Patents by Inventor Chien-Hong Chen

Chien-Hong Chen 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: 20100265422
    Abstract: A liquid crystal (LC) display panel including a lower substrate with pixel structures, an upper substrate, and an LC layer is provided. Each of the pixel structures includes a transistor and a pixel electrode. The pixel electrode includes first and second pixel electrodes insulated from each other, respectively including a first pattern and a second pattern that different and complementary to each other. Each of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode has at least a trunk with a width smaller than or equal to 10 microns and a plurality of branches. The LC layer is positioned between the upper and the lower substrates and includes a plurality of LC molecules and a plurality of polymers, which are formed on surfaces of at least one of the upper and the lower substrates to cause the plurality of LC molecules to have a pretilt angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Hong Chen, Jian-Cheng Chen, Rung-Nan Lu
  • Publication number: 20100201918
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having a plurality of pixels includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other. The first substrate has a common electrode layer which has a first common area and a second common area. The second substrate has a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of signal lines and a pixel electrode layer. The data lines and the scan lines are disposed in array and around the pixels. The signal lines traverse the pixels, respectively. For each of the pixels, the pixel electrode layer overlaps the data line and/or the scan line, and is divided into a first pixel area and a second pixel area by the signal line. The first common area is disposed corresponding to the second pixel area. The first pixel area has a first slit pattern. At least one of the first common area and the second pixel area has a second slit pattern which differs from the first slit pattern in geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chien-Hong Chen, Ying-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 7768609
    Abstract: A pixel structure to be disposed on a substrate is provided. The pixel structure includes a common line having a capacitor portion, an active device, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device and covering the capacitor portion, and an alignment layer covering at least the common line. The alignment layer has an alignment direction and the capacitor portion extends along a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the alignment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: I-Lin Ho, Chien-Hong Chen, Chien-Cheng Liu, Yu-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20100181389
    Abstract: A smell producing and outputting device capable of providing a certain smell correspondingly to a certain image or a certain sound is disclosed. The disclosed smell producing and outputting device comprises: an audio processing unit for detecting an image signal or a sound signal; and a smell producing and outputting unit including a smell storing reservoir, a compression part, a driving part, and an outside shell, wherein the smell storing reservoir, the compression part, the driving part are received by the outside shell, and the driving part is electrically connected with the audio processing unit. When a certain image signal or a certain sound signal is received by the audio processing unit, the audio processing unit outputs a driving signal to the driving part, for changing the position of the compression part. Thus, a smell is driven out from the smell producing and outputting unit and distributed in the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GVISION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chien-Hong CHEN, Tsung-Hsi PAI, Tsung-Jen HUANG, Wen-Hao HSIAO, Ching-Tang PENG
  • Patent number: 7719623
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes pixels arranged in matrix, and first and second scan lines and a storage capacitance line. Each pixel has a first sub-pixel, which is disposed between the first and second scan lines, and first to third thin-film transistors (TFTs) and a pixel electrode divided into first and second regions. The first TFT is electrically connected to the first scan line and the first region. The second TFT is electrically connected to the first scan line and the second region. The third TFT is electrically connected to the second scan line and the second region. The storage capacitance line is electrically connected to the third TFT. A distance between the storage capacitance line and the first scan line is longer than that between the storage capacitance line and the second scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chien-Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20100066965
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device including a backlight module and an LCD panel is provided. The backlight module is used for providing light penetrating through the LCD panel disposed at one side of the backlight module. The LCD panel includes a substrate, a scan line, a first and a second data line, a first and a second switch element and a first and a second pixel electrode. The scan line and the two data lines, which are perpendicular to the scan line, are disposed on the substrate. The switch elements are respectively disposed at the intersection of the scan line and the first data line and the intersection of the scan line and the second data line. The pixel electrodes are respectively electrically connected to the switch elements. The area of the first pixel electrode is substantially less than that of the second one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Chien-Hong Chen, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Ying-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20100026948
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate has a pixel electrode having many first slits and many second slits, connected to a third slit. Each first and second slit respectively stretches along a first and a second vector with a starting point in a junction with the third slit. Liquid crystal molecules near an alignment layer of the second substrate is aligned by the alignment layer to pre-tilt. Each projection of the long-axis of at least part of the pre-tilted liquid crystal molecules on the second substrate forms a third vector with a starting point at the end of the liquid crystal molecule near the alignment layer. An included angle between the first and the third vector is ?1, and an included angle between the second and the third vector is ?2. 90°<?1<160°, and 90°<?2<160°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Chi Mei Optoelectronic Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Jui Wang, Chien-Hong Chen, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Heng-Hsien Li, Wei-Ting Hsu
  • Publication number: 20090322798
    Abstract: A display includes pixels, each pixel including a first display region and a second display region. A controller controls driving of the first and second display regions of each pixel to set the gray scale levels of the first and second display regions based on an overall gray scale level to be shown by the pixel. The controller sets the gray scale level of the second display region independently of the gray scale level of the first display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hsu Lin, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chien-Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20090310076
    Abstract: In one embodiment of an invention concerning liquid crystal display devices, a first pixel electrode of a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate may overlap a slit of a second pixel electrode of the TFT array substrate but not overlap another slit of the second pixel electrode. This may help induce a multi-domain electric field without having to precisely position a common electrode of a color filter substrate and the TFT array substrate. This may prevent position errors, enhance display quality, produce a wider viewing angle, and lower color shift sometimes associated with conventional liquid crystal display devices and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chien-Hong Chen, Jian-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20090310049
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal between the first and second substrates, and first and second structures provided on the first and second substrates to regulate orientation of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: CHE-MING HSU, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Chin-Yung Hseih, Chien-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 7583346
    Abstract: A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display (MVA-LCD) panel includes an active element array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two substrates. The active element array substrate has scan lines, data lines, active elements, and pixel electrodes formed thereon. Each pixel electrode has first main slits. The first main slits may have a bent configuration. The opposite substrate has a common electrode layer that faces the active element array substrate. The common electrode layer has second main slits. The second main slits may also have a bent configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Feng Hsieh, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Che-Ming Hsu, Chien-Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20090180063
    Abstract: A display has color pixels that can be controlled to show color images. Differences in electric fields in different color pixels having color filters with different dielectric constants can be compensated by providing electrodes with different patterns for the different color pixels. For example, the electrodes can have slits in which the widths of the slits can be different for pixels having different colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: CHI MEI OPROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Hsieh, Chien-Hong Chen, Ying-Ren Chen, Ju-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 7535532
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal between the first and second substrates, and first and second structures provided on the first and second substrates to regulate orientation of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Che-Ming Hsu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Chin-Yung Hseih, Chien-Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20090122246
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an LCD device using the same are provided. The LCD panel at least includes a first color pixel and a second color pixel for displaying different colors. The second color pixel is disposed next to the first color pixel. The liquid crystal molecules in the first color pixel have at least four liquid crystal (LC) orientations including a first LC orientation. The liquid crystal molecules in the second color pixel have a plurality of LC orientations including a second LC orientation. The first LC orientation is different from all LC orientations of the second color pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Che-Ming HSU, Chien-Hong CHEN, Ming-Feng HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20090079892
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a pixel array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel array substrate and the opposite substrate. The opposite substrate has a common electrode. The pixel array substrate has a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of first pixel electrodes and a plurality of second pixel electrodes. Within each of the pixel regions, a corresponding first pixel electrode and a corresponding second pixel electrode are disposed, wherein each of the second pixel electrodes entirely encloses the corresponding first pixel electrode and is separated from the corresponding first pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONIC INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Yung Hsien, Chien-Hong Chen, Ying-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20080198285
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes pixels arranged in matrix, and first and second scan lines and a storage capacitance line. Each pixel has a first sub-pixel, which is disposed between the first and second scan lines, and first to third thin-film transistors (TFTs) and a pixel electrode divided into first and second regions. The first TFT is electrically connected to the first scan line and the first region. The second TFT is electrically connected to the first scan line and the second region. The third TFT is electrically connected to the second scan line and the second region. The storage capacitance line is electrically connected to the third TFT. A distance between the storage capacitance line and the first scan line is longer than that between the storage capacitance line and the second scan line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Yung HSIEH, Chien-Hong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080158456
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode is configured around the first pixel electrode. The first pixel electrode is coupled to a first voltage and the second pixel electrode is coupled to a second voltage. The second voltage is higher than the first voltage. The area of the first pixel electrode is larger than that of the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih Yung Hsieh, Chien Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20080094532
    Abstract: A pixel structure to be disposed on a substrate is provided. The pixel structure includes a common line having a capacitor portion, an active device, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device and covering the capacitor portion, and an alignment layer covering at least the common line. The alignment layer has an alignment direction and the capacitor portion extends along a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the alignment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: I-Lin Ho, Chien-Hong Chen, Chien-Cheng Liu, Yu-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20080074600
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal (LC) layer, a common electrode and a pixel electrode. The first substrate is disposed opposite to the second substrate, and the LC layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The common electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the LC layer and is formed with at least one first jagged pattern having a first main slit and a plurality of first fine slits disposed at both sides of the first main slit. A sum of a width of each of the first fine slits and an interval between the adjacent first fine slits is greater than or equal to 3 microns and smaller than 7 microns. The pixel electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the LC layer and is located opposite to the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Che-Ming HSU, Chien-Hong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080018573
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a pixel unit has two sub-pixel regions each including a liquid crystal capacitor (LCC) and storage capacitor (SC). The capacitance ratio of the SC to LCC of the first sub-pixel differs from the capacitance ratio of the SC to LCC of the second sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ming-Feng Hsieh, Chih-Yung Hsieh, I-Lin Ho, Chien-Hong Chen, Che-Ming Hsu