Patents by Inventor Tao LIAO

Tao LIAO 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).

  • Publication number: 20250141824
    Abstract: A communication method includes a first client receiving a first message sent by a second client in a group. The first message includes a reminder symbol and a reminded object. The first client may determine, based on pre-stored role information and the received first message, that a first user of the first client belongs to a subgroup corresponding to the reminded object, and display a reminder message, to remind that an instant message to be noticed by the first user exists in the group. In this way, some related users in the group are reminded to notice the instant message while the other users in the group are not disturbed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 12283236
    Abstract: A processor is disposed in a display device and is configured to perform following operations: calculating a total coupling coefficient for a (N?1)th frame according to input data, in which N is a positive integer greater than 1; calculating a coupling coefficient difference value of two adjacent lines for a Nth frame according to the input data; generating a first compensation value for a target sub-pixel according to the coupling coefficient difference value and target input data of the target sub-pixel; generating a second compensation value for the target sub-pixel according to the first compensation value and the total coupling coefficient; generating an output data for the target sub-pixel according to the target input data and the second compensation value; and controlling a display panel in the display device to display a final image according to the output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Hua Liu, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20250046240
    Abstract: The invention provides a display device and a Mura compensation method thereof. The display device includes a display panel and a Mura compensation circuit. The Mura compensation circuit defines a compensation area in the display panel based on a curve equation corresponding to a current frame rate of the display panel. The Mura compensation circuit calculates a compensation weight in the compensation area based on the current frame rate and the curve equation. The Mura compensation circuit uses the compensation weight to compensate a pixel data in the compensation area so as to generate a compensated pixel data frame. The Mura compensation circuit provides the compensated pixel data frame to the display panel for displaying images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Zi-Yi Lian, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240371317
    Abstract: A processor is disposed in a display device and is configured to perform following operations: calculating a total coupling coefficient for a (N?1)th frame according to input data, in which N is a positive integer greater than 1; calculating a coupling coefficient difference value of two adjacent lines for a Nth frame according to the input data; generating a first compensation value for a target sub-pixel according to the coupling coefficient difference value and target input data of the target sub-pixel; generating a second compensation value for the target sub-pixel according to the first compensation value and the total coupling coefficient; generating an output data for the target sub-pixel according to the target input data and the second compensation value; and controlling a display panel in the display device to display a final image according to the output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ching-Hua LIU, Yen-Tao LIAO
  • Publication number: 20240339067
    Abstract: A display device and a grayscale compensation method thereof. The display device includes a data conversion circuit, a voltage drop estimation circuit, and a compensation circuit. The data conversion circuit converts a plurality of original grayscale data of a target pixel block into current data. The voltage drop estimation circuit converts the current data into transmission line voltage drop information of the target pixel block. The compensation circuit converts the transmission line voltage drop information into at least one pixel compensation value of the target pixel block, and uses the at least one pixel compensation value to compensate the original grayscale data of the target pixel block, so as to generate a plurality of compensated grayscale data of the target pixel block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chan-Yi Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240339064
    Abstract: The invention provides a display device and a grayscale compensation method thereof. The display device includes a data conversion circuit, a voltage drop estimation circuit, and a compensation circuit. The data conversion circuit converts a plurality of original grayscale data of a target pixel block into current data. The voltage drop estimation circuit converts the current data into transmission line voltage drop information of the target pixel block. The compensation circuit converts the transmission line voltage drop information into at least one pixel compensation value of the target pixel block and compensates the original grayscale data of the target pixel block using the at least one pixel compensation value to generate a plurality of compensated grayscale data of the target pixel block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chan-Yi Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 12112711
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a processor and a pixel degradation compensation method thereof. The processor includes a processing circuit and a pixel degradation compensation circuit. The pixel degradation compensation circuit generates a current degradation value based on current sub-pixel data. The current degradation value represents the degradation effect of the current sub-pixel data on a corresponding sub-pixel in a display module. The pixel degradation compensation circuit may adjust the current degradation value to generate an adjusted degradation value corresponding to the current sub-pixel data. The adjusted degradation value is accumulated to a total degradation value corresponding to the current sub-pixel data. The pixel degradation compensation circuit compensates the current sub-pixel data based on the total degradation value corresponding to the current sub-pixel data so as to generate compensated current sub-pixel data to the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Li-Chieh Chen, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240300964
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a G12C mutation) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Rui Xu, Eli Wallace, Zuhui Zhang, David Michael Turner, Anna Elzbieta Maciag, Dhirendra Kumar Simanshu, Albert Hay Wah Chan, Tao Liao, Christopher John Brassard, Yue Yang, Paola Bisignano, Felice Lightstone
  • Patent number: 12080036
    Abstract: An image processing method including the following steps is provided. An image information of an image is received, wherein the image includes a plurality of blocks and the image information includes a plurality of pixel information of each block. A dual gamma correction is performed on a first group of blocks of the image to obtain one or more corrected blocks and the dual gamma correction is skipped on a second group of blocks of the image to obtain a plurality of uncorrected blocks. A first encoding process is performed on the one or more corrected blocks to obtain a plurality of first encoded blocks. A second encoding process different from the first encoding process is performed on the plurality of uncorrected blocks to obtain a plurality of second encoded blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hui-Yu Jiang, Heng-Yao Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 12073797
    Abstract: A driving method, for driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, includes following steps. Input gray levels are received corresponding to red, green and blue subpixels on the OLED display panel. The input gray levels are mapped into current indices. A representative current index is calculated according to the current indices. The representative current index is compared with a current index threshold. In response to the representative current index being lower than the current index threshold, a voltage compensation value is generated according to the representative current index for shifting an initial voltage level utilized in an initial phase of the OLED display panel, and gray level compensation values are generated according to the current indices for adjusting the input gray levels into adjusted gray levels corresponding to the red, green and blue subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Hua Liu, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240246954
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula (I) and (II), or salts, esters, tautomers, prodrugs, zwitterionic forms, or stereoisomers thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also provided herein are methods of using the same in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) KRAS (e.g., KRAS having a G12D mutation) and treating diseases or disorders such as cancers in subjects in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Rui Xu, Eli Wallace, Felice Lightstone, Yue Yang, Paola Bisignano, Anna Elzbieta Maciag, David Michael Turner, Dhirendra Kumar Simanshu, Albert Hay Wah Chan, Zuhui Zhang, Christopher John Brassard, Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240161680
    Abstract: A timing controller and a polarity control method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a line buffer and a check circuit. The line buffer temporarily stores a plurality of sub-pixel data of a current sub-pixel row in an image frame so as to transmit the plurality of sub-pixel data of the current sub-pixel row to a source driver. The check circuit generates a polarity command corresponding to the current sub-pixel row for the source driver to set a polarity inversion mode of the current sub-pixel row. The check circuit checks the plurality of sub-pixel data of the current sub-pixel row so as to determine whether to dynamically change the polarity inversion mode of the current sub-pixel row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Li-Chieh Chen, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 11942037
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display control circuit and a control method thereof are provided. The OLED control circuit includes a counting unit, a judgment unit, a remainder calculation unit and a signal compensation unit. The counting unit counts display lines of a current frame according to a vertical synchronization signal to generate a first count value. The judgment unit compares the first count value and a second count value to generate a judgment result. The second count value represents the number of display lines of a previous frame preceding to the current frame. The remainder calculation unit calculates a remainder generated by dividing the first count value by a period of an emission control signal. The signal compensation unit adjusts the emission control signal to compensate for an incomplete period of the emission control signal occurring in the end of the current frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Zi-Yi Lian, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20240054968
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display driving device and a display control device and an operation method thereof. The display control device includes a data analyzing circuit and a data compensation circuit. The data analyzing circuit performs arithmetic operation on multiple sub-pixel data output by a target driving channel of a source driver in a current frame to obtain a resultant value corresponding to the target driving channel. The data compensation circuit determines at least one compensation grayscale value corresponding to the resultant value. The compensation grayscale value is to be displayed by the target driving channel in a vertical blank period of a frame period in which the current frame is displayed. The target driving channel of the source driver outputs at least one compensation voltage corresponding to the at least one compensation grayscale value in the vertical blank period of the frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Jung Wen, Heng-Yao Lin, Yen-Tao Liao, Jen-Ta Yang, Yu-Hung Su
  • Patent number: 11887552
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display driving device and a display control device and an operation method thereof. The display control device includes a data analyzing circuit and a data compensation circuit. The data analyzing circuit performs arithmetic operation on multiple sub-pixel data output by a target driving channel of a source driver in a current frame to obtain a resultant value corresponding to the target driving channel. The data compensation circuit determines at least one compensation grayscale value corresponding to the resultant value. The compensation grayscale value is to be displayed by the target driving channel in a vertical blank period of a frame period in which the current frame is displayed. The target driving channel of the source driver outputs at least one compensation voltage corresponding to the at least one compensation grayscale value in the vertical blank period of the frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Jung Wen, Heng-Yao Lin, Yen-Tao Liao, Jen-Ta Yang, Yu-Hung Su
  • Patent number: 11862065
    Abstract: A timing control device for the display panel includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of gate scanning control signals and a data transmission control signal. In response to that a display refresh rate changes from a first frequency to a second frequency, the control circuit adjusts the plurality of gate scanning control signals to generate a plurality of adjusted gate scanning control signals, or adjusts the data transmission control signal to generate an adjusted data transmission control signal, for driving a display panel under the second frequency as the display refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Grace Li, Jen-Ta Yang, Yen-Tao Liao, Yu-Hung Su
  • Publication number: 20230412852
    Abstract: A live broadcast interactive method is performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a live broadcast picture, the live broadcast picture including a live broadcast interactive role, the live broadcast picture being a live broadcast picture acquired when an anchor account conducts a virtual activity on a first virtual role in a virtual world; and displaying the live broadcast interactive role performing a first interactive action in response to the virtual activity of the first virtual role in the virtual world meeting a trigger condition. In this application, by adding the live broadcast interactive role and connecting the live broadcast interactive role with the first virtual role in the virtual world, interactive modes between the anchor user and the audience user in the process of webcasting are enriched, thus improving interactive efficiency in the process of webcasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Danxiong LEI, Qiang LU, Pengju CHEN, Jiangwei QIU, Nan ZHAN, Ye ZHANG, Ting YANG, Hong QU, Ziyang MA, Tao LIAO, Jie XIONG, Weizhou JIANG
  • Patent number: 11823637
    Abstract: A timing control circuit is provided to control a data voltage outputted to a pixel array of a display panel during a frame period to perform a polarity reversal every N scan lines, where N is a positive integer. The timing control circuit includes a receiver and an adjustment circuit. The receiver is configured to sequentially receive first display data and second display data for one data line of the display panel. The adjustment circuit is coupled to the receiver to adjust at least one of gray information of the second display data and charging time of the second display data according to a voltage polarity of the first display data and a voltage polarity of the second display data. A corresponding operation method of the timing control circuit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Tsung Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20230354787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat stress resisting technology for transport of live fish. Display screens are arranged in a transport case on the four side surfaces and the top surface, a plurality of transparent interlayer trays are arranged in the fish tank from the bottom to the top, a plurality of small through holes are formed in the interlayer trays, an oxygen generator is arranged in the transport case, an oxygen content meter is arranged in a pipeline of the oxygen generator, a refrigeration system is arranged in the transport case on one side surface, an air exchange pipe is arranged in the fish tank, the air exchange pipe extends out of the transport case, a second solenoid valve is arranged in the air exchange pipe. The present invention makes fish have no swimming activity and lack of response to external stimuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tao Liao, Liang Qiu, Juguang Wang, Chan Bai, Guangquan Xiong, Xiaoyan Zu, Hailan Li, Shengrong Geng
  • Publication number: 20230306894
    Abstract: An image processing method, for processing image data to be displayed by a display panel having a display area being divided into multiple sub-areas, including: determining a power-saving ratio for each sub-area according to a power-saving level; and sequentially adjusting image data of each sub-area in the original image data according to the power-saving ratio corresponding to said sub-area to generate output image data. In the output image data, a characteristic value of the image data corresponding to one of the sub-areas is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hui-Feng Lin, Yen-Tao Liao