Patents Represented by Attorney Liu & Liu
  • Patent number: 8319347
    Abstract: An electronic device package and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method includes providing a semiconductor substrate containing a plurality of chips having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A plurality of conductive electrodes is disposed on the first surface and the conductive electrodes of the two adjacent chips are arranged asymmetrically along side direction of the chip. A plurality of contact holes is formed in each chip, apart from the side of the chip, to expose the conductive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tsai, Wen-Cheng Chien, Po-Han Lee, Wei-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 8319721
    Abstract: A method is provided of controlling an illumination source for a display device which comprises a display modulator for modulating the light provided by the illumination source. The method comprises using a light sensor arrangement to generate a first signal based on an ambient light level with first illumination source drive condition, and using the light sensor arrangement to generate a second signal based on the same ambient light level but with second illumination source drive condition different to the first drive condition. The first and second signals are processed to compensate for differences in the light sensor arrangement response characteristics when operating with the first and second illumination source drive conditions thereby to derive a compensated light sensor arrangement characteristic covering both the first and second illumination source drive conditions. Ambient light levels detected using this model of the characteristic are used to control the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Martin John Edwards, John Richard Ayres
  • Patent number: 8304993
    Abstract: A lamp tube according to the present invention at least comprises: a tube body, a light-emitting module, a driving module and an electrical connection module. The light-emitting module and the driving module are disposed in the tube body. The light-emitting module is provided with a first circuit board and a plurality of LEDs. The driving module is provided with at least a second circuit board and a drive circuit. The electrical connection module forms an electrical connection between the first and second circuit boards. It is convenient to independently replace or repair the driving module or the light-emitting module without discarding the entire lamp tube so as to effectively save costs and achieve the effects of energy saving and environmental protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hua-Lung Tzou, Meng-Chai Wu
  • Patent number: 8305361
    Abstract: An object position detecting device includes a touch film, a first electrode set, a second electrode set, and a sensing and computing circuit. An object position detecting method includes the following steps. Firstly, an object is provided on the touch film. Then, first equivalent capacitance values of multiple first electrode groups of a first electrode set under the touch film are sensed, wherein each first electrode group includes n adjacent first electrodes that are parallel with and connected with each other. Then, second equivalent capacitance values of multiple second electrode groups of a second electrode set under the touch film are sensed, wherein each second electrode group includes m adjacent second electrodes that are parallel with and connected with each other. According to the first equivalent capacitance values and the second equivalent capacitance values, first position information of the object is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Kai-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 8305360
    Abstract: A sensing circuit for a capacitive touch panel is disclosed. By adding a path for a noise to pass through, the noise is differentially processed through two paths which have the same electrical conditions with each other. The noise is then decreased significantly, and a sensing signal can be detected correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Tse-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 8306111
    Abstract: A hybrid connected component labeling process for analyzing digitized or binary images includes the following steps. Firstly, a forward scan is executed to assign a forward label to each foreground pixel in the image. Then, a backward scan is executed to assign a backward label to each foreground. The backward labels are rearranged and label connection is recorded. A label allocation table including final labels and reference labels is provided for recording the use of the labels. When an object is considered as noise, the label corresponds to the pixels of the object is released by updating the label allocation table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Vatics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yan Yang, Chih-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 8299991
    Abstract: A method of providing an LCD overdrive drive scheme, which comprises measuring a stabilized transmission level of an LCD display pixel corresponding to a target drive level. An overdrive transmission level is measured corresponding to an overdrive drive level. The measured overdrive transmission level is compared with the measured stabilized transmission level to determine if the overdrive drive level is too high or too low. An iterative process then changes the overdrive drive level until a suitable overdrive drive level is found. This is used to derive overdrive drive scheme parameters which are stored in a memory of the LCD device. This method enables an overdrive scheme to be determined during use of the device. It can therefore take account of temperature and display ageing, without the effects of these being modeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Evgueni Boiko
  • Patent number: 8299989
    Abstract: A system for displaying image is provided. The system includes a pixel unit coupled to a source driver and including a first switch, a second switch, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a driving transistor, and a luminiferous device. The first switch includes a first control terminal receiving a first scan signal, a first terminal receiving a first operation voltage, and a second terminal. The second switch includes a second control terminal receiving a second scan signal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal coupled to the source driver. The first capacitor is coupled between the first and the second terminals. The second capacitor is coupled between the second and the third terminals. The driving transistor includes a gate coupled to the second terminal, a source receiving the first operation voltage, and a drain. The luminiferous device is coupled to the drain and receiving a second operation voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Ping-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 8296876
    Abstract: A sink organizer includes a section defining a compartment having an extendable, collapsible and/or expandable base that provides a deeper holding section with an extended base to support a long slender shaped item, such as a long-handle brush. The expandable base has a telescopic structure, which may be in the form of an accordion-like structure having annular folding sections or other form of axially collapsible or telescopic structure (e.g., a concentric coupling of a series of nested and axially interlocking cylindrical collars of gradually reducing dimensions). Suction cups provide mounting of the sink organizer onto a sink wall. A bracket is attached to the side of the sink organizer where the suction cup mounting is also provided. The bracket has a handle, which is configured to rest against the top edge of the sink, thus providing additional support for stabilizing the sink organizer after it is attached to the sink wall by the suction cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei, Di-Fong Chang, Joseph Sandor
  • Patent number: 8300024
    Abstract: A system for displaying images includes a touch sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit comprises a voltage storage unit for detecting whether a touch event has occurred and generates a corresponding voltage. The voltage storage unit comprises first to third capacitors. The first capacitor has a first terminal coupled to a ground terminal and a second terminal coupled to a first node. The second capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the ground terminal and a second terminal coupled to a second node. When the voltage storage unit detects that a touch event has occurred, the second node is coupled to an AC voltage. The third capacitor is formed between the first and second nodes. When the touch event has occurred, a value of the third capacitor is changed, so that the corresponding voltage at the first node is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Tse-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 8299471
    Abstract: The invention discloses an organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate. The substrate includes a first control area and a second control area, a polysilicon active layer disposed on the first control area, and a first conductivity type source/drain area disposed in the polysilicon active layer. A first dielectric layer is disposed on the polysilicon active layer serving as a first gate dielectric layer, a first gate and a second gate is disposed on the polysilicon active layer and the second control area, respectively, wherein the first gate and the first conductivity type source/drain area constitute a first conductivity type thin film transistor serving as a switch element. A second dielectric layer disposed on the first gate and the second gate serves as a second gate dielectric layer, a micro-crystal silicon active layer disposed over the second gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hanson Liu, Ryan Lee, Chun-Hsiang Fang
  • Patent number: 8294362
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel is provided, including a substrate having a luminance region and a none-luminance region thereover. An interlayer dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate. A reflection layer is disposed over the interlayer dielectric layer in the luminance region. A planarization layer is disposed over the reflection layer, having a rugged top surface corresponding to the reflection layer. A first electrode is disposed over the planarization layer, having a rugged top surface corresponding to the reflection layer. A pixel defining layer is disposed over the planarization layer, exposing the rugged top surface of the first electrode and defining the luminance region. An electroluminescent layer and a second electrode are sequentially stacked over the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Nishikawa, Hsiang-Lun Hsu
  • Patent number: 8294275
    Abstract: A chip package includes: a substrate having a first and a second surface; a device region and a pad disposed on the first surface; a hole extending from the second surface to the pad; an insulating layer located on a sidewall of the hole; a carrier substrate located on the second surface; a first redistribution layer located between the carrier substrate and the insulating layer and located in the hole to electrically contact with the pad, wherein an edge of the first redistribution layer is exposed on a sidewall formed by the carrier substrate and the insulating layer; a second redistribution layer located on the carrier substrate, extending towards the second surface, and contacting the exposed edge of the first redistribution layer; and a buffer layer located on or below the second surface of the substrate and located between the second redistribution layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventors: Chao-Yen Lin, Wen-Chou Tsai, Ming-Hong Fang, Jen-Yen Wang, Chih-Hao Chen, Guo-Jyun Chiou, Sheng-Hsiang Fu
  • Patent number: 8294678
    Abstract: Image display systems are provided, in which a touch sensing circuit includes at least one voltage storing unit to generate a corresponding voltage when a capacitance variation caused by a touch event occurs. The voltage storing unit includes a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to an alternating current (AC) common voltage from a common electrode and a second terminal coupled to a first node, a first switching element having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and a second terminal coupled to the AC common voltage, and a second switching element having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Tse-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 8294853
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to accurately and easily manufacture a color filter. A method of manufacturing a color filter comprises: a first step of forming a first rib (220) forming a light shield layer and a second rib (230) having a smaller height than the first rib (220) in pattern on a base layer (1) by means of a photolithography method; a second step of forming a step-forming layer (4) by dripping an optical transmissive material into an area defined by the first and second ribs (220, 230) by means of ink-jet technique; and a third step of forming a coloring layer by dripping an optical coloring material (5) into an area defined by the first rib (220) by means of ink-jet technique after forming the step-forming layer (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: TPO Hong Kong Holding Limited Corp.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8294173
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light emitting element including a carrier, at least one light emitting chip, an adhesive and a first encapsulated layer. The light emitting chip is fixed onto the carrier by the adhesive, and most of the carrier and adhesive are made of a light absorbing material, so that the external luminescence quantum efficiency of the light emitting element is poor. The invention adopts a first encapsulated layer disposed on the carrier to cover the light absorbing material including the adhesive or carrier, so as to reduce the light absorption and improve the external luminescence quantum efficiency of the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-An Chen, Chu-Ping Fan
  • Patent number: 8284177
    Abstract: A display device and an electronic apparatus comprising the same are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a photo-sensor for detecting ambient light and outputting a photocurrent according to the intensity of the ambient light, wherein the display apparatus comprises a current sampling unit and a light detection control unit. The current sampling unit is configured to sample the photocurrent outputted from the photo-sensor and to output a plurality of sampling signals to indicate the magnitude of the photocurrent. The light detection control unit is configured to determine an average of the sampling signals outputted from the current sampling unit. The current sampling unit starts a next sampling period corresponding to the end of one of the sampling signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Fumirou Matsuki
  • Patent number: 8284122
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a matrix addressing method and circuitry and display device, which enable power savings without as little degrading the legibility of content of an image as possible. A matrix addressing method for driving pixels arranged over a display area by signals supplied to row electrodes and column electrodes arranged to cross one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: TPO Hong Kong Holding Limited
    Inventors: Shuji Hagino, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Yuko Furui, Akihiro Iwatsu
  • Patent number: 8280441
    Abstract: A multiple interface smart card adaptor is described for mobile phones to take advantage of at least wireless and contactless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: MXTRAN Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Che Lo, Huan-Chin Luo, Albert Sun, Pao-Chieh An
  • Patent number: D672590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Simplehuman LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Myk Lum, Adam Wade