Patents Assigned to SuperC-Touch Corporation
  • Patent number: 10416810
    Abstract: A method for operating electronic apparatus with independent power sources and having a functional circuit and a force and touch sensing circuit, the functional circuit and the force and touch sensing circuit are respectively powered by a first power source and a second power source different with the first power source. The method comprises (a) connecting the first power source and the second power source to different grounds; (b) the force and touch sensing circuit applying a capacitive sensing excitation signal to a force sensing electrode or a touch sensing electrode; and (c) the force and touch sensing circuit detecting a sensing signal from the force sensing electrode or the touch sensing electrode. In above step (b) or (c), the first power source and the second power source have no common current loop therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10395084
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification device includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes, a shielding enhancement electrode, a fingerprint detection circuit and an auxiliary enhancement signal circuit. The shield enhancement electrode corresponds to a plurality of the fingerprint sensing electrodes. The fingerprint detection circuit is powered by a first power supply and includes a capacitive stimulation signal source. The auxiliary enhancement signal circuit is powered by a second power supply and includes an auxiliary enhancement signal source. The fingerprint detection circuit transmits a capacitive stimulation signal to a selected fingerprint sensing electrode, and receives a fingerprint sensing signal. The fingerprint sensing signal is amplified to generate a capacitive elimination shielding signal. The capacitive elimination shielding signal is transmitted to the shielding enhancement electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Cheng Lei
  • Patent number: 10394353
    Abstract: An in-cell display touch structure includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a display material layer, and a thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer has plural conductor lines arranged along a first direction and plural dashed conductor lines arranged along a second direction. Each dashed conductor line is formed by continuing plural conductor segments, and two continued conductor segments are separated from each other. Each conductor segment is arranged in the first direction and close to a gate line in parallel, each conductor line being arranged in the second direction and close to a source line in parallel. A portion of the conductor segments is used to form plural sensing areas and a portion of the conductor lines is used to form plural sensing signal connection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsiang-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 10365740
    Abstract: An in-cell touch display device includes: a lower substrate a thin film transistor layer, a common electrode layer, an electrode integration layer and a display material layer. The thin film transistor layer is arranged on the lower substrate, and includes a plurality of thin film transistors. The common electrode layer is arranged on the thin film transistor layer, and includes a plurality of common electrodes connected to each other. The electrode integration layer is arranged on the common electrode layer, and includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and a plurality of touch sense electrodes each corresponding to a group of the pixel electrodes. Each touch sense electrode is formed by a plurality of transparent mesh-like touch electrodes surrounding the corresponding pixel electrodes. The display material layer is arranged on the electrode integration layer, and includes a display material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10331263
    Abstract: An OLED display panel includes a common electrode layer, a display pixel electrode and touch sensing electrode layer, an OLED layer, a lower substrate, a thin film transistor layer, and an encapsulation layer. The common electrode layer has plural through holes defined therein. The display pixel electrode and touch sensing electrode layer includes plural display pixel electrodes and plural touch sensing electrodes, wherein each touch sensing electrode has a mesh type pattern. The OLED layer is configured between the common electrode layer and the display pixel electrode and touch sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor layer is disposed at one side of the lower substrate facing the OLED layer. The encapsulation layer is disposed at the other side of the common electrode layer facing the OLED layer. A first power circuit for the touch sensing electrodes is independent to a second power circuit for the OLED display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10325140
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus includes a substrate, a second electrode layer, and a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes parallel first electrodes, and at least parts of the first electrodes have openings or dents. The second electrode layer includes parallel second electrodes and the second electrodes cross with the first electrodes on the substrate, where the openings or the dents are defined at the cross points from projected view. The second electrode is applied with transmitting signal and the corresponding electric field lines are received by the first electrode. The electric field lines detouring the edges of the first electrodes, or detouring the openings (or the dents) have induction with the finger close to or touching the first electrodes. The number of the effective electric field lines and the effective mutual capacitance changes can be increased to enhance the fingerprint sensing accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10289241
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus for touch and force sensing includes from, top to bottom, a protection layer, a touch electrode layer, a force electrode layer, and a resilient dielectric layer, and further includes a capacitance sensing module. In touch sensing operation, the capacitance sensing module sequentially or randomly applies a touch driving signal to selected ones of the second touch electrodes, and sequentially or randomly receives a touch sensing signal from selected ones of the first touch electrodes. In force sensing operation, the capacitance sensing module sequentially or randomly applies a force capacitance-exciting signal to the at least one force sensing electrode and obtains a force sensing signal from the force sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10289893
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus includes a fingerprint identification IC chip having a contact face and a plurality of metal bumps arranged on the contact face, a thin substrate having a first face, a second face opposite to the first face and a plurality of metal pads arranged on the first face, wherein at least part of the metal pads electrically connect with the metal bumps, a protection layer having a mounting face adjacent to the second face of the thin substrate, and a plurality of conductive electrodes arranged between the thin substrate and the protection layer. The metal bumps are not directly pressed or press-soldered to the protection layer, thus preventing the transparent conductive traces of the protection layer from damaging and enhancing the package yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH-CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10289240
    Abstract: A method for operating electronic apparatus with independent power sources and having a functional circuit and a force and touch sensing circuit, the functional circuit and the force and touch sensing circuit are respectively powered by a first power source and a second power source different with the first power source. The method comprises (a) connecting the first power source and the second power source to different grounds; (b) the force and touch sensing circuit applying a capacitive sensing excitation signal to a force sensing electrode or a touch sensing electrode; and (c) the force and touch sensing circuit detecting a sensing signal from the force sensing electrode or the touch sensing electrode. In above step (b) or (c), the first power source and the second power source have no common current loop therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10282580
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification device includes a substrate, at least two electrode areas, at least one dedicated sensing signal line, plural electrode selection switch groups, and plural signal lines. Each electrode area has plural electrodes. The signal lines are divided into plural first directional signal lines and plural second directional signal lines. The first directional signal lines are perpendicular to the second directional signal lines. The plural electrode selection switch groups sequentially or dynamically select at least one electrode as a sensing electrode block in each electrode area. The plural electrode selection switch groups configure the electrodes surrounding the sensing electrode block as at least two corresponding deflection electrode blocks. Each sensing electrode block is corresponding to at least two deflection electrode blocks. Each deflection electrode block has plural electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10268297
    Abstract: A mutual-capacitance organic light emitting touch display apparatus includes a thin film transistor substrate, a common electrode layer, an organic light emitting material layer, and at least a touch electrode layer, including a plurality of first touch electrodes arranged along a first direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes arranged along a second direction; a thin film encapsulation layer; a display controller having a display power source, and electrically connected to a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and the common electrode layer of the thin film transistor substrate; and a touch controller including a touch power source. The touch controller applies a touch driving signal to a selected first touch electrode, and senses a touch sensing signal at a second touch electrode, and outputs the touch sensing signal to the common electrode layer or a reference point of the display controller by a non-inverting amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
  • Patent number: 10268298
    Abstract: A mutual-capacitance touch apparatus and highly sensitive mutual-capacitance touch sensing method thereof, the method includes: providing a touch apparatus including: a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, a touch controller including a touch driving signal generator, a touch receiver, and an amplifier with gain larger than zero. The touch controller sequentially or randomly applies a touch driving signal to a selected first touch electrode, and senses a touch sensing signal at a second touch electrode by the touch receiver, and processes the touch sensing signal by the amplifier with gain larger than zero, then outputs the processed touch sensing signal to at least a conductor close to the second touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
  • Patent number: 10248827
    Abstract: An interference-free fingerprint identification device includes a TFT substrate, a TFT layer having plural TFTs, a sensing electrode layer having plural fingerprint sensing electrodes, a gate line layer having plural gate lines, a data line layer having plural data lines, and a first shielding layer. Each fingerprint sensing electrode corresponds to a plurality of the TFTs, and is connected to sources or drains of at least two corresponding TFTs. At least two gate lines are electrically connected to gates of a plurality of the TFTs corresponding to a fingerprint sensing electrode. Each data line is electrically connected to a source or drain of a TFT in a plurality of the TFTs corresponding to a fingerprint sensing electrode. The first shielding layer is electrically connected to a source or drain of a TFT in a plurality of the TFTs corresponding to each fingerprint sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10248242
    Abstract: A force-touch sensing apparatus with metal traces includes an upper substrate, a metal trace layer, a transparent touch-electrode layer, an insulating layer, a transparent force-electrode layer, a resilient dielectric material layer, and a capacitance sensing circuit. The capacitance sensing circuit sequentially or randomly applies a touch capacitance-exciting signal to a selected transparent touch sensing electrode and receives a touch sensing signal from the selected transparent touch sensing electrode for a touch sensing operation. The capacitance sensing circuit applies a force capacitance-exciting signal to the at least one transparent force sensing electrode, and sequentially or randomly applies a counter-exciting signal to the transparent touch sensing electrode and receives a force sensing signal from the at least one transparent force sensing electrode for a force sensing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10209805
    Abstract: An integral sensing apparatus for touch and force sensing includes a touch electrode layer having first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes arranged, a protection layer arranged on one side of the touch electrode layer, a force electrode layer having at least one force sensing electrode, a resilient dielectric layer arranged between the touch electrode layer and the force electrode layer, and a capacitance sensing module. In touch sensing operation, the capacitance sensing module sequentially or randomly sends a touch driving signal to selected ones of the second touch electrodes, and sequentially or randomly receives a touch sensing signal from selected ones of the first touch electrodes. In force sensing operation, the capacitance sensing module sends a force capacitance-exciting signal to the at least one force sensing electrode and obtains a force sensing signal from the force sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10191604
    Abstract: A sensing device is provided with functions of force measurement, touch control and fingerprint identification. A first electrode layer has plural first electrodes. A switch and wire layer includes plural switch circuits, plural switch control lines and plural sensing signal lines. Each switch circuit is corresponding to an adjacent first electrode and electrically connected to the corresponding first electrode through a contact. Each switch control line includes two control wires and is electrically connected to two switch circuits. Each sensing signal line includes one sensing wire and is electrically connected to the two switch circuits. A force electrode layer has a force electrode. A compressible dielectric layer is arranged between the first electrode layer and the force electrode layer. The compressible dielectric layer is deformed when a force is applied, and restored to the original shape after the force is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10191601
    Abstract: An electronic device with touch control circuit powered by dedicated power source includes a functional circuit, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a touch sensing control circuit. The functional circuit is powered by a first power source. The touch sensing electrodes are provided for sensing a touch from an external object. The touch sensing control circuit is powered by a second power source which is different from the first power source. The touch sensing control circuit is connected to the touch sensing electrodes for driving the touch sensing electrodes to sense the touch, wherein there is no common current loop between the first power source and the second power source during an operation of touch sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10192092
    Abstract: A high-efficiency fingerprint identification device includes an electrode substrate, plural 1-to-N switch circuits formed on the electrode substrate, plural sensing electrodes and plural wires. Each 1-to-N switch circuit has one first end, N second ends and m control ends. The m control ends control connection between the N second ends and the first end. Each sensing electrode corresponds to a nearby 1-to-N switch circuit. The wires are divided into sensing and driving lines and control lines. The sensing electrodes in each column correspond to a sensing and driving line. The sensing and driving line is connected to one of the N second ends of the 1-to-N switch circuits in the column. The sensing electrodes in each row correspond to m control lines. Each control line is connected to ones of the m control ends of the 1-to-N switch circuits in the row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10180751
    Abstract: A sensing device for force and tactile-proximity sensing includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a first electrode layer having a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a second electrode layer having at least one second sensing electrode, a dielectric layer arranged between the upper substrate and the lower substrates, and a capacitance sensing circuit. In tactile-proximity sensing operation, the capacitance sensing circuit sends a touch control capacitance-exciting signal to a selected first sensing electrode and obtains a tactile-proximity sensing signal therefrom, wherein an tactile-proximity auxiliary signal with same phase as the touch control capacitance-exciting signal is sent to the at least one corresponding second sensing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 10156949
    Abstract: A force-touch sensor with multilayered electrodes includes an upper substrate, a first electrode layer arranged on one face of the upper substrate and having a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a second electrode layer arranged opposite to the first electrode layer and having a plurality of second sensing electrodes, each second sensing electrode being electrically connected with one corresponding first sensing electrode to constitute a touch-sensing electrode, a plurality of touching sensing traces, each electrically connected with one touch-sensing electrode and electrically isolated with other touch-sensing electrodes, a resilient dielectric layer arranged on one face of the second electrode layer and opposite to the upper substrate, and a third electrode layer arranged on the resilient dielectric layer and having at least one force-sensing electrode. The force-touch sensor with has enhanced performance due to the multilayered electrodes structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin