Intensity Or Color Driving Control (e.g., Gray Scale) Patents (Class 345/690)
  • Patent number: 11379955
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system utilizing a machine learning algorithm, including deep learning and the like, and application thereof. In particular, an electronic device of the present disclosure comprises: a memory including at least one command; and a processor connected to the memory so as to control the electronic device, wherein, by executing the at least one command, the processor acquires an image, acquires a noise correction map for correction of noise of the image on the basis of configuration information of a camera having captured the image or brightness information of the image, and eliminates the noise of the image through the noise correction map. In particular, at least a part of an image processing method may use an artificial intelligence model having been acquired through learning according to at least one of a machine learning algorithm, a neural network algorithm, and a deep learning algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tejas Nair, Jaesung Lee, Tammy Lee
  • Patent number: 11380282
    Abstract: A gamma voltage generating circuit includes N gamma voltage generating sub-circuits. Each gamma voltage generating sub-circuit includes a resistive voltage divider circuit and a plurality of gamma reference voltage output terminals. Each resistive voltage divider circuit includes a plurality of resistors connected in series, and any two resistive voltage divider circuits have a same resistance ratio of the plurality of resistors. The N gamma voltage generating sub-circuits include a first gamma voltage generating sub-circuit. The first gamma voltage generating sub-circuit further includes a gamma voltage generation circuit. Output terminals of the gamma voltage generation circuit are electrically connected to a highest gamma reference voltage output terminal and a lowest gamma reference voltage output terminal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11380271
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight driving method, a display driving method, a drive device and a display device. The backlight driving method includes: receiving a frame of backlight data, wherein the frame of backlight data includes a plurality of first control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of switching channels and serve as the switching control signals, and a plurality of second control signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of first control signals, each of the plurality of second control signal groups includes a plurality of second control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of output channels and serve as the output control signals, and the plurality of first control signals are modulated non-constant width pulse signals respectively; and driving the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qibing Gu, Wei Hao, Rui Liu, Lingyun Shi, Wei Sun, Ming Chen, Hong Yang
  • Patent number: 11373575
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mitchell J. Bogdanowicz, Corey P. Carbonara, Michael F. Korpi, James M. DeFilippis, Gary B. Mandle
  • Patent number: 11373586
    Abstract: A display panel, a pixel circuit, and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes sub-pixels and a driver driving the sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes: an emission element; a first transistor configured to generate a driving current; a constant current control circuit configured to receive a reference voltage and a bias voltage for setting a value of the driving current and including a first capacitor configured to store a first compensation voltage generated by adding a threshold voltage of the first transistor to a difference between the bias voltage and the reference voltage; and a pulse width control circuit configured to receive a data voltage used to determine an emission duration of the emission element and including a second transistor configured to control a pulse width of the driving current according to the data voltage and a second capacitor configured to store a second compensation voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CORP
    Inventors: Minjae Jeong, Joonho Lee, Keechan Park, Kyunghoon Chung, Chongchul Chai
  • Patent number: 11367384
    Abstract: A display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a subpixel including a light emitting unit including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements connected between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a driving transistor configured to supply a driving current to the light emitting unit; a detector electrically connected to the light emitting unit to detect a short circuit in the plurality of light emitting elements; and a blocking controller configured to control blocking of the driving current based on an output of the detector. Accordingly, power consumption of the display device may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gwang Teak Lee, Seong Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11361707
    Abstract: A display driver has current reference units and current-generating units. Each current reference unit generates a reference current and scaling it to form a scaled reference current. Each current-generating unit generates an output current from one scaled reference current to drive a selected light emitter (LE) of a LE matrix over a time slice allocated for driving the selected LE. Each current-generating unit has a switching circuit modulating the scaled reference current according to a switching sequence to form output current pulses to drive a LE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DEEPSKY CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Laurent Collot, Wai Kin Cheng
  • Patent number: 11361711
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, comprising: a compensation sub-circuit (30), and a storage sub-circuit (40). The compensation sub-circuit (30) is configured to adjust a potential of a second node (P2) based on a potential of a first node (P1) in response to a first control signal from a first control signal terminal (S1), and to adjust a potential of the control node (P3) based on a potential of a first terminal of a driving transistor (M0) in response to a second control signal from a second control signal terminal (S2). The storage sub-circuit (40) is configured to adjust the potential of the control node (P3) based on the potential of the second node (P2). The driving transistor (M0) is a N-type transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tian Dong
  • Patent number: 11362167
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including a substrate, a first power line on the substrate, a second power line, and a plurality of pixel groups, each of which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction, the plurality of pixel groups are arranged in a second direction parallel to an extending direction of the first power line, the second direction is different from and intersects with the first direction, each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting unit having a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode of the light emitting unit is coupled to the first power line through an additional resistor with an additional resistance, and the second electrode of the light emitting unit is coupled to the second power line through an equivalent resistor with an equivalent resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Li, Lujiang Huangfu, Xing Fan
  • Patent number: 11357083
    Abstract: A light-emitting substrate and a method of driving the same, a light-emitting module, and a display apparatus are provided. The light-emitting substrate has a plurality of light-emitting areas. The light-emitting substrate includes: a base, a plurality of light-emitting components, a plurality of first power supply voltage signal lines, and a plurality of first control circuits. The plurality of light-emitting components are disposed on the base. The plurality of first power supply voltage signal lines are disposed on the base and arranged at intervals. The plurality of first control circuits are disposed on the base. One light-emitting component is located in one light-emitting area. Each of the first control circuits is coupled to a first electrode of one light-emitting component, and each of first power supply voltage signal lines is coupled to at least two first control circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hao, Feifei Wang, Wengang Su, Rui Shi, Lingyun Shi, Haiwei Sun, Ming Chen, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 11355073
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control circuit, a display apparatus, and a method for supplying power to a light source in a display apparatus. The control circuit includes a first power source, a second power source, and a control device. The first power source and the second power source are both coupled to the control device. The control device is configured to control a connection between the first power source and a light source and a connection between the second power source and the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Liu
  • Patent number: 11355066
    Abstract: A power management driver and a display device having the power management driver are provided, including a first power supply configured to supply a first voltage to a first driving power terminal of a pixel through a power line during a sensing period, and supply a second voltage to the first driving power terminal of the pixel through the power line during a display period; a controller configured to control timing at which the first voltage is output and timing at which the second voltage is output during a transition period between the display period and the sensing period in response to a sensing control signal; and a fault detector configured to detect a fault in the power line based on a current flowing through an output terminal during the sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Sik Lee, Si Duk Sung, Sang Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11348495
    Abstract: An image display system for a vehicle includes a plurality of image display devices. Each of the image display devices diagnoses a failure of a self-circuit and outputs a diagnosis result. When one of the image display devices to display security requirement information is determined to be in failure based on the diagnosis result, the security requirement information is output to another of the image display devices determined to be normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shun Tomioka
  • Patent number: 11348516
    Abstract: An AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a driving method are disclosed. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit adopts a 6T1C structure, wherein the thin-film transistor characteristic of the second thin film transistor is the same as that of the driving thin-film transistor, that is, the first thin-film transistor. Accordingly, the threshold voltage of the driving thin-film transistor can be compensated by the leakage current of the second thin-film transistor, so that the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode is stable, ensuring uniform brightness of the organic light emitting diode, and improving the display effect of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peng Mao
  • Patent number: 11348545
    Abstract: Image quality degradation in a display device with two liquid crystal cells is reduced. For this purpose, as an image signal for a liquid crystal display panel in which a display image is generated by light passing through a rear liquid crystal cell and a front liquid crystal cell, an image processing unit generates a rear image signal for the rear liquid crystal cell and a rear image signal for the front liquid crystal cell. This image processing unit includes a gradation value conversion unit that performs a gradation value conversion on an input image signal so as to generate a rear image signal for the rear liquid crystal cell, and a limit processing unit that performs a process of limiting a value of the rear image signal output from the gradation value conversion unit to a predetermined limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kimura, Harunobu Kamei
  • Patent number: 11350133
    Abstract: A data generation method is for generating video data that covers a second luminance dynamic range wider than a first luminance dynamic range and has reproduction compatibility with a first device that does not support reproduction of video having the second luminance dynamic range and supports reproduction of video having the first luminance dynamic range, and includes: generating a video signal to be included in the video data using a second OETF; storing, into VUI in the video data, first transfer function information for identifying a first OETF to be referred to by the first device when the first device decodes the video data; and storing, into SEI in the video data, second transfer function information for identifying a second OETF to be referred to by a second device supporting reproduction of video having the second luminance dynamic range when the second device decodes the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Virginie Drugeon, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11348519
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels, and a power converter configured to receive a first power voltage and an external input voltage and provide a gamma voltage to a first output terminal. The power converter includes a target power voltage generator circuit configured to generate a target power voltage, a first gamma voltage generator circuit configured to generate a first gamma voltage, a second gamma voltage generator circuit configured to generate a second gamma voltage, a first gap controller configured to generate the second gamma voltage based on the first power voltage, a reference target power voltage, and a reference gamma voltage during a period in which a display mode, and a first selector configured to selectively output the first gamma voltage or the second gamma voltage according to the display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Uk Nam
  • Patent number: 11350067
    Abstract: A first image, a second image, and a third image generated by a camera that captures a screen at a first timing, a second timing, and a third timing are sequentially acquired. The projection states of a first projector and a second projector at the third timing are caused to be the same as the projection states of the first and second projectors at the first timing. The projection state of the first projector is caused to differ from the projection state of the second projector at least one of the first timing or the second timing. Whether or not the first projector needs to be adjusted is evaluated based on the first image, the second image, and the third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Ota
  • Patent number: 11341934
    Abstract: An image display system includes a graphic processor which generates an image signal, a control signal, and a variable frequency signal; and a display device which displays an image at a frame frequency corresponding to the variable frequency signal from the graphic processor. The display device includes pixels connected to emission control lines, data lines, and scan lines; a controller which provides reference data including information on reference cycles, which are cycles in which an emission control start signal is output, to the graphic processor, outputs the emission control start signal based on the control signal, and adjusting an output timing of a scan start signal based on the variable frequency signal; an emission driver which supplies emission control signals to the emission control lines based on the emission control start signal; and a scan driver which supplies scan signals to the scan lines based on the scan start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Lee, Ji Hye Kim, Jin Wook Yang, Jae Hyeon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11341919
    Abstract: Disclosed are a drive circuit, a driving method therefor, and a display device. The drive circuit is configured to drive a device to be driven to work; the drive circuit and said device are connected in series between a first working voltage end (VL1) and a second working voltage end (VL2); the drive circuit is configured to control formation of a current path between the first working voltage end (VL1) and the second working voltage end (VL2); the drive circuit comprises a drive sub-circuit, a writing sub-circuit, a compensation sub-circuit, and a gray-scale control sub-circuit, wherein the compensation sub-circuit is separately connected to the first working voltage end (VL1), a first scan signal end (G_A), a first node (N1), and a third node (N3) and is configured to compensate for the first node (N1) under control of the first scan signal end (G_A) and the first working voltage end (VL1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minghua Xuan, Han Yue, Qi Qi, Jing Liu
  • Patent number: 11341889
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including first and second pixel columns arranged alternately along a first direction, and a third pixel column arranged between the first and the second pixel columns, a timing controller generating first or second image data by converting input image data, and a data driver generating a data voltage corresponding to the first or second image data and supplying the data voltage to the pixel unit. The first and second pixel columns each include first and second color pixels arranged alternately along a second direction, the third pixel column includes a third color pixel arranged along the second direction, and the timing controller compares a difference value between a grayscale value of the first color pixel and a grayscale value of the second color pixel with a reference value, and generates the second image data based on a comparing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Woo Mi Bae, Young Ha Sohn
  • Patent number: 11335255
    Abstract: A signal processing device and an image display apparatus including the same are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display including an organic light emitting diode panel and a signal processor configured to control the display, wherein the signal processor is configured to perform luminance conversion based on a first luminance conversion pattern in the case in which the luminance level of an input image is greater a first level and to perform luminance conversion based on a second luminance conversion pattern having a higher luminance level than the first luminance conversion pattern in the case in which the luminance level of the input image is equal to or less than the first level, whereby low gray level expression of the organic light emitting diode panel is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sungjin Park
  • Patent number: 11335266
    Abstract: A compensation method for a display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a sensing capacitor. The method includes: obtaining a first voltage value and a second voltage value of the sensing capacitor, obtaining a temperature change amount of a sub-pixel corresponding to the sensing capacitor according to the first voltage value and the second voltage value of the sensing capacitor, determining a value of a compensation parameter of the sub-pixel according to the temperature change amount of the sub-pixel and a preset correspondence between the temperature change amount of the sub-pixel and the compensation parameter; and performing a compensation on a driving voltage of the sub-pixel according to the value of the compensation parameter as determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Meng, Fei Yang, Chun Cao, Xiaolong Wei
  • Patent number: 11335249
    Abstract: A light-emitting panel and a brightness adjustment method, and a display device are provided. The method includes providing the light-emitting panel including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units, a control circuit, and a plurality of signal lines. The control circuit includes a data signal input terminal, a data storage unit, and a plurality of first signal terminals. The data storage unit is configured to store a first voltage signal and a first pulse width modulation signal corresponding to a different grayscale value. Each signal line connects a light-emitting unit with a first signal terminal. The method also includes obtaining a to-be-displayed screen, and determining each grayscale value of a corresponding light-emitting unit of the plurality of light-emitting units. Further, the method includes according to different grayscale values, calling the first pulse width modulation signal and the first voltage signal corresponding to each grayscale value in the data storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Conghua Ma, Xiaoping Sun, Lihua Wang, Qiang Dong, Yue Yang, Qiongqin Mao, Juan Wu, Jiayin Tang
  • Patent number: 11333917
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, and a polarizer opposed to the first display panel and having a transmission axis for transmitting linearly polarized light. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a first liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and including streak-like polymers and liquid crystal molecules. An extension direction of the polymers is substantially orthogonal to the transmission axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kentaro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11335241
    Abstract: What is described above are optional embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be noted that, for those of ordinary skills in the art, several modifications and refinements may be made without departing from the principle of the present disclosure. These modifications and refinements should also be considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure. What is described above are optional embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be noted that, for those of ordinary skills in the art, several modifications and refinements may be made without departing from the principle of the present disclosure. These modifications and refinements should also be considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Yue, Minghua Xuan, Ning Cong, Can Zhang, Can Wang, Detao Zhao, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11335272
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) driving characteristic detection circuit is provided. The OLED driving characteristic detection circuit comprising a first current integrator receiving a first current via a first sensing channel and outputting a first sampling voltage based on the first current, a second current integrator receiving a second current via a second sensing channel and outputting a second sampling voltage based on the second current, and a sampling circuit receiving the first and second sampling voltages, followed by storing and holding the first and second sampling voltages, and removing common noise components included in the first and second sampling voltages, a third sampling capacitor and a fourth sampling capacitor which are connected to an output terminal of the second current integrator and store and hold the second sampling voltage, and a plurality of switches which connect first ends of the first sampling capacitor to the fourth sampling capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ha Jun Lee, Jeong Ah Ahn, Ji-Yong Jeong, Suk-Yun Woo, Young Sub Jin
  • Patent number: 11330979
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and system for a virtual reality device including a display monitor, an adjustable lens, and a focus sensor. The focus sensor may be used to measure a distance between an eye and the display monitor or whether the eye is able to focus images from the display monitor. The user may provide a diopter correction. The VR device may then adjust an optical power of the adjustable lens, based on at least one of the distance or whether the eye is able to focus images from the display monitor. The focus sensor may emit coded electromagnetic radiation and determine a time-of-flight of the coded electromagnetic radiation to determine the distance or whether the eye is able to focus images from the display monitor. The adjustable lens may comprise a flexible lens; the flexible lens may be adjusted with actuators, such as piezoelectric actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: I-Chun Huang
  • Patent number: 11335259
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a first data transfer line that intersects a scan line, a second data transfer line, a first transistor that controls coupling between the first data transfer line and the second transfer line. The two or more second data transfer lines are respectively coupled to the first data transfer line via first capacitors, and when a collection of pixel circuits that are coupled to the same first data transfer line via the second data transfer lines is referred to as a pixel string, the second data transfer lines are provided to pixel circuits less than the pixel circuits included in the pixel string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Takeshi Koshihara
  • Patent number: 11328664
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel sensing device and the organic light emitting display device including the same which reduce or minimize the influence of the panel noise and improve sensing accuracy and sensing reliability. The pixel sensing device includes a current integrator connected to a pixel through a sensing line of a display panel and integrating a pixel current flowing through the pixel to generate an integrator output voltage; a sample and hold unit sampling and holding the integrator output voltage; an analog to digital converter (ADC) converting the integrator output voltage output from the sample and hold unit into a digital signal; and a first capacitor serving to reduce or minimize a distortion degree of the integrator output voltage due to panel noise mixed to the pixel current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokhyun Hong, Changwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11328645
    Abstract: The display control method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes: acquiring an M-primary-color input signal from each pixel in an original image, the original image including a plurality of pixels corresponding to the plurality of pixel units respectively, each pixel being configured to display a colored image in M primary colors, M being an integer greater than 1 and smaller than N; and calculating an N-primary-color input signal for a corresponding pixel unit of the N-primary-color display panel in accordance with color coordinates of each primary color for the N-primary-color display panel and the M-primary-color input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Dai, Xue Dong, Xiaomang Zhang, Jing Lv, Dong Chen, Yuxin Bi, Yanhui Xi, Xiaolong Li, Haijun Niu
  • Patent number: 11327356
    Abstract: A light guide (100) comprises a light guide plate (110) with an illumination region (111). The light guide plate has a first main surface (112) and a second main surface (113) opposite to the first main surface, and comprises an out-coupling arrangement (120) for coupling light (150) propagating in the light guide plate out of the light guide plate through the first and/or the second main surface in the illumination region. The out-coupling arrangement comprises first out-coupling stripes (121) extending over the illumination region, each first out-coupling stripe defining a horizontal extension of a first light channel (141) in the light guide plate and being configured to couple light propagating substantially in a first direction along the first light channel, out of the light guide plate. Adjacent first out-coupling stripes are separated by an intermediate region (124) with light coupling properties substantially different from those of the first out-coupling stripes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NANOCOMP OY LTD
    Inventors: Marko Parikka, Marko Honkanen, Joni Orava
  • Patent number: 11328649
    Abstract: A driving controller of a display device, the controller including a segment divider configured to divide the image signal into a plurality of segments and define a predetermined number of adjacent segments among the plurality of segments as a segment block, an image signal adder configured to add up a gray scale value of the image signal of each of the predetermined number of adjacent segments and output the added-up gray scale values, an average gray scale calculator configured to receive the added-up gray scale values and output an average gray scale value, a correction circuit configured to output corrected added-up gray scale values obtained by adding a weight value to each of the added-up gray scale values on the basis of the average gray scale value, and a driving frequency determiner configured to determine the driving frequency of the display device on the basis of the corrected added-up gray scale values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyojin Lee, Sehyuk Park, Eunho Lee, Jinyoung Roh, Hui Nam, Bong-Hyun You
  • Patent number: 11322072
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a panel, a memory, and a controller. The panel includes multiple pixels. The memory includes a first section and a second section. The memory stores an aging record table. Multiple brightness attenuation values recorded in the aging table are respectively divided into multiple first portion attenuation values and multiple second portion attenuation values. The first section stores the first portion attenuation values. The second section stores the second portion attenuation values. The controller includes an update circuit and a compensation circuit. The controller is coupled to the panel and the memory. The update circuit receives gray values displayed by the pixels to update the aging table. The compensation circuit reads the first portion attenuation values from the first section so as to perform an aging compensation on the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Kang, Yi-Hsiang Hu, Chun-Hui Huang, Wei-Ting Chen, Yu-Chu Chen
  • Patent number: 11322103
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of display technology, and provides a driving method and a driving device of display panel, and a display device, by calculating an average gray-scale value of original pixel units in each sub-region of the display panel, then judging whether the average gray-scale value is greater than a preset gray-scale threshold. If the average gray-scale value is greater than the preset gray-scale threshold, a corrected pixel voltage value of the sub-region, according to the average gray-scale value and a preset pixel voltage conversion relationship, is determined, and the corrected pixel voltage value as a pixel voltage value of original pixel units in the sub-region is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Chihtsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11322096
    Abstract: A data driver includes: a signal generator which includes a staircase waveform gray voltage signal generator which generate a plurality of staircase waveform gray voltage signals using a lowest gamma reference voltage, a highest gamma reference voltage, and a plurality of gamma voltages having a magnitude between the lowest gamma reference voltage and the highest gamma reference voltage; and a channel driver which includes a decoder which output one staircase waveform gray voltage signal selected from the staircase waveform gray voltage signals, an output circuit which output a gray voltage corresponding to the selected staircase waveform gray voltage signal, and a reset unit which supplies one of the gamma voltages to the output circuit as a reset voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Joo Lee, Oh Jo Kwon, Ji Woong Kim, Hyung Gun Ma, Jun Yong Song, Sang Hyun Heo
  • Patent number: 11323718
    Abstract: A method of converting 10-bit pixel data (e.g. 10:10:10:2 data) into 8-bit pixel data involves converting the 10-bit values to 7-bits or 8-bits and generating error values for each of the converted values. Two of the 8-bit output channels comprise a combination of a converted 7-bit value and one of the bits from the fourth input channel. A third 8-bit output channel comprises the converted 8-bit value and the fourth 8-bit output channel comprises the error values. In various examples, the bits of the error values may be interleaved when they are packed into the fourth output channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Ilaria Martinelli, Jeff Bond, Simon Fenney, Peter Malcolm Lacey, Gregory Clark
  • Patent number: 11322092
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display panel are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and the base substrate includes a display region, a sensing region, and a dummy region; a plurality of sensing pixel units including a first light emitting element and a first pixel circuit are provided in the sensing region, and the first pixel circuit controls a voltage sensor to sense a voltage at a first terminal of the first light emitting element; a plurality of display pixel units including a second pixel circuit and a second light emitting element are provided in the display region; a plurality of dummy pixel units including a third pixel circuit and a third light emitting element are provided in the dummy region; and the first light emitting element, the second light emitting element, and the third light emitting element are all connected to a common voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xiaochuan Chen, Hui Wang, Kuanta Huang, Pengcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11322060
    Abstract: A display device is proposed, the display device including a display panel including a display panel including a plurality of unit pixels including at least two sub-pixels that share a data line and are connected to different gate lines, a driving circuit supplying a scan signal and a data voltage to first and second sub-pixels included in the unit pixel and connected to different data lines, a sensing unit connected to the first and second sub-pixels throughs a sensing line to sense operating characteristics of the first and second sub-pixels, and a timing controller controlling the driving circuit and the sensing unit to obtain sensing data corresponding to the operating characteristics and compensate the data voltage based on the sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangmo Park, Suzy Ahn
  • Patent number: 11315502
    Abstract: A backlight drive method, a backlight drive device, a backlight source system, and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The backlight drive method is used to drive a light-emitting region of a backlight source of the display device. Driving the light-emitting region of the backlight source includes acquiring actual ambient brightness of an ambient where the display device is located. Driving the light-emitting region of the backlight source further includes determining a target backlight brightness range of light exited from the light-emitting region with reference to the actual ambient brightness, where the target backlight brightness range is within an intrinsic brightness range of the light-emitting region. Driving the light-emitting region of the backlight source further includes matching the target backlight brightness range to a plurality of gray levels preset in the light-emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiongping Li, Xiaoping Sun, Lihua Wang, Conghua Ma, Qiang Dong
  • Patent number: 11315486
    Abstract: An image processing circuit is configured to generate a first offset value according to second offset values in at least one look-up table corresponding to a starting voltage range of at least one illumination element in a display device. The image processing circuit is further configured to generate output image data according to an ending gray level value and the first offset value. The output image data is for overdriving the at least one illumination element. The second offset values correspond to a starting gray level value of a first frame and the ending gray level value of a second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Xuan-Yong Lin, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11315506
    Abstract: This application relates to a display device and a driving method thereof. An original gray-scale data group is decomposed into three gray-scale data groups for respective output and display in three consecutive time periods according to a determined type of a color corresponding to the original gray-scale data group to be displayed by a pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 11315522
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes: a display; an illumination sensor configured to sense ambient illumination of the display; and a signal processing unit configured to output an image-quality-processed image signal to the display, wherein the signal processing unit is configured to, based on information on the illumination sensed by the illumination sensor, convert gray level of an input image according to a first gray level conversion mode or according to a second gray level conversion mode in which an amount of increase in gray level is greater than in the first gray level conversion mode. Accordingly, it is possible to improve gray level expression of a displayed image in response to ambient illumination of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghyung Lee, Kangsoo Kim, Jiwoong Cho
  • Patent number: 11315525
    Abstract: A method for compensating luminance of a display device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure includes capturing an image of the display device, generating imaging data, primarily mapping display pixels of the display device and the imaging data so that a unit mapping area corresponding to the display pixels includes luminance values for image pixels of an imaging device, setting an offset value of the imaging data with respect to the display pixels so that a maximum luminance value among the luminance values is positioned at a center of the unit mapping area, secondarily mapping the imaging data according to the offset value with respect to the display pixels, calculating a representative luminance value, and setting a luminance correction value corresponding to the representative luminance value with respect to one of the display pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Ha Hong, Dong Joon Kwag
  • Patent number: 11310441
    Abstract: An electronic device and an operating method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Insun Lee, Yunho Lee, Kwansik Yang
  • Patent number: 11309890
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pre-emphasis circuit, method and display device, and belongs to a field of display driving. The pre-emphasis circuit according to the disclosure can determine whether to output a pre-emphasis voltage corresponding to grayscale of current input data via an input terminal of an amplifier according to data input to a data terminal by adding an amplifier input pre-emphasis module. Rapid conversion of output voltage can be realized without increasing the quiescent current of the amplifier, while the stability of temperature of the IC is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Sangmin Park, Jangjin Nam
  • Patent number: 11308890
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a signal detector circuit suitable for a display device that detects and decodes a power line communication signal. The signal detector circuit includes an averaging circuit, a comparator, a sampling circuit, a decoder circuit, and a regulator circuit. The averaging circuit receives the power line communication signal and averages the power line communication signal over time to generate an average signal. The comparator compares the average signal to the power line communication signal and generates a comparison signal. The sampling circuit samples the comparison signal according to a sample timing of a clock signal and generates a sampled signal. The decoder circuit decodes the sampled signal and generates a decoded output signal. The regulator circuit receives the power line communication signal and generates supply voltage to power the comparator, the sampling circuit, and the decoder circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Huayuan Semiconductor (Shenzhen) Limited Company
    Inventors: Richard Landry Gray, Li-Lun Chi
  • Patent number: 11308851
    Abstract: The present disclosure allows reducing the variation of the luminance depending on the types of images and improving image quality by calculating a plurality of representative values, representing the luminance of pixels so that the types of images can be distinguished, calculating a weight using such representative values, and compensating image data according to the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jun Jun, Hee Yeol Lee, Young Seo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11302263
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device. The device includes, among others, a controller including a data compensator configured to accumulate stress data applied to organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) on the basis of input image data, to generate accumulated stress data under a condition for recovery of accumulated loss in a loss region, to compress and restore the accumulated stress data in a lossless manner and a loss manner to determine a compensated value and to output the compensated value. Accordingly, it is possible to estimate previous loss data on the basis of new image data to be currently accumulated, recover loss and accumulate data to prevent accumulation of loss and efficiently compensate for afterimage due to deterioration of OLEDs to extend the period of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hee Song, Chul-Kwon Lee, Ho-Chul Lee, Se-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 11302275
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device (302) for adjusting grayscale of display panel, the method includes: performing image capture on the display panel, and obtaining a current image (S10); identifying an uneven area in the current image, and detecting original output brightness and original input grayscale of the uneven area (S20); determining a target input grayscale corresponding to a preset target brightness according to actual Gamma curve value which is obtained by testing the display panel (S30); using the difference between the original input grayscale and the target input grayscale as grayscale compensation value of the uneven area (S40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMIIED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingliang Wang