Patents by Inventor Hsing-Chien Yang

Hsing-Chien Yang 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: 9119249
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit includes an LED control circuit and a power stage circuit. The LED control circuit shifts an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal toward a higher frequency direction in a frequency domain to generate an output PWM signal having a duty cycle substantially the same as a duty cycle of the input PWM signal. The power stage circuit outputs an LED driving current according to the output PWM signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsing-Chien Yang, Wen-Hsin Cheng, Ying-Hao Hsu, Lan-Ting Hsu, Tsung-Hau Chang
  • Patent number: 8994277
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit includes an LED control circuit and a power stage circuit. The LED control circuit shifts an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal toward a higher frequency direction in a frequency domain to generate an output PWM signal having a duty cycle substantially the same as a duty cycle of the input PWM signal. The power stage circuit outputs an LED driving current according to the output PWM signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsing-Chien Yang, Wen-Hsin Cheng, Ying-Hao Hsu, Lan-Ting Hsu, Tsung-Hau Chang
  • Patent number: 8963937
    Abstract: A display controller driver and a testing method thereof are provided. The display controller driver includes an image data memory, a timing control circuit, and a data line driving circuit. The image data memory stores display data. The timing control circuit obtains the display data from the image data memory. The data line driving circuit is coupled to the timing control circuit. The data line driving circuit receives the display data and outputs a grayscale voltage signal corresponding to the display data through at least one data-line output terminal of the display controller driver. In a test operation mode, the timing control circuit further transmits the display data from the image data memory to at least one test output port of the display controller driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Patent number: 8842105
    Abstract: A controller driver for driving a display panel is provided. The controller driver comprises a timing control circuit, a data memory unit, a data selection unit and a data line driver circuit. The data memory unit stores image data. The data selection unit coupled to the data memory unit outputs the image data provided from the data memory unit as a display data, or generates the display data in accordance with a command or test patterns provided from an external processor. The data line driver circuit is coupled to the timing control circuit and the data selection unit. The data line driver circuit receives the display data from the data selection unit, and outputs corresponding grayscale voltages according to the control signal outputted from the timing control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Publication number: 20140042917
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit includes an LED control circuit and a power stage circuit. The LED control circuit shifts an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal toward a higher frequency direction in a frequency domain to generate an output PWM signal having a duty cycle substantially the same as a duty cycle of the input PWM signal. The power stage circuit outputs an LED driving current according to the output PWM signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsing-Chien YANG, Wen-Hsin Cheng, Ying-Hao Hsu, Lan-Ting Hsu, Tsung-Hau Chang
  • Patent number: 8416856
    Abstract: A circuit for computing sums of absolute difference (SAD) is provided. The circuit has an absolute difference circuit, a first adder, a first register and a first selective circuit. The absolute difference circuit receives a first data PMi,j and a second data PSi,j and output a absolute difference data ADi,j, wherein ADi,j=|PMi,j?PSi,j|. The first adder receives and adds the absolute difference data and a first accumulative data, and outputs a first sum. The register receives and locks the first sum according to a first preset timing sequence, and outputs a first sum of absolute difference data. The first selective circuit receives and selects the first sum of absolute difference data or 0, and outputs the selected data as the first accumulative data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsing-Chien Yang, Jin-Ming Chen, Lucian-Yuan
  • Publication number: 20130049612
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit includes an LED control circuit and a power stage circuit. The LED control circuit shifts an input pulse width modulation (PWM) signal toward a higher frequency direction in a frequency domain to generate an output PWM signal having a duty cycle substantially the same as a duty cycle of the input PWM signal. The power stage circuit outputs an LED driving current according to the output PWM signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsing-Chien YANG, Wen-Hsin CHENG, Ying-Hao HSU, Lan-Ting HSU, Tsung-Hau CHANG
  • Publication number: 20120262436
    Abstract: A controller driver for driving a display panel is provided. The controller driver comprises a timing control circuit, a data memory unit, a data selection unit and a data line driver circuit. The data memory unit stores image data. The data selection unit coupled to the data memory unit outputs the image data provided from the data memory unit as a display data, or generates the display data in accordance with a command or test patterns provided from an external processor. The data line driver circuit is coupled to the timing control circuit and the data selection unit. The data line driver circuit receives the display data from the data selection unit, and outputs corresponding grayscale voltages according to the control signal outputted from the timing control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Publication number: 20120206465
    Abstract: A display controller driver and a testing method thereof are provided. The display controller driver includes an image data memory, a timing control circuit, and a data line driving circuit. The image data memory stores display data. The timing control circuit obtains the display data from the image data memory. The data line driving circuit is coupled to the timing control circuit. The data line driving circuit receives the display data and outputs a grayscale voltage signal corresponding to the display data through at least one data-line output terminal of the display controller driver. In a test operation mode, the timing control circuit further transmits the display data from the image data memory to at least one test output port of the display controller driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Publication number: 20120120129
    Abstract: A display controller driver and a testing method therewith are provided. The display controller driver includes a timing control circuit, an image data memory, a data line driving circuit and a scan line driving circuit. The testing method includes controlling the scan line driving circuit by a control signal in a test operation mode, wherein the control signal is generated by an external test platform. The scan line driving circuit is tested and measured in accordance with a test pattern of the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Patent number: 7894518
    Abstract: A motion estimation circuit and a motion estimation processing element are provided. The latch module in the motion estimation circuit has n pieces of m-stage shift registers. Each shift register receives a current block data and transmits the received current block data to next stage according to a timing. The processing module has a plurality of processing elements (PEs), which are divided into (m+1) groups. The PEs of the i-th group receive the left search window data and the right search window data and are coupled to the input ends and the output ends of the i-th stage of latches, wherein 0<i?m. Each PE compares the similarity degree between the corresponding candidate block in the search window and the current block and outputs the processed result, respectively. The comparing unit receives and compares the processed results for outputting a first comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronic Corp.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Patent number: 7782957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motion estimation circuit and an operating method thereof. The motion estimation circuit includes processing elements PEm (?n?m?n, n represents a search range), data latches FFk (?n<k?n) and selection circuits MUXh (?1?h?1). The processing element receives a current block data and the corresponded block data in a search window and performs a comparison operation on the two block data. The output-end of FFk is coupled to an input-end of FFk+1 and a first input-end of PEk. The output-end of MUXh is coupled to a second input-end of PEh. Wherein, each 4×4-pixel sub block of the current block is input into PE?n and FF?(n?1), the left sector of the sub-search-window SW? is input into the second input-ends of PE?n˜PE?2 and the first input-end of MUXh, and the right sector of the sub-search-window SW? is input into the second input-ends of PE2˜PEn and MUXh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Publication number: 20080320199
    Abstract: A memory and control apparatus and a memory for a display device are provided. The memory and control apparatus includes a memory, a sense-latch circuit, and a timing and memory controlling apparatus. The memory is used for storing data. The memory has a display data bus and a general data bus. The sense-latch circuit is used for sensing and latching the data on the display data bus. The timing and memory controlling apparatus is used for controlling the memory, so as to make the display data represented on the display data bus, and to make the sense-latch circuit outputting the data on the display data bus. When the display device intends to store the data in the memory, the data on the general data bus is stored to the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jung-Ping Yang, Hsing-Chien Yang, Ching-Wen Lai
  • Publication number: 20070110164
    Abstract: A motion estimation circuit and a motion estimation processing element are provided. The latch module in the motion estimation circuit has n pieces of m-stage shift registers. Each shift register receives a current block data and transmits the received current block data to next stage according to a timing. The processing module has a plurality of processing elements (PEs), which are divided into (m+l) groups. The PEs of the i-th group receive the left search window data and the right search window data and are coupled to the input ends and the output ends of the i-th stage of latches, wherein 0<i?m. Each PE compares the similarity degree between the corresponding candidate block in the search window and the current block and outputs the processed result, respectively. The comparing unit receives and compares the processed results for outputting a first comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Publication number: 20070002950
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motion estimation circuit and an operating method thereof. The motion estimation circuit includes processing elements PEm (?n?m?n, n represents a search range), data latches FFk (?n<k?n) and selection circuits MUXh (?1?h?1). The processing element receives a current block data and the corresponded block data in a search window and performs a comparison operation on the two block data. The output-end of FFk is coupled to an input-end of FFk+1 and a first input-end of PEk. The output-end of MUXh is coupled to a second input-end of PEh. Wherein, each 4×4-pixel sub block of the current block is input into PE?n and FF?(n?1), the left sector of the sub-search-window SW? is input into the second input-ends of PE?n˜PE?2 and the first input-end of MUXh, and the right sector of the sub-search-window SW? is input into the second input-ends of PE2˜PEn and MUXh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventor: Hsing-Chien Yang
  • Publication number: 20060023959
    Abstract: A circuit for computing sums of absolute difference (SAD) is provided. The circuit has an absolute difference circuit, a first adder, a first register and a first selective circuit. The absolute difference circuit receives a first data PMi,j and a second data PSi,j and output a absolute difference data ADi,j, wherein ADi,j=|PMi,j?PSi,j|. The first adder receives and adds the absolute difference data and a first accumulative data, and outputs a first sum. The register receives and locks the first sum according to a first preset timing sequence, and outputs a first sum of absolute difference data. The first selective circuit receives and selects the first sum of absolute difference data or 0, and outputs the selected data as the first accumulative data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Hsing-Chien Yang, Jin-Ming Chen, Lucian-Yuan