Patents Assigned to Sipix Technology Inc.
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Publication number: 20190197871Abstract: A smart medication device including a non-electrical component and an electrical component is provided. The non-electrical component includes a containing structure configured to contain one or more medicines. The electrical component is disposed on the non-electrical component. The electrical component includes a triggering structure and an e-paper display apparatus. The triggering structure is configured to generate a triggering signal to trigger the e-paper display apparatus to display medicine administration information. The triggering structure is deformed by receiving an external force to generate the triggering signal. An electrical characteristic of the triggering signal is determined by a structure characteristic of the triggering structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Yen-Hsing Lu, Chi-Mao Hung, Chung-Hui Lee
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Publication number: 20170244171Abstract: A slot antenna device including a substrate, a metal layer and a feeding element is provided. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The metal layer is disposed on the first surface, and includes a slot extending along a first direction. The feeding element is disposed on the second surface, and extended along a second direction, where the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. A length of the slot is a sum of each quarter wavelength of at least three frequency bands, so that the slot antenna device is operated at the at least three frequency bands. A projection of the feeding element on the first surface crosses the slot, so that the slot is divided into a first section and a second section, where a length of the first section is equal to a length of the second section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventor: Yu-Ming Lee
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Publication number: 20170193940Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The electronic paper display apparatus includes an electronic paper display panel and a control chip. The control chip is coupled to the electronic paper display panel. The control chip is configured to generate a clock signal and simulate a driving signal according to the clock signal and panel control data. The control chip drives the electronic paper display panel by utilizing the clock signal and the driving signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Han Hsu, Mu-Chen Tan, Ming-Hung Chen
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Publication number: 20170193894Abstract: An electronic paper display apparatus including an electronic paper display panel to display an image page, a display driver coupled to the electronic paper display panel, and a data processor coupled to the display driver. The display driver drives the electronic paper display panel to display a plurality of image frames according to image data, so as to display the image page. The data processor converts a first look-up table into a second look-up table and merges a current frame and a previous frame into a combined frame. The data processor generates the image data according to the combined frame and the second look-up table and outputs the image data. The image frames include the current frame and the previous frame. A driving method of the electronic paper display apparatus is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Han Hsu, Mon-Wei Wu, Yi-Te Lee, Wei-Cheng Lin, Chi-Wei Lin
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Patent number: 9491879Abstract: An electronic card including a substrate and a display panel is provided. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side, wherein the first surface and the second surface are surrounded by the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side. The display panel is disposed on the first surface and is roughly near the first side, the third side and the fourth side. Therefore, a disposition area of the display panel is wider.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Hsiao-Lung Cheng, Wei-Chieh Liao, Chi-Mao Hung, Chun-An Wei
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Patent number: 9454057Abstract: An electrophoretic display (EPD) including a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of pixel units is provided. The first electrodes are arranged in parallel and configured to receive a plurality of first electrode driving signals. The second electrodes are arranged in parallel and disposed perpendicular to the first electrodes, and the second electrodes are configured to receive a plurality of second electrode scanning signals. The pixel units are respectively arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrodes as an array. Each pixel unit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The first terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to the corresponding first electrode. The first terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor, and the second terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the corresponding second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Yan-Liang Wu, Chi-Mao Hung, Wei-Min Sun, Pei-Lin Tien, Chih-Yuan Hsu
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Patent number: 9285648Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer, a second electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer and separated from the first electrode and a third electrode disposed between the display medium layer and the second substrate is provided. The display medium layer includes electrophoretic fluid and charged particles mixed into the electrophoretic fluid. Moreover, driving methods used to drive the electro-optical apparatus and another electro-optical apparatus are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Nien-En Liu, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yao-Jen Hsieh
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Patent number: 9218773Abstract: The present invention provides a driving apparatus, the driving apparatus is used for outputting a driving signal to drive an electro-phoretic display, and the driving apparatus includes a driving signal generator, a temperature sensor, and a selector. The driving signal generator generates a plurality of periodic alternative current signals and a plurality of direct current signals. The temperature sensor generates a temperature parameter by sensing an environment temperature. The selector is coupled to the driving signal generator and the temperature sensor. The selector selects one of the periodic alternative current signals or one of the direct current signals as the driving signal according to the temperature parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Wei-Min Sun, Chi-Mao Hung, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Yan-Liang Wu, Pei-Lin Tien
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Patent number: 9197704Abstract: An electronic label system and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic label system includes a control unit and a plurality of electronic label units. The control unit is used for sending display information. The electronic label units are coupled to the control unit to receive the display information and display according to the corresponding display information, respectively. The electronic label units respectively output a plurality of state information to the control unit so that the control unit can monitor operation states of the electronic label units according to the state information.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Wei-Min Sun, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ming-Jong Jou, Chi-Mao Hung
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Patent number: 9082352Abstract: A driving method for an electro-phoretic display apparatus is disclosed. The method includes generating a common voltage by a common voltage generator held at a first voltage level before a polarity transfer, generating the common voltage held at a second voltage level when the polarity transfer starts during a first timing period, and generating the common voltage transfers held at a third voltage level during a second timing period after the first timing period, in which the second voltage level is between the first and the third voltageE levels.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Ping-Yueh Cheng, Chun-An Wei, Wen-Pin Chiu, Feng-Shou Lin
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Patent number: 9019198Abstract: A driving method of a passive displayed panel and a display apparatus are provided. The passive display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged into an array. The driving method includes following steps. Whether to display a first color frame or a second color frame on the passive display panel is determined according to a display frame. Whether to display a first color at each row or each column of the pixels of the passive display panel is determined according to the display frame. Whether to display a second color at each row or each column of the pixels of the passive display panel is determined according to the display frame. The first color or the second color is displayed column by column or row by row on the passive display panel at those portions of the display frame that do not display the first color or the second color.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Wen-Pin Chiu, Chen-Hai Tsai, Chun-An Wei
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Publication number: 20150098122Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer, a second electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer and separated from the first electrode and a third electrode disposed between the display medium layer and the second substrate is provided. The display medium layer includes electrophoretic fluid and charged particles mixed into the electrophoretic fluid. Moreover, driving methods used to drive the electro-optical apparatus and another electro-optical apparatus are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Nien-En Liu, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yao-Jen Hsieh
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Patent number: 8973837Abstract: An electronic card including a first substrate, a control unit, a display unit and a driving circuit is provided. The control unit is disposed on the first substrate, receives an external voltage so as to convert the external voltage into an operation voltage, and selectively receives or provides display data. The driving circuit is disposed on the first substrate, coupled to the control unit and the display unit, and outputs a driving signal to the display unit to drive the display unit according the operation voltage and the display data.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Yu-Chun Tsai, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Shao-Wei Su, Chun-An Wei
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Patent number: 8928641Abstract: A multiplex electrophoretic display driver circuit comprises a memory unit, a display controller and a voltage driving unit. The memory unit has two registers respectively storing the current and former gray-level matrix signals. The gray-level matrix signal contains gray-level data corresponding to electrophoretic pixels. The display controller has an encoding circuit and a counting circuit. The encoding circuit generates a difference-value matrix signal containing difference values according to a difference between the current and former gray-level matrix signals and then generates a voltage-difference matrix signal containing voltage-difference signals corresponding to the electrophoretic pixels. The counting circuit receives the difference-value matrix signal and counts to generate refreshing values corresponding to the difference values. The encoding circuit adds the refreshing values to a next-cycled difference-value matrix signal to generate a new voltage-difference matrix signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: SIPIX Technology Inc.Inventors: Wen-Pin Chiu, Ping-Yueh Cheng, Feng-Shou Lin, Craig Lin, Bryan Chan
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Publication number: 20140376164Abstract: A display panel including a driving substrate, a display film, a first protection film, a first adhesion layer, and a sidewall structure is provided. The display film is disposed on the driving substrate. The first protection film is adhered on the display film through the first adhesion layer. The display film is located between the driving substrate and the first protection film. A material of the first adhesion layer is thermal melt-able. The sidewall structure is in contact with a side surface of the display film and includes the material of the first adhesion layer which is melted and re-solidified. In addition, a manufacture method of the display panel includes irradiating the driving substrate the first protection film and the first adhesion layer with a laser to form the sidewall structure in contact with the side surface of the display film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Jiun-Ru Huang, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yu-Chi Chiu, Yao-Jen Hsieh
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Publication number: 20140204012Abstract: An electrophoretic display and method for driving panel using the same are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel and a driving circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of column data lines and a plurality of row scan lines. The driving circuit provides a plurality of data driving signals to the column data lines, and provides a plurality of scan signals to row scan lines. Each of the scan signals has a plurality of scan enable periods, and each of the scan enable periods includes a plurality of scan interval periods. Each of the scan signals is floating or grounding during the scan interval periods. Each of the data driving signals includes a plurality of data driving periods, and each of the data driving periods includes a plurality of driving interval period. Each of the data driving signals is floating or grounding during the driving interval period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Yan-Liang Wu, Chi-Mao Hung, Wei-Min Sun, Pei-Lin Tien, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Hsiao-Lung Cheng
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Publication number: 20140198088Abstract: The present invention provides a driving apparatus, the driving apparatus is used for outputting a driving signal to drive an electro-phoretic display, and the driving apparatus includes a driving signal generator, a temperature sensor, and a selector. The driving signal generator generates a plurality of periodic alternative current signals and a plurality of direct current signals. The temperature sensor generates a temperature parameter by sensing an environment temperature. The selector is coupled to the driving signal generator and the temperature sensor. The selector selects one of the periodic alternative current signals or one of the direct current signals as the driving signal according to the temperature parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SIPIX TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Wei-Min Sun, Chi-Mao Hung, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Yan-Liang Wu, Pei-Lin Tien
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Publication number: 20140104674Abstract: A display medium adapted for an electrophoretic display is provided. The display medium includes at least one particle and a random copolymer bonded with the particle, wherein the random copolymer has a structural unit originated from a first monomer and a second monomer. The first monomer is selected from at least one or a combination of a group of specific compounds consisting of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, lauryl methacrylate and octadecyl acrylate etc. and the second monomer is selected from at least one kind of a group of specific compounds composed of 2,2,2 trifluoroethyl acrylate, 2,2,3,3 tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl acrylate. A method of manufacturing the display medium and an electrophoretic display with the display medium are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: SIPIX TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Wei-Ho Ting, Ning-Wei Jan, Hui Du, Hong-Mei Zang, Tyau-Jeen Lin, Chun-Hsien Chen
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Publication number: 20140009516Abstract: A driving method of a passive displayed panel and a display apparatus are provided. The passive display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged into an array. The driving method includes following steps. Whether to display a first color frame or a second color frame on the passive display panel is determined according to a display frame. Whether to display a first color at each row or each column of the pixels of the passive display panel is determined according to the display frame. Whether to display a second color at each row or each column of the pixels of the passive display panel is determined according to the display frame. The first color or the second color is displayed column by column or row by row on the passive display panel at those portions of the display frame that do not display the first color or the second color.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: SIPIX TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Feng-Shou Lin, Wen-Pin Chiu, Chen-Hai Tsai, Chun-An Wei
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Patent number: 8605032Abstract: An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel, a storage unit, a timing controller (TCON). The display panel has a plurality of sub-pixels. The storage unit stores a plurality sets of driving waveforms, wherein the lengths of driving waveforms in the sets of driving waveforms are different from each other. The TCON has an analysis module, couples to the display panel and the storage unit, and receives an image signal having a plurality of display data. The analysis module analyzes the display data to obtain a analysis result. The TCON selects one of the sets of driving waveforms according to the analysis result, and drives the sub-pixels according to the selected set of driving waveforms.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Chun-Ting Liu, Hsu-Ping Tseng, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Chi-Mao Hung