Patents by Inventor Ho-Hsun Chi

Ho-Hsun Chi 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: 11432378
    Abstract: A planar heating structure is disclosed. The planar heating structure includes a glass substrate layer, a nanometallic transparent conductive layer, and a first passivation layer. The nanometallic transparent conductive layer is disposed on the glass substrate layer and receives a voltage to generate heat energy. The first passivation layer is disposed on the nanometallic transparent conductive layer and completely covers the nanometallic transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Cambrios Film Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Ying-Che Chen, Yu Zhang, Hebo Yang, Fu-Yu Su, Chao Gao, Shu-Guang Zhu, Chun-Ya Tang, Wen-Da Chen
  • Patent number: 11422463
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area. A peripheral circuit is disposed in the peripheral area. The peripheral circuit comprises at least one bonding pad made of a metal layer. A plurality of touch sensing electrodes is disposed in the display area. The plurality of touch sensing electrodes is made of a metal nanowire layer, a film layer disposed on the metal nanowire layer, and a negative-type photosensitive layer disposed on the film layer. The plurality of touch sensing electrodes is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TPK TOUCH SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Sung Li, Ho-Hsun Chi, Fang Fang, Zheng-Pang Huang, Chien-Hsien Yu, Chih-Min Chen, Shan-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 11243633
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensing module, a touch panel and a method of detecting a two-point touch pressure of a touch panel. The pressure sensing module includes a substrate and a sensing layer formed over the substrate. The sensing layer includes a plurality of pressure sensing units. The pressure sensing units are axially symmetrically disposed along a symmetry axis of the substrate to form a first pressure sensing region and a second pressure sensing region. The pressure sensing unit includes four resistors having a same resistance. The four resistors are configured as a Wheatstone bridge, in which pattern shapes of two of the resistors have a same extending direction and are not adjacent. The touch panel includes the pressure sensing module described above. The method of detecting the two-point touch pressure of the touch panel is used to detect the two-point touch pressure on the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Tsai-Kuei Wei, Cai-Jin Ye, Feng Chen, Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 11169630
    Abstract: A touch panel having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a first substrate, a first metal nanowires layer, a first wiring component, and a first conductive adhesive layer. The first metal nanowires layer is formed on the surface of the first substrate and patterned to include a first sensing part corresponding to the visible area and a first connecting part corresponding to the peripheral area. The first wiring component includes a first carrier plate and a first peripheral trace. The first carrier plate is located corresponding to the peripheral area and has a hollow design corresponding to the visible area. The first peripheral trace is disposed on the surface of the first carrier plate adjacent to the side of the first metal nanowires layer. The first conductive adhesive layer, located corresponding to the peripheral area, is disposed between the first metal nanowires layer and the first wiring component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Ho-Chien Wu, Ho-Hsun Chi, Liang-Zhen Xu
  • Patent number: 11124129
    Abstract: A display module for use as a front dashboard, a center console, a passenger entertainment display, or an instrument panel is described. The display module includes a display assembly that is joined to a cover lens via an optically clear adhesive layer. The display assembly is arranged as a flat planar device, and the cover lens is arranged as a curved planar surface that includes an inner laminate sheet that is joined to an outer laminate sheet via a second adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Yu-Hsien Wu, Yi-Tseng Chiang, Tsang-Chi Li, Chung-Yao Hsu, Cheng-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20210016718
    Abstract: A display module for use as a front dashboard, a center console, a passenger entertainment display, or an instrument panel is described. The display module includes a display assembly that is joined to a cover lens via an optically clear adhesive layer. The display assembly is arranged as a flat planar device, and the cover lens is arranged as a curved planar surface that includes an inner laminate sheet that is joined to an outer laminate sheet via a second adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Yu-Hsien Wu, Yi-Tseng Chiang, Tsang-Chi Li, Chung-Yao Hsu, Cheng-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20200409258
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area. A peripheral circuit is disposed in the peripheral area. The peripheral circuit comprises at least one bonding pad made of a metal layer. A plurality of touch sensing electrodes is disposed in the display area. The plurality of touch sensing electrodes is made of a metal nanowire layer, a film layer disposed on the metal nanowire layer, and a negative-type photosensitive layer disposed on the film layer. The plurality of touch sensing electrodes is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Chao-Sung Li, Ho-Hsun Chi, Fang Fang, Zheng-Pang Huang, Chien-Hsien Yu, Chih-Min Chen, Shan-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 10802398
    Abstract: The direct patterning method includes: providing a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, which a peripheral circuit having a bonding pad is disposed on the peripheral area; sequentially disposing a metal nanowire layer, a pre-cured film layer and a negative-type photosensitive layer thereon; performing a photolithography step; and curing the pre-cured film layer. The photolithography step includes exposing the negative-type photosensitive layer to define a removal region and a reserved region; and removing the negative-type photosensitive layer, the pre-cured film layer and the metal nanowire layer in the removal region by using a developer, such that a touch sensing electrode is fabricated in the display area and the bonding pad is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TPK TOUCH SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Sung Li, Ho-Hsun Chi, Fang Fang, Zheng-Pang Huang, Chien-Hsien Yu, Chih-Min Chen, Shan-Yu Wu
  • Publication number: 20200272260
    Abstract: A touch panel having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a first substrate, a first metal nanowires layer, a first wiring component, and a first conductive adhesive layer. The first metal nanowires layer is formed on the surface of the first substrate and patterned to include a first sensing part corresponding to the visible area and a first connecting part corresponding to the peripheral area. The first wiring component includes a first carrier plate and a first peripheral trace. The first carrier plate is located corresponding to the peripheral area and has a hollow design corresponding to the visible area. The first peripheral trace is disposed on the surface of the first carrier plate adjacent to the side of the first metal nanowires layer. The first conductive adhesive layer, located corresponding to the peripheral area, is disposed between the first metal nanowires layer and the first wiring component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yu ZHANG, Ho-Chien WU, Ho-Hsun Chi, Liang-Zhen XU
  • Patent number: 10678363
    Abstract: A pressure sensor and a display device are described. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of pressure units. Each of the pressure units includes four resistors having substantially the same resistance value. The four resistors form a Wheatstone bridge. Two resistors of the four resistors form a first resistor group. The other two resistors of the four resistors form a second resistor group. Orthogonal projections of electrodes of the two resistors of each of the resistor groups at least partially overlap in a direction perpendicular to a plane on which the pressure units are located. Extension directions of electrode patterns of the two resistors of each of the resistor groups are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Cheng-Chung Chiang, Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20200167029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensing module, a touch panel and a method of detecting a two-point touch pressure of a touch panel. The pressure sensing module includes a substrate and a sensing layer formed over the substrate. The sensing layer includes a plurality of pressure sensing units. The pressure sensing units are axially symmetrically disposed along a symmetry axis of the substrate to form a first pressure sensing region and a second pressure sensing region. The pressure sensing unit includes four resistors having a same resistance. The four resistors are configured as a Wheatstone bridge, in which pattern shapes of two of the resistors have a same extending direction and are not adjacent. The touch panel includes the pressure sensing module described above. The method of detecting the two-point touch pressure of the touch panel is used to detect the two-point touch pressure on the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun CHI, Tsai-Kuei WEI, Cai-Jin YE, Feng CHEN, Wei WEI
  • Patent number: 10553655
    Abstract: A force sensor device, which includes a force sensing layer, is provided, in which a heat treatment layer is disposed on one side of the force sensing layer, and a thermal conductivity of the heat treatment layer is greater than or equal to 200. An OLED display device includes an OLED layer and a CPU element, in which the force sensor device is disposed between the OLED layer and the CPU element. A heat treatment layer is disposed on at least one side of the force sensor device and the force sensing layer of the OLED display device. Heat distribution is relatively uniform through the heat treatment layer, so that a temperature gradient on the force sensing layer may be effectively decreased, the temperature noise in the press force detection may be decreased, and accuracy of pressure detection may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Chiang, Feng Chen, Wei Wei, Tsai-Kuei Wei, Ho-Hsun Chi
  • Publication number: 20200037401
    Abstract: A planar heating structure is disclosed. The planar heating structure includes a glass substrate layer, a nanometallic transparent conductive layer, and a first passivation layer. The nanometallic transparent conductive layer is disposed on the glass substrate layer and receives a voltage to generate heat energy. The first passivation layer is disposed on the nanometallic transparent conductive layer and completely covers the nanometallic transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Ying-Che Chen, Yu Zhang, Hebo Yang, Fu-Yu Su, Chao Gao, Shu-Guang Zhu, Chun-Ya Tang, Wen-Da Chen
  • Patent number: 10466833
    Abstract: A touch control device is provided. A protective cover protects the touch control device and includes a top-surface to sustain a touch action performed by the user. A flat touch sensing layer includes many first direction-detection electrodes second direction-detection electrodes. The fast and second direction-detection electrodes are isolated by a transparent insulating material at the position where the first direction-detection electrodes cross the second direction-detection electrodes. The first and second direction-detection electrodes constitute a flat sensing pattern. A pressure-sensing layer is disposed between the protective cover and the flat touch sensing layer and includes at least one pressure-sensing unit constituting a first pattern. The overlap ratio between the projection of the first pattern onto the flat touch sensing layer and the flat sensing pattern is less than or equal to about 5% of the flat sensing pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions(Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Chiang, Ho-Hsun Chi, Yuh-Wen Lee
  • Patent number: 10452187
    Abstract: A pressure sensing module and a pressure sensing touch control system are provided. The pressure sensing module includes a sensing layer formed on a surface of a substrate. The sensing layer includes at least one pressure sensing unit including four resistors with the same resistance values. The four resistors form a Wheatstone bridge. Pattern shapes of two of the four resistors have the same extending directions, and the two of the four resistors are not disposed adjacent to each other. The pressure sensing touch control system includes a touch control sensing unit. The touch control sensing unit is disposed between the four resistors to achieve pressure sensing and position sensing of pressing action. In the present disclosure, a bridge circuit is disposed on a single surface to prevent the sensing for pressing with a finger from being affected by temperature and other noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Chiang, Feng Chen, Ho-Hsun Chi, Chih-Cheng Chuang, Sun-Po Lin, Wei Wei
  • Publication number: 20190271912
    Abstract: The direct patterning method includes: providing a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, which a peripheral circuit having a bonding pad is disposed on the peripheral area; sequentially disposing a metal nanowire layer, a pre-cured film layer and a negative-type photosensitive layer thereon; performing a photolithography step; and curing the pre-cured film layer. The photolithography step includes exposing the negative-type photosensitive layer to define a removal region and a reserved region; and removing the negative-type photosensitive layer, the pre-cured film layer and the metal nanowire layer in the removal region by using a developer, such that a touch sensing electrode is fabricated in the display area and the bonding pad is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Chao-Sung Li, Ho-Hsun Chi, Fang Fang, Zheng-Pang Huang, Chien-Hsien Yu, Chih-Min Chen, Shan-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 10394396
    Abstract: A multi-force touch module includes first sensing electrodes disposed along X coordinate and second sensing electrodes disposed along Y coordinate. A multi-force touch sensing method for the multi-force touch module includes the following steps: detecting press position information, determining whether press positions are located at a same position on X axis, and detecting resistance values of the press positions on X axis or Y axis according to a result thus determined; and determining magnitudes of pressing forces at the press positions according to magnitudes of the resistance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Chiang, Feng Chen, Ho-Hsun Chi, Yuh-Wen Lee
  • Patent number: 10345164
    Abstract: A pressure sensing method and a system thereof are disclosed. The pressure sensing method includes following steps. Stored resistance values Rn are read and a differential resistance value ?Rn between resistance valises at adjacent moments are calculated. At least one ?Rn/Rn?1 is obtained. The at least one ?Rn/Rn?1 or a sum of plural ?Rn/Rn?1 is compared to at least one predefined database. A pressing force value Fn corresponding to the at least one ?Rn/Rn?1 or the sum of the plural ?Rn/Rn?1 is obtained, so as to detect and process a pressure sensing signal precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Tsai-Kuei Wei, Caijin Ye, Huaibin Zheng
  • Patent number: 10268301
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first touch sensor electrode, a first insulation structure, a second touch sensor electrode, and a first pressure sensor electrode. The first touch sensor electrode is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first insulation structure is dispose on the substrate and covers a part of the first touch sensor electrode. The second touch sensor electrode is disposed on the substrate and extends along a second direction. The second touch sensor electrode crosses over the first insulation structure and electrically isolated from the first touch-sensitive electrode. The first pressure sensor electrode is disposed on the substrate and extends along a third direction. The first pressure sensor electrode crosses over the first insulation structure and is staggered with at least one of the first touch. sensor electrode and the second touch sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Cheng-Chung Chiang
  • Patent number: 10146391
    Abstract: A transparent conductive oxide film for sensing deformation has a length, and generates a deformation amount when an external force is applied thereto, so as to change a resistance value of the transparent conductive oxide film. A ratio of the deformation amount to the length ranges from about 5×10?5 to about 3.5×10?4, and a rate of change of the resistance value ranges from about 0.01% to about 3%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Chiang, Feng Chen, Ho-Hsun Chi, Yuh-Wen Lee