公开(公告)号：US12027117B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17472322

申请日：2021-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John T. Wetherell ,  Cheuk Chi Lo ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Lingtao Wang ,  Derek Keith Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Xuebei Yang ,  Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu ,  Patrick Bryce Bennett ,  Chun-Ming Tang ,  Yingkan Lin ,  Sheng Zhang ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Runjie Xu ,  Shingo Hatanaka

IPC: G09G3/3233

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2300/0452 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0693 ,  G09G2330/10 ,  G09G2360/145

Abstract: Systems and methods may reduce or eliminate image artifacts due to a defective pixel of an electronic display. An electronic display may include pixels that respectively include a self-emissive element, pixel drive circuitry that supplies a pixel drive current to drive the self-emissive element, and signal routing circuitry that reduces or eliminates a visual artifact due to a defective pixel among the pixels. The signal routing circuitry may do this by turning off the self-emissive element, supplying image data from the pixel drive circuitry to a first adjacent pixel, or receiving image data from other pixel drive circuitry from the first adjacent pixel or a second adjacent pixel.

公开(公告)号：US20230316998A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18295619

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Sam S. Li ,  John T. Wetherell ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Xiang Lu ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Hopil Bae ,  Xiang Fang ,  Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema ,  Tore Nauta

IPC: G09G3/3216 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H05B45/20 ,  H10K59/17

CPC classification number: G09G3/3216 ,  G09G3/2003 ,  H05B45/20 ,  H10K59/17 ,  G09G2310/0264 ,  G09G2310/0243

Abstract: Local passive matrix displays and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, the display includes a pixel driver chip coupled with a matrix of rows and columns of LEDs. The pixel driver chips may be arranged in rows across the display with separate portions to operate separate matrices of LEDs.

公开(公告)号：US11775095B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17384415

申请日：2021-07-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christian M. Sauer ,  Christoph H. Krah ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Henry C. Jen ,  John T. Wetherell ,  Thierry S. Divel

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/32 ,  H01L27/15

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0418 ,  G09G3/32 ,  H01L27/156

Abstract: An integrated touchscreen can include light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes (LEDs/OLEDs), display chiplets and touch chiplets disposed in a visible area of the integrated touch screen. For example, the LEDs/OLEDs, display chiplets and touch chiplets can be placed on a substrate by a micro-transfer tool. The integrated touchscreen can also include electrodes disposed in the visible area of the integrated touch screen. The electrodes can be capable of providing display functionality via the one or more display chiplets during display operation (e.g., operating as cathode terminals of the LEDs during the display operation) and capable of providing touch functionality via the touch chiplets during touch operation (e.g., touch node electrodes can be formed from groups of the electrodes and sensed). In some examples, the touch node electrodes can be formed and coupled to touch chiplets via the display chiplets.

公开(公告)号：US20230222955A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US18066725

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kapil V. Sakariya ,  Tore Nauta ,  Hopil Bae ,  Henry C. Jen ,  James E. Pedder ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Shingo Hatanaka ,  Xiang Lu ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Saif Choudhary ,  Ion Bita

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/32

CPC classification number: G09G3/2088 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/2014 ,  G09G2300/0804 ,  G09G2310/027 ,  G09G2300/0857 ,  G09G2310/0291 ,  G09G2310/0272 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2330/08 ,  G09G2300/0413

Abstract: Display panel redundancy schemes and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, and display panel includes an array of drivers (e.g. microdrivers), each of which including multiple portions to independently receive control and pixel bits. In an embodiment, each driver portion is to control a group of redundant emission elements.

公开(公告)号：US11657742B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17399974

申请日：2021-08-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hasan Akyol ,  Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu ,  Baris Cagdaser ,  John T. Wetherell ,  Xuebei Yang ,  Ali Tabatabaei ,  Patrick Bryce Bennett ,  Yingkan Lin ,  Chun-Ming Tang ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Hopil Bae

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3275

CPC classification number: G09G3/006 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G2320/04 ,  G09G2330/12

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.

公开(公告)号：US10885852B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16893373

申请日：2020-06-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sheng Zhang ,  Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Yunhui Hou ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Shingo Hatanaka ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Hopil Bae

IPC: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3233

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display having an active array and a reference array. The active array includes a pixel and the reference array includes a reference pixel. The electronic device also includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the display. The processing circuitry is configured to instruct the active array to drive the pixel based at least in part on a set of degradation ratios and gamma tap points for each brightness setting of the display based at least in part on a reconstructed current-voltage curve.

公开(公告)号：US10535296B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US15576237

申请日：2016-05-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kapil V. Sakariya ,  Tore Nauta ,  Hopil Bae ,  Henry C. Jen ,  James E. Pedder ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Shingo Hatanaka ,  Xiang Lu ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Saif Choudhary ,  Ion Bita

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/32

Abstract: Display panel redundancy schemes and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, and display panel includes an array of drivers (e.g. microdrivers), each of which including multiple portions to independently receive control and pixel bits. In an embodiment, each driver portion is to control a group of redundant emission elements.

公开(公告)号：US20190088199A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16132320

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sheng Zhang ,  Chengrui Le ,  Hopil Bae ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  David W. Lum ,  Adam Adjiwibawa ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Michael Slootsky ,  Giovanni Carbone ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Shingo Hatanaka ,  Hasan Akyol

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3258

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display having a reference array that includes a first pixel. The display also includes a first emission power supply coupled to the first pixel. The display further includes an active array having a second pixel. The display also includes a second emission power supply coupled to the second pixel.