Controlling The Condition Of Display Elements Patents (Class 345/214)
  • Patent number: 9436317
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a touch panel, a driver for supplying a driving signal to each of driving lines of the touch panel, and a sensor electrically connected to sensing lines of the touch panel, for detecting capacitance of a node capacitor of the touch panel, wherein the sensor includes a first amplifier including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal being connected to the corresponding sensing line, a feedback capacitor connected between the output terminal and the first input terminal of the first amplifier, and an inverting amplifier for invert-amplifying an output signal of the output terminal of the first amplifier and supplying the invert-amplified output signal to the second input terminal of the first amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Dongbu Hitek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woon Hyung Heo
  • Patent number: 9412295
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including a light emitting element outputting a gray scale based on a current supplied thereto, a first transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied to the light emitting element based on a gray scale data voltage supplied to a gate electrode of the first transistor, a second transistor connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and an initialization voltage, a third transistor connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a first terminal of the first transistor; a fourth transistor connected between the first terminal of the first transistor and the light emitting element, and a fifth transistor connected between a second terminal of the first transistor and a data line. The data line is selectively supplied with the gray scale data voltage and a power supply voltage for light emitting of the light emitting element to the fifth transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Okuno, Masayuki Kumeta, Eiji Kanda, Ryo Ishii, Naoaki Komiya
  • Patent number: 9412307
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of initializing control lines, and a plurality of light emission control lines, a scan driver to output scan signals to the scan lines and initializing signals to the initializing control lines, and a data driver to output data signals to respective ones of the data lines. A first pixel and a second pixel may be commonly connected to a scan line and a data line. The scan driver may output at least one first initializing signal and at least one second initializing signal to the first pixel and second pixel, respectively. The scan signals and the first and the second initializing signals may be activated at different points in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Ja Kwon, Jae-Sic Lee
  • Patent number: 9384695
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus for forming a frame by utilizing a plurality of subfields to display gradation. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a light-emitting pixel on a display area, a dummy pixel on a dummy area adjacent to the display area, and a repair line coupled to the dummy pixel. The light-emitting pixel is configured to emit light according to a logic level of a data signal applied during each of the subfields, and to adjust an emission time. The repair line is configured to couple the dummy pixel to a light-emitting element when the light-emitting element is separated from the light-emitting pixel, to provide a path to control a light emission of the light-emitting element according to a logic level of a dummy data signal applied to the dummy pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Sung-Jae Moon, Wang-Jo Lee, Jong-Hyun Choi, Yong-Duck Son
  • Patent number: 9343014
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit includes first to seventh switches, a capacitor and a light emitting unit. The first and sixth switches are connected and receive data voltage and second reference voltage according to second and third control signals, respectively. One capacitor end connects to the serial-connected first and sixth switches and the other capacitor end connects to a control end of the second switch. The serial-connected third and fourth switches are connected between the control and first end of the second switch. The third and fourth switches are ON by the second control signal. The fifth switch is ON by a first control signal. An end of the fifth switch connects to the serial-connected third and fourth switches and another end receives a first reference voltage. The seventh switch is connected between the second switch and the light emitting unit. The seventh switch is ON by the third control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Guan-Ru Huang, Chia-Yuan Yeh, Chun-Yen Liu
  • Patent number: 9341839
    Abstract: An electrowetting display device that includes a display member having: a first substrate, at least one surface of which is electroconductive, a second substrate disposed so as to face the electroconductive surface of the first substrate, a hydrophobic insulation film disposed at the side of the electroconductive surface of the first substrate, a non-electroconductive oil provided movably on the hydrophobic insulation film and containing a nonpolar solvent and a porphyrin dye represented by Formula (1), and an electroconductive hydrophilic liquid that contacts the oil. In Formula (I), A1 to A4: N or —C(R1)?; M: metal atom, metal oxide, metal hydroxide, metal halogenide or 2H; R: C4-30 alkyl; X: single bond, O, S or —N(R2)—; R1: H, alkyl, aryl or —X11—R11; R2: H, alkyl or aryl; R11: C4-30 alkyl; X11: single bond, O, S or —N(R12)—; R12: H, alkyl or aryl; and n: 1-8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 9331111
    Abstract: To provide a method of refresh operation for a flat panel radiation imager that makes it possible to carry out a refresh operation in such a way that electric charge that is accumulated in pixels by photoelectric conversion is efficiently released with low power consumption and during a short period of time. Control signals of the refresh operation are turned into a plurality of successive pulses at regular intervals; and timing is adjusted in a way that adjacent switching elements disposed on the same signal line are not turned ON at the same timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Onihashi
  • Patent number: 9324284
    Abstract: There is provided a driving method of a liquid crystal display device that is driven by an inversion method, including: calculating a total sum of changed amounts of data voltages between an (n?1)-th row line and an n-th row line, using image data of the (n?1)-th row line and image data of the n-th row line; generating common voltage data according to the total sum of the changed amounts of the data voltages; compensating for the common voltage data using a characteristic parameter of a liquid crystal panel; and generating a common voltage according to the compensated common voltage data, and outputting the common voltage to the liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Rok Kim, Yong-Won Jo
  • Patent number: 9318053
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels, a power supply line and a plurality of signal lines for operating the plurality of pixels, a driver circuit for outputting signals to the plurality of signal lines, a signal input circuit for controlling the driver circuit, a compensation circuit which determines if a pixel has a normal state, a defective bright spot, or a point defect in the case where a current value detected shows an abnormal value, and accordingly outputs a compensation signal to the signal input circuit, and a current value detection circuit which detects a current value flowing through the power supply line when each sub-pixel is lighted. Thus, a pixel including a sub-pixel which shows an abnormal current value when lighted is compensated by a signal output from the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Umezaki, Hajime Kimura, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9298258
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position are provided. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruo Oba, Yusuke Sakai, Eijiro Mori, Kenichi Okada, Katsunori Tanaka, Shinichi Hayashi, Tomohiko Gotoh, Shingo Tsurumi, Asako Tadenuma
  • Patent number: 9294039
    Abstract: A bias circuit for biasing a field effect transistor (FET) to provide a transconductance (gm) that is substantially unaffected by power supply voltage variations. In one embodiment the circuit includes two parallel current paths, each including two amplifying elements such as FETs, the FETs in one of the paths both being diode-connected, and the FETs in the other path not being diode-connected. Variations in the power supply voltage result in comparable changes in the voltage drops across all four FETs, and drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) results in relatively small changes in gm with changes in power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nasrin Jaffari
  • Patent number: 9271395
    Abstract: In a display device, a cover window is capable of increasing transparency of a curved part to improve visibility of a screen and appearance quality of a product. The cover window for the display device includes at least one curved part. In addition, the curved part includes an outer surface formed in an arc having a curvature radius of r1 and an inner surface formed in an arc having a curvature radius of r2, where r1?r2?2r1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Hongo, Kwan-Young Han, Ju-Suk Oh
  • Patent number: 9231039
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. One inventive aspect includes: a substrate, a scan line formed on the substrate and transmitting a scan signal, a data line configured to intersect the scan line and to transmit a data signal, a switching transistor connected to the scan line and the data line, a driving transistor connected to a switching drain electrode of the switching transistor, a compensation transistor connected to the driving transistor, an aging transistor connected to a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor and a source electrode of the compensation transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) connected to a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor. The compensation transistor is configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. The aging transistor is configured to perform an aging process for reducing a leakage current of the compensation transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ok-Byoung Kim
  • Patent number: 9224337
    Abstract: The organic light emitting diode display device comprising a display panel a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels comprising: a driving TFT including a gate electrode coupled to a first node, a source electrode coupled to a second node, and a drain electrode coupled to a high-potential voltage line; an organic light emitting diode including an anode coupled to the second node and a cathode coupled to a low-potential voltage line; a first TFT supplying a data voltage to the first node in response to a scan signal; a initialization control circuit initializing the first node to a first reference voltage and the second node or the third node to a second reference voltage in response to a initialization signal and an emission signal; and capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nayoung Bae, Joongsun Yoon, Minjae Shin
  • Patent number: 9195106
    Abstract: A display device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes a data line transferring a drive signal to a display area; and an electrostatic transistor portion including a plurality of thin film transistors connected in parallel between the data line and a common ESD electrode. A cut-off voltage for turning off each of the thin film transistors is provided to a gate of each of the thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bon-Yong Koo
  • Patent number: 9171894
    Abstract: An organic EL element including: pixel electrode on a section of TFT substrate corresponding to pixel region; auxiliary connector on a section of TFT substrate corresponding to auxiliary region; hole injection layer on pixel electrode and auxiliary connector; and light-emitting layer on a section of hole injection layer corresponding to pixel region. The organic EL element additionally includes: electron injection layer on light-emitting layer and a section of hole injection layer corresponding to auxiliary region; and seamless common electrode on electron injection layer. Hole injection layer contains WOx. Electron injection layer contains NaF. Common electrode contains Al that causes the reduction of NaF contained in electron injection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Mishima, Satoru Ohuchi
  • Patent number: 9153164
    Abstract: A driving method of an organic light emitting display device includes sensing temperatures of a plurality of areas included in a pixel unit and, when a temperature difference between the respective areas is less than a predetermined reference value, outputting first data that is input from outside. When the temperature difference between the respective areas is equal to or greater than the reference value, the method includes generating second data by changing a grayscale of the first data such that the temperatures of the respective areas are similar to each other, and outputting the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9153156
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display part which has a plurality of divided segments and a control part, configured to control voltages applied to the segments. The control part changes a turning-on pattern of segments to be output to the display part from a first turning-on pattern which turns on a first segment group to a second turning-on pattern which turns on a second group, and subsequently to a third turning-on pattern which turns on a third segment group. Change of the turning-on pattern includes a control to apply a voltage to at least one of segments of the plurality of segments which are not commonly used in the first segment group in a period from a predetermined time before starting of change to the third turning-on pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Tomura, Daisuke Satsukawa
  • Patent number: 9123307
    Abstract: Provided is a display system (1) capable of further reducing electric power consumption. The display system (1) includes: a host device (2) including transceivers (Tx1, Tx2); a display device (3) including receivers (Rx1, Rx2); a plurality of interfaces (IF1, IF2) for transmitting image data from the transceivers (Tx1, Tx2) to the receivers (Rx1, Rx2); changing means for changing the number of transmission lanes to be used by each of the plurality of interfaces (IF1, IF2); and a display panel (5) provided in the display device (3). Each of the interfaces (IF1, IF2) transmits the image data at an identical transmission rate irrespective of the number of the transmission lanes to be used. The display panel (5) displays an image indicated by the image data, at a frame rate corresponding to the total number of the transmission lanes to be used by the each of the interfaces (IF1, IF2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Kohji Saitoh, Masami Ozaki, Taketoshi Nakano, Toshihiro Yanagi
  • Patent number: 9076372
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device including a light emitting diode and a driving module. The driving module drives the light emitting diode. The driving module includes a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, and a driver transistor. The first switch circuit selectively writes a gray scale voltage in a first capacitor. The second switch circuit selectively writes an offset voltage in a second capacitor. The driver transistor is coupled to the light emitting diode, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor. The driver transistor adjusts a driving current being outputted to the light emitting diode according to the gray scale voltage and the offset voltage. The gray scale voltage adjusts the voltage difference between the gate and the source of the driver transistor, while the offset voltage adjusts a threshold voltage of the driver transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Yang, Liang-Lu Chen, Chun Yu Chen, Hong-Ru Guo
  • Patent number: 9058778
    Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining DC balance in bi-stable displays using contrast correction are disclosed. The system includes a DC balance module and storage for DC corrective waveforms. The DC balance module generates transitional driving schemes which drive pixels to new color values while simultaneously shifting each pixel's relative impulse potential values to be in line with those of the new speed drive scheme. The transitional driving schemes ensure DC balance by performing contrast and color-depth correction. In particular, the transitional driving schemes lower the contrast and reduce the color depth of pixels when increasing the speed of page flipping and raise the contrast and color depth when reducing the speed of page flipping. The present embodiment of the invention also includes a method for variable-speed page flipping with contrast correction and a method for creating a transitional driving scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bradley J. Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20150145852
    Abstract: A display device with a timing controller is disclosed. In one aspect the display includes first and second gate drivers, first and second gate lines extending in first and second directions from the first and second gate drivers, data lines extending in a third direction, a display panel including pixels connected to the first and second gate lines and the data lines, data driving circuits each driving corresponding data lines in response to an output start signal and a data signal, and a timing controller. The timing controller sets an output timing of the data signals according to a distance in the first direction between the first gate driver and the data driving circuits when the first gate lines are driven and sets an output timing of the data signals according to a distance in the second direction between the second gate driver and the data driving circuits when the second gate lines are driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Ik Hyun Ahn, Yoongu Kim, Bongim Park, Hoseok Son
  • Patent number: 9041706
    Abstract: In order to suppress an influence of an electrical stress on a TFT characteristic in use of a TFT, a light emitting display apparatus according to the present invention comprises organic EL devices and driving circuits for driving the organic EL devices. The driving circuit includes plural pixels each having a thin film transistor of which a threshold voltage reversibly changes due to the electrical stress applied between a gate terminal and a source terminal, and a voltage applying unit which sets gate potential of the thin film transistor higher than source potential. The voltage applying unit applies the electrical stress between the gate terminal and the source terminal at a time when the thin film transistor is not driven, so as to drive the thin film transistor in a region that the threshold voltage is saturated to the electrical stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hisae Shimizu, Katsumi Abe, Ryo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150138183
    Abstract: A gate driver divides n scanning lines (G1 to Gn) into p blocks (BL1 to BLp), and provides for each block, a common selection period for selecting a whole or a part of k scanning lines included in the block, and a scanning period for sequentially selecting k scanning lines included in the block. A source driver (30) detects a characteristic of a driving transistor via a data line from a pixel circuit (11) corresponding to a scanning line that is being selected in the common selection period, and supplies to the data line a corrected data voltage that has been obtained by correcting the data voltage based on the detected characteristic of the driving transistor. Accordingly, there is provided a display device that can compensate for a characteristic variation of the driving transistor while solving a shortage of writing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noritaka Kishi, Masanori Ohara, Noboru Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9035927
    Abstract: A gate driver and a liquid crystal display using the same are provided. The gate driver includes a scan signal generating unit and a compensation unit. The scan signal generating unit has a plurality of output channels, and is used for sequentially outputting a scan signal through the output channels according to a basic clock and a start pulse. The compensation unit is coupled to the scan signal generating unit, and used for compensating the total resistance of each of the output channels, and sequentially receiving and transmitting the scan signal to a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Lin Li, Yu-Chun Tsai, Chao-Ching Hsu, Shih-Yuan Su
  • Patent number: 9035906
    Abstract: A processing system for capacitance sensing includes a sensor module and a determination module. The sensor module includes sensor circuitry coupled to sensor electrodes, the sensor module configured to generate sensing signals received with the sensor electrodes. The determination module is connected to the sensor electrodes and configured to obtain, for a predetermined timeframe, a profile from the sensing signals, obtain, for the predetermined timeframe, a noise statistic, and calculate, for the predetermined timeframe, a data signal statistic for the predetermined timeframe using the profile. The determination module is further configured to calculate a signal to noise ratio (SNR) by dividing the data signal statistic by the noise statistic. When the SNR satisfies a predetermined detection threshold, an input object is detected in a sensing region of the capacitance sensing input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Curtis Elia, Adam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9035937
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The LCD has improved display quality and/or power consumption because current leakage in the pixels is effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Min Kim, Joo-Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20150130787
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a plurality of emission pixels, a plurality of dummy pixels, and a plurality of repair lines. The emission pixels are aligned in column and row directions in an active region. The dummy pixels are in a dummy region. The repair lines are connected to at least one of the at least one sub-emission pixel or at least one of the dummy pixels. Each emission pixel includes at least one sub-emission pixel. At least two sub-emission pixels aligned in a column or row direction are alternately connected to two repair lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20150130865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display device that changes a reference voltage commonly applied to a driving transistor in all pixels, based on a characteristic value sensed according to each pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: JongSik SHIM, MooKyoung HONG, Boeon BYEON
  • Patent number: 9030461
    Abstract: A thin film circuit comprises a plurality of thin film transistors, wherein the output response of the circuit is dependent on at least first (36) and second (34, 22) of the transistors. The first thin film transistor (36) is, in use, exposed to a source of illumination (2) and the second thin film transistor (16) is shielded from the source of illumination. The first thin film transistor (36) is operated in use as an analogue switch which provides an analogue output in response to a control input. The illumination of this transistor reduces the effect of dynamic threshold voltage variations, which can be a limitation to circuit performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Steven Charles Deane
  • Patent number: 9030098
    Abstract: A wireless electric power supply type light-emitting element 11 of the present invention includes a substrate 2; a light-emitting structure provided on the substrate 2; and a sealing layer 3 provided on the light-emitting structure, wherein the light-emitting structure includes an electric power receiving antenna 4 and an organic electroluminescence element provided on the installation surface of the substrate 2; and two connecting wires 61 and 62 for electrically connecting the electric power receiving antenna 4 and the organic electroluminescence element, the electric power receiving antenna 4 is covered with an insulating layer 7 exclusive of two terminals 41 and 42 of the electric power receiving antenna 4 to which the end parts of the two connecting wires 61 and 62 are connected, and the light-emitting structure is sealed between the substrate 2 and the sealing layer 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nakai, Shigenori Morita, Takezo Hatanaka, Hisashi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9030391
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for accurately positioning a movable conductive layer of a reflective display element. In one aspect, an initial position of the movable conductive layer with respect to at least one or more fixed conductive layers is sensed. A charging voltage may be determined based at least in part on the initial position. The charging voltage may be applied to the movable conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Hong, Chong U. Lee, Cheonhong Kim, Edward K. Chan
  • Patent number: 9024846
    Abstract: A pixel has a simple structure and compensates for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor. An organic light emitting display device includes the pixel, which includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to the organic light emitting diode and a first electrode coupled to a data line; a second transistor between a gate electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a storage capacitor electrically coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Yong-Sung Park
  • Patent number: 9024937
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an image processing device performs first processing to first image data, using a three-dimensional lookup table, and performing second processing to image data that has been processed by the first processing, using a one-dimensional lookup table on the output side of the three-dimensional lookup table. The method includes first setting step for setting first calibration information for each color component to have a target color temperature at the one-dimensional lookup table, second setting step for setting second calibration information for mapping the first image data to a target color space at the three-dimensional lookup table, and correction step for correcting the first calibration information based on an error from a target characteristic using image data that has been processed by the second processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Hayashi, Shigeki Kanazawa
  • Publication number: 20150116308
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit and method, an array substrate and a LCD apparatus, solve the problem of a deterioration of an image quality due to an insufficient charging to a pixel electrode when a refreshing frequency of the LCD is relatively high. The pixel driving circuit comprises n rows of scanning lines, where n is an integer and n?3, and the pixel driving circuit further comprises a pre-charging unit connected to each row of scanning line, for activating the (i+2)th row of scanning line at the same time when the ith row of scanning line is activated, where i is an integer and 1?i?n?2. The array substrate comprises a number of pixel units distributed in a matrix, and further comprises the pixel driving circuit as described above. The LCD apparatus comprises the array substrate as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Baoqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9019528
    Abstract: With an information processing apparatus, if a user operates a “back” button of a web browser while a job is being executed, a script for controlling the job currently being executed is lost, and the job can no longer be controlled. An information processing apparatus of the present invention can communicate with a web server, and includes a web browser that displays an operation screen provided by the web server. This information processing apparatus manages the status of a job to be executed, and restricts acceptance of an instruction for screen transition from the user according to the managed status of the job while the job instructed by the web server is being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Mihara, Nobuaki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 9019259
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus easy to sample data correctly by a clock in the reception apparatus. In a detection section 25 of a reception apparatus 20n, based on data output from a sampler section 23, both or either of detection of a phase difference between data received by a data reception section 21 and a clock received by a clock reception section 22, and/or waveform distortion of this data is performed. A detection signal indicating a result of detection by the detection section 25 is transmitted to a transmission apparatus 10 by a detection signal transmission section 26. In the transmission apparatus 10, by a control section 15, based on the detection signal received by a detection signal reception section 14, both or either of control of adjustment of a phase between data transmitted by a data transmission section 11 and a clock transmitted by a clock transmission section 12, and/or adjustment of an amplitude of the data is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Thine Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Seiichi Ozawa, Hironobu Akita
  • Publication number: 20150109275
    Abstract: The present invention connects the first scan line of the (N+1)th set of scan lines to the second scan line of the first set of scan lines such that the vertical start pulse output signal of the first scan line of the (N+1)th set of scan lines serves as a vertical start pulse input signal of the second scan line of the first set of scan lines, and thereby turning on other second scan lines on the array substrate. The present invention can simplify the layout of the array substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenghung Chen, Jiali Jiang
  • Publication number: 20150109285
    Abstract: A shift register (10), a gate driving circuit and a repairing method therefor, and a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yinan Liang
  • Patent number: 9013463
    Abstract: Embodiment of the present invention provide for an organic light emitting display with a touch screen panel, including a first substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; a plurality of signal lines and control lines on the first substrate and coupled to the pixels; a second substrate covering the first substrate; and first electrodes of a touch screen panel on the second substrate. Here, the control lines are second electrodes of the touch screen panel and are arranged in a direction that crosses the first electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mu-Kyung Jeon
  • Patent number: 9013467
    Abstract: A method for operating a LED lighting system has three or more LED emitters of different colors. The method allows finding the optimal drive setting for each LED emitter of the system, taking into account a specific target color. The method involves providing calibration data for each LED emitter at a plurality of values of drive setting and junction temperature, and executing a drive recursion loop calculating the drive setting of each emitter based on an input value for the temperature of each emitter and in view of the target output color and of the calibration data. Advantageously, this can be accomplished without measuring the color emitted by the LED lighting system, that is, no color feedback is required. A LED lighting system implementing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Institut National d'Optique
    Inventor: Marco Michele Sisto
  • Publication number: 20150103069
    Abstract: The present invention provides an array substrate, a 3D display device and a driving method for the same, and belongs to the field of 3D display. Wherein, the array substrate comprises: a substrate, and 2n rows of pixel units being arranged on the substrate in a matrix form, the array substrate further comprises gate lines corresponding to the pixel units in each row, and each of the gate lines is connected to the gate electrodes of thin film transistors in corresponding pixel units, wherein the gate line corresponding to pixel units in the (2k?1)th row of pixel units or the gate line corresponding to the 2kth row receives the gate scanning signal in a predetermined time period, wherein k is a natural number which is not less than 1 and not greater than n.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicants: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang ZHANG, Xibin SHAO, Dan WANG, Weihao HU, Yizhen XU, Shuai HOU
  • Publication number: 20150103070
    Abstract: A pixel includes a driving circuit, a first organic light emitting diode, a second organic light emitting diode, and a self-repair circuit. The driving circuit supplies current based on a data signal supplied through a data line. The first organic light emitting diode is coupled to the driving circuit through a first current path. The second OLED is coupled to the driving circuit through a second current path. The self-repair circuit interrupts the first current path and supplies the current to the second current path when the first organic light emitting diode has a defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hai-Jung IN, Yong-Sung PARK
  • Patent number: 9007359
    Abstract: A display device having active level shift (ALS) lines and ALS drivers connected to the ALS lines removed from the display device, and a gate line at a rear end pixel area is used instead of the ALS line to obtain the effect of the ALS lines. Accordingly, a pixel aperture ratio may be increased and a width of an outer black matrix may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Gyu Tae, Sang-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 9007407
    Abstract: When changing a pixel to white in the middle of a writing operation for writing the pixel in black, a new writing operation for writing the pixel in white is started. When changing a pixel to black in the middle of a writing operation for writing the pixel in white, a new writing operation for writing the pixel in black is started. In addition, when a difference between the number of times of application of a first voltage applied to change the pixel to white and the number of times of application of a second voltage applied to change the pixel to black is not a predetermined value at a predetermined timing, the first voltage or the second voltage is applied to the pixel until the difference becomes a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 9007360
    Abstract: An electrooptic device has a data line, a pixel circuit and a driver circuit which drives the pixel circuit. The driver circuit has a first feeder line, a level shift circuit to be electrically coupled with the data line and a driving control circuit which provides the first feeder line with a first voltage or a second voltage and controls operations of the level shift circuit and the pixel circuit. The level shift circuit has a second holding capacitor and a switch section which switches over condition of a connection between the second holding capacitor and the first feeder line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Shin Fujita
  • Patent number: 9001113
    Abstract: An OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display device and a pixel circuit thereof are disclosed. In a pixel circuit, a driving transistor driving an OLED is controlled for a reset operation and a compensation of the pixel circuit, by which a threshold voltage of the driving transistor is memorized on a control terminal of the driving transistor. In the compensation operation, a connection node between the driving transistor and the OLED is specially controlled. A switch circuit is provided in the pixel circuit. Based on a control signal, the switch circuit couples the connection node to a control voltage level. An enable interval of the control signal covers an enable interval of the reset operation and an enable interval of the compensation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Gong-Chen Guo, Ming-Chun Tseng
  • Patent number: 9000684
    Abstract: A system including a selection module to select one of a plurality of templates corresponding to a plurality of light emitting diodes, where the selected template includes one or more of temperature, current, and voltage characteristics of the plurality of light emitting diodes. A control module measures a voltage across one of the plurality of light emitting diodes; determines a temperature of the plurality of light emitting diodes based on the voltage measured across the one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and the selected template; and in order to maintain a luminosity of the plurality of light emitting diodes at a predetermined luminosity, adjusts current through the plurality of light emitting diodes based on the temperature, the selected template, and calibration data. The calibration data include current through the plurality of light emitting diodes and corresponding luminosities of the plurality of light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
    Inventors: Wanfeng Zhang, Radu Pitigoi-Aron
  • Patent number: 9001112
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus with an improved structure of its display unit and main body. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which includes a display connector and displays an image; and a main body which includes a power supply unit for supplying power to the display unit, an image processing unit for outputting image signals, and a main body connector which is directly or indirectly connected to the display connector in order to supply the power and the image signals output from the power supply unit and the image processing unit, respectively, to the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Choi, Hyeon-Joo Lee
  • Patent number: 9001106
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, and a data driver. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines to display an image. The gate driver is configured to apply a gate signal to the gate lines and the data driver is configured to apply a data signal to the data lines. At least one intermediate voltage having a voltage level between a first voltage and a second voltage and a data voltage corresponding to a specific gray scale are sequentially applied to at least one pixel of the pixels as the data signal during a frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Uk Chul Choi, Cheol Woo Park, Hyun Sik Hwang, Yongjun Jang