Patents by Inventor Chia-Hsun Tu
Chia-Hsun Tu 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).
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Publication number: 20230386371Abstract: A display method and a display system for an anti-dizziness reference image are provided. The display system includes a display, a range extraction unit, an information analyzing unit, an object analyzing unit and an image setting unit. The display is used to display the anti-dizziness reference image. The range extraction unit is used to obtain a gaze background range of a user. The image setting unit is used to set an image hue, an image lightness, an image brightness, an image content or an ambient lighting display content of the anti-dizziness reference image according to a background hue information, a background lightness information, a background brightness information, or a road information of the gaze background range; or set an image ratio between the anti-dizziness reference image and a display area of the display according to an object distance or an object area of the watched object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Ya-Rou HSU, Chien-Ju LEE, Hong-Ming DAI, Yu-Hsiang TSAI, Chia-Hsun TU, Kuan-Ting CHEN
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Patent number: 11651612Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes, a plurality of data lines respectively sandwiched by a first capacitance-shielding wire and a second capacitance-shielding wire, a fingerprint sensing circuit including a driver circuit with a gain larger than zero or equal to zero. During fingerprint sensing, the fingerprint sensing circuit sends a capacitance-exciting signal to a selected fingerprint sensing electrode, receiving a fingerprint sensing signal from the selected fingerprint sensing electrode, processing the fingerprint sensing signal with the driver circuit into a capacitance-eliminating signal and applying the capacitance-eliminating signal to the first capacitance-shielding wire and the second capacitance-shielding wire respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Chia-Hsun Tu, Ping-Tsun Lin
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Publication number: 20220083757Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus includes a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes, a plurality of data lines respectively sandwiched by a first capacitance-shielding wire and a second capacitance-shielding wire, a fingerprint sensing circuit including a driver circuit with a gain larger than zero or equal to zero. During fingerprint sensing, the fingerprint sensing circuit sends a capacitance-exciting signal to a selected fingerprint sensing electrode, receiving a fingerprint sensing signal from the selected fingerprint sensing electrode, processing the fingerprint sensing signal with the driver circuit into a capacitance-eliminating signal and applying the capacitance-eliminating signal to the first capacitance-shielding wire and the second capacitance-shielding wire respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Chia-Hsun TU, Ping-Tsun LIN
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Patent number: 11003885Abstract: A high-precision fingerprint sensing method includes providing a fingerprint sensor (10) having a plurality of transistor switches (Q), a plurality of sensing electrodes (SE), a plurality of gate lines (GL), a plurality of data lines (DL), arranging at least one sampling conductor (SC) near the gate lines (GL) to form a coupling capacitance between the sampling conductor (SC) and the gate lines (GL) and to render the sampling conductor (SC) sensing noise on the adjacent gate lines (GL), inverting the noise signal (Vn) obtained from the sampling conductor (SC) into a noise-suppressing signal (Vc) and sending the noise-suppressing signal (Vc) to the fingerprint sensor (10) to suppress noise of the fingerprint sensor (10) and enhance fingerprint sensing accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10984212Abstract: The present invention provides a fingerprint detection device, including: a substrate, a switch circuit layer, a sensing electrode layer, a heat dissipating antistatic structure layer, and a protective layer. The switch circuit layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensing electrode layer is disposed on the switch circuit layer, and includes a plurality of sensing electrodes. The heat dissipating antistatic structure layer is disposed on the sensing electrode layer, and includes a conductive mesh and a plurality of shunt heat sinks. The conductive mesh is formed with a plurality of mesh openings, and configured to shunt charges. The shunt heat sinks are adjacent to the conductive mesh, and correspond to the sensing electrodes. The shunt heat sinks are electrically insulated from each other, electrically insulated from the conductive mesh, and electrically insulated from the sensing electrodes. The protective layer is disposed on the heat dissipating antistatic structure layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Publication number: 20210097249Abstract: The present invention provides a fingerprint detection device, including: a substrate, a switch circuit layer, a sensing electrode layer, a heat dissipating antistatic structure layer, and a protective layer. The switch circuit layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensing electrode layer is disposed on the switch circuit layer, and includes a plurality of sensing electrodes. The heat dissipating antistatic structure layer is disposed on the sensing electrode layer, and includes a conductive mesh and a plurality of shunt heat sinks. The conductive mesh is formed with a plurality of mesh openings, and configured to shunt charges. The shunt heat sinks are adjacent to the conductive mesh, and correspond to the sensing electrodes. The shunt heat sinks are electrically insulated from each other, electrically insulated from the conductive mesh, and electrically insulated from the sensing electrodes. The protective layer is disposed on the heat dissipating antistatic structure layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Hsun TU
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Patent number: 10725597Abstract: A hovering and touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, a system circuit and a touch control circuit. When an operating object approaches to or touches the touch sensing electrodes for hovering or touch sensing operation, there is no common circuit loop between the system circuit and the touch control circuit to prevent the influence of the system circuit to the touch-sensing circuit. Besides, the touch control circuit sends a capacitance-exciting signal to the operating object through a first specific conductor of the system circuit, thus more effectively send the capacitance-exciting signal to the operating object and enhance the preciseness for sensing the touch sensing signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10685207Abstract: A fingerprint sensing structure includes a flexible substrate divided into a fingerprint-sensing region and a non-fingerprint-sensing region. In the non-fingerprint-sensing region, the fingerprint sensing structure includes a plurality of organic insulating layers, a wiring layer having conductive wires and at least one inorganic insulating layer, where the wiring layer is sandwiched between two organic insulating layers to render the portion of the fingerprint sensing structure corresponding to non-fingerprint-sensing region to have bending with curvature radius not larger than 2 mm. In the finger sensing region, the fingerprint sensing structure includes a thin film transistor layer and a sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor layer includes a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of conductive wires respectively along a first direction and a second direction. The sensing electrode layer has a plurality of sensing electrodes to sense surface features of living organism.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10671223Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus with force and touch sensing includes a touch protection layer, a touch electrode layer, a resilient material layer, a force electrode layer, a thin-film-encapsulation layer, a common electrode layer, an organic light emitting material layer and a thin film transistor substrate from top to bottom. The thin film transistor substrate includes a pixel electrode layer, a thin film transistor layer and a transistor substrate from top to bottom. The organic light emitting display apparatus further includes a display controller to drive the organic light emitting material layer and a force touch controller for sensing touch position on the touch electrode layer and force exerted on the force electrode layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10664678Abstract: A rapid identification method for fingerprint first provides a fingerprint identification apparatus having a fingerprint sensing area and divides the fingerprint sensing area into fingerprint sensing sub-regions. In a registration stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing for the entire fingerprint sensing area to obtain fingerprint image for a whole fingerprint sensing area, fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae and then pre-stores those data. In an identification stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing on a part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions for a user to be identified and detects fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae in the part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10631608Abstract: A foldable display device includes a shell. The shell has an expanding state and a folding state. A first direction and a second direction are defined to be orthogonal. When the shell is at the expanding state, the shell has a first length L1 along the first direction and a second length L2 along the second direction. The ratio of the first length L1 to the second length L2 is between 1.3 and 2. When the shell is at the folding state, the shell has a third length L3 along the second direction and a fourth length L4 along the first direction. The ratio of the third length L3 to the fourth length L4 is also between 1.3 and 2.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Po-Yang Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu, Keh-Long Hwu
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Publication number: 20200065549Abstract: A rapid identification method for fingerprint first provides a fingerprint identification apparatus having a fingerprint sensing area and divides the fingerprint sensing area into fingerprint sensing sub-regions. In a registration stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing for the entire fingerprint sensing area to obtain fingerprint image for a whole fingerprint sensing area, fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae and then pre-stores those data. In an identification stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing on a part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions for a user to be identified and detects fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae in the part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Hsun TU
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Patent number: 10545620Abstract: A hovering and touch sensing apparatus with auxiliary capacitance-exciting signal includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, a system circuit and a touch control circuit. When an operating object approaches or touches the touch sensing electrodes for hovering or touch sensing, there is no common circuit loop between the system circuit and the touch-sensing circuit to prevent the influence of the system circuit to the touch control circuit. The touch control circuit sends a capacitance-exciting signal to the operating object through a first specific conductor. The touch control circuit sends an auxiliary capacitance-exciting signal to a selected touch-sensing electrode and a touch-sensing circuit receives a touch sensing signal from the selected touch-sensing electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Publication number: 20200026372Abstract: A hovering and touch sensing apparatus with auxiliary capacitance-exciting signal includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, a system circuit and a touch control circuit. When an operating object approaches or touches the touch sensing electrodes for hovering or touch sensing, there is no common circuit loop between the system circuit and the touch-sensing circuit to prevent the influence of the system circuit to the touch control circuit. The touch control circuit sends a capacitance-exciting signal to the operating object through a first specific conductor. The touch control circuit sends an auxiliary capacitance-exciting signal to a selected touch-sensing electrode and a touch-sensing circuit receives a touch sensing signal from the selected touch-sensing electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Hsun TU
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Publication number: 20200026373Abstract: A hovering and touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, a system circuit and a touch control circuit. When an operating object approaches to or touches the touch sensing electrodes for hovering or touch sensing operation, there is no common circuit loop between the system circuit and the touch control circuit to prevent the influence of the system circuit to the touch-sensing circuit. Besides, the touch control circuit sends a capacitance-exciting signal to the operating object through a first specific conductor of the system circuit, thus more effectively send the capacitance-exciting signal to the operating object and enhance the preciseness for sensing the touch sensing signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Hsun TU
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Patent number: 10509936Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus having a conductive structure includes an insulated casing, a conductive wire, and a fingerprint identification module. The insulated casing has a first surface with a fingerprint detection region and a second surface. The conductive wire has a first wire segment and a second wire segment. The first wire segment forms on the first surface and contacts with the fingerprint detection region. The second wire segment forms on the second surface and electrically connects to the first wire segment. The fingerprint identification module is disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the second wire segment. Therefore, the conductive structure for fingerprint identification is provided to increase accuracy and security of the fingerprint identification and reduce manufacturing costs.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10509937Abstract: A curved-surface OLED display device with fingerprint identification includes a substrate, a thin film transistor layer, a pixel electrode layer, an OLED display material layer, a common electrode layer, an encapsulation layer, a curved touch detection and fingerprint detection layer and a curved protective layer. The thin film transistor layer includes plural thin film transistors, plural scan lines, and plural data lines. The pixel electrode layer includes plural pixel electrodes. The curved touch detection and fingerprint detection layer includes plural sense electrodes and plural traces for performing the touch detection operation and fingerprint identification operation. A partial area of the curved touch detection and fingerprint detection layer and the curved protective layer exhibits a curved-surface shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10503951Abstract: A rapid identification method for fingerprint first provides a fingerprint identification apparatus having a fingerprint sensing area and divides the fingerprint sensing area into fingerprint sensing sub-regions. In a registration stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing for the entire fingerprint sensing area to obtain fingerprint image for a whole fingerprint sensing area, fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae and then pre-stores those data. In an identification stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing on a part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions for a user to be identified and detects fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae in the part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Publication number: 20190266380Abstract: A rapid identification method for fingerprint first provides a fingerprint identification apparatus having a fingerprint sensing area and divides the fingerprint sensing area into fingerprint sensing sub-regions. In a registration stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing for the entire fingerprint sensing area to obtain fingerprint image for a whole fingerprint sensing area, fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae and then pre-stores those data. In an identification stage, the method performs fingerprint sensing on a part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions for a user to be identified and detects fingerprint minutiae and relevant locations for the fingerprint minutiae in the part of the fingerprint sensing sub-regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu
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Patent number: 10268297Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: SUPERC-TOUCH CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Yu Lee, Shang Chin, Ping-Tsun Lin, Chia-Hsun Tu