公开(公告)号：US10916182B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US15711696

申请日：2017-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sinan Alousi ,  Haifeng Li ,  Mohammad Hajirostam ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving perceived image quality of an electronic display communicatively coupled to an image data source that outputs a synchronization control signal, which indicates when an image frame is expected to stop being written, based on a source clock signal. The electronic display includes a display pixel row, a display driver, and a timing controller. The timing controller determines a target scan time to be used to write the image frame to the display pixel row and instructs the display driver to write the image frame to the display pixel row based on the target scan time and a display block signal, in which the timing controller instructs the display driver to continue writing the image frame to display pixel row after the electronic display receives the synchronization control signal when the synchronization control signal is received before the target scan time is reached.

公开(公告)号：US10825419B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15716708

申请日：2017-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yue Jack Chu ,  Christopher P. Tann ,  Arthur L. Spence ,  Brad W. Simeral ,  Yafei Bi ,  Jiayi Jin ,  Ruo-Gu Huang ,  Haifeng Li ,  Weijun Yao ,  Chaohao Wang

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06T1/60 ,  G09G5/36 ,  G09G5/395

Abstract: In situations with reduced image changes, display panels, such as the ones disclosed herein, may reduce their power consumption by performing self-refresh cycles, in which they may display locally stored data in the display panel instead of retrieving it from an image buffer. Methods and circuitry for management of the self-refresh cycle may reduce jitter, luminance errors, and/or flickers that may be caused by untimely self-refresh cycles that may occur as a result of latency in the image buffer. In some implementations, the display panel may have a dedicated low latency input that notifies an arrival of an incoming image. In some implementations, the self-refresh cycles of the panel may be managed by a host or a buffer that is responsible for sending the images.

公开(公告)号：US10796629B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US16181212

申请日：2018-11-05

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Kasra Omid-Zohoor ,  Marc J. DeVincentis ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Sinan Alousi ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: A flat-panel display device and method to compensate for a voltage drop by supply voltage in the flat-panel display.

公开(公告)号：US10777116B1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15251906

申请日：2016-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Tore Nauta ,  Hopil Bae ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/20

Abstract: An electronic display includes a timing controller configured to distribute emission periods throughout an active area of the display over time by generating a plurality of emission clock phases. The electronic display also includes multiple row drivers configured to cause rows of pixels to emit at multiple different emission periods.

公开(公告)号：US10573209B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15273444

申请日：2016-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yafei Bi ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Haifeng Li ,  Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Hopil Bae ,  Hung Shen Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Wei H. Yao

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3291 ,  G09G3/3233

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel with pixels arranged in at least one row and at least one column. The electronic device also includes a sensing channel coupled to the at least one column. The sensing channel indirectly calculates a threshold voltage of the plurality of pixels based on an application of a first current level and a second current level to a data line of a first column of the at least one column of the pixels.

公开(公告)号：US10467985B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US16222492

申请日：2018-12-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Minhyuk Choi ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Sang Y. Youn ,  Yafei Bi ,  Jean-Pierre Guillou ,  Wei Y. Yao

IPC: G09G5/10 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels. The device may have an array of components such as an array of light sensors for capturing fingerprints of a user through an array of corresponding transparent windows in the display. A capacitive touch sensor, proximity sensor, force sensor, or other sensor may be used by control circuitry in the device to monitor for the presence of a user's finger over the array of light sensors. In response, the control circuitry can direct the display to illuminate a subset of the pixels, thereby illuminating the user's finger and causing reflected light from the finger to illuminate the array of light sensors for a fingerprint capture operation. The display may have display driver circuitry that facilitates the momentary illumination of the subset of pixels with uniform flash data while image data is displayed in other portions of the display.

公开(公告)号：US10467964B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15041836

申请日：2016-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vasudha Gupta ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Yafei Bi ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Jean-Pierre Simon Guillou ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Sang Y. Youn

IPC: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3266

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a change in a refresh rate of the display from a first frequency to a second frequency. The controller is also configured to selectively generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode of a display pixel of the display based on the first frequency.

公开(公告)号：US10438535B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-08

申请号：US15697172

申请日：2017-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Kenichi Ueno ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Shingo Hatanaka ,  Yafei Bi

IPC: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H03M1/66 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels that display image data on a display, a digital-to-analog converter that outputs a voltage that corresponds to a luminance value to be depicted on a first pixel, and a circuit that amplifies the voltage and outputs an amplified voltage to the first pixel. The circuit may include a capacitor that receives the voltage via the digital-to-analog converter and an amplifier coupled to the capacitor. The amplifier generates the amplified voltage based on the voltage stored the capacitor. The circuit also include switches that couple a first terminal of the capacitor to an output of the amplifier during a first amount of time and couples a second terminal of the capacitor to the output of the amplifier after the first amount of time expires.

公开(公告)号：US20190279552A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16335148

申请日：2017-09-20

Applicant: Apple inc.

Inventor： Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Hopil Bae ,  Yafei Bi ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Xiaofeng Wang

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G06F1/06

Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels that may display image data on a display. The display device may also include a circuit that may receive pixel data including a gray level for at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels. The circuit may then receive an emission clock signal using a clock circuit based on the pixel data, such that the emission clock signal may cause the at least one pixel to receive a current for an amount of time based on the gray level. The circuit may then gate off the clock circuit after the amount of time.

公开(公告)号：US20190237001A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-01

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.