Patents by Inventor Tien-Chu Hsu

Tien-Chu Hsu 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: 8232951
    Abstract: An image control device has display signals and blank insertion (BI) signals. Polarities of the display signals and those of the BI signals are coincident. Thus, BI signals are displayed in a way of 1+2 line inversion and differences of response times are eliminated to avoid affecting MPRT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Yu-An Liu
  • Patent number: 8077135
    Abstract: A source driver of an LCD includes a shift register, a set of data latches, and a detection circuit. The shift register includes a plurality of flip-flops for transmitting a start signal. The set of data latches transmits the display data signal according to output signals of the corresponding flip-flops. When the start signal is recognized as a black insertion signal, the detection circuit resets the shift register, and drives the set of data latches to output the black data signal, and transmits the black insertion signal to the next source driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Yu-An Liu
  • Patent number: 8035600
    Abstract: An image contrast correct system and method thereof is provided. Exploiting Fuzzy theorem to analysis the image, which the LCD is going to display, identify the correction strength to several levels and real time correct the image contrast according to the Fuzzy rule and the Fuzzy decision theorem. On the other hand, all image analysis, correction decision, and the contrast correction will be completed during one frame period. Utilizing this FCC method (Fuzzy Contrast Correction) can avoid the over-correction or the under-correction situation, can improve or enhance the image contrast properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Chih-Fan Su, Min-Shiy Wu
  • Patent number: 7991818
    Abstract: A division unit, an image analysis unit and a display apparatus using the same capable of simplifying the computation of overall average gray scale are provided. The division unit includes an adder for receiving a first to an Nth bus signals to produce an addition result, wherein the first to the Nth bus signals shift the input signal by a different number of bits and adding logic zeros to the shifted bits as compensation, where N is a positive whole number, and a multiplexer for receiving a most significant bit (MSB) of the addition result, wherein, when the MSB has a first value, the multiplexer treats P bits of the addition result as a division result, and when the MSB has a second value, the multiplexer outputs P logic 1 to serve as the division result, where P is a positive whole number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tien-Chu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100321359
    Abstract: A common voltage generating circuit of an LCD includes a first flip-flop, a capacitor, a resistor and a regulating circuit. The first flip-flop receives a data-loading signal from the LCD, for outputting a step signal. The step signal forms a waveform voltage through the capacitor and the resistor. The regulating circuit inverts the waveform voltage and adjusts the magnitude and the DC level of the waveform voltage, for generating a common voltage. Compare to the common voltage of the color filter base plate, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit have the same frequency and magnitude, but opposite direction. Therefore, by generating the common voltage of opposite direction, the present invention eliminates crosstalk and improves uneven brightness of the displayed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Yu-An Liu, Tien-Chu Hsu, Shu-Yang Lin
  • Publication number: 20100289837
    Abstract: A division unit, an image analysis unit and a display apparatus using the same capable of simplifying the computation of overall average gray scale are provided. The division unit includes an adder for receiving a first to an Nth bus signals to produce an addition result, wherein the first to the Nth bus signals shift the input signal by a different number of bits and adding logic zeros to the shifted bits as compensation, where N is a positive whole number, and a multiplexer for receiving a most significant bit (MSB) of the addition result, wherein, when the MSB has a first value, the multiplexer treats P bits of the addition result as a division result, and when the MSB has a second value, the multiplexer outputs P logic 1 to serve as the division result, where P is a positive whole number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tien-Chu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100177028
    Abstract: A source driver of an LCD includes a shift register, a set of data latches, and a detection circuit. The shift register includes a plurality of flip-flops for transmitting a start signal. The set of data latches transmits the display data signal according to output signals of the corresponding flip-flops. When the start signal is recognized as a black insertion signal, the detection circuit resets the shift register, and drives the set of data latches to output the black data signal, and transmits the black insertion signal to the next source driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Yu-An Liu
  • Patent number: 7705865
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel driving device and a driving method thereof, wherein the display panel driving device includes a plurality of mapping table units and a source driver. The mapping table units receive a plurality of primary color signals respectively, and convert grayscale levels of the primary colors into a plurality of mapping grayscale level values corresponding to a single gamma curve according to the grayscale level mapping relation between the single gamma curve and a plurality of primary color gamma curves. The source driver is electrically connected to the mapping table units to receive the mapping grayscale level values generated by the mapping table units, and convert the mapping grayscale level values into a plurality of driving voltages according to the relation between grayscale levels and voltages of the single gamma curve for inputting the driving voltages into a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Chih-Liang Wu
  • Publication number: 20100045688
    Abstract: An image control device has display signals and blank insertion (BI) signals. Polarities of the display signals and those of the BI signals are coincident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Yu-An Liu
  • Publication number: 20080297461
    Abstract: A driving apparatus for a displayer and a method thereof are provided. The driving apparatus includes an image processing unit, a timing controller, and a backlight controller. The image processing unit divides a frame period into an image period and a dark state period. During the dark state period, black (or gray) insertion is performed to an image with a black (or gray) frame through a scan backlight technique. During the image period, the image data is displayed through a dynamic backlight technique. Thereby, the contrast of the displayer is improved and the power consumption thereof is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Tan Hsu, Jung-Chieh Cheng, Tien-Chu Hsu, Szu-Fen Chen
  • Publication number: 20080231585
    Abstract: A display apparatus of a dynamic image and a display method thereof are provided. The display method includes the following steps. An image signal is received and then displayed through either a black insertion (BI) technology or a dynamic backlight luminance (DBL) technology according to image luminance. The image signal is displayed through the BI technology when the image signal is in a bright state and through the DBL technology when the image signal is in a dark state, so as to prevent a zebra effect from being exerted by employing both technologies simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Liang Wu, Tien-Chu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20080024525
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel driving device and a driving method thereof, wherein the display panel driving device includes a plurality of mapping table units and a source driver. The mapping table units receive a plurality of primary color signals respectively, and convert grayscale levels of the primary colors into a plurality of mapping grayscale level values corresponding to a single gamma curve according to the grayscale level mapping relation between the single gamma curve and a plurality of primary color gamma curves. The source driver is electrically connected to the mapping table units to receive the mapping grayscale level values generated by the mapping table units, and convert the mapping grayscale level values into a plurality of driving voltages according to the relation between grayscale levels and voltages of the single gamma curve for inputting the driving voltages into a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Chih-Liang Wu
  • Publication number: 20070299901
    Abstract: A division unit, an image analysis unit and a display apparatus using the same capable of simplifying the computation of overall average gray scale are provided. The shift-add type of division unit includes a plurality of shift units for shifting an input signal by a different number of bits, an adder for totaling the shifted result in the shift units and producing an addition result, and a most-significant-bit (MSB) shift unit for extracting the MSB (contains a plurality of bits) of the addition result to serve as a division result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tien-Chu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20070279349
    Abstract: An image contrast correct system and method thereof is provided. Exploiting Fuzzy theorem to analysis the image, which the LCD is going to display, identify the correction strength to several levels and real time correct the image contrast according to the Fuzzy rule and the Fuzzy decision theorem. On the other hand, all image analysis, correction decision, and the contrast correction will be completed during one frame period. Utilizing this FCC method (Fuzzy Contrast Correction) can avoid the over-correction or the under-correction situation, can improve or enhance the image contrast properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Tien-Chu Hsu, Chih-Fan Su, Min-Shiy Wu