Patents Assigned to Mstar Semiconductor, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10042462
    Abstract: A touch sensing method of an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic device includes a touch sensor and a motion sensor. The touch sensing method includes: performing touch detection with the touch sensor to generate a touch signal having a first amplitude; performing motion detection with the motion sensor to generate a motion signal having a second amplitude; determining whether the first amplitude is smaller than a first predetermined value, and determining whether the second amplitude is greater than a second predetermined value; and when the first amplitude is smaller than the first predetermined value and the second amplitude is greater than the second predetermined value, increasing a signal gain corresponding to the touch signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi Kang Liu, Chien Chuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10044411
    Abstract: A data reading device that transmits power to a data transmission device and reads data transmitted from the data transmission device is provided. The data reading device includes: a first electrode, forming a first coupling capacitance with the data transmission device; a second electrode, forming a second coupling capacitance with the data transmission device; a control circuit, coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode, configured to provide the first electrode with a first reference voltage and the second electrode with a second reference voltage to cause a voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode to vary with time, and to detect charge changes of the first coupling capacitance and the second capacitor; and a determination unit, coupled to the control circuit, configured to determine the data according to the charge changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Ting Ho, Guo-Kiang Hung
  • Patent number: 10044528
    Abstract: An equalizer apparatus includes a feedforward filter, a slicer circuit and a feedback circuit. The feedforward filter processes an input signal. The slicer circuit includes a Viberbi decoding circuit coupled to the feedforward filter, and performs a Viberbi algorithm based decision operation to generate a decision signal according to an output signal of the feedforward filter and a feedback signal of the feedback filter. The feedback filter generates the feedback signal according to the decision result signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Kuo, Wen-Chieh Yang, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 10043479
    Abstract: An in-cell touch display panel includes a substrate, a semiconductor stack, a transparent layer, an insulating layer and a metal layer. The semiconductor stack is disposed on the substrate. The transparent layer is disposed on the semiconductor stack, and includes a plurality of connecting electrode strips extending along a first direction. The insulating layer is disposed on the transparent layer. The metal layer is disposed on the insulating layer, and includes a plurality of first touch electrode strips and a plurality of first touch electrode portions. The first touch electrode strips extend along a second direction. The first touch electrode portions and the connecting electrode strips form a plurality of second touch electrode strips extending along the first direction. The first touch electrode strips intersect and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Guo-Kiang Hung, Chi Kang Liu, Ping-Yu Chan
  • Patent number: 10026409
    Abstract: A stereo-phonic frequency modulation receiver includes: a frequency modulation demodulation circuit, receiving a reception signal, and generating a demodulated signal according to the reception signal; a frequency-division demultiplexer, generating a sum signal, a difference signal and a pilot amplitude signal according to the demodulated signal; a dual sound channel separation circuit, generating a left-channel output signal and a right-channel output signal according to the sum signal and a weakened difference signal; and a weakening circuit, weakening the difference signal according to the pilot amplitude signal or a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) to generate the weakened difference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Su, Kuan-Chou Lee, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 10028157
    Abstract: A bit allocation device includes: a channel estimation unit, performing a channel estimation to generate a plurality of channel qualities of a plurality of subcarriers; a processing unit, coupled to the channel estimation unit, generating a first plurality of bit numbers of the plurality of subcarriers according to the plurality of channel qualities; and a control unit, coupled to the processing unit, generating a second plurality of bit numbers of the plurality of subcarriers according to the first plurality of bit numbers and an upper limit of a total bit number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Su, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 10026149
    Abstract: An image processing system includes an image processing module, a frame buffer encoding module and a frame buffer. Each image block includes multiple first-type coding blocks and at least one second-type coding block. The image processing module generates a first image processed result according to multiple first-type coding blocks of a target image block. The frame buffer encoding module generates a first frame buffer encoded result according to the first image processed result. The frame buffer, for the target image block, provides a buffer region including at least one first random access point and a second buffer region including at least one second random access point. The first frame buffer encoded result is stored to the first buffer region. At least one second-type coding block of the target image block is stored to the second buffer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Shin Tung, Chia-Chiang Ho
  • Patent number: 10025709
    Abstract: A convolutional de-interleaver for processing multiple groups of convolutional interleaved data is provided. The groups of convolutional interleaved data include multiple sets of convolutional interleaved data formed by performing a convolutional interleaving process on multiple groups of non-interleaved data. Each set of non-interleaved data includes L sets of data, where L is a positive integer. The convolutional de-interleaver includes: an input data buffer, buffering the groups of convolutional interleaved data; a memory controller, accessing the convolutional interleaved data buffered in the input data buffer with a memory to perform a convolutional de-interleaving process, a memory address of each set of stored convolutional interleaved data being determined according to a corresponding delay depth, the value L and a delay depth difference corresponding to the set of data; and an output data buffer, buffering the multiple groups of convolutional de-interleaved data read from the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Chun-Chieh Wang
  • Patent number: 10015493
    Abstract: An encoding apparatus includes an intra-prediction module, a transform module and a control module. The intra-prediction module performs intra-prediction on an image block in a video frame according to a plurality of sets of reference image data to generate a residual block. The reference image data includes a set of reference image data corresponding to a predetermined side of the image block. The transform module performs preliminary transform on the residual block to generate a preliminary transform coefficient matrix. According to whether at least one of the reference image data corresponding to the predetermined side is generated according to image data of an adjacent pixel of the image block, the control module determines whether secondary transform perpendicular to the predetermined side is to be performed on a low-frequency component sub-matrix in the preliminary transform coefficient matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: He-Yuan Lin, Yi-Shin Tung
  • Patent number: 10009174
    Abstract: A key protecting device is provided. The key protecting device includes a crypto engine, a ROM and a processor. The ROM stores a chip unique key, and is exclusively accessible to the crypto engine. The processor receives a first salt value and a first encrypted key from a non-volatile memory. The crypto engine receives the chip unique key from the ROM, receives the first salt value and the first encrypted key from the processor, and generates a first key according to the first salt value, the chip unique key and the first encrypted key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 9990900
    Abstract: An image processing device that converts original image data to target image data is provided. The image processing device includes: a static random access memory (SRAM); an image scaling circuit that generates scaled image data according to the original image data and stores the scaled image data to the SRAM; and a video encoding circuit that accesses the scaled image data from the SRAM and encodes the accessed scaled image data to generate the target image data. The target image data corresponds to an image frame. A part of the target image data is intra frame data encoded by an intra frame compression method, and the other part of the target image data is predicted frame data encoded by a predicted frame compression method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Chieh Tu, Wei-Hsiang Hong, Wan-Chan Hu
  • Patent number: 9979567
    Abstract: An equalization enhancing module includes: a multiplication unit, multiplying a plurality of equalized signals by a scaling coefficient to obtain a plurality of scaled signals; a determination unit, coupled to the multiplication unit, determining whether the plurality of scaled signals are located in a predetermined region to generate a plurality of determination results; a ratio calculating unit, coupled to the determination unit, calculating an inner ratio associated with a ratio of the plurality of scaled signals located in the predetermined region; and a coefficient calculating unit, coupled to the ratio calculating unit, calculating the scaling coefficient according to the inner ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Kai-Wen Cheng, Ko-Yin Lai
  • Patent number: 9979424
    Abstract: A signal detection method includes: retrieving a first period component of a signal and at least one second period component adjacent to the first period component; squaring a subtraction result of the first period component and each of the at least one second period component to calculate at least one first square value to further obtain a first detection parameter; squaring an addition result of the first period component and each of the at least one second period component to calculate at least one second square value to further obtain a second detection parameter; dividing the second detection parameter by the first detection parameter to obtain a detection function; determining that the signal is detected when the value of the detection function is greater than or equal to a threshold, or else determining that the signal is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Su, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 9977942
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus includes a substrate, N groups of sensing elements formed on the substrate, a sensing circuit and a switch control circuit. Each group of the N groups of sensing elements includes a plurality of sensing elements. Each of the sensing elements includes a thin-film transistor (TFT) switch and a sensing electrode. The sensing electrode drives the N groups of sensing elements to sequentially generate N groups of sensing signals. By controlling the TFT switches, the switch control circuit controls a plurality of sensing electrodes included in one group of the N groups of sensing elements to be coupled to the sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Kai-Ting Ho
  • Patent number: 9967086
    Abstract: A frequency modulation receiver includes a frequency modulation demodulation circuit that generates a first signal, and a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit coupled to the frequency modulation demodulation circuit to receive the first signal. The PLL circuit includes: a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), generating an oscillation output signal according to a filtered output signal; a phase detector, coupled to the VCO, generating a phase signal according to the oscillation output signal and the first signal; and a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) filter, coupled to the VCO and the phase detector, receiving the phase signal and generating the filtered output signal to the VCO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Su, Kuan-Chou Lee, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 9967121
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating carrier frequency offset includes a notch frequency setting circuit, N notch filters, an Mth power circuit, a spectrum generating circuit, a peak frequency determining circuit, a comparing circuit, and a frequency offset determining circuit. The notch frequency setting circuit sets different notch-frequencies for the notch filters, which generate N filtered signals by filtering an input signal. The Mth power circuit performs an Mth power calculation on the N filtered signals to generate N Mth power filtered signals. The spectrum generating circuit generates N Mth order spectra for the N Mth power filtered signals. The peak frequency determining circuit determines respective peak frequencies of the N Mth order spectra. The comparing circuit identifies an optimal peak frequency from the N peak frequencies. The frequency offset determining circuit determines an estimated carrier frequency offset according to the optimal peak frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Chou Lee, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 9948491
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating carrier frequency offset includes an Mth-power circuit, a spectrum generating circuit, a spectrum adjusting circuit, a peak frequency determining circuit and a frequency offset determining circuit. The Mth-power circuit performs an Mth-power calculation on an input signal to generate an Mth-power calculation result. The spectrum generating circuit generates a spectrum according to the Mth-power calculation result. The spectrum adjusting circuit identifies a partial energy peak value in a partial frequency range from the spectrum, and increases the partial energy peak value to be higher than any other energy in the spectrum to generate an adjusted spectrum. The peak frequency determining circuit identifies a peak frequency having a maximum energy peak value from the adjusted spectrum. The frequency offset determining circuit determines an estimated carrier frequency offset result according to the peak frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Chou Lee, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Patent number: 9948325
    Abstract: A data processing circuit for performing a de-interleaving process in a DVB-T2 system is provided. The data processing circuit includes: a buffer, buffering a plurality of data symbols; a memory, coupled to the buffer; an address generator, generating a plurality of addresses according to an operation logic and a permutation rule, and selecting and outputting a target address from the addresses; and a memory controller, coupled to the memory, the buffer and the address generator, writing the target data into the memory according to the target address, or/and reading the target data from the memory according to the target address, until the data symbols are de-interleaved when the data symbols are read from the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Ko-Yin Lai, Yu-Shen Chou
  • Patent number: 9939957
    Abstract: A method for adaptively adjusting a touch control threshold of a touch panel is provided. The method includes: receiving a set of sample values from the touch panel; calculating a mean value and a standard deviation based on the set of sample values according to a determination result indicating that the set of sample values are not greater than the touch control threshold; and updating the touch control threshold according to the mean value and the standard deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Ching-Chun Chiang
  • Patent number: 9933900
    Abstract: A sensing electrode group formed on a substrate of a touch apparatus includes a plurality of sensing electrode unit pairs arranged along a first direction. Each sensing electrode unit pair includes a first sensing electrode unit and a second sensing electrode unit corresponding to the first sensing electrode unit. The first sensing electrode unit includes at least one first electrode, at least one corresponding second electrode, a first conducting wire and a second conducting wire. The second sensing electrode unit includes at least one third electrode, at least one corresponding fourth electrode, a third conducting wire and a fourth conducting wire. The first and second sensing electrode units are arranged along a second direction, and the third and fourth conducting wires are routed along the second direction next to the first sensing electrode unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventor: Tzu-Wei Liu