Patents Assigned to Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
  • Publication number: 20250252891
    Abstract: A timing controller for executing an image adjustment method is provided. The timing controller includes an image adjustment circuit including a feature extraction module, configured to obtain a first feature value of a pixel according to a sub-pixel value of the pixel; a look-up table module, coupled to the feature extraction module, configured to obtain a first sub-pixel value of the pixel according to a first lookup table and obtain a second sub-pixel value of the pixel according to a second lookup table; and a color adjustment module, coupled to the feature extraction module and the look-up table module, configured to compare the first feature value with a first threshold, and correspondingly adjust the sub-pixel value of the pixel according to the first sub-pixel value and the second sub-pixel value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Han Lu, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20250251826
    Abstract: A touch apparatus includes a touch panel and a touch driving device. The touch driving device drives the touch panel. The touch driving device includes a driving signal generating circuit and a reading circuit. The driving signal generating circuit generates a driving signal for driving the touch panel. The driving signal includes a first pulse time and a second pulse time for driving a same touch sensor in the touch panel. The driving signal generating circuit uses a first changing strategy to change at least one waveform parameter of the driving signal, so that the at least one waveform parameter of the first pulse time is different from the at least one waveform parameter of the second pulse time. The reading circuit reads the sensing result of the touch panel for a touch event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Kang, Yen-Cheng Cheng, KO HO LIN, Syang-Yun Tzeng, Jhen-Yi Ding
  • Patent number: 12379808
    Abstract: A timing control circuit includes a receiving circuit and a line memory coupled to the receiving circuit. The line memory is configured for outputting a first data signal during a first frame period, and outputting a second data signal during a second frame period. An end time point of the first frame period coincides with the start time point of the second frame period. One of the first data signal and the second data signal is corresponding to a long H mode; the other of the first data signal and the second data signal is corresponding to a long V mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20250244847
    Abstract: A timing control circuit includes a receiving circuit and a line memory. The line memory is configured for receiving a signal, outputting a first data signal corresponding to a first frame of the signal to drive at least one data line, and outputting a second data signal corresponding to a second frame of the signal. After a first frame rate of the first frame is determined to be higher than a second frame rate of the second frame, a switch from a long V mode to a long H mode takes place, such that the first data signal corresponds to the long V mode and the second data signal corresponds to the long H mode. After the first frame rate is determined to be lower than the second frame rate, a switch from the long H mode to the long V mode takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng
  • Publication number: 20250245289
    Abstract: A method and an electronic apparatus for computation on an attention layer of a transformer-based neural network are proposed. The method includes to receive a query input, a key input, and a value input from a previous layer of the attention layer, to obtain a first merged weight which is pre-computed based on a weight matrix for queries and a weight matrix for keys, to obtain a second merged weight which is pre-computed based on a weight matrix for values and a weight matrix for output scores, and to perform computation based on the query input, the key input, the value input, the first merged weight, and the second merged weight to generate an attention score of the attention layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ting-Yang Chen
  • Publication number: 20250246117
    Abstract: The display driving device includes an interface circuit and a control circuit. The interface circuit receives a display data frame from a data stream provided by a processor to the control circuit. In a full panel display mode, the display data frame includes first resolution display data corresponding to the entire display area of the display panel, and the control circuit drives a plurality of data lines of the display panel based on the first resolution display data. In a partial panel display mode, the display data frame includes second resolution display data corresponding to a first partial display area of the display panel (but does not include display data corresponding to other display area in the display panel except the first partial display area), and the control circuit driving the data lines based on the second resolution display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kun-Zheng Lin, Huan-Teng Cheng, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Publication number: 20250246147
    Abstract: A method of compensating a display panel includes providing a refresh control signal to configure a first area and a second area of the display panel; and providing an initial signal to the display panel. The initial signal includes a first initial voltage to initialize the first area before a first data operation, and a second initial voltage to initialize the second area before a second data operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tso-Hua Chien
  • Publication number: 20250246159
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display, including a backlight module and a timing controller. The backlight module includes a target backlight block and an adjacent backlight block, the adjacent backlight block is adjacent to the target backlight block. The timing controller is coupled to the backlight module, and is configured to generate an initial duty cycle of the target backlight block and an initial duty cycle of the adjacent backlight block according to an image frame, and generates an updated duty cycle of the target backlight block according to at least the initial duty cycle of the target backlight block, the initial duty cycle of the adjacent backlight block, a weight of the target backlight block, and a weight of the adjacent backlight block. The backlight module adjusts a brightness of the target backlight block according to the updated duty cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Tsung Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 12374260
    Abstract: A display device and a grayscale compensation method thereof. The display device includes a data conversion circuit, a voltage drop estimation circuit, and a compensation circuit. The data conversion circuit converts a plurality of original grayscale data of a target pixel block into current data. The voltage drop estimation circuit converts the current data into transmission line voltage drop information of the target pixel block. The compensation circuit converts the transmission line voltage drop information into at least one pixel compensation value of the target pixel block, and uses the at least one pixel compensation value to compensate the original grayscale data of the target pixel block, so as to generate a plurality of compensated grayscale data of the target pixel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chan-Yi Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 12374982
    Abstract: The invention provides a feedback control device and a feedback control method thereof. The feedback control device includes an enhancing circuit and a comparator. The enhancing circuit receives a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage of a DC-to-DC converter. In an embodiment, the enhancing circuit generates an enhanced feedback voltage based on the feedback voltage, and the comparator uses a comparison result between a reference voltage and the enhanced feedback voltage as a control signal to a feedback control terminal of the DC-to-DC converter. In another embodiment, the enhancing circuit generates an enhanced reference voltage based on the reference voltage, and the comparator uses a comparison result between the enhanced reference voltage and the feedback voltage as the control signal. In yet another embodiment, the comparator uses a comparison result between the enhanced reference voltage and the enhanced feedback voltage as the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Zhe Hui Lin, Wei-Ling Chen, Lan-Shan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20250238941
    Abstract: A driver circuit configured to drive a display panel is provided. The driver circuit includes an image processing circuit. The image processing circuit is configured to receive and analyze an input image and adjust a brightness of the input image to generate an output image according to the at least one duty distribution. The image processing circuit determines the at least one duty distribution according to an analysis result of the input image. The input image includes a first area and a second area, and a brightness of the first area is adjusted to be different from a brightness of the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tsu Cheng Li, Yen-Tao Liao, Hui-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 12367799
    Abstract: A driver circuit including a controller circuit is provided. The controller circuit is configured to perform an image compensating operation on a display pixel of an image sensing region of a display panel to compensate a pixel value of the display pixel using a first compensating value. The image sensing region is a circular area comprising image sensors. The controller circuit determines the first compensating value according to a location of the display pixel in the image sensing region. A method for compensating pixel values of display pixels is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Zi-Yi Lian, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20250233518
    Abstract: A bootstrap control circuit includes a regulator, a capacitor, a voltage detector and a charging path controller. The regulator generates a first voltage. The capacitor is coupled between the regulator and an inductor of the DC to DC converting circuit. The voltage detector detects a voltage different between two ends of the capacitor to obtain a detection signal. The charging path controller turns on or cuts off a connection path between the capacitor and the inductor of the DC to DC converting circuit, and the charging path controller connects the capacitor to a reference voltage when the connection path of the capacitor and the inductor of the DC to DC converting circuit is cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hsien Yang, Yu-Tzu Chao, Yung-Chou Lin
  • Publication number: 20250224843
    Abstract: A portable device includes: an integrated circuit (IC) including a first receiver pin, a first transmitter pin, a second receiver pin and a second transmitter pin; and a touch display panel including a capacitive array. A first trace of a first plurality of traces is coupled between a leftmost transmitter element of the capacitive array and positioned closest to the capacitive array at the top and side and furthest away from the capacitive array at the bottom, and a second trace of the first plurality of traces is coupled between a rightmost transmitter element of the capacitive array and positioned furthest away from the capacitive array at the top and side and closest to the capacitive array at the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Ying Tang, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 12354534
    Abstract: The driving device includes a starting-position adjustment circuit and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) circuit. The starting-position adjustment circuit shifts a PWM counting value according to a starting-position setting to generate an adjusted counting value of a first channel. The starting-position setting is configured to indicate which subframe period in a same display frame period a starting value of the adjusted counting value is located in. The PWM circuit compares grayscale data of the first channel with the adjusted counting value and generates a PWM signal of the first channel according to a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Shun Tang, Siao-Siang Liu, Shih-Hsuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20250218336
    Abstract: A display device, a display driving integrated circuit (IC), and an operating method of a display driving IC are provided. The display driving IC receives a data stream and an external horizontal synchronization signal from a processor, where the data stream includes display frame data, vertical synchronization information, and horizontal synchronization information. The display driving IC generates an internal vertical synchronization signal based on the vertical synchronization information and the horizontal synchronization information. The display driving IC dynamically updates a delay value based on a phase relationship among the vertical synchronization information, the horizontal synchronization information, and the external horizontal synchronization signal. The display driving IC delays the external horizontal synchronization signal based on the delay value to generate an internal horizontal synchronization signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wen-Kai Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20250218338
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display panel for a display driver circuit having a frame buffer includes steps of: receiving a first frame of display data and sending the first frame of display data to the display panel by bypassing the frame buffer; starting counting time in a time period for receiving the first frame of display data, to determine whether a timeout occurs; receiving a second frame of display data after the timeout occurs; and writing the second frame of display data into the frame buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12348234
    Abstract: A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit includes a low pass filter (LPF) and a charge pump (CP) circuit. The LPF includes a filtering resistor and a filtering capacitor. The CP circuit, coupled to the LPF, includes an operational amplifier, a first high-side switch circuit, a first low-side switch circuit, a second high-side switch circuit, a second low-side switch circuit, a first compensation resistor and a second compensation resistor. The first high-side switch circuit and the first low-side switch circuit are coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The second high-side switch circuit and the second low-side switch circuit are coupled to a first input terminal of the operational amplifier through the LPF. The first compensation resistor is coupled to the first high-side switch circuit. The second compensation resistor is coupled to the first low-side switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yan-Siou Dai, Ming-Hwa Lee, Nai-Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 12346507
    Abstract: A stylus control circuit used to control a stylus includes a positioning signal generator. The positioning signal generator is used to generate a first positioning signal having a first frequency and transmit the first positioning signal to the stylus through a first positioning transmission electrode. Wherein, the first frequency corresponds to a position of the first positioning transmission electrode, and the first positioning signal is a frequency signal without carrying any digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hao-Wei Cheng, Chin-Lin Lee
  • Publication number: 20250210537
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an upper layer disposed over the substrate and comprises an upper electrical pattern and an alignment mark pattern electrically insulated from the upper electrical pattern, and a lower layer disposed between the substrate and the upper layer and including a lower electrical pattern and a dummy pattern electrically insulated from the lower electrical pattern, wherein the alignment mark pattern overlaps the dummy pattern from a top view, the alignment mark pattern has an optical contrast in relation to the dummy pattern, and the optical contrast is substantially equal to or greater than 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chiang-Chi Peng, Yi-Chia Chen, Ting-Yu Hu, Chien-Chen Ko