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公开(公告)号:US20240161672A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US18421930
申请日:2024-01-24
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng , Ting-Hsuan Hung , Tzu-Wen Hsieh , Wei-Lun Shih , Huang-Chin Tang
CPC classification number: G09G3/20 , G06F3/0412 , G06V40/13 , G06V40/1318 , G09G2310/0272
Abstract: An electronic circuit including a plurality of common terminals, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a plurality of switch units is provided. The first circuit is configured to output display driving signals to data lines of a display panel via the common terminals. The second circuit is configured to receive fingerprint sensing signals from fingerprint sensing lines of the display panel via the common terminals. Each of the switch units includes a first terminal coupled to one of the common terminals and a plurality of second terminals coupled to the first circuit and the second circuit. The switch units are grouped into a plurality of groups, and each group corresponds to a fingerprint sensing channel of the second circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US11935452B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US18170541
申请日:2023-02-17
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng , Ting-Hsuan Hung , Tzu-Wen Hsieh , Wei-Lun Shih , Huang-Chin Tang
CPC classification number: G09G3/20 , G06F3/0412 , G06V40/13 , G06V40/1318 , G09G2310/0272
Abstract: An electronic circuit for operating with a display panel including touch sensors and fingerprint sensors is provided. The electronic circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, a first switch circuit and a control circuit. The first circuit generates display driving signals for driving the display panel. The second circuit receives fingerprint sensing signals from the fingerprint sensors. The third circuit determines a touch information according to touch sensing signals from the touch sensors. The first switch circuit includes a plurality of first switch units, each of the first switch units includes a first switch element and a second switch element. The control circuit controls the first switch circuit to transmit the display driving signals in a first time interval, controls the first switch circuit to transmit the fingerprint sensing signals in a second time interval, and controls the third circuit to receive the fingerprint sensing signals in a third time interval.
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公开(公告)号:US11749012B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17886428
申请日:2022-08-11
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Wei-Lun Shih , Wu-Wei Lin , Huang-Chin Tang , Ting-Hsuan Hung
CPC classification number: G06V40/1306 , G06F3/0412 , G09G3/20 , G06F3/04166 , G09G2300/0408 , G09G2354/00
Abstract: A chip capable of controlling a panel to perform fingerprint sensing is provided. Fingerprint sensing pixels of the panel are divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones along a first direction. The chip includes a control circuit. The control circuit provides multiple control signals for controlling the panel to perform fingerprint sensing. The control signals include multiple start pulse signals. The start pulse signals are used to indicate the selected fingerprint zone. The number of the fingerprint zones is greater than the number of the start pulse signals.
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公开(公告)号:US20220383654A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17886428
申请日:2022-08-11
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Wei-Lun Shih , Wu-Wei Lin , Huang-Chin Tang , Ting-Hsuan Hung
Abstract: A chip capable of controlling a panel to perform fingerprint sensing is provided. Fingerprint sensing pixels of the panel are divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones along a first direction. The chip includes a control circuit. The control circuit provides multiple control signals for controlling the panel to perform fingerprint sensing. The control signals include multiple start pulse signals. The start pulse signals are used to indicate the selected fingerprint zone. The number of the fingerprint zones is greater than the number of the start pulse signals.
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公开(公告)号:US20210034833A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US16933952
申请日:2020-07-20
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng , Ting-Hsuan Hung , Tzu-Wen Hsieh , Wei-Lun Shih , Huang-Chin Tang
Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to drive a display panel including touch sensors and fingerprint sensors is provided. The electronic circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, a first switch circuit and a control circuit. The first circuit generates display driving signals for driving the display panel. The second circuit receives fingerprint sensing signals from the fingerprint sensors. The first switch circuit is coupled to a second switch circuit on the display panel. The control circuit generates control signals for controlling the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit, so as to control the electronic circuit to transmit the display driving signals from the first circuit to the data lines through the first and the second switch circuits in a first time interval, and control the electronic circuit to receive the fingerprint sensing signals from the fingerprint sensors through the first and the second switch circuits in a second time interval.
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公开(公告)号:US10474293B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-12
申请号:US15726404
申请日:2017-10-06
Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Hung-Cheng Kuo , Yung-Fu Lin , Chun-Hung Chen , Ting-Hsuan Hung
Abstract: A signal processing method for a touch panel includes transmitting a first driving signal to a first touch channel of the touch panel; and transmitting a second driving signal to a second touch channel of the touch panel, wherein the second touch channel is neighboring to the first touch channel. The first driving signal is substantially identical to the second driving signal during a first period, and the first driving signal is substantially inverse to the second driving signal during a second period neighboring to the first period.
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公开(公告)号:US20190107916A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-11
申请号:US15726404
申请日:2017-10-06
Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Hung-Cheng Kuo , Yung-Fu Lin , Chun-Hung Chen , Ting-Hsuan Hung
CPC classification number: G06F3/0418 , G06F3/044
Abstract: A signal processing method for a touch panel includes transmitting a first driving signal to a first touch channel of the touch panel; and transmitting a second driving signal to a second touch channel of the touch panel, wherein the second touch channel is neighboring to the first touch channel. The first driving signal is substantially identical to the second driving signal during a first period, and the first driving signal is substantially inverse to the second driving signal during a second period neighboring to the first period.
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公开(公告)号:US12148237B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-19
申请号:US18321730
申请日:2023-05-22
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng , Ting-Hsuan Hung , Wei-Lun Shih , Huang-Chin Tang
Abstract: An imaging control circuit for collecting object image data for an object presented on a portion of a surface of a display panel is provided. The imaging control circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit is adapted to receive touch sensing signals from a set of touch sensors located in the display panel. The second circuit is adapted to receive object image sensing signals from a set of imaging sensors. The object image sensing signals are associated with the object detected on the surface of the display panel. The third circuit is adapted to determine a location of the object from the touch sensing signals and generate a variable sized object imaging zone based on a location and a size of an object image. The variable sized object imaging zone includes a variable subset of the imaging sensors.
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公开(公告)号:US12008939B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US18163287
申请日:2023-02-02
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Huan-Teng Cheng , Ting-Hsuan Hung , Wei-Lun Shih , Huang-Chin Tang
CPC classification number: G09G3/20 , G06F3/0412 , G06V40/13 , G06V40/1318 , G09G2310/0272
Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a fingerprint sensing circuit that is configured to receive fingerprint sensing signals corresponding to a fingerprint image from fingerprint sensors via fingerprint sensing lines. The fingerprint sensing circuit is further configured to select a subset of the fingerprint sensing lines to form a fingerprint sensing zone having at least one boundary and adapted for a fingerprint sensing operation based on a fingerprint touch area. The subset of fingerprint sensing lines is selected based on the at least one boundary of the fingerprint sensing zone. The fingerprint sensing circuit is further configured to generate the fingerprint image according to the fingerprint sensing signals by a remapping operation.
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公开(公告)号:US12008191B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17037760
申请日:2020-09-30
Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Tzu-Wen Hsieh , Weilun Shih , Ting-Hsuan Hung , Huang-Chin Tang
CPC classification number: G06F3/04164 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/04166 , G06V40/1318 , G09G3/20
Abstract: A single-chip device for driving a panel including fingerprint sensing pixels, display pixels and touch sensors, electronic module therefor, and electronic apparatus including the single-chip device are provided. The single-chip device comprises a main body, a first group of pads and a second group of pads disposed in the main body. The main body has a left portion and a right portion with respect to an axis. The first group of pads comprise a plurality of first pads for driving the fingerprint sensing pixels, are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the fingerprint sensing pixels. The second group of pads comprise a plurality of second pads for driving the display pixels and the touch sensors, are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the panel.
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