Patents by Inventor Chih-Sung Wang
Chih-Sung Wang 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).
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Patent number: 8674920Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes receiving image data of each display unit of the LCD in every display period to determine gray levels of the display units, controlling a gate driver of the LCD to scan each of the display units at least twice every display period, controlling a source driver of the LCD to generate a switch signal, controlling the source driver to determine the gray levels of one row of the display units when the switch signal is at a first voltage level, and controlling the source driver to drive one row of the display units to a predetermined gray level status when the switch signal is at a second voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chih-Sung Wang, Yao Jen Hsieh, Huan Hsin Li
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Patent number: 8643582Abstract: A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The driving apparatus includes a plurality of data driving ICs and a control board. The data driving ICs are used for receiving and transmitting a clock signal, a plurality of data signals and a first reference voltage from the 1st data driving IC to the last data driving IC in series. The control board is used for providing the clock signal, the data signals and the first reference voltage, and changing the first reference voltage received by each data driving IC according to a variation of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving ICs, so that the operation frequency of the data driving ICs is unrestricted.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ming-Hung Tu, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Yung-Tse Cheng, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 8570259Abstract: A scan method for use in a flat panel display comprising K groups of lines, comprising the following steps. First, K sequences S1 to SK are provided. A scan order is then determined according to the K sequences S1 to SK. Thereafter, the K groups of lines are synchronously scanned by the scan order. K is an integer not less than 2. Each group of lines comprises at least M lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Huan-Hsin Li, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 8537123Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus for accelerating a sensing signal processing operation is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of sets of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of sets of vertical sensing lines, a plurality of processing circuits, and a plurality of sensing units. The plurality of sensing units output a plurality of sets of horizontal and vertical sensing signals via the plurality of sets of horizontal and vertical sensing lines respectively. Each processing circuit is coupled to corresponding sets of horizontal and vertical sensing lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chen-Hsiang Ho, Yu-Min Hsu, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 8378949Abstract: A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The driving apparatus includes a plurality of data driving ICs and a control board. The data driving ICs are used for receiving and transmitting a clock signal, a plurality of data signals and a first reference voltage from the 1st data driving IC to the last data driving IC in series. The control board is used for providing the clock signal, the data signals and the first reference voltage, and changing the first reference voltage received by each data driving IC according to a variation of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving ICs, so that the operation frequency of the data driving ICs is unrestricted.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ming-Hung Tu, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Yung-Tse Cheng, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 8203517Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Liang Lu
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Patent number: 8199096Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Liang Lu
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Patent number: 8199097Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Liang Lu
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Patent number: 8194017Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Liang Lu
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Patent number: 8149025Abstract: An exemplary gate driving circuit is adapted for receiving an external gate power supply voltage and an external control signal, sequentially generating multiple internal shift data signal groups and thereby sequentially outputting multiple gate signals. Each of the internal shift data signal groups includes multiple sequentially-generated internal shift data signals. The gate driving circuit includes multiple gate signal generating modules. Each of the gate signal generating modules includes a voltage modulation circuit and a gate output buffer circuit. The voltage modulation circuit modulates the external gate power supply voltage according to a corresponding one of the internal shift data signal groups and the external control signal, and thereby a modulated voltage signal is obtained. The gate output buffer circuit includes a plurality of parallel-coupled output stages. The output stages output the modulated voltage signal as a part of the gate signals during the output stages being sequentially enabled.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Wen-Chiang Huang, Chih-Sung Wang, Yu-Hsi Ho
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Publication number: 20110273226Abstract: An exemplary gate driving circuit is adapted for receiving an external gate power supply voltage and an external control signal, sequentially generating multiple internal shift data signal groups and thereby sequentially outputting multiple gate signals. Each of the internal shift data signal groups includes multiple sequentially-generated internal shift data signals. The gate driving circuit includes multiple gate signal generating modules. Each of the gate signal generating modules includes a voltage modulation circuit and a gate output buffer circuit. The voltage modulation circuit modulates the external gate power supply voltage according to a corresponding one of the internal shift data signal groups and the external control signal, and thereby a modulated voltage signal is obtained. The gate output buffer circuit includes a plurality of parallel-coupled output stages. The output stages output the modulated voltage signal as a part of the gate signals during the output stages being sequentially enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Wen-Chiang HUANG, Chih-Sung WANG, Yu-Hsi HO
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Patent number: 8026884Abstract: A system for driving a liquid crystal display is provided. The system receives a video signal including a first predetermined gray level signal and a second predetermined gray level signal. The system includes a memory, an impulse signal module, a first multiplexer and a detection unit. The memory stores the first predetermined gray level signal. The impulse signal module receives the first and second predetermined gray level signal to generate a plurality of impulse signals. The first multiplexer receives the plurality of impulse signals and outputs the second predetermined gray level signal or the plurality of impulse signals according to the first control signal. The detection unit generates a first control signal to be applied to the first multiplexer according to the first predetermined gray level signal and the second predetermined gray level signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Yao-Jen Hsieh, Huan-Hsin Li, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 7903073Abstract: A display is provided. The display includes a first timing controller, a second timing controller and drivers. The first timing controller receives and transmits a first portion of pixel values, in which the first portion of the pixel values includes the pixel values of at least two non-adjacent pixels. The second timing controller receives and transmits a second portion of the pixel values, in which the second portion of the pixel values includes the pixel values of at least two non-adjacent pixels. Each of the drivers receives respectively a part of the first portion of the pixel values transmitted by the first timing controller and a part of the second portion of the pixel values transmitted by the second timing controller. A method of transmitting image data in the display is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Fan Chung, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Yung-Tse Cheng, Szu-Che Yeh, Li-Ru Lyu, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 7830351Abstract: An LCD gate driver circuitry having a control circuit to adjust the driving current according to a bias control signal, wherein the control circuit comprises a plurality of PMOS switching elements connected in parallel and a plurality of NMOS switching elements connected in parallel. These switching elements form a plurality of PMOS/NMOS switching element pairs. Each of the pairs serves as a current booster stage in the gate driver circuitry. The “ON”/“OFF” state of each switching element pair is controlled by a separate bias signal so that the switching element pairs can be selectively turned on in order to adjust the driver current as needed. As such, the same gate driver circuitry can be used with different LCD panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Yu-Min Hsu, Sheng-Kai Hsu
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Publication number: 20100263918Abstract: A circuit board and a layout method therefor are provided. The circuit board is adapted for coupling between two circuits and includes multiple first pins, multiple second pins, a chip-disposing area for disposing a circuit chip, and a routing area including electrical routes. The first pins are coupled to one the circuit, and the second pins are coupled to the other one circuit. Two terminals of each of a first group of electrical routes of the electrical routes respectively are coupled to one of the first pins and the chip-disposing area, and two terminals of each of a second group of electrical routes of the electrical routes respectively are coupled to the chip-disposing area and one of the second pins. The second group of electrical routes and at least one of the first pins therebetween do not have any one of the first group of electrical routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Yung-Hsu LIN, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Chih-Sung Wang
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Publication number: 20100045587Abstract: A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The driving apparatus includes a plurality of data driving ICs and a control board. The data driving ICs are used for receiving and transmitting a clock signal, a plurality of data signals and a first reference voltage from the 1st data driving IC to the last data driving IC in series. The control board is used for providing the clock signal, the data signals and the first reference voltage, and changing the first reference voltage received by each data driving IC according to a variation of the clock signal and the data signals transmitted between the data driving ICs, so that the operation frequency of the data driving ICs is unrestricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ming-Hung Tu, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Yung-Tse Cheng, Chih-Sung Wang
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Publication number: 20100039396Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus for accelerating a sensing signal processing operation is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of sets of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of sets of vertical sensing lines, a plurality of processing circuits, and a plurality of sensing units. The plurality of sensing units output a plurality of sets of horizontal and vertical sensing signals via the plurality of sets of horizontal and vertical sensing lines respectively. Each processing circuit is coupled to corresponding sets of horizontal and vertical sensing lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Chen-Hsiang Ho, Yu-Min Hsu, Chih-Sung Wang
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Publication number: 20090201240Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Liang Lu
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Publication number: 20090201284Abstract: A liquid crystal display and the driving method thereof. The LCD includes a timing controller, a plurality of driver chips and a display panel. The driver chips are cascaded together for driving the display panel to display frames. A driver chip includes a differential receiver, a single-ended receiver, a shift register, a differential transmitter, a single-ended transmitter and a pixel driver. The driver chip receives a pixel signal and drives the display panel according to the pixel signal, and outputs the pixel signal to the next driver chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chih-Sung Wang, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Liang Lu
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Patent number: D1018537Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: HTC CORPORATIONInventors: Shu-Kuen Chang, Natalia Amijo, Ian James McGillivray, Chin-Wei Chou, Yi-Shen Wang, Chih-Sung Fang, Hung-Yu Chen