the virtual robot performs the steps and modifies the virtual representation of the lab to mirror the identified positions of the virtual robot in real-time. Responsive to operating in a second mode, the lab system identifies positions of the robot within the lab as the robot performs the identified set of steps and modifies the virtual representation of the lab to mirror the identified positions of the robot in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Artificial, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Washington, Geoffrey J. Budd, Nikhita Singh, Jake Sganga, Alexander Li Honda
  • Patent number: 12159875
    Abstract: The power consumption of a shift register or a display device including the shift register is reduced. A clock signal is supplied to a shift register by a plurality of wirings, not by one wiring. Any one of the plurality of wirings supplies a clock signal in only part of the operation period of the shift register, not during the whole operation period of the shift register. Therefore, the capacity load caused with the supply of clock signals can be reduced, leading to reduction in power consumption of the shift register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 12156457
    Abstract: A display device including: a base layer; a circuit layer disposed on the base layer; and an element layer disposed on the circuit layer, the element layer including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, wherein the circuit layer includes: a pixel drive circuit connected to the light emitting element; a sensor drive circuit connected to the light receiving element; a data wire connected to the pixel drive circuit; a readout wire connected to the sensor drive circuit; and a shielding electrode wire overlapping the readout wire on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heerim Song, Mukyung Jeon, Cheol-Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 12154527
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front surface and a rear surface; a display provided in the housing and exposed through the front surface of the housing; an illuminance sensor provided below a sensor area in an active area of the display, the active area being an area of the display in which visual information is to be displayed; and a processor connected to the display and the illuminance sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: determine an illuminance value based on data received from the illuminance sensor; obtain color information of an image displayed in the active area; determine a first color value of the active area and a second color value of the sensor area based on the color information; adjust the illuminance value based on the first color value and the second color value; and configure a luminance of the display based on the adjusted illuminance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gwangho Choi, Jongah Kim, Jeongho Cho, Heewoong Yoon, Kihyuk Lee, Donghan Lee
  • Patent number: 12148335
    Abstract: A method for image rendering, a terminal device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring at least two target environment brightnesses by performing interpolation on first environment brightness of a terminal in a first environment and second environment brightness of the terminal in a second environment in response to detecting that the terminal switches from the first environment to the second environment; acquiring at least two target lightnesses according to the at least two target environment brightnesses; rendering an image frame to be displayed on the terminal in sequence according to the at least two target lightnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Libin Liu, Jiaheng Wang
  • Patent number: 12142242
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics with improved content presentation. The see-through computer display includes an ambient light sensor adapted to measure environmental scene light in an area that forms the background for digital content presented in the see-through computer display, and a processor adapted to invert a color channel parameter of the digital content based on data from the ambient light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: John D. Haddick
  • Patent number: 12130525
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a main pixel electrode, a data line, a scan line and a balancing capacitance part. The balancing capacitance part includes a first balancing subpart and a second balancing subpart which are disposed corresponding to each of the subpixels. The first balancing subpart includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are connected to the main pixel electrode and one data line at one side of the main pixel electrode, respectively. The second balancing subpart includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode that are connected to the main pixel electrode and another data line at another side of the main pixel electrode, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jhongciao Ke
  • Patent number: 12125448
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of lookup tables, and a luminance information calculation circuit configured to calculate luminance information indicating a luminance of light reaching a target pixel of a display panel from a backlight. The first lookup table is associated with a first light source element provided at a first position, and indicates a first attenuation rate distribution of the first light source element. The second lookup table is associated with a second light source element provided at a second position, and indicates a second attenuation rate distribution of the second light source element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsunori Nakahara
  • Patent number: 12108653
    Abstract: A display panel includes the following elements: a substrate including a first base layer, wherein the first base layer includes a transparent polyimide resin; a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit over the substrate, spaced from each other with the transmission area between the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit, and each including transistors and a storage capacitor; a first display element electrically connected to the first pixel circuit; and a second display element electrically connected to the second pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaebum Han, Younggil Park, Junghwa Park, Nari Ahn, Sooim Jeong
  • Patent number: 12105867
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are described herein related to the art of augmented reality type monitor virtualization. A monitor-virtualization system, such as a head-mountable device, an ophthalmic device or an intraocular implant, can render a virtual monitor in augmented reality. A liquid lens or an optical phased array can position the virtual monitor in space by optical means. A dimmable occlusion matrix can be additionally operated such as to make the image of the virtual monitor substantially opaque. A coordinator module can synchronize the activities of monitor positioning and occlusion masking. The virtual monitor can be anchored to real-world artifacts using bokode technology. Various dimming modes of the occlusion matrix reduce operator fatigue. The apparatus may operate in smart sunglass mode when the virtual monitor function is paused. The virtual monitor can be hidden or visualized differently when thresholds in terms of user geolocation or viewing angle are breached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Maximilian Ralph Peter von und zu Liechtenstein
  • Patent number: 12100324
    Abstract: A head-up display having a display apparatus comprising a picture generating unit comprising a display element for displaying an image and a driver for the display element, an optical unit for projecting the image onto a projection surface, and an image control unit for controlling the display element via the driver. The picture generating unit further comprises an image brightness monitoring device, which has an image signal input connected to an image signal output of the image control unit and has a signal output connected to a signal input of the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Palm, Sebastian Schlupp
  • Patent number: 12100344
    Abstract: A method for compensating a color change due to a temperature rise of an LED display module, includes obtaining temperature data measured for each of red, green and blue LEDs and luminance data measuring a luminance at a temperature; calculating a time constant of brightness relative to temperature of each of the red, green and blue LEDs according to a temperature change value using the temperature data and luminance data; calculating a rate of brightness at a current temperature relative to a normal temperature for each of the red, green and blue LEDs using the time constant calculated; calculating a color value with a color value conversion rate by setting, as a reference point, a rate of brightness of the red LED at a highest temperature relative to a normal temperature; and calculating a final brightness value compensated for each of the red, green and blue LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ASONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Chan Yun, Tae Hyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 12099269
    Abstract: An optically addressable light valve comprises a first transparent conductor layer, a layer of liquid crystal, and a photoconductor comprising an ultrawide band gap (UWBG) semiconductor. The liquid crystal is between the first transparent conductor layer and the semiconductor photoconductor. The optically addressable light valve is configured to apply a voltage across the liquid crystal and the UWBG semiconductor. A second transparent conductor may be formed in the UWBG semiconductor in some configurations, and the voltage may be applied across the first and second transparent conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Bikramjit Chatterjee, Lars F. Voss, Clint Frye
  • Patent number: 12090850
    Abstract: A head-up display for displaying graphics upon a windscreen of a vehicle includes a graphic projection module for generating images upon the windscreen of the vehicle, a user input device for receiving user-generated commands created by a user of the vehicle, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the graphic projection module and the user input device. The controller executes instructions to instruct the graphic projection module to generate a luminance adjustment graphic, where the luminance adjustment graphic includes an adaptive color palette graphic including two or more colors. The controller receives, from the user input device, a user-generated luminance input indicating a change in a level of luminance in a selected color, where the change in the level of luminance in the selected color is selected by the user to discern differences between the two or more colors caused by a color vision deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kai-Han Chang, Thomas A. Seder
  • Patent number: 12085441
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for detecting an intensity of ambient light are provided. The method includes: sensing a light intensity of incident light, wherein the incident light includes ambient light passed through the display screen and light leaked from the display screen; obtaining an estimated light intensity of the light leaked from the display screen based on display data of a target region of the display screen; computing based on the estimated light intensity and a temperature compensation coefficient corresponding to a current temperature of the display screen, to obtain a light intensity of the light leaked from the display screen; and obtaining a light intensity of the ambient light passed through the display screen based on the light intensity of the incident light and the light intensity of the light leaked from the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quan Peng, Shun Li
  • Patent number: 12087254
    Abstract: Methods, computing devices, and computer-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions are disclosed for rendering video images for reducing energy consumption. An exemplary method performed in a computing system includes rendering video images at a first refresh rate, sending the rendered video images to a display device, determining if a reduced refresh rate event is occurring, and rendering video images at a second refresh rate responsive to determining the reduced refresh rate event is occurring. The second refresh rate is slower than the first refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John W. Nicholson, Daryl C. Cromer, Howard Locker
  • Patent number: 12055977
    Abstract: A compute box includes a communication device and one or more processors. The one or more processors, in response to the communication device being electronically in communication with a flexible content presentation companion device, determine a visible area available on the flexible content presentation companion device as a function of its geometric configuration. The one or more processors format content for presentation on the visible area available on the flexible content presentation companion device and cause the communication device to deliver the content to the flexible content presentation companion device. When the geometric configuration changes, the one or more processors can generate a visible display area adjustment animation to smoothly transfer the content to a new visible area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Sisodia, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Sanjay Dhar
  • Patent number: 12046206
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a data line and a gate line, a data driver configured to drive by dividing an active period to which a data voltage is applied to the data line and a blank period to which the data voltage is not applied, a gate driver to apply a scan signal to the gate line, and a controller to control the plurality of pixels to be driven in one of a plurality of bands having different highest target luminance. A parking voltage is applied to the data line during the blank period, and the parking voltage applied to the data line in at least one of the plurality of bands has a voltage level different from a voltage level of the parking voltage applied to the data line in the other band of the plurality of bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhwan Noh, DongSup Sim
  • Patent number: 12038641
    Abstract: A portable information handling system housing integrates a display having an edge-to-edge presentation of visual images at a housing portion with an inactive portion of a display panel along a perimeter of the display having a sensor region that provides access to underlying sensors through the display. A sealant and black matrix disposed in the inactive region limits illumination that escapes from an active region and provides an aesthetically appealing edge-to-edge appearance. Openings in the sealant and black matrix at the sensor locations provides access through the display, such as with index matching resin that passes illumination and a patterned covering of the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A. Schwager, Laurent Andrew Regimbal, HongJi Huang
  • Patent number: 12041391
    Abstract: A control method for a display device includes: determining whether an illuminance in an environment where a display device having a light source is installed belongs to a first range or a second range; when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the first range, adjusting a luminance of the light source by referring to first luminance information designating the luminance corresponding to when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the first range; when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the second range, adjusting the luminance by referring to second luminance information designating the luminance corresponding to when the illuminance in the environment belongs to the second range; when a first operation of changing the luminance when the illuminance belongs to the first range is accepted from a user, updating the first luminance information to an updated first luminance information in response to the first operation; updating the second luminance information, based on the updated f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yoshiteru Uchiyama, Takumi Takahashi, Akihiro Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 12032767
    Abstract: A panel device includes a touch sensor, a first light sensor and a second light sensor, a first trace, a second trace and a control circuit. The touch sensor is disposed in a first area of the panel device to generate a touch sensing signal. The first light sensor and the second light sensor are disposed in a second area of the panel device to sense ambient light and generate a first light sensing signal and a second light sensing signal. The first trace is coupled to the first light sensor. The second trace is coupled to the second light sensor. The control circuit connects the first trace and the second trace and receives the first light sensing signal and the second light sensing signal at the same time to determine an ambient brightness. Sensitivities of the first light sensor and the second light sensor are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Ting-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 12026010
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing and configured to be slidable a specified reciprocating distance; a bendable support which forms the same plane according to retracted/expanded states; a flexible display; a sensing member; and a conductive member which is bendable such that the contact of the conductive member with the sensing member can be changed according to the sliding operation of the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soohyun Seo, Sanghyuk Park, Youngmin Kang, Moonchul Shin, Sungho Ahn, Seungjoon Lee, Hojin Jung, Yangwook Kim
  • Patent number: 12020612
    Abstract: A display device includes a housing, a display panel inserted into or withdrawn from the housing. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area with a boundary line therebetween, a battery which provides a power to the display panel, and a processor which drives the first display area in a display mode, in which the display panel displays an image in a state in which the first display area is withdrawn from the housing and the second display area is inserted into the housing. The processor drives the second display area in a charging mode, in which the battery is charged, in a way such that an average of degradation degrees of second pixels included in the second display area is equal to an average of degradation degrees of first pixels included in the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Gue Kim
  • Patent number: 12020654
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display device and method for controlling the same, by which a display brightness may be appropriately adjusted in accordance with a change in an ambient light brightness irrespective of an average ambient light brightness. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is an image display device including a display, an ambient light detecting sensor, and a controller configured to determine a brightness of the display according to an ambient light brightness detected in real time by the ambient light detecting sensor based on a first graph line for a display brightness over an ambient light brightness and determine whether to adjust the first graph line based on a maximum brightness operation time of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sungwoo Tak
  • Patent number: 12002392
    Abstract: Eyewear including a projector having a variable feedback loop controlling a forward current delivered to a colored light source. The colored light source is configured to generate a colored light beam to generate a displayed image. The variable feedback loop in one example has a variable resistance to selectively generate a high brightness image when the eyewear is operated outside, or in a high ambient light setting, and to selectively generate a nominal brightness image when the eyewear is operated inside. A controller selectively controls the drive current delivered to the colored light source to control the brightness mode of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Heger, Gerald Nilles
  • Patent number: 12001749
    Abstract: Described herein is a system in which multiple display devices may be located remotely throughout a facility. The system receives location information for a number of users within the facility. The system is able to identify a set of users collocated with a particular display device and generate a set of configuration settings specific to that set of users. Information provided by the system, either in response to an information request or automatically, may be formatted and/or filtered according to the generated set of configuration settings. In some embodiments, the set of configuration settings may be compiled from each of the users in the set of users based on priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Doyle, III, Robert Barnett Rhodes, Gina Marie Ragans, Sameer Sunilkumar David, Marne Lynn Owens, David Charles Sanderson, Janet McCallister, Lisa Ann Pitts
  • Patent number: 12001244
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongho Cho, Kyusung Kim, Jongah Kim, Jeongmin Park, Heewoong Yoon, Donghan Lee
  • Patent number: 12002418
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixel circuits arranged in a first direction on each of a first pixel row and a second pixel row; dummy sensor circuits arranged in a predetermined interval between the pixel circuits on the first pixel row; sensor circuits arranged in the interval between the pixel circuits on the second pixel row; light emitting elements disposed on the pixel circuits and connected to each of the pixel circuits; first light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the first pixel row and the dummy sensor circuits; and second light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the second pixel row and the sensor circuits. One of the sensor circuits is connected to at least two of the first light receiving elements and at least two of the second light receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Gon Lee, Hee Jean Park, Hee Rim Song, Yu Jin Lee, Mu Kyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 11998090
    Abstract: Systems of the present disclosure can provide a watch band that provide a marker pattern to a computer-generated reality device. The watch band can include structures or features that provide an identifiable marker pattern to the computer-generated reality device. The structures or features that provide the marker pattern can be invisible or imperceptible to the user. Structures or features of the watch band can include infrared reflective thread, visually obscured markers, or lenticular lens assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kathryn P. Crews, Peter F. Coxeter, Yiwei Tao, Shantanu R Ranade, Christopher I. Edwards, David M. Kindlon, Linda D. Benavente-Notaro
  • Patent number: 11996028
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display panel are provided in the present application. The pixel circuit includes a driving module, a pulse amplitude modulation module, a pulse width modulation module, an internal compensation module, and an electrical potential maintaining module. High grayscale display is controlled by the pulse amplitude modulation module in a pulse amplitude modulation manner, low grayscale display is controlled by the pulse width modulation module in a pulse width modulation manner, and the internal compensation module performs internal compensation on a first terminal of the driving module, to realize an internal compensation and hybrid driving of the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Linfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11996493
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-emitting module and a display apparatus thereof. The light-emitting module includes a circuit substrate which includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface includes a plurality of conductive channels, and the second surface includes a plurality of conductive pads. A plurality of light-emitting groups is arranged in a matrix on the first surface. Each of the light-emitting groups includes a red light-emitting diode chip, a green light-emitting diode chip, and a blue light-emitting diode chip. An electric component is disposed on the first surface and located in the light-emitting groups matrix. A translucent encapsulating component covers the plurality of light-emitting groups and the electric component. Wherein, the light-emitting groups matrix comprises m columns and n rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Jen-Chieh Yu, Chun-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11995761
    Abstract: A method of generating virtual sensor data of a virtual single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) lidar sensor includes generating a two-dimensional (2D) lidar array having a plurality of cells. The method further includes interpolating image data from a virtual camera with the 2D lidar array to define auxiliary image data, generating a virtual ambient image based on a red-channel (R-channel) data of the auxiliary image data, identifying a plurality of virtual echoes of the virtual SPAD lidar sensor based on the R-channel data and a defined photon threshold, defining a virtual point cloud indicative of virtual photon measurements of the virtual SPAD lidar sensor based on the plurality of virtual echoes, and outputting data indicative of the virtual ambient image, the virtual photon measurements, the virtual point cloud, or a combination thereof, as the virtual sensor data of the virtual SPAD lidar sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Prasanna Sivakumar, Kris Kitani, Matthew O'Toole, Xinshuo Weng, Shawn Hunt, Yunze Man
  • Patent number: 11985440
    Abstract: An image sensor suitable for use in an augmented reality system to provide low latency image analysis with low power consumption. The image sensor may have multiple pixel cells, each of the pixel cells comprising a photodetector to generate an electric signal based on an intensity of light incident upon the photodetector. The pixel cells may include multiple subsets of pixel cells, each subset of pixel cells including at least one angle-of-arrival to-intensity converter to modulate incident light reaching one or more of the pixel cells in the subset based on an angle of arrival of the incident light. Each pixel cell within the plurality of pixel cells may include differential readout circuitry configured to output a readout signal only when an amplitude of a current electric signal from the photodetector is different from an amplitude of a previous electric signal from the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Georg Zahnert, Alexander Ilic, Erik Fonseka