Patents by Inventor Hirobumi Furihata

Hirobumi Furihata 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: 11195493
    Abstract: One or more embodiments are directed to compensating for a long horizontal blank (LHB) period. Using a first display data value, a compensation amount is determined from a mapping between display data and compensation amounts. The first display data value is for a display row after an LHB period in a display frame of a display panel. A second display data value is adjusted with the compensation amount to obtain revised display data value. The revised display data value is outputted for the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Okamura, Atsushi Maruyama, Daisuke Ito, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Patent number: 11189222
    Abstract: A display driver includes image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to process image data for a plurality of pixel circuits of a display panel. The image processing circuitry includes a demura table comprising one or more base compensation values associated with each of the plurality of pixel circuits, and a lookup table (LUT) comprising one or more compensation coefficients associated with each of a plurality of frame rates. Processing the image data for the pixel circuits comprises a mura compensation for at least one pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits using the one or more base compensation values and the one or more compensation coefficients. The drive circuitry is configured to update the plurality of pixel circuits based on the processed image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Aogaki, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 11183101
    Abstract: A display driver comprises: digital gamma circuitry configured to generate a voltage data based on an image data for a pixel of interest; compensating circuitry configured to calculate a total current of the display panel; and correction circuitry. The correction circuitry is configured to correct the voltage data, based on the calculated total current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Hirobumi Furihata, Susumu Saito, Masaaki Okawa, Takashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20210358375
    Abstract: A display driver comprises image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to receive spatial distribution information of a physical quantity related to a display panel. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate output voltage data by processing input pixel data associated with subpixels of the pixel. The drive circuitry is configured to drive the display panel based on the output voltage data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Patent number: 11176859
    Abstract: A method comprises acquiring measured luminance levels at a measurement point of a display area for a plurality of test images displayed in the display area, and estimating one or more luminance levels at one or more corresponding luminance estimation points of the display area using the measured luminance levels. The method further comprises determining, based on the one or more estimated luminance levels, a correction parameter using the estimated one or more luminance levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Xi Chu, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Patent number: 11176899
    Abstract: A display driver comprises image processing circuitry and drive circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to output display image data representing a display image comprising an effective area to be displayed in a display area of a display panel and an invalid area not to be displayed in the display area. The drive circuitry drives the display panel based on the display image data comprising effective pixel data associated with first pixels included in the effective area and invalid pixel data associated with second pixels included in the invalid area. Effective pixel data associated with first pixels located within a boundary area adjacent to the invalid area is set to first grayscale values. The invalid pixel data associated with second pixels located within an insert area defined in the invalid area is set to second grayscale values comprising a value different from the first grayscale values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Tomoo Minaki, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20210350763
    Abstract: One or more embodiments are directed to compensating for a long horizontal blank (LHB) period. Using a first display data value, a compensation amount is determined from a mapping between display data and compensation amounts. The first display data value is for a display row after an LHB period in a display frame of a display panel. A second display data value is adjusted with the compensation amount to obtain revised display data value. The revised display data value is outputted for the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Okamura, Atsushi Maruyama, Daisuke Ito, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Patent number: 11170692
    Abstract: The display driver includes control circuitry and signal supply circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to store a first setting table for a first frame rate and a second setting table for a second frame rate. The control circuitry is further configured to, in response to adjusting a frame rate of a display device from the first frame rate to the second frame rate, generate an interpolated control parameter through interpolation of a first control parameter obtained from the first setting table and a second control parameter obtained from the second setting table. The signal supply circuitry is configured to generate at least one first signal to be supplied to a display panel based on the interpolated control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Akio Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11164500
    Abstract: A display driver comprises color gamut adjustment circuitry and drive circuitry. The color gamut adjustment circuitry is configured to generate an in-use parameter set based on a plurality of parameter sets corresponding to different color gamuts and a position of a target pixel and generate an output pixel data by performing color gamut adjustment processing on an input pixel data of the target pixel based on the in-use parameter set. The drive circuitry is configured to drive a display panel based on the output pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Hirobumi Furihata, Akio Sugiyama, Takashi Nose
  • Patent number: 11151941
    Abstract: A display driver includes signal supply circuitry and a power source controller. The signal supply circuitry is configured to update a display panel during a refresh period and not update the display panel during a non-refresh period that follows the refresh period. The power source controller is configured to modify a high-side power source voltage supplied to the display panel at least during the non-refresh period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Atsushi Shikata, Kazuhiro Okamura, Hirobumi Furihata, Shigeru Ota, Makoto Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20210304649
    Abstract: A method comprises acquiring measured luminance levels at a measurement point of a display area for a plurality of test images displayed in the display area, and estimating one or more luminance levels at one or more corresponding luminance estimation points of the display area using the measured luminance levels. The method further comprises determining, based on the one or more estimated luminance levels, a correction parameter using the estimated one or more luminance levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Masao ORIO, Joseph Kurth REYNOLDS, Xi CHU, Takashi NOSE, Hirobumi FURIHATA
  • Patent number: 11132952
    Abstract: A display driver comprises gamma processing circuitry, compensation circuitry, and driver circuitry. The gamma processing circuitry is configured to process the image data to generate gamma processed image data. The compensation circuitry is configured to process the gamma-processed image data, based on a ratio of a number of display elements that emit light to a total number of display elements of a display panel, to generate compensated image data. The driver circuitry is configured to drive the display panel based on the compensated image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Akio Sugiyama, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Masao Orio, Susumu Saito
  • Patent number: 11094240
    Abstract: A display driver comprises image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to receive spatial distribution information of a physical quantity related to a display panel. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate output voltage data by processing input pixel data associated with subpixels of the pixel. The drive circuitry is configured to drive the display panel based on the output voltage data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata
  • Publication number: 20210241670
    Abstract: A display driver comprises image processing circuitry and driver circuitry. The image processing circuitry is configured to receive spatial distribution information of a physical quantity related to a display panel. The image processing circuitry is further configured to generate output voltage data by processing input pixel data associated with subpixels of the pixel. The drive circuitry is configured to drive the display panel based on the output voltage data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Masao ORIO, Takashi NOSE, Hirobumi FURIHATA
  • Patent number: 11081083
    Abstract: A display driver is disclosed. The display driver includes: a memory that stores initial control points (CPs) defining a first gamma curve for a first analog state associated with a display panel (DP); CP calculation circuitry that generates, based on the initial CPs, calculated CPs for a second analog state associated with the DP; multiplexer circuitry that: inputs the calculated CPs, auxiliary CPs defining a second gamma curve, and a switching signal identifying a luminance of a region of an image; and outputs, based on the switching signal, selected CPs; and gamma curve calculation circuitry that: inputs a data value associated with the region of the image; generates, based on the selected CPs, a portion of an output gamma curve near the data value; and outputs a voltage data for displaying the region of the image on the DP based on the data value and the output gamma curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Tomoo Minaki, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20210225324
    Abstract: A display driver comprises signal supply circuitry and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to generate a first luminance value using a DBV. The signal supply circuitry is configured to supply to a display panel at least one signal using the first luminance value. The first luminance value has a one-to-one correlation with the display brightness level. The DBV does not have a one-to-one correlation with the display brightness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hirobumi FURIHATA, Masao ORIO, Tomoo MINAKI, Akio SUGIYAMA, Kazutoshi AOGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210225323
    Abstract: A display driver comprises signal supply circuitry and control circuitry. The signal supply circuitry is configured to supply an emission control signal to a display panel. The emission control signal controls a ratio of pixel circuits that emit light to pixels of the display panel. The control circuitry is configured to control the emission control signal based on an input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hirobumi FURIHATA, Takashi NOSE, Masao ORIO
  • Patent number: 11037495
    Abstract: A display driver comprises drive circuitry and emission control circuitry. The display driver is configured to drive a display panel. The display panel may be a self-luminous display panel. The emission control circuitry is configured to generate a control signal to control the display panel during a first frame period to successively move a plurality of non-light-emitting areas successively inserted at an end of a display area of the display panel in a predetermined direction, the plurality of non-light-emitting areas having gradually changing widths in the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Masao Orio, Hirobumi Furihata, Takashi Nose, Ken Sato, Nobuhiro Nagato
  • Patent number: 11024236
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the screen brightness of a display comprising calculating a brightness data which specifies a screen brightness level of a self-luminous display panel, determining, based on the brightness data, correction control points, calculating an output value from the input grayscale value with input-output characteristics specified by the correction control points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Japan GK
    Inventors: Hirobumi Furihata, Kazutoshi Aogaki, Takashi Nose
  • Publication number: 20210134221
    Abstract: A system and method for encoding, transmitting and updating a display based on demura calibration information for a display device comprises generating demura correction coefficients based on display color information, separating coherent components from the demura correction coefficients to generate residual information, and encode the residual information using a first encoding technique. Further, the image data may be divided into data streams, compressed and transmitted to from a host device to a display driver of a display device. The display driver decompresses and drives subpixels of the pixels in based on the decompressed data. The display driver updates the subpixels of a display using corrected greyscale values for each subpixel are determined from the decompressed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Damien BERGET, Hirobumi FURIHATA, Joseph Kurth REYNOLDS, Takashi NOSE