Patents Assigned to Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
  • Publication number: 20240249548
    Abstract: A method and device of fingerprint image generation for saving memory are introduced. The method includes receiving a plurality of touch sensing values from a touch display panel and determining which touch sensing electrodes detect a touch event. An area corresponding to a number of touch sensing electrodes, which are a part of a plurality of touch sensing electrodes determined as detecting the touch event, is taken as an effective fingerprint area. The effective fingerprint area is determined by comparing a preset value and touch sensing values sensed by the plurality of touch sensing electrodes those are determined as detecting the touch event. The method further performs fingerprint sensing in a fingerprint readout area and storing a first fingerprint image corresponding to the effective fingerprint area .
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: WEILUN SHIH, WU-WEI LIN
  • Publication number: 20240248564
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a touch display panel and a driver circuit is provided. The touch display panel includes a plurality of first electrodes and at least one second electrode. The plurality of first electrodes are arranged in an active area of the touch display panel, and the at least one second electrode is arranged in a border area of the touch display panel. The driver circuit is coupled to the touch display panel. The driver circuit is configured to drive the plurality of first electrodes to perform a touch sensing operation in a first period. The driver circuit is configured to drive the plurality of first electrodes and the at least one second electrode to perform a gesture sensing operation in a second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Ying Lin, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 12045399
    Abstract: A sensing circuit, which is to be coupled to a plurality of sensor pads, includes a plurality of front-end circuits and a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches include first to sixth switches. The first switch is coupled between a first sensor pad and a first front-end circuit. The second switch is coupled between the first sensor pad and the first front-end circuit. The third switch is coupled between a second sensor pad and the first front-end circuit. The fourth switch is coupled between the second sensor pad and a second front-end circuit. The fifth switch is coupled between a third sensor pad and the second front-end circuit. The sixth switch is coupled between the third sensor pad and the second front-end circuit. Wherein, the first sensor pad, the second sensor pad, and the third sensor pad are deployed along a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hong Yang, Yen-Cheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 12039931
    Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display panel includes a light emitting device, a driving transistor, a capacitor, a first reset transistor and a second reset transistor. The driving transistor has a gate terminal. A first terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to a reset input terminal of the pixel circuit. A first terminal of the first reset transistor is coupled to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the first reset transistor is coupled to the reset input terminal. A first terminal of the second reset transistor is coupled to the light emitting device, and a second terminal of the second reset transistor is coupled to the reset input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Yi-Jiang Hu
  • Patent number: 12039122
    Abstract: A touch apparatus includes a touch screen and a touch controller. The touch controller is configured to process touch sensing signals received from the touch screen to generate a touch coordinate with respect to a touch event occurring on the touch screen. The touch screen includes a plurality of first touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of second touch sensing electrodes. The first touch sensing electrodes are disposed in a center area of the touch screen, wherein at least one part of the first touch sensing electrodes are rectangular. The second touch sensing electrodes are disposed in an edge area of the touch screen surrounding the center area, wherein each of the second touch sensing electrodes is corresponding to a central angle and a plurality of central angles corresponding to the plurality of second touch sensing electrodes substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Ying Lin, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 12032781
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch device and an operation method thereof. A touch panel of the touch device is divided into a plurality of stylus connection areas. During a first discovery period, the stylus connection areas detect a stylus one by one in a first scan order. When the stylus is located in one of the stylus connection areas (a hit area), the first discovery period is ended to enter a normal period, and the hit area establishes a connection to the stylus. When the connection between the stylus and the touch panel is interrupted, the normal period is ended to enter a second discovery period, and the first scan order is adjusted to a second scan order according to the hit area in the normal period. During the second discovery period, the stylus connection areas detect the stylus one by one in the second scan order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng Cheng, Ko Ho Lin, Shih-Chan Huang
  • Patent number: 12032767
    Abstract: A panel device includes a touch sensor, a first light sensor and a second light sensor, a first trace, a second trace and a control circuit. The touch sensor is disposed in a first area of the panel device to generate a touch sensing signal. The first light sensor and the second light sensor are disposed in a second area of the panel device to sense ambient light and generate a first light sensing signal and a second light sensing signal. The first trace is coupled to the first light sensor. The second trace is coupled to the second light sensor. The control circuit connects the first trace and the second trace and receives the first light sensing signal and the second light sensing signal at the same time to determine an ambient brightness. Sensitivities of the first light sensor and the second light sensor are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Ting-Hsuan Hung
  • Publication number: 20240223161
    Abstract: Pseudo resistor having an auto-tune function automatically calibrates resistance of the pseudo resistor and compensates for DC drift based on an output signal of an electrical circuit to which the pseudo resistor is coupled, as to mitigate signal phenomenon in the output signal caused by PVT variation. The pseudo resistor includes first transistor, second transistor, and adder. The first terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor and forms a first common node. The control terminal of the first transistor is coupled to the control terminal of the second transistor and forms second common node. The adder is coupled between the first and second common nodes and configured to receive adjustment voltage for generating a bias voltage for controlling the first and second transistors, where the adjustment voltage corresponds to the output signal coupled to the second terminal of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Chang, Yu-Te Liao, Wei Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 12026969
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognition device including a sensor panel, a readout circuit and a host circuit is provided. The sensor panel includes a plurality of sensor pixels arranged in an array. The sensor pixels are configured to output sensing signals. The readout circuit is coupled to the sensor pixels. The readout circuit is configured to read out the sensing signals from the sensor pixels after a first exposure period to obtain a first fingerprint image, and read out the sensing signals after a second exposure period to obtain a second fingerprint image. The sensor pixels are reset before the first exposure period and after the second exposure period. The host circuit is coupled to the readout circuit. The host circuit is configured to perform a fingerprint recognition operation according to the first fingerprint image or the second fingerprint image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Kuei-Chung Chang
  • Publication number: 20240212551
    Abstract: An integrated driving device is provided. The integrated driving device includes a touch sensing circuit and an optical sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit is configured to perform touch sensing in a plurality of touch sensing periods during a first frame period. The optical sensing circuit is configured to perform optical sensing during at least one optical sensing period during the first frame period to obtain optical sensing signals for generating first ambient light information. The touch sensing periods and the optical sensing period are non-overlapping. Correspondingly, an operation method of an integrated driving device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu-Wei Lin, Jiun-Jie Tsai, Huang-Chin Tang, Ching-Chun Lin
  • Publication number: 20240203362
    Abstract: A method used for a control circuit for controlling a display panel includes steps of: determining whether there is an input video data received at a predetermined time; outputting an output video data and a clock signal having a first frequency to the display panel when determining that there is an input video data received at the predetermined time; and stopping outputting the output video data but outputting the clock signal having a second frequency to the display panel when determining that there is no input video data received at the predetermined time. Wherein, the second frequency is higher than the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Tsung Lu, Chih-Cheng Chuang
  • Patent number: 12014564
    Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to control an operation of a gate driver circuit is provided. The electronic circuit includes a gate control circuit. The gate control circuit outputs control signals to the gate driver circuit in a display period and a fingerprint sensing period via the same output nodes. The control signals include a start pulse signal and a switch control signal. The switch control signal controls the gate driver circuit to operate in the display period or the fingerprint sensing period. The gate driver circuit includes a plurality of shift register groups and a switch circuit. The shift register groups output scan signals according to the start pulse signal. The switch circuit receives and outputs the scan signals to display scan lines in the display period and outputs the scan signals to fingerprint scan lines in the fingerprint sensing period according to the switch control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu Wei Lin, Kuei Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 12015884
    Abstract: A device and method for blending image data and the alpha channel and reconstructing to obtain the image again after transmission. An encoder blends the alpha channel and the red-green-blue (RGB) image data through a layer blending method that is supported by the general application processor (AP). Transporter image data, such as a checkerboard pattern, is blended with 1-alpha channel data to obtain a transporter. The blended image data (RGB+alpha) is mixed with the transporter to obtain mixed image data. The mixed image data is then transmitted through the existing transmission interface. After receiving the mixed image data, reconstruction processing is performed by a decoder to obtain the original RGB image data and the alpha channel again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Wang, Yuan-Po Cheng
  • Patent number: 12008191
    Abstract: A single-chip device for driving a panel including fingerprint sensing pixels, display pixels and touch sensors, electronic module therefor, and electronic apparatus including the single-chip device are provided. The single-chip device comprises a main body, a first group of pads and a second group of pads disposed in the main body. The main body has a left portion and a right portion with respect to an axis. The first group of pads comprise a plurality of first pads for driving the fingerprint sensing pixels, are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the fingerprint sensing pixels. The second group of pads comprise a plurality of second pads for driving the display pixels and the touch sensors, are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Wen Hsieh, Weilun Shih, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 12008939
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a fingerprint sensing circuit that is configured to receive fingerprint sensing signals corresponding to a fingerprint image from fingerprint sensors via fingerprint sensing lines. The fingerprint sensing circuit is further configured to select a subset of the fingerprint sensing lines to form a fingerprint sensing zone having at least one boundary and adapted for a fingerprint sensing operation based on a fingerprint touch area. The subset of fingerprint sensing lines is selected based on the at least one boundary of the fingerprint sensing zone. The fingerprint sensing circuit is further configured to generate the fingerprint image according to the fingerprint sensing signals by a remapping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Wei-Lun Shih, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 12009949
    Abstract: A signal receiver includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a load circuit, an amplifying circuit and a load circuit. The first transistor has a first end receiving a power voltage, and a control end receive a first input signal. The second transistor has a first end receiving the power voltage, and a control end receiving a second input signal, wherein the first input signal and the second input signal are differential signals and transit between a first voltage and a reference ground voltage, the first voltage is larger than the power voltage. The load circuit is coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. The amplifying circuit generates an output signal according a first signal on the second end of the first transistor and a second signal on the second end of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hao-Che Hsu, Chin-Tung Chan, Ying-Cheng Lin, Ren-Hong Luo
  • Patent number: 12008729
    Abstract: In an on-screen display (OSD) image processing method for generating an interpolated frame with interpolated blocks, motion compensation is performed to generate motion compensation (MC) data according to a first motion vector referring to a previous frame and a second motion vector referring to a current frame. Zero-motion data are generated according to a zero-motion vector referring to the previous frame and the current frame. The MC data of a first weight and the zero-motion data of a second weight are blended to generate each interpolated block as a processed block. When the number of pixels having OSD data in the processed block is less than a first positive threshold and larger than a second positive threshold, the processed block is determined as an extended OSD block and the second weight of the extended OSD block is less than that of an OSD block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ya-Lun Li
  • Patent number: 12010450
    Abstract: In an on-screen display (OSD) image processing method for generating an interpolated frame with interpolated blocks, motion compensation is performed to generate motion compensation (MC) data according to a first motion vector referring to a previous frame and a second motion vector referring to a current frame. Zero-motion data are generated according to a zero-motion vector referring to the previous frame and the current frame. The MC data of a first weight and the zero-motion data of a second weight are blended to generate each interpolated block as a processed block. When the number of pixels having OSD data in the processed block is less than a first positive threshold and larger than a second positive threshold, the processed block is determined as an extended OSD block and the second weight of the extended OSD block is less than that of an OSD block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ya-Lun Li
  • Patent number: 11995269
    Abstract: A touch sensing method, apparatus for a touch panel, and electronic device are provided. The method includes: determining a first number of to-sense touch sensing circuits, and determining a second number of reference touch sensing circuits, each to-sense touch sensing circuit having a corresponding reference touch sensing circuit; causing each to-sense touch sensing circuit to receive a touch excitation signal TX1, and apply TX1 to a corresponding touch sensitive cell and receive a touch sensing signal therefrom, and output a first output signal; causing each reference touch sensing circuit to receive a touch reference signal DC/TX2, and apply DC/TX2 to a corresponding touch sensitive cell and receive a reference sensing signal therefrom, wherein DC/TX2 and TX1 are different signals; and obtaining, according to respective first and second output signals, a capacitance difference of capacitances sensed by each to-sense touch sensing circuit and its corresponding reference touch sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hung-Kai Chen, Yu-Huang Chen, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Publication number: 20240161672
    Abstract: An electronic circuit including a plurality of common terminals, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a plurality of switch units is provided. The first circuit is configured to output display driving signals to data lines of a display panel via the common terminals. The second circuit is configured to receive fingerprint sensing signals from fingerprint sensing lines of the display panel via the common terminals. Each of the switch units includes a first terminal coupled to one of the common terminals and a plurality of second terminals coupled to the first circuit and the second circuit. The switch units are grouped into a plurality of groups, and each group corresponds to a fingerprint sensing channel of the second circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Tzu-Wen Hsieh, Wei-Lun Shih, Huang-Chin Tang