Patents by Inventor Chiao-Fu Chang

Chiao-Fu Chang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8159557
    Abstract: A method of generating a gain of an image frame according to a look up table of gain which is set up based on luminance sensitivity of human eyes is proposed. The method includes setting a gain of an image frame to 1, scanning images of a plurality of front rows of the image frame, averaging the images of the plurality of the front rows of the image frame to generate an average value of the images of the plurality of the front rows of the image frame, finding a gain from the look up table of gain according to the average value of the images of the plurality of the front rows of the image frame, and adjusting remaining rows of the image frame according to the gain to generate images of the remaining rows of the image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yuan-Che Lee, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Chiao-Fu Chang, Tsung-Chien Wu
  • Patent number: 8009212
    Abstract: Circuitry for reducing fixed pattern noise in an image processing system with a 4-T (4 transistors) pixel and a method thereof is proposed. The image processing system includes two voltage sources, two current sources, a 4-T pixel, a second portion of a linearized source follower, a ping pong memory, a PGA, and auto-zero circuitry. By coupling the auto-zero circuitry to the PGA, an open loop is formed to clamp the output of an op amp of the PGA to a stable reference when resetting the PGA so as to remove DC offsets at the output terminal of the op amp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yuan-Che Lee, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Chiao-Fu Chang
  • Publication number: 20100073525
    Abstract: Circuitry for reducing fixed pattern noise in an image processing system with a 4-T (4 transistors) pixel and a method thereof is proposed. The image processing system includes two voltage sources, two current sources, a 4-T pixel, a second portion of a linearized source follower, a ping pong memory, a PGA, and auto-zero circuitry. By coupling the auto-zero circuitry to the PGA, an open loop is formed to clamp the output of an op amp of the PGA to a stable reference when resetting the PGA so as to remove DC offsets at the output terminal of the op amp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yuan-Che Lee, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Chiao-Fu Chang
  • Publication number: 20100073528
    Abstract: A method of generating a gain of an image frame according to a look up table of gain which is set up based on luminance sensitivity of human eyes is proposed. The method includes setting a gain of an image frame to 1, scanning images of a plurality of front rows of the image frame, averaging the images of the plurality of the front rows of the image frame to generate an average value of the images of the plurality of the front rows of the image frame, finding a gain from the look up table of gain according to the average value of the images of the plurality of the front rows of the image frame, and adjusting remaining rows of the image frame according to the gain to generate images of the remaining rows of the image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yuan-Che Lee, Jhy-Jyi Sze, Chiao-Fu Chang, Tsung-Chien Wu