公开(公告)号：US20160203777A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-14

申请号：US14993702

申请日：2016-01-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kingsuk Brahma ,  David A. Stronks ,  Hopil Bae ,  Wei H. Yao

IPC: G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G01R27/205 ,  G09G3/006 ,  G09G3/2092 ,  G09G3/2096 ,  G09G3/3607 ,  G09G3/3696 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0223

Abstract: A display may have a substrate layer to which a display driver integrated circuit and flexible printed circuit are bonded. The display driver integrated circuit may be provided with switches and control circuitry for controlling the operation of the switches during bond resistance measurements. Test equipment may apply currents to pads in the display driver integrated circuit through contacts in the flexible printed circuit while controlling the switching circuitry. Based on these measurements and the measurement of trace resistances in a dummy flexible printed circuit, the test equipment may determine bond resistances for bonds between the display driver integrated circuit and the display substrate and between the flexible printed circuit and the display substrate. Displays may have master and slave display driver integrated circuits that share coarse reference voltages produced by the master from raw power supply voltages.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有显示驱动器集成电路和柔性印刷电路结合到其上的基板层。 显示驱动器集成电路可以设置有用于在接合电阻测量期间控制开关的操作的开关和控制电路。 测试设备可以通过柔性印刷电路中的触点在显示驱动器集成电路中的焊盘上施加电流，同时控制开关电路。 基于这些测量和虚拟柔性印刷电路中的迹线电阻的测量，测试设备可以确定显示驱动器集成电路和显示器基板之间以及柔性印刷电路和显示器基板之间的结合的结合电阻。 显示器可以具有主从显示驱动器集成电路，其从原始电源电压共享由主机产生的粗参考电压。

公开(公告)号：US20150332638A1

公开(公告)日：2015-11-19

申请号：US14276146

申请日：2014-05-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Yingxuan Li ,  Weijun Yao ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Hyunwoo Nho

IPC: G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G09G3/3688 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G3/3655 ,  G09G3/3696 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2310/027 ,  G09G2310/0291 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0276 ,  G09G2320/029

Abstract: Devices and methods for reducing or eliminating image artifacts are provided. By way of example, a display panel includes a pixels including pixel electrodes configured to receive an image data signal, and common electrodes (VCOMs) configured to receive a common voltage signal. The display panel includes a source driver, which includes a first digital to analog converter (DAC) configured to generate a gamma voltage signal to provide a first adjustment to the image data signal, and a second DAC configured to generate an error correction voltage signal to provide a second adjustment to the image data signal. The second adjustment is configured to adjust the image data signal to compensate for an operational characteristic difference between row pixels and column pixels of the display panel. The source driver includes an output buffer to supply the image data signal to the pixel electrodes.

Abstract translation: 提供了用于减少或消除图像伪像的设备和方法。 作为示例，显示面板包括被配置为接收图像数据信号的像素电极的像素和被配置为接收公共电压信号的公共电极（VCOM）。 显示面板包括源驱动器，其包括被配置为产生伽马电压信号以对图像数据信号提供第一调整的第一数模转换器（DAC）和被配置为产生纠错电压信号的第二DAC 对图像数据信号提供第二调整。 第二调整被配置为调整图像数据信号以补偿显示面板的行像素和列像素之间的操作特性差异。 源极驱动器包括用于将图像数据信号提供给像素电极的输出缓冲器。

公开(公告)号：US12293731B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US17988721

申请日：2022-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shengkui Gao ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Marc J DeVincentis ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Weijun Yao ,  Yafei Bi ,  Yang Xu ,  Yue Jack Chu ,  Zhe Hua

IPC: G09G3/34 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: This disclosure provide various techniques for tracking emission profiles on an electronic display. An emission profile may be applied to the electronic display in order to illuminate certain pixels and deactivate (e.g., turn off) certain pixels in the electronic display to facilitate refreshing (e.g., programming with new image data) the deactivated pixels. A real-time row-based average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculation architecture may track the one or more EM profiles to accurately model EM profile behavior, which may enable accurate calculation of the average pixel level or average pixel luminance of the electronic display at any one point in time. The accurate average pixel level or average pixel luminance calculations effectuated by the EM profile tracking may be used to reduce the IR drop, improve real-time peak-luminance control, and improve the performance of under-display sensors, among other advantages.

公开(公告)号：US12288522B1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18350621

申请日：2023-07-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shyuan Yang ,  Salman Kabir ,  Ricardo A Peterson ,  Warren S Rieutort-Louis ,  Ting-Kuo Chang ,  Qing Li ,  Yuchi Che ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Feng Wen ,  Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari ,  Kyounghwan Kim ,  Graeme M Williams ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Yue Jack Chu ,  Junbo Wu ,  Chieh-Wei Chen ,  Bo-Ren Wang ,  Injae Hwang ,  Wenbing Hu

IPC: G09G3/3258

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a sensor underneath the display. The display has a full pixel density region and a reduced pixel density region. Compared to pixels in the full pixel density region, pixels in the reduced pixel density region can be controlled using overdriven power supply voltages, overdriven scan control signals, different initialization and reset voltages, and can include capacitors and transistors with different physical and electrical characteristics. Gate drivers provide scan signals to pixels in the full pixel density region, whereas overdrive buffers provide overdrive scan signals to pixels in the reduced pixel density region. The pixels in the full pixel density region and the pixels in the reduced pixel density region can be controlled using different black level or gamma settings for each color channel and can be adjusted physically to match luminance, color, as well as to mitigate differences in temperature and aging impact.

公开(公告)号：US20240203335A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18540613

申请日：2023-12-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mario Miscuglio ,  Yang Xu ,  Snehal T. Jariwala ,  Yi Qiao ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou ,  Jenny Hu ,  Ming Xu ,  Wanqing Xin ,  Zuo Xia ,  Xin Zheng ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Kingsuk Brahma

IPC: G09G3/3208

CPC classification number: G09G3/3208 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0686 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2340/00

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may utilize a non-linear scaling relationship to scale brightness of selective portions of the display in a manner that reduces or eliminates perceivable banding effects. By non-linearly controlling changes in brightness of the display, a viewer may perceive a more uniform, linear dimming towards the relatively dimmer region without perceiving banding, leading to improved user experience when viewing the electronic display.

公开(公告)号：US11810494B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17820190

申请日：2022-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Won Ryu ,  ByoungSuk Kim ,  David S Zalatimo ,  Graeme M Williams ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Jesse R Manders ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Li-Xuan Chuo ,  Sachiko Oda ,  Shatam Agarwal ,  Yao Shi

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  H03M1/10

CPC classification number: G09G3/2044 ,  H03M1/1019 ,  G09G2310/027 ,  G09G2320/0276

Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display having multiple display pixels to display an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include optical calibration circuitry to generate digital-to-analog converter (DAC) data based on image data associated with the image and dither circuitry to reduce a bit-depth of the DAC data, generating dithered DAC data. Additionally, the electronic device may include a gamma generator having one or more DACs to generate the analog voltage signals based on the dithered DAC data, which may instruct the gamma generator to generate the analog voltage signals indicative of the image data.

公开(公告)号：US20230087480A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17820190

申请日：2022-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Won Ryu ,  ByoungSuk Kim ,  David S. Zalatimo ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Jesse R. Manders ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Li-Xuan Chuo ,  Sachiko Oda ,  Shatam Agarwal ,  Yao Shi

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  H03M1/10

Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display having multiple display pixels to display an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include optical calibration circuitry to generate digital-to-analog converter (DAC) data based on image data associated with the image and dither circuitry to reduce a bit-depth of the DAC data, generating dithered DAC data. Additionally, the electronic device may include a gamma generator having one or more DACs to generate the analog voltage signals based on the dithered DAC data, which may instruct the gamma generator to generate the analog voltage signals indicative of the image data.

公开(公告)号：US11205363B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-21

申请号：US17016282

申请日：2020-09-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Myungjoon Choi ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Li-Xuan Chuo ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Alex H. Pai ,  Jesse Aaron Richmond ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Shiping Shen ,  Chaohao Wang

IPC: G06F3/046 ,  H04B3/32 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An electronic display may include pixel circuitry to display an image based on image data compensated for voltage variations within the pixel circuitry. Image processing circuitry may generate a compensation value to compensate the image data for cross-talk (e.g., electromagnetic coupling between an electrode of touch sensor circuitry and an electrode of the pixel circuitry) that may cause the voltage variations. Additionally or alternatively, the image processing circuitry may generate another compensation value to compensate the image data for another cross-talk (e.g., electromagnetic coupling between two electrodes of the pixel circuitry). The image processing circuitry may generate the compensated image data based on the first compensation value and/or the second compensation value.

公开(公告)号：US11127357B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16850936

申请日：2020-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Won Ryu ,  Myungjoon Choi ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Shiping Shen ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Shinya Ono ,  Alex H. Pai ,  Hassan Edrees

IPC: G09G3/30 ,  G09G3/3291

Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating an electronic device, which includes a display pixel that emits light to facilitate displaying an image during an emission period and a data driver coupled to the display pixel via a data line. The data driver generates a data line voltage signal based on image data that indicates target luminance of the display pixel in the image and supplies the data line voltage signal to the data line during a non-emission period preceding the emission period to facilitate writing the image to the display pixel. Additionally, the data driver supplies an intermediate voltage greater than a ground voltage to the data line during the emission period in which the image is displayed to facilitate reducing luminance variation in the image resulting from a leakage current flowing between an internal node of the display pixel and the data line during the emission period.

公开(公告)号：US20210082349A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

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-II Chang ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Rui Zhang ,  Jesse Aaron Richmond ,  Yun Wang ,  Hung Sheng Lin

IPC: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3233

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.