Patents by Inventor Chung-Ta TSAI

Chung-Ta TSAI 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: 10117304
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit. The driving circuit is used to be coupled to scan lines and data lines of the LED array, and drives, based on a first control input corresponding to selection of one of LED units of the LED array, the LED units in such a way that a current flows through said one of the LED units. The determining circuit generates, based at least on the voltages respectively at the data lines and on a second control input corresponding at least to selection of the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, a determination output that indicates whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Kai Huang, Chung-Ta Tsai
  • Publication number: 20180279443
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit. The driving circuit is used to be coupled to scan lines and data lines of the LED array, and drives, based on a first control input corresponding to selection of one of LED units of the LED array, the LED units in such a way that a current flows through said one of the LED units. The determining circuit generates, based at least on the voltages respectively at the data lines and on a second control input corresponding at least to selection of the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, a determination output that indicates whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ping-Kai HUANG, Chung-Ta TSAI
  • Publication number: 20180279455
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit The driving circuit drives LED units of the LED array through scan lines and data lines of the LED array in such a way that a current flows through one of the LED units. The determining circuit selects a voltage at the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, and generates, based on a difference between a first sample voltage that is related to at least the selected voltage at a first time point and a second sample voltage that is related to at least the selected voltage at a second time point, a determination output indicating whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ping-Kai HUANG, Chung-Ta TSAI
  • Patent number: 10085333
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit. The driving circuit drives LED units of the LED array through scan lines and data lines of the LED array in such a way that a current flows through one of the LED units. The determining circuit selects a voltage at the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, and generates, based on a difference between a first sample voltage that is related to at least the selected voltage at a first time point and a second sample voltage that is related to at least the selected voltage at a second time point, a determination output indicating whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping-Kai Huang, Chung-Ta Tsai
  • Patent number: 8928421
    Abstract: A control circuit for reducing electromagnetic interference is provided. The control circuit includes a periodic signal generator and a modulation controller. The periodic signal generator adjusts a modulation periodic signal generated by the periodic signal generator, according to a feedback modulation signal. The modulation controller is coupled to the periodic signal generator, for receiving the modulation periodic signal, and adjusting a frequency of the received modulation periodic signal according to a plurality of delay periods set according to a plurality of control signals, and generating the feedback modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Wen Cheng, Chung-Ta Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130285757
    Abstract: A control circuit for reducing electromagnetic interference is provided. The control circuit includes a periodic signal generator and a modulation controller. The periodic signal generator adjusts a modulation periodic signal generated by the periodic signal generator, according to a feedback modulation signal. The modulation controller is coupled to the periodic signal generator, for receiving the modulation periodic signal, and adjusting a frequency of the received modulation periodic signal according to a plurality of delay periods set according to a plurality of control signals, and generating the feedback modulation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Yu-Wen CHENG, Chung-Ta TSAI