Diverse Display Devices Patents (Class 345/5)
  • Patent number: 12050391
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device and a mobile terminal including the same. The display device can comprise a first display panel including a first pixel array region and a light transmissive region, and a second display panel disposed under the first display panel and including a second pixel array region overlapping the light transmissive region. The display device can further comprise a light guide module disposed between the light transmissive region of the first display panel and the second pixel array region of the second display panel to pass light from the second pixel array region to the light transmissive region. The light guide module can refract external light incident through the light transmissive region outside of the second pixel array region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Kim, Jong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11899886
    Abstract: An electronic device having a novel structure is provided. A battery is provided in each component of an electronic device, whereby the electronic device includes two batteries. The electronic device including the two batteries and a display portion that can be called a flexible display and has a plurality of foldable portions is provided as a novel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11886670
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a bendable touch display panel, a touch detector, a screen divider, and a panel driver. The touch display panel includes at least one touch sensor. The touch detector detects a curved portion of the touch display panel and touch information corresponding to a touch applied to the touch display panel based on a sensing result from the at least one touch sensor. The screen divider divides a display area of the touch display panel into a plurality of divided areas with respect to the curved portion, and defines the divided areas as a display divided area and a non-display divided area, respectively, based on the touch information. The panel driver activates at least a portion of the display divided area and deactivate the non-display divided area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonki Hong, Jongseo Lee
  • Patent number: 11687169
    Abstract: An image display control device according to the present invention includes a display control unit, an obtaining unit, a drawing unit, a deleting unit, and an operating unit. The display control unit displays an image on a display device. The obtaining unit obtains contact position information or proximity position information of a drawing device, which is relative to a display area of the display device. The drawing unit generates a drawn image, compose a display image of an information processing apparatus with the drawn image, and displays the composite image on the display device. The deleting unit deletes the drawn image from the displayed image, and display on the display device. The operating unit operates the information processing apparatus. The drawing device switches and specifies a generation and deletion of the drawn image, and an operation of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Omura
  • Patent number: 11562704
    Abstract: An electronic tag includes an electronic tag body. The electronic tag body includes a housing, a display screen configured to display information, and a sensor and a main controller that are disposed inside the housing. The sensor is configured to detect an ambient temperature of an environment in which the electronic tag body is located. The main controller is configured to shut off power supplied to the display screen in response to the ambient temperature detected by the sensor being beyond an operating temperature range of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kejun Hu, Tao Li, Xinyi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11481045
    Abstract: An image display control device according to the present invention includes a display control unit, an obtaining unit, a drawing unit, a deleting unit, and an operating unit. The display control unit displays an image on a display device. The obtaining unit obtains contact position information or proximity position information of a drawing device, which is relative to a display area of the display device. The drawing unit generates a drawn image, compose a display image of an information processing apparatus with the drawn image, and displays the composite image on the display device. The deleting unit deletes the drawn image from the displayed image, and display on the display device. The operating unit operates the information processing apparatus. The drawing device switches and specifies a generation and deletion of the drawn image, and an operation of the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Omura
  • Patent number: 11262877
    Abstract: A touch input device capable of detecting a touch position and touch pressure may be provided that includes: a display panel; a touch sensor including a touch electrode which is used to detect the touch position; and a pressure sensor including a pressure electrode which is used to detect the touch pressure. A harmonic frequency and a frequency of a horizontal synchronization signal, which is used to drive the display panel, do not exist within a first gap from a touch pressure sensing frequency which is used to drive the pressure sensor. The first gap may be 5 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Hee Kim, Joo Hyun Go, Young Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 11215974
    Abstract: A technique capable of preventing the loss of packet data for any appropriate one of controllers connected to the same network is provided. An FA system includes a plurality of controllers. Each of the controllers includes: a buffer; a communication module for performing packet communication with one or more other controllers; a packet monitor module for buffering packet data generated in its own controller and packet data received by its own controller in the buffer; and a stop module for stopping, in response to a predetermined stop condition being satisfied, a buffering function of the packet monitor module for a controller specified from the plurality of controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiaki Konishi, Yoichi Kurokawa, Hisanori Igarashi
  • Patent number: 11197045
    Abstract: A method, system and product for compressing videos. The method comprising: obtaining a video that comprises a sequence of video frames, wherein the sequence of video frames comprises at least a first frame and a second frame, wherein the first frame is ordered before the second frame in the sequence of video frames; determining to preserve the first frame in its entirety; and in response to a determination to utilize a partial frame instead of the second frame: cropping the second frame to determine a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is smaller in at least one dimension than the second frame, wherein said cropping is based on an anchor location; whereby an alternative video can be constructed using the first frame and the cropped frame, wherein the alternative video does not include a remainder portion of the second frame in an explicit manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Nahum Nir
  • Patent number: 11122236
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a case, a display panel mounted on the case, a sensor device disposed inside the case, and a decoration bezel detachably mounted on the case, wherein the sensor device includes a sensor bracket fixed to the case, and a sensor module movably mounted on the sensor bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Kook Yuk, Doo Soon Park
  • Patent number: 10866615
    Abstract: An electronic device display may have an inner layer with a pixel array for displaying images and an outer layer with an array of light modulator cells operable in transparent and light-blocking modes. Force sensor and touch sensor circuitry may be used to gather user input such as information on finger pressure or stylus input applied to a location on the display. A block of the cells may be placed into a transparent mode to form a transparent window based on information from the sensor circuitry. Images on the pixel array may be viewed through the window. In another mode of operation, images can be displayed by adjusting the cells of the light modulator layer and backlight illumination may be provided by the pixel array. A camera and a flash or other optical components may be overlapped by an adjustable shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Harry K. Ng, Alvin K. Ng, Katherine E. Tong, Tyler S. Bushnell, Amin M. Younes, Benjamin S. Bustle, Christopher D. Jones, James R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10783688
    Abstract: Logic may create new images by adding more than one synthetic image on a template. Logic may provide a template with a background for a new image. Logic may provide a set of models, each model to comprise a generative adversarial network (GAN), the GANs pretrained independently to generate different synthetic images. Logic may select two or more models from the set of models. Logic may generate, by the two or more models, two or more of the different synthetic images. Logic may combine the two or more of the different synthetic images with the template to create the new image. And logic may train a set of GANs independently, to generate one of two or more different synthetic images on a blank image background, the different synthetic images to comprise a subset of the multiple features of a new image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Grant Walters, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Reza Farivar, Kenneth Taylor
  • Patent number: 10642052
    Abstract: An on-board head up display (HUD) includes a housing, a support member rotatably connected to the housing, a display screen being transparent and flat, and a side of the display screen is fixed to the support member, and a control device located in the housing and configured to obtain traveling information from an on-board automatic diagnostic system, and the control device is further connected to the display screen and configured to display the traveling information on the display screen, and the control device is connected to the support member and configured to drive the support member to rotate with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Qingxian Gao
  • Patent number: 10540798
    Abstract: Logic may create new images by adding more than one synthetic image on a template. Logic may provide a template with a background for a new image. Logic may provide a set of models, each model to comprise a generative adversarial network (GAN), the GANs pretrained independently to generate different synthetic images. Logic may select two or more models from the set of models. Logic may generate, by the two or more models, two or more of the different synthetic images. Logic may combine the two or more of the different synthetic images with the template to create the new image. And logic may train a set of GANs independently, to generate one of two or more different synthetic images on a blank image background, the different synthetic images to comprise a subset of the multiple features of a new image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Grant Walters, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Reza Farivar, Kenneth Taylor
  • Patent number: 10491890
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for automatic adjustment for vertical and rotational imbalance in a head mounted display. A controller may determine a first eye position relative to a first display and a second eye position relative to a second display based on eye tracking information from the eye tracking sensors. The controller may render a virtual object to a first ideal image by moving the virtual object in a first vertical direction and rotating the virtual object in a first rotational direction based on the first eye position. The controller may render the virtual object to a second ideal image by moving the virtual object in a second vertical direction and rotating the virtual object in a second rotational direction based on the second eye position. The controller may display the first ideal image on the first display and the second ideal image on the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yagiz Can Yildiz, Anantha K. Boyapalle, Christopher A. Torres
  • Patent number: 10129500
    Abstract: The multi-display apparatus of the present disclosure is a multi-display apparatus for displaying a single image by combining a plurality of displays. The multi-display apparatus includes the plurality of displays connected to a network. Each of the plurality of displays includes a communication unit that communicates via the network and a controller. The controller determines whether a video signal can be reproduced at a predetermined display frame rate. When the video signal cannot be reproduced at the predetermined display frame rate, the controller changes a display frame rate from the predetermined display frame rate, and notifies other display of the display frame rate changed. When the display frame rate changed is notified from the other display, the controller changes the display frame rate to the display frame rate notified to reproduce the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junji Masumoto
  • Patent number: 10115375
    Abstract: A method may include in response to determining a host system is off, configuring a video controller of an information handling system including setting a display resolution of the video controller and writing management video data associated to a primary frame buffer such that management video data is able to be retrieved by the video controller for output to one or both of a first display associated with the host system and a second display of a management interface communicatively coupled to a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the memory and configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system. The method may further include in response to determining the host system is on, writing the management video data to an alternate frame buffer such that management video data is able to be retrieved by the video controller for output to the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wade Andrew Butcher, Timothy M. Lambert, Johan Rahardjo
  • Patent number: 9989775
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein are directed to a dual-sided Pepper's Ghost Illusion is shown and described. In particular, various embodiments are described that allow using multiple image sources (e.g., projected bounces and/or panel displays) so the holographic image can be seen from both sides of the holographic system. In one embodiment, a specifically designed “Z frame” may be used to minimize the visible components in such a dual-sided system (e.g., particularly for smaller displays).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: VENTANA 3D, LLC
    Inventors: Ashley Crowder, Benjamin Conway, Troy P. Senkiewicz
  • Patent number: 9948867
    Abstract: An apparatus including a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: perform a selection operation of selecting one or more pickup images among a time-sequential series of pickup images; perform a correction operation to correct a brightness of the one or more pickup images selected by the selection operation; and generate a composite image based on: one or more pickup images among the series of pickup images not selected; and a result of the correction operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fukuya, Kazuo Kanda, Nobuyuki Shima, Tomohiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9891465
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus including: a first substrate including a first region realizing an image and a second region which transmits external light; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer arranged on a surface of the first substrate; and a second polarizer arranged between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer and comprising a first polarization region positioned in the first region and a second polarization region positioned in the second region and having a polarization axis different from a polarization axis of the first polarization region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joonggun Chong, Hyungjune Kim, Hyoungcheol Lee, Wansoon Im, Jonghak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9753293
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a supporting member having a containment structure configured to contain a two-dimensional (2D) display terminal for displaying a parallax image. The display apparatus also includes a transflective device configured to face a display surface of the 2D display terminal and to transmit and reflect light from the displayed parallax image. Further, the display apparatus includes a connecting mechanism configured to connect the supporting member with the transflective device, wherein the containment structure includes an installation part configured to install a light-splitting device; an area of the light-splitting device is greater than or equal to an area of the display surface; and a three-dimensional (3D) image to be viewed is formed after the light from the parallax image displayed by the 2D display terminal is separated by the light-splitting device and transmitted and reflected by the transflective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: TRONXYZ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhang Ge, Lei Song, Jingwen Lai, Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 9576556
    Abstract: A light control and display technology applicable to light redirection and projection with the capacity, in a number of embodiments modified for particular applications, to produce managed light, including advanced images. Applications include miniature to very large scale video displays, optical data processing, 3-dimensional imaging, and lens-less vision enhancement for poor night-driving vision, cataracts and macular degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: John Castle Simmons
  • Patent number: 9530382
    Abstract: A light control and display technology applicable to light redirection and projection with the capacity, in a number of embodiments modified for particular applications, to produce managed light, including advanced images. Applications include miniature to very large scale video displays, optical data processing, 3-dimensional imaging, and lens-less vision enhancement for poor night-driving vision, cataracts and macular degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: John Castle Simmons
  • Patent number: 9508275
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a transparent display panel; and an optical switching element arranged on the transparent display panel and configured to be switched to one of a transmissive state, a non-transmissive state, and a reflective state, wherein the optical switching element includes a non-transmission layer formed to contact the transparent display panel and configured to switch to the transmissive state or the non-transmissive state, and a reflection layer formed on a first side of the non-transmission layer and configured to switch to the transmissive state or the reflective state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cho-Young Lee, Hye Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 9448434
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a liquid crystal display panel and a method of driving the same. A subpixel unit includes a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, the transmissive portion comprises a transmissive portion thin film transistor and a transmissive pixel electrode connected to a drain of the transmissive portion thin film transistor, the reflective portion comprises a reflective layer, a reflective portion thin film transistor and a reflective pixel electrode connected to a drain of the reflective portion thin film transistor, a gate of the transmissive portion thin film transistor and a gate of the reflective portion thin film transistor each are connected to a gate line of the subpixel unit, and a source of the transmissive portion thin film transistor and a source of the reflective portion thin film transistor are connected to different data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianshe Xue, Xiang Liu
  • Patent number: 9392129
    Abstract: A light control and display technology applicable to light redirection and projection with the capacity, in a number of embodiments modified for particular applications, to produce managed light, including advanced images. Applications include miniature to very large scale video displays, optical data processing, 3-dimensional imaging, and lens-less vision enhancement for poor night-driving vision, cataracts and macular degeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: John Castle Simmons
  • Patent number: 9348147
    Abstract: A 3D display apparatus for providing a Pepper's Ghost effect. The apparatus includes a background set spaced apart from a viewing space such that a viewer in the viewing space has a line of sight to the background set. The apparatus also includes a mirrored surfaces fan, which includes a motor, a hub rotatable by the motor, and a plurality of fan blades attached in a spaced apart manner to the hub to rotate with the hub. In some cases, each of the fan blades has a reflective region on a side facing away from the background set. The apparatus also includes a display device with a screen displaying an image of an object. The screen is positioned at an offset angle in the range of 40 to 60 degrees from a rotation plane for the sides of the fan blades. Often, the display device includes a 3D autostereoscopic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Quinn Y. Smithwick
  • Publication number: 20150130686
    Abstract: A cascaded display includes multiple transmitting elements which may include superimposed transparent display panels and backlighting elements. Combinations of different display panels may be used for different types of data, e.g., a persistent data panel and a non-persistent data panel to provide more uniform luminosity at any given point in time. Backlighting may be used to alter the color in which the displayed data is perceived by a viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Hickman
  • Patent number: 9030376
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method for driving the same. The display device includes: a plurality of display modules; a plurality of display module drivers for respectively driving the display modules; a data divider receiving data signals for displaying an image on the display device and separating the received data signals into output data signals corresponding to each respective display module driver; and a timing control signal generator for generating a timing control signal to be supplied commonly to the display module drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Gyun Kim, Hee Jung Hong, Nam Yong Gong
  • Patent number: 9013291
    Abstract: An automobile instrument panel includes display means with a display area. First and second symbols may be displayed in the display area to convey safety information. The duration of display of a symbol may be different depending upon whether it is an acute safety symbol or a normal safety symbol. An audible alarm may also be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Christophe Dolle
  • Patent number: 8963812
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying a reflective image in response to light emitted from an emissive display is disclosed. An apparatus includes an emissive display, a processor in communication with the emissive display, and an electronic cover proximate to the emissive display. The electronic cover includes a passive display layer having a plurality of passive display elements and a photosensitive layer responsive to emitted light from the emissive display. A method includes forming an emitted light image on the emissive display and exposing the photoconductor layer of the electronic cover to an emitted light image, causing the plurality of passive display elements to form a reflective image on the passive display layer so that the reflective image corresponds to the displayed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nan-Xing Hu, Johann E. Junginger, Gregory McGuire, Vladislav Skorokhod
  • Patent number: 8952957
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display panel, a display driver, an active polarizing layer, and an active polarizer. The display driver controls the display panel to display input image data categorized into data containing pixels in a first state, a second state, and a third state. The active polarizing layer is located on the display panel. The active polarizer controls the polarization direction of the active polarizing layer to enable the image displayed on the display panel to have the polarization direction after passing through the active polarizing layer. The active polarizing layer has first, second, and third polarization directions respectively corresponding to the pixels in the first state, the second state, and the third state in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8890771
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying images on a transparent display of an electronic device. The display may include one or more display screens as well as a flexible circuit for connecting the display screens with internal circuitry of the electronic device. Furthermore, the display screens may allow for overlaying of images over real world viewable objects, as well as a visible window to be present on an otherwise opaque display screen. Additionally, the display may include active and passive display screens that may be utilized based on images to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Aleksandar Pance
  • Patent number: 8884844
    Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a first display and a second display. The first display includes a number of first pixels. Each first pixel defines a first display region. Each first display region displays first visual content when voltages are applied to the first pixel and displays no first visual content when no voltage is applied to the first pixel. Each first display region is transparent or translucent when displaying no first visual content. The second display includes a number of second pixels. Each second pixel defines a second display region for displaying second visual content. The first visual content is viewable whether or not the second display displays the second visual content, and the second visual content is viewable when one or more first display regions corresponding to the second display region are transparent or translucent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fitipower Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Chi Yang, Li-Shen Chang, Wen-Rong Lin
  • Patent number: 8860632
    Abstract: A multi-panel device with a configurable interface is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a hinge rotatably coupled to a first panel of the device via a first pin and rotatably coupled to a second panel of the device via a second pin. The first pin is engaged within a slot of the first panel to enable a lateral movement of the first panel relative to the second panel such that the first panel has a first range of motion relative to the second panel when the hinge is in an extended configuration and a second range of motion when the hinge is in a retracted configuration. The first range of motion is larger than the second range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kilpatrick, II, Dave M Bahnemann, Daniel R Ervin, Gregg A Johnson, Sten Jorgen Ludvig Dahl, Jeffrey Jay Rhine, Steven J Lundgren, Holly Carol Rhine
  • Patent number: 8860011
    Abstract: One pixel is divided into a first region including a first light emitting element and a second region including a second light emitting element, wherein the first region emits light in one direction and the second region emits light in the direction opposite to that of the first region. Independently driving the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element allows images to be displayed independently on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruyuki Fujii, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140292695
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
  • Patent number: 8847849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display apparatus comprising front display unit (10) and rear display unit (50), wherein the front display unit (10) and the rear display unit (50) are arranged such that an image on the rear display unit (50) is visible through a portion of the front display unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kortek Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoung Chan Lee, Chan Hwan Kim, Gun Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8836611
    Abstract: A multi-panel device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a first hinge coupled to a first panel and coupled to a second panel. The first panel includes a first display surface and the second panel includes a second display surface. The second hinge is coupled to the second panel and coupled to a third panel that includes a third display surface. The device also includes a sensor coupled to the first hinge to detect a relative orientation of the first panel to the second panel. The device includes a processor responsive to the sensor to detect a device configuration. The processor is configured to adjust a user interface displayed at the first display surface, the second display surface, and the third display surface based on the detected device configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kilpatrick, II, Steven J. Lundgren, Jeffrey Jay Rhine, Sten Jorgen Ludvig Dahl, Gregg A Johnson, Daniel R Ervin, David M Bahnemann
  • Patent number: 8832574
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first display configured to be able to display user content and to have an active display state in which said user content can be stably displayed via active powering of the display, and a second display configured to be able to display user content and to have a passive display state in which said user content can be stably displayed without active powering of the display. The apparatus is configured such that the first display is positioned to at least partially overlie and cover the second display to provide a covered region of the second display. The apparatus is also configured such that the content on the second display in the covered region can be viewed through the first display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Toni Patrik Ostergard, Ilkka Hyytiainen, Brian Davidson, Nigel Richardson
  • Patent number: 8823722
    Abstract: Embodiments include a single integrated circuit comprising: a first display controller configured to control a non-bistable display screen; and a second display controller configured to control a bistable display screen. Embodiments also include disposing, on a single integrated circuit, a first display controller capable of controlling a non-bistable display screen; and a second display controller capable of controlling a bistable display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Samson Huang, Alice Hsia
  • Patent number: 8797154
    Abstract: An in-vehicle display apparatus includes: multiple switchable display elements for displaying one of display items in a display group that is assigned each switchable display element; an operation device for outputting an operation signal according to an operation of a user; a determination device for determining an operation mode of the operation of the user with respect to the operation device, according to the operation signal; and a display control device for independently controlling each switchable display element to execute a switching and displaying operation according to the operation mode. In the switching and displaying operation, the display control device controls one of switchable display elements to switch a current display item to another display item according to a predetermined switching order of display items every time the operation device outputs the operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Teruaki Araki
  • Publication number: 20140198016
    Abstract: The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for a low-power mode (or low-transmission state) associated with a display. An exemplary system comprises: a first display positioned on top of a second display, the first display at least partially covering the second display; the second display; a processor configured to: determine whether the first display is in low-transmission state or a high-transmission state; in response to determining the first display is in a low-transmission state, enable display of an image on the first display. Additionally, the system also updates an image on the display based on determining a frequency of updating an image on the display in the low-transmission state, and based on determining an amount of data to be updated on the display in the low-transmission state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Alexander Hunt, Martin Ek
  • Patent number: 8760375
    Abstract: In a conventional display device comprising a sub-display, the display device is increased in thickness and in the number of components as the number of displays is increased. In the present invention, a dual emission display device is used so that either surface of a display is used as a main display or a sub-display. Accordingly, the display device can be reduced in thickness and in the number of components. Further, mechanical reliability can be enhanced when the invention is applied to a tablet PC, a video camera and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
  • Patent number: 8743077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a front light system which can be built with thin film light emitting diodes (LEDs), such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) or electro-luminescent light emitting diodes. The front light system may be built on a thin and flexible substrate and can generate lighting of satisfactory uniformity and with high efficiency. The system also can potentially be inexpensive. The front light system of the present invention is particularly suitable for keymat applications wherein a flexible reflective display on top of a touch sensitive surface or device, is used as an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: SiPix Imaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Sprague
  • Patent number: 8727540
    Abstract: An image projecting device for projecting an image on a screen is provided. The image projecting device includes a toppling detecting part that detects a toppling of the image projecting device; a toppling direction detecting part that detects a direction in which the image projecting device topples; and a controlling part that controls the image projecting device such that the image projecting device continues to project the image if the toppling detecting part detects the toppling of the image projecting device and the toppling direction detected by the toppling direction detecting part is directed toward the screen, while the image projecting device stops projecting the image if the toppling direction detected by the toppling direction detecting part is directed away from the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikinori Ehara
  • Patent number: 8711062
    Abstract: In a structure in which six active matrix regions 103 to 108 are integrated on one glass substrate, horizontal scanning control circuits 101 and 102 are commonly disposed for the respective active matrix regions 103 to 105 and 106 to 108. Then the horizontal scanning control circuits 101 and 102 are operated at different timings, and images formed by the active matrix regions 103 to 105 and 106 to 108 are synthesized and projected. With this operation, the horizontal scanning frequency required for one horizontal scanning control circuit can be made half of the horizontal scanning frequency of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Jun Koyama, Satoshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 8698704
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 8698703
    Abstract: An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Yoichi Momose
  • Patent number: 8674345
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; a display device formed on the substrate, and including a common power line and a common electrode; a sealing substrate attached to the substrate by a junction layer surrounding the display device, the sealing substrate sealing the display device with the substrate; a first conductor formed over an outer side, a lateral side, and an inner side of the sealing substrate, the first conductor being for supplying a first electrical signal to the common power line; a second conductor formed on the inner side, the lateral side, and the outer side of the sealing substrate, the second conductor being for supplying a second electrical signal to the common electrode; and a plurality of arranging members formed into the sealing substrate, the first conductor, and the second conductor, the arranging members being for arranging positions of the sealing substrate, the first conductor, and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Min Lee