Patents by Inventor Chao-Wei Yeh

Chao-Wei Yeh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150241719
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel divided into a first and a second regions respectively having a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in array is provided. Each sub-pixel has a first display area providing a first main alignment vector, a second display area providing a second main alignment vector, and a compensation display area. A direction of the first main alignment vector is opposite to that of the second main alignment vector. When the liquid crystal display panel states in the narrow viewing angle display mode, driving voltages of the first display areas in the first region are substantially greater than driving voltages of the second display areas in the first region, driving voltages of the first display areas in the second region are smaller than driving voltages of the second display areas in the second region, and all the compensation display areas in the first and the second regions are enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9104074
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel divided into a first and a second regions respectively having a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in array is provided. Each sub-pixel has a first display area providing a first main alignment vector, a second display area providing a second main alignment vector, and a compensation display area. A direction of the first main alignment vector is opposite to that of the second main alignment vector. When the liquid crystal display panel states in the narrow viewing angle display mode, driving voltages of the first display areas in the first region are substantially greater than driving voltages of the second display areas in the first region, driving voltages of the first display areas in the second region are smaller than driving voltages of the second display areas in the second region, and all the compensation display areas in the first and the second regions are enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9081217
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions. The first regions and the second regions are formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. In a narrow viewing mode, the luminous flux of the first regions along a first viewing direction is different from that of the first regions along a second viewing direction opposite to the first viewing direction, and the luminous flux of the second regions along the first viewing direction is substantially different from that of the first regions along the first viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu, Tien-Lun Ting, Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su
  • Patent number: 9075263
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel disposed between a first polarizer and a second polarizer and having at least one first area and at least one second area. A first light-transmission axis direction of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a second light-transmission axis direction of the second polarizer. The first light-transmission axis direction intersects a horizontal axis direction by about 45 degrees. When the display panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have different brightness in a side viewing angle direction but have the same brightness in and around a normal viewing angle direction. When the display panel is in a wide viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have substantially the same brightness in various viewing angle directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9058782
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device with an adjustable viewing angle. The display device at least includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. When the display device is operated in a wide viewing angle mode, the first and second sub-pixels each have an on-axis brightness at a predetermined gray level. When the display device is operated in a narrow viewing angle mode, the first and second sub-pixels respectively have a on-axis brightness at a first gray level and a second on-axis brightness at a second gray level. The on-axis brightness at the first gray level is substantially less than the on-axis brightness at the predetermined gray level of the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Fan, Chao-Wei Yeh, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 8988643
    Abstract: A peep-proof display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a first conductive layer, a color filter layer, an isolation film, a light modulator layer, a second conductive layer, an insulation film and a third conductive layer. The color filter layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the isolation film. The light modulator layer is disposed between the isolation film and the second conductive layer. The insulation film is disposed between the second and third conductive layers. In a first display mode, the light modulator layer is applied with an electric field parallel thereto. In a second display mode, the light modulator layer is applied with an electric field parallel thereto and an electric field perpendicular thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chao-Wei Yeh, Chen-Feng Fan, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 8976098
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adjustable viewing angle display device. The display device includes a display panel composed of a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode. Pluralities of sub-pixels are defined in the display panel. The first and second electrodes are disposed on the first substrate in the sub-pixels. The first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the second substrate. When the display device is operated in a narrow viewing angle mode, there exists a non-zero potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode, and when the sub-pixel is at gray level of zero, the potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode is not zero. A driving method for driving the display device is disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Feng Fan, Chao-Wei Yeh, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20150049288
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a patterned insulating layer and a patterned electrode layer. The patterned insulating layer includes a first area and a second area, and the patterned electrode layer includes a third layer and a fourth layer. The first area has a plurality of bar-shaped structures, the third area is a block electrode, and the fourth area is composed of a plurality of first bar-shaped electrodes. The third area is disposed opposite to the first area such that the third area is protruded according to the bar-shaped structures thereby forming a plurality of second bar-shaped electrodes. The fourth area is disposed opposite to the second area such that the first bar-shaped electrodes are formed on the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei YEH, Tien-Lun TING, Wen-Hao HSU
  • Patent number: 8873013
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel divided into a first area and a second area is provided. The first and second areas both include first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. Each first sub-pixel provides a first main alignment vector; each second sub-pixel provides a second main alignment vector having a direction opposite to that of the first main alignment vector. The LCD panel has first sub-pixel units and second sub-pixel units arranged in arrays. Each first sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from top to bottom in a column direction. Each second sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from bottom to top in the column direction. In any one of the first area and the second area, multiple first sub-pixel units and multiple second sub-pixel units are arranged together in a same row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 8830221
    Abstract: An image privacy protecting method is provided. Positions of a privacy protecting region and a normal display region are acknowledged first. When a frame of image is processed, a first image data will be displayed in the privacy protecting region is processed in a narrow viewing mode to obtain a narrow viewing driving data, and a second image data will be displayed in the normal display region is processed in a wide viewing mode to obtain a wide viewing driving data. Finally, display operations are performed in the privacy protecting region and the normal display region respectively according to the narrow viewing driving data and the wide viewing driving data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 8810760
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided. A pixel structure of the LCD panel has an asymmetrical liquid crystal alignment. The LCD panel is divided into an array of display blocks. When the LCD panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, some of the display blocks are disabled or darkened so that a displayed image is interfered by the disabled or darkened display blocks when it is viewed from the side. Thereby, an anti-peep effect is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140191933
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adjustable viewing angle display device. The display device includes a display panel composed of a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode. Pluralities of sub-pixels are defined in the display panel. The first and second electrodes are disposed on the first substrate in the sub-pixels. The first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the second substrate. When the display device is operated in a narrow viewing angle mode, there exists a non-zero potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode, and when the sub-pixel is at gray level of zero, the potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode is not zero. A driving method for driving the display device is disclosed as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Chen-Feng FAN, Chao-Wei YEH, Chih-Hsiang YANG, Chien-Huang LIAO, Wen-Hao HSU
  • Publication number: 20140192091
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device with an adjustable viewing angle. The display device at least includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel. When the display device is operated in a wide viewing angle mode, the first and second sub-pixels each have an on-axis brightness at a predetermined gray level. When the display device is operated in a narrow viewing angle mode, the first and second sub-pixels respectively have a first on-axis brightness at a first gray level and a second on-axis brightness at a second gray level. The first on-axis brightness at the first gray level is substantially less than the on-axis brightness at the predetermined gray level of the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Chen-Feng FAN, Chao-Wei YEH, Chih-Hsiang YANG, Chien-Huang LIAO, Wen-Hao HSU
  • Patent number: 8698989
    Abstract: A viewing angle switchable liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of color sub-pixels and a plurality of viewing angle control (VAC) pixels. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The liquid crystal molecules of each color sub-pixel include twisted nematic liquid crystal molecules. Each of the color sub-pixels includes a first pixel electrode disposed on an inner surface of the first substrate, and a second pixel electrode disposed on an inner surface of the second substrate. Each of the viewing angle control pixels includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the inner surface of the first substrate, and a third electrode disposed on the inner surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Norio Sugiura, Chao-Wei Yeh, Chia-Hsuan Tai, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140063386
    Abstract: A peep-proof display apparatus includes a plurality of sub-pixels disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a first conductive layer, a color filter layer, an isolation film, a light modulator layer, a second conductive layer, an insulation film and a third conductive layer. The color filter layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the isolation film. The light modulator layer is disposed between the isolation film and the second conductive layer. The insulation film is disposed between the second and third conductive layers. In a first display mode, the light modulator layer is applied with an electric field parallel thereto. In a second display mode, the light modulator layer is applied with an electric field parallel thereto and an electric field perpendicular thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: CHIH-HSIANG YANG, CHAO-WEI YEH, CHEN-FENG FAN, CHIEN-HUANG LIAO, WEN-HAO HSU
  • Publication number: 20140043568
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel disposed between a first polarizer and a second polarizer and having at least one first area and at least one second area. A first light-transmission axis direction of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a second light-transmission axis direction of the second polarizer. The first light-transmission axis direction intersects a horizontal axis direction by about 45 degrees. When the display panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have different brightness in a side viewing angle direction but have the same brightness in and around a normal viewing angle direction. When the display panel is in a wide viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have substantially the same brightness in various viewing angle directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 8599344
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel disposed between a first polarizer and a second polarizer and having at least one first area and at least one second area. A first light-transmission axis direction of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a second light-transmission axis direction of the second polarizer. The first light-transmission axis direction intersects a horizontal axis direction by about 45 degrees. When the display panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have different brightness in a side viewing angle direction but have the same brightness in and around a normal viewing angle direction. When the display panel is in a wide viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have substantially the same brightness in various viewing angle directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130100112
    Abstract: An image privacy protecting method is provided. Positions of a privacy protecting region and a normal display region are acknowledged first. When a frame of image is processed, a first image data will be displayed in the privacy protecting region is processed in a narrow viewing mode to obtain a narrow viewing driving data, and a second image data will be displayed in the normal display region is processed in a wide viewing mode to obtain a wide viewing driving data. Finally, display operations are performed in the privacy protecting region and the normal display region respectively according to the narrow viewing driving data and the wide viewing driving data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130100182
    Abstract: A compensation method for privacy-image protection is provided. The compensation method operates a display device in a narrow visual-angle mode, then determines where is data to be displayed according to a relative position between the data to be displayed and a specific object, and finally determines to use which to adjust the data to be displayed according to the determined result, and displays the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Wei YEH, Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130010219
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel divided into a first area and a second area is provided. The first and second areas both include first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. Each first sub-pixel provides a first main alignment vector; each second sub-pixel provides a second main alignment vector having a direction opposite to that of the first main alignment vector. The LCD panel has first sub-pixel units and second sub-pixel units arranged in arrays. Each first sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from top to bottom in a column direction. Each second sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from bottom to top in the column direction. In any one of the first area and the second area, multiple first sub-pixel units and multiple second sub-pixel units are arranged together in a same row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu