Patents Assigned to E Ink Holdings Inc.
  • Patent number: 12283215
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel and a driving circuit is provided. The display panel is configured to display an image frame. The driving circuit is coupled to the display panel. The driving circuit is configured to output a gate signal to drive the display panel to display the image frame during a driving period. The driving period includes a first period, a second period, and a third period. The gate signal has a first voltage level during the first period and a second voltage level during the second period. The second voltage level is greater than the first voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Chuan Wang, Ian French, Kuang-Heng Liang, Chih-Ching Wang
  • Patent number: 12282635
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a substrate, a display element layer, a composite substrate, a touch electrode and an adhesive layer. The display element layer is disposed on the substrate. The composite substrate includes a support layer and a moisture barrier layer. The moisture barrier layer is in direct contact with and covers a surface of the support layer. The display element layer is located between the substrate and the composite substrate. A moisture transmission rate of the moisture barrier layer is less than 1×10?2 g/m2/day. The touch electrode is disposed on the composite substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the display element layer and the composite substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Cheng Lin, Hung Wei Tseng, Yi Chun Kuo, Fang Chia Hu
  • Patent number: 12282630
    Abstract: The invention provides a touch display device and an operation method for the touch display device. The touch display device includes an integrated control circuit and a touch driver. The integrated control circuit is coupled to the touch driver. The integrated control circuit outputs a first synchronization signal to the touch driver. The touch driver outputs a touch mode signal to the integrated control circuit, so that the integrated control circuit generates a synchronization enabling signal to the touch driver according to the touch mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hung Wei Tseng, Yi Chun Kuo, Chen Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 12276817
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area, a pixel array, a display medium layer, and a color filter layer. The display area includes a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and each of the sub-pixel regions has a length and a width that are substantially the same. The pixel array corresponds to the display area in position. The display medium layer is located on the pixel array. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color resists. The color resists are arranged along a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction. Two adjacent color resists arranged along the first direction have different colors, two adjacent color resists arranged along the second direction have different colors, and adjacent two of the color resists are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ian French, Po-Yuan Lo, Xian-Teng Chung
  • Publication number: 20250111833
    Abstract: A display and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The display includes a plurality of pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a display unit, a first scanning transistor, an equivalent boosting capacitor, a second scanning transistor, a third scanning transistor, and a storage capacitor. The display unit receives a first reference constant voltage and is coupled to a first node. The first scanning transistor is coupled to the first node and receives a first scanning signal. The equivalent boosting capacitor is coupled between the first node and a second node. The second scanning transistor is coupled to the second node and receives a second scanning signal. The third scanning transistor is coupled to the second node and receives the first scanning signal. The capacitor is coupled between a first terminal and a second terminal of the third scanning transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Kuo, Kuang-Heng Liang
  • Publication number: 20250102723
    Abstract: A display includes a light guide plate, a first optical adhesive, a light source element, and a display panel. The light guide plate includes a light guide substrate and an enhancement layer disposed on the light guide substrate. At least a portion of the enhancement layer is interposed between a first surface of the light guide substrate and the first optical adhesive. A difference between the refractive index n1 of the light guide substrate and the refractive index n2 of the at least a portion of the enhancement layer is ?n1. ?n1=n1?n2. A difference between the refractive index n3 of the first optical adhesive and the refractive index n2 of the at least a portion of the enhancement layer is ?n2. ?n2=n3?n2, ?n1?0, ?n2?0, and ?n1??n2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Tao Huang, Yu-Chuan Wen, Jen-Pin Yu, Ya-Chin Chang, Ching-Huan Liao
  • Publication number: 20250107287
    Abstract: A color reflective display panel including a reflective display panel and a color filter array is provided. The color filter array is disposed on the reflective display panel. The color filter array includes a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes one or more first pixels having a first color, one or more second pixels having a second color, and one or more third pixels having a third color. The ratio of the area of the third pixels to the area of the pixel unit is less than one-third.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Jau-Min Ding, Po-Yuan Lo, Ian French
  • Publication number: 20250095596
    Abstract: A display device including an element array substrate, an electrophoretic display substrate and a humidity sensor is provided. The electrophoretic display substrate is disposed on the element array substrate. The humidity sensor includes a conductive pattern disposed on a side of the element array substrate adjacent to the electrophoretic display substrate. A driving method of the display device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsien-Kai Tseng, Wei-Chen Tsai, Sheng-Wei Chen, Chi-Mao Hung
  • Publication number: 20250093989
    Abstract: Provided is an inspection tool for a touch panel, including a substrate adapted to be placed on the touch panel and multiple protrusions disposed on the substrate in correspondence to multiple touch inspection points and arranged along an inspection trajectory. An inspection method for a touch panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsing Chang, Ying-Ta Chen, Yun-Nan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20250087174
    Abstract: A gate driver circuit including seven transistors and two capacitors is provided. A first end of a third transistor is coupled to a first pulse signal, a second end of the third transistor outputs a gate signal, and a control end of the third transistor is coupled to a first end of a second transistor. A first end of a fourth transistor is coupled to the second end of the third transistor, a second end of the fourth transistor is coupled to a first voltage, and a control end of the fourth transistor is coupled to a control end of the second transistor. A first end of a fifth transistor is coupled to a second voltage, a second end of the fifth transistor is coupled to the control end of the fourth transistor, and a control end of the fifth transistor is coupled to a second pulse signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Pei-Lin Huang, Chia-Hsien Wu, Jia-Hung Chen, An-Chi Liu
  • Patent number: 12248647
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of control signal lines, a plurality of first reading signal lines, and a plurality of second reading signal lines. The plurality of control signal lines are disposed on a first surface of the substrate and spaced from each other. The plurality of first reading signal lines are disposed on a second surface of the substrate and spaced from each other. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The plurality of second reading signal lines are disposed on the first surface of the substrate. Each of the plurality of second reading signal lines is located between adjacent two of the plurality of control signal lines. An electronic device including the above touch panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 12242089
    Abstract: A color filter module is provided. The color filter module is arranged on a display panel. The color filter module includes a transparent substrate and a color resist layer. The transparent substrate includes multiple sub-pixel regions arranged in an array. The color resist layer is arranged on the transparent substrate. The color resist layer includes multiple color resist units. The color resist units are respectively arranged across at least two sub-pixel regions, and the color resist units form a staggered array on the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ian French, Po-Yuan Lo, Liang-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 12243448
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a supporting layer and a flexible display panel. The supporting layer has two non-folding regions and a folding region between the two non-folding regions. The folding region has a central region and two edge regions. Each of the edge regions is located between one of the two non-folding regions and the central region, and open porosities of the two edge regions are different from an open porosity of the central region. The flexible display panel is located on the supporting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo Chang Lee, Yi-Sheng Lin, Chen-Chu Tsai
  • Patent number: 12229368
    Abstract: The driving circuit of the display includes a timing controller. The timing controller is coupled to a general purpose input/output (GPIO) pin of the touch driver. The timing controller receives an instruction signal via the GPIO pin of the touch driver. The timing controller starts a detection period according to a first edge switched from a first voltage level to a second voltage level of the instruction signal. The timing controller detects a number of pulse signals of the instruction signal, and determines a current operating status of the touch driver according to the number of pulse signals of the instruction signal during the detection period. The timing controller determines that the current operating status of the touch driver is one of touch operation type statuses according to the number of pulse signals of the instruction signal during the detection period being a default number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lung Cheng, Shu-Cheng Liu, Pei-Lin Tien, I-Shin Lo, Chi-Mao Hung
  • Publication number: 20250053039
    Abstract: An E-paper display panel including an E-paper display layer, a first substrate, a pixel array layer, a common electrode layer, and a driving circuit is provided. The first substrate is disposed at a first side of the E-paper display layer. The pixel array substrate is disposed between the first substrate and the E-paper display layer and includes touch electrodes and driving pixels arranged in an array. Each driving pixel includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The touch electrodes, the first pixel electrode, and the second pixel electrode are overlapped with each other. The common electrode layer is disposed at a second side of the E-paper display layer. The first side is opposite to the second side. The driving circuit is in signal communication with the common electrode layer and the pixel array layer. The touch electrodes are individually in signal communication with the driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Hsieh, Chi-Mao Hung, Sung-Hui Huang, Chuen-Jen Liu, Liang-Yu Yan, Pei Ju Wu, Po-Chun Chuang, Che-Sheng Chang, Wen-Chung Yang
  • Patent number: 12222625
    Abstract: A display device includes a driving substrate, an electronic ink layer, and a conductive barrier layer. The electronic ink layer is located on the driving substrate. The conductive barrier layer is located on the electronic ink layer, the conductive barrier layer includes a conductive layer and a base layer, the conductive layer is located between the base layer and the electronic ink layer, and the conductive layer is separated from the electronic ink layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Chun Yeh, Yi-Sheng Lin, Chen-Chu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20250028109
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel, a flexible light guide having a Young's modulus of about 10 to 1000 MPa, a light emitting element, and an optical layer is provided. The flexible light guide includes a light source portion, a light entrance portion, and a middle portion. The middle portion is bent, so that the light source portion and the light entrance portion are disposed at the opposite sides of the display panel. The light emitting element is disposed adjacent to the light entrance portion of the flexible light guide with a light emitting surface facing the side edge of the flexible light guide. The optical layer is in contact with a surface of the light source portion and a difference of refractive index between the flexible light guide and the optical layer is in a range of 0.1 to 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Hsien Lee, Ching-Huan Liao, Hsin-Tao Huang
  • Publication number: 20250031452
    Abstract: A display device, including a pixel array substrate, a display layer, and a driving circuit, is provided. The pixel array substrate includes a support plate, a pixel circuit array disposed on a first surface of the support plate, first and second transmission pillars, and first and second transmission lines disposed on a second surface of the support plate. The first transmission pillars are located between the pixel circuit array and a first edge of the support plate. The second transmission pillars are located between the pixel circuit array and a second edge of the support plate. The first transmission lines are respectively connected to the first transmission pillars. The second transmission lines are respectively connected to the second transmission pillars. The display layer overlaps with the first and second transmission lines. The first transmission lines and the second transmission lines are electrically connected to the driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Hsien Chao, Kuo-Hsing Cheng, Wen-Chung Tang, Wen-Yu Kuo
  • Patent number: 12196998
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light guide plate, an optical adhesive, and a light source element. The light guide plate includes a light guide substrate and an enhancement layer. The light guide substrate has a light incident surface, a first surface, and a second surface. The first surface is opposite to the second surface, and the light incident surface extends between the first surface and the second surface. The enhancement layer is disposed on the light guide substrate. A thickness of the enhancement layer is from 1 micrometer to 25 micrometers and a first refractive index of the light guide substrate is greater than a second refractive index of the enhancement layer. The optical adhesive is interposed between the first surface of the light guide substrate and the optical adhesive. The light source element is disposed beside the light incident surface to emit light toward the light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Tao Huang, Yu-Chuan Wen, Jen-Pin Yu, Ching-Huan Liao, Ya-Chin Chang
  • Publication number: 20250013117
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display device includes a substrate, an electrophoretic display film, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of third electrodes. The electrophoretic display film is disposed on the substrate and includes a display medium layer and a first electrode. The second electrodes and the third electrodes are disposed on the substrate and located between the display medium layer and the substrate. A first voltage received by each of the second electrodes is controlled by a corresponding thin-film transistor. The third electrodes and the second electrodes are alternately disposed in a direction. The first voltage is different from a second voltage received by the third electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lung Cheng, Pei-Lin Tien, I-Shin Lo, Chi-Mao Hung