Patents Assigned to Novatek
  • Patent number: 11955051
    Abstract: A receiver of a display driver and an operating method of the receiver of the display driver are provided. The receiver of the display driver includes an input interface, an operational amplifier and a bias current control circuit. The input interface receives image data. The operational amplifier is coupled to the input interface and includes a bias current circuit. The bias current control circuit adjusts a bias current of the bias current circuit according to a data rate of the image data. The operating method is adapted to the receiver of the display driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11953523
    Abstract: An analog front-end (AFE) circuit, configured to be coupled to a sensor having a plurality of sensing units, includes a plurality of sensing circuits and a plurality of multiplexers. Each of the plurality of multiplexers is coupled between one of the plurality of sensing units and at least two of the plurality of sensing circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Wei Lin, Hung-Kai Chen, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Patent number: 11954271
    Abstract: An active stylus and a method performed by the active stylus are provided. The active stylus includes a touch sensor inside. The touch sensor is arranged corresponding to a preset pen-holding region on an outer surface. The touch sensor is insulated from the pen body, when an external operating subject touches the preset pen-holding region and touches a touch panel, an uplink signal transmitted by the touch panel is coupled to the pen body via the external operating subject, as an uplink interference signal. The signal processing unit is for: generating a compensation signal; obtaining a compensated interference signal generated based on the compensation signal and the uplink interference signal; generating an uplink signal to be processed based on the received uplink signal and the compensated interference signal; and obtaining uplink information based on the uplink signal to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Weijen Chang, Chin-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 11956869
    Abstract: A display driver circuit for controlling a display panel having a plurality of light-emission diode (LED) strings includes a plurality of current regulators and a control circuit. Each of the plurality of current regulators is configured to control one of the plurality of LED strings. The control circuit, coupled to the plurality of current regulators, is configured to generate a plurality of pulses in a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and output each of the plurality of PWM signals to a respective current regulator among the plurality of current regulators. Wherein, the plurality of pulses are scrambled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Chou, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Jin-Yi Lin, Ren-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 11955070
    Abstract: A first driver circuit is configured to cooperate with a second driver circuit to control a display panel, wherein the first driver circuit is configured to output display data to a first area of the display panel and the second driver circuit is configured to output display data to a second area of the display panel. A method used for the first driver circuit includes outputting at least one emission control signal to control the second area of the display panel when the second driver circuit is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kun-Zheng Lin, Chang-Hung Chen, Wei-Chieh Lin, Po-Sheng Liao
  • Patent number: 11948535
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an application processor and a display control circuit. The display control circuit may output a (tearing effect) TE signal to the application processor and receive an image frame from the application processor. A data processing circuit of the display control circuit generates a notification signal when the data processing circuit is ready to receive the image frame from the application processor. The timing controller generates the TE signal having a first frequency during a period from a first time point when the notification signal is received to a second time point when the application processor starts transmitting the image frame to the data processing circuit. The first frequency is greater than a reference frequency based on an output frame rate of the display control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng Hsien Li, Yuan-Po Cheng
  • Patent number: 11948518
    Abstract: A source driver includes a first DAC for driving a first-color subpixel and a second DAC for driving a second-color subpixel. Each DAC is configured to output at least one output voltage according to an N-bit data code, and includes a plurality of sub-DACs, an interpolation circuit and a switch circuit. Each sub-DAC receives m bits of the N-bit data code and generates a set of intermediate voltages accordingly. The interpolation circuit performs an interpolation on a selected set of intermediate voltages according to k bits of the N-bit data code and at least one interpolation control signal, to generate the output voltage. The switch circuit electrically connects the interpolation circuit and a selected sub-DAC which outputs the selected set of intermediate voltages. The interpolation circuit of the first DAC and the interpolation circuit of the second DAC respectively perform the interpolation according to different numbers of interpolation bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Jhih-Siou Cheng
  • Patent number: 11942015
    Abstract: A source driver, including a plurality of channel circuits, each of the plurality of channel circuits including a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a second DAC, a first switch, a second switch and an output buffer circuit, is provided. The output terminal of the output buffer circuit is configured to be coupled to a data line of a display panel. An output terminal of the first DAC is coupled to a first input terminal among the input terminals of the output buffer circuit. An output terminal of the second DAC is coupled to a second input terminal among the input terminals of the output buffer circuit. The first switch is disposed along a first signal path between the output terminal of the first DAC and the output terminal of the output buffer circuit. The second switch is disposed along a second signal path between the output terminal of the second DAC and the output terminal of the output buffer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng Cheng, Hsiu-Hui Yang
  • Patent number: 11942037
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display control circuit and a control method thereof are provided. The OLED control circuit includes a counting unit, a judgment unit, a remainder calculation unit and a signal compensation unit. The counting unit counts display lines of a current frame according to a vertical synchronization signal to generate a first count value. The judgment unit compares the first count value and a second count value to generate a judgment result. The second count value represents the number of display lines of a previous frame preceding to the current frame. The remainder calculation unit calculates a remainder generated by dividing the first count value by a period of an emission control signal. The signal compensation unit adjusts the emission control signal to compensate for an incomplete period of the emission control signal occurring in the end of the current frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Zi-Yi Lian, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240095933
    Abstract: An image processing method for a video processor, for generating an extrapolated frame according to a previous frame and a current frame, includes steps of: projecting a plurality of motion vectors (MVs) to the extrapolated frame subsequent to the current frame; determining whether a block of the extrapolated frame is projected by at least two of the MVs; selecting at least two candidate MVs from the MVs projected to the block when the block is projected by at least two of the MVs; calculating a blended MV which is a mixture of the at least two candidate MVs, and projecting the blended MV to the previous frame; obtaining a reference MV corresponding to position of the previous frame projected by the blended MV; and comparing the reference MV with the at least two candidate MVs, to select a final MV for the block from the at least two candidate MVs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Hung Huang, Hsiao-En Chang
  • Publication number: 20240095873
    Abstract: A controller circuit includes a background buffer, M safety information buffers, and an image mixer. The background buffer is used to store a background image. The M safety information buffers is used to store M images of M selected pieces of safety information, M being a positive integer. The image mixer is coupled to the M safety information buffers and the background buffer, and is used to generate an output image according to the background image and the M images of M selected pieces of safety information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Teng-Yao Tsai
  • Publication number: 20240096289
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a control method of a display driver. The control method includes receiving address information and defining an IC address according to the address information. The IC address includes n bits representing k zones, and n and k are positive integers. The control method further includes receiving the IC address, a black frame data signal and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal, and turning on or off the plurality of LEDs in the corresponding zone according to toggle of bit in the black frame data signal. Each bit in the black frame data signal indicates that a plurality of LEDs in a zone among the k zones are turned on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Yang Tsai, Hung-Ho Huang, Tzong-Honge Shieh, Chieh-An Lin, Po-Hsiang Fang, Jhih-Siou Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240096259
    Abstract: A method of transmitting signals in a display device includes receiving a first data signal at a first data rate in a first time interval, and receiving a second data signal at a second data rate in a second time interval. The second data signal is generated at the second data rate, the second data rate is different from the first data rate, and the second time interval is non-overlapping with the first time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Hao Li, Jen-Chieh Hu, Syang-Yun Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11935452
    Abstract: An electronic circuit for operating with a display panel including touch sensors and fingerprint sensors is provided. The electronic circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, a first switch circuit and a control circuit. The first circuit generates display driving signals for driving the display panel. The second circuit receives fingerprint sensing signals from the fingerprint sensors. The third circuit determines a touch information according to touch sensing signals from the touch sensors. The first switch circuit includes a plurality of first switch units, each of the first switch units includes a first switch element and a second switch element. The control circuit controls the first switch circuit to transmit the display driving signals in a first time interval, controls the first switch circuit to transmit the fingerprint sensing signals in a second time interval, and controls the third circuit to receive the fingerprint sensing signals in a third time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Tzu-Wen Hsieh, Wei-Lun Shih, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Publication number: 20240087356
    Abstract: A display apparatus and an fingerprint sensing method thereof are provided. A display panel of the display apparatus has a pixel circuit array, an in-display touch sensor array, and an in-display fingerprint sensor array. A driving circuit drives the in-display fingerprint sensor array to read a fingerprint image. A current display frame period is divided into a plurality of unit periods, each of the unit periods includes at least one fingerprint sensing period and one or both of a display driving period and a touch sensing period. The driving circuit resets a current fingerprint sensor in the in-display fingerprint sensor array during a first fingerprint sensing period among these fingerprint sensing periods of the first display frame period. The driving circuit reads a sensing result of the current fingerprint sensor during a second fingerprint sensing period succeeding to the first fingerprint sensing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cho-Hsuan Jhang, Chao-Yu Meng, Shih-Cheng Chen, Chih-Peng Hsia
  • Patent number: 11928295
    Abstract: A data transmission method includes: transmitting a plurality of first transmitting signals from a plurality of transmitting areas of the first touch device; determining, by the second touch device, whether a first sensing signal corresponding to the plurality of first transmitting signals is received; if yes selecting, by the second touch device, a receiving area in a first overlap range according to signal intensity of the first sensing signal; transmitting a second transmitting signal from the receiving area; determining, by the first touch device, whether a second sensing signal corresponding to the second transmitting signal is received; if yes, selecting, by the first touch device, a first transmitting area in a second overlap range from the plurality of transmitting areas according to signal intensity of the second sensing signal; determining a final transmitting area and a final receiving area; and performing a data transmission process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Cher Lin, Yun-Hsiang Yeh, Ta-Keng Weng
  • Patent number: 11929043
    Abstract: A detection circuit is used for a display controller configured to generate a plurality of backlight data according to a plurality of image data. The detection circuit includes a resize circuit and a comparison circuit. The resize circuit is configured to receive the plurality of image data and convert the plurality of image data into a plurality of region data. The comparison circuit, coupled to the resize circuit, is configured to: receive at least one first region data from the resize circuit; receive at least one first backlight data corresponding to the at least one first region data from the display controller; compare the at least one first region data with the at least one first backlight data to generate a comparison result; and output a control signal to control an output setting of the display controller according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chun-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11929007
    Abstract: A display driving integrated circuit (IC) and a driving parameter adjustment method thereof are provided. The display driving IC includes a control circuit and a driving parameter determination circuit. The control circuit controls a current driving circuit and a scanning circuit according to a driving parameter, wherein the current driving circuit is suitable for driving multiple driving lines of a light emitting diode (LED) array, and the scanning circuit is suitable for driving multiple scanning lines of the LED array. The driving parameter determination circuit is coupled to the control circuit to provide the driving parameter. The driving parameter determination circuit dynamically adjusts the driving parameter for a target LED in the LED array according to a grayscale value of the target LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Kang, Yi-Yang Tsai, Siao-Siang Liu, Shih-Hsuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11928289
    Abstract: A touch sensing method for a touch panel includes following operations: entering a first touch sensing process and performing a non-water mode; determining whether there is water on the touch panel in the first touch sensing process; entering a second touch sensing process and performing a water mode when there is water detected on the touch panel in the first touch sensing process; determining whether there is water on the touch panel in the second touch sensing process; and entering the first touch sensing process and performing the non-water mode when there is no water detected on the touch panel in the second touch sensing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Huang Chen, Ting-Yu Chan
  • Publication number: 20240078969
    Abstract: An image processing circuit includes a receiver, at least one memory, a recognition circuit, a calculation circuit and a compensation circuit. The receiver is configured to receive a current image frame and a plurality of previous image frames. The at least one memory is configured to store the plurality of previous image frames. The recognition circuit is configured to select a first previous image frame or a second previous image frame among the plurality of previous image frames from the at least one memory. The calculation circuit is configured to calculate a compensation value for the current image frame according to at least one of the first previous image frame and the second previous image frame by referring to a lookup table (LUT). The compensation circuit is configured to modify a current image data of the current image frame by using the compensation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Xuan-Yong Lin, Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai