Display Elements Arranged In Matrix (e.g., Rows And Columns) Patents (Class 345/55)
  • Patent number: 8791928
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel driving method for a liquid crystal display. The pixel includes a storage capacitor and a liquid crystal capacitor. The pixel driving method includes steps of: providing a common voltage signal to a liquid crystal capacitor, and providing a bias signal to a storage capacitor wherein the bias signal is synchronized with the common voltage signal and the amplitude of the bias signal is larger than that of the common voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Tsu-Chiang Chang
  • Patent number: 8792060
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a built-in touch screen, which uses a common electrode as a touch-sensing electrode including an intersection of a gate line and a data line to define a pixel region, a bridge line disposed in a central portion of the pixel, an insulating layer formed on the bridge line, a first contact hole disposed through the insulating layer to expose a predetermined portion of an upper surface of the bridge line, a contact metal on the insulating layer and inside the first contact hole, the contact metal electrically connected with the bridge line, a first passivation layer on the contact metal, a second contact hole disposed through the first passivation layer to expose a predetermined portion of an upper surface of the contact metal, a common electrode on the first passivation layer and inside the second contact hole, a conductive line electrically connected with the common electrode, and a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer and the conductive line, wherein the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kum Mi Oh, Jae Hoon Park, Han Seok Lee, Hee Sun Shin, Won Keun Park
  • Patent number: 8791896
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an electrophoretic material between the first and second substrates, and a first electrode on the first substrate or the second substrate. Each pixel includes a reflection part and a second electrode. The reflection part is on the first substrate and reflects light incident through the second substrate. The second electrode is on the first substrate and adjacent to the reflection part. The second electrode forms an electric field with the first electrode such that the electrophoretic material moves to the first electrode or the second electrode. An upper surface of the second electrode is positioned at a first height from the first substrate, and an upper surface of an uppermost layer of the reflection part is positioned at a second height higher than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonggyu Kwon, Gilhwan Yeo, Myung-Eun Kim, Byungseok Choi, Jung-Moo Hong, SonUk Lee, Sang-Hee Jang
  • Patent number: 8786641
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog (D/A) converter comprises a decoder apparatus and an operational amplifier. The decoder apparatus comprises first and second decoder unit. The first decoder unit selects a voltage of first voltage set as first and second voltage in response to a value of first gray level set. The second decoder unit selects first border voltage of second voltage set as the first and the second voltages and second border voltage of that as the first and the second voltages in response to the maximum and the minimum value of second gray level set respectively. The second decoder unit further selects the first and the second boarder voltage as the first and the second voltage respectively in response to an intermediate value of the second gray level set. The operational amplifier generates a pixel voltage having level between the first and the second voltage accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ko-Yang Tso, Hui-Wen Miao, Chin-Chieh Chao
  • Patent number: 8786638
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for processing a digital image in an image file and an electronic device having a function of displaying the digital image stored in the image file. The method is suitable for displaying the digital image on an electronic device including a storage unit and an image processing unit, and includes the following steps: storing a digital image file in the storage unit of the electronic device; analyzing the digital image file to obtain an image matrix of the digital image and a plurality of matrix elements of the image matrix; and generating a first size-reduced image through the image processing unit, where the first size-reduced image corresponds to a first size-reduced image matrix, which includes some of the matrix elements, said some matrix elements being not next to one another in the image matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Inventec Appliances (Pudong) Corporation, Inventec Appliances Corp., Inventec Appliances (Jiangning) Corporation
    Inventor: Ren-Ping Cao
  • Patent number: 8786543
    Abstract: An image generation system including: an image generation section which generates an image; a path recognition section which performs recognition processing of a path of an input by a user, based on input information of the input from an input section which allows the user to input an arbitrary shape; and a size information generation section, wherein the image generation section generates a path image indicating the path based on the input information and a production image in accordance with the size of the path based on the size information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Namco Bandai Games Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Shinoda, Takeshi Ono
  • Patent number: 8780016
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array portion and a driving portion for driving the pixel array portion. The pixel array portion includes row scanning lines, column signal lines, and pixels arranged in a matrix form at intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines. The driving portion includes a write scanner for supplying a control signal to each of the scanning lines by sequentially scanning the scanning lines in each field and a signal selector for supplying a video signal to each of the signal lines in synchronization with the sequential scanning. The pixels each includes a storage capacitor, a light-emitting element, a sampling transistor for being turned on in response to the control signal, sampling the video signal, and storing the video signal in the storage capacitor, and a drive transistor for supplying a driving current to the light-emitting element in accordance with the stored video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Publication number: 20140191930
    Abstract: A display device has a substrate provided with a display region and first and second semiconductor chip mounting regions. Channel widths of first and second lead-wiring-line disconnection inspection TFTs provided in the first and second semiconductor chip mounting regions are smaller than channel widths of first and second inspection TFTs provided other than in the display region and the first and second semiconductor chip mounting regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori OKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8772795
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting device including the plurality of light-emitting elements having a structure in which a light-emitting area is large and defects in patterning of light-emitting elements are suppressed. To provide a lighting device including the light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a first wiring provided over a substrate having an insulating surface, an insulating film provided over the first wiring, a second wiring provided over the insulating film, and a light-emitting element unit including a plurality of light-emitting elements provided over the first wiring with the insulating film provided therebetween. The plurality of light-emitting elements each include a first electrode layer having a light-blocking property, a layer containing an organic compound in contact with the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer having a light-transmitting property in contact with the layer containing an organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Ono, Yoshifumi Tanada
  • Patent number: 8766956
    Abstract: Detecting when the on-board power supply is powered on or off by an auto activity detection circuit by determining if the reference clock signal (TCLK) is toggling and if the reference clock signal is toggling, then charging a capacitor to a high voltage in the auto activity detection circuit based on the toggling reference clock signal, and outputting an on-board power supply activity signal based upon the high voltage by the auto activity detection circuit indicative of whether or not the on-board power supply is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte. Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Ali Noorbakhsh, David Keene, John Lattanzi, Ram Chilukuri
  • Patent number: 8766882
    Abstract: In an apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image, sub-pixels having color components are arranged in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction in a matrix form, in a display section for displaying a flat image, and a light ray control element is disposed so as to be opposed to the display section. In the light ray control element, linear optical openings extending in a vertical direction are arranged in the lateral direction. A sum of opening area lengths of opening areas of a plurality of sub-pixels adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction is varied in a single row, and the sum thereof in a plurality of rows becomes constant. Further, an arrangement of the sub-pixels is a color arrangement of a mosaic arrangement or a lateral stripe arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Rieko Fukushima, Yuzo Hirayama, Kazuki Taira, Tatsuo Saishu
  • Publication number: 20140176399
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and, more particularly, to a display device configured to minimize short circuit of power lines by minimizing overlap between the power lines. A display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate on which data lines, scan lines intersecting the data lines, first to p-th (p being a natural number greater than 1) power lines through which first to p-th source voltages are supplied, and pixels arranged in a matrix form are formed; and a second substrate on which first to p-th auxiliary electrodes are formed, wherein the first to p-th power lines are respectively connected to the first to p-th auxiliary electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongho LEE, Duhwan OH, Geunyoung KIM
  • Publication number: 20140176617
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel arranged to include a plurality of unit pixels having red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels, a four-color data converter configured to convert input data of red, green, and blue of each unit pixel into data of red, green, blue, and white respectively corresponding to the red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels, and a panel driver configured to accumulate data of each of the sub-pixels at every accumulation period, store the accumulated data in a memory, decide a color correction mode for correcting a color of each unit pixel on the basis of the accumulated data of the white sub-pixel stored in the memory, drive the white sub-pixel of each unit pixel according to the decided color correction mode, and selectively drive the red, green, and blue sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Uitaek JEONG, Boeon BYEON
  • Patent number: 8754913
    Abstract: A subpixel arrangement structure for a display device, including a plurality of unit pixels each having a red subpixel, a green subpixel and a blue subpixel which form a delta arrangement structure, wherein openings of the red and green subpixels of each unit pixel are substantially aligned along a direction of a column axis, wherein an opening of the blue subpixel of each until pixel are substantially aligned along the direction of the column axis or a direction of a row axis that is perpendicular to the column axis, and wherein two of the plurality of unit pixels of each pixel group, that are positioned adjacent to each other in the direction of the column axis or the direction of the row axis, share one blue subpixel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soonjae Hwang, Jongsik Shim, Homin Lim, Minkyu Chang, Kyoungsik Choi, Thomas Lloyd Credelle
  • Publication number: 20140152714
    Abstract: A multiple primary color display device (100) includes a plurality of pixels (P) located in a matrix including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The plurality of pixels are each formed of a plurality of sub pixels including at least four sub pixel for displaying different primary colors from one another. The multiple primary color display device can sort the plurality of sub pixels which form each of the pixels into n number of virtual pixels (n is an integer of 2 or greater), each of which is formed of two or more sub pixels, and use each of the n number of virtual pixels as a minimum color display unit for providing display. The two or more sub pixels which form each of the n number of virtual pixels include a sub pixel common to another of the n number of virtual pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Nakagawa, Kazuyoshi Yoshiyama, Hiroyuki Furukawa, Naoko Kondoh, Yasuhiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8743093
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes first scan lines and second scan lines arranged along one direction on a substrate, data signal lines are arranged intersecting the one direction, and display pixels are selected by a scan line selection signal. A first display circuit is connected to the first scan lines using the scan line selection signal and sequentially supplying an image signal which is sequentially input to a pixel electrode. A second display circuit is connected to the second scan lines using the scan line selection signal and includes a holding circuit which holds the image signal and supplies a voltage in accordance with the signal held by the holding circuit to the pixel electrode. A mode switching circuit performs mode switching between an analog display mode and a digital display mode in accordance with a mode switching signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Toya
  • Patent number: 8742785
    Abstract: A driving method of an electrophoretic display is provided. The driving method includes the following steps. A plurality of pixels of a display panel of the electrophoretic display are configured as a plurality of blocks. A common voltage of the display panel is set to a first voltage. A plurality of scanning signals are inputted to a plurality of scanning lines of the display panel in order in which scanning lines corresponding to the same block receives the same scanning signal. A plurality of data lines of the display panel are measured to obtain at least one peak voltage corresponding to each of the blocks. A feed through voltage corresponding to each of the blocks is determined according the peak voltages corresponding to the blocks. A plurality of driving signals which drive each of the blocks are adjusted according the feed through voltage corresponding to each of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chi Weng, Yun-Chih Chen, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8740426
    Abstract: A display includes a display surface and a bezel. The bezel includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The bezel and bottom surface of the bezel covers a first area of display surface around the perimeter of the display, thereby leaving a second area of the display surface, inside the bezel, uncovered. At least one graphical indicator is disposed at or in the bezel. The display is configured and arranged to produce and emit light from one or more selected portions of the first area of the display surface, which are below the bottom surface of the bezel such that the emitted light passes through the bezel and is effective to illuminate the graphical indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Jones, Dirk Dudenbostel
  • Patent number: 8743108
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal cells in a matrix array at crossings of data lines and gate lines, a data drive circuit for providing data signals to the data lines, a gate drive circuit for providing gate signals to the gate lines, and a timing controller for receiving video data and timing signals, for checking a frame frequency of the video data in real-time to detect changes in the frame frequency, and for outputting a gate timing control signal to control the gate driving circuit in response to changes in the frame frequency and a data timing control signal for controlling the data driving circuit, wherein the gate timing control signal controls black data insertion percentage in a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suhyuk Jang, Jongwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 8736615
    Abstract: Techniques for ensuring maximum readability of barcodes displayed in pixel displays. The techniques use the characteristics of the pixel display to determine the form of the barcode in the pixel display. Determination of the form includes determining a size of the barcode which renders the barcode's elements easily readable by a barcode reader and a shape, and or orientation of the barcode in the display which permits the entire barcode to be displayed in the display. Additionally, in a barcode with redundant information, the amount of redundant information may be reduced in the displayed barcode. The techniques may be applied to both one-dimensional and two-dimensional barcodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Codebroker, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Slavin, Pero Smrzlic
  • Patent number: 8736637
    Abstract: A method for generating chopper-stabilized signals includes the following steps. First, a voltage polarity control signal is received. Next, the voltage polarity control signal is sampled to obtain a sampling signal, and a voltage transformation manner of the voltage polarity inversion of the voltage polarity control signal is judged according to the sampling signal. Then, a frame transformation signal template is obtained according to the voltage transformation manner of the voltage polarity inversion of the voltage polarity control signal and the sampling signal. Next, the frame transformation signal template is compared with the sampling signal and a frame transformation signal is generated. Then, a first chopper-stabilized signal is outputted according to the frame transformation signal and the voltage polarity control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yong-Nien Rao
  • Patent number: 8736518
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate and pixels defined on the substrate, where each of the pixels is a hexagon having a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a fifth side and a sixth side, and the sum of the length of the first side and the length of the fourth side is greater than half the sum of the lengths of the second, third, fifth and sixth sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Woong Park, Geun-Young Jeong, Ji-Yeon Yang, Won-Woo Jang, Joo-Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20140132487
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible display device capable of preventing contact inferiority with a driving device when the driving device is mounted onto the flexible display device bent in one direction. The flexible display device includes: a substrate having a display region and a dummy region, and forming a curved surface by being bent in one direction; and one or more driving devices mounted onto the dummy region of the substrate, wherein the driving device is mounted such that short sides thereof are disposed along the curved surface of the substrate, and long sides thereof are disposed on a planar surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: NamKil PARK, SoonKwang HONG
  • Patent number: 8723847
    Abstract: A display device includes: a screen unit; a drive unit; and a signal processing unit, wherein the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor, the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines, the screen unit is sectioned into plural regions each having plural pixel circuits, the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal, the light sensor is arranged with respect to each region and outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission; and the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signal and supplies the signal to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Keisuke Omoto, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Patent number: 8723758
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of first signal internal links. The first signal lines and the second signal lines are crossed and disposed in a display region of the substrate. The first signal internal links are disposed in the display region of the substrate, wherein each of the first signal internal links is electrically connected to a corresponding first signal line and disposed between two adjacent second signal lines. Each of the first signal internal links intersects the first signal lines, and the number of intersection points of each of the first signal internal links and the first signal lines is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Lung Li, Tsang-Hong Wang, Sheng-Chao Liu
  • Patent number: 8723762
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a display apparatus includes a substrate having wiring lines formed by a conductor film including signal and scanning lines arranged in columns and rows, and a matrix of pixels, and includes a light-emitting material interposed between an anode and cathode electrode and a first and second uneven zone are between the anode electrode of the pixel and an adjacent pixel. The first uneven zone is formed on the substrate due to level differences resulting from the presence of the scanning lines. The second uneven zone is formed on the substrate also due to level differences resulting from the presence of the scanning lines. A pattern of the conductor film of which the wiring lines are made is formed so part of recessed portions of the first uneven zone are located behind their corresponding raised portions of the second uneven zone, as viewed from inside the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Uchino, Tetsuro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140125564
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver supplying a data signal to the display panel, a gate driver supplying a gate signal to the display panel, a power supply unit supplying electric power to at least one of the display panel, the data driver, and the gate driver, a voltage monitor unit which monitors an output voltage output from the power supply unit and outputs an alarm signal when the output voltage is cut off, and a timing controller which outputs a gate control signal converting all of gate signal output from the gate driver into a gate-on voltage and a data control signal converting all of the data signal output from the data driver into a black data signal in response to the alarm signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungmin Je, Jungyoul Kang, Kyoungkoo Lee, Hansu Kim, Jinhee Lee, Youngmin Seo
  • Patent number: 8717260
    Abstract: An EL display panel 10 including an EL substrate 11 and a CF 12 facing each other and resin 1221 filling space between the EL substrate 11 and the CF 12. A common bank 112 having a greater width than banks between first, second, and third areas in each portion of the CF 12 lies between two portions corresponding to a first pixel and an adjacent second pixel. A portion of a CF layer 113 formed with respect to an outermost area among areas of the first pixel that covers a top surface of a bank closest to the second pixel extends towards the second pixel and overlaps a portion of a CF layer formed with respect to an area adjacent to the first pixel among areas of the second pixel that covers a top surface of a bank closest to the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Seiji Takagi
  • Patent number: 8717272
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a scan driver for supplying a first scan signal to a first scan line during a first period and a second period, a second scan signal to a second scan line during the second period, and a light emitting control signal to a light emitting control line during a period at least spanning the first and second periods. A data driver sequentially supplies data signals to an output line during the first period. A demultiplexer is electrically coupled to the output line, receives the data signals and supplies the data signals to data lines which are connected to pixels. Each pixel receives one of the data signals during the first period, compensates a threshold voltage of a driving transistor during the second period, and generates light with a brightness corresponding to the one of the data signals after the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8717255
    Abstract: An image device includes a plurality of pixel groups. Each pixel group includes a plurality of dots arranged in a predetermined identical matrix form, and each pixel group has at least one first color dot, at least one second color dot, at least one third color dot and at least one fourth color dot. Any repeated sequence of consecutive color dots in a row direction and in a column direction comprise at least one first color dot, at least one second color dot, at least one third color dot, at least one fourth color dot. The advantage of the invention is to provide all multi-primary colors in a single row or column so that by using subpixel rendering method, black and white lines can be formed in rows or columns, thus reducing the number of columns in a multi-primary colors display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: VP Assets Limited
    Inventor: Gia Chuong Phan
  • Patent number: 8717269
    Abstract: The invention provides an active matrix EL display device which can perform a clear multi-gray scale color display. In particular, the invention provides a large active matrix EL display device at low cost by a manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Power supply lines in a pixel portion are arranged in matrix by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Further, capacitance between wirings is reduced by providing a longer distance between adjacent wirings by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Yoshida, Hajime Kimura, Shinji Maekawa, Osamu Nakamura, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8717263
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an LCD unit, an LCD apparatus, and a method of setting a drive voltage of the LCD unit with a simple operation. The LCD unit includes a label pasted on a place of the LCD unit, wherein the label includes an information code, which is information-coded from a data of a drive voltage for achieving the best contrast in optical characteristics of the LCD unit. The best drive voltage to drive the LCD unit with the best contrast is thereby easily set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8717346
    Abstract: A low duty cycle wireless device is disclosed. The low duty cycle wireless device includes a high data rate transceiver, a low data rate receiver, and a microprocessor. The low data rate receiver receives a command to receive a large amount of information. The display information far exceeds the capacity for reception through the low data rate receiver. In response to the received command, the microprocessor wakes up from a sleep mode and activates the high data rate transceiver to receive the display information. The microprocessor deactivates the high data rate transceiver once the display information has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Albert M. G. Claessen
  • Publication number: 20140118419
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color filter substrate with a touch-sensing function including a substrate, a black matrix, a plurality of color filters, and a patterned common electrode layer. The substrate has a plurality of pixel regions arranged as a matrix, and each pixel region includes a plurality of sub-pixel regions. The black matrix is disposed on the substrate, and has a plurality of openings exposing the substrate and corresponding to each sub-pixel region respectively. Each color filter covers the substrate exposed by each opening. The patterned common electrode layer is disposed on the black matrix and the color filters, and the patterned common electrode layer includes a plurality of integrated units respectively configured for touch sensing and transferring a common signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Wu, Yu-Chen Liu, Wun-Yi Shie
  • Patent number: 8711571
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of players, and provides a portable multimedia player includes a housing; an integrated circuit module received in the housing for playing multimedia; a storage device interface electrically connected to the integrated circuit module, and configured to connect to an external storage device; and a male HDMI connector electrically connected to the integrated circuit module, configured to be connected to a female HDMI of an external display device. The multimedia function of the external display device is expanded by connecting the male HDMI 11 to the female HDMI of the external display device. The portable multimedia player is connected to the display device without any corresponding interface cable, such that it affords convenient using to users and beautiful appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen Netcom Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huabo Cai, Keshun Lin, Min Qin
  • Patent number: 8711063
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems for designing and constructing displays from multiple light emitting elements are disclosed. Display elements having different light emitting and self-organizing characteristics may be used during display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: W. Daniel Hillis, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
  • Patent number: 8707544
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display, which can prevent the problem of bubble generation caused by an Ag dot during the attachment process of a liquid crystal panel and a cover substrate, and improve the yield of an Ag dot process. A method for manufacturing an in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: forming a liquid crystal panel by interposing a liquid crystal layer between a color filter substrate and a TFT array substrate; attaching a polarizer, with a protective film attached thereon, on the color filter substrate; forming an Ag dot to be in contact with an edge of the protective film, the color filter substrate, and the TFT array substrate; removing part of the Ag dot by removing the protective film; and attaching a cover substrate on the color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongwoo Jang, Hanwook Hwang
  • Patent number: 8704847
    Abstract: Display systems and image processing methods process pre-subpixel rendered images embedded in input color image data. The display systems include a pre-subpixel rendered (P-SPR) image detector that detects locations of a marking code that marks the portion of the input data that has been pre-subpixel rendered and which is ready for direct display. Several display system embodiments comprise first and second image data paths; the input data that requires subpixel rendering proceeds along the first path while the P-SPR image data proceeds along the second path. Another display system embodiment processes the combined input and P-SPR data along a single data path. Techniques for marking and detecting P-SPR image data using two distinct marking codes are presented in the context of the subpixel layout of the display. Techniques for using P-SPR data to display high-quality graphical symbols (e.g., font glyphs) are suitable for small, low-cost display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Francis Higgins, Seok Jin Han, Candice Hellen Brown Elliott
  • Patent number: 8700253
    Abstract: A system is provided for collecting defect data of components in a passenger cabin of a vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a component identification device for identifying an affected component, and a malfunction selection device, connected to the component identification device, for selecting a malfunction of the identified component from a predefined quantity of component-specific malfunctions. The system includes, but is not limited to a locating device for acquiring a position of the affected component in the passenger cabin, with the aforesaid being connected to the component identification device. In this manner, by means of devices that are very simple to use, imprecise positioning information, component information and malfunction information can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140098011
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to autostereoscopic display device illumination apparatuses having one or more optical fibers (i.e., flexible light diffusing waveguides) as linear emitters for illuminating columns of pixels of a display panel within the autostereoscopic display device. In some embodiments, the linear emitters are defined by a single optical fiber that is arranged on a substrate in a serpentine manner to form an array of linear emitters. In some embodiments, the linear emitters are defined by several optical fibers. Illumination apparatuses of some embodiments may also include a prism device configured to create multiple images of the optical fiber(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Jacques Gollier
  • Publication number: 20140092028
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Tseng-Mau Yang, Dale N. Memering
  • Patent number: 8687271
    Abstract: A display has a light source, a spatial light modulator and an intermediate spatial light modulator. The display may be a front projection display or a rear-projection display. The spatial light modulator is illuminated with light from a light source. The intermediate spatial light modulator is located in a light path between the light source and the spatial light modulator. The light source may comprise an array of controllable light-emitters. The display may provide a high dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventor: Ajit Ninan
  • Publication number: 20140085277
    Abstract: A method for driving an information processing device which is adaptable to a wider variety of input methods is provided. The coordinates of an operating body at a starting point in the XYZ space and the coordinates of the operating body at an ending point in the XYZ space after a certain period of time are obtained, and the Z coordinate at the ending point and the movement distance on the X-Y plane in the certain period of time are calculated. Then, a signal is output only in the case where both the distance from an operating surface to the operating body in the vertical direction and the movement distance in the horizontal direction exceed the respective threshold values. In this manner, input operation can be performed by a three-dimensional motion, which includes movement of the operating body in the vertical direction as well as in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji IWAKI
  • Patent number: 8681077
    Abstract: When light emitting elements have the same luminance, luminosity obtained from one pixel can be higher as area of a light emitting region in the pixel (also called an aperture ration) is increased. The aperture ratio of a pixel is low if the number of transistors and wires constituting the pixel is large. Thus, the invention is to decrease the number of transistors and wires constituting a pixel to increase the aperture ratio. Instead of a power supply line to which a certain potential is set, a potential supply line which controls a potential by a signal is provided; supplying an applied voltage to a light emitting element can be controlled by a signal of the potential supply line without providing a switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 8681083
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns and including pixels having switching elements positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of each pixel row and positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of and alternately at a corner near a left and a right side of each pixel column; multiple pairs of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; and multiple data lines transmitting data voltages, wherein each pair of gate lines are disposed at the upper and lower sides of each pixel row with the pixels in each row connected to the gate line positioned nearest the respective switching element, and each data line is disposed between adjacent pairs of pixel columns and connected to pairs of pixels where one pixel of the pair has a switching element positioned nearest the respective data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Soo Kang, Seong-Young Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Publication number: 20140078026
    Abstract: An arranged structure for common jig implementation of two kinds of display panels is disclosed. When arranging on the glass substrates, first-sized displays and second-sized displays respectively include a plurality of connecting pad groups connected with the display panels. Each of the connecting pad groups include n number of connecting pads. The width of each of the connecting pads is d, and a distance between two adjacent connecting pads in a same connecting pad groups is p. A distance between two adjacent first-sized display panels is L1, and a distance between two adjacent connecting pad groups of the first-sized display panels is L3. A distance between the two adjacent second-sized display panels is L2, and a distance between two adjacent connecting pad groups of the second-sized display panels is L4. The n, d, p, L1, L2, L3, and L4 satisfy the equation: L3=L4, p=|L1?L2|, (n?1)*p+d<L3. With the arranged structure, the display panels of two sizes may share the jigs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Du, Jiali Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140078025
    Abstract: A display screen (E), advantageously of the flat type, comprising a matrix of pixels (P) arranged in rows and columns perpendicular to said rows, each pixel comprising three or more sub-pixels (SP) of different colors (RGB), in alignment in the direction of said rows and presenting a shape that is elongate, the screen being characterized in that each said sub-pixel presents a main dimension forming a non-zero angle ? relative to the direction of said columns. The screen may advantageously be fitted with an angle selection array for autostereoscopic display having main axes forming an angle ? relative to the direction of said columns and at a pitch that enables M?2 sub-pixels to be covered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ALIOSCOPY
    Inventor: Pierre Allio
  • Publication number: 20140078027
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus having the display panel are disclosed. The display panel includes: a substrate having a flat panel shape; a light output layer disposed on the substrate and outputting light by an electrical drive; and a semiconductor layer including a plurality of switching elements arranged in a matrix form and switching based on a driving signal for driving the light output layer, and a plurality of lines to transmit the driving signal to the plurality of switching elements, wherein each of the lines extends with a predetermined width, a first width of the line at a central portion thereof in a lengthwise direction thereof is thicker than a second width thereof at one end portion thereof in the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-dong Noh, Hyo-jae Jang
  • Publication number: 20140078024
    Abstract: An electro-optic display comprises a layer of reflective electro-optic material capable of changing its optical state on application of an electric field, an electrode, a heat generating component in heat conducting relationship with the electro-optic material, and a heat shield disposed between the heat generating component and the electro-optic material, the heat shield comprising a layer of thermally insulating material and a layer of thermally conducting material, the thermally conducting material being disposed between the thermally insulating material and the electro-optic material. The invention also provides an electrophoretic medium comprising a suspending fluid and a plurality of electrically charged particles suspended in the suspending fluid and capable of moving therethrough upon application of an electrical field to the electrophoretic medium, the suspending fluid containing a compatibilizer to reduce its coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, JR., Libing Zhang
  • Patent number: 8674907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pixel capable of finely controlling the amount of current and increasing the voltage range of a data signal. A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor, a storage capacitor, a load and an amplifier. The first transistor is coupled between a scan line and a data line, and supplies a data signal supplied to the data line to a first node when a scan signal is supplied to the scan line. The storage capacitor is coupled between the first node and a first power source, and charges a voltage corresponding to the data signal. The load is coupled between the organic light emitting diode and the first power source. The amplifier controls a voltage applied to the load corresponding to the voltage charged in the storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang-University)
    Inventor: Oh-Kyong Kwon