Patents by Inventor Kuan-Yu Chen

Kuan-Yu Chen 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: 11120736
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including a driving transistor, a light emission element, a compensation circuit, a storage capacitor, and a writing circuit is provided. The light emission control circuit is configured to selectively conduct the light emission element to the driving transistor. The compensation circuit is coupled with the light emission control circuit and a control terminal of the driving transistor, and is configured to form a diode-connected structure with the driving transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the storage capacitor is coupled with the control terminal of the driving transistor, and the light emission control circuit is configured to selectively conduct the second terminal of the storage capacitor to a first power terminal. The writing circuit is configured to provide different voltages to the first terminal of the storage capacitor and the second terminal of the storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-En Wu, Ming-Hsien Lee, Wei-Chia Chiu, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20210278440
    Abstract: An electronic test device includes a test seat and at least one probe. The test seat has a hole-defining surface that defines a probe hole, and has two positioning sections being proximate respectively to two ends of the probe hole opposite to each other, at least one first protrusion that protrudes inwardly from the at least one positioning sections of the hole-defining surface, and at least one second protrusion that protrudes inwardly from the hole-defining surface between the positioning sections. The at least one probe is positioned in the probe hole. A thickness of each of the at least one first protrusion and the at least one second protrusion ranges from five to thirty percent of a depth of the probe hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kuan-Chung CHEN, Cheng-Hui LIN, Kuan-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 11114939
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a current driver circuit, a sensor circuit, a control circuit, a voltage generator circuit and a signal generator circuit. The current driver circuit generates, based on a pulse signal, an output current for driving a load unit that includes series connected loads. The sensor circuit senses the output current to generate a sensed voltage. For each load, the control circuit is operable, based on a control input, to allow or not to allow the output current to flow through the load. The voltage generator circuit generates a reference voltage based on the control input. The signal generator circuit generates the pulse signal based on the reference voltage and the sensed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MACROBLOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Ta Chiang, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11075158
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor in the back end of line, which can provide large and tunable capacitance values and meanwhile, does not interfere with the existing BEOL fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun huan Wei, Pin Yu Hsu, Szu-Yuan Chen, Po-June Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20210223823
    Abstract: A foldable display device, including a display panel, a pad portion, and a driving element, is provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region connected to at least one side of the display region. The pad portion is disposed in the peripheral region. The driving element is electrically connected to the pad portion. A first display region folding line, extending along a first direction, is provided in the display region to divide the display region into a first sub-display region and a second sub-display region. A first peripheral region folding line and a second peripheral region folding line, extending along a second direction, are parallelly disposed in the peripheral region. A first notch is disposed at a position in the peripheral region. Along the first direction, the first notch has a first folding interval. Along the second direction, the first notch has a second folding interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Chun-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 11004232
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a boundary box decision circuit and a processing circuit. The boundary box decision circuit receives lens configuration information of a lens, and refers to the lens configuration information to determine a bounding box distribution of bounding boxes that are assigned to different detection distances with respect to the lens for detection of a target object. The processing circuit receives a captured image that is derived from an output of an image capture device using the lens, and performs object detection upon the captured image according to the bounding box distribution of the bounding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chen, Pei-Kuei Tsung, Shao-Yi Wang, Hung-Jen Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen, Cheng-Lung Jen
  • Publication number: 20210134211
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including a driving transistor, a light emission element, a compensation circuit, a storage capacitor, and a writing circuit is provided. The light emission control circuit is configured to selectively conduct the light emission element to the driving transistor. The compensation circuit is coupled with the light emission control circuit and a control terminal of the driving transistor, and is configured to form a diode-connected structure with the driving transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the storage capacitor is coupled with the control terminal of the driving transistor, and the light emission control circuit is configured to selectively conduct the second terminal of the storage capacitor to a first power terminal. The writing circuit is configured to provide different voltages to the first terminal of the storage capacitor and the second terminal of the storage capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Chia-En WU, Ming-Hsien LEE, Wei-Chia CHIU, Kuan-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 10973098
    Abstract: A LED backlight driving circuit includes a plurality of driving integrated circuits coupled to a data transmission line and a plurality of selecting circuits respectively connected to the plurality of driving integrated circuits. In an addressing mode, the plurality of selecting circuits are used to select one driving integrated circuit from the plurality of driving integrated circuits to set an address. The plurality of driving integrated circuits can set addresses via input/output pins connected to LEDs. So a number of pins of the driving integrated circuit can be equal to or less than 4, which will rise a yield of the LED backlight driving circuit setting in a PCB or in a glass board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Ananavi Technology Corporation, QChip Technology Limited
    Inventors: Kuan Yu Chen, Hung Chih Liu, Cheng Chung Tsao, Yung Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 10930874
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including a substrate, an anode, a hole transport layer, a cathode, an electron transport layer and an organic light emitting layer is provided. The anode is located on the substrate. The hole transport layer is located on the anode. The cathode is located on the substrate. The electron transport layer is located on the cathode. The organic light emitting layer is located between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer. A vertical projection of the anode on the substrate is not overlapped with a vertical projection of the cathode on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Hsiao-Lung Lin
  • Publication number: 20210012110
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a boundary box decision circuit and a processing circuit. The boundary box decision circuit receives lens configuration information of a lens, and refers to the lens configuration information to determine a bounding box distribution of bounding boxes that are assigned to different detection distances with respect to the lens for detection of a target object. The processing circuit receives a captured image that is derived from an output of an image capture device using the lens, and performs object detection upon the captured image according to the bounding box distribution of the bounding boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chen, Pei-Kuei Tsung, Shao-Yi Wang, Hung-Jen Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen, Cheng-Lung Jen
  • Patent number: 10886302
    Abstract: A device substrate includes a substrate, a first output circuit, a first auxiliary circuit, and a first backup circuit. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area located on at least one side of the active area. A cutting path overlaps the active area and the peripheral area. The first output circuit is located on the peripheral area. The first auxiliary circuit is located on the peripheral area. The first auxiliary circuit overlaps the cutting path. The first backup circuit is located on the peripheral area and is electrically connected with the first auxiliary circuit. The first auxiliary circuit and the first backup circuit are pull-down circuits or are pull-up circuits. The shortest distance between the first backup circuit and the cutting path is from 125 microns to 300 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Pao-Yu Huang, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20200412242
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a current driver circuit, a sensor circuit, a control circuit, a voltage generator circuit and a signal generator circuit. The current driver circuit generates, based on a pulse signal, an output current for driving a load unit that includes series connected loads. The sensor circuit senses the output current to generate a sensed voltage. For each load, the control circuit is operable, based on a control input, to allow or not to allow the output current to flow through the load. The voltage generator circuit generates a reference voltage based on the control input. The signal generator circuit generates the pulse signal based on the reference voltage and the sensed voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ting-Ta Chiang, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20200395387
    Abstract: A device substrate includes a substrate, a first output circuit, a first auxiliary circuit, and a first backup circuit. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area located on at least one side of the active area. A cutting path overlaps the active area and the peripheral area. The first output circuit is located on the peripheral area. The first auxiliary circuit is located on the peripheral area. The first auxiliary circuit overlaps the cutting path. The first backup circuit is located on the peripheral area and is electrically connected with the first auxiliary circuit. The first auxiliary circuit and the first backup circuit are pull-down circuits or are pull-up circuits. The shortest distance between the first backup circuit and the cutting path is from 125 microns to 300 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Pao-Yu Huang, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10775546
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes a plate body with a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface and defining a plate thickness; a light source arranged to project light into the side surface of the light guide plate; and a plurality of microstructures arranged periodically on the first surface and indented from the first surface towards the second surface to define an indentation depth of less than half the plate thickness. Each of the light-uniformity microstructures substantially has a shape of an inverted truncated cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20200279803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor in the back end of line, which can provide large and tunable capacitance values and meanwhile, does not interfere with the existing BEOL fabrication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Chun huan WEI, Pin Yu HSU, Szu-Yuan CHEN, Po-June CHEN, Kuan-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200266377
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including a substrate, an anode, a hole transport layer, a cathode, an electron transport layer and an organic light emitting layer is provided. The anode is located on the substrate. The hole transport layer is located on the anode. The cathode is located on the substrate. The electron transport layer is located on the cathode. The organic light emitting layer is located between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer. A vertical projection of the anode on the substrate is not overlapped with a vertical projection of the cathode on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Hsiao-Lung Lin
  • Publication number: 20200183522
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate including first and second scan lines, first and second pixels, an auxiliary line and sensing units is provided. The first pixel and the second pixel are arranged between the first scan line and the second scan line in a first direction. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel has a pixel electrode. The first pixel and the second pixel are respectively electrically connected to the first scan line and the second scan line. The auxiliary line is disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel. Each sensing unit has a first electrode and a second electrode. A first sensing unit of the sensing units is overlapped with the auxiliary line, the pixel electrode of the first pixel and the pixel electrode of the second pixel. The auxiliary line is electrically connected to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10679936
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor in the back end of line, which can provide large and tunable capacitance values and meanwhile, does not interfere with the existing BEOL fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun huan Wei, Pin Yu Hsu, Szu-Yuan Chen, Po-June Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10598985
    Abstract: A front-lit display includes a light source, a coupling lens, a first and a second polarizers, a light guide plate, and a reflective display panel. The light guide plate has a first surface, a second surface, a side surface connecting the first and second surfaces, and light guiding microstructures located between the first and second surfaces. The first polarizer, the coupling lens, and the light source are sequentially disposed at a side of the side surface. Light emitting elements of the light source that emit light beams of different colors are arranged along a first direction instead of a second direction. The first direction is parallel to the side surface and the first surface, and the second direction is parallel to the side surface and perpendicular to the first surface. The coupling lens includes vertical columnar structures arranged along the first direction and respectively extending along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Yuet-Wing Li, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang, Hsien-Chang Tsai
  • Patent number: 10539291
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a reflective shell, a front cover, a light-emitting device, and a plurality of optical micro-structures. The front cover is connected to the reflective shell. A containing space is formed between the reflective shell and the front cover. The light-emitting device is disposed in the containing space and is configured to emit a light beam. The optical micro-structures are disposed on at least one of the reflective shell and the front cover. Each of the optical micro-structures is a multilayer stair-structure. The optical micro-structures diffuse the light beam by refraction and reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kuan-Yu Chen