Patents by Inventor Chi-Wen Lin

Chi-Wen Lin 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: 20250035926
    Abstract: A head-up display system including a polarizing optical engine and a first rotatable diffuser is provided. The polarizing optical engine is configured to provide a polarized image beam. The first rotatable diffuser is disposed on a path of the polarized image beam and configured to rotate when the polarized image beam passes through the first rotatable diffuser. The first rotatable diffuser is made of isotropic material, and the polarized image beam from the first rotatable diffuser obliquely strikes a windshield and is then reflected by the windshield to an eye of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventor: Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 12197081
    Abstract: A light-emitting module including a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a window plate, and an encapsulant is provided. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the substrate and have a plurality of light colors. The window plate is disposed on light-emitting surfaces of the light emitting elements. The encapsulant wraps the light-emitting elements and surrounds the window plate. A front-lit liquid-crystal-on-silicon module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Chi-Wen Lin, Chien-Tang Wang
  • Patent number: 12117644
    Abstract: A light source module includes a light-emitting device, a light guide pipe, a wave plate, and a polarizer. The light-emitting device emits a beam. The light guide pipe includes a recessed curved surface, an output surface, a first convex surface, and a second convex surface. The recessed curved surface faces the light-emitting device. The output surface is opposite to the recessed curved surface. The first convex surface connects the recessed curved surface with the output surface. The second convex surface connects the recessed curved surface with the output surface and is opposite to the first convex surface, wherein the beam enters the light guide pipe through the recessed curved surface, and leaves the light guide pipe through the output surface. The wave plate is disposed on a path of the beam from the output surface. The polarizer is disposed on a path of the beam from the wave plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuet-Wing Li, Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11962945
    Abstract: A projection apparatus including a liquid crystal on silicon panel and a processor is provided. The liquid crystal on silicon panel is configured to display a plurality of phase images. The phase images include a first phase image and a second phase image. The processor is coupled to the liquid crystal on silicon panel. The processor is configured to generate and output the phase images to drive the liquid crystal on silicon panel to display the phase images. The processor generates the first phase image according to a first phase information, and the processor generates the second phase image according to the first phase image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
  • Patent number: 11678439
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate, a plurality of contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate, and a solder mask. The contacts have a plurality of plating regions and a metal layer on the plating regions, and the plating regions have at least two different sizes. The solder mask covers the surface of the substrate and covers edges of the plating regions, in which topmost surfaces of the contacts are below a top surface of the solder mask, and a gap between the topmost surfaces of the contacts and the top surface of the solder mask is larger than 0 ?m and is smaller than 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Chi Hu, Jui-Chung Lee, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 11656479
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a coherent light source, a display unit, a light-diffusing element, and at least one optical element. The coherent light source is configured to provide coherent light beams. The display unit is configured to form a three-dimensional image beam based on interference of the coherent light beams, wherein the three-dimensional image beam is imaged on an intermediate imaging surface after passing through the display unit. The light-diffusing element is located on the intermediate imaging surface, wherein a diffusion angle of the three-dimensional image beam is sequentially changed by passing through the light-diffusing element. The at least one optical element is located on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image beam from the light-diffusing element, and is configured to project the three-dimensional image light beam passing through the display unit out of the display apparatus to display a three-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Publication number: 20220385865
    Abstract: A projection apparatus including a liquid crystal on silicon panel and a processor is provided. The liquid crystal on silicon panel is configured to display a plurality of phase images. The phase images include a first phase image and a second phase image. The processor is coupled to the liquid crystal on silicon panel. The processor is configured to generate and output the phase images to drive the liquid crystal on silicon panel to display the phase images. The processor generates the first phase image according to a first phase information, and the processor generates the second phase image according to the first phase image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang
  • Publication number: 20220183162
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate, a plurality of contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate, and a solder mask. The contacts have a plurality of plating regions and a metal layer on the plating regions, and the plating regions have at least two different sizes. The solder mask covers the surface of the substrate and covers edges of the plating regions, in which topmost surfaces of the contacts are below a top surface of the solder mask, and a gap between the topmost surfaces of the contacts and the top surface of the solder mask is larger than 0 ?m and is smaller than 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Pei-Chi HU, Jui-Chung LEE, Chi-Wen LIN
  • Patent number: 11340555
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) holographic display system includes a projector that generates an image with a form of spatially varying modulation on a light beam; holographic processor that performs a holographic method on the image generated by the projector; and memory device that stores holographic data generated in a process of performing the holographic method by the holographic processor. An amplitude of a light field is adaptively replaced by the holographic processor according to significance of respective areas of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Che-Yung Shen, Shang-Hao Huang, Shang-Ting Wu, Shuo-En Lin, Yi Cheng, Yi-Pai Huang, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 11328634
    Abstract: The projection device includes a light source, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) panel, and a circuit. The circuit is configured to obtain a target image including a target pattern, and generate two content images. Each content image includes a duplicated pattern of the target pattern, and the duplicated patterns are off-axis shifted to the same coordinate when performing a computer-generated hologram (CGH) algorithm, so as to generate a phase image. The LCoS panel is driven according to the phase image to display a reconstructive image at a reconstructive distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Biing-Seng Wu, Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan Chiang
  • Publication number: 20220117093
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a circuit board includes forming a conductive layer on a surface of a substrate, and patterning the conductive layer to define a plurality of plating regions and a plurality of plating lines. The plating regions have at least two different sizes, a first group of the plating regions are interconnected by a first plating line of the plating lines, and a second group of the plating regions are interconnected by a second plating line of the plating lines. A ratio of a total area of the first group of the plating regions to a total area of the second group of the plating regions is from about 1 to about 5. A solder mask is formed on the surface of the substrate to cover the plating lines and partially expose the plating regions. At least one metal layer is electroplated on the exposed plating regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Pei-Chi HU, Jui-Chung LEE, Chi-Wen LIN
  • Patent number: 11304310
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a circuit board includes forming a conductive layer on a surface of a substrate, and patterning the conductive layer to define a plurality of plating regions and a plurality of plating lines. The plating regions have at least two different sizes, a first group of the plating regions are interconnected by a first plating line of the plating lines, and a second group of the plating regions are interconnected by a second plating line of the plating lines. A ratio of a total area of the first group of the plating regions to a total area of the second group of the plating regions is from about 1 to about 5. A solder mask is formed on the surface of the substrate to cover the plating lines and partially expose the plating regions. At least one metal layer is electroplated on the exposed plating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Chi Hu, Jui-Chung Lee, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Publication number: 20210333569
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a coherent light source, a display unit, a light-diffusing element, and at least one optical element. The coherent light source is configured to provide coherent light beams. The display unit is configured to form a three-dimensional image beam based on interference of the coherent light beams, wherein the three-dimensional image beam is imaged on an intermediate imaging surface after passing through the display unit. The light-diffusing element is located on the intermediate imaging surface, wherein a diffusion angle of the three-dimensional image beam is sequentially changed by passing through the light-diffusing element. The at least one optical element is located on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image beam from the light-diffusing element, and is configured to project the three-dimensional image light beam passing through the display unit out of the display apparatus to display a three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 11029908
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) apparatus is provided. The HMD apparatus includes a first lens, a second lens, a first micro-display disposed on the first lens, a second micro-display disposed on the second lens, a first light source, a second light source, and an eyeglass frame. A first side of the first micro-display corresponding to a first rubbing alignment processing direction and a first side of the second micro-display corresponding to a second rubbing alignment processing direction are symmetric with respect to a center line of the eyeglass frame between the first lens and the second lens. A first incident light emitted by the first light source is obliquely emitted from the first side of the first micro-display toward the first micro-display and a second incident light emitted by the second light source is obliquely emitted from the first side of the second micro-display toward the second micro-display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Himax Display, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Wen-Hsu Chen, Yuet-Wing Li, Kuan-Hsu Fan Chiang
  • Publication number: 20210064320
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) apparatus is provided. The HMD apparatus includes a first lens, a second lens, a first micro-display disposed on the first lens, a second micro-display disposed on the second lens, a first light source, a second light source, and an eyeglass frame. A first side of the first micro-display corresponding to a first rubbing alignment processing direction and a first side of the second micro-display corresponding to a second rubbing alignment processing direction are symmetric with respect to a center line of the eyeglass frame between the first lens and the second lens. A first incident light emitted by the first light source is obliquely emitted from the first side of the first micro-display toward the first micro-display and a second incident light emitted by the second light source is obliquely emitted from the first side of the second micro-display toward the second micro-display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Chi-Wen LIN, Wen-Hsu CHEN, Yuet-Wing LI, Kuan-Hsu FAN CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20210055688
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) holographic display system includes a projector that generates an image with a form of spatially varying modulation on a light beam; holographic processor that performs a holographic method on the image generated by the projector; and memory device that stores holographic data generated in a process of performing the holographic method by the holographic processor. An amplitude of a light field is adaptively replaced by the holographic processor according to significance of respective areas of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Che-Yung Shen, Shang-Hao Huang, Shang-Ting Wu, Shuo-En Lin, Yi Cheng, Yi-Pai Huang, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9796061
    Abstract: A device for calibrating a drill bit of a chuck includes an intermediate sleeve including two rear curved elements, a front shoulder, internal threads rearward of the shoulder, and an externally threaded extension projecting out of a front end; a front window including a diametrical calibrating line; an externally threaded rim secured to the internal threads to urge the window against the shoulder; and a ring having internal threads secured to the extension. A fastening of the chuck and the device, a loosening of the retainer ring, and a rotation of the rear holding member to rotate the drill bit can align the drill bit with the calibrating line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventors: Chi-Kuo Lin, Chi-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9706182
    Abstract: A projection apparatus and a projection method of the projection apparatus are provided. A control unit adjusts a grayscale characteristic of a light valve according to a temperature of the light valve, so as to improve a contrast and grayscale accuracy of a screen image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: HIMAX DISPLAY, INC, HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Kuan-Hsu Fan-Chiang, Yuet-Wing Li, Mao-Jung Chung, Kuan-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 9630288
    Abstract: A grinding machine of one embodiment includes an abrasive wheel; a rectangular base including a top wall having a central through hole and an upper shoulder; a mounting member secured to the central through hole; an electric motor including a drive shaft passing through the mounting member to secure to the abrasive wheel; first and third workpiece holding units each including a board secured to the base; an adjustment knob on the board; and an L-shaped seat secured to the board and having a transverse channel, a front curved slot, a rear projection pivotably secured to the board, and a pin secured to the board and disposed in the slot; a second workpiece holding unit secured to the shoulder and including a vertical tunnel; and a fourth workpiece holding unit secured to the shoulder and including a vertical tunnel, an adjustment knob, and a fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Chi-Kuo Lin
  • Patent number: D776175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Lin, Chi-Kuo Lin