Patents by Inventor Chih-Chang Lai

Chih-Chang Lai 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: 9996187
    Abstract: A touch control module for sensing one or more touch signals from a touch device having a plurality of sensing areas, wherein each of the sensing areas having a plurality of touch units, includes a plurality of first switches; a plurality of second switches; a plurality of first sensing units, each of the first sensing unit being coupled to one of the touch units through one of the first switches; and a plurality of second sensing units, each of the second sensing units being coupled to the plurality of touch units located in the same sensing area through the plurality of second switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Kuan-Yi Yang, Jer-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9891758
    Abstract: A zoom gesture determination method for a touch control device includes detecting a first touch point and a second touch point; determining a position difference between the first touch point and the second touch point; and deciding a zoom gesture represented by the first touch point and the second touch point according to variations in the position difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hui-Hung Chang, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 9841853
    Abstract: A touch panel module and a touch controller thereof are provided. The touch controller includes a plurality of signal processing channels configured to control the touch panel. The touch panel is electrically connected to the touch controller. The touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes are electrically connected to the corresponding signal processing channels of the touch controller by using a plurality of first signal routes. The second electrodes are electrically connected to the corresponding signal processing channels of the touch controller by using a plurality of second signal routes. The touch panel is divided into a plurality of areas. A number of the signal processing channels of the touch controller is determined according to a number of the first signal routes, a number of the second signal routes and a number of the divided areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Yang Pai, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 9814133
    Abstract: A touch panel module including a touch panel and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The touch panel includes one or more conductive electrodes and one or more dummy electrodes. The one or more conductive electrodes include at least one of one or more driving electrodes and one or more sensing electrodes. The one or more dummy electrodes are configured to fill areas between the one or more conductive electrodes or areas outside the one or more conductive electrodes. The ESD protection circuit is electrically connected to at least one dummy electrode of the one or more dummy electrodes, and configured to provide an electrostatic discharging path to the at least one dummy electrode. Furthermore, an electrostatic discharging method of the touch panel module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: He-Wei Huang, Chih-Chang Lai, Wing-Kai Tang, Ching-Yang Pai
  • Patent number: 9753578
    Abstract: A touch sensing method for a touch panel is provided. The touch sensing method includes following steps. First, a plurality of sensing values of a plurality of sensing points are received so as to calculate a plurality of sensing difference values according to the sensing values. Next, a touch threshold value is determined according to at least one (e.g., a maximum one) of the sensing difference values. Then, the sensing difference values are compared with the touch threshold value to determine the coordinates of the touched ones of the sensing points according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shun-Li Wang, Jyun-Sian Li, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20170168629
    Abstract: A touch sensor system includes a touch panel having a plurality of touch sensing areas, at least one multiplexer and a touch controller. The touch controller, for controlling touch driving and sensing on the touch panel, includes a plurality of pins connected to the multiplexer via a plurality of touch control wires and touch sensing wires, wherein each of the pins is connected to one of the touch control wires or touch sensing wires. Each of the touch sensing wires transmits driving signals from the touch controller to a corresponding multiplexer to perform driving on one of the touch sensing areas, and transmits sensing signals from the touch sensing area to the touch controller. The touch controller controls the multiplexer to perform touch driving and sensing on the touch sensing areas in a specific order by triggering the touch control wires in an order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Chih-Yuan Chang
  • Publication number: 20160349898
    Abstract: A touch control module for sensing one or more touch signals from a touch device having a plurality of sensing areas, wherein each of the sensing areas having a plurality of touch units, includes a plurality of first switches; a plurality of second switches; a plurality of first sensing units, each of the first sensing unit being coupled to one of the touch units through one of the first switches; and a plurality of second sensing units, each of the second sensing units being coupled to the plurality of touch units located in the same sensing area through the plurality of second switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Kuan-Yi Yang, Jer-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9471190
    Abstract: A touch panel module including a touch panel area and a non-touch panel area is provided. The touch panel module includes a touch panel. The touch panel is located in the touch panel area. The touch panel senses a touch gesture by using a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes. At least one part of the first sensing electrodes is located in the non-touch panel area. Another one part of the first sensing electrodes and a whole of the second sensing electrodes are located in the touch panel area. The touch gesture touches the touch panel module to generate a touch area. A touch position corresponding to the touch gesture on the touch panel is determined based on a ratio of an area of the first sensing electrodes touched by the touch gesture and the touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Yun-Hsiang Yeh, Shih-Jung Lu, Wing-Kai Tang, Han-Chang Lin
  • Publication number: 20160216826
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method for arranging electrodes of the touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch sections. Each of the touch sections includes a first transmitter electrode, a first receiver electrode, a second transmitter electrode, a second receiver electrode, and a third receiver electrode. The first transmitter electrode has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The first receiver electrode adjoins the first side. The second transmitter electrode has a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side. The second receiver electrode adjoins the second side and the third side. The third receiver electrode adjoins the fourth side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Ching-Yang Pai
  • Patent number: 9395857
    Abstract: A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate respectively. The transparent adhesive layer is used to bind the first transparent electrode layer and second transparent electrode layer in order to combine the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate disposed in parallel. Thereby, the manufacturing process of the transparent capacitive touch panel is simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the same is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TPK Holding Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jason Wu, Yen-Chung Hung, Ruey-Shing Weng, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20160026294
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method of arranging electrodes thereof are provided. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch patterns. The touch patterns are arranged in an array and respectively include a first transmitter electrode, a second transmitter electrode, and a plurality of receiver electrodes. The second transmitter electrode is parallel to the first transmitter electrode. The receiver electrodes are disposed between the first transmitter electrode and the second transmitter electrode and are respectively adjacent to the first transmitter electrode and the second transmitter electrode. The first transmitter electrode, the second transmitter electrode, and the receiver electrodes do not overlap each other. The first transmitter electrodes of the touch patterns are not connected with each other. The second transmitter electrodes of the touch patterns are not connected with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Wing-Kai Tang, Chih-Chang Lai, Ching-Yang Pai
  • Patent number: 9213484
    Abstract: A method for detecting a single-finger rotation gesture and a gesture detecting circuit thereof are provided. The gesture detecting circuit comprises a quadrant dividing unit, a register, a control unit, a comparing unit, and an outputting unit. The quadrant dividing unit, according to the center point, divides a touch panel into at least three quadrants and sets a plurality of data codes respectively corresponding to the quadrants. Within a predetermined time, the control unit controls the register to sequentially record the data codes respectively corresponding to the touched quadrants. When the predetermined time is reached, the comparing unit compares to judge whether the temporary data buffered in the register is the same with the default data. If the temporary data is the same with the default data, then the outputting unit outputs a rotation gesture signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Hung Chang, Chun-Chieh Chang, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20150317025
    Abstract: A touch panel module and a touch controller thereof are provided. The touch controller includes a plurality of signal processing channels configured to control the touch panel. The touch panel is electrically connected to the touch controller. The touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes are electrically connected to the corresponding signal processing channels of the touch controller by using a plurality of first signal routes. The second electrodes are electrically connected to the corresponding signal processing channels of the touch controller by using a plurality of second signal routes. The touch panel is divided into a plurality of areas. A number of the signal processing channels of the touch controller is determined according to a number of the first signal routes, a number of the second signal routes and a number of the divided areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ching-Yang Pai, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20150309604
    Abstract: A touch panel module including a touch panel area and a non-touch panel area is provided. The touch panel module includes a touch panel. The touch panel is located in the touch panel area. The touch panel senses a touch gesture by using a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes. At least one part of the first sensing electrodes is located in the non-touch panel area. Another one part of the first sensing electrodes and a whole of the second sensing electrodes are located in the touch panel area. The touch gesture touches the touch panel module to generate a touch area. A touch position corresponding to the touch gesture on the touch panel is determined based on a ratio of an area of the first sensing electrodes touched by the touch gesture and the touch area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Yun-Hsiang Yeh, Shih-Jung Lu, Wing-Kai Tang, Han-Chang Lin
  • Publication number: 20150309625
    Abstract: A touch panel module including a touch panel and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The touch panel includes one or more conductive electrodes and one or more dummy electrodes. The one or more conductive electrodes include at least one of one or more driving electrodes and one or more sensing electrodes. The one or more dummy electrodes are configured to fill areas between the one or more conductive electrodes or areas outside the one or more conductive electrodes. The ESD protection circuit is electrically connected to at least one dummy electrode of the one or more dummy electrodes, and configured to provide an electrostatic discharging path to the at least one dummy electrode. Furthermore, an electrostatic discharging method of the touch panel module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: He-Wei Huang, Chih-Chang Lai, Wing-Kai Tang, Ching-Yang Pai
  • Patent number: 9148141
    Abstract: A layout structure of a capacitive touch panel including a conductive layer, an insulation layer, and a plurality of electric bridges is provided. The conductive layer disposed on a substrate includes a plurality of first touch units and a plurality of second touch units. The first touch units are electrically connected with each other through a plurality of connecting sections to form a plurality of first touch series extended along a first direction. The insulation layer is disposed on the conductive layer. Each electric bridge includes a compensation portion, a first crossover portion, and a second crossover portion. The compensation portions are respectively disposed on the connecting sections. The first and second crossover portions are disposed on the insulation layer. The second touch units are electrically connected with each other through the first and second crossover portions to form a plurality of second touch series extended along a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 9141236
    Abstract: A layout structure of a capacitive touch panel is provided. The layout structure includes a plurality of electrical paths and a plurality of touch units. The touch units respectively include at least a receiving electrode and at least a driving electrode insulated from the receiving electrode. The receiving electrodes and the driving electrodes are disposed in the same conducting layer. The receiving electrodes are connected to a controller via different electrical paths. The driving electrodes electrically are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20150109236
    Abstract: A touch display panel is provided, and the touch display panel includes a display panel, a color filter, a touch panel, and a touching control chip. The color filter is disposed on a first surface of the display panel, and a second surface of the color filter covers a portion of the first surface of the display panel. The touch panel covers a portion of the first surface of the color filter. The touching control chip is disposed on an area of the first surface of the color filter not covered by the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tien-Nan Wang, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 9013421
    Abstract: A driving method adapted to a touch-sensing display device is provided. The touch-sensing display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The driving method includes following steps. A plurality of first scan signals of the touch panel are sequentially received, so that a plurality of first data values are obtained. It is determined whether the first data values are less than a difference between a baseline value and a threshold value. When one of the first data values is less than the difference between the baseline value and the threshold value, reporting of a touch coordinate of the touch panel is terminated. Furthermore, a touch-sensing device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hui-Hung Chang, Jyun-Sian Li, Chih-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20150103044
    Abstract: A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate respectively. The transparent adhesive layer is used to bind the first transparent electrode layer and second transparent electrode layer in order to combine the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate disposed in parallel. Thereby, the manufacturing process of the transparent capacitive touch panel is simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the same is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: JASON WU, YEN-CHUNG HUNG, RUEY-SHING WENG, CHIH-CHANG LAI