Patents by Inventor Shengkui GAO

Shengkui GAO 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: 10636355
    Abstract: An electronic device includes processors that generate image data. The electronic device also includes an electronic display that displays the image data over a first frame duration by programming a first row of display pixels with the image data. The electronic display also displays the image data over the first frame duration by causing the first row of display pixels to emit light for an emission duration that is based at least in part on a first luminance of the image data. The electronic display further displays the image data over the first frame duration by resetting the first row of pixels at least two times before an end of the first frame duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao, Mohammad Hajirostam
  • Publication number: 20200118486
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises an electronic display having an active area having a pixel. The electronic device also comprises processing circuitry configured to receive image data to send to the pixel and adjust the image data to generate corrected image data based at least in part on a stored correction value for the pixel. The processing circuitry also is configured to generate a test data to send to the pixel subsequent to sending corrected image data to the pixel, wherein the test data is selected based upon a comparison of at least one aspect of the corrected image data with a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Jie Won Ryu, Shengkui Gao, Rui Zhang, Injae Hwang, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Shiping Shen, Hyunsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 10573236
    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Due to the presence of a notch in the display, the display may have some rows that are shorter than other rows in the display, and accordingly different gate line loading. To account for the gate line loading variations, the display driver circuitry may have gate driver circuits that provide different gate line signals to different rows of pixels within the display. In other arrangement, luminance adjustment circuitry may receive image data and generate corresponding compensated image data to account for gate line loading variations between rows of pixels in the display. The image data may be compensated based on the location of the pixel, the gray level of the image data, the display brightness, and/or temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengkui Gao, Graeme M. Williams, Haifeng Li, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Paolo Sacchetto, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Shyuan Yang, Sinan Alousi, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Weijun Yao, Yafei Bi, Yue Jack Chu
  • Patent number: 10573234
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes displaying image frames and receiving operational parameters of the electronic display based on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display when displaying the image frames. A first set of pixels below the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a first image frame and a second set of pixels above the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a second image frame. The method also includes adjusting image display of a third image frame on the electronic display based on the operational parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Chaohao Wang, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Shiping Shen, Shengkui Gao, Hyunsoo Kim, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Injae Hwang, Myungjoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10573211
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for differential sensing (DS), difference-differential sensing (DDS), correlated double sampling (CDS), and/or programmable capacitor matching to reduce display panel sensing noise. An electronic device may include one or more processors and an electronic display. The one or more processors may generate image data and adjust the image data based at least in part on display sensing feedback. The electronic display may employ sensing circuitry that obtains the display sensing feedback at least in part by applying test data to a pixel of a column of an active area of the display and differentially senses an electrical value of the pixel in comparison to a reference signal from a different column. This reference signal may provide a common mode noise reference, which is removed by the differential sensing and thereby enhances a quality of the sensed electrical value of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Chin-Wei Lin, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Junhua Tan, Sun-Il Chang, Shinya Ono, Jesse A. Richmond, Yafei Bi, Derek K. Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 10564774
    Abstract: Methods for mitigation of sensing error effects in display panels are disclosed. Display panels, such as pixel-based panels, may have circuitry to sense the luminance values, compare measurements with target luminance values, and provide corrections. Sensing errors, such as ones caused by sensor hysteresis and thermal fluctuations, may lead to overcorrections and visible artifacts. Mitigations schemes discussed herein include filtering of sensed signal with low pass filters, partial correction strategies, and feedforward sensing schemes. Circuitry that implements these schemes are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sun-Il Chang, Myung-Je Cho, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse A. Richmond, Hyunsoo Kim, Shiping Shen, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Hung Sheng Lin, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Hyunwoo Nho
  • Patent number: 10565923
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for noise in a display that includes sensing a current in a sensing channel of the display. Compensating for the noise also includes sensing an observation current from noise in an observation channel of the display and scaling the observation current to generate a scaled observation current. The scaled observation current is subtracted from the sense current to generate a compensated output. The compensated output is used to drive compensation operations of the display based at least in part on the compensated output to reduce effects of the noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shiping Shen, Derek K. Shaeffer, Baris Cagdaser, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Hung Sheng Lin, Injae Hwang, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Junhua Tan, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Mohammad B Vahid Far, Jesse A. Richmond, Sun-Il Chang
  • Patent number: 10559238
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for differential sensing (DS), difference-differential sensing (DDS), correlated double sampling (CDS), and/or programmable capacitor matching to reduce display panel sensing noise. An electronic device may include one or more processors and an electronic display. The one or more processors may generate image data and adjust the image data based at least in part on display sensing feedback. The electronic display may employ sensing circuitry that obtains the display sensing feedback at least in part by applying test data to a pixel of a column of an active area of the display and differentially senses an electrical value of the pixel in comparison to a reference signal from a different column. This reference signal may provide a common mode noise reference, which is removed by the differential sensing and thereby enhances a quality of the sensed electrical value of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Chin-Wei Lin, Mohammad B Vahid Far, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Junhua Tan, Sun-II Chang, Shinya Ono, Jesse A Richmond, Yafei Bi, Derek K. Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 10529053
    Abstract: A display device may include a display having a pixels and a processor. The processor may receive image data, determine a digital offset value for a pixel based on a location of the pixel, such that the digital offset value compensates for one or more non-uniformity properties of the pixel. The processor may determine a scale factor associated with the pixel based on at least two of a luminance setting for the display, a driving mode of the display, and a gray level value for the pixel. The processor may then generate correction image data by applying the scale factor to the digital offset value, generate compensated image data based on the correction image data and the image data, and provide the compensated image data to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengkui Gao, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Katherine W. Song, Mohammad Hajirostam, Myung-Je Cho, Rui Zhang, Sang Y. Youn, Wei H. Yao, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20200005716
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that may reduce a reduction in visual artifacts related to hysteresis of a light emitting diode (LED) electronic display. In one example, an electronic device may include a controller. The controller is may provide a signal to a pixel of a display of the electronic device while at least a portion of the display is turned off. The signal may include a first current and a second current. The first current may be designed to increase an ambient temperature corresponding to the pixel. The second current may be generated as part of an active panel conditioning operation. By applying the first current and the second current, hysteresis settling times from the pixel may improve, therefore improving speeds of sensing and compensation operations of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Jie Won Ryu, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Majid Gharghi, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Kavinaath Murugan, Sun-Il Chang, Chin Wei Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Rui Zhang, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Yun Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Alex H. Pai, Chaohao Wang, Wei H. Yao
  • Publication number: 20190325816
    Abstract: Systems and methods reduce likelihood of hysteresis that reduces perceived image quality of a subsequent image frame by toggling the display pixels to relax the display pixels by overwriting previous image frame data. During non-emission periods of the pixels, the pixels may be pre-toggled or exercised to improve response time and accuracy of the pixel. Data for pixels being programmed may also be used to pre-toggle other pixels reducing overhead but increasing cross-talk. Since the amount of cross-talk is related to content of the pixels being pre-toggled, a line buffer may be used to store image data for the pixels being pre-toggled. This stored image data may be used to determine how much pre-compensation is to be applied to data for the pixels being programmed. In other words, an amount of compensation applied is based at least in part on the content (e.g., greyscale levels) of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Shengkui Gao, Yingying Tang, Sean C. Chang, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Kasra M. Omid-Zohoor, Chumin Zhao, Jingyu Huang, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Hyunwoo Nho, Chaohao Wang, Marc J. DeVincentis, Marc Albrecht, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis
  • Patent number: 10417971
    Abstract: An electronic device includes processors that generate image data. The electronic device also includes an electronic display that displays the image data over a first frame duration by programming a first row of display pixels with the image data. The electronic display also displays the image data over the first frame duration by causing the first row of display pixels to emit light for an emission duration that is based at least in part on a first luminance of the image data. The electronic display further displays the image data over the first frame duration by resetting the first row of pixels before an end of the first frame duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao, Mohammad Hajirostam
  • Publication number: 20190244555
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for differential sensing (DS), difference-differential sensing (DDS), correlated double sampling (CDS), correlated-correlated double sampling (CDS-CDS) and/or programmable capacitor matching to reduce display panel sensing noise. An electronic device may include one or more processors that generate image data according to sensing operations. The one or more processors may reference a sensing pattern as part of sensing operations. Applying test sensing signals based on the sensing pattern may help reduce error associated with sensing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Chin-Wei Lin, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Junhua Tan, Sun-II Chang, Shinya Ono, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Yafei Bi, Derek K. Shaeffer, Myungjoon Choi, Shiping Shen
  • Publication number: 20190237001
    Abstract: A display device may include a processor that may receive image data, such that the image data may include gray level data and display brightness value (DBV) data for a first pixel of a display. The processor may then determine a gain compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on a correction spatial map, a brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may then determine an offset compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on the correction spatial map, the brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may generate compensated gray level data by applying the gain compensation factor and the offset compensation factor to the gray level data and transmit the compensated gray level data to pixel driving circuitry associated with the first pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Soojin Park, Bhadrinarayana L. Visweswaran, Chieh-Wei Chen, Anshi Liang, Marc Albrecht, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Sean C. Chang, Hyunwoo Nho, Mohammad Hajirostam, Myung-Je Cho, Shengkui Gao, Wei H. Yao, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20190221146
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for differential sensing (DS), difference-differential sensing (DDS), correlated double sampling (CDS), and/or programmable capacitor matching to reduce display panel sensing noise. An electronic device may include one or more processors and an electronic display. The one or more processors may generate image data and adjust the image data based at least in part on display sensing feedback. The electronic display may employ sensing circuitry that obtains the display sensing feedback at least in part by applying test data to a pixel of a column of an active area of the display and differentially senses an electrical value of the pixel in comparison to a reference signal from a different column. This reference signal may provide a common mode noise reference, which is removed by the differential sensing and thereby enhances a quality of the sensed electrical value of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Chin-Wei Lin, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Junhua Tan, Sun-II Chang, Shinya Ono, Jesse A. Richmond, Yafei Bi, Derek K. Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 10269278
    Abstract: Electronic displays, systems, and methods that perform display panel sensing are provided. An electronic device may include processing circuitry that generates image data based at least in part on display panel sensing feedback and an electronic display. The electronic display may display the image data on pixels coupled to one of several sense lines. There may be an odd number of sense lines with common electrical characteristics. The electronic display may obtain display panel sense feedback at least in part by differentially sensing each one of the sense lines with sense lines with common electrical characteristics with another one of the sense lines the common electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Shengkui Gao, Jesse A. Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Sun-Il Chang, Yafei Bi
  • Publication number: 20190086992
    Abstract: An electronic display includes an active area having an array of pixels. The electronic display also includes multiple data power rails coupled to the active area that supply power to the array of pixels. The electronic display further includes data driving circuitry coupled to the multiple data power rails that drive the array of pixels. The electronic display also includes a controller coupled to the data driving circuitry having a processor. The processor causes the array of pixels to emit light based on a display brightness value. The processor also causes a pixel of the array of pixels to emit light at a brightness of gray level 0 by dynamically adjusting a data power rail of the multiple data power rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Hyunsoo Kim, Shengkui Gao, Chun Lu, Sinan Alousi, Chin-Wei Lin, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Yafei Bi, Injae Hwang, Haifeng Li, Mohammad Hajirostam
  • Publication number: 20180342193
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for noise in a display that includes sensing a current in a sensing channel of the display. Compensating for the noise also includes sensing an observation current from noise in an observation channel of the display and scaling the observation current to generate a scaled observation current. The scaled observation current is subtracted from the sense current to generate a compensated output. The compensated output is used to drive compensation operations of the display based at least in part on the compensated output to reduce effects of the noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Shiping Shen, Derek K. Shaeffer, Baris Cagdaser, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Hung Sheng Lin, Injae Hwang, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Junhua Tan, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Jesse A. Richmond, Sun-Il Chang
  • Publication number: 20180336823
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes displaying image frames and receiving operational parameters of the electronic display based on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display when displaying the image frames. A first set of pixels below the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a first image frame and a second set of pixels above the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a second image frame. The method also includes adjusting image display of a third image frame on the electronic display based on the operational parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Chaohao Wang, Jie Won Ryu, Kingsuk Brahma, Shiping Shen, Shengkui Gao, Hyunsoo Kim, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Injae Hwang, Myungjoon Choi
  • 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