Patents by Inventor James C. Aamold

James C. Aamold 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: 10395611
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating for VCOM variations include determining a voltage change in pixels between frames to be displayed on an electronic display. Based on the determined voltage change, VCOM variation is calculated based on coupling the VCOM to one or more data lines of the electronic display. VCOM compensation is determined and applied to offset for the VCOM variation. Using the VCOM offset, subsequent pixel content for the one or more pixels is written using the compensated VCOM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Patent number: 10235936
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing non-uniform luminance of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel. In order to reduce non-uniform luminance, the display panel can compensate for an amount of voltage drop that is occurring across a line of the display panel. The voltage drop can be estimated based on image data provided to the display panel and one or more calibration constants stored by the display panel. The calibration constants can be generated during manufacturing of the display panel in order to equip the display panel with an accurate means for predicting voltage drop across each line of the display panel. During calibration, a predetermined display pattern is output by the display panel. Thereafter, an amount of luminance projected from the display panel is compared with an expected amount of luminance associated with the predetermined display pattern to calculate the calibration constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Johan L. Piper, James C. Aamold
  • Patent number: 10134334
    Abstract: In order to reduce non-uniform luminance and/or chrominance, a display panel can determine, on a pixel-by-pixel basis in at least a row of pixels, a correction for voltage drops in the display panel. The voltage drop can be estimated based on a state of pixels in the display panel corresponding to at least a portion of a current frame of image data and at least a portion of a previous frame of image data. Moreover, based on the correction, the display plane can modify on the pixel-by-pixel basis in at least the row: a supply voltage applied to the display panel; a digital representation of the image data in the current frame that correspond to the pixels; and pixel drive signals corresponding to the image data in the current frame. Furthermore, the correction may be based on a predefined calibration constant and/or may be dynamically calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Johan L. Piper, James C. Aamold, Shengkui Gao, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho
  • Publication number: 20180068624
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating for VCOM variations include determining a voltage change in pixels between frames to be displayed on an electronic display. Based on the determined voltage change, VCOM variation is calculated based on coupling the VCOM to one or more data lines of the electronic display. VCOM compensation is determined and applied to offset for the VCOM variation. Using the VCOM offset, subsequent pixel content for the one or more pixels is written using the compensated VCOM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Patent number: 9761188
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating for VCOM variations include determining a voltage change in pixels between frames to be displayed on an electronic display. Based on the determined voltage change, VCOM variation is calculated based on coupling the VCOM to one or more data lines of the electronic display. VCOM compensation is determined and applied to offset for the VCOM variation. Using the VCOM offset, subsequent pixel content for the one or more pixels is written using the compensated VCOM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Publication number: 20170032742
    Abstract: In order to reduce non-uniform luminance and/or chrominance, a display panel can determine, on a pixel-by-pixel basis in at least a row of pixels, a correction for voltage drops in the display panel. The voltage drop can be estimated based on a state of pixels in the display panel corresponding to at least a portion of a current frame of image data and at least a portion of a previous frame of image data. Moreover, based on the correction, the display plane can modify on the pixel-by-pixel basis in at least the row: a supply voltage applied to the display panel; a digital representation of the image data in the current frame that correspond to the pixels; and pixel drive signals corresponding to the image data in the current frame. Furthermore, the correction may be based on a predefined calibration constant and/or may be dynamically calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Johan L. PIPER, James C. AAMOLD, Shengkui GAO, Hung Sheng LIN, Hyunwoo NHO
  • Publication number: 20160300527
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing non-uniform luminance of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel. In order to reduce non-uniform luminance, the display panel can compensate for an amount of voltage drop that is occurring across a line of the display panel. The voltage drop can be estimated based on image data provided to the display panel and one or more calibration constants stored by the display panel. The calibration constants can be generated during manufacturing of the display panel in order to equip the display panel with an accurate means for predicting voltage drop across each line of the display panel. During calibration, a predetermined display pattern is output by the display panel. Thereafter, an amount of luminance projected from the display panel is compared with an expected amount of luminance associated with the predetermined display pattern to calculate the calibration constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Johan L. PIPER, James C. AAMOLD
  • Publication number: 20160260407
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating for VCOM variations include determining a voltage change in pixels between frames to be displayed on an electronic display. Based on the determined voltage change, VCOM variation is calculated based on coupling the VCOM to one or more data lines of the electronic display. VCOM compensation is determined and applied to offset for the VCOM variation. Using the VCOM offset, subsequent pixel content for the one or more pixels is written using the compensated VCOM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Patent number: 9406282
    Abstract: A device includes a timing test circuit. The timing test circuit receives a timing signal related to the display of an image on a display. The timing test circuit also determines if the timing signals are invalid. Moreover, the timing test circuit transmits a fault indication when the timing signals are determined to be invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason N. Gomez, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Publication number: 20150325212
    Abstract: A device includes a timing test circuit. The timing test circuit receives a timing signal related to the display of an image on a display. The timing test circuit also determines if the timing signals are invalid. Moreover, the timing test circuit transmits a fault indication when the timing signals are determined to be invalid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jason N. Gomez, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Paolo Sacchetto