Patents by Inventor Sheng-Pai HUANG

Sheng-Pai HUANG 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: 11962742
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. The display may have a number of independently controllable viewing zones. Each viewing zone displays a respective two-dimensional image. Each eye of the viewer may receive a different one of the two-dimensional images, resulting in a perceived three-dimensional image. The electronic device may include display pipeline circuitry that generates and processes content to be displayed on the lenticular display. Content generating circuitry may initially generate content that includes a plurality of two-dimensional images, each two-dimensional image corresponding to a respective viewing zone. The two-dimensional images may be processed by per-view processing circuitry. Pixel mapping circuitry may be used to map the two-dimensional images to the array of pixels in the lenticular display. After pixel mapping, additional panel-level processing may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Chaohao Wang, Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, Karol E. Czaradzki, Pavel V. Dudrenov, Yi-Pai Huang, Yue Ma
  • Patent number: 11955038
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. The display may have a number of independently controllable viewing zones. Each viewing zone displays a respective two-dimensional image. Each eye of the viewer may receive a different one of the two-dimensional images, resulting in a perceived three-dimensional image. The electronic device may include display pipeline circuitry that generates and processes content to be displayed on the lenticular display. Content generating circuitry may generate content that includes a plurality of two-dimensional images, each two-dimensional image corresponding to a respective viewing zone. Pixel mapping circuitry may be used to map the two-dimensional images to the array of pixels in the lenticular display. The array of pixels may have a diagonal layout. An offset map may be used by the pixel mapping circuitry to account for the diagonal layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Chaohao Wang, Yi-Pai Huang, Yue Ma, Ping-Yen Chou, Fu-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20240112628
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. A plurality of lenticular lenses may extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. The display may have a number of independently controllable viewing zones. The viewer may be particularly susceptible to artifacts caused by crosstalk at the edge viewing zones within the primary field of view of the display. Certain types of content may also be more vulnerable to crosstalk than other types of content. Therefore, to mitigate crosstalk artifacts, the pixel value for each pixel may be adjusted based on the viewing zone of the respective pixel and content information (such as texture information or brightness information) associated with the respective pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yunhui Hou, Yi-Pai Huang, Fu-Chung Huang, Sheng Zhang, Chaohao Wang, Ping-Yen Chou, Yi Huang, Juan He, Alfred B. Huergo Wagner, Seung Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 8902376
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a frame, at least one optical film and a flexible fixing-element. The frame includes a bottom plate and a sidewall connected to the bottom plate. The frame has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface has an accommodation fillister. The frame further has a hole disposed between the accommodation fillister and the bottom plate and configured to connect the inner and outer surfaces to each other. The optical film(s) is disposed in the frame and includes a main body and a lug. The lug is inserted in the accommodation fillister and has a first opening. The flexible fixing-element has a first end and a second end. The flexible fixing-element is suitable to pass through the hole and the first opening. The first end of the flexible fixing-element is fixed on the outer surface. A display device adopting the backlight module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Sheng-Pai Huang
  • Publication number: 20130222735
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a frame, at least one optical film and a flexible fixing-element. The frame includes a bottom plate and a sidewall connected to the bottom plate. The frame has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface has an accommodation fillister. The frame further has a hole disposed between the accommodation fillister and the bottom plate and configured to connect the inner and outer surfaces to each other. The optical film(s) is disposed in the frame and includes a main body and a lug. The lug is inserted in the accommodation fillister and has a first opening. The flexible fixing-element has a first end and a second end. The flexible fixing-element is suitable to pass through the hole and the first opening. The first end of the flexible fixing-element is fixed on the outer surface. A display device adopting the backlight module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Sheng-Pai HUANG
  • Publication number: 20130155349
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board, and a flexible printed circuit board. The liquid crystal panel is disposed on the backlight module. The liquid crystal panel includes a thin film transistor substrate and a color filter. The color filter faces the backlight module, and the thin film transistor substrate has a bonding area. The flexible printed circuit board connects the bonding area to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Pai HUANG