公开(公告)号：US11380260B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16603189

申请日：2018-03-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Junhua Tan ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Shiping Shen ,  Majid Gharghi ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Injae Hwang ,  Kavinaath Murugan ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Rui Zhang ,  Jesse Aaron Richmond ,  Yun Wang ,  Hung Sheng Lin

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3266

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a controller. The controller is configured to provide a first signal to a display of the electronic device to turn off the display. The controller is also configured to provide a second signal to the display to alter a gate source voltage of a drive transistor coupled to a light emitting diode (LED) of a pixel of the display while the display is turned off.

公开(公告)号：US11227536B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

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: G09G3/30 ,  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：US10997914B1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US16563286

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Injae Hwang ,  Jiye Lee ,  Yifan Zhang ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Junhua Tan ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Myungjoon Choi ,  Shiping Shen ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Jesse A. Richmond

IPC: G09G5/10 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/3258

Abstract: A system may include a display panel that includes number of pixels that display image data on a display. The system may also include a circuit that measures a voltage associated with a light-emitting diode (LED) of a pixel of the number of pixels in response to the LED receiving a current. In addition to the circuit, the system may employ data processing circuitry that may generate a calibrated prediction model based at least in part on the voltage and the current, such that the calibrated prediction model predicts a change in voltage performance of the LED as the LED ages.

公开(公告)号：US10992911B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16775093

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Junhua Tan ,  Sun-Il Chang

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  H04N9/04 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G01S7/4914 ,  H04N5/217

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes receiving, using a controller, sensor data related to operational parameters of the electronic display based at least in part on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display, wherein 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, using the controller, image display on the electronic display based at least in part on the sensor data.

公开(公告)号：US20210049962A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US17088263

申请日：2020-11-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chaohao Wang ,  Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Injae Hwang ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Junhua Tan ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Rui Zhang ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Howard H. Tang

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: An apparatus receives current image frame data and data relating to at least one previous image frame for an electronic display. One or more parameters related to hysteresis of transistors in the electronic display are sensed. A correlation device, such as a look-up table, receives the sensed parameter or parameters and the data relating to one or more image frames, and uses this information, at least in part, to output an appropriate compensation signal for the current image frame data. The compensated current image frame data may then be supplied to the electronic display to reduce or eliminate the effects of hysteresis on the displayed image.

公开(公告)号：US20210012712A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16762846

申请日：2018-09-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chin-Wei Lin ,  Fan Gui ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Junhua Tan ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Majid Gharghi ,  Mohammad Reza Esmaeili Rad ,  Shinya Ono ,  Yun Wang ,  Zino Lee

IPC: G09G3/3233

Abstract: A display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels having transistors characterized by threshold voltages subject to transistor variations. Compensation circuitry may be used to sense a current from selected display pixels. A display pixel may include a drive transistor, a gate setting transistor for driving a reference voltage onto the gate terminal of the drive transistor, a data loading and current sensing transistor for connecting the drive transistor to a data/current-sensing line, a light-emitting diode, an emission control transistor coupled between the drive transistor and the diode, and an anode resetting transistor for selectively resetting the anode terminal of the diode. During in-frame current sensing operations, the emission control transistor may be turned off to decouple the drive transistor from the diode, thereby blocking off any residue current and lateral leakage current that may be present at the diode.

公开(公告)号：US10825385B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15701056

申请日：2017-09-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chaohao Wang ,  Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Injae Hwang ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Junhua Tan ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Rui Zhang ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Howard H. Tang

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: An apparatus receives current image frame data and data relating to at least one previous image frame for an electronic display. One or more parameters related to hysteresis of transistors in the electronic display are sensed. A correlation device, such as a look-up table, receives the sensed parameter or parameters and the data relating to one or more image frames, and uses this information, at least in part, to output an appropriate compensation signal for the current image frame data. The compensated current image frame data may then be supplied to the electronic display to reduce or eliminate the effects of hysteresis on the displayed image.

公开(公告)号：US20200166644A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-28

申请号：US16775093

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Junhua Tan ,  Sun-Il Chang

IPC: G01S17/36 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: A method for operating an electronic display includes receiving, using a controller, sensor data related to operational parameters of the electronic display based at least in part on illuminating a sense pixel of at least one row of pixels of the electronic display, wherein 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, using the controller, image display on the electronic display based at least in part on the sensor data.

公开(公告)号：US10564774B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US16008997

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/1335

Abstract: Methods for mitigation of sensing error effects in display panels are disclosed. Display panels, such as pixel-based panels, may have circuitry to sense the luminance values, compare measurements with target luminance values, and provide corrections. Sensing errors, such as ones caused by sensor hysteresis and thermal fluctuations, may lead to overcorrections and visible artifacts. Mitigations schemes discussed herein include filtering of sensed signal with low pass filters, partial correction strategies, and feedforward sensing schemes. Circuitry that implements these schemes are also discussed.

公开(公告)号：US10209551B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15677267

申请日：2017-08-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Tobias Jung ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Sun-Il Chang ,  Junhua Tan ,  Marc Albrecht ,  Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Chaohao Wang

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/3233

Abstract: Devices, storage media, and methods for compensating for aging and temperature variations using dual-loop compensation are provided. The compensating for temperature and aging variations of one or more pixels of the display using a coarse scan loop updated at a faster rate. Compensation also includes compensating for aging variations of the one or more pixels of the display using a fine scan loop updated at a slower rate.