Patents by Inventor Hsueh-Yen Yang

Hsueh-Yen 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: 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10885827
    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: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang
  • Publication number: 20200402444
    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: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 10803837
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including an image data processor unit is provided. The image data processor unit is configured to generate a plurality of partial output frames according to a plurality of input frames. With respect to one pixel in a display panel, each partial output frame among the partial output frames includes sub-pixel data corresponding to a part of sub-pixels in the pixel instead of sub-pixel data corresponding to all of the sub-pixels in the pixel. In addition, a display panel and a display apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Ching-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10726815
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, an image data processor unit and a display driver is provided. The image data processor unit is configured to generate a plurality of partial output frames according to a plurality of input frames. With respect to one pixel in the display panel, each partial output frame among the partial output frames includes a part, instead of all, of sub-pixel data to be displayed by the pixel. The display driver is coupled to the image data processor unit and a data signal input terminal of the display panel. In addition, a display panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Ching-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10559244
    Abstract: A display driver adapted to drive a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a pixel column direction and a pixel row direction. The display driver includes an image data processor unit. The image data processor unit performs a two-dimensional subpixel rendering operation on an input image data to generate an output image data. The display driver drives the display panel according to the output image data. The two-dimensional subpixel rendering operation includes a first one-dimensional subpixel rendering operation in a first direction and a second one-dimensional subpixel rendering operation in a second direction. The first direction is one of the pixel column direction and the pixel row direction, and the second direction is another one of the pixel column direction and the pixel row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Sheng-Tien Cho, Ching-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10558094
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, wherein each of the plurality sub-pixel groups comprises eight sub-pixels disposed in a row direction or in a column direction and the eight sub-pixels comprise two red sub-pixels; two blue sub-pixels; two green sub-pixels; and two sub-pixels of a predetermined color, wherein in each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, a distance between the red sub-pixels or between the blue sub-pixels is less than a distance between the green sub-pixels or between the sub-pixels of the predetermined color, and the sub-pixels of the predetermined color have a luminance higher than a luminance of the red sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 10504414
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including an image data processing unit is provided. The image data processing unit is configured to generate an output frame according to an input frame. For any one of sub-pixels of a display panel, the image data processing unit performs a sub-pixel rendering operation on a part of input sub-pixel data of the input frame to generate an output sub-pixel data corresponding to said any one of sub-pixels in the output frame. The output sub-pixel data is written into said any one of sub-pixels. Data positions that the parts of input sub-pixel data of different input frames locate in respective input frames are partially overlapped and not totally the same. In addition, a method for generating display data of the display panel is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Ching-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10482820
    Abstract: A method of compensating luminance of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) operated with a transistor in a pixel cell of a display panel includes measuring a first parameter of the transistor and a parameter of the OLED, and generating a lookup table accordingly; converting original display data to target display data according to the lookup table; outputting the target display data to the pixel cell; and compensating a second parameter of the transistor when the target display data is received by the pixel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Hua-Gang Chang, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20190333437
    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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 10395576
    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: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20190244588
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel, an image data processor unit and a display driver is provided. The image data processor unit is configured to generate a plurality of partial output frames according to a plurality of input frames. With respect to one pixel in the display panel, each partial output frame among the partial output frames includes a part, instead of all, of sub-pixel data to be displayed by the pixel. The display driver is coupled to the image data processor unit and a data signal input terminal of the display panel. In addition, a display panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Ching-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10373540
    Abstract: A display panel including a plurality of sub-pixel groups is provided. The sub-pixel groups are arranged repeatedly to form a pixel array, and each of the sub-pixel groups is written by a plurality of pixel data. The sub-pixel group includes a plurality of main type pixel units and a plurality of sub type pixel units. Each of the main type pixel units is written by one pixel data among the plurality of pixel data, and each of the sub type pixel units is written by at least one pixel data among the plurality of pixel data. The main type pixel units are arranged to form a geometry form and the main type pixel units surround a single sub type pixel unit among the sub type pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kai-Min Yang, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 10157560
    Abstract: A display panel and a display driver are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel repeating units, which are arranged repeatedly to form a pixel array. Each row of the sub-pixel repeating unit includes an odd number of sub-pixels, where every two sub-pixels are regarded as one pixel unit, and another sub-pixel is added at the last column of the sub-pixel repeating unit. The odd-numbered sub-pixels are respectively written by N groups of pixel data. The amount of these sub-pixels is 2N+1, which is between two to two and a half times of the amount of the pixel data. Each odd-numbered column of the sub-pixel repeating unit includes the sub-pixels of two different colors, which are alternately arranged in each odd-numbered column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20180356695
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, wherein each of the plurality sub-pixel groups comprises eight sub-pixels disposed in a row direction or in a column direction and the eight sub-pixels comprise two red sub-pixels; two blue sub-pixels; two green sub-pixels; and two sub-pixels of a predetermined color, wherein in each of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, a distance between the red sub-pixels or between the blue sub-pixels is less than a distance between the green sub-pixels or between the sub-pixels of the predetermined color, and the sub-pixels of the predetermined color have a luminance higher than a luminance of the red sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20180330657
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including an image data processing unit is provided. The image data processing unit is configured to generate an output frame according to an input frame. For any one of sub-pixels of a display panel, the image data processing unit performs a sub-pixel rendering operation on a part of input sub-pixel data of the input frame to generate an output sub-pixel data corresponding to said any one of sub-pixels in the output frame. The output sub-pixel data is written into said any one of sub-pixels. Data positions that the parts of input sub-pixel data of different input frames locate in respective input frames are partially overlapped and not totally the same. In addition, a method for generating display data of the display panel is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Ching-Pei Cheng
  • Patent number: 10083642
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel and a display driver is provided. The display panel includes a sub-pixel repeat array. The sub-pixel repeat array is repeatedly arranged to form a pixel array on the display panel. The pixel array includes at least one map display unit. The display driver is coupled to the display panel. The display driver drives the display panel to display an image by using a sub-pixel rendering method. The image includes at least one specified intensity map. The map display unit includes a center sub-pixel unit and a plurality of neighboring sub-pixel units. The specified intensity map includes one or more white pixel points. In the map display unit, luminance summations of sub-pixels of different colors are equal. Furthermore, a display driving method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 10074298
    Abstract: An image processing method and a display device thereof are provided. The method is adapted to a display panel with a display area. The image processing method includes the following steps. Whether original images to be displayed on a plurality of sub-areas of the display area are still is analyzed and determined. When the original image in a current sub-area is still, a time length of the original image being still is recorded. The current sub-area is one of the sub-areas. Processing levels corresponding to a plurality of image processing schemes are determined based on the time length. Overall or partial luminance (luma) of the original image in the current sub-area is gradually reduced by the image processing schemes with the determined processing levels, and a corresponding luma-reduced image is displayed on the current sub-area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hua-Gang Chang, Chun-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 10074341
    Abstract: An image processing method and a display device thereof are provided. The method is adapted to a display panel with a display area. The image processing method includes the following steps. Whether original images to be displayed on a plurality of sub-areas of the display area are still is analyzed and determined. When the original image in a current sub-area is still, a time length of the original image being still is recorded. The current sub-area is one of the sub-areas. Processing levels corresponding to a plurality of image processing schemes are determined based on the time length. Overall or partial luminance (luma) of the original image in the current sub-area is gradually reduced by the image processing schemes with the determined processing levels, and a corresponding luma-reduced image is displayed on the current sub-area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hua-Gang Chang, Chun-Chieh Lin