Patents by Inventor Carmelo Occhipinti

Carmelo Occhipinti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11978411
    Abstract: A non-emissive display includes a backlight controller sending a pulse during each sub-frame of a plurality of frames to row and column drivers that drive backlight zones. The row drivers count each pulse to keep a pulse count total, and reset the pulse count total when it is equal to a first number indicating how many row drivers are present. Each row driver activates its channels and waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and if the pulse count total is equal to a second number indicating in which sub-frame that first driver is to be activated. Each row driver waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and the second number. Each column driver activates its channel in response to receipt of each pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gaetano L'Episcopo, Giovanni Conti, Carmelo Occhipinti, Mario Antonio Aleo
  • Publication number: 20240105129
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a backlight panel illuminating a display panel. The backlight panel includes an array of light emitting pixels, each light emitting pixel having at least one subpixel with one or more light emitting diodes positioned on a substrate. The pixel further includes at least one photodetector positioned on the substrate and arranged to detect an amount of reflected light emitted by said subpixel and reflected by the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Jonathan STECKEL, Giovanni CONTI, Gaetano L'EPISCOPO, Mario Antonio ALEO, Carmelo OCCHIPINTI
  • Publication number: 20230222984
    Abstract: A non-emissive display includes a backlight controller sending a pulse during each sub-frame of a plurality of frames to row and column drivers that drive backlight zones. The row drivers count each pulse to keep a pulse count total, and reset the pulse count total when it is equal to a first number indicating how many row drivers are present. Each row driver activates its channels and waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and if the pulse count total is equal to a second number indicating in which sub-frame that first driver is to be activated. Each row driver waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and the second number. Each column driver activates its channel in response to receipt of each pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gaetano L'EPISCOPO, Giovanni CONTI, Carmelo OCCHIPINTI, Mario Antonio ALEO
  • Patent number: 11631376
    Abstract: A non-emissive display includes a backlight controller sending a pulse during each sub-frame of a plurality of frames to row and column drivers that drive backlight zones. The row drivers count each pulse to keep a pulse count total, and reset the pulse count total when it is equal to a first number indicating how many row drivers are present. Each row driver activates its channels and waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and if the pulse count total is equal to a second number indicating in which sub-frame that first driver is to be activated. Each row driver waits for a next pulse if the pulse count total is not equal to the first number and the second number. Each column driver activates its channel in response to receipt of each pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gaetano L'Episcopo, Giovanni Conti, Carmelo Occhipinti, Mario Antonio Aleo