Patents by Inventor Wen Shao

Wen Shao 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: 11987798
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules that are unique to the maize MON 87419 event and transgenic maize plants, plant parts, seeds, cells, and agricultural products containing the MON 87419 event as well as methods of using and detecting the maize MON 87419 event. Transgenic maize plants containing the MON 87419 event exhibit tolerance to dicamba and glufosinate herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Wen C. Burns, Michael E. Goley, Jintai Huang, Melinda C. McCann, Aihua Shao, Oscar C. Sparks, Martin A. Stoecker, Liping Wei
  • Patent number: 11915666
    Abstract: A display device, a display driving integrated circuit (DDIC), and an operation method are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a first DDIC, and a second DDIC. The first DDIC generates a display synchronization signal, and drives a first display area of a display panel according to the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC is coupled to the first DDIC to receive the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC performs a frequency tracking operation on an internal clock signal of the second DDIC by selectively using the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC drives a second display area of the display panel according to the internal clock signal and the display synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jung-Hsuan Sung, Kai-Wen Shao, Chien-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11854476
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a timing controller having a mechanism for frame synchronization, a display panel having the timing controller thereof, and a display system having the timing controller thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the disclosure provides an integrated circuit which includes a timing controller to transmit a first TE signal to an application processor and receive a first image frame from the application processor after the application processor receives the first TE signal, and a control circuit to generate a first sync signal when the timing controller receives the first image frame, wherein when the application processor receives a second TE signal and the application processor is not ready to transmit a second image frame to the timing controller, the control circuit delays a first waiting period to generate a second sync signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yao-Min Chou, Kai-Wen Shao
  • Publication number: 20230410732
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a timing controller having a mechanism for frame synchronization, a display panel having the timing controller thereof, and a display system having the timing controller thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the disclosure provides an integrated circuit which includes a timing controller to transmit a first TE signal to an application processor and receive a first image frame from the application processor after the application processor receives the first TE signal, and a control circuit to generate a first sync signal when the timing controller receives the first image frame, wherein when the application processor receives a second TE signal and the application processor is not ready to transmit a second image frame to the timing controller, the control circuit delays a first waiting period to generate a second sync signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yao-Min Chou, Kai-Wen Shao
  • Publication number: 20230377534
    Abstract: A display device, a display driving integrated circuit (DDIC), and an operation method are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a first DDIC, and a second DDIC. The first DDIC generates a display synchronization signal, and drives a first display area of a display panel according to the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC is coupled to the first DDIC to receive the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC performs a frequency tracking operation on an internal clock signal of the second DDIC by selectively using the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC drives a second display area of the display panel according to the internal clock signal and the display synchronization signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jung-Hsuan Sung, Kai-Wen Shao, Chien-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11802658
    Abstract: An engagement structure of a connection system contains: a holder, a movable fixer, an actuation protrusion, a connection rod, and an adjustment member. The holder includes a first connecting segment, a first positioning groove, a receiving groove, a rotation space, two coupling orifices, and a locating orifice. The movable fixer includes a sliding portion, a defining portion, a guide groove, a through hole, a second connecting segment, a second positioning groove, and a locking chamber defined between the first positioning groove and the second positioning groove. The actuation protrusion includes a rotatable joining segment, a trench, two first accommodation orifices, two second accommodation orifices, two spaced distances, and a driving segment. The connection rod includes a rotary knob, a threaded section, a rotatable connecting orifice, and a trough. Also, the adjustment member includes a screwing section and a notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Wen-Shao Huang
  • Publication number: 20230302750
    Abstract: A screen repair patch and a screen flaw repair method. The screen repair patch includes an optical layer, a substrate layer, and an adhesion layer. The optical layer and a screen to be repaired have the same or similar optical performance. The substrate layer has a thickness of 10 to 250 microns. The adhesion layer has a thickness of 5 to 200 microns. In the screen flaw repair method, a repair patch is cut off from a region on a patch sheet corresponding to the position of a flaw of a screen, and the repair patch is attached to the corresponding position of the flaw of the screen by using a joining direction of the screen as an affixing direction of the repair patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: CHING-CHIN (JOHN) WU, WEN-SHAO (VINCENT) CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230072161
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of display control for a display driver circuit operated in a video mode. The method includes steps of: driving a display panel to display a plurality of image frames having a plurality of active frames and a plurality of blanking frames, and determining whether to transmit a notification to an application processor to indicate whether the application processor needs to output image data according to whether an incoming image frame among the plurality of image frames is one of the plurality of active frames or one of the plurality of blanking frames. Wherein, the display panel is refreshed in each of the plurality of active frames, and not refreshed in each of the plurality of blanking frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Lin, Kai-Wen Shao, Yao-Min Chou
  • Patent number: 11531428
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Publication number: 20220326834
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Patent number: 11392246
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and the OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: dividing each display frame into at least one display period and at least one touch detection period which are alternated; during each display period, generating sequentially-shifted gate driving signals and sequentially-shifted light-emission control signals, and sequentially applying them to at least a part of gate driving lines of the plurality and corresponding light-emission control lines; during each touch detection period: suspending the generation of gate driving signals or also suspending the generation of light-emission control signals; adjusting the average display luminance of a plurality of rows of pixels within a predetermined time period, so that the display luminance is uniform, and the gate driving signal for each row of pixels and the light-emission control signal of the light-emission control line maintain a preset timing relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Patent number: 11353991
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Publication number: 20210349601
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and the OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: dividing each display frame into at least one display period and at least one touch detection period which are alternated; during each display period, generating sequentially-shifted gate driving signals and sequentially-shifted light-emission control signals, and sequentially applying them to at least a part of gate driving lines of the plurality and corresponding light-emission control lines; during each touch detection period: suspending the generation of gate driving signals or also suspending the generation of light-emission control signals; adjusting the average display luminance of a plurality of rows of pixels within a predetermined time period, so that the display luminance is uniform, and the gate driving signal for each row of pixels and the light-emission control signal of the light-emission control line maintain a preset timing relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Publication number: 20210349600
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Patent number: 11155748
    Abstract: An effective amount of amphiphilic star polymers and surfactants may be applied to downhole fluids containing oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions, such as drilling fluids, completion fluids, drill-in fluids, workover fluids, and remediation fluids, to stabilize the emulsions and improve rheological properties of these fluids for use in oil and gas production operations. The star polymers and surfactants may be applied to the downhole fluid separately or as a blend to generate emulsions within the fluid that have substantially uniform droplet size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Wen Shao Cao, Grant Mackenzie, Dennis Clapper
  • Publication number: 20210108128
    Abstract: An effective amount of amphiphilic star polymers and surfactants may be applied to downhole fluids containing oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions, such as drilling fluids, completion fluids, drill-in fluids, workover fluids, and remediation fluids, to stabilize the emulsions and improve rheological properties of these fluids for use in oil and gas production operations. The star polymers and surfactants may be applied to the downhole fluid separately or as a blend to generate emulsions within the fluid that have substantially uniform droplet size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Wen Shao Cao, Grant Mackenzie, Dennis Clapper
  • Patent number: D870647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Yanhui Sun, Lei Teng, Wen Shao
  • Patent number: D892036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Jian Zhao, Lei Teng, Wen Shao
  • Patent number: D971125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Feng Wang, Wen Shao, Yan Cong, Jinlin Wang, Jixuan Yang, Tian Yang
  • Patent number: RE49750
    Abstract: A data transmission system is utilized in a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI). A master device includes a control module for generating a control signal according to a feedback signal. A packet encoding module is coupled to the control module for encoding an original packet to be a transmission packet according to the original packet and the control signal to process a transmission operation. A slave device includes a packet decoding module for decoding, the transmission packet to be the original packet or a related display device signal corresponding to the original packet to a display device. A feedback module is coupled to the packet decoding module for generating the feedback signal to the control module of the master device according to a decoding condition of the control module, so as to switch a transmission mode of the transmission operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Jung Kuo