Patents by Inventor Min-Yang Chiu

Min-Yang Chiu 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: 11978392
    Abstract: A precharge method for a data driver includes steps of: outputting a display data to a plurality of output terminals of the data driver; outputting a second precharge voltage to an output terminal among the plurality of output terminals prior to outputting the display data to the output terminal, to precharge the output terminal to a voltage level closer to an output voltage; and outputting a first precharge voltage to the output terminal prior to outputting the second precharge voltage. The first precharge voltage provides a faster voltage transition on the output terminal than the second precharge voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Min-Yang Chiu, Yu-Sheng Ma, Jin-Yi Lin, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Chun-Fu Lin
  • Publication number: 20230368486
    Abstract: A method is provided to operate an image sensor, including the following steps: comparing a first threshold with multiple first frame-difference signals to generate a first region of interest (ROI) address, wherein each of multiple first frame-difference signals is generated by a corresponding pixel, in multiple pixels, operating during a first time frame and a second time frame, wherein multiple pixels are arranged in multiple columns and multiple rows; identifying edge columns and edge rows in the first ROI address; adjusting, according to the edge columns and the edge rows, the first ROI address to generate a second ROI address; and outputting a ROI image according to the second ROI address and multiple second frame-difference signals generated by multiple pixels operating during the second time frame and a third time frame after the second time frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng HSIEH, Min-Yang CHIU
  • Patent number: 11785353
    Abstract: An image sensor chip and a sensing method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor chip includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a reset switch, a sampling switch, a light sensing element, a capacitor, and an output circuit. The sampling switch is coupled between the reset switch and the light sensing element. The capacitor is coupled between the sampling switch and the output circuit. The output circuit outputs difference information corresponding to a difference between a plurality of sensing results of the light sensing element in different frame periods to a corresponding readout line. The sampling switch has an ON-time length during an exposure period and an OFF-time length during a readout and clean-up period. A ratio of the ON-time length to the OFF-time length is related to a ratio of a capacitance of the light sensing element to a capacitance of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chih-Cheng Hsieh, Min-Yang Chiu