Patents by Inventor Wenjun Liao

Wenjun Liao 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: 20230384582
    Abstract: The configuring of a micromirror to suppress a resonance of the micromirror. As part of the configuring process, the micromirror is subjected to multiple actuation frequencies, and the micromirror response is measured in response to at least some of these actuation frequencies. A resonant frequency of the micromirror is then determined using at least some of the measured mechanical responses. Then, depending on this determined resonant frequency of the micromirror, notch filter parameters are selected. There is more than one possibility for notch filter parameters, where the selected possibility depends on the determined resonant frequency. The notch filter is then configured with the selected notch filter parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Wenjun LIAO, Algird Michael GUDAITIS, Ruipeng SUN
  • Publication number: 20230288694
    Abstract: A laser beam scanning (“LBS”) display device is configured with an optical system that includes a laser beam emitter configured to emit a laser beam. The optical system also includes a driver configured to generate a driving signal for controlling a mirror, such as a microelectromechanical systems (“MEMS”) mirror. The optical system also includes a controller configured to generate a driving signal while rejecting a system disturbance response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Wenjun LIAO, Chuan PU
  • Patent number: 11742864
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of adjusting a center frequency of an adaptive voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that is included in an adaptive phase lock loop (PLL) and/or a phase difference target of the adaptive PLL. An adaptive PLL is a PLL that includes an adaptive VCO. An adaptive VCO is a VCO that is capable of adjusting its center frequency and/or a phase difference target of the adaptive PLL that includes the adaptive VCO. The adaptive PLL may be configured to drive (e.g., control) a device. A drive signal that is used to drive the device and a resulting output signal that is proportional to movement of the device may be fed back to respective inputs of the adaptive PLL so that the phases of those signals may be processed to facilitate adjustment of the center frequency and/or the phase difference target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Pu, Wenjun Liao
  • Patent number: 11693231
    Abstract: A laser beam scanning (“LBS”) display device is configured with an optical system that includes a laser beam emitter configured to emit a laser beam. The optical system also includes a driver configured to generate a driving signal for controlling a mirror, such as a microelectromechanical systems (“MEMS”) mirror. The optical system also includes a controller configured to generate a driving signal while rejecting a system disturbance response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Chuan Pu
  • Patent number: 11614615
    Abstract: A laser beam display device that can dynamically control the resonant frequency of a mirror is provided. The increase the reliability of a device by controlling the resonant frequency of a mirror instead of requiring components of a display device to react to changes in the resonant frequency of a mirror. A controller can drive a mirror with an input signal, receive a signal or data indicating a target resonant frequency, and bias the input signal to control the resonant frequency of the mirror. In some embodiments, the controller can also receive a feedback signal from a mirror indicating a current resonant frequency. The controller can also bias the input signal to increase or decrease the current resonant frequency. By dynamically controlling the resonant frequency of a mirror, a device can minimize any difference between the current resonant frequency detected in a feedback signal and the target resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Pu, Wenjun Liao
  • Publication number: 20230069514
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and systems that adaptively adjust the gain of the drive signal to a slow-scan mirror to compensate and stabilize the mirror to achieve desired performance metrics. Non-ideal characteristics of the slow-scan mirror, including the mirror and related assembly, exhibit behaviors that impact the overall gain of the device, which changes over time and operating environment. To compensate for these non-ideal characteristics, the drive signal to the slow-scan mirror may need to be adjusted to achieve the desired beam deflection angle. An adaptive inner loop gain control structure may be employed to dynamically adjust the gain of the inner-control loop to achieve a target gain such that the overall gain variations from the slow scan mirror and other components are scan mirror such that compensated and stabilized. The parameters, logic and blocks of the inner loop gain control may be implemented in hardware, software, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Wenjun LIAO, Algird Michael GUDAITIS
  • Patent number: 11594557
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate, a display area and a non-display area provided on the base substrate; a data line is provided in the display area and a detection line is provided in the non-display area on the base substrate; and the detection line is electrically connected to a data line and is formed by overlapping a plurality of wire segments. A method of manufacturing a display panel, and a display device are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Taoran Zhang, Qiao Feng, Linxuan Li, Yanyang Shang
  • Publication number: 20220393689
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of adjusting a center frequency of an adaptive voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that is included in an adaptive phase lock loop (PLL) and/or a phase difference target of the adaptive PLL. An adaptive PLL is a PLL that includes an adaptive VCO. An adaptive VCO is a VCO that is capable of adjusting its center frequency and/or a phase difference target of the adaptive PLL that includes the adaptive VCO. The adaptive PLL may be configured to drive (e.g., control) a device. A drive signal that is used to drive the device and a resulting output signal that is proportional to movement of the device may be fed back to respective inputs of the adaptive PLL so that the phases of those signals may be processed to facilitate adjustment of the center frequency and/or the phase difference target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Chuan PU, Wenjun LIAO
  • Patent number: 11514830
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide apparatus, methods and systems that adaptively adjust the signal waveform (or waveshape) of the drive signal to a slow-scan mirror to compensate for non-linearities observed in the slow-scan feedback signal from a slow-scan mirror. Over large scan angles and high temperatures, the slow-scan mirror in a laser beam scanning device may exhibit a nonlinear response to the drive signal that results in poor image quality issues such as bright lines, bands in the display image, and image distortion. The presently disclosed technologies track the linearity performance of the overall system by detecting non-linearities in waveform of the slow-scan feedback signal real time, and consequently apply a pre-distortion to the drive waveform to compensate for these detected non-linearities. The parameters, logic and blocks of the control may be implemented in hardware, software or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Algird Michael Gudaitis
  • Patent number: 11508763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate, and a display device. By first forming holes in a first thin film transistor, then simultaneously performing hydrogen supplementation on the first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, and then forming holes in the second thin film transistor, the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor can be repaired and compensated in different degrees by hydrogen supplementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taoran Zhang, Jiawei Qu, Linxuan Li, Wenjun Liao, Zailong Mo
  • Patent number: 11487105
    Abstract: A display device, including a display surface, a laser beam emitter, and a processor. The display device may further include a slow-scan MEMS driver configured to drive a slow-scan mirror and a fast-scan MEMS driver configured to drive a fast-scan mirror. The slow-scan mirror and the fast-scan mirror may reflect the laser beam onto an active region of the display surface. The slow-scan period may include a scanning interval in which the slow-scan mirror is configured to move to a final scanning position at one or more scanning ramp rates and a flyback interval in which the slow-scan mirror is configured to return to the initial scanning position. The processor may generate a modified slow-scan drive signal by modifying one or more of the initial scanning position, the final scanning position, and the scanning ramp rate in a blank region of the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Chuan Pu
  • Publication number: 20220301506
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes sub-pixel circuits each including a reset sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit, and a light-emitting device. The reset sub-circuit is configured to input a voltage provided by an initial voltage terminal to the driving sub-circuit under control of a signal from a first reset control terminal. The driving sub-circuit is configured to control a driving current flowing through the light-emitting device according to a data signal output by a data terminal. The sub-pixel circuits include first and second sub-pixel circuits that are located in two adjacent columns, and connected to a same data terminal. A first reset control terminal and a writing control terminal of the first sub-pixel circuit are connected to first and second scanning signal terminals. A first reset control terminal and a writing control terminal of the second sub-pixel circuit are connected to second and third scanning signal terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taoran ZHANG, Da ZHOU, Wenjun LIAO, Zailong MO
  • Patent number: 11424750
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of adjusting a center frequency of an adaptive voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that is included in an adaptive phase lock loop (PLL) and/or a phase difference target of the adaptive PLL. An adaptive PLL is a PLL that includes an adaptive VCO. An adaptive VCO is a VCO that is capable of adjusting its center frequency and/or a phase difference target of the adaptive PLL that includes the adaptive VCO. The adaptive PLL may be configured to drive (e.g., control) a device. A drive signal that is used to drive the device and a resulting output signal that is proportional to movement of the device may be fed back to respective inputs of the adaptive PLL so that the phases of those signals may be processed to facilitate adjustment of the center frequency and/or the phase difference target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chuan Pu, Wenjun Liao
  • Patent number: 11367391
    Abstract: A display panel, a display device and a detection method are provided. The display panel includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. Pixel units arranged in an array are disposed in the display area. The pixel unit includes a pixel driving circuit. A crack detecting line is disposed in the peripheral area, and the crack detecting line is connected to a reset signal terminal of the pixel driving circuit of at least one pixel unit. The display panel can reduce the influence of the voltage drop over the crack detection line on the brightness during the electrical detection stage, and can also improve the crack detection rate of the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Da Zhou, Taoran Zhang, Zailong Mo, Wenjun Liao
  • Patent number: 11341911
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a storage capacitor unit, a driving transistor, a compensation unit, a switching unit, a light-emitting element and a current supply unit. The compensation unit is connected to a compensation control end, a gate electrode and a second electrode of the driving transistor, and the current supply unit, and configured to, under the control of the compensation control end, control the current supply unit to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the gate electrode, and control the gate electrode to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the second electrode. The switching unit is connected to a light-emitting control end, the second electrode, and a first end of the light-emitting element, and configured to control the second electrode to be electrically connected to, or electrically disconnected from, the first end of the light-emitting element under the control of the light-emitting control end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawei Qu, Linxuan Li, Taoran Zhang, Wenjun Liao
  • Patent number: 11335221
    Abstract: A method, device and system for detecting a display panel are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of groups of pixels, and the method includes: controlling the plurality of groups of pixels to be successively displayed with a first gray scale, and in condition that an ith group of pixels are displayed with the first gray scale, controlling other groups of pixels in the plurality of groups of pixels except the ith group of pixels to be displayed with a second gray scale, the ith group of pixels being any group of pixels in the plurality of groups of pixels; detecting a first current output by the display panel, in a process of displaying the ith group of pixels with the first gray scale; determining that a display abnormality occurs to the ith group of pixels, in condition that the first current is not within a first current range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Da Zhou, Zailong Mo, Yiyang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11288991
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide methods, devices, and systems to compensate the drive waveform to a slow-scan mirror in a laser beam scanning (LBS) display device. The slow-scan controller generates the drive waveform, which is combined with feedback and coupled to the input of a notch filter in the control loop. Ripple in the slow-scan mirror trajectory, which occurs as a consequence of mismatches between the notch frequency of the notch filter and the resonance of the slow-scan mirror, is effectively suppressed in real time by an adaptive notch compensator. Consequently, the described compensation scheme allows for relaxed notch filter design criteria with high tolerance and mitigation of ripple is achieved at reduced cost. The parameters, logic and blocks of the adaptive notch compensator scheme may be time-domain or frequency domain solutions that are implemented, in hardware, software or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Seyed Ahmad Mortazavi, Chuan Pu
  • Publication number: 20220059639
    Abstract: A display substrate, comprising including: a display region, a pad bending region, and a first transition region located between the display region and the pad bending region, wherein the display region is provided with a signal line layer; the pad bending region is provided with a first wire layer; the first transition region is provided with a first connecting layer; the first connecting layer is provided with a first step formed by at least one inorganic insulation layer; the signal line layer is electrically connected to the first connecting layer by means of a first through hole provided in the first step; and the first wire layer is electrically connected to the first connecting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Taoran ZHANG, Da ZHOU, Wenjun LIAO
  • Publication number: 20220003983
    Abstract: A laser beam scanning (“LBS”) display device is configured with an optical system that includes a laser beam emitter configured to emit a laser beam. The optical system also includes a driver configured to generate a driving signal for controlling a mirror, such as a microelectromechanical systems (“MEMS”) mirror. The optical system also includes a controller configured to generate a driving signal while rejecting a system disturbance response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Wenjun Liao, Chuan Pu
  • Patent number: D945148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Wenjun Liao