Patents by Inventor Chieh-Wei Chen

Chieh-Wei Chen 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: 10700151
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Ting-Kuo Chang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Cheng-Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 10672320
    Abstract: A display device may include a processor that may receive image data, such that the image data may include gray level data and display brightness value (DBV) data for a first pixel of a display. The processor may then determine a gain compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on a correction spatial map, a brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may then determine an offset compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on the correction spatial map, the brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may generate compensated gray level data by applying the gain compensation factor and the offset compensation factor to the gray level data and transmit the compensated gray level data to pixel driving circuitry associated with the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Soojin Park, Bhadrinarayana L. Visweswaran, Chieh-Wei Chen, Anshi Liang, Marc Albrecht, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Sean C. Chang, Hyunwoo Nho, Mohammad Hajirostam, Myung-Je Cho, Shengkui Gao, Wei H. Yao, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20200099012
    Abstract: Display panel stack-up structures are described. In an embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate, a light source, and a multiple layer thin film encapsulation over the light source. In an embodiment, the display panel additionally includes an anti-reflection layer over the light source. In an embodiment, an incoherence layer is located within the thin film encapsulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Amin Salehi, Yun Liu, Paul S. Drzaic, Tae-Wook Koh, Chih Jen Yang, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Chieh-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10535840
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have a reflective electrode such as a metal anode and a partially reflective electrode such as a metal cathode. Emissive material may be formed between the electrodes. The electrodes of each organic light-emitting diode may form an optical cavity. A wrinkled layer may be formed over the optical cavity to reduce sensitivity to process variations associated with forming encapsulation structures for the display. The wrinkled layer may include annealed organic layers. The organic layers may wrinkle during an annealing process at an annealing temperature. The annealed organic layers may include a first organic layer with a glass transition temperature below the annealing temperature and a second organic layer with a glass transition temperature above the annealing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chieh-Wei Chen, Ting-Yi Cho
  • Patent number: 10453388
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. A content generator may generate frames of image data to be displayed on the display. The display may have an array of pixels that emit light to display images. The pixels may contain light-emitting devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, quantum dot light-emitting diodes, and light-emitting diodes formed from discrete semiconductor dies. As a result of aging, the light producing capabilities of the light-emitting devices may degrade over time. The electronic device may have a temperature sensor that gathers temperature measurements and an ambient light sensor. A pixel luminance degradation compensator may apply compensation factors to uncorrected pixel luminance values associated with the frames of image data to produce corresponding corrected pixel luminance values for the display. The compensation factors may be based on aging history information such as pixel luminance history, ambient light exposure, and temperature measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiye Lee, Yifan Zhang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Tae-Wook Koh, Hongwei Chang, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Publication number: 20190237701
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have a reflective electrode such as a metal anode and a partially reflective electrode such as a metal cathode. Emissive material may be formed between the electrodes. The electrodes of each organic light-emitting diode may form an optical cavity. A wrinkled layer may be formed over the optical cavity to reduce sensitivity to process variations associated with forming encapsulation structures for the display. The wrinkled layer may include annealed organic layers. The organic layers may wrinkle during an annealing process at an annealing temperature. The annealed organic layers may include a first organic layer with a glass transition temperature below the annealing temperature and a second organic layer with a glass transition temperature above the annealing temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Chieh-Wei Chen, Ting-Yi Cho
  • Publication number: 20190237001
    Abstract: A display device may include a processor that may receive image data, such that the image data may include gray level data and display brightness value (DBV) data for a first pixel of a display. The processor may then determine a gain compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on a correction spatial map, a brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may then determine an offset compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on the correction spatial map, the brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may generate compensated gray level data by applying the gain compensation factor and the offset compensation factor to the gray level data and transmit the compensated gray level data to pixel driving circuitry associated with the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Soojin Park, Bhadrinarayana L. Visweswaran, Chieh-Wei Chen, Anshi Liang, Marc Albrecht, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Sean C. Chang, Hyunwoo Nho, Mohammad Hajirostam, Myung-Je Cho, Shengkui Gao, Wei H. Yao, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20190189732
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Ting-Kuo Chang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Cheng-Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 10224386
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Ting-Kuo Chang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Cheng-Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 10163388
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. A content generator may generate frames of image data to be displayed on the display. The display may have an array of pixels that emit light to display images. The pixels may contain light-emitting devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, quantum dot light-emitting diodes, and light-emitting diodes formed from discrete semiconductor dies. As a result of aging, the light producing capabilities of the light-emitting devices may degrade over time. The electronic device may have a temperature sensor that gathers temperature measurements. A pixel luminance degradation compensator may apply compensation factors to uncorrected pixel luminance values associated with the frames of image data to produce corresponding corrected pixel luminance values for the display. The compensation factors may be based on aging history information such as pixel luminance history and temperature measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Paul S. Drzaic, Chieh-Wei Chen, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Koorosh Aflatooni
  • Publication number: 20180247588
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. A content generator may generate frames of image data to be displayed on the display. The display may have an array of pixels that emit light to display images. The pixels may contain light-emitting devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, quantum dot light-emitting diodes, and light-emitting diodes formed from discrete semiconductor dies. As a result of aging, the light producing capabilities of the light-emitting devices may degrade over time. The electronic device may have a temperature sensor that gathers temperature measurements and an ambient light sensor. A pixel luminance degradation compensator may apply compensation factors to uncorrected pixel luminance values associated with the frames of image data to produce corresponding corrected pixel luminance values for the display. The compensation factors may be based on aging history information such as pixel luminance history, ambient light exposure, and temperature measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Jiye Lee, Yifan Zhang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Tae-Wook Koh, Hongwei Chang, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Publication number: 20180090553
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Ting-Kuo Chang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Cheng-Ho Yu
  • Patent number: 9799713
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. A planarization layer may be interposed between the thin-film transistor circuitry and the organic light-emitting diodes. To protect the organic light-emitting diodes from photoactive compounds that may be outgassed from the planarization layer, an inorganic barrier layer may be interposed between the planarization layer and the organic light-emitting diodes. The inorganic barrier layer may be formed on top of and/or below a pixel definition layer that defines light-emitting zones for the organic light-emitting diodes. In another suitable arrangement, the inorganic barrier layer may itself define light-emitting zones and may be used in place of a polymer-based pixel definition layer. The inorganic barrier layer may include trenches in which the emissive material of the light-emitting diodes is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Won Choi, Shih Chang Chang, Young Bae Park, ZhiFeng Zhan, Chieh-Wei Chen, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Chin-Wei Lin, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Publication number: 20170076659
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. A content generator may generate frames of image data to be displayed on the display. The display may have an array of pixels that emit light to display images. The pixels may contain light-emitting devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, quantum dot light-emitting diodes, and light-emitting diodes formed from discrete semiconductor dies. As a result of aging, the light producing capabilities of the light-emitting devices may degrade over time. The electronic device may have a temperature sensor that gathers temperature measurements. A pixel luminance degradation compensator may apply compensation factors to uncorrected pixel luminance values associated with the frames of image data to produce corresponding corrected pixel luminance values for the display. The compensation factors may be based on aging history information such as pixel luminance history and temperature measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Yifan Zhang, Paul S. Drzaic, Chieh-Wei Chen, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Koorosh Aflatooni
  • Publication number: 20170025489
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. A planarization layer may be interposed between the thin-film transistor circuitry and the organic light-emitting diodes. To protect the organic light-emitting diodes from photoactive compounds that may be outgassed from the planarization layer, an inorganic barrier layer may be interposed between the planarization layer and the organic light-emitting diodes. The inorganic barrier layer may be formed on top of and/or below a pixel definition layer that defines light-emitting zones for the organic light-emitting diodes. In another suitable arrangement, the inorganic barrier layer may itself define light-emitting zones and may be used in place of a polymer-based pixel definition layer. The inorganic barrier layer may include trenches in which the emissive material of the light-emitting diodes is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Won Choi, Shih Chang Chang, Young Bae Park, ZhiFeng Zhan, Chieh-Wei Chen, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Chin-Wei Lin, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Patent number: 9419065
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an organic light-emitting diode display with minimized border regions. The border regions may be minimized by providing the display with bent edge portions having neutral plane adjustment features that facilitate bending of the bent edge portions while minimizing damage to the bent edge portions. The neutral plane adjustment features may include a modified backfilm layer of the display in which portions of the backfilm layer are removed in a bend region. A display device may include a substrate, a display panel on the substrate having display pixels, and peripheral circuitry proximate the display panel and configured to drive the display pixels. A portion of the periphery of the substrate may be bent substantially orthogonal to the display panel to reduce an apparent surface area of the display device. The bent portion may include an electrode for communication with the peripheral circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Chieh-Wei Chen, Dinesh C. Mathew, Paul S. Drzaic, Sang Ha Kim, Silvio Grespan, John Z. Zhong, Jean-Pierre Guillou, Kuo-Hua Sung, Young Bae Park, Vasudha Gupta
  • Patent number: 9240555
    Abstract: An organic luminescent material includes a host luminescent material and a guest luminescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Au Optronics Corporation, Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Chin-Ti Chen, Yi-Ting Lee, Meng-Ting Lee, Po-Hsuan Chiang, Chieh-Wei Chen, Chung-Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 9231034
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. Color filter elements may be used to allow the display to present color images. A blue subpixel may be formed using part of an emissive layer and red and green subpixels may share a separate second part of the emissive layer. In four-subpixel designs, a white or yellow subpixel may also share the emissive layer with the red and green subpixels. Tandem diode configurations may be used in which a blue subpixel has two blue diodes connected in series and other subpixels are formed from respective pairs of series-connected diodes. A pixel definition layer may be formed from a light-absorbing material to suppress ambient light reflections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chieh-Wei Chen, Paul S. Drzaic
  • Patent number: 9129917
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a first transparent substrate, an organic light-emitting diode and a bi-stable light control element. The organic light-emitting diode is disposed under the first transparent substrate. The bi-stable light control element is disposed under the organic light-emitting diode. The bi-stable light control element is configured to change an optical state thereof according to a received control signal and thereby changing the amount of lights capable of emitting through the bi-stable light control element. A control method for the aforementioned organic light-emitting device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Liang Lin, Chung-Chia Chen, Hsin-Rong Tseng, Chieh-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 9110607
    Abstract: A data storage virtualization subsystem (SVS) for providing storage to a host entity is disclosed. The SVS comprises a storage virtualization controller for connecting to the host entity, at least one physical storage device (PSD) pool, and at least one PSD is designated to be a pool spare PSD to the at least one PSD pool. The at least one PSD pool comprises at least one PSD to store user data or associated redundant information and is given a pool ID for identifying the PSD pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Gordon Schnapp, Chieh-Wei Chen