Patents Assigned to E Ink Holdings Inc.
  • Patent number: 11709304
    Abstract: A light source module and a display device are provided. The light source module includes a light-emitting element, a light-guiding plate, and a filter. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting surface. The light-guiding plate includes a light-incident surface, and the light guide plate is disposed such that the light-incident surface faces the light-emitting surface. The filter is disposed between the light-emitting surface and the light-incident surface, and a center wavelength of a reflection band of the filter falls in a range of 570 nm to 590 nm. The light-emitting element emits a first light having a first color temperature from the light-emitting surface. The first light is filtered into the second light having a second color temperature after it passes through the filter. The light-incident surface of the light-guiding plate receives the second light. The first color temperature is lower than the second color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-Yuan Chi, Yu-Nan Pao
  • Patent number: 11703738
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a flexible display device and a roller. The flexible display device includes a driving substrate, a display layer on the driving substrate, and a front protective layer covering the display layer. The flexible display device has an end portion fixed to the roller. The roller includes a holding groove, a receiving slot, and a retraction assembly. The holding groove is recessed from an external surface of the roller. The end portion is in the holding groove. The flexible display device further includes a main body portion outside the holding groove. A thickness of the end portion is less than a thickness of the main body portion. The receiving slot is recessed from the external surface. The retraction assembly is disposed in the receiving slot. When the retraction assembly abuts against the flexible display device, the retraction assembly is pressed into the receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsing-Kai Wang, Chen-Chu Tsai, Chia-Chun Yeh, Yi-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11703632
    Abstract: A display device has two flat regions and a bending region located between the two flat regions. The display device includes a reflective display device, a cover structure, and a light guide plate. The cover structure is located above the reflective display device. The light guide plate is located between the reflective display device and the cover structure. The light guide plate has a microstructure, and the microstructure is located on a top surface of the light guide plate close to the cover structure. The microstructure has a plurality of second microstructures located at the bending region, and the sizes of the second microstructures vary along with the distances between the second microstructures and a center position of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Chuan Wen
  • Patent number: 11698698
    Abstract: A sensing method includes sensing a first touch source at a first time point; transferring a first sensing signal of the first touch source to a CPU at the first time point; sensing a second touch source at a second time point; transferring a second sensing signal of the second touch source to the CPU at the second time point; stopping transferring the second sensing signal at a third time point, and the second touch source is away from the touch display device at a fourth time point; and the second time point is earlier than the third time point, the third time point is earlier than the fourth time point, and the first touch source is different from the second touch source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hung-Wei Tseng, Yi-Chun Kuo
  • Patent number: 11698569
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel, a sealant, and a first reinforcing structure. The flexible display panel includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a display medium layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. Each of the lower substrate and the upper substrate has an edge region. A centerline of the flexible display panel is parallel to a short side of the flexible display panel. The sealant is disposed between the edge region of the lower substrate and the edge region of the upper substrate. The first reinforcing structure is disposed among the sealant, the edge region of the lower substrate, and the edge region of the upper substrate. The centerline of the flexible display panel passes through the first reinforcing structure, and the elastic modulus of the first reinforcing structure is greater than that of the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Sheng Lin, Chia-Chun Yeh, Kuan-Yi Lin, Po-Yu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20230215995
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a reflective display includes at least the following steps. A reflective display module having a display surface is provided. An adhesive is formed on the display surface of the reflective display module. A plurality of microstructures is formed on the adhesive. A cover plate is provided over the reflective display module, the microstructures, and the adhesive. The cover plate has a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The second surface is located between the first surface and the reflective display module, and the third surface is connected to the first surface and the second surface. The second surface of the cover plate is adhered to the adhesive having the microstructures thereon to bond the microstructures onto the second surface of the cover plate. A light source is disposed adjacent to the third surface of the cover plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Cheng Lo, Yue-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 11695018
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a wireless transmission unit and a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel units and a signal line. The substrate includes a display region and a periphery region. The periphery region surrounds the display region. The pixel units are disposed on the display region. Each of the pixel units includes an active device and a pixel electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The signal line is on the periphery region. As viewed from a top view, the signal line has an annular shape having a gap and surrounds the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Chang, Chih-Chun Chen, Chi-Ming Wu, Yi-Ching Wang, Jia-Hung Chen, Bo-Tsang Huang, Wei-Yueh Ku
  • Publication number: 20230206802
    Abstract: An e-paper display apparatus including an e-paper display panel is provided. The e-paper display panel includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array. Each of the pixel circuits includes a transistor device, a storage capacitor and a pixel capacitor. A data voltage is configured to drive the storage capacitor and the pixel capacitor, so as to drive the e-paper display panel to display image. The transistor device is an oxide thin-film transistor. An absolute value of the data voltage is greater than or equal to 20 voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Tsung Chen, Xue-Hung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20230209709
    Abstract: A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, an active element, a driving circuit element, a first connection circuit, a second connection circuit and a conductive connector. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The active element is disposed on the first surface. The driving circuit element is disposed on the second surface and is overlapped with the active element. The first connection circuit is disposed on the first surface and is connected to the active element. The second connection circuit is disposed on the second surface and is connected to the driving circuit element. The conductive connector penetrates through the substrate and two ends of the conductive connector are electrically connected to the first connection circuit and the second connection circuit, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Jiun Wu, Wen-Chung Tang, Yung-Sheng Chang, Cheng-Hao Lee, Yu-Lin Hsu, Kuo-Hsing Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230205039
    Abstract: A front light module including a light guide plate, a light source, an optical film, and a first optical clear adhesive is provided. The light guide plate has a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a light input surface connecting the top surface with the bottom surface. The light source is disposed beside the light input surface. An optical surface of the optical film facing away from the light guide plate has a plurality of optical microstructures. Each of the optical microstructures is a recess, and has a light receiving surface more adjacent to the light input surface and a light back surface further away from the light input surface. The optical clear adhesive is disposed between the light guide plate and the optical film in a fully bonding manner. An eletrophoretic display is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chieh Tai, Ching-Huan Liao
  • Patent number: 11688356
    Abstract: An electronic paper display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electronic paper display includes an electronic paper display panel, a touch panel and a processing circuit. The touch panel outputs a first touch coordinate of a current touch and a second touch coordinate of a next touch. The processing circuit executes a filter module and a line drawing module. The filter module outputs a first measured position data and a first predicted position data to the line drawing module. The line drawing module drives the electronic paper display panel to display a first predicted track. The filter module outputs a second measured position data to the line drawing module. The line drawing module determines whether a second track display coordinate corresponding to the second measured position data is equal to the first predicted display coordinate to correct the first predicted track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Cheng Liu, Hsiao-Lung Cheng, Pei-Lin Tien, Chi-Mao Hung, Wen-Pin Liu
  • Publication number: 20230194761
    Abstract: A color display device includes a substrate, a pixel structure, a color filter array, and a display medium layer. The pixel structure is deposed on the substrate and includes pixel sub-structures. The color filter array is formed from color materials of different color and deposed above the pixel structure. The color filter array includes filter elements, each of which corresponding to one of the pixel sub-structures. At least some of the filter elements are formed from two kinds of the color materials of different color. The display medium layer is deposed on the pixel structure. A color filter array substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Huan Liao, Yi-Yu Tsai, Hsin-Tao Huang
  • Publication number: 20230178040
    Abstract: An e-paper display apparatus including an e-paper display panel is provided. The e-paper display panel includes multiple pixel circuits arranged in an array. Each of the pixel circuits includes a transistor device. The transistor device is an oxide thin-film transistor. A set of signal waveforms for driving the pixel circuits to display image pages includes multiple frames. In a low panel frequency mode, the number of the frames is less than ten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Tsung Chen, Xue-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11663987
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display panel and a display driver is provided. The display driver is coupled to the display panel. The display driver is configured to drive the display panel by at least one of a plurality of gray levels to display an image frame in a first state. The display driver is configured to drive the display panel by a predetermined gray level to display a standby frame in a second state. The display driver determines the predetermined gray level of the standby frame according to the gray levels of the image frame. In addition, a driving method of a display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Sheng Lin, Chen Chu Tsai, Chia-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 11656720
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a noise detection circuit and a processing circuit. The display panel has a touch control function and is configured to detect a contact location of an object to output a touch signal. The noise detection circuit is configured to detect and process a voltage signal of a common electrode of the display panel to output a free run signal and a noise sync signal. The processing circuit is configured to receive the free run signal and the noise sync signal. When the free run signal is at a first level, the processing circuit receives the touch signal in real-time. When the free run signal is at a second level different to the first level, the processing circuit receives the touch signal according to the noise sync signal. The present disclosure also provides a control method for the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Wei Tseng
  • Patent number: 11644733
    Abstract: A display panel including a substrate, a thermal sensor, a plurality of sensing traces, a pixel layer, and a display medium layer is provided. The substrate has a display area. The thermal sensor is attached on the substrate. The sensing traces are disposed on the substrate and connected to the thermal sensor. The pixel layer disposed on the substrate includes a pixel structure and a plurality of signal lines. The pixel structure is disposed in the display area and connected to the signal lines. The signal lines of the pixel layer are independent from the sensing traces. The display medium layer is disposed on the substrate and the pixel layer is located between the display medium layer and the substrate. A display apparatus and a method of fabricating the display panel are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Pei-Sheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20230135257
    Abstract: A smart wireless charging control system including at least one receiver and a transmitter is provided. The receiver is configured to receive a charging signal to be charged and to start operating. The transmitter is configured to transmit the charging signal to scan the receiver to charge the receiver during an initialization period. During the initialization period, the transmitter rotates an angle for transmitting the charging signal by the transmitter and records a time of transmitting the charging signal and the angle for transmitting the charging signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chuen-Jen Liu, Jia-Hong Xu
  • Patent number: 11640094
    Abstract: A display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, an isolation structure, and a front panel laminate (FPL) structure. The TFT array substrate has pixel electrodes. The isolation structure is between the pixel electrodes to form a first resistance between adjacent pixel electrodes. The front panel laminate structure is located on the isolation structure and the pixel electrodes adhesive layer, and has a display medium layer therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Cheng Lo, Shi-Lin Li, Ji-Yuan Li, Yi-Lung Wen
  • Patent number: 11640802
    Abstract: A display device, comprising a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel comprises a plurality of scan lines. The plurality of scan lines are respectively classified into a plurality of scan areas, and the display panel is configured to sequentially scan the plurality of scan areas through the plurality of scanning lines. The touch panel is electrically connected to the display panel, and is configured to receive a touch signal. During a first frame period, when a position of the touch signal corresponds to one of plurality of the scan areas, the display panel is configured to start scanning the plurality of scan areas from the one of the plurality of the scan areas to display an image of the plurality of scan areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Huei-Jyun Lin, Chun-Ta Chien, Chia-Hao Kuo
  • Patent number: 11619776
    Abstract: A light guide assembly includes a light guide plate and a light source. The light guide plate has a through hole, an inner sidewall that surrounds the through hole, and an outer sidewall that surrounds the inner sidewall. The inner sidewall has a halo elimination structure that faces the through hole. The outer sidewall has a light incident surface. The light source faces the light incident surface of the outer sidewall of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hao Jen, Tsai-Wei Shei, Chin-Chi Yu, Chih-Chun Chen