Patents by Inventor Chih-Tsung Kang

Chih-Tsung Kang 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).

  • Publication number: 20180254011
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a display panel are provided. The TFT array substrate includes multiple pixels arranged in an array. Each pixel includes first through third sub-pixels sequentially arranged along a first direction. The first through third sub-pixels are connected to a same scan line. The TFT array substrate further includes first through third data lines sequentially arranged along the first direction. The first through third data lines respectively are for driving the first through third sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel includes first and second areas, the second sub-pixel includes third and fourth areas, and the third sub-pixel includes fifth and sixth areas, arranged along a second direction. A voltage difference between a sub-pixel electrode in the sixth area and a common electrode is different from a voltage difference between a sub-pixel electrode in the fifth area and the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng DU, MING-HUNG SHIH, CHIH-TSUNG KANG, JE-HAO HSU, Qibiao LV
  • Patent number: 10013929
    Abstract: The invention provides a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a display panel. The TFT array substrate is disposed with multiple pixels arranged in an array. Each pixel includes first through third sub-pixels sequentially arranged along a first direction. The first through third sub-pixels are connected to a same scan line. The TFT array substrate further is disposed with first through third data lines sequentially arranged along the first direction. The first through third data lines respectively are for driving the first through third sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel includes first and second areas, the second sub-pixel includes third and fourth areas, and the third sub-pixel includes fifth and sixth areas, arranged along a second direction. A voltage difference between a sub-pixel electrode in the sixth area and a common electrode is different from a voltage difference between a sub-pixel electrode in the fifth area and the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Peng Du, Ming-Hung Shih, Chih-Tsung Kang, Je-Hao Hsu, Qibiao Lv
  • Patent number: 9990892
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixel units, each including sub-pixel units of a plurality of colors, the sub-pixel units included in the liquid crystal panel includes a main pixel area and a secondary pixel area. The driving method includes: acquiring a grayscale value of a picture to be displayed of each of the partial sub-pixel units; searching for a main grayscale value and a secondary grayscale value corresponding to the grayscale value of the picture to be displayed of the each of the partial sub-pixel units from a corresponding relationship between grayscale values of a color of each of the partial sub-pixel units and the main grayscale values and the secondary grayscale values; and providing the searched main grayscale value and the secondary grayscale value to areas of the main pixel unit and the secondary pixel unit of the each of the partial sub-pixel units respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 9972256
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal panel comprises providing a liquid crystal panel with a plurality of pixel units in a matrix with M rows and N columns, wherein each of the pixel unit has at least a blue sub-pixel, dividing the liquid crystal panel into multiple display units, wherein each display unit comprises two of the pixel units, providing a gray level value, B, to the blue sub-pixels of each of the display units with a higher gray level value, BH, and a lower gray level value, BL, to the blue sub-pixels respectively, wherein the combination of BH and BL results the blue sub-pixels in the display unit to approach a predetermined Gamma Curve, and ?=1.8˜2.4 at a perspective viewing angle. This invention also discloses a liquid display panel comprising the driving method mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chih-tsung Kang, Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9953586
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The method for driving the liquid crystal display device comprises the following steps: converting three primary color gray-scale data of a frame image to be displayed into multiple color gray-scale data; and driving different sub pixels according to the overdrive gray-scale values that are obtained through inquiring the overdrive table based on the multiple color gray-scale data of the frame image to be displayed according to a certain time sequence in two color fields. According to the method, the color shift phenomena of the traditional liquid crystal display device can be alleviated effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Fan, Chih Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 9885925
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, one TFT substrate and a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. The TFT substrate includes a plurality of pixel cells, and each of the pixel cells includes three sub-pixel cells. Within one pixel cell, at least one sub-pixel includes single pixel area. Each of the other pixel cells includes two isolated pixel areas, and brightness of the at least two isolated pixel areas being different. In view of the above, the performance of the liquid crystal panel is enhanced when the viewing angle is large. In addition, the transmission rate of the liquid crystal panel may be maintained to be higher, which saves the power consumption of the backlight module so as to save the energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Du, Ming-hung Shih, Chih-tsung Kang, Je-hao Hsu, Qibiao Lv, Xiaohui Yao
  • Patent number: 9864228
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pixel unit structure and display device, which belongs to the technical field of displays, and alleviates the problem that in the prior arts, a LCS design will reduce the transparency of the liquid crystal display device. The pixel unit structure comprises three different colored sub-pixels, namely a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, wherein at least one of the three sub-pixels is divided into a primary pixel region and a secondary pixel region, and the green sub-pixel has a one-piece structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Hao Hsu, Chih Tsung Kang, Xiaohui Yao
  • Patent number: 9818371
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of correcting complexion color shift of LCD including obtaining accounting ratio of a complexion region of an image which will be shown in the LCD; comparing the accounting ratio of a complexion region to a predetermined value; and applying a first gamma value to conduct gamma correction of the data of red color, green color, and blue color if the accounting ratio is larger than the predetermined value; wherein the first gamma value is larger than 2.2. The present invention also discloses a system of correcting complexion color shift of LCD. The gamma value of front viewing angle of the LCD is increased. Accordingly, the gamma value of the image of big viewing angle approaches the curve of gamma value 2.2 more in the LCD and wash out of the complexion of the image of big viewing angle is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 9805670
    Abstract: A driving method and a driving device of a liquid crystal panel are provided. Pixels in a liquid crystal panel are divided into groups, wherein each group includes two pixels; determining an original greyscale value of a first color sub-pixel and an original greyscale value of a second color sub-pixel of each pixel; acquiring two actual greyscale values for driving the first color sub-pixel and two actual greyscale values for driving the second color sub-pixel in each group. The actual greyscale value for driving the first color sub-pixel is determined for each pixel, among the two actual greyscale values for driving the first color sub-pixel in each group, and determining the actual greyscale value for driving the second color sub-pixel of each pixel, among the two actual greyscale values for driving the second color sub-pixel in each group, according to a position of each pixel in each group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRON ICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-tsung Kang, Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9786214
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pixel unit setting method for a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel units, each of which includes at least a blue sub pixel. The method includes dividing the blue sub pixel into a main pixel zone and a sub pixel zone with the area ratio therebetween being a:b; acquiring actual brightness levels of the blue sub pixel for each grey level at a normal view angle and an oblique view angle; setting a combination of grey levels to be fed to the main and sub pixel zones of one pixel unit so as to have the sum of differences between the actual and theoretical brightness levels at the normal and oblique view angles minimized so as to obtain the grey levels to be fed to the main and sub pixel zones for all the grey levels of the pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-Tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 9746733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel comprising: a display area in which a display area in which an array of pixel units is disposed, each of the pixel unit at least comprises a blue sub-pixel; a plurality of scan lines for providing a plurality of scan signals to the pixel units; and a plurality of data lines for providing a plurality of data signals to the pixel units, wherein the blue sub-pixels of the pixel units in every two separated columns, which are separated by one column, are coupled to a first data line, and the first data line provides an identical data signal to the blue sub-pixels in a same line of the two separated columns. The present invention further provides a method for driving the liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display comprising the above mentioned liquid crystal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang, Weiwei Zheng
  • Patent number: 9747828
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel comprising: a display area in which a display area in which an array of pixel units is disposed, each of the pixel unit at least comprises a blue sub-pixel; a plurality of scan lines for providing a plurality of scan signals to the pixel units; and a plurality of data lines for providing a plurality of data signals to the pixel units, wherein the blue sub-pixels of the pixel units in every two neighbored columns are coupled to a first data line, and the first data line provides an identical data signal to the blue sub-pixels in a same line of the two neighbored columns. The present invention further discloses a method for driving the liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal panel in the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixuan Chen, Chih-tsung Kang, Weiwei Zheng
  • Patent number: 9734773
    Abstract: A display improvement method and apparatus for a LCD panel are provided. The method includes: acquiring a gamma curve for at least one kind of color sub-pixel of a variety of color sub-pixels in a case of a side view; determining a luminance enhancement starting point on the gamma curve, according to tangent slopes of points corresponding to respective gray-scale values on the acquired gamma curve, wherein a gray-scale value of the luminance enhancement starting point is j, and the luminance enhancement starting point has a tangent slope less than tangent slopes of points having gray scale values (j?1) and (j+1) on the gamma curve; increasing a luminance value of a point having a gray-scale value greater than or equal to the gray-scale value of the luminance enhancement starting point and less than a maximum gray-scale value on the gamma curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-tsung Kang, Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9734746
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The method for driving the liquid crystal display device comprises the following steps: converting three primary color gray-scale data of a frame image to be displayed into multiple color gray-scale data; and presenting a first color field and a second color field of the frame image in sequence, wherein when each color field is presented, different sub pixels are driven according to a color of the backlight of the color field, the multiple color gray-scale data of the frame image, and pre-stored gray-scale data. According to the method, the color shift phenomena of the traditional liquid crystal display device can be eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Fan, Chih Tsung Kang
  • Publication number: 20170193929
    Abstract: A driving method and a driving device of a liquid crystal panel, including driving a predetermined color sub-pixel of a liquid crystal panel in a unit of consecutive n frames, wherein n is an integer larger than 1, and a step of driving the color sub-pixel in n frames of any one unit includes: determining an original greyscale value of each color sub-pixel respectively in n frames, so as to acquire n original greyscale values with respect to each color sub-pixel; acquiring n actual greyscale values of each color sub-pixel according to at least one of n original greyscale values of each color sub-pixel, wherein the n actual greyscale values include a first group of actual greyscale values and a second group of actual greyscale values; taking one of the actual greyscale values of each color sub-pixel as the final greyscale value to drive each color sub-pixel in each frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Lixuan CHEN, Chih-tsung KANG
  • Publication number: 20170162166
    Abstract: A method of driving a display panel includes: outputting scan signal to each scan line of a display panel, with the scan signal including periodical frame signals, with each frame signal including: a first voltage that maintains each scan line in an on state during a first period of time, with the first voltage being a first DC high-level voltage; a second voltage that maintains each scan line in an off state during a second period of time, with the second voltage being an AC voltage outputting a second low-level voltage and a second high-level voltage alternately. The present invention changes a second voltage in charge of maintaining scan lines in an off state into a second low-level voltage and a second high-level voltage which output alternately. It effectively improves changes in leakage current of TFT, and improves image sticking appears on display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-tsung KANG, Lixuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170162136
    Abstract: A display improvement method and apparatus for a LCD panel are provided. The method includes: acquiring a gamma curve for at least one kind of color sub-pixel of a variety of color sub-pixels in a case of a side view; determining a luminance enhancement starting point on the gamma curve, according to tangent slopes of points corresponding to respective gray-scale values on the acquired gamma curve, wherein a gray-scale value of the luminance enhancement starting point is j, and the luminance enhancement starting point has a tangent slope less than tangent slopes of points having gray scale values (j?1) and (j+1) on the gamma curve; increasing a luminance value of a point having a gray-scale value greater than or equal to the gray-scale value of the luminance enhancement starting point and less than a maximum gray-scale value on the gamma curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. , Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-tsung KANG, Lixuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170153505
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, one TFT substrate and a liquid crystal panel are disclosed. The TFT substrate includes a plurality of pixel cells, and each of the pixel cells includes three sub-pixel cells. Within one pixel cell, at least one sub-pixel includes single pixel area. Each of the other pixel cells includes two isolated pixel areas, and brightness of the at least two isolated pixel areas being different. In view of the above, the performance of the liquid crystal panel is enhanced when the viewing angle is large. In addition, the transmission rate of the liquid crystal panel may be maintained to be higher, which saves the power consumption of the backlight module so as to save the energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng DU, Ming-hung SHIH, Chih-tsung KANG, Je-hao HSU, Qibiao LV, Xiaohui YAO
  • Publication number: 20170154587
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a driving method thereof, the method includes: providing a liquid crystal display panel, which includes a pixel matrix of M×N, every pixel consists of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel in sequence, making the LCD panel include a sub-pixel matrix of M×3N, aiming at the sub-pixel matrix, a dividing operation is executed, a first sub-pixel in the sub-pixel couple of each color is provided with a higher gray-scale value BH, a second sub-pixel in the sub-pixel couple of each color is provided with a lower gray-scale value BL, making a brightness curve of each sub-pixel at an angle of side view approach a scheduled Gamma curve. The liquid crystal display panel and the driving method thereof can reduce the color shift of the liquid crystal display panel when viewed at an angle of side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixuan CHEN, Chih-tsung KANG
  • Publication number: 20170148396
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel including a plurality of pixel units, each including sub-pixel units of a plurality of colors, the sub-pixel units included in the liquid crystal panel includes a main pixel area and a secondary pixel area. The driving method includes: acquiring a grayscale value of a picture to be displayed of each of the partial sub-pixel units; searching for a main grayscale value and a secondary grayscale value corresponding to the grayscale value of the picture to be displayed of the each of the partial sub-pixel units from a corresponding relationship between grayscale values of a color of each of the partial sub-pixel units and the main grayscale values and the secondary grayscale values; and providing the searched main grayscale value and the secondary grayscale value to areas of the main pixel unit and the secondary pixel unit of the each of the partial sub-pixel units respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. , Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixuan CHEN, Chih-tsung KANG