Patents by Inventor Shiping Shen

Shiping Shen 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: 11663973
    Abstract: External compensation of display panels may employ measurement or sensing circuitry configured to measure the output of a pixel and compensate for variations. Due to effects from the sensing circuitry, a mismatch between a target current and the actual current in the pixel may occur. Systems and methods that compensate for the effects from sensing circuitry and reduce or mitigate the mismatch are described. Systems and methods described herein include compensation circuitry that is capable of employing correction factors to compensate for the effects due to the presence of sensing circuitry. Methods for determining the correction factor are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Shengkui Gao, Myungjoon Choi, Injae Hwang, Chaohao Wang, Myung-Je Cho, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Jesse A. Richmond, Kingsuk Brahma, Jie Won Ryu, Shiping Shen, Yunhui Hou
  • Patent number: 11488529
    Abstract: A current-voltage (IV) relationship of a pixel having a diode is initially determined. A first voltage is determined that does not cause the diode to emit light, and a first current across the diode is sensed by applying the first voltage. A predetermined current is determined based on the first voltage and the IV relationship. A ratio is determined based on the first current, a target current, and the predetermined current. A ratio voltage is determined by applying the ratio to a predetermined target voltage. If the first current is less than the predetermined current, then the ratio voltage is applied to supply a target current to the diode. If the first current is greater than the predetermined current, then a second voltage is determined by averaging the first test voltage and the ratio voltage, and the second voltage is applied to supply the target current to the diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Injae Hwang, Jesun Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Junhua Tan, Myungjoon Choi, Rebecca Park, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang, Shengkui Gao, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Changki Min, Yifan Zhang, Jiye Lee, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 11380260
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a controller. The controller is configured to provide a first signal to a display of the electronic device to turn off the display. The controller is also configured to provide a second signal to the display to alter a gate source voltage of a drive transistor coupled to a light emitting diode (LED) of a pixel of the display while the display is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    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
  • Patent number: 11380231
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for aging or other effects in a display during a non-transmitting state (off state) of the display. Sensing may include emissive element sensing of the display and/or thin film transistor sensing of the display. Compensating for the effects may preserve or increase a uniformity of transmission of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Jesse A. Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kavinaath Murugan, Kingsuk Brahma, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang, Myung-Je Cho, Yafei Bi, Myungjoon Choi, Weichuan Yao, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 11348533
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels, where each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to associated thin-film transistors. The thin-film transistors may be controlled using at least first and second horizontal scan line signals. Loading different data values into any given row in the array may cause the scan line signals to exhibit varying rise/fall times, which results in horizontal crosstalk and luminance non-uniformity across the display. The rise and fall times of the second scan line signal are crucial, so the second scan line signal is driven by two separate scan line drivers formed on both sides of the display. Only the fall time of the first scan line signal is crucial, so the first scan line signal is driven by only one peripheral scan line driver and is coupled to an auxiliary pull-down circuit that is only activated during the pull-down transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Gihoon Choo, Shiping Shen, Jie Won Ryu, Zino Lee, Hassan Edrees, Ting-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 11282458
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presently disclosed that compensate for temperature-based parasitic capacitance variation of a pixel of a display by causing a driver transistor of the pixel to enter an ohmic or linear region. A lookup table is generated based on temperatures at the pixel, diode voltages, and target diode currents or luminances at a diode of the pixel. A correction voltage is determined based on a target diode current or luminance, a temperature at the pixel, and the lookup table. A data voltage is applied corresponding to the target diode current or luminance and the correction voltage to the driver transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Injae Hwang, Jesun Kim, Jesse A. Richmond, Junhua Tan, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Chaohao Wang, Shiping Shen, Myungjoon Choi, Myung-Je Cho, Rebecca Park, Sun-Il Chang
  • Patent number: 11205363
    Abstract: An electronic display may include pixel circuitry to display an image based on image data compensated for voltage variations within the pixel circuitry. Image processing circuitry may generate a compensation value to compensate the image data for cross-talk (e.g., electromagnetic coupling between an electrode of touch sensor circuitry and an electrode of the pixel circuitry) that may cause the voltage variations. Additionally or alternatively, the image processing circuitry may generate another compensation value to compensate the image data for another cross-talk (e.g., electromagnetic coupling between two electrodes of the pixel circuitry). The image processing circuitry may generate the compensated image data based on the first compensation value and/or the second compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Myungjoon Choi, Kingsuk Brahma, Li-Xuan Chuo, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Alex H. Pai, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Shiping Shen, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 11189202
    Abstract: A system may include an electronic display panel having multiple pixels for depicting image data and processing circuitry that may receive a first error value representative of a first difference between a first electrical signal measured at a first pixel of the multiple pixels and an expected electrical signal for the first pixel. The first electrical signal may be based on a test signal transmitted to the first pixel and the expected electrical signal may correspond to an expected response of the first pixel based on the test signal. The processing circuitry may filter the first error value to generate a first compensated error value and may filter the first error value based on the first compensated error value to generate a second compensated error value, where the second compensated error value may filter one or more effects of spatial crosstalk between one or more pixels near the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sun-Il Chang, Baris Cagdaser, Chaohao Wang, Derek Keith Shaeffer, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Myung-Je Cho, Myungjoon Choi, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Wei H. Yao, Yunhui Hou
  • Patent number: 11164515
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    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: 11127357
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating an electronic device, which includes a display pixel that emits light to facilitate displaying an image during an emission period and a data driver coupled to the display pixel via a data line. The data driver generates a data line voltage signal based on image data that indicates target luminance of the display pixel in the image and supplies the data line voltage signal to the data line during a non-emission period preceding the emission period to facilitate writing the image to the display pixel. Additionally, the data driver supplies an intermediate voltage greater than a ground voltage to the data line during the emission period in which the image is displayed to facilitate reducing luminance variation in the image resulting from a leakage current flowing between an internal node of the display pixel and the data line during the emission period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Won Ryu, Myungjoon Choi, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Chin-Wei Lin, Shiping Shen, Kingsuk Brahma, Chaohao Wang, Shinya Ono, Alex H. Pai, Hassan Edrees
  • Patent number: 11100845
    Abstract: A device may include a photosensitive transistor and a light-emitting diode. The light-emitting diode may include an anode. The anode may include a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness. The device may also include driving circuitry that receives a data signal and causes light to emit from the light-emitting diode in response to the data signal. The photosensitive transistor may generate an electrical signal in response to light emitted from the light-emitting diode during the light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Rui Zhang, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang
  • Publication number: 20210150950
    Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for aging or other effects in a display during a non-transmitting state (off state) of the display. Sensing may include emissive element sensing of the display and/or thin film transistor sensing of the display. Compensating for the effects may preserve or increase a uniformity of transmission of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Jesse A. Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kavinaath Murugan, Kingsuk Brahma, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang, Myung-Je Cho, Yafei Bi
  • Patent number: 10997914
    Abstract: A system may include a display panel that includes number of pixels that display image data on a display. The system may also include a circuit that measures a voltage associated with a light-emitting diode (LED) of a pixel of the number of pixels in response to the LED receiving a current. In addition to the circuit, the system may employ data processing circuitry that may generate a calibrated prediction model based at least in part on the voltage and the current, such that the calibrated prediction model predicts a change in voltage performance of the LED as the LED ages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Injae Hwang, Jiye Lee, Yifan Zhang, Hyunwoo Nho, Sun-Il Chang, Junhua Tan, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunsoo Kim, Myungjoon Choi, Shiping Shen, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse A. Richmond
  • Publication number: 20210118349
    Abstract: An electronic display may include pixel circuitry to display an image based on image data compensated for voltage variations within the pixel circuitry. Image processing circuitry may generate a compensation value to compensate the image data for cross-talk (e.g., electromagnetic coupling between an electrode of touch sensor circuitry and an electrode of the pixel circuitry) that may cause the voltage variations. Additionally or alternatively, the image processing circuitry may generate another compensation value to compensate the image data for another cross-talk (e.g., electromagnetic coupling between two electrodes of the pixel circuitry). The image processing circuitry may generate the compensated image data based on the first compensation value and/or the second compensation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Myungjoon Choi, Kingsuk Brahma, Li-Xuan Chuo, Mohammad Ali Jangda, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Alex H. Pai, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Shiping Shen, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 10984713
    Abstract: An electronic display system may include a display panel used to display an image through emitting light. The electronic display system may also include processing circuitry that receives indication of an image to be displayed on the display panel and generates one or more signals to communicate the image on the display panel. The processing circuitry may compensate for non-uniformities in light emission between pixels of the display due to current-voltage non-uniformities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Chaohao Wang, Jun Li, Myungjoon Choi, Hyunsoo Kim, Shengkui Gao, Injae Hwang, Sun-Il Chang, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Shiping Shen
  • Publication number: 20210082349
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a controller. The controller is configured to provide a first signal to a display of the electronic device to turn off the display. The controller is also configured to provide a second signal to the display to alter a gate source voltage of a drive transistor coupled to a light emitting diode (LED) of a pixel of the display while the display is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Jie Won Ryu, Shengkui Gao, Shiping Shen, Majid Gharghi, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Kavinaath Murugan, Sun-II Chang, Chin-Wei Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Rui Zhang, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Yun Wang, Hung Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10950182
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    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
  • Patent number: 10943541
    Abstract: Current-voltage shift determination circuitry of a processing core complex coupled to the electronic display determines total current-voltage shift values at a pixel. The current-voltage shift determination circuitry then determines temperature-based current-voltage shift values at the pixel. The current-voltage shift determination circuitry extracts the temperature-based current-voltage shift values from the total current-voltage shift values to determine age-based voltage degradation values. Display compensation circuitry of the processing core complex adjusts display of image data by the pixel based on the age-based voltage degradation values. In this manner, voltage degradation due to pixel aging may be determined separately from current-voltage shift due to temperature, and, as such, be more accurately compensated for, resulting in better display of image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Hsin-Ying Chiu, Sun-Il Chang, Yunhui Hou, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Weichuan Yao, Shiping Shen, Injae Hwang, Hyunsoo Kim, Myungjoon Choi, Shengkui Gao, Chaohao Wang, Kingsuk Brahma, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Myung-Je Cho, Changki Min, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 10878747
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating a display of an electronic device using internal sensing and external compensation. The external compensation uses a generated compensation map that then is used to compensate for variations that occur outside of display circuitry. The internal sensing compensation is used to compensate for internally sensed parameters (e.g., aging) of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengkui Gao, Chaohao Wang, Hung Sheng Lin, Hyunsoo Kim, Hyunwoo Nho, Injae Hwang, Jesse Aaron Richmond, Jie Won Ryu, Junhua Tan, Kingsuk Brahma, Myung-Je Cho, Myungjoon Choi, Shiping Shen, Sun-Il Chang, Wei H. Yao, Yi Qiao
  • Publication number: 20200388225
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presently disclosed that compensate for temperature-based parasitic capacitance variation of a pixel of a display by causing a driver transistor of the pixel to enter an ohmic or linear region. A lookup table is generated based on temperatures at the pixel, diode voltages, and target diode currents or luminances at a diode of the pixel. A correction voltage is determined based on a target diode current or luminance, a temperature at the pixel, and the lookup table. A data voltage is applied corresponding to the target diode current or luminance and the correction voltage to the driver transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Kim, Injae Hwang, Jesun Kim, Jesse A. Richmond, Junhua Tan, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Kingsuk Brahma, Chaohao Wang, Shiping Shen, Myungjoon Choi, Myung-Je Cho, Rebecca Park, Sun-Il Chang