Specific Display Element Control Means (e.g., Latches, Memories, Logic) Patents (Class 345/98)
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Patent number: 11967270Abstract: Disclosed is a LED display system and a control method thereof. The display system comprises a control card outputting clock signals and data signals; at least one driving circuit group, coupled with the control card, and each including a plurality of cascaded driving circuits, receiving a clock signal and a data signal and transmitting them among the plurality of driving circuits, wherein at least one stage of driving circuit in each driving circuit group comprises an inverter, which inverts the clock signal received by the current stage of driving circuit to obtain an inverted clock signal. The LED display system of the present disclosure can effectively avoid excessive attenuation of the clock signal in the cascaded driving circuits, ensure data sampling correctness based on the clock signal, and ensure display effect of the LED display screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HANGZHOU SHIXIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Lingjun Kong
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Patent number: 11966129Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel static electricity protection device (400), a display panel static electricity protection method, and a display device (100), including a detection circuit (401), a discharge circuit (409), and a discharge terminal (411). The detection circuit (401) is connected with a driving chip (301) of a display panel. The discharge circuit (409) is connected with the detection circuit (401) and the driving chip (301). The discharge terminal (411) is connected with the discharge circuit (409) and the detection circuit (401).Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventor: Xiaoyu Huang
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Patent number: 11967293Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes scanning, signal, pixels, and an inspection circuit disposed in a non-display area and including first switch elements connected to the scanning lines, the first switch elements are oxide semiconductor transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer, and each of the first switch elements of the inspection circuit includes at least two transistors connected in series to one of the scanning lines.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Hirotaka Hayashi
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Patent number: 11948514Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to control the data driver, to detect a same data region of the display panel when first image data in a current frame period is the same as second image data in a previous frame period, and not to transfer the first image data to the data driver in the current frame period.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyunho Lim, Myeongbin Lim, Hyunha Yang
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Patent number: 11942052Abstract: A system for generating a voltage at a pixel array includes a plurality of display pixels forming the pixel array, each display pixel comprising a pixel circuit for driving the pixel. The system further comprises a row formatter configured to store a plurality of bits representing image data for a row of display pixels of the LCOS array; a row controller configured to write a subset of the plurality of bits representing image data for a pixel of the row into a plurality of data latches of said pixel circuit; and a waveform generator for generating reference pulses represented by a set of reference bits. The pixel circuit is configured to compare each reference bit to corresponding bits stored in the latches of each pixel circuit, and generate voltage at an electrode of each pixel based on this comparison.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Howard V. Goetz
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Patent number: 11935459Abstract: A display apparatus can include a display panel configured to display a black image and a real image, a gate driver configured to display gate signals to a plurality of gate lines provided in a display area of the display panel, and a controller configured to control the gate driver. Here, one-frame period for displaying the black image is shorter than one-frame period where the real image is displayed. Further, the gate driver can include a plurality of stages configured to supply the gate signals to the plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of dummy stages connected directly between the plurality of stages and the controller. In addition, gate start signals for driving the plurality of stages are supplied to the plurality of dummy stages by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: KeyYoung Yang, Jihoon Yu, Bumhee Han
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Patent number: 11935466Abstract: A method for adjusting a gamma curve, a device for adjusting a gamma curve, and a display device. The method for adjusting a gamma curve includes that: a reference duty cycle of a light-emitting control signal is determined according to a duty cycle of the light-emitting control signal at a preset refresh rate; a third refresh rate is determined according to the light-emitting control signal at a first refresh rate, the light-emitting control signal at a second refresh rate and the reference duty cycle, where the third refresh rate is between the first refresh rate and the second refresh rate, and the duty cycle of the light-emitting control signal at the third refresh rate is equal to the reference duty cycle; and the gamma curve is adjusted according to the third refresh rate.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Yong Li, Yahui Liu
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Patent number: 11935965Abstract: A display device including a pixel having a memory. The pixel includes at least a display element, a capacitor, an inverter, and a switch. The switch is controlled with a signal held in the capacitor and a signal output from the inverter so that voltage is supplied to the display element. The inverter and the switch can be constituted by transistors with the same polarity. A semiconductor layer included in the pixel may be formed using a light-transmitting material. Moreover, a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a capacitor electrode may be formed using a light-transmitting conductive layer. The pixel is formed using a light-transmitting material in such a manner, whereby the display device can be a transmissive display device while including a pixel having a memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Kengo Akimoto, Masashi Tsubuku, Toshinari Sasaki
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Patent number: 11927863Abstract: A device for modulating the phase of a light beam includes a matrix of elementary cells, called pixels, coupled to a circuit for addressing the pixels, the device further comprising a set of so-called lateral electrodes extending in a so-called vertical direction (Y) at right angles to the alignment direction (Xa) and configured to apply, for each pixel and via at least two lateral electrodes, a so-called acceleration voltage generating a lateral electrical field (Era) substantially parallel to the alignment direction, in a vector allowing an accelerated return of the liquid crystal molecules to their orientation of rest, the acceleration voltage being configured to be applied in a phase called acceleration relaxation phase, when the activation voltage is no longer applied.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Benoît Racine, Arnaud Verdant, Pierre Joly
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Patent number: 11929000Abstract: The display system comprising a main control module and a display module is provided. The main control module comprises a display driving circuit and a timing control circuit. The display driving circuit is used to output a display driving signal. The timing control circuit is coupled to the display driving circuit to receive the display driving signal, and convert the display driving signal into a digital signal. The display module comprises a first display panel to an N-th display panel, coupled to the timing control circuit and receiving the digital signal, so as to display corresponding multimedia content according to the digital signal, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the main control module is independently coupled to the display module.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: AUO Display Plus CorporationInventors: Sheng-Kai Hsu, Hung-Min Shih, Yung-Jen Chen
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Patent number: 11929036Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a data signal output circuit including a D/A converter circuit; a plurality of terminals; a control circuit supplied with a power supply potential VL from at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals via a first power supply wiring line; and a power supply circuit configured to generate a power supply potential VPL in accordance with potentials AVDD and AVSS supplied via two or more terminals of the plurality of terminals and supply the power supply potential VPL to a second power supply wiring line. The D/A converter circuit includes a plurality of capacitance elements. The first power supply wiring line or the second power supply wiring line is selectively coupled to one portion of the plurality of capacitance elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Ota
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Patent number: 11922897Abstract: A data driving circuit, a display module, and a display device are provided. The data driving circuit is configured to drive a display device to display different grayscale images. The voltage-dividing circuit includes 2n voltage-dividing signal terminals arranged sequentially from low to high voltage. The switching circuit includes 2n switching sub-circuits. Each of the 2n switching sub-circuits includes a receiving terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal. The receiving terminal is electrically coupled to the voltage-dividing signal terminal. The voltage selecting circuit includes 2n selecting signal terminals. Each of the 2n selecting signal terminals is electrically coupled with the first output terminal of one of the 2n switching sub-circuits and the second output terminal of one of the 2n switching sub-circuits.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Mancheng Zhou, Haoxuan Zheng
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Patent number: 11924008Abstract: Disclosed is a compensation circuit which includes a data analyzer that receives a first bit stream including first to N-th bits, counts a number of times of coincidence of each of first to 2M-th patterns each having an M-bit size from the first bit stream, and generates a first pattern stream including first to 2M-th count values each corresponding to the number of times of coincidence of each of the first to 2M-th patterns, and a compensation calculator that determines first to 2M-th compensation values based on the first pattern stream such that results of multiplying the first to 2M-th count values and the first to 2M-th compensation values one-to-one are even. “N” is a natural number, and “M” is a natural number smaller than “N”.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Wonsuk Jang
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Patent number: 11922860Abstract: Provided is a pixel driving circuit including a first circuit configured to control, in a data writing mode, a signal related to driving of one or more light-emitting elements, and a second circuit configured to supply, in a driving mode, power to the one or more light-emitting elements based on a signal transmitted from the first circuit.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Sapien Semiconductors Inc.Inventors: Sung Ho Hwang, Ji Han Kim, Ji Haeng Lee, Hye Min Bae, Dae Young Jung
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Patent number: 11914416Abstract: A transmitter circuit that receives parallel signals and outputs a serial signal in response to the parallel signals may include; a clock generator generating first clock signals having different respective phases, a multiplexer including selection circuits respectively configured to selectively provide at least two of the parallel signals to an output node in response to at least two of the first clock signals, and an output driver generating the serial signal by amplifying a signal at the output node.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junyoung Park, Joohwan Kim, Jindo Byun, Eunseok Shin, Hyunyoon Cho, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi
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Patent number: 11898812Abstract: A safety control system (200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e) for portable weapons, including, but not limited to, crossbows and firearms, such as guns, rifles and alike, uses various sensors to ensure safe target, environment, location, and situation for operating portable weapons. The safety control system (200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e) unlocks a firing sequence of the portable weapons only when it is safe to operate.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Jiuhong Song
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Patent number: 11900988Abstract: An electronic device may include: a clock divider circuit configured to generate a first internal clock including pulses which are generated in synchronization with odd pulses of a clock, and generate a second internal clock including pulses which are generated in synchronization with even pulses of the clock; and a command decoder configured to generate an odd precharge command and an even precharge command based on a counting signal which is toggled by a chip selection signal and a command/address signal for performing a precharge operation in synchronization with the first internal clock or toggled by the chip selection signal and the command/address signal for performing the precharge operation in synchronization with the second internal clock.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: Haeng Seon Chae
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Patent number: 11900846Abstract: The present application provides a chrominance visual angle correction method for a display, and an intelligent terminal and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring brightness data of different primary colors varying with the gray scale at a vertical visual angle and a squint visual angle, and generating a search database; splitting, according to the search database and a preset rule, a pixel gray scale of the display into a plurality of high and low gray scale combinations composed of high gray scales and low gray scales; calculating a scale of brightness of the plurality of high and low gray scale combinations, and acquiring a scale of brightness of high and low gray scale combination closest to a scale of vertical vision brightness as a primary color pixel gray scale.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daxue Xia, Lin Chen, Renli Xie
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Patent number: 11900579Abstract: A device includes a digital camera positioned underneath a display of the device that captures images through the display. When capturing images using the digital camera, light emitted by the display can get into the digital camera, interfering with or corrupting the captured images. Calibration images are displayed on the display and captured by the digital camera to be used to generate an enhanced output image that mitigates the interference from the display. Recalibration images are subsequently captured in response to any of a variety of different trigger events that may cause or indicate a change in the alignment and geometries of the display pixels to the imager pixels. The captured recalibration image is merged with the previously captured calibration image to generate a merged calibration image, which is afterwards used as the captured calibration image.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Thomas Yates Merrell, John Christopher Pincenti, Jie Yang
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Patent number: 11900863Abstract: A display panel and a display device, including a substrate, a circuit layer located at a side of the substrate, and a top light-shielding layer configured to receive a voltage signal. The circuit layer includes a light-emitting shift circuit, including a first output module and a control module. The first output module is electrically connected to a first node, a first fixed potential signal line, and a light-emitting control signal line and is configured to, in response to a voltage of the first node, transmit a light-emitting enable voltage provided by the first fixed-potential signal line to the light-emitting control signal line. The control module is connected to the first node and includes a control transistor. The top light-shielding layer is located at a side of the control transistor. In a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the top light-shielding layer overlaps with a channel of the control transistor.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai BranchInventors: Mengjia He, Yana Gao, Zhi Liu, Yuying Cai, Xingyao Zhou
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Patent number: 11887556Abstract: A data driving circuit, a display module, and a display device are provided. The data driving circuit at least includes a selecting unit and a signal conversion unit. The selecting unit is configured to directly output an image signal received to the signal conversion unit, or invert the image signal and then transmit the image signal inverted to the signal conversion unit. The control signal represents a display mode of a pixel unit that receives the image signal and perform image display according to the image signal. The signal conversion unit is configured to convert the image signal into a grayscale voltage in an analog form. The grayscale voltage is transmitted to the pixel unit to perform image display.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITEDInventors: Mancheng Zhou, Shuang Wang, Rongrong Li
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Patent number: 11881136Abstract: A display driver and a driving method thereof is disclosed. The display driver includes at least one first latch, at least one second latch, an output buffer, and a comparator. The first latch receives input data. The input terminal of the second latch is coupled to the output terminal of the first latch. The output buffer, including at least one variable current source, is coupled to the second latch. The comparator is coupled to the first latch, the second latch, and the variable current source. The comparator generates at least one control signal of the variable current source.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yen-Ru Kuo, Chih-Hsien Chou
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Patent number: 11881162Abstract: In general, techniques are described for image modification for under-display sensors. A computing device comprising a display, one or more sensors positioned underneath the display, and one or more processors may be configured to perform various aspects of the techniques. The display may be configured to allow the one or more sensors to operate through the display. The one or more processors may be configured to determine an ambient light level, and modify, based on the ambient light level, an area of an image to obtain a modified image. The area of the image may correspond to pixels of the display positioned above the one or more sensors or correspond to pixels of the display that are not positioned above the one or more sensors. The one or more processors may then interface, with the display, to output the modified image.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Sangmoo Choi, Xiaoping Bai, Chien-Hui Wen
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Patent number: 11876103Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel structures and a plurality of transfer elements. The sub-pixel structures include a plurality of first sub-pixel structures. A data line of each of the first sub-pixel structures is disposed adjacent to a corresponding transfer element, and a scan line of each of the first sub-pixel structures is electrically connected to the corresponding transfer element. The first sub-pixel structures include a plurality of first-type sub-pixel structures and a plurality of second-type sub-pixel structures. When the display panel displays a grayscale picture, each of the first-type sub-pixel structures has first brightness, each of the second-type sub-pixel structures has second brightness. The first brightness is less than the second brightness. A total number of the first sub-pixel structures of the display panel is A, a number of the first-type sub-pixel structures in the first sub-pixel structures is a, and 50%<(a/A)<100%.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: AUO CorporationInventors: Min-Tse Lee, Sheng-Yen Cheng, Yueh-Hung Chung, Ya-Ling Hsu, Chen-Hsien Liao
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Patent number: 11862065Abstract: A timing control device for the display panel includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of gate scanning control signals and a data transmission control signal. In response to that a display refresh rate changes from a first frequency to a second frequency, the control circuit adjusts the plurality of gate scanning control signals to generate a plurality of adjusted gate scanning control signals, or adjusts the data transmission control signal to generate an adjusted data transmission control signal, for driving a display panel under the second frequency as the display refresh rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Grace Li, Jen-Ta Yang, Yen-Tao Liao, Yu-Hung Su
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Patent number: 11862421Abstract: A trim circuit for an e-fuse unit includes: a mirroring circuit for receiving an enable signal, when triggered by the enable signal, the mirroring circuit generating a driving voltage; and a driving transistor coupled to the mirroring circuit, in response to the driving voltage from the mirroring circuit, the driving transistor turning ON to generate a MOS current to an output node, wherein the output node is coupled to the e-fuse unit, and in response to the MOS current from the output node, the e-fuse unit is burned out.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Yang-Ling Wu, Chung-Yuan Lee, Chun-Liang Hu, Chih-Yung Kang, Shih-Hsiung Chiu
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Patent number: 11842698Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first panel; a second panel disposed opposing one surface of the first panel; a light source configured to emit light to the other surface of the first panel; and an acquirer configured to acquire user information including information indicating at least one of a position of an eye and a position of a head of a user facing the second panel. The first panel includes light control pixels. The second panel includes pixels. Blurring processing is applied by which the light control pixel positioned around a pixel controlled to transmit light in accordance with an input image signal is caused to transmit light. A blurring area including the light control pixel to which the blurring processing is applied on the first panel corresponds to the position of the eye of the user or the position of the head of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Tomoyuki Ishihara
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Patent number: 11844250Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a low temperature poly-silicon semiconductor layer, an oxide semiconductor layer and a source-drain metal layer, wherein the source-drain metal layer corresponding to a bending region is provided with a plurality of mutually insulated traces extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction; an inorganic layer between the base substrate and the source-drain metal layer, wherein the inorganic layer is provided with a groove in the bending region, and the traces are disposed above the groove; and a flexible insulating material between the inorganic layer in the bending region and the traces, wherein the flexible insulating material fills the groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yao Huang, Benlian Wang, Yue Long, Weiyun Huang, Yingsong Xu
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Patent number: 11842013Abstract: A touch screen driving circuit for driving a touch screen which includes a display layer and a touch sensor layer on the display layer is provided. The touch screen driving circuit includes: a touch controller configured to provide a plurality of drive signals respectively to a plurality of first electrodes of the touch sensor layer, in a driving period, wherein the plurality of drive signals are phase synchronized during a first sub-period of the driving period; and a display driving circuit configured to provide a compensation signal to at least some of a plurality of source lines of the display layer in the first sub-period of the driving period, wherein the plurality of compensation signals are phase synchronized opposite to the plurality of drive signals in the first sub-period.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yunrae Jo, Yoon-Kyung Choi, Jinbong Kim
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Patent number: 11837138Abstract: A control circuit for a low-temperature poly-silicon array controls the low-temperature poly-silicon array including M rows×N columns of pixel units. The control circuit includes N operational amplifiers, a comparison unit, and a pixel input switch control unit. The comparison unit determines pixel values of N red subpixels, N green subpixels, and N blue subpixels in at least one row of pixel units of the M rows of pixel units are the same as each other. The pixel input switch control unit controls, when the pixel values of the N red subpixels, the N green subpixels, and the N blue subpixels in the at least one row of pixel units of the M rows of pixel units are the same as each other, the N red pixel input switches, the N green pixel input switches, and the N blue pixel input switches to be all turned on.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: OMNIVISION TDDI ONTARIO LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventor: Kun-Hua Lee
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Patent number: 11830407Abstract: A fault-tolerant display system includes a dual thin film transistor (TFT) panel with pixel cells having two independently-controlled switching transistors; as such, primary source and gate drivers are operative to drive the display with first TFT transistors, while secondary source and gate drivers are operative to drive the display with second TFT transistors. As the display incorporates an additional TFT within the pixel cell which is driven independently, reliability is increased even at the pixel level. In this way, individual pixels of the LCD panel are driven simultaneously and independently by two pairs of source drivers and gate drivers, such that if one of the driver pairs fails due to some fault, the other driver pair can continue to drive the LCD panel without loss of information despite the failure of the first driver pair.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: L3 Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark W. Fletcher, Carlos Galleno
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Patent number: 11823630Abstract: Discussed is a display apparatus including a substrate including a display portion, a plurality of pixels connected to a gate line and a data line disposed in the display portion, and a gate driving circuit disposed in the display portion to drive the gate line. The gate driving circuit includes a stage circuit unit including a plurality of stage circuits respectively disposed in a plurality of division regions defined in the display portion, and a circuit repair portion configured to repair at least one of the plurality of stage circuits and including a plurality of repair patterns. Further, at least one of the plurality of repair patterns is configured to be electrically disconnected from the at least one of the plurality of stage circuits.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Youngin Jang, Kyungmin Kim, Hyundong Kim
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Patent number: 11822756Abstract: In a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having a touch panel function, power consumption is reduced in the standby state. The display section is divided into blocks each of which is formed of a plurality of display lines. The counter electrode is disposed for each block. A driving circuit selectively supplies, to the counter electrode of each block, the voltage used for the liquid crystal display and the voltage used for the touch panel scanning. The driving circuit has a source amplifier that supplies the video voltages to the video lines. The driving circuit reduces the current in the source amplifier, such that the current is lower than current at the time of a normal operation, to lower the power consumption, and stops the operation of the source amplifier and supplies the GND voltage to the video lines to further lower the power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Shouji Nagao
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Patent number: 11823614Abstract: A novel display device where a light-emitting element is turned on by a triangle wave is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for driving a display device including a first pixel, a second pixel, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring. The first wiring is electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel. The second wiring and the third wiring are electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively. At a first time, the first pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to first display data and the second pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to second display data. The first pixel and the second pixel are initialized at a second time different from the first time by input of a reset signal to the first wiring to stop light emission.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe, Kei Takahashi, Koji Kusunoki, Takahiro Fukutome
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Patent number: 11817041Abstract: The present invention is related to pixels and a display apparatus including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a signal control unit for generating a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal; a column driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the first voltage signal to the pixel through a column line; and a row driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the second voltage signal to the pixel through a row line, wherein the signal control unit generates the second voltage signal so that a voltage level of the second voltage signal rises to be higher than or equal to a predetermined level value during a non-emission period of the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Patent number: 11810487Abstract: Display systems for simultaneously directing different images to different viewers. A display system is constructed with a display panel with multiple folds that create a number of angled display surfaces. These angled surfaces are oriented so that some surfaces are angled in one direction to project one image to viewers at one location, and the remaining surfaces are angled in a different direction to project a different image to viewers at another location. The folded display panel may be actuated, to change the angles at which display surfaces are oriented, and thus adjust the directions in which images are displayed. In this manner, the display may project images to differing users as they change their locations. Multiple users may thus enjoy differing content at the same time, from the same display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Dhiman, Srishti Sharma
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Patent number: 11798495Abstract: A display device including: a timing controller configured to supply an adjustment option value through a data clock signal line during a first initialization period, and generate second data based on first data and a control signal and supply the second data through the data clock signal line during a data period; a data driver configured to generate an adjustment value based on the adjustment option value during the first initialization period, and generate third data based on the adjustment value and the second data and generate a data signal based on the third data during the data period; and a pixel configured to display an image based on the data signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chae Hee Park, Jong Soo Kim, Heen Dol Kim, Ji Ye Lee, Young Suk Jung
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Patent number: 11798509Abstract: A display driver drives a display device including a plurality of data lines and a demultiplexer. The demultiplexer includes a plurality of first switches connected to the respective plurality of data lines, and a series of driving voltages including a plurality of driving voltages is supplied via a first wiring. The demultiplexer supplies the plurality of driving voltages to the respective plurality of data lines via the plurality of first switches. The display driver includes: a voltage multiplexing part that generates the series of driving voltages; a second switch connected between the voltage multiplexing part and the first wiring; and a controller connected to the plurality of first switches and the second switch.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyoshi Ichikura
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Patent number: 11798500Abstract: A display device may include: a display panel configured to be driven in an active time and a blank time within one frame and including pixels each having a driving transistor; a data driver configured to provide a first data voltage based on an image data to the pixels in the active time; and a timing controller configured to compensate for the image data based on a first compensation data for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and a second compensation data for a mobility of the driving transistor, the timing controller including a data compensator, a non-volatile memory, and volatile memories. The timing controller may be further configured to read a reference first compensation data from the non-volatile memory in the active time and update the first compensation data and the second compensation data to be stored in one of the volatile memories in the blank time.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeonghyo Park, Minho Cho
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Patent number: 11774786Abstract: According to an aspect, a view-angle control device includes: a drive layer in which light-transmitting regions and switchable regions are alternately arranged in one direction, each light-transmitting region being configured to transmit light, each switchable region being switchable between a light-transmitting state and a light-blocking state through switching of liquid crystal orientation; and a plurality of optical member layers stacked together with the drive layer. Each optical member layer includes a base member that transmits light and a light-blocking part that is provided at a position overlapping with the switchable region and blocks light. The light-blocking part is disposed on a surface of the base member on a farther side from the drive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Takeo Koito
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Patent number: 11776498Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for compensating for image quality of liquid crystal display device, and a terminal device. The method includes: acquiring RGB value of each pixel in image information output by the liquid crystal display device at a predetermined time interval within preset time period and calculating RGB sum of the RGB values of each pixel, when a duration of display on a screen of the liquid crystal display device is greater than or equal to a preset duration; selecting a RGB sum with the maximum value from the individual RGB sums as a first compensation evaluation value; and compensating for the RGB value of each pixel according to the first compensation evaluation value, each of the RGB sums, an acquired RGB offset compensation value, and the RGB value of each pixel, if the first compensation evaluation value is greater than or equal to a first compensation threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN CHUANGWEI-RGB ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuming Dai
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Patent number: 11776484Abstract: A display device of the invention includes a pixel unit including first pixels which display a first color; and a data driver which supplies first data voltages to the first pixels. The data driver includes: a first master gamma block including first master amplifiers which generate first reference gamma voltages; a first slave gamma block which generates first gamma voltages by dividing the first reference gamma voltages; and a first decoder which provides some of the first gamma voltages as the first data voltages, and each of the first master amplifiers is enabled or disabled based on a maximum luminance of the pixel unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Ho Lim, Hyun Ha Yang, Myeong Bin Lim
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Patent number: 11769458Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a first pixel, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, a third pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth pixel disposed adjacent to the third pixel in the first direction. Each of the first to fourth pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The display device further includes a data driver that outputs a plurality of data voltages, a selective output unit that outputs the data voltages to the first to fourth pixels in a different order for each of a plurality of frames, and a scan driver that outputs a first scan signal to the first and second pixels and outputs a second scan signal, which is delayed from the first scan signal, to the third and fourth pixels.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Soon-Dong Kim, Changnoh Yoon
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Patent number: 11756474Abstract: A display device, includes: a scan driver configured to sequentially supply scan signals having a turn-on level to the first scan line and the second scan line during a first period and to concurrently supply scan signals having a turn-on level to the first scan line and the second scan line during a second period after the first period, wherein: a mask period corresponds to a difference between a start point of the second period and a start point of the first period in a next frame period, a first frame period and a second frame period have different mask periods, a third frame period between the first frame period and the second frame period has a same mask period as the first frame period, and a fourth frame period between the first frame period and the second frame period has a same mask period as the second frame period.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Su Han, Kyun Ho Kim, Seong Jun Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Hyung Keun Park, Joon Suk Baik, Se Keun Lee
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Patent number: 11756468Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display devices, and more specifically, to a display device with a sensor circuit capable of sensing the presence or absence of an abnormality in a signal line located in a bending area. Through these, a display device is provided that enables an accurate check to be performed for the presence or absence of an abnormality, such as a crack, or the like in signal lines located in the bending area, and thus, has a normal bending structure without defects.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jaehyun You, JooHwan Kim, DongGeun Bae
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Patent number: 11749147Abstract: A method for testing a touch display panel includes: dividing a frame period of the image into a first subframe period and a second subframe period; transmitting pixel data to some subpixels corresponding to a touch sensing electrode in the first subframe period; and transmitting pixel data to the other subpixels corresponding to the touch sensing electrode in the second subframe period. The number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of positive polarity in the some subpixels subtracted by the number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of negative polarity in the some subpixels is defined as a first value, the number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of positive polarity in the other subpixels subtracted by the number of the subpixels receiving pixel data of negative polarity in the other subpixels is defined as a second value, and a sum of the first and second values is 0.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HannStar Display CorporationInventor: Ya-Wen Lee
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Patent number: 11735102Abstract: A driving circuit and a display device are provided. The driving circuit includes a level conversion chip, a scan line, a data line, a power line, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a light emitting unit. A protection unit is disposed between the level conversion chip and an intersection of the scan line and the power line, and the protection unit is configured to reduce current between the level conversion chip and the power line when the scan line and the power line are short-circuited. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the scan line and the power line are short-circuited, the protection unit reduces the current between the power line and the level conversion chip to prevent excessive current between the level conversion chip and the power line, and prevent the level conversion chip from heating and burning.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jinfeng Liu
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Patent number: 11735085Abstract: An output buffer for a source driver of a panel includes an output stage, configured to output an output voltage; an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), configured to control the output stage to charge or discharge a capacitor of a pixel of the panel; and a detector, coupled between the OTA and the output stage, configured to output an enabling signal to turn on/off the output buffer after the output buffer finishes charging or discharging the capacitor of the pixel of the panel, wherein the enabling signal is determined according to a current value of the output stage.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Ying-Neng Huang
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Patent number: 11736803Abstract: Disclosed herein is a full-screen display device capable of sufficiently securing light transmittance of a sensor area overlapping a sensor unit in a pixel array and minimizing deterioration in perceived image quality of the sensor area. The pixels are arranged in the sensor area overlapping the sensor unit in the pixel array of the full-screen display device such that the number of pixels gradually decreases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks, and the area of a transmission portion gradually increases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Tae Kim, Jun-Woo Jang, Tae-Yong Park, Woong-Jin Seo
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Patent number: 11721703Abstract: A display device that is suitable for increasing its size is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kei Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Kurokawa