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公开(公告)号:US11803272B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-31
申请号:US17889401
申请日:2022-08-17
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Chih Hsien Ou , ChengFeng Hsieh , Chin-Lin Lee , Che-Chia Hsu
IPC: G06F3/041 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/0354
CPC classification number: G06F3/0418 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/03545
Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a touch panel, a communication unit, and a processing unit coupled to the touch control panel and the communication unit. The communication unit sends a detection signal and receives a response signal based on the detection signal. The processing unit determines an operation mode of the electronic device based on the response signal. The operation mode includes a first mode and a second mode. An input signal source of the electronic device of the first mode includes a finger. The input signal source of the second mode includes the finger and a stylus. When the response signal includes a pen-tip signal of the stylus and a pen-ring signal of the stylus, the processing unit determines whether to set the operation mode to the second mode according to the numerical relationship between the pen-tip signal and the pen-ring signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11777515B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17241075
申请日:2021-04-27
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Chih-Peng Hsia , Cho-Hsuan Jhang , Su-Wei Lien
CPC classification number: H03M1/508 , H03K5/135 , H03K5/1565 , H03M1/825
Abstract: A column analog-to-digital converter and the local counting method is provided. The column analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converters in parallel. Each of the analog-to-digital converters includes a comparator and a counting circuit. The comparator compares the ramp voltage with one of the plurality of column signals to generate a comparator output signal. The counting circuit generates a local clock by means of a voltage-controlled oscillator of the counting circuit according to the base clock and the comparator output signal, counts the base clock and the local clock respectively to generate a first counting output and a second counting output, and combines the first counting output with the second counting output to generate the counting output.
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公开(公告)号:US11776477B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US18147112
申请日:2022-12-28
Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Sheng-Wen Hsiao
IPC: G09G3/3233
CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 , G09G2300/0823
Abstract: A pixel circuit of a display panel is provided, including a first, second, third, fourth, fifth switch, a first capacitor and a diode. The first switch is connected with a positive supplied power voltage. The second switch is connected with the first switch and a data line. The third switch is connected with the first and second switch, generating an emission current as a driving transistor. First end of the first capacitor is connected with the first, second and third switch. Second end of the first capacitor is connected with the third, fourth and fifth switch. The fifth switch is connected with a first initial voltage. Anode of the diode is connected with the third and fourth switch while its cathode is connected with a negative emission source voltage. By configuration of the disclosed pixel circuit, a power rail emission current is independent, without being involved with initial voltages.
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公开(公告)号:US20230306900A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18205199
申请日:2023-06-02
Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Yu-Sheng Ma , Jhih-Siou Cheng , Chun-Fu Lin , Jin-Yi Lin , Ju-Lin Huang
IPC: G09G3/32
CPC classification number: G09G3/32 , G09G2320/064 , G09G2330/021
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driver for driving a light emitting unit array of a display device, the driver including: a plurality of driving units, each of the plurality of driving units includes: a driving circuit configured to provide a driving current to a corresponding column of light emitting units in the light emitting unit array according to a pulse width modulation signal, during a turn-on period of a channel switch; a charge path circuit configured to be connected in parallel with the driving circuit, and to be turned on during the turn-on period of the channel switch to form a charge path; and a discharge path circuit configured to be connected in parallel with the driving circuit, and to be turned-on after the channel switch is turned off, to form a discharge path.
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公开(公告)号:US20230298220A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US18323351
申请日:2023-05-24
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Hui-Yu Jiang , Heng-Yao Lin , Yen-Tao Liao
CPC classification number: G06T9/20 , G06T5/009 , G06T5/002 , G06T5/50 , G06T2207/20192
Abstract: An image processing method including the following steps is provided. An image information of an image is received, wherein the image includes a plurality of blocks and the image information includes a plurality of pixel information of each block. A dual gamma correction is performed on a first group of blocks of the image to obtain one or more corrected blocks and the dual gamma correction is skipped on a second group of blocks of the image to obtain a plurality of uncorrected blocks. A first encoding process is performed on the one or more corrected blocks to obtain a plurality of first encoded blocks. A second encoding process different from the first encoding process is performed on the plurality of uncorrected blocks to obtain a plurality of second encoded blocks.
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公开(公告)号:US11763738B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US18104803
申请日:2023-02-02
Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Hung-I Wang , Yen-Tao Liao
CPC classification number: G09G3/32 , G09G3/2018 , G09G2310/08 , G09G2320/0233 , G09G2320/0247 , G09G2320/043 , G09G2340/16
Abstract: A display driver circuit of controlling a display panel includes an emission compensation circuit and an emission optimization circuit. The emission compensation circuit generates an emission compensation estimate according to at least a gray level, an initial emission duty cycle, and a pulse count of a number of emission pulses in a data frame of the display panel. The emission optimization circuit is coupled to the emission compensation circuit and generates a compensated emission signal according to the initial emission duty cycle and the emission compensation estimate, and drive the display panel according to the compensated emission signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11749016B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17950052
申请日:2022-09-21
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Jung-Yu Tsai
IPC: G06V40/12 , G06F3/04883 , G06K9/62 , G06F18/21 , G06V10/22
CPC classification number: G06V40/1347 , G06F3/04883 , G06F18/2163 , G06V10/22 , G06V40/1365
Abstract: A method for fingerprint recognition and a fingerprint recognition device are provided. The method includes the following steps. A touch position of a touch panel is obtained as a fingerprint position. A fingerprint recognition operation is performed according to the fingerprint position. Whether the fingerprint recognition operation is successful is determined. In response to determining that the fingerprint recognition operation is not successful, at least one first position of the touch panel as an updated fingerprint position is generated according to the touch position of the touch panel, and the fingerprint recognition operation is performed according to the updated fingerprint position.
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公开(公告)号:US20230269845A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US17964059
申请日:2022-10-12
Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Chih-Hsien Chou , Jhih-Siou Cheng , Jin-Yi Lin , Ren-Chieh Yang
IPC: H05B45/325 , H05B45/46 , H05B45/345 , H05B45/54 , G09G3/32
CPC classification number: H05B45/325 , H05B45/46 , H05B45/345 , H05B45/54 , G09G3/32
Abstract: A display driver circuit for controlling a display panel having a plurality of light-emission diode (LED) strings includes a plurality of current regulators and a control circuit. Each of the plurality of current regulators is configured to control one of the plurality of LED strings. The control circuit, coupled to the plurality of current regulators, is configured to generate a plurality of pulses in a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and output each of the plurality of PWM signals to a respective current regulator among the plurality of current regulators. Wherein, the plurality of pulses are scrambled.
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公开(公告)号:US20230267762A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US18307027
申请日:2023-04-26
Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
Inventor: Wei-Lun Shih , Tzu-Wen Hsieh , Huan-Teng Cheng , Huang-Chin Tang , Yueh-Teng Mai , Shi-Hao Huang , Jung-Chung Lee
CPC classification number: G06V40/1318 , G09G5/10 , G09G2320/0626 , G06F3/0416
Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to drive a display panel is provided. The electronic circuit includes a touch sensing circuit, a fingerprint sensing circuit and a display driving circuit. The touch sensing circuit senses a touch of a finger and determines a first area corresponding to the touch on the display panel. The fingerprint sensing circuit senses a fingerprint image of the finger corresponding to the first area. The display driving circuit drives pixels of the first area with respective first gray levels and pixels of a second area outside the first area with respective second gray levels. The display driving circuit processes respective third gray levels to obtain the respective first gray levels or the respective second gray levels. The display driving circuit generates gamma voltages corresponding to the respective first gray levels and the respective second gray levels according to a same gamma curve.
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公开(公告)号:US11726616B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17738590
申请日:2022-05-06
Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Inventor: Hung-Kai Chen , Feng-Lin Chan
IPC: G06F3/041
CPC classification number: G06F3/04184
Abstract: A touch control circuit, display-and-touch system, touch panel and touch sensing method are disclosed. The system includes a display panel, a touch panel having a plurality of touch sensors, a touch control circuit and at least one interference sensing capacitor configured to be insensitive to a touch on the touch panel and interference other than the interference from an interference layer of the display panel, the touch control circuit includes: at least one interference sensing channel configured to receive an interference sensing signal from the at least one interference sensing capacitor; and a plurality of touch sensing channels configured to receive touch sensing signals from at least part of touch sensors of the plurality of touch sensors; wherein a first electrode of each interference sensing capacitor is connected with the interference layer of the display panel, and a second electrode thereof is connected with a corresponding interference sensing channel.
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