Patents by Inventor Tso-Hua Chien

Tso-Hua Chien 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: 20250148951
    Abstract: A driver circuit suitable driving a display panel is provided. The driver circuit includes a display driver circuit and a touch driver circuit. The display driver circuit drives the display panel to be operated in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, different areas of the display panel have different frame rates. In the second mode, different areas of the display panel have a same frame rate. The touch driver circuit is coupled to the display driver circuit. The touch driver circuit detects a touch event. When the touch driver circuit detects the touch event, the display driver circuit drives the display panel to be switched from the first mode to the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tso-Hua Chien
  • Patent number: 12254812
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a control device and a control method thereof are provided. A controller of the control device controls a gate driver of a display panel. The controller selects a first selected frame and a second selected frame in each frame group, wherein an adjacent position between a first partition and a second partition of the display panel corresponds to a corresponding time point in each frame of the first selected frame and the second selected frame. The controller transmits a reset pulse to the first gate driver at the corresponding time point in the second selected frame to clear a scanning pulse in the gate driver, and cancels the reset pulse at the corresponding time point in the first selected frame. Thus, the control device enables different display partitions of the display panel to have different frame rates or refresh rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tso-Hua Chien, Po-Sheng Liao
  • Patent number: 12236823
    Abstract: A driver circuit suitable driving a display panel is provided. The driver circuit includes a display driver circuit and a touch driver circuit. The display driver circuit drives the display panel to be operated in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, different areas of the display panel have different frame rates. In the second mode, different areas of the display panel have a same frame rate. The touch driver circuit is coupled to the display driver circuit. The touch driver circuit detects a touch event. When the touch driver circuit detects the touch event, the display driver circuit drives the display panel to be switched from the first mode to the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tso-Hua Chien
  • Publication number: 20240412706
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and its display driving chip and method. A display area of the display panel includes a high refresh rate display area and a low refresh rate display area that are adjacent to each other. In a full refresh frame period, both the high refresh rate display area and the low refresh rate display area are refreshed with data. In a partial refresh frame period, data is refreshed in the high refresh rate display area and data is not refreshed in the low refresh rate display area. The controller controls the gate driver such that a boundary between the high refresh rate display area and the low refresh rate display area in a first partial refresh frame period is different from a boundary between the high refresh rate display area and the low refresh rate display area in a second partial refresh frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tso-Hua Chien
  • Publication number: 20240355259
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a control device and a control method thereof are provided. A controller of the control device controls a gate driver of a display panel. The controller selects a first selected frame and a second selected frame in each frame group, wherein an adjacent position between a first partition and a second partition of the display panel corresponds to a corresponding time point in each frame of the first selected frame and the second selected frame. The controller transmits a reset pulse to the first gate driver at the corresponding time point in the second selected frame to clear a scanning pulse in the gate driver, and cancels the reset pulse at the corresponding time point in the first selected frame. Thus, the control device enables different display partitions of the display panel to have different frame rates or refresh rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tso-Hua Chien, Po-Sheng Liao
  • Publication number: 20240355253
    Abstract: A driver circuit suitable driving a display panel is provided. The driver circuit includes a display driver circuit and a touch driver circuit. The display driver circuit drives the display panel to be operated in a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, different areas of the display panel have different frame rates. In the second mode, different areas of the display panel have a same frame rate. The touch driver circuit is coupled to the display driver circuit. The touch driver circuit detects a touch event. When the touch driver circuit detects the touch event, the display driver circuit drives the display panel to be switched from the first mode to the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Tso-Hua Chien
  • Patent number: 11594200
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a driving apparatus including a reordering circuit and a source driving circuit. The reordering circuit can be configured to reorder a plurality of sub-pixel data of an input data string to generate a reordered data string so as to reduce a color switching number associated with a target data line. The source driving circuit can be coupled to the reordering circuit to receive the reordered data string. The source driving circuit can be configured to drive the target data line of a display panel according to the reordered data string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Tso-Hua Chien, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 11443685
    Abstract: A display device includes a processor circuit, a driver circuit, and a display panel. The driver circuit is coupled to the processor circuit to detect whether there is abnormal transmission between the processor circuit and the driver circuit. The display panel is coupled to the driver circuit. The display panel includes a display array and a shift register circuit. The display array is to display an image. The shift register circuit is coupled to the display array. When there is the abnormal transmission in a first display period of a first frame, the driver circuit outputs a control signal having a disable level in the first display period to the shift register circuit to control the shift register circuit not to operate in order to stop updating the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tso-Hua Chien, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Publication number: 20220277685
    Abstract: A display device includes a processor circuit, a driver circuit, and a display panel. The driver circuit is coupled to the processor circuit to detect whether there is abnormal transmission between the processor circuit and the driver circuit. The display panel is coupled to the driver circuit. The display panel includes a display array and a shift register circuit. The display array is to display an image. The shift register circuit is coupled to the display array. When there is the abnormal transmission in a first display period of a first frame, the driver circuit outputs a control signal having a disable level in the first display period to the shift register circuit to control the shift register circuit not to operate in order to stop updating the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Tso-Hua CHIEN, Huang-Chin TANG
  • Patent number: 11164536
    Abstract: A gate on array circuit for a display device using dual-gate architecture is disclosed. The GOA circuit comprises circuitry configured to, for a first display line of the display device, generate a first gate driving signal and a second gate driving signal for driving a first gate line and a second gate line of the first display line respectively. A first time period when the first gate driving signal is in an activation state for activating the first gate line of the first display line does not overlap with a first time period when the second gate driving signal is in the activation state for activating the second gate line of the first display line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Tso-Hua Chien, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 11024215
    Abstract: A dual-gate display panel, a control circuit, and a display device are provided. The display device includes the dual-gate display panel and the control circuit. The display panel includes a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel, and a fourth subpixel, which are sequentially arranged along a first direction. The first subpixel and the third subpixel are electrically connected to a first source line. The second subpixel and the fourth subpixel are electrically connected to a second source line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Tso-Hua Chien, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Patent number: 10984697
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a driving apparatus including a reordering circuit and a source driving circuit. The reordering circuit can be configured to reorder a plurality of sub-pixel data of an input data string to generate a reordered data string so as to reduce a color switching number associated with a target data line. The source driving circuit can be coupled to the reordering circuit to receive the reordered data string. The source driving circuit can be configured to drive the target data line of a display panel according to the reordered data string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tso-Hua Chien, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Publication number: 20200327858
    Abstract: A gate on array circuit for a display device using dual-gate architecture is disclosed. The GOA circuit comprises circuitry configured to, for a first display line of the display device, generate a first gate driving signal and a second gate driving signal for driving a first gate line and a second gate line of the first display line respectively. A first time period when the first gate driving signal is in an activation state for activating the first gate line of the first display line does not overlap with a first time period when the second gate driving signal is in the activation state for activating the second gate line of the first display line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Tso-Hua Chien, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Publication number: 20200273394
    Abstract: A dual-gate display panel, a control circuit, and a display device are provided. The display device includes the dual-gate display panel and the control circuit. The display panel includes a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel, and a fourth subpixel, which are sequentially arranged along a first direction. The first subpixel and the third subpixel are electrically connected to a first source line. The second subpixel and the fourth subpixel are electrically connected to a second source line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang CHEN, Tso-Hua CHIEN, Huang-Chin TANG
  • Publication number: 20200251038
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a driving apparatus including a reordering circuit and a source driving circuit. The reordering circuit can be configured to reorder a plurality of sub-pixel data of an input data string to generate a reordered data string so as to reduce a color switching number associated with a target data line. The source driving circuit can be coupled to the reordering circuit to receive the reordered data string. The source driving circuit can be configured to drive the target data line of a display panel according to the reordered data string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tso-Hua Chien, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Huang-Chin Tang
  • Publication number: 20200251072
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a driving apparatus including a reordering circuit and a source driving circuit. The reordering circuit can be configured to reorder a plurality of sub-pixel data of an input data string to generate a reordered data string so as to reduce a color switching number associated with a target data line. The source driving circuit can be coupled to the reordering circuit to receive the reordered data string. The source driving circuit can be configured to drive the target data line of a display panel according to the reordered data string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Tso-Hua Chien, Huang-Chin Tang