Patents Assigned to Darfon Electronics Corp.
  • Publication number: 20230341606
    Abstract: A backlit module for a backlit keyboard is provided. The backlit module includes a lighting board. The lighting board includes a substrate and an electronic device layer. The electronic device layer is disposed on the substrate. The electronic device layer includes a plurality of key circuit groups. Each of the key circuit groups corresponds to a key group of the backlit keyboard, and includes one or more light sources and a resistor. When the key circuit group includes a plurality of light sources, the light sources are arranged in parallel. The one or more light sources correspond to one or more key of the key group. The resistor is arranged in series with the one or more light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Darfon Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Cheng HO, Heng-Yi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230343525
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has a pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially covering the pair of pads. Each of the pair of pads has a plurality of branches and at least one hollow area. The at least one hollow area overlaps with at least one part of the light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230333666
    Abstract: A portable computer device includes a computer body, a keyboard, a backlight circuit board and a metal layer. The computer body has a wireless transceiver and a system ground terminal. The keyboard is mounted on the computer body. The backlight circuit board is disposed under the keyboard and is electrically connected to the computer body. The backlight circuit board has a plurality of light sources and a circuit trace. The circuit trace is electrically connected to the plurality of light sources. The wireless transceiver is located at a side of the backlight circuit board. The metal layer is formed on a position of the backlight circuit board where there is no circuit trace and is adjacent to the wireless transceiver. The metal layer is electrically connected to the system ground terminal for suppressing electromagnetic interference of the backlight circuit board to the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230327448
    Abstract: A power conversion system (PCS) includes an alternating current (AC) power port, a first direct current (DC) power port, a second DC power port, a high voltage capacitor, a first DC converter, a second DC converter, a power inverter, and a microcontroller unit. The microcontroller unit adjusts a frequency of an AC power output by the power conversion system based on a voltage difference across the high voltage capacitor of the power conversion system to switch the frequency of the AC power between different frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Wei-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20230326692
    Abstract: An illuminant board includes a substrate, a circuit layer, a light guide plate, a plurality of microstructures and at least one illuminant. The substrate defines at least one key projection. The circuit layer is disposed on the substrate. The circuit layer includes at least one high-potential main conductive wire and at least one low-potential main conductive wire. The light guide plate is disposed opposite to the circuit layer. The microstructures are located between the light guide plate and the substrate. The illuminant is coupled to the circuit layer. The illuminant provides a luminous light inletting into the light guide plate, and a path of the luminous light is guided by the microstructures. The high-potential main conductive wire and/or the low-potential main conductive wire extend and pass through the key projection. Orthographic projections of the microstructures are located between the high-potential main conductive wire and the low-potential main conductive wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Darfon Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Cheng HO, Heng-Yi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230327449
    Abstract: A microcontroller unit of a power conversion system (PCS) obtains a current charged ratio of a rechargeable battery according to a state-of-charge (SOC) signal received from the rechargeable battery, and obtains an output power of the PCS according to the voltage and current detected by a voltmeter-and-current meter of the PCS. When detecting mains off-grid, the microcontroller unit adjusts a frequency of an output alternating current of the power conversion system based on the output power and the current charged ratio of the charging battery, causing the frequency of the alternating current to switch between no less than three different frequencies. The greater current charged ratio of the charging battery, the lower the frequency the alternating current is switched to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Wei-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20230327473
    Abstract: A power conversion system (PCS) is provided. A micro-control unit of the PCS obtains a current charged ratio of a rechargeable battery according to a state-of-charge (SOC) signal received from the rechargeable battery, and obtains an output power of the PCS according to the voltage and current detected by a voltmeter-and-current meter of the PCS. When the micro-control unit detects that the mains off-grid occurs, the following steps are performed: judging whether a current charged ratio of the rechargeable battery is greater than the first ratio; when it is determined that the current charged ratio is greater than the first ratio, judging whether the output power is less than a first power; and when it is judged that the output power is less than the first power, increasing a frequency of an alternating current output from an alternating current (AC) power port of the PCS, so that a photovoltaic (PV) inverter coupled to the AC power port stops outputting power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Wei-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 11782520
    Abstract: A backlight keyboard includes a first language keyswitch set having adjacent first and second keyswitches, a first backlight module disposed under the first language keyswitch set, and a masking sheet. The masking sheet is suitable for the backlight keyboard and a second backlight keyboard including a second backlight module and a second language keyswitch set. The first and second keyswitches on the backlight keyboard coincide with a third keyswitch in the second language keyswitch set on the second backlight keyboard. The masking sheet has a first light-exit region layout corresponding to the first, second, and third keyswitches for allowing light to be incident to symbols on the first, second, and third keyswitches. In other words, the masking sheet of the present invention can be applied to different backlight keyboards having different language keyswitch sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chao-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20230314691
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting substrate and a protruding structure. The lighting substrate includes two non-intersecting traces and a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit is connected between the two non-intersecting traces. A position of the protruding structure corresponds to a position of the light emitting unit and the protruding structure is located between the two non-intersecting traces. The at least one keyswitch is disposed on the backlight module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230317386
    Abstract: A backlight keyswitch includes a keyswitch body, a board connected to the keyswitch body, a backlight module and a membrane disposed between the keyswitch body and the board. The backlight module is disposed under the board and includes a backlight circuit board, a light-blocking sheet, a first reflecting ink layer, and a light guide plate disposed between the light-blocking sheet and the backlight circuit board having a backlight source disposed in a containing hole of the light guide plate. The first reflecting ink layer is formed on the board, the membrane, or the light-blocking sheet and located above the backlight source, for at least partially reflecting light emitted by the backlight source back to an optical microstructure in the light guide plate, such that light can pass through the light-blocking sheet, the board and the membrane sequentially via scattering of the optical microstructure to be incident to the keyswitch body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230305214
    Abstract: A back light module is applied to a lighting keyboard with a plurality of keyswitches and includes a lighting unit, a light guide plate, a light penetrating membrane, a light calibration layer and an adhering component. The light guide plate has an opening used to accommodate the lighting unit. The light penetrating membrane is located on the light guide plate. The light penetrating membrane is located on the light penetrating membrane and has a second contour. The adhering component is located between the light guide plate and the light penetrating membrane, and has a first contour greater than the second contour. The adhering component includes a front region, a rear region and a hollow region. The front region is covered by the light calibration layer. The rear region is partly covered or not covered by the light calibration layer. The hollow region corresponds to and is larger than the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Yu Chen, Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Publication number: 20230308799
    Abstract: A retractable headphone connection structure includes two connection supports which are slidably connected with each other in a sliding connection direction. One of the connection supports has a plurality of first magnetically attractive portions arranged at intervals along the sliding connection direction. The other of the connection supports has a second magnetically attractive portion. Therein, the two supports relatively slide to make the second magnetically attractive portion slide over the plurality of first magnetically attractive portions to generate a magnetic attraction force between the second magnetically attractive portion and one of the first magnetically attractive portions that is opposite to the second magnetically attractive portion. The magnetic attraction force positions the first connection support and the second connection support. A head-mounted audio device includes a headphone and the above retractable headphone connection structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Hsiao-Han Chu
  • Patent number: 11770123
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a switch module. The support mechanism is disposed below the keycap and configured to support the keycap moving upward and downward, the support mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a sliding end. The switch module includes a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the emitter emitting an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is pressed, the first frame is driven by the keycap to slide substantially parallel to the circuit board and block the optical signal with the sliding end, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Li-Te Chang, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 11764004
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a drive circuit board under the base plate, a spacer between the drive circuit board and the base plate, and a light-emitting part on the circuit board. The spacer has a through hole communicating with an opening of the base plate in a vertical direction. The sidewall of the through hole is opaque. The light-emitting part is located in the through hole, and falls within a projection of the opening in the vertical direction. The light-emitting part has a top surface that is lower than or equal to a bottom surface of the base plate in the vertical direction. The structure of the illuminated keyswitch structure around the light-emitting part can keep flat by the spacer. The spacer can prevent the light-emitting part from structurally entering the opening, avoiding structural interference between the light-emitting part and other components above the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Yuan-Bao Chen
  • Patent number: 11762142
    Abstract: A backlight module is disposed under a plurality of keyswitches of a lighting keyboard. The backlight module includes a lighting chip and a light guide plate. The lighting chip has a first illumination unit and a second illumination unit arranged side by side. The light guide plate has a hole structure where inside the lighting chip is disposed. A lateral side of the hole structure facing an illumination surface of the lighting chip includes a first area and a second area formed in a non-linear manner, respectively corresponding to the first illumination unit and the second illumination unit. The first area guides a first output beam of the first illumination unit toward the second area. The second area guides a second output beam of the second illumination unit toward the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chao-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11740706
    Abstract: A keyboard touch electrode module includes a plurality of same electrode matrices, which are arranged along a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction and formed by a plurality of series of first electrodes and a plurality of series of second electrodes which interlace with each other. Adjacent two of the electrode matrices in the widthwise direction are mis-aligned. The electrode matrices thereon define a plurality of key projection areas, each of which covers a same key-face electrode pattern. A touch keyboard includes a base, a plurality of keycaps, a plurality of supporting structures connected to and between the base and the keycaps, and the keyboard touch electrode module disposed between the base and the keycaps. The keyboard touch electrode module can senses a non-pressing movement on the keycaps. The keycap can move up and down relative to the base and the keyboard touch electrode module through the corresponding supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Yan You, Chin-Lung Chan, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 11735379
    Abstract: A keyswitch assembly includes a switch module, a support mechanism, a blocking mechanism, an enhancing light source, and a backlight source. The switch module includes a substrate, a signal generator, and a signal sensor. The signal generator generates a sensing signal. The signal sensor receives the sensing signal to obtain a sensing strength. The support mechanism is disposed on the substrate. The blocking mechanism is disposed on the substrate and has a light-permeable portion. A portion of the blocking mechanism inserts into or escapes from a gap between the signal generator and the signal sensor. The backlight source is disposed on the substrate and located outside the vertical projection of the blocking mechanism on the substrate. The enhancing light source is disposed on the substrate and located within the vertical projection of the blocking mechanism on the substrate and corresponds to the light-permeable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Li-Te Chang, Chih-Hung Chen, Yen-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 11735380
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a cap disposed corresponding to the base, a restoring member disposed between the base and the cap, and a tactile adjustment unit. The cap has a cam portion movable relative to the base. The restoring member is configured to provide a restoring force to enable the cam portion to move away from the base. The tactile adjustment unit is disposed corresponding to the cam portion and includes a holder and a tactile feedback member mounted on the holder. The holder is movable relative to the base to change a position of the tactile feedback member relative to the cam portion, so as to change a pressing force required for the cam portion to move toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230260720
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and a light-emitting die package. The keycap is movably disposed above the base plate in a vertical direction. The light-emitting die package is disposed under the keycap and includes a plurality of light-emitting dies. The plurality of light-emitting dies are monochromatic light-emitting dies. Therein, among the plurality of light-emitting dies, three light-emitting dies that are adjacently arranged in an arrangement direction perpendicular to the vertical direction emit light of three different colors. The arrangement direction is respectively parallel to along side of each of the three adjacent light-emitting dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: DARFON ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD., DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Yung Ku, Wen-Ming Hsu
  • Patent number: 11728110
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure is provided. A base plate includes plural openings and plural rib portions separating the openings. A drive circuit board is disposed under the base plate. A spacer having a through hole is disposed underneath the base plate and above the drive circuit board. A light-emitting part with low illuminance is disposed on the drive circuit board and in the through hole, and the light-emitting part vertically corresponding to one of the openings of the base plate. A light-permeable covering structure includes a first covering layer and a second covering layer. The second covering layer vertically corresponds to the light-emitting part and said corresponding opening of the base plate. The second covering layer blocks at least partial light of the light-emitting part toward said corresponding opening to reduce illuminating intensity provided there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho