Light Detection Means (e.g., With Photodetector) Patents (Class 345/207)
  • Patent number: 11238773
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a sensor, and a processor for acquiring the surrounding illuminance of the electronic device through the sensor, confirming a gain value for adjusting the gradation value of an image on the basis of the surrounding illuminance of the electronic device, and adjusting the gradation value of the image on the basis of the gain value, wherein the gain value is a value determined on the basis of visual sensitivity characteristics of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungmin Ku, Sunghwan Jang
  • Patent number: 11228014
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a manufacturing method of the OLED display panel. The present invention improves a light transmittance of an entire array layer by reducing the number of thin film transistors in an array layer under a camera-under-panel (CUP) region, and at the same time, patterning a cathode layer corresponding to a position of the CUP region to improve a light transmittance of the cathode layer, so that the CUP region can provide clear imaging, and the CUP region can also display images normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiajia Sun
  • Patent number: 11227533
    Abstract: A method of collecting ambient light is employed by a terminal provided with an ambient light sensor at a first area in a display screen of the terminal. The method includes: determining a target image frame adjacent to a collection time point, wherein the collection time point is a time point at which the ambient light sensor collects ambient light; decreasing display brightness of pixel points in a second area of the target image frame to a target value, wherein the first area is a sub-area of the second area; and displaying the target image frame according to the target value, and controlling the ambient light sensor to collect the ambient light at the collection time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gaosen Liu
  • Patent number: 11222568
    Abstract: A spliced display device includes at least two display panels and a driver device configured to drive the display panels. Each of the display panels includes at least two display areas disposed side by side in a first direction. Any adjacent two of the display areas are configured to be scanned in directions facing each other or facing away from each other. The display device is provided with a maximum brightness area or a minimum brightness area located between the adjacent two of the display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinfeng Liu
  • Patent number: 11222193
    Abstract: A signal detection method applied in an electronic device includes: resetting each optical sensor at a first time point; collecting a first signal output by the optical sensor at the first time point, a second signal output by the optical sensor at a second time point, a third signal output by the optical sensor at a third time point, and a fourth signal output by the optical sensor at a fourth time point; obtaining a first difference value between the first signal and the second signal and a second difference value between the third signal and the fourth signal, and determining a sum of the first difference value and the second difference value as a signal variation amount in a current cycle. Also disclosed are an associated electronic device and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-jen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11204621
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein integrate a camera with an electronic display. An electronic display includes several layers, such as a cover layer, a color filter layer, a display layer including light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes, a thin film transistor layer, etc. The camera can include a plurality of noncontiguous pixel regions disposed beneath the display layer and be configured to capture a plurality of images corresponding to the plurality of noncontiguous pixel regions. In some embodiments, the plurality of images can form a composite image with depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Essential Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David John Evans, V, Xinrui Jiang, Andrew E. Rubin, Matthew Hershenson, Xiaoyu Miao, Joseph Anthony Tate, Jason Sean Gagne-Keats
  • Patent number: 11204501
    Abstract: Provided herein are examples of an impact resistant glass-waveguide configuration for a see-through head-worn computer display. In embodiments, the configuration includes vision correction and content density control through electrochromic and/or photochromic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventor: Ralph F. Osterhout
  • Patent number: 11194376
    Abstract: A mobile device with a sensor hub and sensors and a method for controlling the mobile device are provided. The method includes receiving state information regarding the mobile device, setting a sensor sampling period based on the received state information, and receiving measured values from one or more sensors according to the set, sensor sampling period. The sensor hub receives the state information regarding the mobile device, sets a sensor sampling period based on the received state information, and receives measured values from one or more sensors according to the set sensor sampling periods. The mobile device controls the sensors via the sensor hub irrespective of the operations of the main processor. The sensor hub sets a sensor sampling period based on the received state values of a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Boram Namgoong, Juntaek Oh
  • Patent number: 11187577
    Abstract: A method of sensing ambient light intensity of an ambient in which an electronic device is located, can include: providing a plurality of light sensing elements under a display screen of the electronic device; displaying a solid color image during an operating period of the display screen; obtaining first data of each of the plurality of light sensing elements in response to a current ambient light during the display screen displaying the solid color image; obtaining second data of each of the plurality of light sensing elements in response to the current ambient light during the display screen displaying a normal image; and performing mathematical operations on the first data and the second data to obtain an intensity value of the ambient light of the ambient in which the electronic device is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventor: Suyi Lin
  • Patent number: 11189245
    Abstract: A system for the high-fidelity display of artwork images simulates lighting conditions (such as by, for example, varying the colour temperature, intensity, and/or lighting direction) and, for each lighting condition, compares an image of an artwork against an image of a digital display thereof. The system calculates an image adjustment (such as, for example, brightness/contrast, levels, tonal curves, exposure, vibrance, hue/saturation and/or colour balance) to minimise perceived visual differences between the original artwork and the image of a digital display thereof under the same environmental lighting conditions. As such, when displayed at a display location, the artwork image may be adjusted using the calculated image adjustment according to the actual lighting conditions at the display location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Boris Pavic
  • Patent number: 11189745
    Abstract: The problem of the present disclosure is to provide a photo sensor circuit that uses oxide semiconductor transistors and the operation of which is stable. The photo sensor circuit includes: a photo transistor; a first switching transistor; a second switching transistor; and a capacitance element. The photo transistor includes: a gate connected to a first wiring; a source connected to a second wiring; and a drain. The first switching transistor includes: a gate connected to a third wiring; a source connected to a fourth wiring; and a drain connected to the drain of the photo transistor. The capacitance element includes: a first terminal connected to the drain of the photo transistor; and a second terminal connected to the source of the first switching transistor. The second switching transistor includes: a gate connected to a gate line; a source connected to a signal line; and a drain connected to the first terminal of the capacitance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Tsubuku, Takanori Tsunashima, Marina Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11190743
    Abstract: A content presentation method is used to intelligently present content to a user in different presentation modes according to different identified scenarios. The method includes acquiring, by an intelligent terminal, context data of a user, identifying a user use scenario according to the context data, determining a first presentation mode corresponding to the user use scenario, and presenting content to the user in the first presentation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Qian, Shanfu Li, Jiali Fu, Kangmin Huang
  • Patent number: 11183133
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various examples can comprise: a window; a polarizing plate disposed at a lower part of the window and including a first region, which has a first characteristic with respect to light, and a second region, which has a second characteristic with respect to the light; a display disposed at a lower part of the polarizing plate; and at least one sensor disposed at a lower part of the display and disposed at a location corresponding to the second region. A method for operating the electronic device, according to various examples, can comprise the steps of: determining an activated state of at least one sensor; aligning, in a first direction, at least one portion of a liquid crystal formed on a window when the at least one sensor is activated; and aligning the at least one portion of the liquid crystal in a second direction when the at least one sensor is inactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Silkyu Lim
  • Patent number: 11169692
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device with a touch screen and a user interface. One object of the present disclosure is to provide a device with a touch screen and a user interface for adjusting the screen brightness, which has an increased ease of use. For this purpose, an electrical device (100) with a touch screen (120) is disclosed which, in a first mode, adjusts the brightness (B) of the screen (120) between a first brightness value (Bmax) and a second brightness value (Bmin1) depending on an input from a user via the touch-sensitive screen (120), and in a second mode, in which the ambient brightness (U) is above the first threshold value (U1), adjusts the brightness (B) of the screen (120) between the first brightness value (Bmax) and a third brightness value (Bmin2) in dependence on an input from a user via the touch screen (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Marco Scheffler
  • Patent number: 11170711
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit and a display panel are provided. The pixel driving circuit uses a 7T3C structure to effectively compensate a threshold voltage of a driving transistor in each pixel, a compensation structure of the pixel driving circuit is relatively simple, and operation difficulty is low. Moreover, a light emitting device emits light during a programming phase and an illumination phase, which increases light emitting time of the light emitting device, thereby improving a brightness and a life of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chenglei Nie
  • Patent number: 11145240
    Abstract: A method for dynamic scaling of content luminance and backlight level includes determining, using one or more processors of a display system, an ambient light level of a local environment proximate the display system. Based on the ambient light level being brighter than a first ambient light threshold, it is determined that the display system is in a normal room or a bright environment. A minimum viewable threshold representing a minimum pixel luminance value perceivable by a user in the ambient light level of the local environment is determined. The method further includes generating a modified display image by shifting the pixel luminance values of one or more pixels of an input image such that a darkest pixel value of the modified display image is equal to or greater than the minimum viewable threshold before transmitting the modified display image for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Anthony W L Koo, Syed Athar Hussain, Krunoslav Kovac
  • Patent number: 11132929
    Abstract: A method for controlling OSD can include: acquiring ambient light information; setting, according to the ambient light information, OSD parameters suitable for an OSD effect in current light environment; and, performing OSD according to the OSD parameters. OSD parameters can be adjusted in real time according to the ambient light, such that the OSD effect is more suitable for a user's visual feel when viewing a screen in the current light environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yijing Liao, Ming Liu, Chunming Xiao
  • Patent number: 11127346
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including a light emitting device; a driving circuit for controlling a magnitude of a driving current supplied from a first power supply to the light emitting device in response to a potential at a first node; a storage capacitor for causing a change in the potential at the first node in response to a change in a potential at a second node, where the potential at the second node may switch between a first reference voltage from a first reference power supply and a data voltage from a data line; and a compensation capacitor for suppressing a change in the driving current caused by a change in the first reference voltage. A display substrate and a display device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minghua Xuan
  • Patent number: 11120734
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a first power regulator to supply first power to an anode of light emitting diode and second power to a cathode of the light emitting diode, and a DDI including a second power regulator to supply third power to the anode of the light emitting diode and fourth power to the cathode of the light emitting diode, and connected with the first power regulator, and a processor. The processor outputs first content based on the first power and the second power, in a first operating mode, outputs second content based on the third power and the fourth power, in a second operating mode, and controls the third power to be higher than the first power, and the fourth power to be higher than the second power, when an operating mode is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Kon Bae, Dong Hwy Kim, Hyun Jun Park, Hong Kook Lee, Dong Kyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11112666
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, which has a display area and a periphery wiring area at the outer side of the display area of the substrate; at least one periphery wiring in the periphery wiring area; an insulating layer on a side of the periphery wiring away from the substrate, wherein a plurality of grooves is formed in the insulating layer in region corresponding to the periphery wiring area, so as to form a barrier wall with the grooves; and a conductive shielding layer on one side of the insulating layer, an orthographic projection of portions, directly facing the grooves, of the periphery wiring on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the conductive shielding layer on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunping Long
  • Patent number: 11112545
    Abstract: An optical system for overlaying a first image of a scene and a second image includes a first imaging device providing the first image, a second imaging device with an image display and collimation optics providing the second image, and a waveguide. The waveguide has a first diffraction grating configured to receive the first image, a second diffraction grating configured to receive the second image, and a guide portion disposed between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating configured to convey the second image to the first grating. The first diffraction grating is configured to overlay the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Qioptiq Limited
    Inventor: James Babington
  • Patent number: 11107394
    Abstract: An image display device includes pixel circuits arranged in a matrix configuration between a first power supply line and a second power supply line. Each of the pixel circuits includes a light-emitting element and a first circuit connected to the light-emitting element and configured to set a duration during which a current is supplied to the light-emitting element based on a result of comparing a first signal and a first direct current voltage. The first signal includes a triangular wave signal. The first direct current voltage is set in a prescribed period. At least one of the pixel circuits includes a second circuit connected in series to the first circuit. The second circuit is configured to control a current supplied to the first circuit based on a second direct current voltage set in a period different from the prescribed period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Akimoto
  • Patent number: 11107440
    Abstract: A method of operating or an information handling system operating a dynamic backlight and ambient light sensor (DBL and ALS) brightness control management system comprising a digital display having a selectable brightness level, a processor operatively connected to the digital display for executing code instructions of a dynamic backlight (DBL) control system for modifying brightness levels of some or all portions of the display screen in response to inputs relating to display content type and associated optimal contrast levels for the display content and the processor executing code instructions of an ambient light sensor (ALS) control system to modify brightness levels of some or all portions of the display screen in response to detected ambient light levels of the information handling system where the processor executing code instructions of the DBL and ALS brightness control management system adjusts operation of either the DBL control system or the ALS control system based on location or detected ambient
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Asim M. Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11106240
    Abstract: A dual display housing information handling system and method comprising a first display screen side having a first portion of a display screen, a second display screen side, hinged to the first display screen side, having a second portion, and a second display screen side RGB detector to activate and the first display to test flash and a first display screen side RGB detector to activate and the second display to test flash. A controller to determine operating color temperature shift for comparison to detect burn-in differences from color temperature readings by the first display screen side RGB detector and the second display screen side RGB detector, and if a threshold difference detected, the controller implementing display color shift management to provide adjusted color mapping data to adjust at least one color component of the first or second display screen side to balance the operating color temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Lawrence E. Knepper
  • Patent number: 11099573
    Abstract: Performance anomalies in complex systems can be difficult to identify and diagnose. In an example, latency associated with one or more of the systems can be determined. An anomalous event can be determined based on the determined latency. In some examples, based at least in part on determining the event, the system may be controlled in a safe state and/or reconfigured to obviate the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Somers, Thomas Michael Flanagan, Andrew Lewis King, Arpan Silas Rajan
  • Patent number: 11100313
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a detection unit detecting a moving body around the information processing apparatus and a distance to the moving body; a first image capturing unit having a first image capturing range; and a second image capturing unit having a second image capturing range, and performs authentication of the authentication target person based on captured image data. It controls so as to perform authentication based on image data captured by the first image capturing unit, and if the detected distance becomes shorter than a first distance and the authentication is not possible, it controls so as to perform authentication based on image data captured by the second image capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideyasu Tomi
  • Patent number: 11087700
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement on digital display device is disclosed. The system includes an image processing subsystem including a digital art metadata collection module to measure the ambient condition on a digital art piece using sensors. The digital art metadata collection module collects a set of metadata corresponding to the digital art piece by analysing the ambient condition. The image processing subsystem includes an image adjustment module to modify parameters on digital display device based on the set of metadata using one or more image processing techniques. The image adjustment module generates a target digital image representative of a printed image quality based on the modified parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Palacio Inc.
    Inventors: Shailesh Kumar, Rahul Ranjan, Andrew Kurtz
  • Patent number: 11062672
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including: a display panel; a system board configured to supply a signal and a voltage required to drive the display panel; a timing controller configured to receive the signal from the system board, generate control signals required to drive the display panel, and transmit some of the control signals to the system board; and a level shifter configured to convert voltage levels of the some signal of the timing controller into a signal voltage level suitable for the system board. The level shifter includes an output voltage control terminal configured to control the level shifter not to generate an output voltage when the system board is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaeseung Lee
  • Patent number: 11061641
    Abstract: A screen sharing system is configured to perform screen sharing between a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus is configured to acquire, as screen-sharing information, an image displayed on the first information processing apparatus, and transmit the screen-sharing information to a first server, when a data amount of the screen-sharing information is below a threshold value, and transmit the screen-sharing information to a second server and transmit, to the first server, storage destination information indicating a storage destination of the screen-sharing information, when the data is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kawasaki, Shigeru Nakamura, Masashi Ogasawara, Atsushi Miyamoto, Hiroshi Hinohara, Takeshi Homma
  • Patent number: 11064172
    Abstract: An image display system includes: a light source driver configured to supply, to a light source, a drive current including a first current and a second current; a processor configured to output the set value of the first current to the light source driver; and a corrector configured to perform a correction process on the first current. The processor is configured to set, based on a correspondence relationship between the gradation value and the current value of the first current, the set value of the first current to a current value determined with reference to the correspondence relationship when the gradation value is in a second gradation range in which numerical values are smaller than numerical values in the first gradation range, the correction process correcting the correspondence relationship such that a difference between a measured intensity and a target intensity of the light source falls within a prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihito Inukai, Kosuke Kubota, Yukihiro Chokyu
  • Patent number: 11056078
    Abstract: A multi-screen color correction method and an electronic device are provided. The multi-screen color correction method is adapted with an electronic device with at least two display panels, and includes the following steps: obtaining image characteristics of test images displayed on the display panels respectively; performing a parameter operation on the image characteristics separately to obtain image correction parameters correspondingly; correcting colors of the display panels respectively according to the image correction parameters; obtaining luminance characteristics of the display panels by calculating based on the image correction parameters; and adjusting the luminance of the display panels according to the luminance characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC
    Inventors: Yi-Han Huang, Chin-An Tseng, Hung-Wen Chang, Yi-Han Tu, Yung-Ming Huang, Chia-Lei Yu
  • Patent number: 11049435
    Abstract: An optical detecting device includes a receiving box and a telescopic arm. The receiving box includes an electrical connection port and a first conductive portion electrically connected to the electrical connection port. The telescopic arm is slidably disposed in the receiving box and includes an optical sensor and a second conductive portion electrically connected to the optical sensor. When the telescopic arm and the receiving box are in different sensing positions, the first conductive portion is electrically connected to the second conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Tse-Wei Fan, Feng-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11042184
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein integrate a camera with an electronic display. An electronic display includes several layers, such as a cover layer, a color filter layer, a display layer including light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes, a thin film transistor layer, etc. In one embodiment, the layers include a substantially transparent region disposed above the camera. The substantially transparent region allows light from outside to reach the camera, enabling the camera to record an image. In another embodiment, the color filter layer does not include a substantially transparent region, and the camera records the light from the outside colored by the color filter layer. According to another embodiment, while none of the layers include a substantially transparent region, the layers are all substantially transparent, and the camera disposed beneath the layers records light reaching the camera from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: David John Evans, V, Xinrui Jiang, Andrew E. Rubin, Matthew Hershenson, Xiaoyu Miao, Joseph Anthony Tate, Jason Sean Gagne-Keats
  • Patent number: 11036280
    Abstract: In one example, an electronic device is described, which includes a main body, a display unit pivotally connected to the main body, an angle detection unit disposed in the display unit to determine angle of rotation of the display unit relative to the main body, and a control unit to execute at least one command to control the electronic device based on the determined angle of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Po-Kuei Yang, Ann Weng
  • Patent number: 11036953
    Abstract: Image processing method, electronic device, and storage medium are provided. The method includes acquiring an image through an image acquisition component. The image acquisition component and a display screen are arranged one over another. The image acquisition component includes an acquisition area, and the acquisition area corresponds to an input area on a display area of the display screen. Based on a synchronization signal that is at least synchronized with a signal of brightness decrease of the input area on the display area of the display screen, image acquisition of the image acquisition component is suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xingfa Tian
  • Patent number: 11032517
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for interactive videoconferences are disclosed. Light sensors affixed to a frame in front of the electronic display associated with a host are configured to receive light from a localized area of the display. When a remote participant takes an action to cause a significant change in received light, by moving a dark object to a location such that it is rendered on the host electronic display in front of the light sensor, the light sensor asserts a signal. Based on the asserted signal, the state of an electrical and/or electromechanical device located at the premises of the host is changed in a way that is visible and/or audible to the remote participants via the videoconference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: Audie Tatum
  • Patent number: 11025826
    Abstract: An HMD includes a display section configured to display an image to enable visual recognition of an outside scene by transmitting external light, an operation detecting section configured to detect operation, a HMD control section configured to generate, according to the operation detected by the operation detecting section, a command for operating a first mobile body, a communication control section configured to acquire first mobile body image data concerning a captured image captured by the mobile body, and a display control section configured to cause the display section to display an image based on the first mobile body image data acquired by the communication control section. The display control section controls visibility of the outside scene in the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emi Ozawa, Shinichi Kobayashi, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 11015973
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for acquiring an ambient light brightness. The method includes acquiring a brightness value monitored by the ambient light sensor; acquiring a luminance value of the screen of the terminal device; and determining an ambient light brightness value of an external environment based on the brightness value and the luminance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guosheng Li
  • Patent number: 11016608
    Abstract: This application discloses a touch display control apparatus and a touch display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Chipone Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianhao Chen, Youqiao Xie
  • Patent number: 11018211
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate comprises a plurality of self-luminous units and photosensitive units disposed on a base substrate, wherein the photosensitive units are located on a side of the self-luminous units proximate to the base substrate, and each of the self-luminous units is correspondingly provided with the photosensitive unit; the self-luminous unit comprises a first electrode, a light-emitting functional layer and a second electrode disposed sequentially in a direction away from the base substrate; the first electrode comprises a light-transmitting region and a reflective region interconnected with each other; the second electrode is a transparent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoying Wang, Zhen Song
  • Patent number: 11009703
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a conversion block that converts, based on correction data stored in a memory, an imaging pixel value in a camera image acquired by an outside camera into a correction pixel value in accordance with outside brightness detected by a brightness sensor, and a display control block that controls a light source luminance value of the head-up display in correspondence with the correction pixel value converted from the imaging pixel value by the conversion block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Naruse
  • Patent number: 10996471
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a conversion block that converts, based on correction data stored in a memory, an imaging pixel value in a camera image acquired by an outside camera into a correction pixel value in accordance with outside brightness detected by a brightness sensor, and a display control block that controls a display pixel value of the display image formed by the head-up display in correspondence with the correction pixel value converted from the imaging pixel value by the conversion block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi Naruse
  • Patent number: 10997928
    Abstract: A method for determining ambient light intensity includes: acquiring a plurality of light sensing integral values obtained by sampling light intensity with a predetermined light sensing collecting time window and a predetermined sampling frequency through a photosensitive element, wherein the light sensing collecting time window is greater than a screen blanking time of a terminal; determining a minimum light sensing integral value and a maximum light sensing integral value in the plurality of light sensing integral values; determining a light sensing integral value of a photosensitive element which corresponds to an ambient light according to the maximum light sensing integral value, the light sensing collecting time window, the minimum light sensing integral value and the screen blanking time; and determining the ambient light intensity according to the light sensing integral value of the photosensitive element which corresponds to the ambient light and a predetermined light intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruyue Wang, Chaoxi Chen
  • Patent number: 10997927
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a sensor configured to obtain illuminance values, a display, at least one processor, and at least one memory, and the memory stores instructions set for the processor to obtain illuminance values for a predetermined period by controlling the sensor, adjust at least one brightness change threshold value to change brightness of the display in accordance with the obtained illuminance values for the predetermined period and change the brightness of the display using the adjusted brightness change threshold value. There may be other various embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinsung Kang, Kyuheon Lee, Sunghwan Jang
  • Patent number: 10997908
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a sensor and methods for operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display disposed on a surface of the housing, a sensor mounted under the display inside the housing to detect light received through the display, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to determine an illuminance of an outside of the housing using detection data obtained by the sensor while the display displays an image and relevant information between the display and the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Taek Jang, Eun-Sook Seo, Dong-Kyoon Han, Tae-Woong Lee, Dong-Hui Kim, Hong-Kook Lee, Kwang-Tai Kim, Dong-Hyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 10991320
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include determining a frame rate for a current frame, where the frame rate dictates the amount of time the current frame is to be presented on a display. The display may be a backlight that is powered for a specified amount of time as part of a duty cycle. The method may further include calculating a backlight duty cycle time for the current frame. The backlight duty cycle time may include a minimum amount of powered time plus an additional amount of powered time that is dependent on the frame rate for the current frame. The method may further generate a drive signal for the display using the calculated backlight duty cycle time and driving the display using the generated drive signal. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Cheonhong Kim, Min Hyuk Choi, Rui Zhang, Samuel Gosselin
  • Patent number: 10991848
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangzhao Ma, Ruiyuan Zhou, Yingjie Chen
  • Patent number: 10991770
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is related to a display device, the display device including: a substrate which includes a display portion, a light sensing portion, and a connection portion located between the display portion and the light sensing portion, in which the connection portion is bent such that the light sensing portion overlaps the display portion by bending of the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghan Park, Sangmin Kim, Seungho Baek, Youngseok Seo, Seunghoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10984710
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for sending driving data of a backlight source, a control circuit and a display device. The method includes: acquiring driving data of a plurality of rows of light-emitting elements included in the backlight source; and sending the driving data of the plurality of rows of light-emitting elements to a driving circuit of the backlight source at many times, wherein at least one data packet is sent each time, each data packet includes driving data for driving one row of light-emitting elements and a quantity of data packets sent each time is less than a quantity of rows of light-emitting elements included in the backlight source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Binhua Sun, Jian Sun, Lin Lin, Feng Zi, Yakun Wang, Jiyang Shao, Xinjian Liu, Ziqiang Guo, Yadong Ding, Bingxin Liu
  • Patent number: 10984746
    Abstract: A liquid crystal driver (100) includes: a segment driving circuit (150) that outputs a segment driving signal (SGQ) for driving a segment electrode of a liquid crystal panel, a first segment terminal (TSD1) from which a segment driving signal (SGQ) is to be output to the segment electrode, a second segment terminal (TSD2) to which a segment monitoring signal (SMN), which is a monitoring signal from the segment electrode, is to be input, and an anomalous segment detection circuit (160) that detects anomalous driving of the segment electrode based on the segment monitoring signal (SMN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norichika Muraki, Hironori Kobayashi