Brightness Or Intensity Control Patents (Class 345/77)
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Patent number: 11830443Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display device, display panel, and display driving method.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nakyoon Kim, ChangHoon Jeon, Hongsoon Kim
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Patent number: 11830417Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels; a data driver configured to supply a data voltage to the pixels through data lines based on a source output enable signal; and a reference voltage controller configured to supply a reference voltage to the pixels through reference voltage lines, wherein each of the pixels includes a light emitting element between a first power source line and a second power source line, and wherein the reference voltage controller is configured to compensate for the reference voltage based on the source output enable signal, and to supply a compensated reference voltage to an anode electrode of the light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Gon Im, Jong Jae Lee, Dae Gwang Jang
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Patent number: 11830416Abstract: A method of driving a display device, includes: supplying a first sensing data signal corresponding to a first grayscale, first power having a first sensing voltage, and a reference voltage to a pixel during a first sensing period; sensing a first sensing current, generated based on the first sensing voltage, from the pixel during the first sensing period; supplying a second sensing data signal corresponding to a second grayscale and different from the first sensing data signal, the first power having a second sensing voltage, and the reference voltage to the pixel during a second sensing period; sensing a second sensing current, generated based on the second sensing voltage different from the first sensing voltage, from the pixel during the second sensing period; and calculating characteristics of a driving transistor of the pixel using the first sensing current and the second sensing current.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Soo Hwang, Hideo Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11825245Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing device that reproduces the color of an input image more faithfully under different environment illumination without the need to prepare a different signal separation LUT for different environment illumination. An image processing device in one embodiment of the present invention generates data for generating an overlap image by overlapping an image formed by an image forming device and an image projected by an image projection device. The image processing device includes a generation unit configured to, based on input image data, generate first image data for the image forming device and second image data for the image projection device, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire environment illumination information relating to environment illumination in generating the overlap image, and a correction unit configured to correct the second image data based on the environment illumination information.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shoei Moribe
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Patent number: 11823616Abstract: The display device includes a substrate including a sensor area, a display panel including a first pixel disposed in the sensor area, and a sensor disposed between the substrate and the display panel and overlapping the sensor area. The sensor area includes pixel areas in which the first pixel is disposed and transmission areas in which the first pixel is not disposed, the transmission areas include a first transmission area, the pixel areas include a first pixel area positioned in a first direction of the first transmission area and a second pixel area positioned in a second direction crossing the first direction of the first transmission area, the first pixel includes a first pixel circuit, some of transistors of the first pixel circuit are disposed in the first pixel area, and others of the transistors of the first pixel circuit are disposed in the second pixel area.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Jin Hong, Yoo Min Ko, Gun Hee Kim, Seung Chan Lee
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Patent number: 11817031Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, respectively; a scan driver, which provides a scan signal to the pixels through the scan lines; a data driver, which provides a data voltage to the pixels through the data lines; and a controller, which controls the scan driver and the data driver, and receives input image data at a variable input frame frequency. The controller determines whether a gray scale value of the input image data is included in any range of a first gray scale range and a second gray scale range different from the first gray scale range, and dithers the input image data when it is determined that the gray scale value of the input image data is included the first gray scale range.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinho Lee, Sungjae Park, Seunghwan Park, Youngwoon Choi, Seungho Park, Kyoungho Lim, Namjae Lim
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Patent number: 11810502Abstract: An electroluminescent display apparatus including a pixel connected to a detection line; a panel driving circuit configured to off-drive a driving element included in the pixel in a detection interval; a reference voltage generating circuit configured to supply a detection reference voltage to the detection line prior to the detection interval, generate a first comparator reference voltage which is higher than the detection reference voltage in the detection interval, and generate a second comparator reference voltage which is lower than the detection reference voltage in the detection interval; a comparator configured to compare the first comparator reference voltage with a voltage of the detection line to generate a first comparison output at a first timing of the detection interval and comparing the second comparator reference voltage with the voltage of the detection line to generate a second comparison output at a second timing of the detection interval; and a logic circuit configured to determine an occType: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Woo Lee, Jin Hyun Jung, Sun Yoon Kim, Hyun Wook Kim
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Patent number: 11804191Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a viewing angle for a dark state of a display panel, and the method includes steps of: obtaining a first brightness change of a to-be-tested panel at a first viewing angle under a condition of a first voltage difference; obtaining a second brightness change of the to-be-tested panel at a second viewing angle under the condition of the first voltage difference; obtaining a ratio of the second brightness change to the first brightness change; and comparing the ratio of the second brightness change to the first brightness change with a first threshold to determine whether the first voltage difference is a selection voltage of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bo Hai
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Patent number: 11804656Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, a patch of optically tunable material disposed over the substrate, a first electrode coupled to the patch of optically tunable material and a switch providing a current source, and a second electrode coupled to the patch of optically tunable material and a ground voltage. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to modify a state of the patch of optically tunable material to adjust a reflectivity of the patch of optically tunable material.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Abram L. Falk, Jessie Carrigan Rosenberg, Kafai Lai, Damon Brooks Farmer
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Patent number: 11798456Abstract: A display panel including: a base substrate which includes a display region and a non-display region on at least one side of the display region, the display region includes a first display region and a second display region having a resolution higher than that of the first display region, and the non-display region includes a pixel circuit region; a plurality of first light-emitting elements in the first display region; and a plurality of first pixel circuits in the pixel circuit region, where orthographic projections of the plurality of first pixel circuits and orthographic projections of the plurality of first light-emitting elements on the base substrate are not overlapped with one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanyou Qiu, Yudiao Cheng
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Patent number: 11790836Abstract: A display module including a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels each comprising a plurality of sub pixels, the pixels being disposed on a plurality of row lines of the display panel and a driver. The driver being configured to apply a pulse width modulation (PWM) data voltage to the sub pixels in a sequential order of the row lines; and drive the display panel such that the sub pixels included in a plurality of consecutive row lines among the plurality of row lines emit light, in the sequential order of the row lines, for a time corresponding to the applied PWM data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Daisuke Kawae, Junichi Yamashita, Takashige Fujimori, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Tetsuya Shigeta
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Patent number: 11790855Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of first scan lines, a plurality of second scan lines, and a plurality of data lines, where the pixels are arranged in a plurality of rows, a plurality of first stages connected to the first scan lines, a plurality of second stages connected to the second scan lines, and a data driver connected to the data lines. Each of the first scan lines is connected to pixels arranged in a corresponding row among the rows. Each of the second scan lines is commonly connected to pixels arranged in corresponding 8h rows among the plurality of rows, where h is a natural number.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang-Hwa Choi, Hyuk Kim, Junghwan Hwang
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Patent number: 11776480Abstract: A pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor connected between first and second nodes and that generates a driving current flowing from a first power line to a second power line through the light emitting element, a second transistor connected between a data line and the first node and turned on in response to a fourth scan signal, a third transistor connected between the second node and a third node corresponding to a gate electrode of the first transistor and turned on in response to a second scan signal, a fourth transistor connected between the third node and a third power line providing a third power voltage and turned on in response to a first scan signal, and a fifth transistor connected between the first and fourth nodes and turned on in response to a fifth scan signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min Jae Jeong, Jang Mi Kang, Hyeong Seok Kim, Jun Hyun Park, Mu Kyung Jeon
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Patent number: 11769430Abstract: A method for inspecting a display device (which includes a pixel electrode and a touch sensor overlapping the pixel electrode) includes: adjusting an impedance value of a variable impedance circuit of an inspection apparatus according to a model of the display device; driving a power source generator of the inspection apparatus; supplying a pixel voltage to the pixel electrode through an output terminal connected to the variable impedance circuit; driving the touch sensor; and detecting a defect related to the pixel electrode based on sensing signals output from the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Young Ko, Tae Joon Kim, Eun Sol Seo, Yu Jin Sin, Jun Seong Lee, Jae Woo Choi
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Patent number: 11741882Abstract: Provided are an organic light-emitting display panel, a driving method and a driving device therefor. The driving method includes: setting brightness levels of the organic light-emitting display panel and maximum gray scale brightness levels, and maximum gray scale brightness levels include a first maximum gray scale brightness corresponding to a maximum brightness level of the organic light-emitting display panel, and an effective pulse duty cycle of a light-emitting control signal for driving the first maximum gray scale brightness is defined as a first effective pulse duty cycle; determining a target brightness level of the switched picture and a target maximum gray scale brightness corresponding to the target brightness level; adjusting the target effective pulse duty cycle of the light-emitting control signal for driving the switched picture.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCHInventors: Dongxu Xiang, Yue Li, Renyuan Zhu, Yana Gao, Zhonglan Cai
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Patent number: 11721271Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and a driver to drive the display panel based on input image data. The driver performs a sensing operation for the pixels, to selectively perform the sensing operation by comparing grayscale values of the input image data and a reference grayscale value, to selectively perform a luminance control operation for controlling luminance of the display panel in response to a luminance control signal, and to adjust the reference grayscale value when the luminance control operation is performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display CO., Ltd.Inventors: Ji-Woong Jeong, Boyoung An, Kyoungho Lim
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Patent number: 11710448Abstract: A light emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light emission layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, where an emission efficiency of the light emission layer varies based on a voltage applied to at least one selected from the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Oul Cho, Tae Hyung Kim, Ilyoung Lee, Eun Joo Jang, Won Sik Yoon
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Patent number: 11705055Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes at least one display panel including at least one light-emitting diode (LED) light board, a drive control module connected to the LED light board, and a detecting module respectively connected to the LED light board and the drive control module. The LED light board includes at least one LED. The drive control module is configured to drive the LED of the LED light board to display.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wenfang Li
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Patent number: 11705051Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel driver connected to a sweep line, the first pixel driver generating a control current based on a first data voltage, a second pixel driver connected to a scan control line, the second pixel driver generating a driving current based on a second data voltage and controlling a period for which the driving current flows, based on the control current, and a light-emitting element connected to the second pixel driver to receive the driving current. The first pixel driver includes a first transistor generating the control current based on the first data voltage, a second transistor providing the first data voltage to a first electrode of the first transistor based on a scan write signal, and a first capacitor including a first capacitor electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second capacitor electrode connected to the sweep line.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Hwan Hwang, Hyun Joon Kim, Kye Uk Lee, Sang Jin Jeon, Jun Ki Jeong
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Patent number: 11688331Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel driver to generate a control current; a second pixel driver to generate a driving current, and control a period during which the driving current flows, based on the control current; and a light-emitting element connected to the second pixel driver to receive the driving current. The first pixel driver includes: a first transistor to generate the control current based on a first data voltage; and a second transistor to provide the first data voltage to a first electrode of the first transistor based on a scan write signal from a scan write line. The second pixel driver includes: a third transistor to generate the driving current based on the control current; and a fourth transistor to provide a second data voltage to a first electrode of the third transistor based on a scan write signal from the scan write line.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung Hwan Hwang, Hyun Joon Kim, Kye Uk Lee, Sang Jin Jeon, Jun Ki Jeong
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Patent number: 11670219Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and a controller. The controller is configured to provide a first frequency refresh rate to the display. The controller is also configured to generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode of a display pixel of the display at a second frequency based on whether the first frequency refresh rate of the display is less than a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Vasudha Gupta, Shinya Ono, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Shyuan Yang
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Patent number: 11663979Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes pixels, a sensor configured to extract at least one of deviation information of first transistors of the pixels and deterioration information of OLEDs of the pixels in a sensing period, and a converter configured to change a bit of first data input from the outside by using at least one of the deviation information and the deterioration information, and to generate second data, wherein a pixel at an ith horizontal line includes an OLED, a first transistor configured to control an amount of a current that flows from a first power source via the OLED in response to a voltage of a first node, second and third transistors configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to an ith scan line, and a fourth transistor configured to turn on when a control signal is supplied to an ith control line.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hai Jung In, Dong Gyu Kim, Bo Yong Chung
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Patent number: 11663955Abstract: A pixel circuit, a drive method, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device, a current supply sub-circuit, and a time control sub-circuit. The current supply sub-circuit is connected to a scanning signal terminal, a data signal terminal, a light emitting control terminal, a first power voltage terminal, the time control sub-circuit, and the light emitting device, and is configured to receive a data voltage of the data signal terminal and provide a drive current for the light emitting device. The time control sub-circuit is connected to the scanning signal terminal, a time length signal terminal, a second power voltage terminal, a direct current control signal terminal, and a direct current voltage terminal, and is configured to receive a time length voltage of the time length signal terminal and a direct current voltage input by the direct current voltage terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ning Cong, Minghua Xuan, Can Zhang, Ming Yang, Can Wang, Angran Zhang, Hao Chen, Xiaochuan Chen
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Patent number: 11657768Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel including a light emitting element emitting light and electrically connected to a data line and a sensing line, a timing controller varying a driving frequency of the display panel based on an input frequency of digital video data, and a data driver supplying a data voltage to the data line based on the digital video data during a data addressing period of a frame period and receiving a sensing signal from the sensing line during a sensing period. The data driver electrically connects the sensing line to an initialization voltage line during the data addressing period in case that the digital video data is changed, and electrically connects the sensing line to a high impedance during the data addressing period in case that the digital video data is not changed.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Soo Yeon Kim, Tae Gon Im, Jong Jae Lee, Jun Pyo Lee
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Patent number: 11651719Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display panel having multiple display pixels for displaying an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include interpolation circuitry to generate the analog voltage signals based on digital image data corresponding to the image. The interpolation circuitry may also receive analog reference voltages and interpolate between sets of the analog reference voltages to generate intermediate voltages, which may be a part of the analog voltage signals. Interpolating between the sets analog reference voltages may include performing a first level interpolation of a first set of the analog reference voltages to generate a first intermediate voltage and performing a second level interpolation of a second set of the analog reference voltages to generate a second intermediate voltage, wherein the first level interpolation is different from the second level interpolation.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John T. Wetherell, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Jaeyoung Kang, Shingo Hatanaka, Hasan Akyol, Hopil Bae
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Patent number: 11650490Abstract: A projection device, comprising a light source device and a control device. The light source device is configured to, according to instructions, emit laser light of first primary color, second primary color, third primary color, and a fourth mixed color fluorescence, respectively. The control device is configured to determine a color gamut range of pixels of an image to be modulated, and transmit the instructions according to the color gamut range to control the light source device to output light required for modulation of the image to be modulated from the laser light of first primary color laser, second primary color, third primary color, and fourth mixed color fluorescence, respectively. The device and method are capable of modulating an image with a wide color gamut, and also save light source energy.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Appotronics Corporation LimitedInventors: Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Yi Li
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Patent number: 11645974Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including pixels, a timing controller configured to generate image data based on input image data, a data driver configured to generate a data signal corresponding to the image data and supply the data signal to the pixels, a power supply configured to supply a power voltage to the pixel unit, and a power controller configured to calculate a load value and a peak grayscale value based on the input image data, and to generate a power control signal to change a voltage level of the power voltage based on the load value and the peak grayscale value.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Hyun Pyun, Jang Mi Lee, Eun Jin Choi
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Patent number: 11645964Abstract: A display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a pixel including a light emitting element. A compensator calculates a current stress of the light emitting element based on input grayscale values sequentially provided for the pixel during a specific time and generates a first output grayscale value by compensating for a first input grayscale value provided at a current time point based on the current stress. A driver generates a data signal based on the first output grayscale value and supplies the data signal to the pixel. The compensator sets the first output grayscale value to be less than the first input grayscale value in case that the input grayscale values are greater than a reference grayscale value.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Dae Gwang Jang
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Patent number: 11631366Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixels, gate lines, source lines, a first driver, and a second driver selecting a gradation voltage corresponding to a gradation value of input image data from either of a plurality of gradation voltages of a first system and gradation voltages of a second system, and supplying the selected gradation voltage to the corresponding source line of the plurality of source lines. In at least a gradation region of all gradation regions of the image data, a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the second system is relatively different from a value of the corresponding gradation voltage of the first system, for each of same gradation values.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Tadafumi Ozaki
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Patent number: 11630546Abstract: A display device, includes: a base substrate; a display element layer on the base substrate, the display element layer including a driving electrode; an insulation layer on the display element layer, the insulation layer defining an active region and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region; an input sensing layer on the insulation layer, the input sensing layer including a sensing electrode that overlaps the active region and a compensation electrode that overlaps the peripheral region, the sensing electrode and the driving electrode forming a parasitic capacitor; and a detection control circuit electrically connected through an output node to the sensing electrode and the compensation electrode, wherein the detection control circuit is configured to control a capacitance of the parasitic capacitor using a first offset capacitor, the first offset capacitor being formed by the compensation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sanghun Park, Soowon Kim, Jihoon Kim
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Patent number: 11631372Abstract: A pixel circuit driving method is a method for driving a pixel circuit that includes a drive transistor that supplies a current corresponding to a signal voltage supplied via a signal line, a write transistor connected between the signal line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and an organic EL element that emits light in accordance with the current. The pixel circuit driving method includes supplying a reference potential to the gate electrode of the drive transistor before a threshold correction preparation operation of making a gate-source voltage of the drive transistor higher than a threshold voltage of the drive transistor.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: JOLED INC.Inventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Kenji Kokuda, Hitoshi Tsuge, Teppei Tanaka
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Patent number: 11626073Abstract: A display device and an afterimage compensation method thereof are proposed. The display device and the afterimage compensation method thereof capture an input image frame at a predetermined period, detect an edge area in the captured image frame, detect an afterimage compensation area on the basis of the cumulative count detected as the edge area for each pixel, and perform individual afterimage compensation only on a pixel whose cumulative count detected as the afterimage compensation area is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. Accordingly, the afterimage compensation time may be shortened by individually performing the afterimage compensation according to a condition of each pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Young Do Kwon
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Patent number: 11626062Abstract: A backplane operative to drive an array of emissive pixel elements forming a part of an automotive head lamp assembly is disclosed. Each pixel element comprises a memory cell operative to pulse width modulate a current mirror pixel drive circuit configured to drive an emissive element. The array of emissive pixel elements is divided into a plurality of interdigitated rows or columns serviced by independent row drivers or independent column drivers that may be driven by data selected to randomize the order in which the data on adjacent pixels of the same row are written, thereby effectively substantially reducing the visibility of any residual structures that may be present in the data driving the pixels of adjacent columns.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Edwin Lyle Hudson, Robert Lo
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Patent number: 11620955Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver and a driving controller. The display panel includes a gate line, a data line, a sensing line and a subpixel connected to the gate line, the data line and the sensing line. The gate outputs a gate signal to the gate line. The data driver outputs a data voltage to the data line. The driving controller controls the gate driver and the data driver. The display panel includes a first color subpixel, a second color subpixel and a third color subpixel. The driving controller is configured to determine a sensing target gate line among a plurality of gate lines based on first color data corresponding to the first color subpixel, second color data corresponding to the second color subpixel and third color data corresponding to the third color subpixel.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-Soo Lee, Boyong Chung
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Patent number: 11610551Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver, a sensing circuit, and a controller configured to select a pixel row from a plurality of pixel rows in a vertical blank period of each frame period. The vertical blank period includes a sensing time in which the sensing circuit performs a sensing operation for the selected pixel row. The sensing circuit measures a first source voltage of a driving transistor of each pixel in the selected pixel row at a first time point of the sensing time, and measures a second source voltage of the driving transistor at a second time point of the sensing time. The controller predicts a current saturated source voltage of the driving transistor based on the first and second source voltages, and determines a threshold voltage change amount of the driving transistor based on a difference between a previous saturated source voltage and the current saturated source voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R & DB FoundationInventors: Sangik Lee, Kyeong Soo Kang, Joon-Chul Goh, Soo Yeon Lee
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Patent number: 11605331Abstract: A display device may include a display panel which displays an image based on a data voltage, a driving controller including a net power control setter which determines a scale factor for adjusting a gray scale of (N+1)th frame data based on a load of Nth frame data and a net power control reference value, where the driving controller generates a data signal based on input image data, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, a data driver which converts the data signal into the data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel, and a power supply voltage generator which senses a power supply current applied to the display panel in an Nth frame and generates a power supply voltage based on a current level of the power supply current.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kihyun Pyun, Sung-Mo Yang
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Patent number: 11600678Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device comprises a first thin-film transistor disposed on a substrate; and a second thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first thin-film transistor. The first thin-film transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and that overlaps the first semiconductor layer, and a first insulating layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the first conductive layer. The second thin-film transistor comprises a second semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and that overlaps the second semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Ho Jeong, Se Myung Kwon, Yoon Ho Kim, Seok Je Seong, Joon Hoo Choi
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Patent number: 11600680Abstract: The organic light emitting display device comprises a display panel having a plurality of gate lines and data lines for defining a plurality of sub-pixels; an organic light emitting device in each sub-pixel; a driving thin film transistor in each sub-pixel; a plurality of reference voltage lines in the display panel to apply a reference voltage to the sub-pixels in the display panel; and a VSS electrode connected to the reference voltage lines in the one side of the display panel to apply a VSS voltage to the reference voltage lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young-Ho Kim, Il-Gi Jeong
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Patent number: 11594161Abstract: A sensor includes a plurality of electric lines including row lines and column lines, a photodiode in a pixel, a drain of a first transistor connected to the photodiode in the pixel, a drain of a second transistor connected in series with a source of the first transistor in the pixel, a source of the second transistor being connected to a column line among the plurality of electric lines, and both a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor being connected to a row line among the plurality of electric lines, wherein a channel material of the first transistor is different from a channel material of the second transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Takatori
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Patent number: 11587501Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus, a pixel circuit and a method of driving a pixel circuit. In one or more embodiments, the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a data signal module and a bias signal module. A first electrode of the driving transistor is connected with a first power signal terminal, a second electrode of the driving transistor is connected with a first terminal of a light emitting element, and the driving transistor includes a first control electrode and a second control electrode. The data signal module is connected with the driving transistor, a data writing signal terminal and a data signal terminal. The bias signal module is connected with the driving transistor, a bias writing signal terminal and a bias signal terminal, and is configured to adjust a threshold voltage of the driving transistor under control of the bias writing signal terminal and the bias signal terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungwoo Han, Haoliang Zheng, Dongni Liu, Li Xiao, Liang Chen, Hao Chen, Jiao Zhao, Jin Yang, Minghua Xuan
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Patent number: 11574568Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller and a data driver. The driving controller is configured to predict a panel temperature according to a position in the display panel based on input image data, to calculate a block current of a display block of the display panel and a panel resistance according to the position in the display panel based on the panel temperature, to calculate a voltage drop according to the position in the display panel based on the block current and the panel resistance and to compensate the input image data based on the voltage drop to generate a data signal. The data driver is configured to convert the data signal to a data voltage and to output the data voltage to the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Seokha Hong, Joon-Chul Goh
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Patent number: 11568822Abstract: An embodiment of a display apparatus includes a scan driver, a pixel, a first scan line electrically connecting the scan driver to the pixel, a second scan line electrically connecting the scan driver to the pixel, and a third scan line electrically connecting the scan driver to the pixel, wherein in operation: the pixel receives first, second, and third scan signals from the scan driver by way of the first, second, and third scan lines, respectively; the first and second scan signals produce a display period of a frame period in the pixel; and the third scan signal produces a black insertion period of the frame period in the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventors: Yanghwa Choi, Junghwan Hwang
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Patent number: 11562698Abstract: A display panel includes multiple pixel units that are arranged regularly. A pixel circuit is connected with a scanning signal line and a data signal line. The pixel circuit receives a data voltage transmitted by the data signal line and outputs a corresponding current to a light emitting device under a control of the scanning signal line. When a first light emitting unit is in a black state, the data signal line provides a reference black state voltage to a pixel circuit of the first light emitting unit. The driving method of the display panel includes: providing, by the data signal line, a first black state voltage to a pixel circuit of a second light emitting unit when the first light emitting unit emits light and the second light emitting unit is in the black state. The first black state voltage is less than the reference black state voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsanghong Wang, Guixiang Zhu, Hsinwei Huang, Mancheng Zhou, Yao Liang
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Patent number: 11538428Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register, a drive method thereof, and a gate drive circuit. The shift register includes an input circuit, a reset circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit. The input circuit is configured to provide an input signal from an input terminal to a first node. The reset circuit is configured to provide a first voltage from a first voltage terminal to the first node under the control of a reset signal from a reset signal terminal. The first output circuit is configured to output from a first output terminal one of a first clock signal and a second clock signal as a first scan signal. The second output circuit is configured to output from a second output terminal the other of the first clock signal and the second clock signal as a second scan signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuai Chen, Xiuzhu Tang, Hailong Wu, Jianfeng Yuan, Zhi Zhang, Xuebo Liang, Qian Wang, Qiyuan Wei, Qi Li
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Patent number: 11538421Abstract: A display device includes display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a data driver configured to generate data voltages based on output image data, and to provide the data voltages to the plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to receive input image data and input frequency information from a host processor, and to provide the output image data to the data driver, wherein the controller includes an adaptive refresh block configured to: determine a target frequency by analyzing the input image data; determine a masking ratio based on an input frequency represented by the input frequency information and the target frequency; and selectively output the input image data as the output image data by performing a masking operation on the input image data with the masking ratio.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongsoo Kim, Sehyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee, Sangan Kwon, Jinyoung Roh, Sukhun Lee, Jun Heyung Jung
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Patent number: 11538403Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit and a display panel. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving module and a grayscale adjustment module. The driving module is configured to generate a first driving current corresponding to a first grayscale range under the control of a potential at a gate voltage end and a first power source voltage, and transmit the first driving current to a light-emitting element. The grayscale adjustment module is configured to adjust the driving module under the control of the first power source voltage and a first data voltage, so that the driving module generates a second driving current corresponding to a second grayscale range under the control of the potential at the gate voltage end and the first power source voltage, and transmits the second driving current to the light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongni Liu, Minghua Xuan, Qi Qi, Jing Liu
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Patent number: 11538882Abstract: A display device includes a polycrystalline semiconductor including a channel and electrodes of a driving transistor; a gate electrode of the driving transistor on the channel of the driving transistor; a first storage electrode on the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a light blocking layer of a first transistor and a light blocking layer of a second transistor; an oxide semiconductor including a channel and electrodes of the first transistor, and a channel and electrodes of the second transistor; a gate electrode of the first transistor on the channel of the first transistor; and a gate electrode of the second transistor on the channel of the second transistor. The light blocking layer of the first transistor and the first storage electrode are on a same layer, and the light blocking layer of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the driving transistor are on a same layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoon-Jong Cho, Seok Je Seong, Seong Jun Lee
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Patent number: 11532282Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Zino Lee, Chun-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 11531428Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
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Patent number: 11527208Abstract: It is an object to decrease the number of transistors connected to a capacitor. In a structure, a capacitor and one transistor are included, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a wiring, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to a gate of the transistor. Since a clock signal is input to the wiring, the clock signal is input to the gate of the transistor through the capacitor. Then, on/off of the transistor is controlled by a signal which synchronizes with the clock signal, so that a period when the transistor is on and a period when the transistor is off are repeated. In this manner, deterioration of the transistor can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Atsushi Umezaki