Abstract: Image compression circuitry comprises first-stage compression circuitry, first-stage selector circuitry, second-stage compression circuitry, and second-stage selector circuitry. The first-stage compression circuitry is configured to sequentially receive a plurality of input blocks each comprising pixel data of a plurality of pixels, generate a plurality of first-stage compressed blocks by compressing the plurality of input blocks, and generate a plurality of first-stage decompressed blocks. The first-stage selector circuitry is configured to select first-stage-selected decompressed blocks from among the plurality of first-stage decompressed blocks and select first-stage-selected compressed blocks corresponding to the first-stage-selected decompressed blocks from among the plurality of first-stage compressed blocks.

Abstract: An active noise cancellation system has a secondary path including a loudspeaker configured to output an anti-noise signal to cancel noise in a noise cancellation zone, and an error microphone configured to sense sound in the noise cancellation zone. The ANC system further includes a logic device configured to adaptively generate the anti-noise signal for playback through the loudspeaker based at least in part on a feedback signal from the error microphone and identify a user of the active noise cancellation system based, at least in part, on a measured frequency response of the secondary path. The logic device is further configured to identify the user of the active noise cancellation system through a comparison of the measured frequency response of the secondary path to stored models and may be configured to execute a new user enrollment process, store user profiles, and/or switch between in-ear and open-air states.

Abstract: A processing system includes a level shifter, a drive circuit, and a capacitive sensing circuit. The level shifter is configured to generate a first level-shifted output corresponding to a graylevel value and a second level-shifted output corresponding to capacitive sensing control data. The drive circuit is configured to generate an output voltage based at least in part on the first level-shifted output. The capacitive sensing circuit is configured to receive a resulting signal from a sensor electrode and generate, based at least in part on the second level-shifted output, a capacitive sensing output corresponding to the resulting signal.

Abstract: A method for capacitive sensing includes: driving, by a processing system, a first plurality of transmitter electrodes using a first plurality of basis functions, wherein the first plurality of transmitter electrodes are part of a first set of non-intersecting electrodes which are arranged adjacently to one another in a first orientation; and obtaining, by the processing system, via a first plurality of receiver electrodes of the first set of non-intersecting electrodes, a first plurality of resulting signals corresponding to the first plurality of basis functions driven onto the first plurality of transmitter electrodes.

Abstract: A system and method for interference detection comprises coupling, in a first mode, an input of a first receiver channel with an input of a second receiver channel. In the first mode, the first receiver channel generates a first output signal by mixing a first portion of a combined resulting signal with a first mixing signal having a first phase. The combined resulting signal is simultaneously received from a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode. Further, in the first mode, the second receiver channel generates a second output signal by mixing a second portion of the combined resulting signal with a second mixing signal having a second phase orthogonal to the first phase. The first portion of the combined resulting signal differs from the second portion of the combined resulting signal.

Abstract: A method includes driving, by the master controller, transmitter electrodes with a first transmitter signal having a first sensing frequency while transmitting a first trigger signal to slave controllers, obtaining a location of an input object determined from first capacitive measurements determined by the slave controllers using the first trigger signal, and performing a resonant frequency scan. The performing the resonant frequency scan is by performing for each possible resonant frequency of resonant frequencies: driving, by the master controller, only a subset of the transmitter electrodes with a second transmitter signal having the possible resonant frequency while transmitting a second trigger signal to the slave controllers, wherein the subset corresponds to the location of the input object. The slave controllers demodulate a resulting signal according to the second trigger signal to obtain a second capacitive measurements for the possible resonant frequency.

Abstract: A display driver includes control circuitry and image processing circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to store a default gamma curve and determine a scaling factor based on a location of a target pixel in a display panel. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a modified gamma curve by scaling the default gamma curve with the scaling factor. The image processing circuitry configured to apply a gamma transformation based on the modified gamma curve to image data defined for the target pixel to generate output voltage data for the target pixel.

Abstract: A display driver includes control circuitry and image processing circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to store first and second predetermined gamma curve defined for first and second regions of a display panel, respectively, the first region having a different pixel layout than the second region. The control circuitry is further configured to determine first and second modified gamma curves by scaling the first and second predetermined gamma curves with a common scale factor. The image processing circuitry is configured to apply a first gamma transformation based on the first modified gamma curve to a first graylevel defined for a first pixel circuit located in the first region to determine a first output voltage level and apply a second gamma transformation based on the second modified gamma curve to a second graylevel defined for a second pixel circuit located in the second region to determine a second output voltage level.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing an audio signal include an audio input operable to receive an input signal comprising a time-domain, single-channel audio signal, a subband analysis block operable to transform the input signal to a frequency domain input signal comprising a plurality of k-spaced under-sampled subband signals, a reverberation reduction block operable to reduce reverberation effect, including late reverberation, in the plurality of k-spaced under-sampled subband signals, a noise reduction block operable to reduce background noise from the plurality of k-spaced under-sampled subband signals, and a subband synthesis block operable to transform the subband signals to the time-domain, thereby producing an enhanced output signal.

Abstract: A secure processing system includes a memory having a secure partition and a non-secure partition, a neural network processing unit (NPU) configured to initiate transactions with the memory, and a memory protection unit (MPU) configured to filter the transactions. Each of the transactions includes at least an address of the memory to be accessed, one of a plurality of first master identifiers (IDs) associated with the NPU, and security information indicating whether the NPU is in a secure state or a non-secure state when the transaction is initiated. The MPU is to selectively deny access to the secure partition of the memory based at least in part on the memory address, the first master ID, and the security information associated with each of the transactions.

Abstract: Systems and methods include a circuit having a plurality of integrator circuits arranged in series and configured to receive an input signal at a first of the plurality of integrators and generate an output signal at a last of the plurality of integrators, a filter arranged to receive a feedback signal comprising the output signal and generate a filtered feedback signal, which is applied to the input signal before input to the first of the plurality of integrators, and a feedback signal path configured to receive the feedback signal and apply the feedback signal to an input of a second of the plurality of integrators. The circuit may include a class-D amplifier and/or a delta-sigma modulator. The input signal may include an analog audio signal that is amplifier to drive an audio speaker.

Abstract: A processing system including a processor, a first memory, a state machine configured to transition between a plurality of states, and an access filter. The first memory stores instructions that are executable by the processor, where execution of the instructions causes the processor to initiate transactions with one or more hardware resources. The access filter may filter the transactions initiated by the processor by selectively denying access to the hardware resources based at least in part on a current state of the state machine. The access filter may also filter transactions initiated by one or more of the hardware resources based at least in part on the current state of the state machine.

Abstract: An input-display device includes a display screen disposed on a display substrate, the display screen including a multitude of display pixels. The input-display device further includes a multitude of capacitive sensing electrodes for capacitive sensing in a sensing region of the display screen. The input-display device also includes a source driver circuit configured to generate a data voltage for driving a pixel circuit associated with one display pixel of the multitude of display pixels and determine a timing for a compensatory modulation of the data voltage. The timing is determined using a sensing waveform of the capacitive sensing. The source driver circuit is also configured to determine an amplitude of the compensatory modulation, generate a modulated data voltage by applying the compensatory modulation to the data voltage, and drive the pixel circuit using the modulated data voltage.

Abstract: An input device includes a display substrate and a stack of display layers disposed on the display substrate, the stack of display layers including a conductive layer. The input device further includes at least one capacitive sensing layer in the stack of display layers and a multitude of capacitive sensing electrodes disposed in the at least one capacitive sensing layer, and configured for capacitance sensing. The input device also includes a processing system configured to selectively drive the multitude of capacitive sensing electrodes to emit a first sensing signal while balancing a total current induced in the conductive layer, caused by an electromagnetic emission associated with the first sensing signal.

Abstract: A method of detecting shift of a rotatable interface is disclosed. The rotatable interface has a fixed base with a conductive region on a bottom surface, the fixed base attached to a display screen of an input device. The method includes providing, during a first time period, a reference signal to first and second sets of electrodes of the input device that are each capacitively coupled to the conductive region. The method further includes, during a second time period, providing the reference signal to the first set of electrodes, providing a sensing signal to the second set of electrodes, and receiving, during the second time period, a resulting signal on the second set of electrodes. The method still further includes determining a translation of the rotatable interface relative to the display screen based, at least in part, on the resulting signal values received during the second time period.

Abstract: An operational amplifier comprises a front stage and an output stage. The front stage comprises a first input transistor, a second input transistor, a first node, a second node, and a first current mirror. A first voltage based on a first current through the first input transistor is generated on the first node. A second voltage based on a second current through the second input transistor is generated on the second node. The output stage is configured to output an output voltage based on at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage. The first current mirror comprises a first transistor having a drain connected to the first node, a second transistor having a drain connected to the second node, and a first offset canceling capacitor connected between gates of the first transistor and the second transistor.

Abstract: A processing system and method are provided. The processing system includes a sensor circuit that drives, during a first sensing period, a first plurality of sensor electrodes with first sensing signals, receives first resulting signals from the first plurality of sensor electrodes, and mixes the first resulting signals with a first mixer signal to generate a first mixed signal, wherein the first mixer signal has a first phase and the first mixed signal corresponds to at least a portion of a capacitive image. The processing system also includes a noise measurement circuit that receives second resulting signals from a second plurality of sensor electrodes, and mixes the second resulting signals with a second mixer signal to generate a second mixed signal, wherein the second mixer signal has a second phase and the second mixed signal corresponds to a first noise measurement.

Abstract: A processing system includes a timing controller and source driver circuitry. The timing controller is configured to stop scanning of a plurality of gate lines of a display panel in response to a detection of a communication failure between the processing system and a controller. The source driver circuitry is configured to update a plurality of display elements of the display panel to cause a black display in response to expiration of a time limit after the detection of the communication failure. The timing controller may be further configured to resume the scanning of the plurality of gate lines in response to the expiration of the time limit.

Abstract: A capacitive sensing device has a first plurality of sensor electrodes, and a second plurality of sensor electrodes overlapping the first plurality of sensor electrodes. A first sensor electrode of the second plurality of electrodes overlaps a first subset of the first plurality of electrodes and comprises apertures disposed according to first codes. The first codes comprise first and second coefficients and along one of the first plurality of sensor electrodes. Each aperture may correspond to one of the first coefficients. The capacitive sensing device further comprises a processing system coupled to the first and second plurality of sensor electrodes. The processing system may be configured to receive resulting signals with the second plurality of sensor electrodes to determine positional information for an input object within a sensing region of the capacitive sensing device.

Abstract: A display driver includes image processing circuitry, driver circuitry, and test circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to generate first output data during a first display update period and generate second output data during a second display update period. The driver circuitry is configured to update a display panel based on the first output data during the first display update period and update the display panel based on the second output data during the second display update period. The test circuitry is configured to test the image processing circuitry during a test period disposed between the first display update period and the second display update period.