Patents by Inventor Chien-Yung Cheng

Chien-Yung Cheng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8610685
    Abstract: A positioning method and a driving apparatus of a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a conductive layer with anisotropic conductivity, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the conductive layer. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are sensed to obtain a plurality of sensing values. A first relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the first electrodes. A second relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the second electrodes. A ratio of sensing values is calculated according to the first relative extreme portion and the second relative extreme portion. A position of a touch point on the touch panel in a first axial direction is calculated with the ratio of sensing values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Chimei InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Chien-Yung Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130257773
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shell and a touch panel located in the shell. The touch panel includes a touch sensing unit, a signal transmitting circuit, a signal guiding circuit, a protection unit, and a driving unit. The signal transmitting circuit is electrically connected to the touch sensing unit and the driving unit. The signal guiding circuit surrounds the touch sensing unit and the signal transmitting circuit. The protection unit is electrically connected to the signal guiding circuit and ground. At least one switch signal is outputted from the driving unit and transmitted to the signal transmitting circuit and the signal guiding circuit. An external interference signal is received by the signal guiding circuit and guided to ground via the protection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Shih Hua Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Sheng SHIH, Chien-Yung CHENG
  • Patent number: 8508451
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for driving a display panel thereof are provided. The display panel includes an inducing signal readout line and N gate lines, in which N is a natural number. The inducing signal readout line is coupled to a plurality of inducing circuits. Each inducing circuit is coupled to one of the gate lines, and the Nth gate line is coupled to one of the inducing circuits. In the method, several gate pulses are provided to drive the gate lines sequentially to turn on the corresponding inducing circuits, wherein at least a portion of the driving duration of a gate pulse provided to the Nth gate line is in a blanking time between two frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsuan-Lin Pan, Chien-Yung Cheng
  • Patent number: 8502839
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a driving circuit. The display panel has a pixel including red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels. The driving circuit receives a display signal and provides at least a first luminance weighting and a second luminance weighting of the red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels respectively. The display device selects one of the first luminance weighting and the second luminance weighting to drive the pixel according to the different operating modes of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Tseng, Ching-Chao Chang, Chien-Yung Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130169588
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for adjusting the sensitivity of a touch panel. A look up table is built. The look up table includes a charging station look up table and a discharging station look up table. The charging station look up table includes a threshold value (V0m) of a touch signal, an electrical quantity (A0i) corresponding to the threshold value (V0m), and a computational method g1. The discharging station look up table includes the threshold value (V0m), the electrical quantity (A0i), and a computational method g2. The current electrical quantity and whether the capacitive touch panel is charging are detected. According to the current electrical quantity, the state of charging or discharging, and the computational method g1 or g2, the threshold value (V0m) is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: CHENG-TAI HUANG, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20130135249
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel includes a substrate; a transparent conductive layer with anisotropic impedance located on the substrate; a plurality of driving sensing electrodes located on the opposite two sides of the transparent conductive layer; at least one sensing unit connected to the plurality of driving sensing electrodes for scanning the plurality of driving sensing electrodes; at least one voltage compensation unit which provides a offset voltage, at least one voltage compensation unit has a first end and a second end, the first end of at least one voltage compensation unit is at least connected to one of the plurality of driving sensing electrodes, the second end of at least one voltage compensation unit is connected to a grounding voltage. The present application also relates to a driving method for preventing leakage current of the capacitive touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-YANG CHEN, FENG-YU KUO, PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, CHUN-LUNG HUANG
  • Patent number: 8400421
    Abstract: A multi-touch detecting method is adapted for detecting locations of touched points on a touch panel including first and second conductive films, and includes following steps. First measuring points of the first conductive film distributed along X-axis of a Cartesian plane are scanned, and x-components are determined accordingly. Second measuring points of the second conductive film distributed along Y-axis of the Cartesian plane are scanned, and y-components are determined accordingly. A first voltage is applied to the first conductive film, and A second voltage is applied to at least one of the second measuring points with the location on the Y-axis adjacent to or overlapping one of the y-components. Voltages at the first measuring points with the locations on the X-axis adjacent to or overlapping the x-components are measured sequentially and one of the y-components and one of the x-components are outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Chih-Han Chao, Chien-Yung Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130057504
    Abstract: A method for detecting a touch spot of the touch panel includes the following steps. The electrode pairs are scanned along the impedance direction for determining a first coordinate. A number of electrode pairs near the first coordinate are selected to obtain an electrode pair signal. The first driving electrodes of the selected electrode pairs are scanned to obtain a first signal. The second driving electrodes of the selected electrode pairs are scanned to obtain a second signal. A second coordinate is determined according to the electrode pair signal, first signal, and second signal. Finally, the touch spot is determined according to the first coordinate, and second coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: CHUN-LUNG HUANG, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, PO-YANG CHEN, PO-SHENG SHIH
  • Publication number: 20130043116
    Abstract: A touch panel includes an insulating substrate, a transparent conductive layer, a number of electrodes, a number of conductive wires, and at least one conductive zone. The transparent conductive layer corresponding to a touch area of the touch panel is fixed on the insulating substrate. The electrodes are electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer. The conductive wires are electrically connected to a controller and are respectively electrically connected to the electrodes. The at least one conductive zone has two ends. One of the two ends of the at least one conductive zone is electrically connected to the controller. The at least one conductive zone and the conductive wires are disposed in a trace area of the touch panel at a distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20130015908
    Abstract: A touch panel includes an insulating substrate, a rectangular transparent conductive layer and a number of electrodes. The insulating substrate has two opposite surfaces. The rectangular transparent conductive layer, fixed on one of the surfaces of the insulating substrate, has two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides. The electrodes are disposed at the short sides of the rectangular transparent conductive layer with a regular interval and electrically connected to the rectangular transparent conductive layer. The rectangular transparent conductive layer further has anisotropic impedance and defines an impedance direction substantially perpendicular to the short sides of the rectangular transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, PO-YANG CHEN, JIA-SHYONG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120313887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a sensor, an optically clear adhesive layer, and a cover lens. The sensor has a surface. The optically clear adhesive layer is located on the surface of the sensor. The cover lens is located on a surface of the optically clear adhesive layer. The touch panel defines two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. A space is defined between the sensor and cover lens in the trace area. The space is filled with dielectric material with a permittivity less than a permittivity of the optically clear adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-YANG CHEN, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, PO-SHENG SHIH
  • Publication number: 20120306808
    Abstract: A method for detecting a touch spot of the touch panel includes the following steps. The electrode pairs are scanned along the impedance direction to obtain an electrical signal curve for determining a first coordinate. A number of first driving electrodes and a number of second driving electrodes near the first coordinate are selected. The selected first driving electrodes are scanned to obtain a first sensing signal. The selected second driving electrodes are scanned to obtain a second sensing signal. A second coordinate is determined according to the first and second sensing signals. Finally, the touch spot is determined according to the first and second coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Shih Hua Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Huang, Po-Yang Chen, Chien-Yung Cheng, Po-Sheng Shih
  • Publication number: 20120280945
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a touch panel, a driving and sensing circuit, a data memory, a processor and a display apparatus. The touch panel is adapted to receive a touch trace including at least one touch point. The driving and sensing circuit is adapted to detect an actual signal value Vi of the at least one touch point. The data memory is adapted to store a look up table including a plurality of position coordinates and calibrating rules f each corresponding to each of the position coordinates and can be used to convert actual signal value V0i of a basic contact area A0 to a standard signal value Vs. The processor is adapted to calculate the position coordinate and calibrate the actual signal value Vi to a calibrated signal value V?i. The display apparatus is adapted to display the touch trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120280946
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch panel, a driving and sensing circuit, a data memory, and a processor. The touch panel is adapted to receive a touch trace including at least one touch point. The driving and sensing circuit is adapted to drive the touch panel and detect actual signal value Vi. The data memory is adapted to store a look up table including a plurality of position coordinates and a plurality of calibrating rules f each corresponding to each of the position coordinates. Each of the calibrating rules f can be used to convert actual signal value V0i of the touch point of a basic contact area A0 to a standard signal value Vs. The processor is adapted to calculate the position coordinate and calibrate the actual signal value Vi of the at least one touch point to a calibrated signal value V?i.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120274601
    Abstract: A method for detecting a touch trace is provided. A look up table, including a plurality of position coordinates and calibrating rules f corresponding to each of the plurality of position coordinates, is built. A touch trace including at least one touch point is received, wherein if an actual contact area Ai of the at least one touch point is a basic contact area A0, an actual signal value Vi of the at least one touch point is V0i. Each of the calibrating rules f is to convert the value V0i to a standard signal value Vs. Position coordinates of the at least one touch point are calculated, the actual signal value Vi under the actual contact area Ai is obtained; and the calibrating rule f corresponded is queried. The actual signal value Vi is calibrated to the calibrated signal value V?i.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120274582
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a conductive film having anisotropic impedance, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. In a method for detecting a touch spot, a plurality of actual detecting signals are obtained by the first electrodes and the second electrodes, thereby determining two first electrodes and two second electrodes closest to the touch spot. The conductive film between the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as a corrective area. An ideal resistance of the corrective area is set. An arbitrary electrode from the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as electrode i. The actual detecting signal Si obtained by the electrode i is corrected according to a ratio of the ideal resistance to an actual resistance of the untouched corrective area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120092282
    Abstract: A positioning method and a driving apparatus of a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a conductive layer with anisotropic conductivity, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the conductive layer. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are sensed to obtain a plurality of sensing values. A first relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the first electrodes. A second relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the second electrodes. A ratio of sensing values is calculated according to the first relative extreme portion and the second relative extreme portion. A position of a touch point on the touch panel in a first axial direction is calculated with the ratio of sensing values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Yang CHEN, Po-Sheng SHIH, Chien-Yung CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120062512
    Abstract: A driving method and apparatus of a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a conductive layer with anisotropic conductivity. The method includes the following steps. An electrode pair is selected one by one in a plurality of electrode pairs. Each of the electrode pairs includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrodes are disposed on a first side of the conductive layer, and the second electrodes are disposed on a second side of the conductive layer. When an electrode pair of the electrode pairs is selected, the first electrode and the second electrode of the selected electrode pair are driven one by one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, PO-SHENG SHIH, PO-YANG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20120056851
    Abstract: A method and a driving apparatus for identifying a sensing value of a touch panel are provided. The method includes sensing a plurality of electrodes of the touch panel to obtain raw data and baseline data of each electrode, wherein an electrode Si denotes an ith electrode of the electrodes in the touch panel. A sensing value of the electrode Si is calculated in accordance with the raw data and the baseline data of the electrode Si. When sensing values of all electrodes Si are smaller than a threshold value, the baseline data of the electrode Si is updated in accordance with the raw data of the electrode Si. When a sensing value of any one electrode Si of the electrodes is larger than the threshold value, the baseline data of the electrodes is suspended from being updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: PO-YANG CHEN, PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
  • Publication number: 20110227863
    Abstract: A touch panel and a differential detection method thereof are disclosed. A controller provides a driving signal to the i-th scan electrode. During providing the driving signal to the i-th scan electrode, the controller senses the feature difference value between two neighbouring sensing electrodes within the plural sensing electrodes, and senses the feature difference value ?Ci between the k-th sensing electrode within the sensing electrodes and a reference feature value, in which the feature difference values between the j-th sensing electrode and the (j+1)-th sensing electrode is represented by ?C(i,j). The controller set the feature value of a base sensing point within a plurality of sensing points of the touch panel as a base feature value, and use the base feature value, the feature difference values ?Ci and the feature difference values ?C(i,j) to calculate the feature values of the sensing points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, PO-SHENG SHIH, PO-YANG CHEN