Patents by Inventor Sheng-Wen Cheng
Sheng-Wen Cheng 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).
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Publication number: 20180292927Abstract: A touch electrode array disposed on a substrate and including at least one first sensing electrode and at least one protective electrode is provided. The first sensing electrode is formed by a network structure. The network structure includes a solid portion and at least one opening portion defined by the solid portion. The at least one protective electrode overlaps with the at least one opening potion in one direction. Moreover, a touch display apparatus including the touch electrode array is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Yu-Chin Chu, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20180190729Abstract: A pixel matrix having a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit has at least 12 sub-pixels arranged in matrix manner. The pixel unit has at least 4 first color sub-pixels, at least 4 second color sub-pixels, and at least 4 third color sub-pixels. Each two of the first color sub-pixels are arranged adjacent to each other to form at least 2 first color sub-pixel pairs, and the first color sub-pixel pairs are separately provided in different columns and different rows of the pixel unit. Each two of the second color sub-pixels are arranged adjacent to each other to form at least 2 second color sub-pixel pairs, and the second color sub-pixel pairs are separately provided in different columns and different rows of the pixel unit. Each first color sub-pixel pair and each second color sub-pixel pair are arranged adjacent to each other in a column direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Hui CHU-KE, Sheng-Wen CHENG
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Publication number: 20180053457Abstract: A display control method includes splitting an image signal into a plurality of input signal sets, generating a first color reformed data, a second color reformed data, a third color reformed data and a fourth color reformed data according to each input signal set, outputting the first color reformed data, the second color reformed data and the third color reformed data when a plurality of pixels corresponding to one input signal set is located at an odd row, and outputting the second color reformed data, the third color reformed data and the fourth color reformed data when the plurality of pixels corresponding to one input signal set is located at an even row. Each input signal set includes a plurality of input signals that correspond to a plurality of adjacent pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Ya-Ting CHEN, Hui-Feng LIN, Sheng-Wen CHENG
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Patent number: 9837047Abstract: A flat panel display includes a four-color conversion unit, a backlight control unit, a backlight module, and a pixel array. The four-color conversion unit provides a first set of four color image signals corresponding to three color image input signals based on a preliminary conversion lookup table and provides corresponding conversion scaling factors. The backlight control unit generates a backlight adjusting factor based on the conversion scaling factors. The backlight module provides a backlight output having an intensity adjusted according to the backlight adjusting factor. The four-color conversion unit further provides a second set of four color image signals corresponding to the three color image input signals based on the backlight adjusting factor. The pixel array displays an image according to the second set of four color image signals and the backlight output.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20170221432Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of second pixel units. Each of the first pixel units includes at least one first color sub-pixel, at least one second color sub-pixel, at least one third color sub-pixel and at least one fourth color sub-pixel arranged in a first configuration. Each of the second pixel units includes the at least one first color sub-pixel, the at least one second color sub-pixel, the at least one third color sub-pixel and the at least one fourth color sub-pixel arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration. The first pixel units and the second pixel units are alternately disposed to make all of the pixel units adjacent to each of the first pixel units be the second pixel units, and all of the pixel units adjacent to each of the second pixel units be the first pixel units.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Shih-Ting HUANG, Yu-Chin CHU, Sheng-Wen CHENG
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Patent number: 9699911Abstract: A process apparatus capable of pushing a panel-shaped object includes a process apparatus and at least one panel-shaped object. The process apparatus includes a carrying fixture and a separating fixture. The carrying fixture has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and has at least one positioning pillar. The separating fixture has a pushing portion. The panel-shaped object has at least one positioning hole and is carried on the top surface. The positioning pillar is inserted into the positioning hole to position the panel-shaped object. The pushing portion is adapted to move from the bottom surface toward the top surface and protrude out of the top surface, such that the panel-shaped object is pushed up by the pushing portion to be separated from the carrying fixture. In addition, a process method adapted to the process apparatus capable of pushing a panel-shaped object is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Hao-Chun Hsieh, Chang-Lung Chen, Sheng-Wen Cheng, Pi-Chiang Huang
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Patent number: 9691319Abstract: Various arrangements of color sub-pixels in a group of pixels for use in a color display are disclosed. The same group of pixels is repetitively arranged in rows and columns in the color display. In particular, each group of pixels has four pixels arranged on the four quadrants of a rectangle or square. A pixel group may have two sub-pixels in R, two sub-pixels in G, two sub-pixels in B and two sub-pixels in W, but each of the pixels has two different color sub-pixels. In each of the four pixels in a pixel group, the two sub-pixels can be adjacent to each other along the column direction or along the row direction, but the two sub-pixels in at least one pixel are adjacent to each other along the column direction. A pixel group may have two pixels with R, G sub-pixels and two pixels in B.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Hui Chu-Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20170090234Abstract: A pixel matrix includes pixel units. The pixel units are arranged in a repeating pattern, in which each of the pixel units includes transparent pixels, reflective pixels, and switch components. Each of the transparent pixels includes a transparent electrode and a transparent color resist layer disposed on the transparent electrode. Each of the reflective pixels includes a reflective electrode. The switch components are connected to the transparent electrodes of the transparent pixels and the reflective electrodes of the reflective pixels respectively for driving the transparent pixels and the reflective pixels individually.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Hui CHU KE, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Patent number: 9547204Abstract: A pixel matrix includes pixel units. The pixel units are arranged in a repeating pattern, in which each of the pixel units includes transparent pixels, reflective pixels, and switch components. Each of the transparent pixels includes a transparent electrode and a transparent color resist layer disposed on the transparent electrode. Each of the reflective pixels includes a reflective electrode. The switch components are connected to the transparent electrodes of the transparent pixels and the reflective electrodes of the reflective pixels respectively for driving the transparent pixels and the reflective pixels individually.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20170004640Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, an image signal input module, and a sub-pixel rendering (SPR) means. The display panel includes a plurality of units. Each of the units includes at least 24 sub-pixels arranged in rows and columns. At least four first color sub-pixels, at least four second color sub-pixels, eight third color sub-pixels, and eight fourth color sub-pixels constitute each of the units. The image signal input module is configured to receive image signals. The SPR means is configured to perform a sub-pixel rendering process on the image signals thereby each of the sub-pixels of the display panel produces a performance value.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Patent number: 9484000Abstract: A signal conversion method for a display image is provided. The signal conversion method includes: receiving an image data of the (N?1)th frame; converting the (N?1)th image data to obtain a luminance data; determining a signal tuning gain of an image data of Nth frame according to the image data of the (N?1)th frame, the luminance data and a backlight duty adjusting table; adjusting an image data of Nth frame according to the signal tuning gain of Nth frame so as to generate an output image data of Nth frame; and displaying pixels according to the output image data of Nth frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Hui-Feng Lin, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Patent number: 9462243Abstract: A method for controlling a display is provided. An RGB video signal is transformed into an RGBW video signal based on a human factor. The display has a plurality of pixels configured to display images according to the RGBW video signal, where each of the pixels has a red subpixel, a green subpixel, a blue subpixel and a white subpixel. According to the method, when brightness of a backlight module of the display is reduced to decrease energy consumption of the display, quality of the images of the display observed by users is still maintained within an acceptable range.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hui-Feng Lin, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20160196780Abstract: Various arrangements of color sub-pixels in a group of pixels for use in a color display are disclosed. The same group of pixels is repetitively arranged in rows and columns in the color display. In particular, each group of pixels has four pixels arranged on the four quadrants of a rectangle or square. A pixel group may have two sub-pixels in R, two sub-pixels in G, two sub-pixels in B and two sub-pixels in W, but each of the pixels has two different color sub-pixels. In each of the four pixels in a pixel group, the two sub-pixels can be adjacent to each other along the column direction or along the row direction, but the two sub-pixels in at least one pixel are adjacent to each other along the column direction. A pixel group may have two pixels with R, G sub-pixels and two pixels in B.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Hui CHU-KE, Sheng-Wen CHENG
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Patent number: 9355603Abstract: A method for adjusting saturation degree and a color adjusting system are provided. The method for adjusting saturation degree includes the following steps. A hue circle is divided into a plurality of hue regions, and each of the hue regions is divided into a plurality of saturation regions according to at least one saturation threshold. A plurality of first input saturation degrees of a first saturation region of a first hue region of the hue regions are weighted by a first weighting formula for obtaining a plurality of first output saturation degrees. A plurality of second input saturation degrees of a second saturation region of the first hue region of the hue regions are weighted by a second weighting formula for obtaining a plurality of second output saturation degrees. The first weighting formula is different from the second weighting formula.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Patent number: 9355587Abstract: A driving method for rendering subpixels of each pixel of a display is provided. The display has a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels. Each second pixel has a first color subpixel and a second color subpixel, but lacks a third color subpixel. Each first pixel has a second color subpixel and a third color subpixel, but lacks a first color subpixel. The first color subpixel, second color subpixel and third color subpixel are used to represent gray levels of a first color, a second color and a third color respectively. Processes of rendering the subpixels of each pixel are performed based on positions, saturations and brightness of neighboring pixels, such that quality of image displayed on the display could be ensured even though each first pixel lacks the first color subpixel and each second pixel lacks the third color subpixel.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Shang-Yu Su, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20160104412Abstract: A displaying method includes following steps: converting first image data into second image data; performing subpixel rendering on second image data to generate third image data; determining whether the first image data includes first pixel data having a gray brightness value which is not greater than a first threshold; determining whether a gray brightness value of second pixel data of the third image data corresponding to the first pixel data is greater than a second threshold; and converting the third image data into fourth image data. The second pixel data is corresponding to third pixel data in the fourth image data. The third pixel data include at least one first subpixel data having a gray brightness value smaller than the gray brightness value of the subpixel data of the third image data corresponding to the first subpixel data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Shang-Yu SU, Sheng-Wen CHENG
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Patent number: 9303117Abstract: A series of ladder-type multifused arenes (hexacyclic, heptacyclic and nonacyclic units) and the synthesizing methods thereof are provided. The ladder-type multifused arenes are copolymerized with various electron-deficient acceptor units to afford various p-type low-band gap conjugated copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Chain-Shu Hsu, Yen-Ju Cheng, Jhong-Sian Wu, Chiu-Hsiang Chen, Huan-Hsuan Chang, Yung-Lung Chen, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20160055820Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel, an image signal input unit, and a sub-pixel rendering (SPR) unit. The display panel includes a plurality of repeating units. Each repeating unit includes at least eight sub-pixels. These sub-pixels include two first color sub-pixels, two second color sub-pixels, two third color sub-pixels, at least one first white sub-pixel, and at least one second white sub-pixel. The first and the second white sub-pixels have different chromaticity and the first and the second white sub-pixels are located in different rows. The image signal input unit serves to receive image signals. The sub-pixel rendering unit is used for performing sub-pixel rendering processes to the image signals, so that the above sub-pixels of the display panel produce performance values.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Hui Chu Ke, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20160041437Abstract: A pixel array that includes a plurality of repeat unit sets is provided. Each of the repeat unit sets includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a third data line, a fourth data line, at least two first color sub-pixels, at least two second color sub-pixels, at least two third color sub-pixels, and a fourth color sub-pixel. Each of the first color sub-pixels, the second color sub-pixels, and the third color sub-pixels has a first short side length and a first long side length. The fourth color sub-pixel has a second short side length and a second long side length, and the second long side length is greater than the first long side length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Hui-Feng Lin, Sheng-Wen Cheng
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Publication number: 20150355492Abstract: A pixel matrix includes pixel units. The pixel units are arranged in a repeating pattern, in which each of the pixel units includes transparent pixels, reflective pixels, and switch components. Each of the transparent pixels includes a transparent electrode and a transparent color resist layer disposed on the transparent electrode. Each of the reflective pixels includes a reflective electrode. The switch components are connected to the transparent electrodes of the transparent pixels and the reflective electrodes of the reflective pixels respectively for driving the transparent pixels and the reflective pixels individually.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Hui CHU KE, Sheng-Wen CHENG