Patents by Inventor Xinhong Chen

Xinhong Chen 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: 20180204529
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gamma correction system and method. In the present disclosure, a gamma correction method used for a display panel of a liquid crystal display includes: measuring actual brightness values of preset highest grayscale and lowest grayscale of a central region of the display panel; calculating target brightness values of respective preset tie-point grayscales of the central area based on the actual brightness values, wherein the respective preset tie-point grayscale are located between the preset highest grayscale and the lowest grayscale; adjusting the respective preset tie-point grayscale of the central region and regions of both sides respectively according to the target brightness values, and computing compensating grayscale values of the adjusted respective preset tie-point grayscale; storing the compensating grayscale values, and correcting the gamma curves of the central region and the regions of both sides by using the stored compensating grayscale values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xinhong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180182348
    Abstract: A flicker control circuit of liquid crystal devices (LCDs) includes a main control chip, a low differential voltage regulator (LDO) circuit, a first resistor, a second resistor, and a reset resistor. The main control chip includes an operational voltage input end, a common voltage output end, and a dividing reference voltage input end. The LDO circuit receives a voltage provided by an external power module and generates a dividing reference voltage in accordance with the received voltage. One end of the first resistor connects to the LDO circuit to receive the dividing reference voltage, and the other end of the first resistor connects to the dividing reference voltage input end. The flicker of the LCDs may be reduced such that the display performance of the LCDs may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenfang LI, Xianming ZHANG, Xinhong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180166001
    Abstract: A driving method of a display panel including: providing a display panel including multiple data lines and pixel unit groups arranged in an array, each pixel unit group being divided into a first sub-pixel unit group and a second sub-pixel unit group alternately arranged along column direction, the first and the second sub-pixel unit groups each including multiple sub-pixels; in a same frame of image, the data lines scanning the first sub-pixel unit groups of the pixel unit groups; and driving signals on the data lines being performed with one time level switching and then the data lines scanning the second sub-pixel unit groups of the pixel unit groups. In the driving method of the invention, the level switching times of the driving signal on each data line is significantly decreased, the power consumption for driving the display panel can be reduced and display performance can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-yeh CHEN, JhenWei HE, Xinhong CHEN, Yu WU
  • Patent number: 9959797
    Abstract: The circuit of the present invention comprises a detection module and a feedback module, wherein an output end of a power supply management module is coupled to one end of a voltage level shift module, and the other end of the voltage level shift module is coupled to a first end of the detection module, and a second end of the detection module is coupled to a WOA route module or a GOA route module, and a third end of the detection is coupled to one end of the feedback module, and the other end of the feedback module is coupled to an enable end of the power supply management module, and the detection module detects whether the WOA route module or the GOA route module is short, and feeds back a short signal; the feedback module receives the short signal, and sends a disable signal to the enable end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xinhong Chen
  • Publication number: 20170263166
    Abstract: The circuit of the present invention comprises a detection module and a feedback module, wherein an output end of a power supply management module is coupled to one end of a voltage level shift module, and the other end of the voltage level shift module is coupled to a first end of the detection module, and a second end of the detection module is coupled to a WOA route module or a GOA route module, and a third end of the detection is coupled to one end of the feedback module, and the other end of the feedback module is coupled to an enable end of the power supply management module, and the detection module detects whether the WOA route module or the GOA route module is short, and feeds back a short signal; the feedback module receives the short signal, and sends a disable signal to the enable end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xinhong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160358561
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a backlight unit, including a backlight module including a light source for emitting light; a voltage generating unit for providing a driving voltage to the backlight unit; a backlight controlling unit for receiving a frame frequency signal and producing a cycle controlling signal having a same cycle time to the frame frequency signal; a backlight driving chip for producing a PWM signal according to the cycle controlling signal and a preset duty ratio D, wherein the PWM signal has a same cycle time to the cycle controlling time, and the duty ratio of the PWM signal is D in each cycle, the PWM signal being configured for controlling the voltage generating unit to provide or cut off the driving voltage to the backlight unit. The present invention also provides a method for driving the above backlight unit and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinhong CHEN, Yu-yeh CHEN, Yuhua CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160335976
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display, including: a liquid crystal panel, which defines n first division zones in a first direction; a gate driver, which includes n gate driver chips respectively corresponding to the n first division zones, the gate driver chips each including a control unit and a first electrical resistance unit; a timing controller, which is arranged to supply a control signal to the liquid crystal display; and a common voltage generator, which supplies a common voltage source that is fed in sequence to the n gate driver chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinhong CHEN, Yu-yeh CHEN, Ming-wei CHEN, Xianming ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160249427
    Abstract: An LED backlight source used in a LCD device is disclosed. It comprises a boost circuit, boosting the input voltage to the operating voltage of an LED string; a current control module, connecting to a negative end of the LED string for modulating the operating voltage of the LED string; a microcontroller, providing the current control module with the second square wave signal to control the current control module for achieving current modulation; a boost driver chip, providing the boost circuit with a first square wave signal to the boost circuit for achieving voltage boost function; the boost driver chip receives a feedback regulation voltage found by the microcontroller and changes a duty ratio of the first square wave signal provided by the boost circuit according to the feedback regulation voltage, for modulating the operating voltage of the LED string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinhong CHEN, Xiang YANG
  • Publication number: 20160132063
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a feedback separated circuit and a method for detecting a combination of mother board and daughter boards, said circuit comprising: a mother board, provided with a controller; and a plurality of daughter boards separated from said mother board, each daughter board being provided with a resistor having a different resistance, one end of each resistor being connected with one single feedback end of said controller, the other end of each resistor being connected with the ground. Through the circuit provided by the present disclosure, not only the combination mode between the mother board and the daughter boards can be recognized, but also the cost thereof is not increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Xinhong CHEN
  • Patent number: 9232585
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight regulation circuit and a liquid crystal display having the same. The backlight regulation circuit includes a PWM signal generating module, a D/A conversion module, and a current driving module. The PWM signal generating module is configured for generating a PWM signal and outputting the PWM signal to the current driving module; the D/A conversion module receives an operation command inputted by user and outputs a preset voltage to the current driving module according to the operation command; the current driving module receives the PWM signal, amplifies the PWM signal according to the preset voltage, and outputs the amplified PWM signal to an electrical switch in control of switch-on and switch-off of a backlight, thereby controlling the switch-on and switch-off of the backlight. The present disclosure integrates multiple LED backlight schemes, expands the application range of the backlight regulation circuit, and shortens the development cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinhong Chen, Xiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20150208473
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight regulation circuit and a liquid crystal display having the same. The backlight regulation circuit includes a PWM signal generating module, a D/A conversion module, and a current driving module. The PWM signal generating module is configured for generating a PWM signal and outputting the PWM signal to the current driving module; the D/A conversion module receives an operation command inputted by user and outputs a preset voltage to the current driving module according to the operation command; the current driving module receives the PWM signal, amplifies the PWM signal according to the preset voltage, and outputs the amplified PWM signal to an electrical switch in control of switch-on and switch-off of a backlight, thereby controlling the switch-on and switch-off of the backlight. The present disclosure integrates multiple LED backlight schemes, expands the application range of the backlight regulation circuit, and shortens the development cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Xinhong Chen, Xiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20150179111
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device, a backlight source, and a dimming method for the liquid crystal display device. The backlight source for a liquid crystal display device comprises: a backlight lamp group which is divided into at least two areas, each being provided with a group of multi-color LED light sources distributed therein, and the individual areas formed by dividing the backlight lamp group being in one-to-one correspondence with individual display picture regions formed by dividing a liquid crystal display panel; a time sequence control circuit, which generates time sequence signals for individual LEDs of a group of multi-color LED light sources in the backlight lamp group area associated with a respective region; and an LED driving circuit, which controls the brightness of individual LEDs of the multi-color LED light sources in respective areas, so as to adjust the hue among the areas and the brightness of the current area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Xinhong Chen
  • Publication number: 20150154916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and a backlight driving method thereof. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight panel, wherein the liquid crystal display panel includes a main control unit, and the backlight panel includes light-emitting units and a backlight driving circuit. The backlight driving method comprises steps of: the main control unit outputting a frequency control signal; the backlight driving circuit outputting at least one diming control signal based on the frequency control signal sent by the main control unit, and periodically controlling turn-on and turn-off of the light-emitting units based on the dimming control signal; wherein frequency of the dimming control signal is N times of a screen refresh frequency of the liquid crystal display panel, and N is an integer greater or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Xinhong Chen, Xiang Yang
  • Patent number: 9024532
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a direct type LED backlight and a liquid crystal display thereof. The direct type LED backlight comprises a power converting circuit, which transfers an alternating current voltage generated from an external liquid crystal display into direct an current voltage and outputs it; multiple LED strings connected in parallel, wherein each LED string comprises a predetermined amount of LED connected in parallel, which receives a direct current from the power converting circuit; wherein, the predetermined amount is limited to that the direct current of the LED string emitting light normally is smaller than or equal to the direct current output from the power converting circuit. According to the direct type LED backlight of the present invention, it can avoid using a boost circuit in order to decrease circuit complexity and save costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Xinhong Chen, Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 9018857
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit includes a power supply, a constant current driving unit that drives LED light bars, a switching unit coupled to the power supply, and M light units that are connected with each other in parallel. Each of the light units comprises at least two LED light bars that are connected with each other in parallel, and an input end of each of the LED light bars is coupled to the switching unit. The constant current driving unit includes a plurality of dimming channels coupled to an output end of the LED light bars, and each of the dimming channels is connected with M LED light bars. The M LED light bars connected with a same dimming channel are arranged in different light units, one LED light bar is coupled to one dimming channel. The power supply is only coupled to one light unit through the switching unit when the LED backlight driving circuit is in operation, and M is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Xinhong Chen
  • Publication number: 20140354176
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit includes a power supply, constant current driving unit that drives LED light bars, a switching unit coupled to the power supply, and M light units that are connected with each other in parallel. Each of the light units comprises at least two LED light bars that are connected with each other in parallel, and an input end of each of the LED light bars is coupled to the switching unit. The constant current driving unit includes a plurality of dimming channels coupled to an output end of the LED light bars, and each of the dimming channels is connected with M LED light bars. The M LED light bars connected with a same dimming channel are arranged in different light units, one LED light bar is coupled to one dimming channel. The power supply is only coupled to one light unit through the switching unit when the LED backlight driving circuit is in operation, and M is a positive integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xinhong Chen
  • Patent number: 8829807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight dimming circuit, a dimming method of the same and a liquid crystal display thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xiang Yang, Xinhong Chen
  • Publication number: 20140239850
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight dimming circuit, a dimming method of the same and a liquid crystal display thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang YANG, Xinhong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140167629
    Abstract: The present invention provides a direct type LED backlight and a liquid crystal display thereof. The direct type LED backlight comprises a power converting circuit, which transfers an alternating current voltage generated from an external liquid crystal display into direct an current voltage and outputs it; multiple LED strings connected in parallel, wherein each LED string comprises a predetermined amount of LED connected in parallel, which receives a direct current from the power converting circuit; wherein, the predetermined amount is limited to that the direct current of the LED string emitting light normally is smaller than or equal to the direct current output from the power converting circuit. According to the direct type LED backlight of the present invention, it can avoid using a boost circuit in order to decrease circuit complexity and save costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Xinhong Chen, Hua Zhang