Patents by Inventor Sun-Il Chang

Sun-Il Chang 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: 20190096300
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display having a number of pixels, source driving circuitry that drives data to the pixels, and data lines that communicatively couple the source driving circuitry with the pixels. The electronic device also includes quality monitoring and calibration circuitry that identifies degradation in the source driving circuitry, one or more of the data lines, or both. The electronic device may be controlled based at least in part upon identification of the degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Hyunwoo Nho, Baris Cagdaser, Junhua Tan, Sun-Il Chang, Luigi Panseri, Injae Hwang, Jesse A. Richmond, Toshiaki Sawada, Hyuck-Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20190079611
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating display panel operations providing a current from power circuitry over a first path between a display panel and the power circuitry are provided. A sensing current may be injected into the first path via a second path between the power circuitry and the first path. An equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the first path may be calculated using a third path and the sensing current. A processor may compensate for electrical fluctuations from the power circuitry to the display panel based at least in part on the measured ESR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Y Youn, Sun-Il Chang
  • Patent number: 10209551
    Abstract: Devices, storage media, and methods for compensating for aging and temperature variations using dual-loop compensation are provided. The compensating for temperature and aging variations of one or more pixels of the display using a coarse scan loop updated at a faster rate. Compensation also includes compensating for aging variations of the one or more pixels of the display using a fine scan loop updated at a slower rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Jesse A. Richmond, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Tobias Jung, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Marc Albrecht, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chaohao Wang
  • Publication number: 20180342193
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for noise in a display that includes sensing a current in a sensing channel of the display. Compensating for the noise also includes sensing an observation current from noise in an observation channel of the display and scaling the observation current to generate a scaled observation current. The scaled observation current is subtracted from the sense current to generate a compensated output. The compensated output is used to drive compensation operations of the display based at least in part on the compensated output to reduce effects of the noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Shiping Shen, Derek K. Shaeffer, Baris Cagdaser, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Hung Sheng Lin, Injae Hwang, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Junhua Tan, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Jesse A. Richmond, Sun-Il Chang
  • Publication number: 20180336823
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes displaying image frames and receiving operational parameters of the electronic display based on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display when displaying the image frames. A first set of pixels below the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a first image frame and a second set of pixels above the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a second image frame. The method also includes adjusting image display of a third image frame on the electronic display based on the operational parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Chaohao Wang, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Shiping Shen, Shengkui Gao, Hyunsoo Kim, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Injae Hwang, Myungjoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20180090042
    Abstract: Electronic displays, systems, and methods that perform display panel sensing are provided. An electronic device may include processing circuitry that generates image data based at least in part on display panel sensing feedback and an electronic display. The electronic display may display the image data on pixels coupled to one of several sense lines. There may be an odd number of sense lines with common electrical characteristics. The electronic display may obtain display panel sense feedback at least in part by differentially sensing each one of the sense lines with sense lines with common electrical characteristics with another one of the sense lines the common electrical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Shengkui Gao, Jesse A. Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Sun-Il Chang, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20180090109
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic display, whereby the electronic display includes an active area that includes a pixel having a display behavior that varies with temperature. The electronic display also includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may, when in operation, generate image data to send to the pixel and adjust the image data to generate corrected image data based at least in part on a stored correction value for the pixel, wherein the stored correction value corresponds to an effect of temperature on the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Sun-Il Chang, Hyunwoo Nho, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan
  • Publication number: 20180082620
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods pertain to reducing artifacts resulting from a thermal profile preexisting a boot up of an electronic device are disclosed. Scanning driving circuitry of the electronic device scans at least a portion of one or more pixels of an active area of a display using a boot up scan before a boot up sequence of at least a portion of an electronic device completes. The results of the boot up scan are stored in local buffers and transferred to one or more processors upon connection to the one or more processors. The results of the boot up scan cause the one or more processors to modify image data to reduce or eliminate artifacts that may result during boot up due to thermal profiles or other parameters that may cause artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Sun-Il Chang, Hyunwoo Nho, Hung Sheng Lin, Junhua Tan, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse A. Richmond, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20180082631
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for adjusting image display on an electronic display by predicting a temperature change of the electronic display due to heat-producing components near the display or due to changes in content. An electronic device may include an electronic display and processing circuitry. The electronic display may include pixels with behaviors that vary with temperature. As such, the processing circuitry may generate image data to send to the electronic display and adjust the image data or vary an operation of the electronic display based at least in part on a predicted temperature effect on at least part of the active area of the electronic display. The processing circuitry may determine the predicted temperature effect at least in part due to a first heat producing component or changes in content of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Sun Il Chang, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Publication number: 20180081234
    Abstract: Devices, storage media, and methods for compensating for aging and temperature variations using dual-loop compensation are provided. The compensating for temperature and aging variations of one or more pixels of the display using a coarse scan loop updated at a faster rate. Compensation also includes compensating for aging variations of the one or more pixels of the display using a fine scan loop updated at a slower rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Jesse A. Richmond, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Tobias Jung, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Marc Albrecht, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chaohao Wang
  • Publication number: 20180082633
    Abstract: Electronic devices, storage medium containing instructions, and methods pertain to scanning a display during a sensing phase for the display. One or more parameters pertaining to operation or conditions around the display are obtained. Using the obtained one or more parameters, scanning mode parameters used for sensing are set based at least in part on the obtained one or more parameters. Using the scanning mode parameters, the display is scanned during a sensing phase of the display while reducing the likelihood of visible artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Sun-Il Chang, Sebastian Knitter, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Lu Zhang, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Hung Sheng Lin, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180082634
    Abstract: An apparatus receives current image frame data and data relating to at least one previous image frame for an electronic display. One or more parameters related to hysteresis of transistors in the electronic display are sensed. A correlation device, such as a look-up table, receives the sensed parameter or parameters and the data relating to one or more image frames, and uses this information, at least in part, to output an appropriate compensation signal for the current image frame data. The compensated current image frame data may then be supplied to the electronic display to reduce or eliminate the effects of hysteresis on the displayed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Chaohao Wang, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Paolo Sacchetto, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Sun-Il Chang, Wei H. Yao, Howard H. Tang
  • Publication number: 20180074199
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes receiving, using a controller, sensor data related to operational parameters of the electronic display based at least in part on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display, wherein a first set of pixels below the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a first image frame and a second set of pixels above the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a second image frame. The method also includes adjusting, using the controller, image display on the electronic display based at least in part on the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Sun-Il Chang
  • Publication number: 20180075798
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a display having a pixel and processing circuitry separate from but communicatively coupled to the display. The processing circuitry prepares image data to send to the pixel and adjusts the image data to compensate for operational variations of the display based on feedback received from the display that describes a present operational behavior of the pixel. The mobile electronic device also includes additional electronic components that affect the present operational behavior of the pixel depending on present operational behavior of the additional electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Nho, Hung Sheng Lin, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Sun-Il Chang, Shengkui Gao, Rui Zhang, Injae Hwang, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Shiping Shen, Hyunsoo Kim, Sebastian Knitter, Lu Zhang, Nicolas P. Bonnier, Chih-Wei Yeh, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto, Chin-Wei Lin, Mohammad B Vahid Far, Shinya Ono, Yafei Bi, Majid Gharghi, Kavinaath Murugan, Yun Wang, Derek K. Shaeffer, Baris Cagdaser, Tobias Jung, Marc Albrecht, Myung-Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20180053466
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a flexible display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. A strain sensing resistor may be formed on a bent tail portion of the flexible display to gather strain measurements. Resistance measurement circuitry in a display driver integrated circuit may make resistance measurements on the strain sensing resistor and a temperature compensation resistor to measure strain. A crack detection line may be formed from an elongated pair of traces that are coupled at their ends to form a loop. The crack detection line may run along a peripheral edge of the flexible display. Crack detection circuitry may monitor the resistance of the crack detection line to detect cracks. The crack detection circuitry may include switches that adjust the length of the crack detection line and thereby allow resistances to be measured for different segments of the line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Rui Zhang, Mohammad Hajirostam, Hung Sheng Lin, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Sang Y. Youn, Zhen Zhang, Prashant Mandlik, Sun-Il Chang, Jie Won Ryu, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao, Yafei Bi, Yun Wang
  • Patent number: 9854987
    Abstract: A neural interface for measuring or stimulating brain neural activity, either as a standalone unit or as a part of a larger system of similar neural interfaces. The neural interface includes a bolt-shaped housing having a tool-engaging head and threaded shank with internal circuitry and at least one electrode. In use, the housing is threaded into a cranial bore such that the electrode contacts the outer surface of the meninges. The neural interface circuitry includes an SAR ADC that provides at least rail-to-rail operation to convert received signals from the electrode(s) into digital data that can be modulated and wirelessly transmitted by intra-skin or other suitable communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Sun-Il Chang, Euisik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8922274
    Abstract: A bioamplifier that includes a high pass filter, open-loop amplifier, and low pass filter in an area efficient design that can be used in implantable neural interfaces. The high pass filter can be implemented by using a switch-capacitance resistor coupled with parasitic capacitance of the electrode. The amplifier can be chopper stabilized and can include a high gain, current-ratio first stage followed by one or more dimension-ratio stages. The low pass filter utilizes the output impedance of the open-loop amplifier to form an embedded gm-C low pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Euisik Yoon, Sun-Il Chang
  • Patent number: 8797204
    Abstract: An analog to digital converter that comprises a successive approximation register (SAR) having an n bit binary output, a first capacitor array connected to receive some of the bits of the binary output, a second capacitor array connected to receive the remaining bits of the binary output, and a comparator including an output connected to the SAR. The first and second capacitor arrays each have an analog output indicative of the charge stored by capacitors of that array. The comparator includes a pair of inputs, one of which is connected to the analog output of the first capacitor array and the other of which is connected to the analog output of the second capacitor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Euisik Yoon, Sun-Il Chang
  • Publication number: 20120302856
    Abstract: A neural interface for measuring or stimulating brain neural activity, either as a standalone unit or as a part of a larger system of similar neural interfaces. The neural interface includes a bolt-shaped housing having a tool-engaging head and threaded shank with internal circuitry and at least one electrode. In use, the housing is threaded into a cranial bore such that the electrode contacts the outer surface of the meninges. The neural interface circuitry includes an SAR ADC that provides at least rail-to-rail operation to convert received signals from the electrode(s) into digital data that can be modulated and wirelessly transmitted by intra-skin or other suitable communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Sun-Il Chang, Euisik Yoon
  • Publication number: 20120218137
    Abstract: An analog to digital converter that comprises a successive approximation register (SAR) having an n bit binary output, a first capacitor array connected to receive some of the bits of the binary output, a second capacitor array connected to receive the remaining bits of the binary output, and a comparator including an output connected to the SAR. The first and second capacitor arrays each have an analog output indicative of the charge stored by capacitors of that array. The comparator includes a pair of inputs, one of which is connected to the analog output of the first capacitor array and the other of which is connected to the analog output of the second capacitor array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Euisik Yoon, Sun-Il Chang