Intensity Or Color Driving Control (e.g., Gray Scale) Patents (Class 345/690)
  • Patent number: 11463667
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for projection of images on reflective displays is described. In an example implementation, an image is projected on a reflective display. Regions of a first predefined color of the projected image are identified, and a first set of pixels of the reflective display that overlap the identified regions is biased to display a second predefined color by the first set of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Ping-Tsung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11462186
    Abstract: To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Wakimoto, Masahiko Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11462157
    Abstract: A stretchable display device having a pliant substrate and a plurality of rigid substrates positioned on the first substrate spaced a first selected distance apart from each other. The pliant substrate having a having a first modulus of elasticity and the second substrates having a second modulus of elasticity that is greater than first modulus of elasticity. There is a semiconductor circuit have a semiconductor transistor and positioned on each of the rigid substrates. At least some of the rigid substrates also include an organic light emitting diode formed thereon. The pliant substrate is configured to stretch, moving the rigid substrates a second distance apart from each other that is greater than the first selected distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JiYoung Ahn, Seulki Kim
  • Patent number: 11455933
    Abstract: A circuit device includes a gradation voltage generation circuit, a correction processing circuit, and a driving circuit. The correction processing circuit performs correction processing on input display data to output corrected display data. The driving circuit drives an electro-optical panel by outputting gradation voltages corresponding to the corrected display data based on the gradation voltages. The gradation voltages are grouped into first to k-th groups. At this time, the correction processing circuit determines, by analyzing which group of the first to the k-th groups each input display data belongs to, a number of the input display data belonging to each group, and performs the correction processing based on the determined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiko Okuda
  • Patent number: 11455931
    Abstract: A source driving circuit of a display includes a gamma resistor strings, a digital to analog (DAC) circuit, and an output buffer circuit. The output buffer circuit includes input stage module, gain stage module, and output stage module. The input stage module includes main input stage unit and auxiliary input stage unit. Sizes of elements in main input stage unit are larger than sizes of elements in the auxiliary input stage unit, smaller sizes presenting smaller parasitic capacitances. During the switching period, the auxiliary input stage unit, gain stage module, and output stage module form a first unity gain amplifier outputting the driving voltages. During the stable period, the main input stage unit, gain stage module, and output stage module form a second unity gain amplifier outputting the driving voltages. A display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fitipower Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Liu, Bo-Wen Huang, Chun-Yung Cho
  • Patent number: 11455941
    Abstract: A control device includes a signal-output device, a signal modulation device, a storage device, and a processing device. The signal-output device outputs a plurality of data signals. The signal modulation device outputs a plurality of modulation signals. The storage device is coupled to the signal-output device and stores a large amount of display data. The processing device is coupled to the signal-output device and the signal modulation device. The processing device controls the signal-output device so that the signal-output device divides the display data and transforms the display data into the data signals according to the repeat performing number and the moving position region, so as to sequentially output the data signals. The processing device controls the signal modulation device, so that the signal modulation device sequentially outputs the modulation signals according to the pulse wave counting number and the pixel unit number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Huang, Yu-Che Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11448876
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of manufacturing a height-modulated optically diffractive grating. The method comprises providing a substrate and manufacturing a plurality of temporary elements of first material onto the substrate, the elements being separated by gaps and arranged as a periodic structure comprising at least two periods having different element heights. A coating layer of second material is deposited on the plurality of temporary elements such that the coating layer fills said gaps and covers said temporary elements. Then, a uniform layer of the second material is removed in order to expose said temporary elements and the first material is removed in order to form a height modulated pattern of the second material onto the substrate as the optically diffractive grating. The invention relaxes manufacturing constraints when manufacturing gratings with locally varying diffraction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Dispelix Oy
    Inventors: Ismo Vartiainen, Jussi Rahomäki, Mikhail Erdmanis
  • Patent number: 11450262
    Abstract: A method for driving an electro-optic display having a plurality of display pixels, the method includes dithering a grayscale image into a black and white image, updating the plurality of display pixels to display the black and white image, and converting the black and white image back to the grayscale image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Yuval Ben-Dov, Teck Ping Sim, Kenneth A. Crounse
  • Patent number: 11443323
    Abstract: A mobile communications device includes a near field communications (NFC) port and processor. The processor executes a trusted application within a trusted execution environment (TEE) for processing sensitive data. Additionally, the processor executes a NFC driver within the TEE for providing a secure channel between the trusted application and the NFC port such that sensitive data being exchanged across the secure channel are inaccessible to other processes being executed by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifei Wang, An Liu, Pai Peng, Peng Ning
  • Patent number: 11442304
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a display region disposed with a plurality of pixels, an image sensor disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal display panel and imaging the front direction through the liquid crystal display panel, and a lighting unit disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the image sensor. The image sensor is disposed in a region overlapping the display region, and the lighting unit includes an optical modulation element disposed to overlap the display region and a light source for lighting the optical modulation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Okita
  • Patent number: 11443703
    Abstract: A device for driving a backlight assembly of a display device includes: a block division unit for dividing the input image into plural blocks and a duty cycle determination unit. The duty cycle determination unit is used for: generating a histogram of gray levels of pixels of each block; obtaining a high gray level and a median gray level of each block according to the histogram; obtaining a high gray quantity based on the high gray level and a median gray quantity of the median gray level of each block according to the histogram; obtaining a weight value of each block according to the high gray level, the high gray quantity, the median gray quantity, and a lookup table; and calculating a duty cycle of a driving signal of each block according to the weight value, the high gray level, and the median gray level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11443687
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel including a first transistor coupled between a first node and a second node, an emission driver supplying an emission control signal at a first frequency to an emission control line, a scan driver supplying first to fourth scan signals respectively to first to fourth scan lines, a data driver supplying a data signal to a data line, and a timing controller. The first scan signal controls a timing at which a voltage of a first power source is supplied to the first node or the second node, and the second scan signal controls a timing at which a first electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor are coupled to each other. The scan driver controls a bias state of the first transistor by supplying, plural times, the first and second scan signals in a non-emission period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Seong Son, Seung Kyu Lee, Sun Joon Hwang, Yun Seong Kim, Youn Woo Choe
  • Patent number: 11436982
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a data driver circuit, a controller, a display device, and a method of driving the same. Overlap driving of overlapping subpixels and fake data insertion driving of inserting a fake image, different from real images, into each of a plurality of lines are performed in a combined manner. Image quality is improved, despite of combined driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JiHyun Kang, HyunHaeng Lee
  • Patent number: 11438515
    Abstract: The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing a subject image, a calculating unit for calculating an exposure amount at a time of capturing by the image capturing unit, a range correction unit for performing range correction for compressing a range of luminance in an image signal captured by the image capturing unit, an identification unit for identifying a luminance change amount of an image signal caused by range correction, and a changing unit for, based on the luminance change amount identified by the identification unit, changing at least one of the exposure amount and a reference luminance value in an input/output characteristic in a case of performing the range correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsuto Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11437451
    Abstract: A large area active-matrix organic light-emitting diode microdisplay and method for fabricating the same is provided which includes a panel having resolution of greater than 2,000 pixels per inch and a size of 1.4 or more inches for supporting the needs of virtual reality and augmented reality application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: eMagin Corporation
    Inventors: Ihor Wacyk, Amalkumar P. Ghosh, Andrew G. Sculley, Jr., Olivier Prache
  • Patent number: 11430835
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes a substrate, a first protection layer substrate, conductive lines extending substantially in a first direction, a second protection layer, a first electrode overlapping at least a part of the conductive lines, a pixel defining layer including an opening exposing at least a part of the first electrode, an organic light emission layer, and a second electrode. The opening is divided into a first polygon and a second polygon with respect to an imaginary straight line that passes through the opening at a maximum length in the first direction. A planar area of the first polygon is different from a planar area of the second polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangmin Hong, Heeseong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11430397
    Abstract: A system and a method for compensating uniformity of brightness are provided. The system includes an edge-type backlight assembly, a display panel, a brightness sensor, a compensating calculator, and a local dimming controller. The display panel is disposed above the edge-type backlight assembly. The display panel includes plural regions for local dimming. The brightness sensor is configured to measure whether the brightness distribution of the display panel is uniform. When the brightness distribution of the display panel is not uniform, the compensating calculator calculates a brightness compensation value corresponding to each of the regions of the display panel. The local dimming controller is configured to drive the edge-type backlight assembly according to the brightness compensation value corresponding to each of the regions of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Universal Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Ming Chuan Lin, Hsuan Kuang Chen, Su Ming Lin, Chun Hui Tseng, Wen Hung Wang
  • Patent number: 11423848
    Abstract: A display device comprises a timing controller which provides data comprising a pre-emphasis value and an image data value, and a data driver which supplies to data lines a pre-emphasis voltage generated based on the pre-emphasis value during a first period of a horizontal period, and supplies to the data lines a data voltage generated based on the image data value during a second period of the horizontal period. The timing controller provides data based on which the pre-emphasis value is changed in correspondence with one screen mode selected from a plurality of screen modes having different target color coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang An Kwon, Kyun Ho Kim, Woo Mi Bae, Jun Woo Son
  • Patent number: 11423857
    Abstract: The present application provides a signal compensation system, which includes a level conversion module, a determination module and a compensation module. The level conversion module is for receiving a timing signal and converting the timing signal into a control signal. The determination module is for detecting a target row number of a gate corresponding to the control signal and determining a compensation coefficient according to the target row number. The compensation module is for compensating an output voltage of the control signal according to the compensation coefficient, thereby voltages at gates are consistent when the control signal is sent to each of the gates. The present application also provides a signal compensation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Li Tang, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11424272
    Abstract: A display panel includes a pixel structure, including a plurality of pixel groups, and the pixel group includes: a first switch, having a second end coupled to a first main pixel; a second switch, having a second end coupled to a first sub-pixel; a third switch, having a second end coupled to the first sub-pixel; a first capacitor, having one end coupled to a first end of the third switch and another end coupled to a common electrode; and a fourth switch, having a second end coupled to a second main pixel; a fifth switch, having a second end coupled to a second sub-pixel; a sixth switch, having a second end coupled to the second sub-pixel; a second capacitor, having one end coupled to a first end of the sixth switch and another end coupled to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Beizhou Huang
  • Patent number: 11417260
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel coupled to a first data line; a second pixel coupled to a second data line; a first node to receive a first node voltage; a first grayscale voltage generator for generating first grayscale voltages; a second grayscale voltage generator for generating second grayscale voltages; and a data driver configured to apply, to the first data line, a first data signal generated based on one of the first grayscale voltages, and to apply, to the second data line, a second data signal generated based on one of the first node voltage, the first grayscale voltages, and the second grayscale voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Seok Han, Gyung Hyun Ko
  • Patent number: 11416705
    Abstract: An image acquisition unit acquires image data in which an image of a normal monitoring target is captured. An image processing unit generates a plurality of duplicate image data pieces by performing different image processing causing a change in color tone on the image data within a range not exceeding a normal range of the monitoring target. A learning unit trains a model so as to output a value used for determining normality of the monitoring target from the image data, in which the image of the monitoring target is captured, using the plurality of duplicate image data pieces as training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi Nomura, Koki Tateishi, Motoshi Takasu
  • Patent number: 11417265
    Abstract: A display device includes a display including scan lines, data lines, light emission control lines, and pixels connected thereto, a scan driver configured to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the data lines, a light emitting driver configured to provide light emission control signals to the light emission control lines based on a light emission clock signal having pulses, and a timing controller configured to provide the light emission clock signal to the light emitting driver, to output the pulses of the light emission clock signal during a frame in a first mode, to mask at least one pulse of the pulses during a first period of the frame in a second mode, and to output at least another pulse of the pulses during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Won Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11417270
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display screen includes: a first area provided with a plurality of first light-emitting components; a second area provided with a plurality of second light-emitting components; and a driving element group electrically connected to the first light-emitting components and the second light-emitting components to drive the first light-emitting components and the second light-emitting components to emit light; wherein the driving element group is disposed on an area other than the second area on the display screen and disposed at least in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qingfang Bian
  • Patent number: 11410628
    Abstract: A pixel voltage compensation method, a pixel voltage compensator device and a display device are provided. The compensation method includes: determining a capacitance between at least one data line adjacent to a target pixel electrode and the target pixel electrode; detecting a voltage difference between a driving voltage of the data line and a driving voltage of the target pixel electrode in a period from a start of present charging of the target pixel electrode to a start of next charging; calculating a variation of the driving voltage of the target pixel electrode caused by the capacitance and the voltage difference; and compensating for the driving voltage of the target pixel electrode according to the variation. This compensation method can suppress the phenomenon of voltage cross-talk, and thus can improve the display effect of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liwei Liu, Yun Sik Im, Yoon Sung Um
  • Patent number: 11410619
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a light apparatus on which the liquid crystal panel is disposed, the light apparatus including: a substrate; a plurality of dimming blocks including a first dimming block and a second dimming block disposed immediately next to the first dimming block, each of the plurality of dimming blocks including at least one respective light source disposed on a first side of the substrate; and a plurality of driving devices disposed on the first side of the substrate and including a first driving device disposed in the first dimming block and a second driving device disposed in the second dimming block, each driving device of the plurality of driving devices being configured to provide a driving current to the at least one respective light source included in a respective one of the plurality of dimming blocks, wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are disposed at relatively different positions respectively within the first dimming block a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Sungbok Yang, Seokwoo Yong, Kyehoon Lee, Junsung Choi
  • Patent number: 11410615
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes a first control module electrically connected to a first node. The first control module receives the first control signal and the first power voltage. The first control module is used to write the first power voltage into the first node under the control of the first control signal when the voltage of the first control signal is higher than the first predetermined threshold voltage. Because the first power voltage is written into the first node to control the lighting device to generate light when the first control signal is higher than the first predetermined threshold voltage, this could prevent the lighting device from generating the color shift. In this way, the requirement for the chip performance is comparatively low and thus the manufacturing cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huasheng Su, Jianhang Fu
  • Patent number: 11409492
    Abstract: A display apparatus in a display system displays an image based on a received image signal, obtains and stores status information showing operation status of the plurality of display apparatuses, and identifies whether the plurality of display apparatuses normally operate based on the stored status information, and outputs result information about the identified normal/abnormal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoseong Seo, Hyeongjin Lee, Changwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11410610
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit of a display device includes a first output terminal electrically connected to a first scan line, a second output terminal electrically connected to a second scan line, a first masking circuit electrically connecting the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputting, as a first scan signal, a second scan signal to the first output terminal, a driving circuit outputting the second scan signal to the second output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, and a second masking circuit masking the second scan signal to a predetermined level in response to the second masking signal, wherein the first masking circuit electrically disconnects the first output terminal from the second output terminal in response to a first masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Seongheon Cho, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11403985
    Abstract: A display control device includes: an input part receiving an input signal including gray levels of the first color, the second color and the third color constituting a color for each of the plurality of pixels; a selection part selecting at least one of the plurality of pixels as a selection pixel and other of the plurality of pixels as a non-selection pixel; and an output part outputting an output signal controlling luminances of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel based on the input signal, wherein at least one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel of the non-selection pixel is controlled to have a luminance of 0 according to the output signal, and wherein the fourth sub-pixel of the selection pixel is controlled to have a luminance of 0 according to the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Takasugi, Hyun-Jong Ji
  • Patent number: 11404014
    Abstract: An array substrate, and a driving method and driving device thereof, in the field of display technology. A display device includes an array substrate, including a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel of the same color, the first sub-pixel includes a first pixel electrode (061) and a first common electrode (081), and the second sub-pixel includes a second pixel electrode (062) and a second common electrode (082). In a first stage, a voltage between the first pixel electrode (061) and the first common electrode (081) is greater than a voltage between the second pixel electrode (062) and the second common electrode (082), which optimizes and solves the problem of low fineness of the display picture, and improves the fineness of the display picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pan Li, Yongda Ma
  • Patent number: 11404011
    Abstract: A scan-type display apparatus includes a light emitting module, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The light emitting module includes an LED array having a common anode configuration. The control module generates a synchronization control (SC) signal. The driver module generates a plurality of switching signals and an image refresh signal based on the SC signal. The switching signals cause the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner. The image refresh signal is related to one of the switching signals that corresponds to a last line of the line scan in each line scan cycle, and is further related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the light emitting module and the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MACROBLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Wu, Chun-Yi Li, Hung-I Cheng, Ping-Kai Huang
  • Patent number: 11402700
    Abstract: A display panel, which includes a display area, a transition area, and a blind hole area. The transition area is provided with a plurality of pixel units, and each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel; wherein in the transition area, an aperture ratio of each of the red sub-pixels and an aperture ratio of each of the green sub-pixels are both less than an aperture ratio of each of the blue sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Guizhi Ma
  • Patent number: 11402687
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to an electronic device with a display. The display includes a first array of light-emitting diodes of a backlight unit to generate backlight for the display with each LED including an anode and a cathode. A first switch selectively couples a power supply voltage to a common anode of the first array of LEDs to control illumination of the first array of LEDs. A first discharge switch selectively couples a first voltage level to the common anode of the first array of LEDs to discharge the common anode to prevent an undesired current path through the first array of LEDs and associated undesired illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Vehbi Calayir, James E. Brown, Bret Rothenberg
  • Patent number: 11404524
    Abstract: A display panel, a display module, and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes a third metal layer including a signal line, and a conductive layer including a connection portion. The connection portion is connected to the signal line. A pixel definition layer is disposed on the conductive layer, and the pixel definition layer includes a first opening region and a second opening region. A cathode is disposed in the second opening region and disposed on the pixel definition layer. The cathode is connected to the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiqiang Huang, Xing Ming, Qi Cao
  • Patent number: 11398503
    Abstract: A display device, comprising: a first pixel row including a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are arranged in a first direction; a second pixel row; a third pixel row; a first source line and a second source line that extend in a second direction between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode; a first gate line that extends in the first direction between the first pixel row and the second pixel row; a second gate line that extends in the first direction between the second pixel row and the third pixel row; a first end connection wiring that connects the first gate line to the second gate line at an end portion of the second pixel row; and one or more first cross connection wirings that transverse the second pixel row and connect the first gate line to the second gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teruhisa Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11393392
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of panel blocks, a block load calculator which calculates block loads of the panel blocks based on an input image data and determines a maximum block load among the block loads, a block load comparing part which generates a first output image data based on the input image data when the maximum block load is less than a critical block load, and a first load controller which generates a first power control curve and generates a second output image data based on the input image data when the maximum block load is greater than or equal to the critical block load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunjin Choi, Wonjin Seo, Kihyun Pyun
  • Patent number: 11393413
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image brightness adjustment method, an image brightness adjustment device, an image brightness adjustment system and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the steps of: subsequent to receiving an image signal to be displayed, performing noise reduction processing on the image signal to be displayed, and obtaining the image signal to be displayed after noise reduction; comparing the image signal to be displayed before noise reduction with the image signal to be displayed after noise reduction, and obtaining a signal-to-noise ratio; calculating a compensation intensity coefficient according to the signal-to-noise ratio, and determining an attribute value of each region of an image to be displayed; and adjusting a brightness of the image to be displayed according to the compensation intensity coefficient and the attribute value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SKYWORTH-RGB ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhilin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11393391
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a drive control circuit, a drive control chip, an integrated packaged device, a display system, and a sparse drive method. The drive control circuit includes a data input end, a clock input end, a decoding and control unit, a decoding and gating unit, at least two drive sources, and at least two drive signal output ends. A first input end of the decoding and control unit is electrically connected to the data input end, a second input end is electrically connected to the clock input end, a control input end is electrically connected to a control output end, an address input end is electrically connected to an address output end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Faith Billion Technology Development Limited
    Inventor: Zengxiang Lu
  • Patent number: 11393390
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided in this disclosure. The electronic device includes a display panel and a processor. The processor is electrically connected to the display panel. The processor receives image data and calculates a display area occupied by the image data on the display panel according to the image data. Then, the processor adjusts a backlight current value of the display panel according to the display area and an area-current relationship, to adjust the brightness of the display panel. In this way, the brightness of the display panel is consistent when the display panel displays images of different areas. The disclosure also provides a brightness adjustment method of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Feng Yang, Yi-Ching Chen, Chia-Lei Yu
  • Patent number: 11393373
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit includes: a plurality of cascaded shift register units, wherein each of the shift register units is connected to pixel circuits in a display panel; an output module of each shift register unit includes: a drive transistor for driving an output terminal to output a gate drive signal, and the output terminal is configured to provide the gate drive signal to the pixel circuits connected to the shift register unit provided with the output terminal; each pixel circuit is further connected to a first power supply terminal, and each pixel circuit is configured to emit light under control of the gate drive signal from the corresponding shift register unit and a first power supply signal from the first power supply terminal; and a width-to-length ratio of a conductive channel of each drive transistor is in negative correlation with a target distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Huang, Weiyun Huang, Chao Zeng
  • Patent number: 11393375
    Abstract: A source driver and a polarity inversion control circuit are provided. The source driver includes a plurality of channel pairs and the polarity inversion control circuit. The polarity inversion control circuit includes a signal generating circuit and a routing circuit. The signal generating circuit generates a polarity control signal. The routing circuit outputs a plurality of switching control signals corresponding to the polarity control signal to a plurality of output switching circuits of the channel pairs. The routing circuit changes the correspondence between the polarity control signal and the switching control signals according to a polarity inversion configuration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Siangwei Wang, Hung-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11393371
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring light emissions in electronic devices. The disclosed techniques herein provide for determining a display duration of display devices for a user. Light emission profiles for each of the display devices are determined. A cumulative emissions exposure is determined that is based on the light emission profiles for the display devices and the display duration of the display devices for the user. A determination is made whether the cumulative emissions exposure exceeds a light emission exposure limit set for the user. In a positive determination, an instruction is transmitted to the display devices for execution of a remedial action based on predefined rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddhartha Pande, Madhusudhan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11392005
    Abstract: A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. The display device includes a plurality of capacitors, a plurality of transistors, and a display element in a pixel. The plurality of capacitors are connected in series through a wiring, and one of the plurality of transistors is electrically connected to one electrode of the plurality of capacitors connected in series, the other electrode thereof, and the wiring. The display element can operate in accordance with the sum of a plurality of pieces of input data, so that image correction such as image upconversion, HDR display, or improvement in the luminance can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11393398
    Abstract: The present disclosure allows removal of the influence by an unstable pixel power voltage by generating or selectively using a gamma voltage according to a gamma reference voltage variable depending on the level of the pixel power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Su Lee
  • Patent number: 11394948
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes a display; a communication interface configured to communicate with a user terminal; and a controller configured to generate a multi-view image including a plurality of contents by performing an image quality improvement process based on source image signals received from a plurality of sources, and to control the multi-view image to be displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunbum Han, Daesung Lim, Bumkwi Choi
  • Patent number: 11385734
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel including N input/output (I/O) pads [I/O1 to I/ON] at a first side of the display device. A first display driver is operatively connected to the N I/O pads of the first display panel at the first side of the display device. A second display panel includes the N I/O pads at the first side of the display device. I/O pads I/O1+M and I/ON?M are a same type of I/O pad for M=0 to M=P for the first display panel and the second display panel. A second display driver, having a same configuration as the first display driver is operatively connected to the N I/O pads of the second display panel at the first side of the display device. A hinge pivotably connects the first display panel to the second display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vasudha Gupta, Matthew D. Morris, Christopher Andrew Whitman
  • Patent number: 11380241
    Abstract: A display device according to some embodiments includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller for correcting an input image signal, and for transmitting the input image to the display panel, a memory for storing model correction data for correcting a gray value, the model correction data corresponding to respective models of a plurality of timing controllers, and for storing image quality correction data for correcting a gamma deviation of the display panel, and a correction controller for generating final correction data by using the model correction data and the image quality correction data, and for transmitting the final correction data to the timing controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gyu Kim, Hee Joon Kim, Si Hun Jang, Hoi Sik Moon
  • Patent number: 11379076
    Abstract: A touch display device, a data driving circuit, and a driving method are provided. The touch display device, the data driving circuit, and the driving method convert an image digital signal into an image analog signal in response to a gamma reference voltage which is applied to the touch electrodes arranged in the display panel and which is modulated in synchronization with a first touch electrode driving signal swinging with a first amplitude and output a data signal corresponding to the converted image analog signal to the data lines. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively simultaneously perform display and touch sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HoonBae Kim, CheolSe Kim, SungChul Kim, SunYeop Kim, Seongkyu Kang
  • Patent number: 11380249
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to determine an operation mode based on an input signal, and configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit in order to drive a first display region of the display panel at a first driving frequency and drive a second display region of the display panel at a second driving frequency while the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller may change the operation mode to a compensation mode in which the second display region is periodically driven at the first driving frequency when the duration of the multi-frequency mode is greater than a reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Sil Yun, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Bonghyun You, Changnoh Yoon