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：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：US10360827B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15273470

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

Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more unit pixels and threshold voltage (Vth) sensing circuitry. The threshold voltage sensing circuitry senses Vth of the one or more unit pixels, by: sampling a charge of a capacitor of the one or more unit pixels, transitioning from the sampling, and reading out the threshold voltage based upon a change in the charge of the capacitor, such that an operation of the one or more unit pixels may be modified based upon the threshold voltage.

公开(公告)号：US10573236B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US16283473

申请日：2019-02-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shengkui Gao ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Haifeng Li ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Shyuan Yang ,  Sinan Alousi ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Weijun Yao ,  Yafei Bi ,  Yue Jack Chu

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3266

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Due to the presence of a notch in the display, the display may have some rows that are shorter than other rows in the display, and accordingly different gate line loading. To account for the gate line loading variations, the display driver circuitry may have gate driver circuits that provide different gate line signals to different rows of pixels within the display. In other arrangement, luminance adjustment circuitry may receive image data and generate corresponding compensated image data to account for gate line loading variations between rows of pixels in the display. The image data may be compensated based on the location of the pixel, the gray level of the image data, the display brightness, and/or temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20180005562A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15199315

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3208

CPC classification number: G09G3/2007 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2310/027 ,  G09G2310/06 ,  G09G2310/066 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/029 ,  G09G2320/0693

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：US20170103702A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

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: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3291 ,  G09G3/3266

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：US12142207B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17191009

申请日：2021-03-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shengkui Gao ,  Haifeng Li ,  Sinan Alousi ,  Marc Joseph DeVincentis ,  Yafei Bi ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Yi Qiao ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Weijun Yao ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Maofeng Yang ,  Yue Jack Chu

IPC: G09G3/3233

Abstract: A system may include an electronic display panel having pixels, where each pixel may emit light based on a respective programming signal. The system may include a memory storing a map. The processing circuitry may determine a function for each pixel from the map. The processing circuitry may determine a respective control signal based on the function and a target brightness level for each pixel to generate multiple control signals, where the respective control signal is used to generate the respective programming signal for each pixel. The processing circuitry may determine a scaling factor based at least in part on the first map and may scale at least a subset of the multiple control signals based at least in part on the scaling factor.

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：US20170103703A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-13

申请号：US15273470

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: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3291 ,  G09G3/3266

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/006 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3291 ,  G09G2300/0809 ,  G09G2300/0814 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2310/0202 ,  G09G2310/0291 ,  G09G2310/061 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/045 ,  G09G2330/12

Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more unit pixels and threshold voltage (Vth) sensing circuitry. The threshold voltage sensing circuitry senses Vth of the one or more unit pixels, by: sampling a charge of a capacitor of the one or more unit pixels, transitioning from the sampling, and reading out the threshold voltage based upon a change in the charge of the capacitor, such that an operation of the one or more unit pixels may be modified based upon the threshold voltage.