Abstract: A frame rate up-conversion (FRC) apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. A motion vector (MV) generation circuit provides an MV of a current pixel of an interpolation frame. According to the MV, a data fetch circuit fetches first original data of a first pixel in a first original frame and second original data of a second pixel in a second original frame. According to a position of the first pixel in the first original frame and a position of the second pixel in the second original frame, a boundary processing circuit processes the first original data and the second original data to generate first processed data and second processed data. An interpolation frame generating circuit generates pixel data of the current pixel of the interpolation frame according to the first processed data and the second processed data.

Abstract: A low dropout voltage regulator, coupled to a load circuit receiving a clock signal, includes an amplifier; a power transistor comprising a control terminal, coupled to an output terminal of the amplifier; and a first terminal, coupled to a positive input terminal of the amplifier and the load circuit; and a control circuit, configured to control a current flowing through the power transistor in response to the clock signal.

Abstract: A method for processing sensing signals in a sensing system includes receiving at least one sensing signal; performing a first operation on the at least one sensing signal to determine whether the at least one sensing signal satisfies a first predetermined condition; performing a second operation on the at least one sensing signal after a second predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises a condition that the first predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, wherein the second operation provides more sensing information than the first operation; and not performing the second operation on the at least one sensing signal after a third predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, wherein the third predetermined condition comprises a condition that the first predetermined condition is determined to be unsatisfied.

Abstract: A display driving apparatus including a receiver circuit, a detection circuit and a driving circuit is provided. The receiver circuit receives the video image data at a first rate. The detection circuit is coupled to the receiver circuit. The detection circuit detects whether the video image data is a static image, and determines whether the display driving apparatus enters a power saving mode based on a detecting result. The driving circuit is coupled to the receiver circuit. The driving circuit drives the display panel. In the power saving mode, the receiver circuit continuously receives the video image data at the first rate, and periodically masks a part of the video image data according to the detecting result and outputs an unmasked part of the video image data to the driving circuit. Furthermore, a display driving method adapted for the foregoing display driving apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A frame rate up-conversion (FRC) apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. A motion vector (MV) generation circuit provides an MV of a current pixel of an interpolation frame. According to the MV, a data fetch circuit fetches first original data of a first pixel in a first original frame and second original data of a second pixel in a second original frame. According to a position of the first pixel in the first original frame and a position of the second pixel in the second original frame, a boundary processing circuit processes the first original data and the second original data to generate first processed data and second processed data. An interpolation frame generating circuit generates pixel data of the current pixel of the interpolation frame according to the first processed data and the second processed data.

Abstract: A source driver includes a first output pad, a second output pad, a first charge-sharing path, a second charge-sharing path, a first charge-sharing switch, a second charge-sharing switch and a test circuit. A first terminal and a second terminal of the first charge-sharing switch are respectively coupled to the first output pad and the first charge-sharing path. A first terminal and a second terminal of the second charge-sharing switch are respectively coupled to the second output pad and the second charge-sharing path. The test circuit is coupled to the first charge-sharing path and the second charge-sharing path. The test circuit performs a test for the first output pad and the second output pad via the first charge-sharing path, the second charge-sharing path, the first charge-sharing switch and the second charge-sharing switch in a test period.

Abstract: A current driving digital pixel apparatus including a power rail, a common rail, a micro light emitting device, and a current driver is provided. The power rail is configured to supply a source current. The micro light emitting device is electrically coupled to the common rail. The current driver includes a first switching device electrically coupled to the power rail and a current mirror device electrically coupled between the first switching device and the micro light emitting device. The current mirror device receives the source current from the power rail through the first switching device and supplies a current to the micro light emitting device. The first switching device is a low voltage device and the current mirror device is a medium voltage device.

Abstract: A dynamic amplifier includes a first output capacitor, a first switch, a current source, a second switch, a voltage detector, a third switch and a level shifter. The first switch is coupled between a first terminal of the first output capacitor and a voltage detection node. The second switch is coupled to the current source and the voltage detection node. The voltage detector is coupled to the voltage detection node and the first switch. The third switch is coupled between the voltage detection node and a power source. The level shifter is coupled to a second terminal of the first output capacitor.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, a display driver, a controller and an external circuit is introduced. The display drive includes a power circuit that supplies a first voltage and a second voltage to the display panel to sense a plurality of sensing currents flowing through the display panel according to the first voltage and the second voltage in a first operating mode. The display driver receives the plurality of sensing currents and a target current from the display panel in the first operating mode. The controller is coupled to the display driver and configured to determine a plurality of offsets according to the plurality of sensing currents and the target current in the first operating mode. The external memory is coupled to the controller and the display driver to store the offsets in the first operating mode. The display driver and a method adapted to a display apparatus are also introduced.

Abstract: A method of handling signal transmission applicable to a timing controller of a display system, wherein the timing controller is couplable to at least one source driver of the display system via a plurality of mini low voltage differential signaling (mini-LVDS) channels, includes transmitting a reset signal to each of the at least one source driver via a first mini-LVDS channel among the plurality of mini-LVDS channels; generating a first control signal for setting the at least one source driver; and transmitting the first control signal to each of the at least one source driver via a second mini-LVDS channel among the plurality of mini-LVDS channels when the reset signal is transmitted via the first mini-LVDS channel.

Abstract: An encoding method and an encoding device for 3D video are provided. The method includes the following. Pixel data of a first macro block in a first frame to be encoded is loaded, wherein the first frame belongs to a first view angle. Pixel data of a search window in a reference frame is loaded. A first motion estimation is executed according to the pixel data of the search window and the first macro block. Pixel data of a second macro block in a second frame to be encoded is loaded, wherein the second frame belongs to a second view angle different from the first view angle. A second motion estimation is executed according to the pixel data of the search window and the second macro block, thereby sharing the pixel data of the search window with the first motion estimation. Accordingly, the demand for a memory bandwidth is decreased.

Abstract: A driver circuit includes a first operational amplifier circuit, a second operational amplifier circuit, and at least one power switching circuit is provided. The first operational amplifier circuit receives a first input signal and generates a first output signal according to the first input signal. The second operational amplifier circuit receives a second input signal and generates a second output signal according to the second input signal. The at least one power switching circuit is coupled to the first operational amplifier circuit and the second operational amplifier circuit, and configured to switch at least one power supply for both the first operational amplifier circuit and the second operational amplifier circuit.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.

Abstract: A readout circuit of a touch panel is provided. The readout circuit includes a charge modulator and a correlated double sampling demodulator. The charge modulator is configured to provide a driving current to charge or discharge a sensing electrode of the touch panel and generate a sensing voltage signal. The correlated double sampling demodulator is coupled to the charge modulator. The correlated double sampling demodulator is configured to sample the sensing voltage signal to obtain a voltage variation when a touch event happens. A method for driving the touch panel is also provided.

Abstract: A high-pressure pump comprising an elongated casing and a hollow interior formed along a central axis thereof. At least one partition may be axially fixed within the elongated casing such that it divides the hollow interior. First and second pressure differential devices may be disposed on opposite sides of the at least one partition and each have a rotary shaft extending there through. A first rotary shaft extending through the first pressure differential device may be axially fixed by the at least one partition and rotationally fixed to a second rotary shaft extending through the second pressure differential device. The high-pressure pump may be driven by a servomotor and used in a high-pressure press.

Abstract: A drill bit assembly, of a type useful for forming a borehole in the earth, may comprise a chassis, separate from a drill bit, housed within a cavity of the drill bit. A drill string may be secured to the drill bit and retain the chassis within the cavity. This chassis may comprise two pairs of interfacing exchange surfaces, a first pair disposed between the chassis and the drill string and a second pair disposed between the chassis and the drill bit. Both of the first pair are annular in shape and fixed together independent of rotational orientation. The second pair are fixed together in a specific rotational orientation. These pairs of interfacing exchange surfaces may allow for various types of signals, such as electrical, hydraulic, optical or electromagnetic for example, to be exchanged and passed through the chassis or to electronics disposed on the chassis.

Abstract: A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc1-Vcn corresponding to the respective n display drivers; employing the host controller for providing a command with a virtual channel parameter through the communication link under MIPI; when the virtual channel parameter corresponds to an ith virtual channel values Vci, an ith display driver executing corresponding operations in response to the command, while the rest n?1 display drivers ignoring the command, wherein i is a natural number smaller than or equal to n.

Abstract: A display driver adapted to drive a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a pixel column direction and a pixel row direction. The display driver includes an image data processor unit. The image data processor unit performs a two-dimensional subpixel rendering operation on an input image data to generate an output image data. The display driver drives the display panel according to the output image data. The two-dimensional subpixel rendering operation includes a first one-dimensional subpixel rendering operation in a first direction and a second one-dimensional subpixel rendering operation in a second direction. The first direction is one of the pixel column direction and the pixel row direction, and the second direction is another one of the pixel column direction and the pixel row direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, wherein each of the plurality sub-pixel groups comprises eight sub-pixels disposed in a row direction or in a column direction and the eight sub-pixels comprise two red sub-pixels; two blue sub-pixels; two green sub-pixels; and two sub-pixels of a predetermined color, wherein in each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, a distance between the red sub-pixels or between the blue sub-pixels is less than a distance between the green sub-pixels or between the sub-pixels of the predetermined color, and the sub-pixels of the predetermined color have a luminance higher than a luminance of the red sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels.

Abstract: A power management device including a power management circuit is provided. The power management circuit is configured to output a first power signal and a second power signal to a pixel circuit of a display panel. The pixel circuit includes an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diode includes an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. The anode terminal is coupled to the first power signal. The cathode terminal is coupled to the second power signal. The second power signal is an alternating-current voltage. In addition, a pixel circuit of a display panel, and a power management method for the pixel circuit of the display panel are also provided.