Patents by Inventor Wen-Hsuan Lin

Wen-Hsuan Lin 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: 7589795
    Abstract: An automatic clamping analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter) is provided, which includes an A/D converter, a switch, a comparator, a bidirectional counter, and a digital-to-analog converter (D/A converter). Wherein, the A/D converter receives an analog signal from a node, and then converts the analog signal into a digital signal according to a DC offset level. The switch is coupled between the node and a fixed voltage level, and is turned on or off according to a clamping signal. The comparator outputs a compare signal according to a comparison result between the digital signal and an offset value. The bidirectional counter outputs a count, and increases or decreases the count according to the compare signal. The D/A converter converts the count into the DC offset level and provides the DC offset level to the A/D converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Wu, Wen-Hsuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20080260280
    Abstract: An image processing method for a display device, for enhancing image quality, includes receiving video signals, sequentially generating a plurality of image data according to the video signals, and sequentially displaying the plurality of image data on a panel of the display device. Each of the plurality of image data includes a frame data and a low-gray-level frame data respectively corresponding to a frame output duration and a vertical blanking duration in a timing sequence of the video signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Wu, Min-Jung Chen, Wen-Hsuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20080263264
    Abstract: A data access control system of a memory includes a micro-processor, having a micro-controller, a command decoder, and a memory interface. The data access control system can be used to control display driving of a display system. The command decoder is used to decode the content of a data access command. A memory unit is configured into a first region for storing a first-type data being stored in a memory manner, and a second region for storing a second-type data being stored in a simulation manner of the memory. A bus is connected between the micro-processor and the memory unit, for performing data transmission. The micro-processor uses the memory interface to write data into the first region of the memory unit, and uses the command decoder to convert the nonvolatile data and write into the second region of the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsuan Lin, Kuo-Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20070182852
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for interlace scanning video signal frequency multiplication are provided. The method includes the following steps: first, removing a part of a first vertical synchronous signal (V-sync signal) which is asynchronous with a first horizontal synchronous signal (H-sync signal); next, capturing a first field and a second field from an interlace scan video signal according to the first V-sync signal obtained in the previous step; performing a frequency multiplication on a frame made up by the first and second fields, and producing a second V-sync signal and a second H-sync signal; finally, compensating for the second V-sync signal on a border between two fields of the frame after the frequency multiplication according to the second H-sync signal. Thereby, the method can be used to perform frequency multiplication using a line buffer instead of a frame buffer, to output through interface scanning without sacrificing image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Wu, Wen-Hsuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20070182856
    Abstract: An automatic clamping analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter) is provided, which includes an A/D converter, a switch, a comparator, a bidirectional counter, and a digital-to-analog converter (D/A converter). Wherein, the A/D converter receives an analog signal from a node, and then converts the analog signal into a digital signal according to a DC offset level. The switch is coupled between the node and a fixed voltage level, and is turned on or off according to a clamping signal. The comparator outputs a compare signal according to a comparison result between the digital signal and an offset value. The bidirectional counter outputs a count, and increases or decreases the count according to the compare signal. The D/A converter converts the count into the DC offset level and provides the DC offset level to the A/D converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Wu, Wen-Hsuan Lin