Patents by Inventor Meng-Huan Ho

Meng-Huan Ho 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: 10381381
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels with light-emitting diodes that emit light to form images. The display may have a substrate with thin-film transistor circuitry for supplying signals to the light-emitting diodes. Anodes may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry, emissive material may be formed on the anodes, and a cathode layer may overlap the anodes. During operation, currents may flow between the anodes and the cathode layer to illuminate the diodes. An array of electrical components such as an array of light sensors in an integrated circuit may be mounted under the substrate. An array of corresponding light transmitting windows may be formed in the display each of which may allow light to pass through the display to a corresponding one of the light sensors. Light transmitting windows may be formed by patterning the cathode layer and supplying the windows with antireflection layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Minhyuk Choi, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Cheng Chen, Chin-Wei Lin, Meng-Huan Ho, Rui Liu, Shih Chang Chang, Soojin Park, Sarfaraz Moh, Jungmin Lee, John Z. Zhong
  • Publication number: 20190237008
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with displays. The display includes an array of display pixels and one or more display-light sensors that monitor the display light generated by the display pixels. Using the display-light sensors, corrections to control signals for the display pixels can be provided to correct for array non-uniformities and/or pixel degradation over time. The display-light sensors may be provided in an array of display-light sensors mounted parallel to the array of display pixels. The array of display-light sensors can be in-plane with the display pixels or vertically displaced from the display pixels. The display-light sensors may be prevented from receiving non-display light such as ambient light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Meng-Huan HO, Haojiang ZHOU, Cheng CHEN, Rui LIU
  • Publication number: 20190067394
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. Each pixel may include organic layers interposed between an anode and a cathode. The organic layers may emit out-coupled light that escapes the display and waveguided light that is waveguided within the organic layers. A reflector may be placed at the edge of the organic layers to reflect the waveguided light out of the display. The reflector may be located within a pixel definition layer and may be formed from metal or may be formed from one or more interfaces between high-refractive-index material and low-refractive-index material, The reflector may be formed from an extended portion of the pixel anode. The reflector may be formed from light-reflecting particles that are suspended in the pixel definition layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kwang Ohk Cheon, Cheng Chen, Chien Lu, Chih-Lei Chen, Chin Wei Hsu, Hui Lu, KiBeom Kim, Lun Tsai, Meng-Huan Ho, Nai-Chih Kao, Pei-Ling Lin, Rui Liu, Shan-Jen Yu, Wendi Chang, Yusuke Fujino
  • Patent number: 10163984
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have an anode that is coupled to a thin-film transistor pixel circuit for controlling the anode. Transparent windows may be formed in the display. The windows may be formed by replacing subpixels in some of the pixels with transparent windows. When subpixels are replaced by transparent windows, adjacent subpixels may be overdriven to compensate for lost light from the replaced subpixels. Adjacent subpixels may also be enlarged to help compensate for lost light. An array of electrical components such as an array of light sensors may be aligned with the transparent windows and may be used to measure light passing through the transparent windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Meng-Huan Ho, Minhyuk Choi, Chin-Wei Lin, Shih Chang Chang, Jae Won Choi, Jun Jiang, Rui Liu, Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20180315357
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a display cover layer. The display may have an active area with pixels and an inactive area with dummy pixels. The dummy pixels may have structures that are optically matched to the pixels so that the dummy pixels and pixels have similar visual appearances when the display is off. An optical window may be formed in the inactive area. A light-based component such as an ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, or image sensor may be mounted in the electronic device in alignment with the optical window. A polarizer layer may overlap the active and inactive areas of the display. An opening in the polarizer or a bleached unpolarized portion of the polarizer may be aligned with the optical window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Donghee Nam, Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, Cheng Chen, Meng-Huan Ho, Nathan K. Gupta, Rui Liu, Sebastian Knitter, Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Weibo Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170053602
    Abstract: Systems and electronic displays with improved contrast even under bright-light conditions are provided. Such an electronic display may include a self-emissive pixel (e.g., OLED or ?-LED) with a corresponding liquid crystal switchable retarder pixel. A liquid crystal layer of the switchable retarder pixel may be tuned to an “on” state or an “off” state. In the “on” state, the switchable retarder pixel may allow outside light that enters the pixel to reflect back out of the pixel. This may add to the amount of light that appears to be emitted from that pixel. In the “off” state, the switchable retarder pixel may block the outside light that enters the pixel from reflecting back out of the pixel. This may reduce the amount of light that appears to be emitted from that pixel. Selectively controlling the switchable retarder pixels may allow for increased contrast even under bright-light conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shih Chang Chang, Cheng Chen, Chin-Wei Lin, Donghee Nam, Meng-Huan Ho, Minhyuk Choi, Rui Liu
  • Publication number: 20160226013
    Abstract: A display may have thin-film transistor circuitry on a substrate with a substrate surface. An array of organic light-emitting diodes may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. The organic light-emitting diodes may have anodes, cathodes, and emissive material located between the anodes and cathodes. The anodes may be oriented so that they are not parallel to the substrate surface. The anodes may have curved shapes or may have tilted shapes. Tilted anodes may have multiple segments. Anodes may be tilted by amounts that vary as a function of lateral distance across a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Cheng Chen, Jae Won Choi, Kwang Ohk Cheon, Meng-Huan Ho, Young Bae Park
  • Patent number: 8476624
    Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, an organic light emitting diode device has a substrate, a cathode formed on the substrate, an anode spaced-apart from the cathode, a plurality of electroluminescent units stacked between the cathode and the anode, and a plurality of charge generation layers, each of which is formed between two adjacent electroluminescent units. Each electroluminescent unit has an electron-transport layer, an emission layer formed on the electron-transport layer, and a hole-transport layer formed on the emission layer. The electron-transport layer of the first electroluminescent unit is formed on the cathode, defining a first energy barrier, and the anode is formed on the hole-transport layer of the last electroluminescent unit, defining a second energy barrier. The first energy barrier is higher than the second energy barrier. The first electroluminescent unit has a lifetime longer than that of each of the rest electroluminescent units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Yen Wu, Ting-Yi Cho, Meng-Ting Lee, Meng-Huan Ho, Po-Hsuan Chiang, Chieh-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20130153863
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device is provided. The organic light emitting device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and a light emitting material layer. The second electrode layer is disposed opposite to the first electrode layer. The light emitting material layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and includes an organic light emitting material and an electron transport material, wherein the electron transport material includes a compound represented by a formula (1) below: in which a group A represents an aromatic ring, a is 1, and a group B represents a nitrogen containing five-membered heterocyclic group and derivatives thereof, and has at least one nitrogen atom connected to a meta-position of the group A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken-Tsung Wong, Hsiao-Fan Chen, Ting-Chih Wang, Shih-Wei Lin, Wen-Yi Hung, Qu-Yuan Liu, Meng-Huan Ho, Ting-Yi Cho, Chieh-Wei Chen, Chung-Chun Lee
  • Publication number: 20100289006
    Abstract: Novel blue organic compound is provided. Using the blue organic compound, an organic electroluminescent device is provided, which achieved a blue emission with high efficiency, saturated color and long device lifetime. The novel blue organic compound is represented by the following general formula (1). wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, in which R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be identical with or different from each other, or R1-R2 and R3-R4 may be bridged to 5 to 7-membered carbocyclic ring. R5 to R16 represent hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Besides, R1-R5, R2-R6, R3-R15, R4-R16, R5-R7, R6-R8, R9-R11, R10-R12, R13-R15 and R14-R16 may be bridged to a carbocyclic ring from 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Chin-Hsin Chen, Yao-Shan Wu, Meng-Huan Ho, Shih-Wen Wen