Patents by Inventor Hua-Gang CHANG

Hua-Gang CHANG 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: 11087434
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a first memory, a plurality of image processing circuits, a first image processing circuit and dithering circuit. The first memory is utilized for storing an input frame. The image processing circuits are utilized for sequentially performing respective image processing operations on the input frame to generate a first intermediate frame. The first image processing circuit is utilized for performing a first image processing operation on the first intermediate frame to generate a second intermediate frame and writing the second intermediate frame into the first memory. The dithering circuit is utilized for performing a dithering operation on the second intermediate frame transmitted from the first image processing circuit to generate a first output frame and performing the dithering operation on the second intermediate frame read from the first memory to generate a second output frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Chun-Wei Lu, Yu-Hsiung Yin
  • Patent number: 11030928
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Patent number: 11004389
    Abstract: A panel control device and an operation method thereof are provided. The panel control device includes a display port and a control circuit. The display port receives video data from a former stage device. The control circuit performs an anti-burn-in process on the video data according to a processing degree. After the former stage device issues a panel self-refresh entering command to the panel control device, the panel control device enters a panel self-refresh mode, and the control circuit increases the processing degree according to the panel self-refresh entering command, so as to perform the anti-burn-in process on the video data according to the increased processing degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hua-Gang Chang
  • Publication number: 20210035498
    Abstract: A panel control device and an operation method thereof are provided. The panel control device includes a display port and a control circuit. The display port receives video data from a former stage device. The control circuit performs an anti-burn-in process on the video data according to a processing degree. After the former stage device issues a panel self-refresh entering command to the panel control device, the panel control device enters a panel self-refresh mode, and the control circuit increases the processing degree according to the panel self-refresh entering command, so as to perform the anti-burn-in process on the video data according to the increased processing degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hua-Gang Chang
  • Publication number: 20200388242
    Abstract: A timing controller device disposed in an electronic device is provided. The timing controller device includes a non-volatile memory and a timing controller. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of storage blocks. The timing controller is coupled to the plurality of storage blocks. The timing controller writes the latest data to one of the plurality of storage blocks by turns according to a recording period. After the electronic device is powered off, the timing controller reloads the latest data stored in the plurality of storage blocks. In addition, a data reading-writing method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Cheng-Hao Lin
  • Publication number: 20200365081
    Abstract: A timing controller device including a processor device and at least one storage device is provided. The processor device is configured to perform a data counting operation on a first image data according to a first look-up table to obtain a decay factor data and perform a compensation operation on a second image data according to the decay factor data and a second look-up table to obtain the first image data. The at least one storage device is configured to store different parts of the decay factor data. The processor device respectively stores the different parts of the decay factor data to the at least one storage device. A method for compensating an image data is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Chen-Ming Nien
  • Patent number: 10720106
    Abstract: A driving apparatus for driving a display panel including a connection pad, a selecting circuit, a data driving circuit and a detection circuit is provided. The selecting circuit is electrically connected to a data line of the display panel through the connection pad. The data driving circuit outputs a data voltage to a pixel circuit of the display panel through the selecting circuit and the connection pad in a display stage. The detection circuit provides a detection signal to a light-emitting element of the pixel circuit through the selecting circuit and the connection pad in a detection stage, and detects a resultant signal with respect to an electric characteristic of the light-emitting element of the pixel circuit in the detection stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Shang-I Liu
  • Publication number: 20200152104
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Patent number: 10621924
    Abstract: The invention provides a display panel driving circuit and a method for capturing error information thereof. The display panel driving circuit includes a driving circuit, a pixel circuit and a timing controller circuit. The method includes: obtaining LED error information indicating errors caused by an LED of the pixel circuit; driving the LED by the drive circuit to obtain LED and driving circuit error information; obtaining driving circuit error information according to the two error information. The timing controller circuit records the error information and compensates LED attenuation by using the error information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Kuei-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 10615136
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for a micro-device panel including the following steps is provided. A plurality of micro-device sets are formed on a transferring substrate, and each of the plurality of micro-device sets has at least one micro-device. A plurality of receiving blocks are provided. The plurality of micro-device sets are respectively transferred from the transferring substrate onto the plurality of receiving blocks to form a plurality of building blocks by a transfer head. The plurality of building blocks are placed on a receiving substrate. Finally, the adjacent building blocks on the receiving substrate are connected by a plurality of connecting devices to form the micro-device panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Tien Cho, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Patent number: 10586480
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Publication number: 20200005694
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10453368
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Publication number: 20190267340
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for a micro-device panel including the following steps is provided. A plurality of micro-device sets are formed on a transferring substrate, and each of the plurality of micro-device sets has at least one micro-device. A plurality of receiving blocks are provided. The plurality of micro-device sets are respectively transferred from the transferring substrate onto the plurality of receiving blocks to form a plurality of building blocks by a transfer head. The plurality of building blocks are placed on a receiving substrate. Finally, the adjacent building blocks on the receiving substrate are connected by a plurality of connecting devices to form the micro-device panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Tien Cho, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Patent number: 10388207
    Abstract: An external compensation method for devices in a panel which comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, includes programming a first device in a first sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels via a first line and sensing the first device via a second line during a first period; and programming a second device in a second sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels via the second line and sensing the second device via the first line or a third line during a second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Shang-I Liu, Chun-Chieh Lin
  • Publication number: 20190156757
    Abstract: A driving apparatus for driving a display panel including a connection pad, a selecting circuit, a data driving circuit and a detection circuit is provided. The selecting circuit is electrically connected to a data line of the display panel through the connection pad. The data driving circuit outputs a data voltage to a pixel circuit of the display panel through the selecting circuit and the connection pad in a display stage. The detection circuit provides a detection signal to a light-emitting element of the pixel circuit through the selecting circuit and the connection pad in a detection stage, and detects a resultant signal with respect to an electric characteristic of the light-emitting element of the pixel circuit in the detection stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Shang-I Liu
  • Publication number: 20190139471
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a display period comprising frame periods. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits in the test data periods of the display period. The test data periods are periodically arranged in the display period. In each of the test data periods, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the scan-line periods of each of the frame periods, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang
  • Publication number: 20190139497
    Abstract: The invention provides a display panel driving circuit and a method for capturing error information thereof. The display panel driving circuit includes a driving circuit, a pixel circuit and a timing controller circuit. The method includes: obtaining LED error information indicating errors caused by an LED of the pixel circuit; driving the LED by the drive circuit to obtain LED and driving circuit error information; obtaining driving circuit error information according to the two error information. The timing controller circuit records the error information and compensates LED attenuation by using the error information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Gang Chang, Kuei-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 10210783
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sensing a display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a source driving circuit and a sensing circuit. The source driving circuit is coupled to data lines to drive the pixel circuits according to a scan-line period for scanning one of the scan lines. The sensing circuit is coupled to a plurality of pixel circuits. The sensing circuit senses characteristics of the pixel circuits according to the scan-line period for scanning one of the scan lines, wherein the scan-line period comprises a display data period and a test data period. In the test data period, a corresponding pixel circuit receives test data, and the sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the corresponding pixel circuit. In the display data period, the corresponding pixel circuit receives display data from a corresponding data line, and the sensing circuit does not sense the corresponding pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lin, Shang-I Liu, Hua-Gang Chang