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: 20210287619
    Abstract: A driving method of display device for a display device capable of reducing flicker due to refresh rate variation includes: determining whether a processor of the display device is generating a vertical blank interval of an image signal, wherein said vertical blank interval is next to a last frame data period thereof, and the last frame data period is for a last frame to be displayed by a display panel; and activating a data line of the display panel with a balancing voltage related to data of a line of the last frame when the processor is generating the vertical blank interval, wherein a plurality of sub-pixels of the display panel connects to the data line, the data of the line of the last frame are sequentially transmitted to the plurality of sub-pixels in the last frame data period for displaying the last frame. Said display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Hung SU, Vans SHIH, Yen-Tao LIAO
  • Patent number: 11087663
    Abstract: A driving method of display device configured to be applied to a display device capable of reducing the difference in brightness between areas with different widths of a display panel includes: receiving an input signal by a processor to generate an image signal and an original data enable signal, with the image signal and the original data enable signal configured to control the display panel; and generating a gate control signal and a transmission signal by the controller based on the image signal and the original data enable signal for a scan line driver and a data line driver respectively. The gate control signal comprises a plurality of enable periods for activating the plurality of scan lines respectively, and widths of the enable periods for activating scan lines with different lengths are different. Said display device and a display driving circuit are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Su, Grace Li, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 11056044
    Abstract: A method of compensating pixel data for a display panel includes the steps of: receiving a first pixel data and a second pixel data respectively corresponding to two adjacent data lines of the display panel; generating a compensation pixel data by searching a lookup table based on the first pixel data and the second pixel data; and transmitting the compensation pixel data to one of the two adjacent data lines to be displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsien-Po Huang, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20210201793
    Abstract: A driving method of LED display, configured to be applied to an LED display capable of varying a refresh rate thereof and able to reduce brightness changes due to refresh rate variation, is disclosed in the present disclosure. This driving method includes: controlling an organic light-emitting diode of the LED display by an emission signal having a plurality of frame periods, with each of the frame periods having a PWM part with a duty ratio; detecting whether a change in the refresh rate of the LED display exists; and performing a compensation procedure when the change is detected, with the compensation procedure compensating a brightness difference of the organic light-emitting diode occurring due to the change in the refresh rate by adjusting the duty ratio of the PWM part. Said LED display is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Huifeng LIN, Yen-Tao LIAO
  • Patent number: 11024242
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operation method thereof are provided. The timing controller is used to control a signal timing of a display panel. The timing controller includes an analysis circuit and a decision circuit. The analysis circuit analyzes the content of an image frame to obtain an analysis result. The decision circuit is coupled to the analysis circuit to receive the analysis result. The decision circuit determines a global gray level according to the analysis result. In a blanking interval in which a plurality of sub-pixel circuits of the display panel are turned off, a data voltage corresponding to the global gray level is applied to at least one data line of the display panel corresponding to the sub-pixel circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hui-Feng Lin, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Patent number: 10957236
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a driving method for a source driver, for driving a source line of a display panel. The driving method includes the steps of: driving the source line with a first voltage or a second voltage smaller than the first voltage in a first driving cycle; driving the source line with the first voltage in a second driving cycle next to the first driving cycle when the source line is driven with the first voltage in the first driving cycle; and driving the source line with an overdrive voltage in the second driving cycle when the source line is driven with the second voltage in the first driving cycle. The first voltage is a normal high voltage of the display panel, and the overdrive voltage is greater than the normal high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Tao Liao, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Jen-Ta Yang, Yi-Wei Lin, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 10943531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a decay factor accumulation method for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel with a variable refresh rate (VRR). The decay factor accumulation method includes detecting an operating frame rate of an input image; generating a decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and a measurement frame rate; and generating a plurality of accumulated decay factors of the input image according to a decay factor lookup table corresponding to the measurement frame rate and the decay factor compensation coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Li-Chieh Chen, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20210043153
    Abstract: A method of gray level adjustment for an image data generator includes receiving a plurality of image frames including a first image frame and a second image frame next to the first image frame, wherein the first image frame includes a first input subpixel data corresponding to a first subpixel of a display panel and the second image frame includes a second input subpixel data corresponding to the first subpixel; with respect to the first input subpixel data, outputting a first gray level data of a first gamma lookup table as a first output subpixel data; and with respect to the second input subpixel data, outputting a second gray level data of a second gamma lookup table as a second output subpixel data. The first output subpixel data and the second output subpixel data are corresponding to the first subpixel of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yun-Shu Yang, Yen-Tao Liao, Hongchun Cong
  • Patent number: 10909937
    Abstract: A driver circuit is coupled to a dual cell panel having a first cell and a second cell superposed on each other. The driver circuit includes a second cell processor and a first cell processor. The second cell processor is configured to generate a gray scale data for the second cell. The first cell processor includes a pixel data compensation circuit and a white tracking compensation circuit. The pixel data compensation circuit is configured to compensate an image data for the first cell according to a brightness of the image data. The white tracking compensation circuit is configured to compensate the image data for the first cell according to a color temperature of the gray scale data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsien-Po Huang, Yen-Tao Liao, Hongchun Cong
  • Patent number: 10891908
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device and a driver circuit. The display device has a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel and the second panel are disposed with a gap therebetween. The driver circuit is coupled to the display device and includes a protection circuit. The protection circuit, coupled to the second panel of the display device, is configured to generate a gray scale data to be outputted to a pixel among a plurality of pixels of the second panel according to a luminance corresponding to the pixel and according to whether a protection function is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Tao Liao, Shih-Ting Huang, Hsien-Po Huang
  • Publication number: 20200342801
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a driving method for a source driver, for driving a source line of a display panel. The driving method includes the steps of: driving the source line with a first voltage or a second voltage smaller than the first voltage in a first driving cycle; driving the source line with the first voltage in a second driving cycle next to the first driving cycle when the source line is driven with the first voltage in the first driving cycle; and driving the source line with an overdrive voltage in the second driving cycle when the source line is driven with the second voltage in the first driving cycle. The first voltage is a normal high voltage of the display panel, and the overdrive voltage is greater than the normal high voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-Tao Liao, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Jen-Ta Yang, Yi-Wei Lin, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 10791266
    Abstract: The image processing circuit includes a receiving circuit, configured to receive a plurality of pixels of a video frame, wherein the plurality of pixels are corresponding to a plurality of pixel locations, a pixel location of a pixel is corresponding to a gamma category value, and the gamma category value is either a gamma-high value or a gamma-low value; and a gamma table circuit, configured to obtain a gamma table; and a compensation circuit, configured to generate an output pixel value; wherein a plurality of first pixel locations are corresponding to a plurality of gamma-high tables, and the plurality of gamma-high tables are mutually different; wherein a plurality of second pixel locations are corresponding to a plurality of gamma-low tables, and the plurality of gamma-low tables are mutually different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yun-Shu Yang, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20200243000
    Abstract: A method of compensating pixel data for a display panel includes the steps of: receiving a first pixel data and a second pixel data respectively corresponding to two adjacent data lines of the display panel; generating a compensation pixel data by searching a lookup table based on the first pixel data and the second pixel data; and transmitting the compensation pixel data to one of the two adjacent data lines to be displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hsien-Po Huang, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20200181485
    Abstract: Provided are a near-infrared II polymer fluorescent microsphere and a method for preparing the same. The method includes steps of 1) dissolving fluorochrome in a water-immiscible organic solvent, thus obtaining a fluorochrome solution; 2) distributing a polymer microsphere into a sodium dodecyl sulfonate solution, thus obtaining a microsphere solution with the polymer microsphere as a carrier for the fluorochrome; 3) subjecting a first mixture of the fluorochrome solution and the microsphere solution to ultrasonic treatment, thus obtaining an emulsion; 4) swelling the emulsion such that the fluorochrome solution enters nanopores formed during swelling of the polymer microsphere, thus obtaining a second mixture; and 5) heating the second mixture to volatilize the organic solvent, such that the fluorochrome is crystallized out and encapsulated in the nanopores, thus obtaining the near-infrared II polymer fluorescent microsphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Tao LIAO, Guoxin WANG, Meijie TANG, Qinglai YANG, Su ZHAO, Yongye LIANG
  • Publication number: 20200166501
    Abstract: Provided are a test strip for short-wave near infrared immunofluorescence chromatographic detection, a system for immunofluorescence chromatographic detection and a method for quantifying an analyte in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Guoxin WANG, Tao LIAO, Minwen CHEN, Meijie TANG, Su ZHAO, Yongye LIANG
  • Patent number: 10217437
    Abstract: A method of color conversion from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a red-green-blue-white (RGBW) color space on an input image includes calculating RGB and white gains with respect to an image block of the input image, calculating RGB and white gain with respect to a pixel of the image block, wherein the white gain with respect to the pixel of the image block is adjusted based on the RGB gain with respect to the pixel of the image block, and performing the RGB to RGBW color conversion based on the RGB and white gain with respect to the pixel of the image block, which improves local color and detail performance of an output image corresponding to the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Danyu Fu, Yuanjia Du, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20180270177
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides example message forwarding methods, devices, and systems. In one example method, a message server adds a first attribute tag for some group members in a group. Based on the first attribute tag, the message server creates a first subgroup consisting of the some group members. The message server receives a subgroup message including the first attribute tag, and the message server determines the first subgroup based on the first attribute tag. The message server then forwards the subgroup message to the determined first subgroup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Tao LIAO
  • Publication number: 20180240436
    Abstract: A method of color conversion from a red-green-blue (RGB) color space to a red-green-blue-white (RGBW) color space on an input image includes calculating RGB and white gains with respect to an image block of the input image, calculating RGB and white gain with respect to a pixel of the image block, wherein the white gain with respect to the pixel of the image block is adjusted based on the RGB gain with respect to the pixel of the image block, and performing the RGB to RGBW color conversion based on the RGB and white gain with respect to the pixel of the image block, which improves local color and detail performance of an output image corresponding to the input image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Danyu FU, Yuanjia DU, Yen-Tao LIAO
  • Patent number: 9947258
    Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: performing dynamic brightness control on an input image to determine a brightness gain for the input image; performing texture analysis on the input image based on blocks to determine filter indexes for the input image; performing color conversion with edge protection on the input image according to the brightness gain; and performing sub-pixel adjustment on the input image according to the filter indexes and a pixel arrangement of a display panel, so as to output an output image. An image processing apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Bo Zhao, Lei Zhang, Yuan-Jia Du, Yen-Tao Liao
  • Publication number: 20170061843
    Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes: performing dynamic brightness control on an input image to determine a brightness gain for the input image; performing texture analysis on the input image based on blocks to determine filter indexes for the input image; performing color conversion with edge protection on the input image according to the brightness gain; and performing sub-pixel adjustment on the input image according to the filter indexes and a pixel arrangement of a display panel, so as to output an output image. An image processing apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bo Zhao, Lei Zhang, Yuan-Jia Du, Yen-Tao Liao