Patents by Inventor Chih-Yuan Wang

Chih-Yuan Wang 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: 7113324
    Abstract: An image display apparatus is capable of recycling the “OFF” state light to increase the image brightness and contrast. The image display apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a total internal reflection (TIR) prism, a projection lens set, and a reflector. The spatial light modulator selectively modulates a light beam from the light source to a first path to form a first path light beam or to a second path to form a second path light beam. The TIR prism disposed between the light source and the spatial light modulator is configured to allow the light beam to travel therethrough in a first direction and to be incident on the spatial light modulator. The projection lens set disposed between the modulator and a screen is configured to project the first path light beam to form an image on a screen. The reflector is configured to reflect the second path light beam to form a reflected light beam that is incident on the TIR prism in a second direction as a recaptured light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Kuang Lee, Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 7084653
    Abstract: A contact-type film probe including a plastic substrate. Multiple signal transmission lines are arranged on one face of the substrate. Each signal transmission line penetrates through a section of the substrate near one end thereof. Each signal transmission line is coated with an insulating layer. A conductive layer is disposed on the other face of the substrate corresponding to each signal transmission line. The conductive layer is electrically connected with the signal transmission line. A contact conductive layer is further overlaid on each conductive layer. The contact conductive layers serve to directly electrically contact with the wires of the liquid crystal display to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20060158099
    Abstract: A thick-film electroluminescent cell (EL cell) including a transparent substrate, a front electrode layer, a lighting layer, an inducing layer, a back electrode layer and an insulating layer. The front electrode layer, lighting layer, inducing layer, back electrode layer and insulating layer are sequentially piled on the substrate. The lighting layer has numerous lighting powders packaged by a high-dielectric polymolecular complex material for enhancing the inductivity of the lighting powders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20060158901
    Abstract: A backlight module has a light guide member, a light source and a color-changing layer. The light guide member is made of a transparent substrate and has an output face, a guiding face opposite to the output face, an input face between the output face and the guiding face and a slot on the input face. The light source is mounted in the slot of the light guide member. The color-changing layer covers the light source to serve both functions of bonding the light source and changing the color of the illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20060154102
    Abstract: A soft thin laminated substrate including a plastic substrate, an alloy copper layer overlaid on the plastic substrate and a copper foil overlaid on the alloy copper layer. The alloy copper layer is an alloy of copper metal and at least one of nickel, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, iron and phosphorus. The alloy copper layer serves as a tie-coating of the copper foil, whereby the copper foil can tightly attach to the alloy copper layer to associate with the plastic substrate and form the soft thin laminated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wang, Heng-Yi Chang, Hui-Yu Chang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Chin-Pei Hwang, Kevin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060132151
    Abstract: A contact-type film probe including a plastic substrate. Multiple signal transmission lines are arranged on one face of the substrate. Each signal transmission line penetrates through a section of the substrate near one end thereof. Each signal transmission line is coated with an insulating layer. A conductive layer is disposed on the other face of the substrate corresponding to each signal transmission line. The conductive layer is electrically connected with the signal transmission line. A contact conductive layer is further overlaid on each conductive layer. The contact conductive layers serve to directly electrically contact with the wires of the liquid crystal display to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20060061655
    Abstract: A camera device is combined to an auxiliary braking light; the auxiliary braking light with a camera device is capable of being fixed to a back windshield of a car so that the camera device has a wide coverage; the auxiliary braking light is capable receiving reversing signals; and the camera device is capable of emitting image signals; the image signals from the camera device being sent to a display for monitoring images behind a car installed the auxiliary braking light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20060013019
    Abstract: A double-sided light emitting backlight module capable of optically changing a color of light includes a lighting light guide board having a light inlet face formed on one side of the lighting light guide board. A light source is disposed adjacent to the light inlet face. A light outlet face is formed on a first plane of the lighting light guide board and a semi-transparent reflective filme is mounted to a second plane of the lighting light guide board opposite to the light outlet face. The semi-transparent reflecting filme includes a color-changing layer for changing the color of the light that shoot through the semi-transparent reflecting filme via the color-changing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Kuo Huang, Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20050179978
    Abstract: An image display apparatus is capable of recycling the “OFF” state light to increase the image brightness and contrast. The image display apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a total internal reflection (TIR) prism, a projection lens set, and a reflector. The spatial light modulator selectively modulates a light beam from the light source to a first path to form a first path light beam or to a second path to form a second path light beam. The TIR prism disposed between the light source and the spatial light modulator is configured to allow the light beam to travel therethrough in a first direction and to be incident on the spatial light modulator. The projection lens set disposed between the modulator and a screen is configured to project the first path light beam to form an image on a screen. The reflector is configured to reflect the second path light beam to form a reflected light beam that is incident on the TIR prism in a second direction as a recaptured light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Cheng-Kuang Lee, Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 6924595
    Abstract: Damping and muffling structure for EL cell includes a transparent substrate, a front electrode layer, a lighting layer, an inducing layer and an insulating layer that are sequentially overlaid on the substrate. A back electrode layer and a conductive member are laid on the inducing layer. The conductive member is adjacent to the back electrode layer without contacting therewith. The conductive member is laid on both the inducing layer and the front electrode layer to electrically connect the inducing layer with the front electrode layer. The front electrode layer is connected to a grounding electrode of the driving circuit, whereby the conductive member can quickly remove the charge accumulating on the inducing layer so as to minify or even eliminate the vibration and noise of the EL cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wang, Heng Yi Chang
  • Publication number: 20050126907
    Abstract: A damping and muffling structure for EL cell includes a transparent substrate, a front electrode layer, a lighting layer, an inducing layer, a back electrode layer and an insulating layer. The front electrode layer, lighting layer, inducing layer, back electrode layer and insulating layer are sequentially overlaid on the substrate. A conductive layer is laid between the lighting layer and the inducing layer. The conductive layer is connected to a grounding electrode of a driving circuit, whereby the conductive layer can quickly remove the charge accumulating on the inducing layer so as to minify or even eliminate the vibration and noise of the EL cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20050012693
    Abstract: Damping and muffling structure for EL cell includes a transparent substrate, a front electrode layer and a lighting layer. The front electrode layer and lighting layer are sequentially overlaid on the substrate. An inducing layer and at least one conductive layer are laid on the lighting layer. A back electrode layer is laid on the inducing layer. The conductive layer is laid on the lighting layer in such a position as not to affect light emitting of the lighting region. The conductive layer is also laid on at least one side between both the lighting layer and the inducing layer and connected with the back electrode layer to electrically connect the inducing layer with the back electrode layer. The back electrode layer is connected to a grounding electrode, whereby the conductive layer can quickly remove the charge accumulating on the inducing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wang, Yen-Chia Lin, Heng-Yi Chang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Ya-Hui Huang
  • Publication number: 20040238269
    Abstract: Damping and muffling structure for EL cell includes a transparent substrate, a front electrode layer, a lighting layer, an inducing layer and an insulating layer that are sequentially overlaid on the substrate. A back electrode layer and a conductive member are laid on the inducing layer. The conductive member is adjacent to the back electrode layer without contacting therewith. The conductive member is laid on both the inducing layer and the front electrode layer to electrically connect the inducing layer with the front electrode layer. The front electrode layer is connected to a grounding electrode of the driving circuit, whereby the conductive member can quickly remove the charge accumulating on the inducing layer so as to minify or even eliminate the vibration and noise of the EL cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wang, Heng Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 6779898
    Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method for recapturing off-state light are provided. The image display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, a reflector, and an integrator element. The spatial light modulator, in response to a light beam, selectively modulates the light beam along a first path to form a first path light beam. The reflector reflects the first path light beam to form a reflected light beam. The integrator element collects and reflects the reflected light beam to form a recapture light beam. Further, the spatial light modulator modulates the recapture light beam along a second path to form an image on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 6771020
    Abstract: A double-face lighting electro luminescent device includes a back electrode layer and two lighting sets. Each lighting set is composed of a lighting layer, a front electrode layer and a transparent substrate which are sequentially overlaid on the opposite faces of the back electrode layer. The back electrode layer is co-used by the two lighting sets. The two front electrode layers and the back electrode layer control the lighting layers of the two lighting sets to respectively emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventor: Chih Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 6752507
    Abstract: A backlight module structure is including a photoconductive element. The top of the photoconductive element has an outgoing face formed with numerous microstructures. An optical transforming layer is overlaid on the outgoing face of the photoconductive element between the outgoing face and the liquid crystal module. A solid powder material is mixed with a polymer binder and adhered to a transparent substrate to form the optical transforming layer. The solid powder material includes at least a lighting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wang, Kuo Jui Huang
  • Publication number: 20040095745
    Abstract: Multi-face lighting electro-luminescent cell includes a transparent substrate and two lighting units disposed on the substrate at intervals. The transparent substrate is made of soft material and has a flexible section between the two lighting units. By means of bending the flexible section, the two lighting units can be positioned on the same plane or on different planes. The front electrode layer and the back electrode layer of the lighting unit control the lighting layer to emit light. The light beams emitted from the lighting layers are projected out through the transparent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Chih Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 6730935
    Abstract: An anti-penetration structure of EL device includes a transparent substrate, a front electrode layer, a lighting layer, an inducing layer, a back electrode layer and an insulating packaging layer which are sequentially overlaid on the substrate. A voltage-durable layer is disposed between the front electrode layer and the lighting layer. The voltage-durable layer is formed of a mixture of more than one voltage-durable material to form an anti-penetration structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventor: Chih Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 6721022
    Abstract: Liquid crystal display with electro-luminescent cell having double-face backlight effect, including a transparent substrate and two lighting units disposed on the substrate at intervals. The transparent substrate is made of soft material and has a flexible section between the two lighting units. By means of bending the flexible section, the first transparent section and second transparent section of the transparent substrate respectively corresponding to the two lighting units can be respectively attached to two opposite faces of the liquid crystal display module. The front and back electrode layers of the lighting units serve to control the lighting layers of the lighting units to emit light. The light beams emitted from the lighting layers are respectively projected out through the first and second transparent sections to provide double-face backlight effect for the liquid crystal display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventor: Chih Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 6704071
    Abstract: A light guide capable of optically changing color of light is disposed on a liquid crystal display. A lighting module having the light guide is disposed under the liquid crystal module of the display. A brightening layer and a color-changing layer are integrally disposed under a light outgoing face of the light guide. The brightening layer is composed of a number of optical particles. An outer surface of each optical particle is formed with multiple irregular projections. The color-changing layer is blended with predetermined color material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Wintek Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang