Optical Addressing (e.g., Photodetection) Patents (Class 345/81)
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Publication number: 20140022151Abstract: A mobile controller application for wirelessly controlling the non-structural appearance of a configurable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) object. A configurable OLED object is fitted with a flexible OLED, a power source, and one or more receptors. A mobile controller application instructs a mobile controller device to send signals, indicating a particular color or display pattern, to one or more receptors embedded in a configurable OLED object. An OLED object receives signals and updates it's non-structural display accordingly. A mobile controller application operates on a mobile controller device. A mobile controller device is preferably a mobile device conventionally used for cell network communication. A mobile controller application enables a user to preview, select, and transmit a display pattern to a configurable OLED object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Michael Andrew Cuff
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Patent number: 8624806Abstract: A pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display using the pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit includes: an OLED; a third N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor coupled to a data line and a first scan line and configured to apply a data signal to a first node; a storage capacitor having one terminal coupled to the first node and the other terminal coupled to a second node; a fourth NMOS transistor coupled between a first power and the second node and configured to apply a voltage of the first power to the second node; a first NMOS transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode coupled to the second node; and a second NMOS transistor coupled between the second node and the first electrode of the first NMOS transistor and configured to diode-connect the first NMOS transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co, Ltd.Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Keum-Nam Kim
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Patent number: 8593445Abstract: A display apparatus employs a pixel array section including pixel circuits forming a matrix, signal lines as columns, scan lines as rows and power-supply lines, and driving sections. The driving sections are a signal selector, a write scanner and a drive scanner. The signal selector provides an electric potential representing a gradation or a predetermined reference electric potential. The write scanner provides a control signal. The drive scanner provides a power-supply voltage changing the electric potential from high to low. The drive scanner drives adjacent power-supply lines as a group. The number of lines as a group is determined in advance. The drive scanner switches a power-supply voltage from high to low and vice versa, and applies the voltage to groups by shifting the phase from group to group. The voltage is supplied to a group at the same phase and switched the electric potential.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino, Naobumi Toyomura
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Patent number: 8587501Abstract: An electroluminescent display includes a display substrate, a plurality of patterned first electrodes formed over the display substrate, one or more layers of light-emitting material formed over the plurality of first electrodes, at least one second electrode formed over the one or more layers of light-emitting material, and a plurality of chiplets. Each chiplet is electrically connected to a first electrode. Each chiplet further includes a light detector and a light emitter separate from the one-or-more layers of light-emitting material connected to the chiplet circuitry. The chiplet circuitry includes a modulating circuit for modulating light emitted by the light emitter and a demodulating circuit for demodulating light detected by the light detector so that light emitted by the light emitter of a first chiplet is received by the light detector of a second chiplet.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: Christopher J. White, Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer, Andrew Arnold
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Patent number: 8554304Abstract: An apparatus for providing high resolution images to patients positioned in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. The MRI device comprises a head coil arranged to surround a patient's head and to provide MRI images thereof, the apparatus comprising units for receiving video or picture image signals from an external source. The apparatus further comprises units for displaying a video or picture image, the display units being arranged in a housing, the housing being suspended in an arm comprising at least two successive members. A joint is between the housing and the adjacent member, a joint or joints are between the successive members, and a joint is between an attachment element for attaching the apparatus to the head coil, or other part of the MRI device, and the member adjacent to the coil attachment element, each being hinged to allow rotation of the joints.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2006Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Nordicneurolab ASInventor: Vegard Vangdal
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Patent number: 8508441Abstract: A self-luminescent display device includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels including a self-luminescent pixel is arranged, an external light sensor which measures an external light intensity, a temperature sensor which measures an environmental temperature, an image correcting unit which corrects image data input to the image correcting unit on the basis of statistical data of the image data, a light adjusting unit which produces a light adjusting signal on the basis of a measurement signal of the external light sensor, a temperature control unit which produces a temperature correcting signal on the basis of a measurement signal of the temperature sensor, and a display control unit which produces a brightness correcting signal for correcting light emitting brightness of the pixels in the pixel unit on the basis of the light adjusting signal and the temperature correcting signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Fusashi Kimura, Atsunari Tsuda
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Patent number: 8497821Abstract: A display device, including a substrate; an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns forming a light-emitting area over the substrate, each pixel including a first electrode, one or more layers of light-emitting material located over the first electrode, and a second electrode located over the one or more layers of light-emitting material; a first serial buss having a plurality of electrical conductors, each electrical conductor connecting one chiplet in a first set of chiplets to only one other chiplet in the first set in a serial connection, the chiplets being distributed over the substrate in the light-emitting area, each chiplet including one or more store-and-forward circuits for storing and transferring data connected to its corresponding electrical conductor; and a driver circuit in each chiplet for driving at least one pixel in response to data stored in the store-and-forward circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventor: Ronald S. Cok
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Patent number: 8497885Abstract: A display apparatus includes a matrix of light emitting elements, a plurality of drive circuits provided for driving the light emitting elements, a plurality of scanning lines to which a scanning signal is applied to select the drive circuits on a row basis, a plurality of control lines to which a light-emission control signal is applied to determine an emission period of the light emitting elements, and a plurality of data lines to which image signals are applied to define brightness of the light emitting elements on a column basis. The scanning signal is sequentially applied to the scanning lines in a field so that the image signals of the data lines are programmed in the drive circuits, and the light-emission control signal is sequentially applied to the control lines to make the light emitting elements emit light with brightness corresponding to the image signal programmed to the drive circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KarshaInventors: Kouji Ikeda, Kohichi Nakamura, Masami Iseki
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Patent number: 8477087Abstract: A common power line shared by all the pixels allows threshold correction to be performed simultaneously on all the pixels. Video signal lines are set to a second reference potential higher than a reference potential, followed by multi-step threshold correction and video signal writing which are performed in a line sequential manner. Performing the threshold correction immediately before the video signal writing ensures shorter time from the threshold correction to the video signal writing. This suppresses leak currents, providing improved image quality.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 8471838Abstract: A pixel circuit includes: a light emitting element; a driving transistor for applying current to the light emitting element in response to a signal value applied between a gate and a source thereof when a driving voltage is applied between a drain and the source thereof; first and second capacitors connected in series between the gate and the source of the driving transistor; a sampling transistor connected between the gate of the driving transistor and a predetermined signal line; a switching transistor connected to supply a potential of the signal line to a node between the first and second capacitors; and a light detection element connected between the gate of the driving transistor and the node between the first and second capacitors for supplying current of a current amount in accordance with an emitted light amount of the light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 8471752Abstract: An A/D conversion apparatus includes an N-stage pulse circulating circuit including N (N is a natural number, N?3) inverting circuits connected in a ring shape, the inverting circuits delaying an input pulse signal by a delay time corresponding to an amplitude of a separately input analog input signal, and outputting inverted pulse signals obtained by inverting the pulse signal, a counter unit that counts a number of circulations by which the pulse signal has circulated in the pulse circulating circuit within a predetermined time based on the inverted pulse signal output from one of the N inverting circuits, and a switching unit that switches an output destination of the inverted pulse signal, which is output from an inverting circuit of an Mth (M is an odd natural number, 1?M?N?1) stage of the pulse circulating circuit, according to a change in an operation environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Denso CorporationInventor: Yukie Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8466856Abstract: Methods for displaying an image on a color display having a target display white point luminance and chromaticity, and including three gamut-defining emitters defining a display gamut and two or more additional emitters which emit light within the display gamut; the method including receiving a three-component input image signal; transforming the three-component input image signal to a five-or-more component drive signal; and providing the drive signal to display an image corresponding to the input image signal. One method provides a reproduced luminance value higher than the sum of the respective luminance values of the three components of the input signal when reproduced with the gamut-defining emitters. Another method provides reduced power in an OLED display including a white-emitting layer with three color filters for gamut-defining emitters and two or more additional color filters for three additional within-gamut emitters.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLCInventors: John W. Hamer, Michael E. Miller, John Ludwicki
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Patent number: 8466854Abstract: An organic electro-luminescent device package includes an organic electro-luminescent device array substrate, a transparent cover, and a frit. The organic electro-luminescent device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of organic electro-luminescent devices arranged on the first substrate in an array. The transparent cover is disposed over the organic electro-luminescent device array substrate. The transparent cover includes a second substrate and a conductive layer disposed on the second substrate. The organic electro-luminescent devices are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The frit is disposed between the organic electro-luminescent device array substrate and the transparent cover to surround the organic electro-luminescent devices. The frit is located between the first substrate and a portion of the conductive layer, and the portion of the conductive layer corresponding to the frit is transparent.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chih-Che Liu, Shih-Feng Hsu
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Patent number: 8456459Abstract: A lightweight, thin, small size semiconductor device is provided. A pixel has a display portion, and a light receiving portion comprising a photodiode. A transistor is used with the semiconductor device for controlling the operation of the display portion and the light receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
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Patent number: 8405607Abstract: A sensor for an optical device includes an array of pixels in rows and columns which detect and process illumination falling thereon so as to identify inputs generated by a user on a surface of the optical device. A second reset period of variable length between a black calibration phase and an integration phase occurs in a processing cycle of a frame for each pixel, wherein the length of the second reset period is adjusted based on the ambient light conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) LimitedInventor: Jeffrey Raynor
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Patent number: 8390541Abstract: After a sampling transistor is turned ON at a first timing when a control signal has risen, during a sampling period from a second timing when a video signal has risen from a reference potential to a signal potential to a third timing when the control signal has fallen and is turned OFF, the sampling transistor samples and writes the signal potential in a holding capacitance, and negatively feeds back a current flowing into a drive transistor during the sampling period to the holding capacitance and applies mobility correction of the drive transistor on the written signal potential. A signal driver adjusts the second timing for the video signal supplied to respective signal lines to correct a backward shift of the third timing due to a transmission delay along a scanning line of the control signal output from the control scanner.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsuhide Uchino, Tetsuro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8384620Abstract: The radiance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The radiance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded radiance, and also includes photodetectors to provide a measured radiance. The commanded radiance and measured radiance are compared, and drive currents for the laser diodes are adjusted to provide luminance and color balance tracking.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Microvision, Inc.Inventors: Margaret K. Brown, Mark Champion, Michael Lee Schaaf, Heng Huang
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Patent number: 8358258Abstract: An active matrix display includes a matrix of pixel elements. The pixel element having multiple operation modes includes a first capacitive element, a first transistor having a semiconductor channel, and a light-emitting element. The first terminal of the semiconductor channel of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first capacitive element. The light-emitting element is operationally coupled to the first transistor such that light emitted from the light-emitting element depends upon a voltage difference between the gate of the first transistor and a first terminal of the semiconductor channel of the first transistor at least during one operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Inventor: Nongqiang Fan
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Patent number: 8350835Abstract: Dynamic range is widened in a display device with a photosensor that can read an image due to having a photodetection element inside a pixel thereof. A sensor driving circuit switches ON a reset signal (RST) that is supplied via reset signal bus line, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, switches ON a readout signal (RWS) that is supplied via readout signal bus line. Thus, in the photosensor, from which a photosensor signal is output in accordance with an amount of light received by the photosensor in the predetermined time, the capacitance of a capacitor provided in the photosensor is made variable from when the reset signal (RST) is supplied to the photosensor until when the predetermined time has elapsed.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiromi Katoh, Christopher Brown
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Patent number: 8334822Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section configured to have a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix thereon, each of the pixels including an electro-optical element, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, and a storage capacitor connected between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor for storing an image signal written by the writing transistor, each of the pixels carrying out a mobility correction process for applying negative feedback to a potential difference between the gate and the source of the driving transistor with a correction amount determined from current flowing to the driving transistor; a detection section configured to detect variation of a characteristic of any transistor in the pixels; and a control section configured to control the period of the mobility correction process based on a result of the detection by the detection section.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Katsuhide Uchino, Tetsuo Minami
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Patent number: 8330682Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed in a matrix fashion; a light emitting circuit provided to each pixel circuit and emitting light correspondingly to a drive current; and a detection circuit provided to a predetermined pixel circuit and outputting a signal according to a temperature that varies with luminance of the light emitting circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kazuo Nakamura, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 8310390Abstract: A clock generating circuit in which a plurality of stages of inverting circuits are connected, a start signal that causes start of clock generation and an output signal from the inverting circuit of a predetermined stage are input to one of the inverting circuits, an element having impedance that changes in accordance with a magnitude of an object analog signal that is an object of conversion to a digital signal is provided between the adjacent inverting circuits, generates a clock of a frequency in accordance with the magnitude of the object analog signal. A counter counts the number of clocks generated by the clock generating circuit and outputs a count value.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignees: Olympus Corporation, Denso CorporationInventor: Yoshio Hagihara
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Patent number: 8269108Abstract: A transparent conductive film (12, 22) including a transparent base material (2) having insulation properties; and a mesh member made of a conductive metal and provided in the transparent base material (2), wherein the transparent base material (2) is provided with a conductive portion in which the mesh member is arranged, and an insulating portion (I) in which a gap (5) formed by removing the mesh member is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignees: Shin Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Saitama UniversityInventors: Yousuke Kunishi, Hideki Suzuki, Hiroto Komatsu, Junichi Ikeno
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Patent number: 8253664Abstract: A display array. The display array applied in the panel of an organic light emitting display device comprises a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of display units. Each display unit corresponds to one set of the data and scan lines and comprises a control unit, a driving transistor and a light emitting diode. In each display unit, the control unit adjusts light-emitting intensity of the light emitting diode in a frame cycle time according to the driving capability of the driving transistor.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Li-Wei Shih, Chun-Huai Li
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Patent number: 8237375Abstract: The present invention discloses an illuminating system and a method thereof, comprising a light emitting module, a light sensor and a control module, wherein the control module connects to the light emitting module and the light sensor. The light emitting module emitting light with a first frequency, the light sensor detecting an intensity of incident light, and the control module controls the light emitting module to emit light with a second frequency according to the intensity of incident light.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Capella Microsystems (Taiwan) Ltd.Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Huang, Jinn-Ann Kuo
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Patent number: 8232957Abstract: Laser display systems using at least one scanning laser beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Prysm, Inc.Inventors: Roger A. Hajjar, David Kent, Phillip Malyak
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Patent number: 8232935Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus, including: a pixel array section including a plurality of pixels, a writing transistor, a driving transistor, a first switching transistor, a holding capacitor, and a second switching transistor; a first scanning section configured to drive the writing transistor in a unit of a row of the pixels; a second scanning section configured to drive the switching transistors in synchronism with scanning by the first scanning section; and a third scanning section configured to control the second switching transistors to a non-conducting state within a period after the image signal is written by the writing transistor until the signal writing period of the same row of the pixels ends but to a conducting state within any other period.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yutaka Mitomi, Masatsugu Tomida, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 8183769Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display unit suitable to be electrically connected to a scan line and a data line including at least one transistor, a first photo-sensor, a second photo-sensor, a conductive layer, an organic electroluminescent layer and a cathode layer is provided. The conductive layer entirely covers the second photo-sensitive layer. A method of fabricating an organic electroluminescent display unit with the integrating a fabrication of a photo-sensor into a fabrication of the organic electroluminescent display panel is further provided. The cost for fabricating the organic electroluminescent display unit of the invention can be further reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ting-Kuo Chang, Chun-Hsiang Fang
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Patent number: 8134546Abstract: In order to keep the luminance of a light emitting element constant, the correction is performed by an external device such as a computer, in which case a display device is inevitably complicated and increased in size. Even when degradation characteristics of the light emitting element are previously stored in a computer, the degradation characteristics vary at random depending on hysteresis of the light emitting element; therefore, changes in luminance cannot be corrected. According to the invention, a display device includes a displaying light emitting element provided in a display portion and a plurality of monitoring light emitting elements having the similar characteristics as the displaying light emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2005Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Satoshi Seo, Hiroko Abe, Mitsuaki Osame
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Patent number: 8111219Abstract: A pixel including an OLED, the pixel including a first transistor coupled between a data line and a first node, the first transistor being turned on by a low signal on an i-th scan line, a second transistor coupled between a first power source and a fifth transistor, a third transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and an electrode of the second transistor that is coupled to the fifth transistor, the third transistor being turned on by a low signal on an (i?1)-th scan line, a fourth transistor coupled between a first reference voltage and the first node, the fourth transistor being turned on by the low signal on the (i?1)-th scan line, a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and the second node, and a compensator controlling a voltage of the second node corresponding to degradation of the OLED.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yang-wan Kim
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Patent number: 8072413Abstract: A display device includes: a first detection section configured to detect the light intensity around a display area; a second detection section configured to detect the dark current when light is shielded; and a comparator configured to compare the difference output between the first and second detection section against a given reference value. The display device controls the light intensity supplied to the display area according to the comparison result of the comparator.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takayuki Nakanishi, Yoshiharu Nakajima
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Patent number: 8044984Abstract: A method for driving an organic light emitting display (OLED) panel having a plurality of organic light emitting diodes is provided. The organic light emitting diodes are coupled to a plurality of segment lines and a plurality of common lines in a matrix structure. The organic light emitting diodes coupled to the same common lines are divided into a plurality of groups according to colors of the OLED panel. Driving currents are provided to the organic light emitting diodes of the groups according to a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) manners. The PWM manners generate waveforms having pulse width corresponding to grayscale in a period, wherein each PWM manner corresponds to different colors of the OLED panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventors: Kuo-Tung Hsu, Wei-Jen Chang
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Patent number: 8040332Abstract: A light scan device which forces a beam light depending on an image signal to scan, including: a light source part for supplying the beam light; and a scanning part for forcing the beam light from the light source part to scan an illumination-target region in a first direction and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the scanning part is driven so that a frequency with which the beam light is forced to scan in the first direction is higher than a frequency with which the beam light is forced to scan in the second direction, and a spot formed on the illumination-target region by the beam light has a form with a shorter size in the first direction than in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tetsuro Yamazaki, Takashi Takeda, Daisuke Uchikawa, Yasunaga Miyazawa
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Patent number: 8035584Abstract: An organic light emitting display and an image compensation method improves the Long Range Uniformity (LRU) of the output image by displaying the identical image when the identical image is input to each pixel, by measuring the luminance, chromaticity coordinates and color temperature after an organic light emitting display panel is fabricated, by storing the compensation values thereof in a memory in the form of a look-up table in advance, and by compensating one of a power supply voltage, a data voltage and a light emission time.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Woung Jung
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Patent number: 8009125Abstract: In an organic electroluminescent (EL) display device, a main display panel and a sub display panel share a data line and a power supply voltage line. The organic EL display device has a top emission type main display panel and a bottom emission type sub display panel in a single display panel. The main display panel is composed of main pixels, each having a compensation circuit for compensating a threshold voltage, and the sub pixel display is composed of basic sub pixels without any compensation circuit. Each of the sub pixels has a boost capacitor which increases a data voltage, and which is disposed between a scan line and a storage capacitor so as to use the same voltage and power supply voltage as the main pixels. The sub pixels having the boost capacitor are disposed in the sub display panel, so that the main and sub display panels share the data line and the power supply voltage line.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yang-Wan Kim
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Patent number: 7956824Abstract: A driver device for driving light emitting elements comprises a data latch having an input coupled to an input signal, a current control circuit having an input coupled to the data latch, and an output coupled to the input of an output stage, the latter being configured to drive the light emitting elements. The driver device has a power control circuit having an input coupled to the output of the data latch and an output coupled to the input of the current control circuit. The power control circuit is configured to control the current control circuit and the latter is configured to deliver a first current when the data inputted to the power control circuit is in a first state and a second current when at least part of the data inputted to the power control circuit is in a second state.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventor: Nicola Li Volsi
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Publication number: 20110050658Abstract: A display device having a display substrate defining an optical waveguide for transporting light carrying pixel information; a chiplet disposed over the display substrate, having a chiplet substrate separate from the display substrate, a photosensor responsive to light from the optical waveguide at the selected control wavelength for providing the pixel information, a selection circuit responsive to the pixel information for providing a control signal, and a drive circuit responsive to the control signal, wherein the chiplet is adapted to receive the transported light; an optical transmitter for transmitting the pixel information from the controller as light at the selected control wavelength into the optical waveguide, and a display optical element located in or over the display area responsive to the drive circuit for providing light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Christopher J. White, John W. Hamer
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Patent number: 7884785Abstract: An active matrix display apparatus includes a substrate having scanning lines, signal lines, and pixels thereon. Each of the pixels includes a sampling transistor for taking in a video signal, a drive transistor for generating a driving current, and a light-emitting device which emits light with luminance in accordance with the video signal. The two-terminal thin-film light-emitting device includes an anode and cathode electrodes, and a light-emitting layer arranged therebetween. At least one of the electrodes is divided into pieces whereby the light-emitting device is divided into sub-light-emitting devices. The sub-light-emitting devices receive the driving current from a driving transistor and emit light with luminance in accordance with the video signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Junichi Yamashita, Katsuhide Uchino
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Patent number: 7839366Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device that includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit different-colored light, a plurality of driving transistors that supply driving currents to the light-emitting elements so that the light-emitting elements emit light, and a plurality of sense transistors that are exposed to the light-emitting elements and that generate a photocurrent on the basis of light emission of the light-emitting elements. The sense transistors corresponding to the light-emitting elements that emit light having different colors have different sizes from each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang-Chul Jung, Joon-Chul Goh, Joon-Hoo Choi
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Patent number: 7839367Abstract: An active matrix EL display device has pixels comprising an EL display element, a drive transistor and a storage capacitor for storing a voltage to be used for controlling the addressing of the drive transistor. Each pixel also has a light-dependent device for controlling discharge of the storage capacitor, thereby to alter the control of the drive transistor in dependence on the light output of the display element. A circuit is associated with the drive transistor for increasing the rate of discharge of the storage capacitor when the storage capacitor is discharged in response to the light dependent device output. This improvement in the rate of capacitor discharge ensures that good correction for differential aging is obtained at all grey levels.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: David A. Fish, Steven C. Deane
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Patent number: 7773056Abstract: A pixel circuit for a light emitting display. Adjacent pixels of the light emitting display coupled to one scan line share one first power supply line. A driving circuit in each pixel circuit drives first and second organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). A switching circuit is coupled between the first and second OLEDs and the driving circuit to sequentially control the driving of the first and second OLEDs. Because two adjacent pixel circuits share one pixel power supply line and a plurality of OLEDs are coupled to one pixel circuit, it is possible to reduce the number of pixel circuits and the number of wiring lines of the light emitting display. Other circuit elements may also be shared between adjacent pixel circuits. Reducing the wiring and other elements of the pixel circuits makes it possible to increase the aperture ratio of the light emitting display.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won Kyu Kwak, Sung Cheon Park
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Patent number: 7773078Abstract: An information detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: light sensing units generating photocurrents according to light amount and outputting sensor data signals based on the photocurrent; sensor scanning lines receiving sensor scanning signals from a sensor scanning driver and controlling the output of the sensor data signals from the light sensing units; sensor data lines transmitting the sensor data signals from the light sensing units; and a sensing signal processor receiving the sensor data signals from the sensor data lines at input terminals, wherein the number of the input terminals of the sensing signal processor is less than the number of the sensor data lines.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo-Hyung Lee, Young-Jun Choi, Sang-Jin Pak, Kee-Han Uh, Jong-Woung Park
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Patent number: 7759627Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a display panel, a drive circuit that drives the display panel, an illuminating unit that illuminates the display panel, a photosensing section Ls having an ambient light photosensor Ts that senses the brightness of ambient light and a capacitor Cw that is charged with a predetermined reference voltage via a first switch S1, an ambient light photosensor reading section Re1 that reads a value sensed by the photosensing section, and a controller that controls the illuminating unit according to an output of the ambient light photosensor reading section. The ambient light photosensor reading section is provided with a noise avoidance unit that avoids erroneous sensing in the photosensing section induced as a result of noise generated when the drive circuit operates.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takashi Kunimori, Yasushi Yamazaki, Masanori Yasumori
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Publication number: 20100134456Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device including an organic electroluminescent layer that is stacked between a plurality of electrodes and emits light by an electric field generated between the plurality of electrodes and, and a power generating semiconductor part that is arranged on the periphery of this organic electroluminescent layer and utilizes from the light emitted by the organic electroluminescent layer an internal light L that has not been emitted from the transparent or semi-transparent electrode to the outside and remains inside in order to generate power by a photoelectric conversion function is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2007Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventor: Takahito Oyamada
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Patent number: 7652646Abstract: Systems for displaying images are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.Inventor: Ching-Wei Lin
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Patent number: 7636073Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a light emitting element that emits light depending on an injected electric current; a driver that includes at least a first terminal and a second terminal, and controls the light emitting element based on a potential difference, applied between the first terminal and the second terminal, of a level higher than a predetermined threshold; a storage capacitor that serves to retain a potential on the first terminal of the driver; and a controller that changes the potential on the first terminal via the storage capacitor at writing of electric data current corresponding to a display in a black level.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignees: Kyocera Corporation, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.Inventors: Shinya Ono, Yoshinao Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090295769Abstract: A lightweight, thin, small size semiconductor device is provided. A pixel has a display portion, and a light receiving portion comprising a photodiode. A transistor is used with the semiconductor device for controlling the operation of the display portion and the-light receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
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Patent number: 7619594Abstract: A display unit is provided. The display unit includes a light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, and a power supply system. The light-emitting diode comprises a cathode and an anode. The driving transistor comprises a source, a drain, and a gate, wherein the gate receives a first voltage, the drain is coupled to a second voltage via the light-emitting diode and the gate receives a third voltage. The power supply system is coupled to the drain of the driving transistor, providing the second voltage in response to the voltage of the drain of the driving transistor.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventor: Shuo-Hsiu Hu
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Patent number: RE42308Abstract: To provide an electro-optical device and an electronic apparatus capable of maintaining the display quality by preventing brightness unevenness without widening a frame in a mounting terminal portion connection portions connecting to a fourth power source bus line are provided in two places. Driving current is supplied from the connection portions to the fourth power source bus line. The width of the fourth power source bus line is smaller than that of the width of a power source bus line supplying driving current from one place of the mounting terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Hirayama
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Patent number: RE44086Abstract: To provide an electro-optical device and an electronic apparatus capable of maintaining the display quality by preventing brightness unevenness without widening a frame in a mounting terminal portion connection portions connecting to a fourth power source bus line are provided in two places. Driving current is supplied from the connection portions to the fourth power source bus line. The width of the fourth power source bus line is smaller than that of the width of a power source bus line supplying driving current from one place of the mounting terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Hirayama