Display Power Source Patents (Class 345/211)
  • Patent number: 10061172
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a driver circuit portion; a pixel portion; a signal generation circuit for generating a control signal for driving the driver circuit portion and an image signal which is supplied to the pixel portion; a memory circuit; a comparison circuit for detecting a difference of image signals for a series of frame periods among image signals stored for respective frame periods in the memory circuit; a selection circuit which selects and outputs the image signals for the series of frame periods when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit; and a display control circuit which supplies the control signal and the image signals output from the selection circuit, to the driver circuit portion when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and stops supplying the control signal to the driver circuit portion when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake, Masashi Tsubuku, Kosei Noda
  • Patent number: 10043452
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver, a power supply which provides a first voltage to a first power terminal of the pixel and selectively provides the first voltage or a second voltage to a second power terminal of the pixel, and a controller which selects one of a normal driving mode and a power saving mode as a panel driving mode where the power supply provides the second voltage to the second power terminal of the pixel in a first period of one frame period and provides the first voltage to the second power terminal of the pixel in a second period of one frame period when the panel driving mode is the power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon-Shil Jung, Hyung-Min Shin, Ji-Tae Kim, Tae-Wook Kim, Sung-Un Park, Kyung-Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 10043453
    Abstract: A display panel including a substrate that includes a display region and a non-display region, the display region including a first and second display region spaced apart from each other, and the non-display region including an edge non-display region that surrounds the display region and an intermediate non-display region between the first and second display region; a plurality of first pixels arranged on the first display region; a plurality of second pixels arranged on the second display region; a first and second voltage wiring on the non-display region to transmit a first and second driving voltage to the first and second pixel; and an auxiliary wiring extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, on the intermediate non-display region, the auxiliary wiring crossing between the first and second display region, and being connected to one of the first and second voltage wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyong An, Sukyoung Kim, Ae Shin
  • Patent number: 10043432
    Abstract: An emission driver includes light emission driving controllers that are electrically connected to light emission control lines. Each of the light emission driving controllers may include a first circuit block configured to provide a second voltage to a first node in response to a first clock signal and to output a first voltage as a light emission control signal based on a voltage at the first node and a second clock signal having a phase difference from a phase of the first clock signal; and a second circuit block configured to provide a synchronization signal to a second node in response to the first clock signal, to maintain a voltage at the second node using a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor, and to pull down the light emission control signal to have the second voltage in response to the voltage at the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Ji-Su Na
  • Patent number: 10043470
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a display area, an edge area, data lines, pixel units, a feedback transmission line, a feedback control circuit, and a display drive circuit. The edge area surrounds the display area. The feedback transmission line, the feedback control circuit, and the display drive circuit are spatially corresponding to the edge area. The feedback transmission line electrically connects at least one of the data lines and the feedback control circuit. The feedback transmission line detects a data signal transmitted by the data lines and outputs a feedback signal to the feedback control circuit. The feedback control circuit outputs a common voltage to the display drive circuit according to the feedback signal. The display drive circuit outputs the common voltage to the pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Century Technology (Shenzhen) Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Wang, Lin Li, Zhi-Wei Ye
  • Patent number: 10043314
    Abstract: A display control method is executed by a computer. The display control method includes acquiring an image captured by a camera; displaying first object data corresponding to a reference object on a screen, when an image of the reference object is detected as being included in a first range in the captured image; and transitioning to a mode of continuously displaying the first object data corresponding to the reference object, when the image of the reference object is continuously detected as being included in a second range in the captured image for a predetermined time, even after the image of the reference object is no longer detected as being included in the first range in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Susumu Koga
  • Patent number: 10037590
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit and associated graphics processing method are provided. The graphics processing unit includes: an execution unit, for performing shader execution and texture loading; a fixed-function unit, for executing a graphics rendering pipeline; a memory-access unit; a texture unit, for reading texture data from a memory via the memory-access unit according to the data requirement of the execution unit or the fixed-function unit; and a command stream parser, for receiving a draw command from a display driver, and transmitting the draw command to the execution unit or the fixed-function unit to perform graphics processing according to the type of draw command. When the command stream parser determines that the draw command is a specific draw command, the command stream parser transmits the draw command only to the fixed-function unit to perform graphics processing, and turns off power to the execution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: VIA ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengxia Wu, Yuanfeng Wang, Zhou Hong, Heng Que
  • Patent number: 10032423
    Abstract: The disclosed display device of improved display quality and reduced power consumption includes a display unit including pixels coupled to gate lines and data lines, a gate driving unit for outputting a gate signal to the gate lines, a data driving unit for outputting a data signal to the data lines, a voltage supply unit for supplying to the gate driving unit a gate-on voltage to generate the gate signal a gate-off voltage, and a kickback compensation voltage having a voltage level varied at a section of time of the gate-on voltage, and a display mode control unit for controlling the voltage supply unit to supply the kickback compensation voltage during a first display mode for displaying an image on an entire area of the display unit, and to block supply of the kickback compensation voltage during a second display mode for displaying an image on only a partial area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ik Hyun Ahn, Yoon Gu Kim, Bong Im Park, Hyun Sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 10032075
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods wherein the iris biometric of an individual person is acquired using a mobile or static device. This acquisition may involve the use of active illumination and repeated use of the camera and processor, as examples. These modules consume considerable power however, and this can significantly reduce battery life. There is a need therefore for a power-efficient iris recognition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Eyelock LLC
    Inventor: Keith J. Hanna
  • Patent number: 10032414
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed which includes a data driver configured to transfer a sensing data packet and a timing controller configured to receive the sensing data packet in a bus low voltage differential signaling mode. The timing controller includes an internal clock generator configured to generate at least one internal clock signal and a buffer configured to latch the sensing data packet in synchronization with the internal clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gung Kim, Hyuck Jun Kim, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10032411
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first transistor to control current to a first light emitter and a second transistor to connect the first light emitter to first reset power. The second pixel includes a third transistor to control current to a second light emitter and a fourth transistor to connect the second light emitter to the first reset power. The second and fourth transistors are controlled by a same control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 10025380
    Abstract: An electronic device may have gaze detection capabilities that allow the device to detect when a user is looking at the device. The electronic device may implement a power management scheme using the results of gaze detection operations. When the device detects that the user has looked away from the device, the device may dim a display screen and may perform other suitable actions. The device may pause a video playback operation when the device detects that the user has looked away from the device. The device may resume the video playback operation when the device detects that the user is looking towards the device. Gaze detector circuitry may be powered down when sensor data indicates that gazed detection readings will not be reliable or are not needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Hodge, Michael Rosenblatt
  • Patent number: 10026354
    Abstract: Provided are a GIP driving circuit and a display device using the same. The GIP driving circuit includes: a plurality of stages which sequentially receives a phase-delayed clock and sequentially generates an output. An nth stage (n is a positive integer) includes: a first switch T1 receiving a carry signal from an n?1th stage and controlling a QB node to a low voltage and a Q node to a high voltage when the carry signal has a high voltage; a second switch T2 receiving a carry signal from an n+1th stage and controlling the QB and Q nodes high and low voltages, respectively, when the carry signal has a high voltage; a plurality of inverters connected between nodes Q and QB and constituting a latch; and a buffer outputting a clock as an output voltage when a voltage of the Q node is a high voltage and output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byungil Kim
  • Patent number: 10019217
    Abstract: A computer processor based method for controlling a plurality of computer displays in response to user behavior, the method comprising identifying at least one display that is unattended by the user by determining the user's visual focus, and applying an overlay window to the unattended display to control visualization of the identified unattended display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
    Inventors: Jakub Dostal, Per Ola Kristensson, Aaron Quigley
  • Patent number: 10013940
    Abstract: A method for refreshing a display. The method includes refreshing even and odd columns of a display panel at a first frame refresh rate where for each frame, even and odd columns are refreshed. Upon entering a display idle period, a low power display refresh is performed. The low power display refresh includes: refreshing the even columns of the display during even frames while circuitry driving odd columns are not used, and refreshing the odd columns of the display during odd frames while circuitry driving the even columns are not used. Refreshing the even columns and refreshing the odd columns are performed at a second frame refresh rate that is slower than the first frame refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: David Wyatt
  • Patent number: 10008173
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device capable of being grounded to avoid afterimages includes a liquid crystal panel, a time controller, a gate driver, a data driver, a common voltage generating circuit, and a discharging circuit. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of common electrodes. The pixel electrodes and common electrodes cooperate with each other to form a liquid crystal capacitor. In a power off process, the discharging circuit of the display controls the gate driver to stop generating grayscale voltages and grounds the common voltage generating circuit to discharge the liquid crystal capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Cheng Wei, Hsin-Hua Lin, Feng-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10008157
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that includes, for example, a display panel, a driver, a power supply unit, and a timing controller. The power supply unit may supply a voltage to the driver. The power supply unit may perform a compensation operation to vary an output voltage output from the power supply unit itself to correspond to a variation of a load before the load varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungjae Kim, Jaewon Han
  • Patent number: 10008152
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a display device and a method of operating the display device. The display device includes a power supply circuit configured to generate a gate voltage at an output terminal of the power supply circuit based on an input voltage to supply the gate signal to the pixels of the panel. The display device generates a switching pulse signal for a predetermined time period after the input voltage dropping below the predetermined threshold voltage. The display device generates the gate voltage at a first voltage level responsive to the switching pulse signal, the gate voltage at the first voltage level higher than the gate voltage at a second voltage level absent the switching pulse signal. Charges stored in pixels are discharged by applying the gate voltage to the pixels through gate lines, responsive to the input voltage dropping below the predetermined threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Jang, Wonyong Jang
  • Patent number: 10008161
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes generating a first driving period having a first driving frequency, generating a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and inserting a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period. A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a display panel driver configured to generate a first driving period having a first driving frequency, to generate a second driving period having a second driving frequency, and to insert a compensating frame between the first driving period and the second driving period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Won Lee, Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Sang-Mi Kim, Ji-Myoung Seo
  • Patent number: 9995952
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driving method of a liquid crystal display panel. Area division is implemented to obtain at least three division areas for individually providing a compensation signal voltage to each division area according to the difference of the actual brightnesses and the target brightnesses, and with the compensation signal voltage, implementing enhancement to a data signal voltage corresponded with a sub pixel, of which a difference of the data signal voltage (V+) in a positive polarity driving cycle or the data signal voltage (V?) in a negative polarity driving cycle and the common voltage (VCOM) is smaller, and implementing abatement to a data signal voltage corresponded with a sub pixel, of which a difference of the data signal voltage (V+) in the positive polarity driving cycle or the data signal voltage (V?) in the negative polarity driving cycle and the common voltage (VCOM) is larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9997096
    Abstract: A display apparatus, an electronic device including the same, and a method of operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first region and a second region, a first driving module configured to generate processing information corresponding to a first image to be displayed in the first region of the display, and a second driving module configured to receive the processing information from the first driving module, and o compensate for a second image to be displayed in the second region of the display, based on the processing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-chang Shin
  • Patent number: 9997541
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: first and second thin film transistors and a compensation transistor formed on a first insulation substrate; a first gray subpixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the first thin film transistor; a second gray subpixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the compensation transistor and a drain electrode of the second thin film transistor; and first and second reference voltage lines overlapping at least one of the second gray subpixel electrode and the first gray subpixel electrode, wherein a pixel area occupied by the first gray subpixel electrode and the second gray subpixel electrode is extended in a first direction, the first and second reference voltage lines are extended in a second direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, to overlap the pixel area, and one of the first and second reference voltage lines is connected to a source electrode of the compensation transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youn Hak Jeong, Bo Yeong Kim, Jang Soo Kim, Hong Min Yoon, Seong Young Lee, Ho Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9997120
    Abstract: When an intermittent driving mode is carried out in a TFT using LIPS and ?-Si for a pixel transistor, a flicker easily occurs. A display device includes a TFT including a gate, a source, and a drain; a signal line connected to the source; a pixel capacitance connected to the drain; a first power supply configured to supply a potential that breaks electricity conducted between the source and the drain to the gate; and a switch configured to supply a potential of the first power supply to the gate. The display device includes a scan period and a dwell period. The switch is turned on in the scan period, and the switch is turned off in the dwell period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yukio Tanaka, Daiichi Suzuki, Kenji Nakao
  • Patent number: 9984645
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display and a driver. The display is configured to display an image. The driver is configured to execute driving for displaying the image on the display in a display period to display the image, and execute driving different from the driving for displaying the image on the display, in a non-display period subsequent to the display period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9983338
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display member having an active region in which images are displayed and a surrounding region adjacent to the active region, wires being disposed in the surrounding region, a cover having a transmission region through which the images are transmitted and a bezel region adjacent to the transmission region, and a polarizer between the display member and the cover, the polarizer having, in a plan view, a first region overlapping the active region and having a first transmittance and a second region overlapping the surrounding region and having a second transmittance lower than the first transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Innam Lee
  • Patent number: 9978311
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes a first transistor configured to output a driving current corresponding to a data voltage to an output node, an OLED connected to the output node and configured to emit light according to the driving current output from the first transistor, a storage capacitor coupled to the first transistor and configured to store the data voltage, a second transistor configured to receive a reference voltage from the first transistor during a first time section, configured to diode-connect the first transistor, and configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of the first transistor, and a third transistor configured to diode-connect the first transistor during a second time section, configured to receive the data voltage through the first transistor for which the threshold voltage of the first transistor is compensated, and configured to transfer the data voltage to the storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngin Hwang, Jihye Kong, Yongsung Park, Inho Choi
  • Patent number: 9977302
    Abstract: A display device includes a gate lines extending in a first direction, data lines extending in a second direction, pixel electrodes, a common electrode disposed to face the pixel electrodes, common wirings that are electrically connected to the common electrode; and a common bus line that extends in the first direction outside of a display region and is electrically connected to the common wirings. Each of the common wiring includes a first common wiring portion extending in the first direction and a second common wiring portion that is connected to the first common wiring portion and extends in the second direction outside of the display region. A width of the first common wiring portion in the first direction is larger than a width of the second common wiring portion in the first direction. Both ends of the first common wiring portion in the first direction are electrically connected to the common bus line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yabuki, Tomohiro Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9972253
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and an illumination apparatus including: a light source; a time division control unit that performs a time division operation on a value represented by a first luminance control signal of a first bit number for controlling luminance of the light source to generate second luminance control signals each having a second bit number that is smaller than the first bit number and generates third luminance control signals each having a pulse width that corresponds to one of the values represented by the second luminance control signals; and a drive unit that generates drive signals for causing the light source to emit light on the basis of the third luminance control signals and supplies the drive signals to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumitaka Gotoh, Tsutomu Harada, Toshiyuki Nagatsuma, Akira Sakaigawa, Masaaki Kabe, Tae Kurokawa, Kojiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9953571
    Abstract: The present disclosure provide a pixel driving circuit, a pixel driving method for the same, and a display apparatus. A voltage related to a threshold voltage of a driving unit is stored in a storage unit by a charge controlling unit at a compensating phase for the pixel driving circuit, such that the driving unit can be compensated by the storage unit at a driving phase for the pixel driving circuit. Thus, an influence of the threshold voltage of the driving unit on an operating current of the driving unit can be eliminated, and the problem of uneven brightness of light emitting elements resulted from the threshold voltages being different can be solved, thereby improving a display quality of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zuquan Hu
  • Patent number: 9947271
    Abstract: A threshold voltage detection circuit for OLED display device includes a multiplexer connected between a detection IC and each of multiple sub-pixel driver circuits of a pixel driver unit. A second DC signal having first and second levels with the first level smaller than the detection control signal and the second level larger than the detection control signal is fed to each of the sub-pixel driver circuits, such that during detection of threshold of a driver TFT, the second DC signal is switched to the second level and during detection of threshold of an OLED, the second DC signal is switched to the first level and a data signal is set at the same level as the detection control signal to achieve detection of the threshold voltages of the OLED and driver TFT of each sub-pixel driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenling Wang, Taijiun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9947284
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel including a first data line, a timing controller which generates an external voltage selection signal, a channel control signal and a data signal, an external voltage generator which selects one of first voltage levels based on the external voltage selection signal to generate a first external voltage, and a data driver including a channel voltage generator which generates a first channel voltage, a first channel line connected to the first data line, a first switch connected between a first node receiving the first channel voltage and a second node connected to the first channel line, and a second switch connected between a third node receiving the first external voltage and a fourth node connected to the first channel line, where the data driver controls operations of the first and second switches based on the channel control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol-Woo Park, Seung-Hwan Park, Geun-Jeong Park
  • Patent number: 9947278
    Abstract: A display method, device and a computer-readable medium are provided. The method includes: detecting whether there is any change in a displayed content for the display; in response to detecting that the displayed content for the display does not change, controlling the display to alternately update display data corresponding to a first portion and a second portion of display units in each row when the display unit comprises m rows of pixels; and in response to detecting that the displayed content for the display does not change, controlling the display to alternately update display data corresponding to a third portion and a fourth portion of display units in each column when the display unit comprises n columns of pixels. Herein m and n are positive integers. Thus, screen flicker caused by reduction of refresh frequency of a display while the display content does not change can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Guosheng Li, Anyu Liu, Dongdong Yang
  • Patent number: 9940889
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit including a plurality of stage circuits to output a plurality of gate signals, a N-th stage circuit of the plurality of stage circuits includes: an output pull-up part including a control electrode connected to a first node, the first node being configured to have a potential increase in response to a (N?1)-th control signal received from a previous stage circuit of the N-th stage circuit, the output pull-up part to receive a clock signal to output a gate signal of the N-th stage circuit; a control node pull-up part to control the potential of the first node by using the (N?1)-th control signal; and a control node pull-down part to discharge the first node to a second low voltage according to a (N+1)-th control signal, wherein the output pull-up part is to discharge the gate signal of the N-th stage circuit in a (N+2)-th stage circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Sung Hwan Kim, Kyoung Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 9935094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a GOA circuit based on LTPS semiconductor thin film transistor to control the voltage levels of the first node (Q(n)) and the second node (P(n)) with the forward scan direct current control signal (U2D) and the backward scan direct current control signal (D2U). The clock signal (CK(M)) is merely in charge of the output of the GOA unit of corresponding stage, which can effectively reduce the loading of the clock signal. It ensures that the entire loading of the clock signal after the GOA units of multiple stages are coupled to promote the output stability of the GOA circuit, and to realize the forward-backward scan of the GOA circuit. Moreover, the GOA unit of each stage comprises only ten thin film transistors, which is beneficial to reduce the layout space of the GOA circuit and to achieve the narrow frame design of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yafeng Li, Jinfang Wu
  • Patent number: 9934753
    Abstract: A display device includes a scan driver which supplies a gate-on voltage or a gate-off voltage to scan lines, and a power supply unit which supplies the gate-off voltage to the scan driver, and includes a temperature sensor which generates a sensing voltage of which voltage value is changed corresponding to a temperature of a panel or an ambient temperature, a first voltage limiter which limits a minimum voltage value of the sensing voltage, and a second voltage limiter which limits a maximum voltage value of the sensing voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Uk Nam, Jong Jae Lee, Su Jin Kim, Dae Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 9922586
    Abstract: A loading effect control device includes a detecting line, a detector, a load controller, and a gamma reference voltage generator. The detecting line is coupled to a first power supply line in a display panel, and the first power supply line provides a first power voltage. The detector measures the first power voltage in the display panel through the detecting line, detects an amount of load of the display panel, and outputs a first voltage corresponding to the detected amount of the load. The load controller determines a control amount of the load based on the detected load amount and a loading effect setting. The gamma reference voltage generator controls a gamma reference voltage based on the control amount of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Kook Park, Yong-Kyu Jang
  • Patent number: 9916807
    Abstract: An output circuit of a display driving device may include: an output buffer unit configured to buffer a pair of input signals having different polarities and output a pair of output signals; and a switching unit configured to transmit the pair of output signals to a pair of output terminals through a direct path or a cross path during an output period, and charge-share the pair of output terminals using a middle voltage of a pull-up voltage and a pull-down voltage of the output buffer unit during a charge-sharing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bok Kim, Young Tae Kim, Joon Ho Na
  • Patent number: 9915996
    Abstract: A method of controlling a processor includes determining an operational mode of the processor in a time period and an operational frequency of the processor in second data processing based on a completion deadline of the second data processing and an amount of data processing in the second data processing which is performed by the processor after first data processing is completed by the processor, the time period being from completion of the first data processing to start of the second data processing, controlling the processor in the determined operational mode after the first data processing is completed by the processor, and performing the second data processing using the processor that operates with the determined operational frequency after the controlling of the processor in the operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaaki Noro
  • Patent number: 9916788
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes: a display unit in which pixels are arranged in rows and columns, the pixels each including an organic electroluminescent element, a drive transistor, and a capacitor; a power supply unit which generates a supply voltage; a gate drive unit which applies a reference supply voltage to the capacitor; and a control unit which carries the supply voltage from the power supply unit to the gate drive unit, wherein the gate drive unit includes a buffer amplifier circuit which suppresses a variable component of the supply voltage carried via the control unit to stabilize the reference supply voltage, and supplies the stabilized reference supply voltage to the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Tokunaga, Noriyuki Iwakura, Takashi Iwami
  • Patent number: 9916789
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a light emission control line configured to provide a light emission control signal and a power line configured to provide a power voltage. An operation control TFT is electrically connected to the power line and configured to be turned on based on the light emission control signal so as to provide the power voltage. A driving TFT is electrically connected to the operation control TFT, an OLED is electrically connected to the driving TFT, and an initialization TFT is configured to provide the power voltage to the driving TFT. In a frame of the OLED display, the power voltage provided when the initialization TFT is turned on and the power voltage provided when the operation control TFT is turned on are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwang Sup Shin
  • Patent number: 9905189
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to display an image, a driver configured to drive the liquid crystal panel, a timing controller configured to control the driver, and a power supply configured to be supplied by an input voltage, supply a common voltage to the liquid crystal panel, and temporarily vary a compensation ratio of the common voltage when a pattern causing a drop of the input voltage is displayed by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soondong Cho, Juno Hur, Dongju Kim
  • Patent number: 9905186
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal panel. The panel includes a display area that includes an array of pixel units formed thereon, a source controller, a gamma voltage control section, a gate controller, a chamfer voltage control section, and an image inspection section. The image inspection section classifies images into n classes according to ranking of grey level. The chamfer voltage control section is operated in response to the class of an image to control one of the n chamfer voltage circuits to supply the chamfer voltage to the gate controller and the gamma voltage control section is operated in responses to the class of the image to control one of the n gamma voltage circuits to supply the gamma voltage to the source controller, where n is an integer greater than 1. The present invention also discloses a driving method for the liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display including the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wenqin Zhao, Yu-yeh Chen, Xiaoping Tan
  • Patent number: 9898952
    Abstract: A data compensation device includes a current calculator which calculates an average current of each of blocks included in a pixel array based on an input data, a data enable signal, a horizontal synchronization signal and a vertical synchronization signal, a voltage drop info provider which provides a bus voltage drop information of predetermined bus points and an array voltage drop information of predetermined array points, the bus points being included in a power supply bus wiring which is connected to the pixel array, the array points being included in the pixel array, a data compensation circuit configured to provide a compensation data corresponding to the input data based on the average current, the bus voltage drop information and the array voltage drop information, and an adder configured to provide a compensation result data by adding the input data and the compensation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Fujii
  • Patent number: 9899424
    Abstract: Decrease of the output voltage of the logic circuit is inhibited by raising the gate voltage using a capacitor. In a first transistor, a drain and a gate are electrically connected to a first wiring, and a source is electrically connected to a first node. In a second transistor, a drain is electrically connected to the first node, a source is electrically connected to a second wiring, and a gate is electrically connected to a second node. In a third transistor, a drain is electrically connected to a third wiring, and a source is electrically connected to a third node, and a gate is electrically connected to the first node. In a fourth transistor, a drain is electrically connected to the third node, a source is electrically connected to a fourth wiring, and a gate is electrically connected to the second node. In a capacitor, one electrode is electrically connected to the first node, and the other electrode is electrically connected to the third node. OS transistors are preferably used as the transistors above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Onuki
  • Patent number: 9898960
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, its driving method, an OLED display panel and an OLED display device. The pixel circuit includes row pixel units each including subpixel units. The row pixel unit includes an auxiliary compensating circuit, which is configured to generate a switching control signal inputted to a subpixel driving circuit according to a scanning signal from a gate driving circuit, and generate a compensating control signal inputted to the subpixel driving circuit according to a control signal from the gate driving circuit. The subpixel driving circuit is configured to receive a data voltage from a data line accordance to the switching control signal, control a driving transistor to drive an OLED to emit light according to the data voltage, and compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor according to the compensating control signal when the driving transistor drives the OLED to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Yang, Chen Zhang, Yue Wu
  • Patent number: 9898982
    Abstract: A display method, device and computer-readable medium are provided. The method includes: detecting whether there is any change in a displayed content for the display; and controlling the display to alternately update display data corresponding to a first portion and a second portion of display units in each row if it is detected that the displayed content does not change, wherein the display unit comprises n rows of pixels, and wherein n is a positive integer. The first portion of the display units comprises i first cells, the second portion of the display units comprises j second cells, and the first cells are alternate with the second cells, wherein i and j are positive integers. Moreover, the first cell comprises p successive pixels, and the second cell comprises q successive pixels, wherein p and q are greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Guosheng Li, Yuan Zhang, Jun Tao
  • Patent number: 9898851
    Abstract: A machine can be configured to provide icon animation based on an activity detected by a device. The configured machine animates an icon displayed on a screen by detecting a current activity in which a user of the machine is engaged. The detecting of the current activity may be based on context data generated by a set of sensors within the machine. The machine selects an icon from a first set of icons based on the current activity of the user. Furthermore, the machine causes the selected icon from the first set of icons to be displayed with a visibly moving highlight on the screen, resulting in the screen displaying the selected icon within a second set of icons on the screen. The visibly moving highlight may be applied to at least the selected icon but fewer than all icons in the displayed second set of icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Eyespage Inc.
    Inventor: Jing Zhou
  • Patent number: 9885929
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driver, a controller and a first flexible substrate. The display panel includes first and second substrates facing each other. The first substrate includes a switching element connected to a pixel electrode. The driver provides a driving signal to the display panel. The controller provides a control signal to the driver. The controller includes first and second printed circuit boards spaced apart from each other. The first flexible substrate electrically connects the first and second printed circuit boards to each other. The first flexible substrate defines a first contact portion at which the first flexible substrate is connected to the first printed circuit board, a second contact portion at which the first flexible substrate is connected to the second printed circuit board, and an overlap portion overlapping the display panel and at which the first flexible substrate is attached to the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myong-Soo Oh
  • Patent number: 9886914
    Abstract: A display device. The display device comprises: a housing (01) having an outlet (06); a flexible display panel (02) located inside the housing (01). At least a portion of the flexible display panel (02) can be pulled out from the outlet (06), and in a case where the flexible display panel (02) is pulled out, a region located outside the housing (01) is a front end region (02a) of the flexible display panel (02), and a region located inside the housing (01) is a rear end region (02b) of the flexible display panel (02). An extending direction from the front end region (02a) to the rear end region (02b) is a direction from front to rear of the flexible display panel (02).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huan Wang, Mookeun Shin, Zhizhong Tu, Yong Jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9881572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register circuit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register circuit comprises an input module, configured to pull up a potential at a first node; an output module, configured to pull up a potential at an output when the potential at the first node is at a high level; a pull-up module, configured to periodically pull up a potential at the second node by using current from a high-level bias voltage line; a reset module, configured to pull down the potential at the first node under the control of a signal; and a pull-down module, configured to continuously pull down the potential at the second node before the potential at the first node is pulled down, and pull down potentials at the first node and the output when the potential at the second node is at a high level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Huang, Jian Sun, Cheng Li