Patents by Inventor Kuo-Liang Shen

Kuo-Liang Shen 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).

  • Publication number: 20230070920
    Abstract: A smart cooling fan system is disclosed, and comprises a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a first cooling fan connected to a main processor of an electronic device, a second cooling fan disposed in a housing case of the electronic device, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to, based on immediate fan rotation speed, find out a first volumetric flow rate and a second volumetric flow rate by looking up a CFM-RPM lookup table (LUT), a first PWM LUT and a second PWM LUT, the microcontroller controls the first cooling fan to produce a first airflow having the first volumetric flow rate, and also controls the second cooling fan to produce a second airflow having the second volumetric flow rate. As a result, the operating temperature of the main processor and an ambient temperature of the housing case are therefore immediately reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: LANNER ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Huang, Kuo-Liang Shen
  • Patent number: 9329742
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel provides a partially high-resolution by mixing multiple resolutions. The capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a single one integrated circuit chip. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer respectively include multiple sensor electrodes disposed with uneven density, so that a part of the touch panel has higher resolution, and other part of the touch panel has lower resolution. The capacitive touch panel provides partially higher resolution by adjusting the distribution of the electrodes without increasing the number of pins of the integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Yi, Kuo-Liang Shen, Ching-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20150227233
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel provides a partially high-resolution by mixing multiple resolutions. The capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a single one integrated circuit chip. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer respectively include multiple sensor electrodes disposed with uneven density, so that a part of the touch panel has higher resolution, and other part of the touch panel has lower resolution. The capacitive touch panel provides partially higher resolution by adjusting the distribution of the electrodes without increasing the number of pins of the integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu YI, Kuo-Liang SHEN, Ching-Feng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140333547
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first sensing series, a second sensing series, a transmitting IC, a receiving IC, a plurality of first control-signal lines, a plurality of second control-signal lines, a flexible circuit board and a control unit. The transmitting IC is configured to transmit a signal to the first sensing series. The receiving IC is configured to receive a signal from the second sensing series. The flexible circuit board has a junction end bonded on a bonding area of the substrate, and is connected to the first and second control-signal lines. The control unit transmits a first control signal and a second control signal respectively to the transmitting IC and the receiving IC through the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Yi, Kuo-Liang Shen, Ching-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 8334828
    Abstract: A circuit for amplifying a display signal transmitted to a repair line by using a non-inverting amplifier is disclosed, which comprises a voltage follower, a non-inverting amplifier, a repair line, a thin film transistor (TFT) and a liquid crystal (LC) capacitor. The voltage follower is electrically connected to a data driver chip to thereby provide a display signal to the non-inverting amplifier. The non-inverting amplifier amplifies the display signal to thus obtain an amplified display signal, and transmits the amplified display signal to the TFT and the LC capacitor through the repair line. The amplified display signal is kept at a desired voltage level when the LC capacitor receives the amplified display signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen, Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Yu Yi
  • Patent number: 8289265
    Abstract: A backlight controller, a display device using the same and a method for controlling a backlight module are provided. The backlight controller includes a temporal weighting module and a dimming controlling module. The temporal weighting module calculates a weight sum of a first backlight luminance provided in a current frame and a target backlight luminance to serve as an adjusted backlight luminance. The target backlight luminance is obtained according to an image content of the current frame. The dimming controlling module increases or decreases the adjusted backlight luminance by a step value according to the target backlight luminance and generates a second backlight luminance provided in a next frame. Therefore, a backlight luminance of the backlight module not only can be smoothly adjusted to the target backlight luminance at high speed for avoiding backlight flicker, but also can be adaptive to image content for saving electric power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Himax Technologies Limited, Himax Media Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Chung Chen, Shing-Chia Chen
  • Publication number: 20110279440
    Abstract: A circuit for amplifying a display signal transmitted to a repair line by using a non-inverting amplifier is disclosed, which comprises a voltage follower, a non-inverting amplifier, a repair line, a thin film transistor (TFT) and a liquid crystal (LC) capacitor. The voltage follower is electrically connected to a data driver chip to thereby provide a display signal to the non-inverting amplifier. The non-inverting amplifier amplifies the display signal to thus obtain an amplified display signal, and transmits the amplified display signal to the TFT and the LC capacitor through the repair line. The amplified display signal is kept at a desired voltage level when the LC capacitor receives the amplified display signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Feng-Shou LIN, Kuan-Yu Chen, Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Yu Yi
  • Patent number: 7999774
    Abstract: A circuit for amplifying a display signal transmitted to a repair line by using a non-inverting amplifier is disclosed, which comprises a voltage follower, a non-inverting amplifier, a repair line, a thin film transistor (TFT) and a liquid crystal (LC) capacitor. The voltage follower is electrically connected to a data driver chip to thereby provide a display signal to the non-inverting amplifier. The non-inverting amplifier amplifies the display signal to thus obtain an amplified display signal, and transmits the amplified display signal to the TFT and the LC capacitor through the repair line. The amplified display signal is kept at a desired voltage level when the LC capacitor receives the amplified display signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen, Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Yu Yi
  • Patent number: 7893933
    Abstract: A panel module and the power saving method used thereon, which use a timing controller to receive and compare a first frame image data and a second frame image data in order to obtain an image data comparison result and accordingly determine whether a plurality of source drivers, a plurality of gate drivers and a DC-DC converter have to enter a power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Yi, Kuo-Liang Shen
  • Publication number: 20100309213
    Abstract: An adaptive stepping-control system and method for dynamic backlight control (DBLC) is disclosed. A stepping-control unit adjusts output of a dynamic backlight control (DBLC) device, such that the backlight luminance generated from a backlight unit may change smoothly. The amount of change of the backlight luminance per unit time (or stepping rate) varies according to the content of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC., HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: SHING-CHIA CHEN, KUO-LIANG SHEN
  • Patent number: 7782289
    Abstract: A timing controller including a memory and a memory controller is provided. The memory includes an odd-field block and an even-field block. The memory controller is coupled to the memory and controls the memory. When two of a first, a second and a third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller are active, the memory is controlled to output the data of the (I?1)th scan line stored in the odd-field block. When one of the first, the second and the third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller is active, and the other two signals are inactive, the memory is controlled to output the data of Jth scan line stored in the even-field block and write an odd-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the odd-field block and write an even-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the even-field block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Yu Yi
  • Publication number: 20100013871
    Abstract: A backlight controller, a display device using the same and a method for controlling a backlight module are provided. The backlight controller includes a temporal weighting module and a dimming controlling module. The temporal weighting module calculates a weight sum of a first backlight luminance provided in a current frame and a target backlight luminance to serve as an adjusted backlight luminance. The target backlight luminance is obtained according to an image content of the current frame. The dimming controlling module increases or decreases the adjusted backlight luminance by a step value according to the target backlight luminance and generates a second backlight luminance provided in a next frame. Therefore, a backlight luminance of the backlight module not only can be smoothly adjusted to the target backlight luminance at high speed for avoiding backlight flicker, but also can be adaptive to image content for saving electric power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicants: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Chung Chen, Shing-Chia Chen
  • Publication number: 20080094331
    Abstract: A driving method for reducing the color shift suitable for driving a display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes at least one scan line, at least one data line, and at least one pixel unit electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The driving method includes the following steps. First, turn on the pixel unit by the scan line during a frame period. Transmit a frame signal to the pixel unit by the data line during the frame period as the pixel unit is turned on. Turn on the pixel unit by the scan line between the present frame period and the next frame period. Transmit a revising signal to the pixel unit by the data line between the present frame period and the next frame period as the pixel unit is turned on, so as to reduce the color shift of the pixel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Yu-Yuan Chang, Kuo-Liang Shen, Liang-Bin Yu
  • Publication number: 20070290980
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog conversion unit, and a driving apparatus and a panel display apparatus using the same are provided. A driving voltage output from the digital-to-analog conversion unit can be a positive polarity voltage or a negative polarity voltage, wherein the driving voltage output from an output buffer is a positive polarity voltage and the driving voltage output from an output inverter is a negative polarity voltage. The apparatus only needs one set of grayscale voltage so that the layout area of the apparatus, and the flicker and the residual images of the display panel can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: QUANTA DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Yu-Yuan Chang, Kuo-Liang Shen, Wen-Fa Hsu
  • Publication number: 20070290978
    Abstract: A timing controller including a memory and a memory controller is provided. The memory includes an odd-field block and an even-field block. The memory controller is coupled to the memory and controls the memory. When two of a first, a second and a third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller are active, the memory is controlled to output the data of the (I-1)th scan line stored in the odd-field block. When one of the first, the second and the third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller is active, and the other two signals are inactive, the memory is controlled to output the data of Jth scan line stored in the even-field block and write an odd-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the odd-field block and write an even-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the even-field block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Yu Yi
  • Publication number: 20070273682
    Abstract: A panel module and the power saving method used thereon, which use a timing controller to receive and compare a first frame image data and a second frame image data in order to obtain an image data comparison result and accordingly determine whether a plurality of source drivers, a plurality of gate drivers and a DC-DC converter have to enter a power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Yi, Kuo-Liang Shen
  • Publication number: 20070139342
    Abstract: A circuit for amplifying a display signal transmitted to a repair line by using a non-inverting amplifier is disclosed, which comprises a voltage follower, a non-inverting amplifier, a repair line, a thin film transistor (TFT) and a liquid crystal (LC) capacitor. The voltage follower is electrically connected to a data driver chip to thereby provide a display signal to the non-inverting amplifier. The non-inverting amplifier amplifies the display signal to thus obtain an amplified display signal, and transmits the amplified display signal to the TFT and the LC capacitor through the repair line. The amplified display signal is kept at a desired voltage level when the LC capacitor receives the amplified display signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen, Kuo-Liang Shen, Chien-Yu Yi
  • Patent number: D773639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sheeraire International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Liang Shen