Patents by Inventor Hong-Shen Lin
Hong-Shen Lin 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: 9627446Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and subpixel groups disposed on the substrate. Each subpixel group includes four first subpixels for emitting four first color lights, four second subpixels for emitting four second color lights, and eight third subpixels for emitting eight third color lights. The first subpixels, the second subpixels, and the third subpixels are respectively arranged adjacent to each other along a first axis and a second axis intersecting the first axis, in which each of the first subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the first subpixels along the first axis or the second axis, each of the second subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the second subpixels along the first axis or the second axis, and each of the third subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the third subpixels along at least one of the first axis and the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9570040Abstract: A display device includes a color transformer and an image controller. The color transformer receives and transforms a three-color image into a four-color image. The four-color image includes a red image, a green image, a blue image, and a white image. The image controller calculates decrement offsets of the red image, the green image, and the blue image, and a compensation value of the white image. The image controller calculates gray level values of the red image, the green image, and the blue image when a value of the white image is zero. The image controller respectively calculates a red image control signal, a green image control signal, and a blue image control signal based on the gray level values and the decrement offsets, and the image controller calculates a white image control signal based on the gray level values and the compensation value of the white image.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9490457Abstract: A display device includes a rear bezel, a display panel and at least two heat dissipation sheets. The display panel is disposed on the rear bezel. The display panel includes at least one power line having an extension direction. The heat dissipation sheets are disposed between the rear bezel and the display panel. The heat dissipation sheets have at least one seam formed therebetween. The at least one seam is substantially parallel to the extension direction of the at least one power line.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Yu-Chun Huang, Chia-Chun Chang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9456485Abstract: A pixel arrangement of color display panel includes a plurality of white sub-pixels extending along a first direction and forming a plurality of white sub-pixel columns and a plurality of first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels disposed between the white sub-pixel columns to respectively provide a first color light, a second color light and a third color light. The first, second, third and white sub-pixels respectively have a first length, a second length, a third length and a fourth length in the first direction. The first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are arranged in a specific sequence. The first length is equal to the second length, the second length is equal to the third length, and the fourth length is greater than the first length.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9439263Abstract: A pixel arrangement of color display panel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels, third sub-pixels and fourth sub-pixels for respectively providing a first color light, a second color light, a third color light and a fourth color light. The first sub-pixels and the fourth sub-pixels respectively have the same first length and fourth length in a first direction. The second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels respectively have the same second length and third length in the first direction, which are greater than the first length. The first and fourth sub-pixels are arranged along the first direction to form sub-pixel columns, wherein one of the first sub-pixels in one of the sub-pixel columns partially overlaps one of the first sub-pixels and one of the fourth sub-pixels in another sub-pixel column in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Publication number: 20160120004Abstract: A pixel arrangement of color display panel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels, third sub-pixels and fourth sub-pixels for respectively providing a first color light, a second color light, a third color light and a fourth color light. The first sub-pixels and the fourth sub-pixels respectively have the same first length and fourth length in a first direction. The second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels respectively have the same second length and third length in the first direction, which are greater than the first length. The first and fourth sub-pixels are arranged along the first direction to form sub-pixel columns, wherein one of the first sub-pixels in one of the sub-pixel columns partially overlaps one of the first sub-pixels and one of the fourth sub-pixels in another sub-pixel column in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Publication number: 20160111476Abstract: A pixel arrangement of color display panel includes a plurality of white sub-pixels extending along a first direction and forming a plurality of white sub-pixel columns and a plurality of first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels disposed between the white sub-pixel columns to respectively provide a first color light, a second color light and a third color light. The first, second, third and white sub-pixels respectively have a first length, a second length, a third length and a fourth length in the first direction. The first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are arranged in a specific sequence. The first length is equal to the second length, the second length is equal to the third length, and the fourth length is greater than the first length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9262957Abstract: A pixel arrangement of color display panel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels for providing a first color light, a plurality of second sub-pixels for providing a second color light, a plurality of third sub-pixels for providing a third color light and a plurality of white sub-pixels for providing a white light. The first sub-pixels extend along a first direction, and form a plurality of first sub-pixel columns disposed in parallel. The second and third sub-pixels are disposed between two adjacent first sub-pixel columns. The white sub-pixels are disposed between two adjacent first sub-pixel columns, and the white sub-pixels extend along the first direction, and form a plurality of white sub-pixel columns disposed in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Publication number: 20160043352Abstract: A display device includes a rear bezel, a display panel and at least two heat dissipation sheets. The display panel is disposed on the rear bezel. The display panel includes at least one power line having an extension direction. The heat dissipation sheets are disposed between the rear bezel and the display panel. The heat dissipation sheets have at least one seam formed therebetween. The at least one seam is substantially parallel to the extension direction of the at least one power line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Yu-Chun HUANG, Chia-Chun Chang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9214134Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes four sub-pixels. After the display panel receives luminance values of four sub-pixels of a pixel, the display panel compares a sub-pixel of the pixel with same color sub-pixels of neighboring pixels. If a luminance value of the same color sub-pixel of neighboring pixel is greater than the luminance value of the sub-pixel by a predetermined threshold, the luminance value of the sub-pixel of the pixel is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 9196862Abstract: A display device includes a rear bezel, a display panel and at least two heat dissipation sheets. The display panel is disposed on the rear bezel. The display panel includes at least one power line having an extension direction. The heat dissipation sheets are disposed between the rear bezel and the display panel. The heat dissipation sheets have at least one seam formed therebetween. The at least one seam is substantially parallel to the extension direction of the at least one power line.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Yu-Chun Huang, Chia-Chun Chang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Publication number: 20150319822Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and subpixel groups disposed on the substrate. Each subpixel group includes four first subpixels for emitting four first color lights, four second subpixels for emitting four second color lights, and eight third subpixels for emitting eight third color lights. The first subpixels, the second subpixels, and the third subpixels are respectively arranged adjacent to each other along a first axis and a second axis intersecting the first axis, in which each of the first subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the first subpixels along the first axis or the second axis, each of the second subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the second subpixels along the first axis or the second axis, and each of the third subpixels is located adjacent to another one of the third subpixels along at least one of the first axis and the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: HSUEH-YEN YANG, HONG-SHEN LIN
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Patent number: 9106905Abstract: A layout method of sub-pixel renderings includes the following steps: providing an RGB pixel rendering, wherein each pixel of the RGB pixel rendering includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and the plurality of sub-pixels have different colors from each other; and when displaying a stereo image, dividing the RGB pixel rendering into a first sub-pixel rendering corresponding to a left-eye image and a second sub-pixel rendering corresponding to a right-eye image; wherein at least one of each row and each column of the first sub-pixel rendering includes R, G, and B sub-pixels, and at least one of each row and each column of the second sub-pixel rendering includes R, G, and B sub-pixels.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Shang-Chieh Chu, Hong-Shen Lin
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Publication number: 20150116375Abstract: A pixel arrangement of color display panel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels for providing a first color light, a plurality of second sub-pixels for providing a second color light, a plurality of third sub-pixels for providing a third color light and a plurality of white sub-pixels for providing a white light. The first sub-pixels extend along a first direction, and form a plurality of first sub-pixel columns disposed in parallel. The second and third sub-pixels are disposed between two adjacent first sub-pixel columns. The white sub-pixels are disposed between two adjacent first sub-pixel columns, and the white sub-pixels extend along the first direction, and form a plurality of white sub-pixel columns disposed in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Publication number: 20150049124Abstract: A display device includes a color transformer and an image controller. The color transformer receives and transforms a three-color image into a four-color image. The four-color image includes a red image, a green image, a blue image, and a white image. The image controller calculates decrement offsets of the red image, the green image, and the blue image, and a compensation value of the white image. The image controller calculates gray level values of the red image, the green image, and the blue image when a value of the white image is zero. The image controller respectively calculates a red image control signal, a green image control signal, and a blue image control signal based on the gray level values and the decrement offsets, and the image controller calculates a white image control signal based on the gray level values and the compensation value of the white image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Hsueh-Yen YANG, Hong-Shen LIN
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Publication number: 20140362127Abstract: A pixel array includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The pixels are disposed adjacent to each other and jointly include six sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include one red sub-pixel, two green sub-pixels, one blue sub-pixel, and two fourth color sub-pixels. The pixel area configuration of the first pixel is the same as the pixel area configuration of the second pixel, and the order of the sub-pixel areas disposed therein is, sequentially, a first sub-pixel area, a second sub-pixel area and a third sub-pixel area. The red sub-pixel is disposed in the first sub-pixel area of the first pixel, and the blue sub-pixel is disposed in to the first sub-pixel area of the second pixel. Furthermore, a display device and a color compensating method are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Hsueh-Yen YANG, Hong-Shen LIN
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Patent number: 8872905Abstract: A multi-view stereoscopic display includes a display panel and a parallax barrier panel. The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels. The parallax barrier panel includes a plurality of barriers and a plurality of control lines. The parallax barrier panel can block the display panel for displaying a plurality of images of different view angles. Each barrier corresponds to a predetermined number of pixels of the same data line. The barriers corresponding to the same scan line are divided into a plurality of groups of barriers. The plurality of control line corresponds to the plurality of scan lines. Each control line drives a group of barriers corresponding to the same scan line.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Tzu-Chin Huang, Hong-Shen Lin, Chun-Wei Wu, Lee-Hsun Chang
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Publication number: 20140313244Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes four sub-pixels. After the display panel receives luminance values of four sub-pixels of a pixel, the display panel compares a sub-pixel of the pixel with same color sub-pixels of neighboring pixels. If a luminance value of the same color sub-pixel of neighboring pixel is greater than the luminance value of the sub-pixel by a predetermined threshold, the luminance value of the sub-pixel of the pixel is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
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Patent number: 8749622Abstract: In a 3D display system, an AMOLED display panel is used for alternatively presenting left-eye images and right-eye images associated with specific images, and an LCD polarizing panel is used for providing the left-eye images and the right-eye images with different polarization angles. When the LCD polarizing panel is in the process of rotating its LCD molecules, corresponding OLED rows of the AMOLED display panel are sequentially turned off so as to display black images, thereby preventing crosstalk and improving display quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Szu-Heng Tseng, Hong-Shen Lin, Jhao-Quei Jhong
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Publication number: 20130163204Abstract: A display device includes a rear bezel, a display panel and at least two heat dissipation sheets. The display panel is disposed on the rear bezel. The display panel includes at least one power line having an extension direction. The heat dissipation sheets are disposed between the rear bezel and the display panel. The heat dissipation sheets have at least one seam formed therebetween. The at least one seam is substantially parallel to the extension direction of the at least one power line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Yu-Chun Huang, Chia-Chun Chang, Hong-Shen Lin