Patents by Inventor Tung-Ying Wu

Tung-Ying Wu 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: 11386859
    Abstract: A polarity compensation device and a polarity compensation method are provided. The polarity compensation device includes a variance calculation circuit and a compensation calculation circuit. The variance calculation circuit calculates a difference value between current sub-pixel data and previous sub-pixel data in the same frame period, wherein the current sub-pixel data and the previous sub-pixel data belong to the same data line of a display panel. The compensation calculation circuit converts the difference value into a function value. The compensation calculation circuit decides to increase or decrease the current sub-pixel data by the function value according to a polarity corresponding to the same frame period, so as to generate compensated sub-pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20220208135
    Abstract: The invention provides a driving circuit of a display panel and an operation method thereof. The driving circuit includes a calculation circuit and an edge processing circuit. The calculation circuit converts original image frame data into first image frame data for driving a first pixel array layer and second image frame data for driving a second pixel array layer. The edge processing circuit converts the second image frame data into third image frame data. The edge processing circuit performs an edge detection on a current pixel in the second image frame data to determine whether the current pixel belongs to an image edge. The edge processing circuit determines whether to adjust a gray level of an adjacent pixel in the second image frame data as the gray level of the adjacent pixel in the third image frame data according to a result of the edge detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20220199043
    Abstract: A device for driving a backlight assembly of a display device includes: a block division unit for dividing the input image into plural blocks and a duty cycle determination unit. The duty cycle determination unit is used for: generating a histogram of gray levels of pixels of each block; obtaining a high gray level and a median gray level of each block according to the histogram; obtaining a high gray quantity based on the high gray level and a median gray quantity of the median gray level of each block according to the histogram; obtaining a weight value of each block according to the high gray level, the high gray quantity, the median gray quantity, and a lookup table; and calculating a duty cycle of a driving signal of each block according to the weight value, the high gray level, and the median gray level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Tung-Ying WU
  • Publication number: 20220157270
    Abstract: A polarity compensation device and a polarity compensation method are provided. The polarity compensation device includes a variance calculation circuit and a compensation calculation circuit. The variance calculation circuit calculates a difference value between current sub-pixel data and previous sub-pixel data in the same frame period, wherein the current sub-pixel data and the previous sub-pixel data belong to the same data line of a display panel. The compensation calculation circuit converts the difference value into a function value. The compensation calculation circuit decides to increase or decrease the current sub-pixel data by the function value according to a polarity corresponding to the same frame period, so as to generate compensated sub-pixel data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11322080
    Abstract: An image display system includes a motion detection device that detects motion of an object in an input image; and a black data insertion device that inserts black data in one frame of the input image, thereby generating an output image. A duty cycle of the inserted black data in the frame is changed according to a result of the motion detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Tung Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11250770
    Abstract: A de-jaggy processing method includes dividing a display area of a display into a plurality of sub-areas; providing a first table composed of gray-level weights associated with corresponding luminances of each primary color for each said sub-area; providing a second table composed of distance-gain weights each correspondingly associated with a distance between a sub-pixel and a reference point; and obtaining a corrected luminance of a sub-pixel of a pixel by multiplying an original luminance of the sub-pixel by a corresponding gray-level weight and a corresponding distance-gain weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Tung Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11195485
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array. A method of driving the liquid crystal display includes determining a frame rate weight according to a current frame rate of a plurality of image frames, performing linear prediction according to the current frame rate to generate an initial overdrive value of a sub-pixel, selecting an error correction value according to a previous gray level of the sub-pixel, generating an overdrive weight according to the previous gray level and a current gray level of the sub-pixel, generating an overdrive offset according to a product of the error correction value, the frame rate weight and the overdrive weight, combining the initial overdrive value and the overdrive offset to generate a corrected overdrive value, and driving the sub-pixel according to the corrected overdrive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11138953
    Abstract: A method for performing dynamic peak brightness control in a display module and an associated timing controller are provided. The method includes: calculating a maximum value and a minimum value of a previous image to determine a contrast ratio (CR) of the previous image; calculating a maximum level quantity (MLQ) of the previous image, wherein the MLQ represents a number of pixels corresponding to the maximum value; performing pixel data mapping on original pixel data of a current image according to a first gain corresponding to the MLQ, to generate intermediate pixel data of the current image; and performing selective pixel data adjustment on the intermediate pixel data according to a second gain corresponding to the CR and the MLQ, to generate updated pixel data of the current image, for being displayed on a display panel of the display module, wherein the updated pixel data replaces the original pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11113818
    Abstract: A timing controller includes an image compensator for generating compensated image data. The image compensator is configured to: divide an input image into plural image blocks; select plural pixels located at one column of the image block as plural target pixels; generate an average representative gray level of the image block according to a histogram of gray levels of the image block; input the average representative gray level into a first lookup table to obtain a first gain; input a vertical pixel position of the target pixel and the average representative gray level into a second lookup table to obtain a second gain; obtain the compensated gray level by multiplying the gray level, the first gain, and the second gain of the target pixel; and replace the gray levels with the compensated gray levels to acquire the compensated image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20210264606
    Abstract: A timing controller includes an image compensator for generating compensated image data. The image compensator is configured to: divide an input image into plural image blocks; select plural pixels located at one column of the image block as plural target pixels; generate an average representative gray level of the image block according to a histogram of gray levels of the image block; input the average representative gray level into a first lookup table to obtain a first gain; input a vertical pixel position of the target pixel and the average representative gray level into a second lookup table to obtain a second gain; obtain the compensated gray level by multiplying the gray level, the first gain, and the second gain of the target pixel; and replace the gray levels with the compensated gray levels to acquire the compensated image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tung-Ying WU
  • Patent number: 11087660
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operating method are provided. The timing controller includes a bit capture circuit and a gear position signal generation circuit. The bit capture circuit is configured to capture a first part bit from each of a plurality of original sub-pixel data of a video stream. The gear position signal generation circuit determines a gear position signal related to a current frame according to the first part bits. The gear position signal is provided to a gamma voltage generation circuit of a source driver such that the gamma voltage generation circuit changes a plurality of gamma voltages according to the gear position signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 11004406
    Abstract: A dual LCD device includes a gray LCD, a color LCD stacked on the gray LCD, a backlight assembly disposed at the rear of the gray LCD, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an input image data and then respectively output a gray cell pixel data and a color cell pixel data to the gray LCD and the color LCD based on a dual cell dimming algorithm. The dual cell dimming algorithm is configured to alleviate a moiré effect caused by light interference between the gray LCD and the color LCD. The dual cell dimming algorithm includes: calculating an initial gray cell pixel data based on the input image data; calculating the gray cell pixel data by spatially blurring the initial gray cell pixel data; and calculating the color cell pixel data by compensating the gray cell pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 10973144
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device, including a main body, a first functional module, a linkage mechanism, and a second functional module. The first functional module is slidably provided on the main body between a first position and a second position. The linkage mechanism is provided on the main body and is connected to the first functional module. The second functional module is linked to the linkage mechanism and is provided on the main body in a turnover manner, in which when the first functional module is located at the first position, the second functional module is covered by the first functional module, and when the first functional module moves to the second position and the second functional module is exposed, the second functional module is driven by the linkage mechanism to be turned up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kuan-Chang Lee, Ming-Chung Liu, Wei-Ting Chen, Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: 10936020
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a base, a lifting mechanism, a body and a switching mechanism. The lifting mechanism and the body are movably disposed at the base. The lifting mechanism is located between the body and the base, and two ends of the lifting mechanism are connected to the body and the base. The switching mechanism is disposed at the base. The switching mechanism is configured to lock the body and the lifting mechanism to the base or configured to remove a locking relationship of the body and the lifting mechanism with respect to the base. An expansion device is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Shiang Chang, Tung-Ying Wu, Wang-Hung Yeh, Po-Hsuan Wang, Chien-Feng Chan, Ming-Cheng Tsou
  • Patent number: D912127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tung-Ying Wu, Ming-Chung Liu, Kuan-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: D917460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Wang, Wang-Hung Yeh, Hsin-Chieh Fang, Che-Hsien Lin, Shu-Hung Lin, Che-Hsien Chu, Ming-Chung Liu, Tung-Ying Wu
  • Patent number: D923617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tung-Ying Wu, Ming-Chung Liu, Kuan-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: D929987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chien-I Lin, Ming-Chung Liu, Shih-Neng Hong, Tung-Ying Wu, Kuan-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: D949844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hsing-Yi Kao, Ming-Chung Liu, Tung-Ying Wu, Kuan-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: D949845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Tung-Ying Wu, Ching-Shiang Chang, Wang-Hung Yeh