Patents by Inventor Feng-Ting Pai

Feng-Ting Pai 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).

  • Publication number: 20240078969
    Abstract: An image processing circuit includes a receiver, at least one memory, a recognition circuit, a calculation circuit and a compensation circuit. The receiver is configured to receive a current image frame and a plurality of previous image frames. The at least one memory is configured to store the plurality of previous image frames. The recognition circuit is configured to select a first previous image frame or a second previous image frame among the plurality of previous image frames from the at least one memory. The calculation circuit is configured to calculate a compensation value for the current image frame according to at least one of the first previous image frame and the second previous image frame by referring to a lookup table (LUT). The compensation circuit is configured to modify a current image data of the current image frame by using the compensation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Xuan-Yong Lin, Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20230300284
    Abstract: An image compensation circuit for controlling a luminance of a display panel is configured to: receive a plurality of image data; perform gamma tuning to convert the plurality of image data into a plurality of original gamma codes according to a plurality of first compensation values corresponding to a first operation mode; calculate a plurality of gamma difference values between the plurality of first compensation values and a plurality of second compensation values corresponding to a second operation mode; and calculate a plurality of output gamma codes corresponding to the second operation mode according to the plurality of original gamma codes by using the plurality of gamma difference values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Jhe Ma, Feng-Ting Pai, Jun-Yu Yang, Hsin-Yu Pan
  • Patent number: 11763776
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a processor. The processor is coupled to the display panel. The processor is configured to generate first output data according to first input data and a first compensation value, generate a stress reduction value and a compensation reduction value according to the first input data, calculate a final stress value according to the first output data, at least one first operating factor, and the stress reduction value, calculate a second compensation value according to the final stress value and the compensation reduction value, and output second output data according to second input data, the second compensation value, and at least one second operating factor. The display panel receives the second output data to display according to the second output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11749163
    Abstract: The invention provides a color calibration device, a color calibration method and a calibration table generation method. The color calibration device includes a calibration table circuit, a ratio circuit and an image processing circuit. The calibration table circuit provides a selected calibration table including a plurality of zone calibration parameters. Each of the zone calibration parameters corresponds to a corresponding zone among a plurality of zones of a display panel. The ratio circuit calculates a subpixel calibration parameter corresponding to a current subpixel according to at least one of the zone calibration parameters in the selected calibration table. The image processing circuit calibrates original subpixel data of the current subpixel according to the subpixel calibration parameter to generate calibrated subpixel data of the current subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wan-Nung Tsung, Jun-Yu Yang, Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11657755
    Abstract: A display driving circuit configured to drive a display panel to display a video is provided. The display driving circuit includes a compensating circuit and a gamma voltage generating circuit. The compensating circuit is configured to receive a voltage compensating map of each frame of the video and a pixel line address. The compensating circuit determines a voltage compensating value of each pixel line according to the voltage compensating map of each frame and the pixel line address. The compensating circuit generates a compensated gamma curve of each pixel line. The gamma voltage generating circuit is coupled to the compensating circuit. The gamma voltage generating circuit is configured to generate a gamma voltage of each pixel line according to the compensated gamma curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11495159
    Abstract: A display device including a plurality of sub-pixel arrays is provided. Each of sub-pixel arrays includes a plurality of first sub-pixels, at least one second sub-pixel and at least one third sub-pixel. The first sub-pixels have a first color and form a plurality of vertexes of a virtual quadrilateral. There is not any other first sub-pixels having the first color located in the virtual quadrilateral. The second sub-pixel has a second color different from the first color and is located in the virtual quadrilateral. The third sub-pixel has a third color different from the first color and the second color and is located in the virtual quadrilateral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20220309993
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit and a display driving method are provided. The display driver integrated circuit is suitable for driving a display panel of an electronic device. The display driver integrated circuit includes an image processing circuit, a timing controller, and a data driving circuit. The image processing circuit is configured to generate an output image based on time information, a background image, and an original time indication image. The timing controller is coupled to the image processing circuit, and configured to receive the output image. The data driving circuit is coupled to the timing controller, and configured to receive the output image and generate data voltages according to the output image. The data driving circuit drives the display panel according to the data voltages regarding to the output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Jhe Ma, Feng-Ting Pai, Hui-Hung Chang
  • Patent number: 11315486
    Abstract: An image processing circuit is configured to generate a first offset value according to second offset values in at least one look-up table corresponding to a starting voltage range of at least one illumination element in a display device. The image processing circuit is further configured to generate output image data according to an ending gray level value and the first offset value. The output image data is for overdriving the at least one illumination element. The second offset values correspond to a starting gray level value of a first frame and the ending gray level value of a second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Xuan-Yong Lin, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20220108652
    Abstract: An image processing circuit is configured to generate a first offset value according to second offset values in at least one look-up table corresponding to a starting voltage range of at least one illumination element in a display device. The image processing circuit is further configured to generate output image data according to an ending gray level value and the first offset value. The output image data is for overdriving the at least one illumination element. The second offset values correspond to a starting gray level value of a first frame and the ending gray level value of a second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shang-Yu SU, Xuan-Yong LIN, Feng-Ting PAI
  • Patent number: 11295674
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image compensation circuit generating output image data to drive a display panel having pixels. The image compensation circuit includes first/second control circuits and first/second compensation circuits. The first control circuit may receive input image data for the pixels and generate a plurality of first compensation values corresponding to compensation for voltage drop on the display panel according to the input image data. The first compensation circuit may compensate the input image data for the pixels with the first compensation values. The second control circuit may receive the first compensation values from the first control circuit and generate a plurality of second compensation values corresponding to compensation for channel length modulation (CLM) effect of the pixels according to the first compensation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jun-Yu Yang, Wei-Jhe Ma, Yung-Cheng Tsai, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20220043554
    Abstract: A method and a display device with an integrated antenna that are capable of efficiently utilizing internal space of the display device as well as avoiding interferences are introduced. The display device includes a display panel, an antenna, and a display driver. The display panel includes an active display area and an inactive display area. The antenna is disposed in the inactive display area along four sides of a border of the display panel. The display driver is coupled to the display panel and the antenna, and is configured to control the antenna and the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Hsiu Chang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11244608
    Abstract: An image processing method, comprising the following steps: obtaining a plurality of first luminance values, wherein the plurality of first luminance values corresponds to a first subpixel group comprising a target subpixel and a plurality of adjacent subpixels; and performing a subpixel rendering conversion on a target luminance value of the plurality of first luminance values corresponding to the target subpixel according to a weighting matrix and all of the plurality of first luminance values, so that the target luminance value is converted to a rendered luminance value, wherein the weighting matrix comprises a plurality of weighting parameters corresponding to the first subpixel group, and the weighting matrix is time-variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11205367
    Abstract: A display panel including a plurality of sub-pixel repeating units is provided. The sub-pixel repeating units are repeatedly arranged on the display panel. Each of the sub-pixel repeating units includes at least one first color sub-pixel and at least one second color sub-pixel. On the display panel, the adjacent first color sub-pixels form a first polygon, and the adjacent second color sub-pixels form a second polygon. The area of the first polygon is at least twice the area of the second polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20210366443
    Abstract: A displaying method applicable for a displaying panel including a plurality of pixel circuits is disclosed. The displaying method includes: receiving a plurality of input data, wherein the plurality of input data comprise a curve; converting a plurality of coordinates of the plurality of input data into a plurality of real coordinates according to the plurality of pixel circuits; applying anti-aliasing processing to the plurality of input data; and displaying the plurality of input data by the plurality of pixel circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yung-Cheng TSAI, Feng-Ting PAI
  • Publication number: 20210343212
    Abstract: A displaying method for displaying an image on a displaying panel including a first area having a first resolution and a second area having a second resolution lower than the first resolution is disclosed. The displaying method includes the following operations: determining a part of the first area as a third area, wherein the third area is adjacent to the second area; applying a mask to the third area, so that a third resolution applicable in the third area is between the first resolution and the second resolution; and displaying the image according to corresponding resolutions in the first, the second and the third areas of the displaying panel, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yung-Cheng TSAI, Feng-Ting PAI
  • Publication number: 20210304677
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image compensation circuit generating output image data to drive a display panel having pixels. The image compensation circuit includes first/second control circuits and first/second compensation circuits. The first control circuit may receive input image data for the pixels and generate a plurality of first compensation values corresponding to compensation for voltage drop on the display panel according to the input image data. The first compensation circuit may compensate the input image data for the pixels with the first compensation values. The second control circuit may receive the first compensation values from the first control circuit and generate a plurality of second compensation values corresponding to compensation for channel length modulation (CLM) effect of the pixels according to the first compensation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jun-Yu Yang, Wei-Jhe Ma, Yung-Cheng Tsai, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11087673
    Abstract: An image apparatus and a method of preventing burn in are provided. The image apparatus includes a comparison circuit, a stress level circuit and an image processing circuit. The comparison circuit compares a difference between a current block in a current frame and the current block in a previous frame to obtain difference information corresponding to the difference, wherein the current block includes at least one pixel. The stress level circuit is coupled to the comparison circuit to receive the difference information corresponding to the current block of the current frame, and estimates a stress status of the current block of the current frame according to the difference information. The image processing circuit is coupled to the stress level circuit to receive the stress status, and determines whether to downgrade a stress of the current block according to the stress status to prevent occurrence of burn in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11049471
    Abstract: A display control circuit transforms a plurality of input points of an input image to a plurality of target subpixels of a display panel. In the display panel, a first row of the target subpixels and a second row of the target subpixels are non-aligned in a vertical direction. The display control circuit includes a subpixel rendering circuit. The subpixel rendering circuit maps a first row of the input points to the first row of the target subpixels, and maps a second row of the input points to the second row of the target subpixels. The coordinates of the first row of the input points are respectively equivalent to the coordinates of the first row of the target subpixels. The coordinates of the second row of the input points are respectively equivalent to the coordinates of the second row of the target subpixels being shifted in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jun-Yu Yang, Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20210118360
    Abstract: An image processing method, comprising the following steps: obtaining a plurality of first luminance values, wherein the plurality of first luminance values corresponds to a first subpixel group comprising a target subpixel and a plurality of adjacent subpixels; and performing a subpixel rendering conversion on a target luminance value of the plurality of first luminance values corresponding to the target subpixel according to a weighting matrix and all of the plurality of first luminance values, so that the target luminance value is converted to a rendered luminance value, wherein the weighting matrix comprises a plurality of weighting parameters corresponding to the first subpixel group, and the weighting matrix is time-variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Shang-Yu SU, Feng-Ting PAI
  • Publication number: 20210035526
    Abstract: A coordinate mapping method is applied to a plurality of input points of an input image and a plurality of target subpixels of a display panel. In the display panel, a first row of the target subpixels and a second row of the target subpixels are non-aligned in a vertical direction. The coordinate mapping includes the following steps. A first row of the input points are mapped to the first row of the target subpixels, and a second row of the input points are mapped to the second row of the target subpixels. The coordinates of the first row of the input points are respectively equivalent to the coordinates of the first row of the target subpixels. The coordinates of the second row of the input points are respectively equivalent to the coordinates of the second row of the target subpixels being shifted in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jun-Yu YANG, Shang-Yu SU, Feng-Ting PAI