Patents Assigned to Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.
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Patent number: 9046965Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for position detection. For detection of a touch position, a segment of surface acoustic wave (SAW) is provided multiple times to be propagated on a SAW touch panel, and the multiple SAW segments are received by the SAW touch panel. In addition, during or after reception, partial output electrical signals are provided based on different portions of each received SAW segment to construct a complete output electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: EGALAX—eMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Shang-Tai Yeh, Teng-Wei Hsieh
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Patent number: 9042138Abstract: A power management device of a touchable control system includes a boost circuit, a storage circuit, a detection circuit and a loading circuit. The boost circuit has an output terminal and generates an output voltage. The storage circuit electrically connects to the output terminal of the boost circuit and stores the output voltage. The detection circuit electrically connects to the storage circuit so as to detect the output voltage. The loading circuit electrically connects or disconnects to the output terminal of the boost circuit according to a predetermined value of the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: EGALAX—EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Po-Chuan Lin
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Patent number: 9030439Abstract: When a touch sensor is approached or touched by a capacitive pen in a small area, the corresponding approach or touch signal might be slightly less than the threshold originally used for normal detection. By comparing the sum of the corresponding approach or touch signal and some adjacent signals with the threshold, the approach or touch of a small-area object that otherwise would not be detected by the original method can be determined. The capacitive pen can be made of bonded conductive fibers.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh, Shih-Hao Chiu
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Patent number: 9024911Abstract: A detecting device and method for a capacitive touch screen is proposed. A plurality of frequency settings is employed. Each frequency setting corresponds to a type of driving mode of a type of driving potential. These frequency settings are used for setting the detecting device for the capacitive touch screen. When the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of the signals in the capacitive touch screen is not appropriate, frequency settings are changed by selecting one that yields a more appropriate S/N ratio among the frequency settings. The driving mode includes a single-electrode driving mode in which only a single driving electrode in the capacitive touch screen is driven at a time, and a multiple-electrode driving mode in which multiple driving electrodes are simultaneously driven at a time, and there can be several types of driving potentials.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventor: Chin-Fu Chang
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Patent number: 8976122Abstract: A noise reducing device for a capacitive touch panel and a method of reducing noise for a capacitive touch panel are disclosed to solve problems related to noise generated by a conventional filter circuit and an integrating circuit or external noise. In the invention, at least one switch circuit is used so that the conventional filter circuit and integrating circuit used in the prior are omitted. Signals output from a current measurement circuit are transmitting to a control unit to calculate the location of a touch point, reducing any noise.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee
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Patent number: 8970557Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for position detection. For detection of a touch position, a segment of surface acoustic wave (SAW) is provided multiple times to be propagated on a SAW touch panel, and the multiple SAW segments are received by the SAW touch panel. In addition, during or after reception, partial output electrical signals are provided based on different portions of each received SAW segment to construct a complete output electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Shang-Tai Yeh, Teng-Wei Hsieh
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Patent number: 8970552Abstract: A method and device for position detection are disclosed. A self-capacitance detection can be performed by a sensing device. According to the result of the self-capacitance detection, a first mutual-capacitance detection can be performed for determining one or more first 1-D positions. According to the result of the first mutual-capacitance detection, a second mutual-capacitance detection can be performed for determining one or more second 1-D positions corresponding to each first 1-D position. One or more 2-D positions can be provided according to the one or more second 1-D positions corresponding to each first 1-D position. Besides, during the self-capacitance detection, the first mutual-capacitance detection, and the second mutual-capacitance detection, a touch related sensing information corresponding to a touch that covers a wide area can be neglected for palm rejection.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8970551Abstract: A method and device for position detection are disclosed. A self-capacitance detection can be performed by a sensing device. According to the result of the self-capacitance detection, a first mutual-capacitance detection can be performed for determining one or more first 1-D positions. According to the result of the first mutual-capacitance detection, a second mutual-capacitance detection can be performed for determining one or more second 1-D positions corresponding to each first 1-D position. One or more 2-D positions can be provided according to the one or more second 1-D positions corresponding to each first 1-D position. Besides, during the self-capacitance detection, the first mutual-capacitance detection, and the second mutual-capacitance detection, a touch related sensing information corresponding to a touch that covers a wide area can be neglected for palm rejection.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8963862Abstract: In a driving signal generating system, a boost circuit provides a power voltage, an amplifier provides an analog waveform driving signal, and a level shifter provides a digital waveform driving signal. A select device selects the analog waveform driving signal as a driving signal for a touch panel in an analog waveform mode, and selects the digital waveform driving signal as a driving signal for the touch panel in a digital waveform mode. The boost circuit provides the power voltage to the amplifier, and the amplifier, in the digital waveform mode, generates an output voltage as a power for at least one last stage of the level shifter.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventor: Po-Chuan Lin
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Patent number: 8957707Abstract: A positive/negative sampling and holding (S/H) circuit is disclosed herein. The positive/negative S/H circuit includes an operational amplifier, a first capacitor, a second capacitor being parallel with the first capacitor and forming an integration circuit with the operational amplifier, and several discharge switches correspondingly connecting discharge paths of the first and the second capacitors to control the first and the second capacitors to output a first sampling signal and a second sampling signal respectively, and herein, the first and the second sampling signals has the same magnitude but opposite voltage polarities.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Guang-Huei Lin
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Patent number: 8952936Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for position detection. For detection of a touch position, a segment of surface acoustic wave (SAW) is provided multiple times to be propagated on a SAW touch panel, and the multiple SAW segments are received by the SAW touch panel. In addition, during or after reception, partial output electrical signals are provided based on different portions of each received SAW segment to construct a complete output electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Shang-Tai Yeh, Teng-Wei Hsieh
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Patent number: 8952928Abstract: The invention discloses a full screen driven detection. A driving signal is simultaneously provided to all first conductive strips arranged in parallel in a first direction in a touch screen, and mutual capacitive signals are detected from all second conductive strips arranged in parallel in a second direction. The mutual capacitive signals can be used for determining whether an external conductive object coupled to the ground is touching or approaching the touch screen or not even if water or other conductive object not coupled to ground is on the touch screen. Thus, the baseline of the mutual capacitive signals can be updated if the touch screen is not touched or approached by any external conductive object coupled to ground over a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Chi-Hao Tang
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Patent number: 8941597Abstract: A two-dimension (2-D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner lower values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8937635Abstract: The present invention discloses a communication apparatus for real-time screen interaction in video communications, which includes: a video output conversion device for generating a first video stream based on a sound input and a video input; a communication device for transmitting the first video stream and receiving a second video stream; a sound retrieving module for providing a first sound signal as the sound input; an input interface for receiving a user operation to generate at least one operation instruction; a processor for generating a screen image based on the second video stream and/or at least one operation instruction; and a switching device for selecting one of an image pickup device and an image retrieving device to provide the video input based on the at least one operation instruction.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventor: Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8896548Abstract: The method and device for converting sensing information are disclosed. Each first touch related sensing information of a first sensing information is detected. At least one of the first touch related sensing information is converted. Each converted first touch related sensing information is replaced by a corresponding second touch related sensing information, whereby the first sensing information is converted into a second sensing information.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8890821Abstract: A method and device for dual-differential sensing is disclosed. The sensing information can be generated from signals provided by a sensing device with a plurality of sensors. Each value of the sensing information corresponds to signals of three sensors, respectively. The sensing device is flexible and configured on a display. The noise effect of the display on the signal of each sensor corresponds to the distance between the display and the sensor. Besides, the noise effect of the display on each value of the sensing information corresponds to the distances between the display and the three sensors, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8884914Abstract: A method and device for signal detection is disclosed. At least one detection period is predefined for detecting a signal of a signal source, a differential signal of a pair of signal sources, or a dual-differential signal of three signal sources during at least one clock cycle, wherein the detection evades the period of a predictable noise.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho, Guang-Huei Lin
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Patent number: 8884631Abstract: A method and device for automatically calibrating touch detection is disclosed. The present invention includes providing a sensing layer including a plurality of sensors, and each sensor senses a sensing range, and the sensing ranges of the sensors intersecting each other to form a crossing array; continuously detecting signals of the sensors as a detection signal set; performing update of an initial signal set based on the detection signal set; and when a default signal set does not match the initial signal set and the default signal set matches the detection signal set, performing update of the initial signal set.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang
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Patent number: 8872776Abstract: A two-dimension (2D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner low values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
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Patent number: 8847926Abstract: A surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch panel with improved touching precision is provided. By forming a matte surface that diffuses a back wave generated by the edge of the SAW touch panel due to discontinuity, the touching precision of the SAW touch panel is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Egalax—Empia Technology Inc.Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh