Patents by Inventor Shun-Ming Huang

Shun-Ming 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: 9418610
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, Deng-Tzung Tang, Yaw-Shing Tseng, Kun-Hsien Yang, Wen-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20150332646
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: SHUN-MING HUANG, DENG-TZUNG TANG, YAW-SHING TSENG, KUN-HSIEN YANG, WEN-HAO WU
  • Patent number: 9047833
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, Deng-Tzung Tang, Yaw-Shing Tseng, Kun-Hsien Yang, Wen-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 9047834
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, Deng-Tzung Tang, Yaw-Shing Tseng, Kun-Hsien Yang, Wen-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20140253529
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHUN-MING HUANG, DENG-TZUNG TANG, YAW-SHING TSENG, KUN-HSIEN YANG, WEN-HAO WU
  • Publication number: 20140253530
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHUN-MING HUANG, DENG-TZUNG TANG, YAW-SHING TSENG, KUN-HSIEN YANG, WEN-HAO WU
  • Patent number: 8766961
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) provides data lines, gate lines, and pixel units arranged as a matrix array. A method for driving the LCD includes a step of analyzing and determining polarities of one column of the pixel units as determining pixels, thereby defining a first polarity group and a second polarity group, and a step of sequentially applying corresponding data signals to a part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the first polarity group in a part of a period of a frame. Corresponding data signals are sequentially applied to the other part of the whole pixel units that are arranged at same rows with the second polarity group in another part of a period of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, Deng-Tzung Tang, Yaw-Shing Tseng, Kun-Hsien Yang, Wen-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 8633921
    Abstract: An exemplary data driving circuit includes a data register, a counter, and a comparator. The data register is configured for receiving serial gray level signals in turn, and outputting the plurality of gray level signals in parallel. The counter is configured for outputting counting signals. The comparator is configured for receiving the gray level signals and the counting signals, and outputting pulse voltage signals according to the gray level signals and the counting signals. A variety of duty ratios of the pulse voltage signals correspond to a variety of gray levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, Deng-Tzung Tang
  • Patent number: 8558774
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a data circuit, a memory, and a timing controller. The data circuit includes a polarity generating circuit. The timing controller includes: a data analysis circuit configured for analyzing video signals stored in the memory and generates a corresponding symbol bit to each datum according to the category of each datum; and a symbol bit generating circuit configured for receiving the video data from the data analysis circuit, and keeping or altering the symbol bit of each datum according to the symbol bit of each datum outputted from the data analysis circuit. The data circuit is configured for receiving the video data having symbol bits from the timing controller. The polarity generating circuit is configured for generating a corresponding polarity control signal according to each of the symbol bits of the video data. A related method for driving the liquid crystal display is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8552969
    Abstract: A backlight adjusting system and method is adapted for adjusting a backlight brightness of a light emitting element for a display panel based on an ambient light around the display panel. The backlight adjusting system includes a first calculator, a processor and a driver. The first calculator calculates a target display brightness value of the display panel based on an actual ambient brightness value of the ambient light, a predetermined optimal ambient brightness value of the ambient light, and a predetermined optimal display brightness value of the display panel determined according to the predetermined optimal ambient brightness value. The processor obtains a target pulse duty value based on the target display brightness value. The driver generates a driving signal based on the target pulse duty value utilizing pulse width modulation techniques for driving the light emitting element so as to adjust the backlight brightness of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8547314
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a gray scale correction circuit, a control circuit, and a data driver. The gray scale correction circuit provides a corrected red, green, blue (RGB) data set corresponding to a white image element. The control circuit receives an original RGB data set, and selectively outputs one of the original RGB data set and a corrected RGB data set according to a gray scale value of the of the original data set. The data driver provides a gray scale voltage to the liquid crystal panel according to the output RGB data set of the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: An Shih, Shun-Ming Huang, Dao-Peng Xie
  • Patent number: 8446354
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (200) includes a liquid crystal panel (201) having a plurality of pixel units (240), a scanning circuit (202) configured to activate the pixel units, a data circuit (203) configured to provide data voltage signals the pixel unit via a plurality of data lines (220), and a common voltage circuit (205) configured to generate a common voltage signal. Each pixel unit includes a pixel electrode (242), a common electrode (243), and a coupling member (245). The coupling member is connected between the pixel electrode and a corresponding one of the data lines, and is configured to transfer an electrical potential shift of the corresponding common electrode to the corresponding data line when one of the data voltage signals is applied to the pixel electrode. The common voltage circuit is configured to compensate the common voltage signal according to a feedback signal obtained from the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd, Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Shun-Ming Huang, An Shih
  • Patent number: 8416180
    Abstract: A backlight modulation circuit includes an illumination controlling signal generating circuit, an illumination control signal separating circuit, and an illumination modulation circuit. The illumination controlling signal generating circuit is configured for receiving an modulation signal and generating an illumination controlling signal according to the modulation signal. The illumination control signal separating circuit is configured for separating the illumination controlling signal into a first modulation signal and a second modulation signal. The illumination modulation circuit is configured for modulating illumination of a backlight module according to the first and second modulation signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8390555
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel units arranged in rows, a scanning circuit configured to activate the pixel units row by row by outputting a plurality of corresponding scanning signals, a data circuit configured to provide data voltage signals to the activated pixel units, and a common voltage circuit. Each pixel unit includes a coupling member. When a row of pixel units is activated, all the coupling members in the row of pixel units cooperatively generate a coupling signal according to the data voltage signals applied to the activated row of pixel units, and superpose the coupling signal to the corresponding scanning signal so as to form a feedback signal. The common voltage circuit adjusts a reference voltage signal according to the feedback signal, and provides at least one common voltage signal to the pixel units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8362989
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display device (20) includes a plurality of pixel electrode (26), a common electrode (22), a data driving circuit (33) configured for providing data voltages to each pixel electrode, and a common voltage generating circuit (34) configured for providing a common voltage to the common electrode. The common voltage generating circuit includes a hysteresis comparator circuit (341) and a direct current voltage adjusting circuit (343). The hysteresis comparator circuit is configured for providing an alternating current voltage, and the direct current voltage adjusting circuit is configured for providing a direct current voltage with periodic change. The direct current voltage is configured for superimposing on the alternating current voltage to form a common voltage, and an absolute value of the common voltage changes only slightly within a predetermined range from each frame to the next adjacent frame. A method for driving the liquid crystal display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Fan Tung, Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8344985
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (300) includes a liquid crystal panel (301) having a plurality of pixel units (340), a data processor (391) having a calculation circuit (393) and an analyzing circuit (394), and a common voltage circuit (305). The calculation circuit is configured to carry out a predetermined calculation between display signals corresponding to a current frame period and display signals corresponding to a previous frame period. The analyzing circuit is configured to provide a compensating signal according to a result of the calculation. The common voltage circuit is configured to adjust a reference voltage signal according to the compensating signal, so as to generate a common voltage signal for the pixel units. A related method for driving a liquid crystal display is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8299999
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixel units each including a pixel electrode for receiving data voltages and a common electrode for receiving a common voltage having a constant value. The data voltages applied to each pixel electrodes are equal to a sum of a main data voltage having a square waveform and an auxiliary voltage that is periodically changed at intervals each formed by four continuous frames. An absolute value of the auxiliary voltage is less than a voltage difference between the main data voltage and the common voltage, a sum of the auxiliary voltage is zero in a minimum period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Fan Tung, Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8253720
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a power supply circuit, a scaler, and an alternating current off control circuit connected between the power supply circuit and the scaler. The alternating current off control circuit is configured to detect an operation state of the power supply circuit, and output a corresponding control signal to the scaler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8184113
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a common voltage of an LCD device includes providing an LCD device and a photodetector, obtaining variable parameters Ya, Yb and Yc, the variable parameters Ya, Yb and Yc respectively denoting flicker intensity of the LCD device when the common voltages are parameters Va, Vb and Vc, Vb exceed Va, and is less than Vc, when Yb exceeds Yc and is less than Ya, increasing the parameters Va, Vb and Vc respectively and repeating the two steps, when Yb exceeds Ya and is less than Yc, decreasing the parameters Va, Vb and Vc respectively and repeating the two steps, and when Yb is less than or equals Ya and is less than or equals Yc, setting an arbitrary value between Va and Vc as an optimum common voltage of the LCD device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8144112
    Abstract: An exemplary backlight modulation circuit includes a backlight source, a backlight driving circuit, a rough modulation key, a fine modulation key, a scaler, and an illumination modulation signal processing circuit. The backlight driving circuit is configured for driving the backlight source. The rough modulation key and the fine modulation key are configured for generating a rough triggering signal and a fine triggering signal. The scaler is configured for receiving the rough triggering signal and the fine triggering signal, and generating an illumination modulation signal. The illumination modulation signal processing circuit is configured for receiving the illumination modulation signal, and processing the illumination modulation signal to generate one of a rough modulation controlling signal to modulate illumination of the backlight source in a large range and a fine modulation controlling signal to modulate the illumination of the backlight source in a small range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Shun-Ming Huang