公开(公告)号：US11100845B1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16563452

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Injae Hwang ,  Rui Zhang ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Shiping Shen ,  Sun-Il Chang

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52

Abstract: A device may include a photosensitive transistor and a light-emitting diode. The light-emitting diode may include an anode. The anode may include a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness. The device may also include driving circuitry that receives a data signal and causes light to emit from the light-emitting diode in response to the data signal. The photosensitive transistor may generate an electrical signal in response to light emitted from the light-emitting diode during the light emission.

公开(公告)号：US20210150950A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-20

申请号：US16644932

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: Junhua TAN ,  Chin-Wei LIN ,  Hung Sheng LIN ,  Hyunsoo KIM ,  Hyunwoo NHO ,  Injae HWANG ,  Jesse A. RICHMOND ,  Jie Won RYU ,  Kavinaath MURUGAN ,  Kingsuk BRAHMA ,  Shengkui GAO ,  Shiping SHEN ,  Sun-Il CHANG ,  Myung-Je CHO ,  Yafei BI ,  Myungjoon CHOI ,  Chaohao WANG ,  Weichuan YAO ,  Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chin-Wei Lin ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Injae Hwang ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Junhua Tan ,  Kavinaath Murugan ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Shiping Shen ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Myung-Je Cho ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/00

Abstract: Electronic devices and methods for compensating for aging or other effects in a display during a non-transmitting state (off state) of the display. Sensing may include emissive element sensing of the display and/or thin film transistor sensing of the display. Compensating for the effects may preserve or increase a uniformity of transmission of the display.

公开(公告)号：US10984713B1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16409489

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Junhua Tan ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Jun Li ,  Myungjoon Choi ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Injae Hwang ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Shiping Shen

IPC: G09G3/3233

Abstract: An electronic display system may include a display panel used to display an image through emitting light. The electronic display system may also include processing circuitry that receives indication of an image to be displayed on the display panel and generates one or more signals to communicate the image on the display panel. The processing circuitry may compensate for non-uniformities in light emission between pixels of the display due to current-voltage non-uniformities.

公开(公告)号：US20200302856A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16746325

申请日：2020-01-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xin Lin ,  Yun Wang ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Majid Gharghi ,  Fan Gui ,  Chen-Ming Chen ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Alex H. Pai ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Junhua Tan ,  Szu Heng Tseng

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/20

Abstract: A system includes an electronic display panel that has a plurality of pixels configured to depict frames of image data. The electronic display also includes display driver circuitry configured to, for a first frame of image data representing first image content, modify a gate-to-source voltage of a transistor of a first pixel of the plurality of pixels to a content-dependent first gate-to-source voltage. Additionally, after modifying the gate-to-source voltage to the first gate-to-source voltage, the display driver circuitry is configured to program the first pixel by modifying the gate-to-source voltage to a gate-to-source programming voltage that differs from the first gate-to-source voltage and is based on image data associated with the pixel from the first frame of the image data. Furthermore, the display driver circuitry is configured to cause the plurality of pixels to emit light.

公开(公告)号：US10777106B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15717755

申请日：2017-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Baris Cagdaser ,  Junhua Tan ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Luigi Panseri ,  Injae Hwang ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Toshiaki Sawada ,  Hyuck-Jae Lee

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/3225

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display having a number of pixels, source driving circuitry that drives data to the pixels, and data lines that communicatively couple the source driving circuitry with the pixels. The electronic device also includes quality monitoring and calibration circuitry that identifies degradation in the source driving circuitry, one or more of the data lines, or both. The electronic device may be controlled based at least in part upon identification of the degradation.

公开(公告)号：US10672320B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US16132116

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Soojin Park ,  Bhadrinarayana L. Visweswaran ,  Chieh-Wei Chen ,  Anshi Liang ,  Marc Albrecht ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Sean C. Chang ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Mohammad Hajirostam ,  Myung-Je Cho ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3208

Abstract: A display device may include a processor that may receive image data, such that the image data may include gray level data and display brightness value (DBV) data for a first pixel of a display. The processor may then determine a gain compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on a correction spatial map, a brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may then determine an offset compensation factor associated with the first pixel based on the correction spatial map, the brightness adaptation lookup table (LUT), the gray level data, and the DBV data. The processor may generate compensated gray level data by applying the gain compensation factor and the offset compensation factor to the gray level data and transmit the compensated gray level data to pixel driving circuitry associated with the first pixel.

公开(公告)号：US10573234B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US16049462

申请日：2018-07-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Shiping Shen ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Junhua Tan ,  Injae Hwang ,  Myungjoon Choi

IPC: G09G3/34 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3258

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes displaying image frames and receiving operational parameters of the electronic display based on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display when displaying the image frames. A first set of pixels below the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a first image frame and a second set of pixels above the at least one row of pixels renders a portion of a second image frame. The method also includes adjusting image display of a third image frame on the electronic display based on the operational parameters.

公开(公告)号：US10529053B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15711831

申请日：2017-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shengkui Gao ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Katherine W. Song ,  Mohammad Hajirostam ,  Myung-Je Cho ,  Rui Zhang ,  Sang Y. Youn ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G06T3/40 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T5/00

Abstract: A display device may include a display having a pixels and a processor. The processor may receive image data, determine a digital offset value for a pixel based on a location of the pixel, such that the digital offset value compensates for one or more non-uniformity properties of the pixel. The processor may determine a scale factor associated with the pixel based on at least two of a luminance setting for the display, a driving mode of the display, and a gray level value for the pixel. The processor may then generate correction image data by applying the scale factor to the digital offset value, generate compensated image data based on the correction image data and the image data, and provide the compensated image data to the display.

公开(公告)号：US10460642B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15199315

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Jiayi Jin ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Guangmao Xing ,  Weijun Yao ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Yafei Bi ,  Haifeng Li

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G3/3233

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided to reduce noise present in sensing circuits used for calibrating light emitting diodes (e.g., organic light emitting diodes) in electronic display devices. Such a system may include a display that renders image data using self-emissive pixels. Values on the pixels may be sensed using a current source that outputs a current and a comparator that receives the current. The comparator changes states when a voltage signal output by the capacitor crosses a first threshold voltage or a second threshold voltage. A controller receives a first time when the comparator component changes states based on the voltage signal, receives a second time when the comparator component changes states based on the voltage signal, determines a current value based on the first time and the second time, and calibrates a pixel based on the current value.

公开(公告)号：US10388201B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15697132

申请日：2017-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sun-Il Chang ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Junhua Tan ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G5/00

Abstract: Electronic devices and methods pertain to reducing artifacts resulting from a thermal profile preexisting a boot up of an electronic device are disclosed. Scanning driving circuitry of the electronic device scans at least a portion of one or more pixels of an active area of a display using a boot up scan before a boot up sequence of at least a portion of an electronic device completes. The results of the boot up scan are stored in local buffers and transferred to one or more processors upon connection to the one or more processors. The results of the boot up scan cause the one or more processors to modify image data to reduce or eliminate artifacts that may result during boot up due to thermal profiles or other parameters that may cause artifacts.