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).
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Patent number: 10061167Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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Publication number: 20180211580Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang
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Publication number: 20180204539Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hua-Gang Chang, Chun-Chieh Lin
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Publication number: 20180204498Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hua-Gang Chang, Chun-Chieh Lin
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Publication number: 20180130450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Ching-Pei Cheng
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Publication number: 20180130395Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Sheng-Tien Cho, Ching-Pei Cheng
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Publication number: 20180048914Abstract: An image processing method includes performing subpixel rendering operation on a first image data to generate a second image data; and encoding the second image data to generate a third image data which has a size smaller than a size of the second image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Sheng-Tien Cho, Ching-Pei Cheng, Hsueh-Yen Yang
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Patent number: 9887247Abstract: A sub-pixel arrangement structure of an organic light emitting diode display including a plurality of sub-pixels is provided. The plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a first direction and a second direction to form a sub-pixel array. The first direction is inclined at a first angle relative to a reference direction, and the second direction is inclined at a second angle relative to the reference direction. Each four sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels form a virtual quadrangle. The each four sub-pixels include two sub-pixels having a same color, and the two sub-pixels having the same color are arranged at adjacent vertexes of the virtual quadrangle in one of the first direction and the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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Publication number: 20170365202Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Hua-Gang Chang, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Shang-Yu Su, Feng-Ting Pai
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Publication number: 20170343867Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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Patent number: 9812054Abstract: A display driver configured to drive a display panel is provided. The display panel displays an image frame in a first display mode or a second display mode. The display driver includes a first display driving channel and a second display driving channel. The first and the second display driving channels are configured to drive the display panel to display the image frame by using a sub-pixel rendering method. In the second display mode, the second display driving channel drives sub-pixels on the display panel to display corresponding grayscales by using a plurality of gamma voltages. A voltage value of at least one gamma voltage among the gamma voltages is determined according to an arrangement of the sub-pixels on the display panel. Furthermore, a display apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Chin-Yuan Tu, Feng-Ting Pai
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Patent number: 9735208Abstract: A transparent display panel including a transparent substrate and a plurality of display units formed on the substrate is provided. Each of the display units includes a color light area and a least one of transparent areas disposed around the color light area. The color light area has a geometric center, a first color pixel structure, a second color pixel structure, and a third color pixel structure. The first, second and third color pixel structures take the geometric center as a center in each display unit and are disposed in a radial way corresponding to the center to form the color light area.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chia-Hwa Lee, Hsueh-Yen Yang
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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: 9543285Abstract: A display panel including a plurality of sub-pixel groups arranged repeatedly to form a pixel array. Each of the sub-pixel groups includes a plurality of first pixel units, a plurality of second pixel units and a plurality of third pixel units. Each of the first pixel units includes a first color sub-pixel and a second color sub-pixel, each of the second pixel units includes the second color sub-pixel and a third color sub-pixel, and each of the third pixel units includes the first color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel. The first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel are sub-pixels having three different colors. At least a part of the first pixel units and at least a part of the second pixel units are arranged along a first direction, and the first direction is tilted relative to a column direction of the pixel array.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Kai-Min Yang, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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Patent number: 9500342Abstract: A light emitting device including a plurality of units is provided. Each unit includes a light emitting region and a light-transmitting region, wherein in at least one unit, at least two sides of the light emitting region are surrounded by the light-transmitting region.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chia-Hwa Lee, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Pi-Cheng Wu
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Publication number: 20160322432Abstract: A sub-pixel arrangement structure of an organic light emitting diode display including a plurality of sub-pixels is provided. The plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a first direction and a second direction to form a sub-pixel array. The first direction is inclined at a first angle relative to a reference direction, and the second direction is inclined at a second angle relative to the reference direction. Each four sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels form a virtual quadrangle. The each four sub-pixels include two sub-pixels having a same color, and the two sub-pixels having the same color are arranged at adjacent vertexes of the virtual quadrangle in one of the first direction and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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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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Publication number: 20160260369Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
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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