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).

  • Publication number: 20160217764
    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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20160204094
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kai-Min Yang, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20160189669
    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: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20160171917
    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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kai-Min Yang, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20160163286
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Kai-Min Yang, Chin-Yuan Tu, Feng-Ting Pai
  • Publication number: 20160120004
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Publication number: 20160111476
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Patent number: 9305487
    Abstract: An OLED display and a method for driving a display panel thereof are provided. The layout area of each pixel of the OLED display panel is specially designed to be a rectangle in shape, and the pixels are driven in such a manner that each two sub-pixels are taken as a unit to be driven. As such, according to the interaction manner among sub-pixels of the pixels, two sub-pixels can be viewed as one pixel to achieve more pixels within 1 inch in comparison with the conventional panels, which enables the current AMOLED driving circuit designs to be used in specific high resolution applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Tze-Chien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20160064458
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Chia-Hwa Lee, Hsueh-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 9262957
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Patent number: 9262961
    Abstract: A color display apparatus includes pixels P(i, j) arranged in a matrix having M columns and N rows, where i=1, 2, . . . , M, j=1, 2 . . . , N. A plurality of pixel pairs is defined along either the columns or the rows. Each pixel pair includes one pixel P(i, j) and the next immediate pixel, where if i is an odd integer, j is an odd integer, and if i is an even integer, j is an even integer. Each pixel pair has a first subpixel configured to display a first color and symmetrically positioned across the pixels, a pair of second subpixels configured to display a second color and symmetrically positioned in the pixels respectively, and a pair of third subpixels configured to display a third color and symmetrically positioned in the pixels respectively. The first subpixel is positioned between the pair of second subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li-Wei Shih, Yiyo Dai, Tse-Chin Chen, Hsueh-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 9240436
    Abstract: A pixel array includes a plurality of pixel groups, each of which includes a plurality of brightness sub-pixel regions, a plurality of first sub-pixel regions, and a plurality of second sub-pixel regions. Each brightness sub-pixel regions has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The first sub-pixel regions include a first group and a second group, and the second sub-pixel regions include a third group and a fourth group. The first, the second, the third, and the fourth groups are respectively disposed at the first, the third, the second, and the fourth sides of the first brightness sub-pixel region. Extension lines of long directions of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth groups respectively interlace a vertical baseline at a first angle ?1, a second angle ?2, a third angle ?3, and a fourth angle ?4. 0°<?1<90°, 0°<?2<90°, 0°<?3<90°, and 0°<?4<90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Shen, Meng-Ting Lee, Hsueh-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 9214134
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Publication number: 20150319822
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: HSUEH-YEN YANG, HONG-SHEN LIN
  • Publication number: 20150311264
    Abstract: A pixel array includes a plurality of pixel groups, each of which includes a plurality of brightness sub-pixel regions, a plurality of first sub-pixel regions, and a plurality of second sub-pixel regions. Each brightness sub-pixel regions has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The first sub-pixel regions include a first group and a second group, and the second sub-pixel regions include a third group and a fourth group. The first, the second, the third, and the fourth groups are respectively disposed at the first, the third, the second, and the fourth sides of the first brightness sub-pixel region. Extension lines of long directions of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth groups respectively interlace a vertical baseline at a first angle ?1, a second angle ?2, a third angle ?3, and a fourth angle ?4. 0°<?1<90°, 0°<?2<90°, 0°<?3<90°, and 0°<?4<90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Shih-Ming SHEN, Meng-Ting LEE, Hsueh-Yen YANG
  • Publication number: 20150300599
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Chia-Hwa Lee, Hsueh-Yen Yang, Pi-Cheng Wu
  • Patent number: 9106905
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Shang-Chieh Chu, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Patent number: 9035980
    Abstract: A first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel of a pixel are utilized to display a first white image, then a first brightness of the first sub-pixel and a first brightness of the second sub-pixel are measured. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel of the pixel are utilized to display a second white image, then a second brightness of the first sub-pixel and a second brightness of the second sub-pixel are measured. How image data should be displayed is determined according to whether the first brightness of the first sub-pixel is greater than the second brightness of the first sub-pixel, whether the first brightness of the second sub-pixel is greater than the second brightness of the second sub-pixel, and whether a chromaticity coordinate of the image data is within a chromaticity range capable of being displayed by the first, second and third sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Yun-Hsiang Lee, Tze-Chien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150116375
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hsueh-Yen Yang, Hong-Shen Lin
  • Publication number: 20150061978
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure relates to a color display apparatus, which includes a plurality of pixels P(i, j) arranged in a matrix having M columns and N rows, where i=1, 2, . . . , M, j=1, 2 . . . , N, and M and N are positive integers. A plurality of pixel pairs is defined along either the columns or the rows, and each pixel pair includes one pixel P(i, j) and the next immediate pixel, where if i is an odd integer, j is an odd integer, and if i is an even integer, j is an even integer. Each pixel pair has five subpixels, including a first subpixel configured to display a first color and symmetrically positioned across the pixels, a pair of second subpixels configured to display a second color and symmetrically positioned in the pixels respectively, and a pair of third subpixels configured to display a third color and symmetrically positioned in the pixels respectively, where the first subpixel is positioned between the pair of second subpixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Wei Shih, Yiyo Dai, Tse-Chin Chen, Hsueh-Yen Yang