Patents by Inventor Chih-Chang Lai
Chih-Chang Lai 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: 20110291978Abstract: A touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch display panel includes a PCB, a display panel, a touch panel, a first conductive adhesive and a second conductive adhesive. The touch panel, electrically connected to the PCB, includes a substrate and a plurality of signal traces. The substrate includes a plurality of first signal pads and a plurality of second signal pads. The first signal pads correspond to a first edge of the substrate, and the second signal pads correspond to a second edge of the substrate. Each of the signal traces, disposed on the substrate and used for transmitting a touch signal, is electrically connected to one of the first signal pads or one of the second signal pads. The first conductive adhesive electrically connects the first signal pads and the PCB. The second conductive adhesive electrically connects the second signal pads and the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicants: WINTEK CORPORATION, DONGGUAN MASSTOP LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kun-Chang Ho, Chih-Chang Lai, Hsiao-Hui Liao
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Publication number: 20110248952Abstract: A touch display apparatus including a display module, a circuit board, and an insulation elastic element is provided. The display module has a display surface, and the display module includes a metal frame, wherein at least of a portion of the metal frame is opposite to the display surface. The circuit board is disposed at a side of the display module away from the display surface. The circuit board has a plurality of capacitance sensing element disposed corresponding to a plurality of corners of the display module. The insulation elastic element is disposed between the circuit board and the display module. The capacitance sensing elements are separated from the metal frame at a changeable distance and a sensed capacitance formed between the capacitance sensing elements and the metal frame is changed with the changeable distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chih-Chang Lai, Lo-Hsien Tsai, Kun-Chang Ho
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Publication number: 20110199332Abstract: A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate respectively. The transparent adhesive layer is used to bind the first transparent electrode layer and second transparent electrode layer in order to combine the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate disposed in parallel. Thereby, the manufacturing process of the transparent capacitive touch panel is simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the same is lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Wintek CorporationInventors: Yen Chung HUNG, Ruey-Shing Weng, Chih-Chang Lai
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Publication number: 20110199330Abstract: A surface capacitive touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a decorative layer, a metal trace pattern layer, and a passivation layer. The decorative layer and the capacitive sensing electrode layer are formed on the transparent substrate. The metal trace pattern layer is formed on the capacitive sensing electrode layer. The decorative layer is disposed at a position substantially overlapping the metal trace pattern layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Ching-Fu Hsu, Chih-Chang Lai, Sherry Lin, Fa-Chen Wu
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Publication number: 20110175846Abstract: A touch display panel including a cover plate, a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a display panel is provided. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed on a surface of the cover plate. The display panel is adhered to the cover plate via an adhesion layer, and includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, an opposite substrate parallel to the substrate and a display medium layer disposed between the substrate and the opposite substrate. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed between the cover plate and the substrate. The scan lines are disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the scan lines and the touch sensing electrodes are disposed at different sides of the substrate and a sensing capacitance is formed between the touch sensing electrodes and the scan lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Po-Hsien Wang, Chih-Chang Lai
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Publication number: 20110169759Abstract: A touch-sensing display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a driver unit, and a flexible printed circuit board. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel, and the driver unit is disposed on the display panel to provide driving signals and drive the display panel and the touch panel. The flexible printed circuit board connects the display panel to a system main board.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Wen-Chun WANG, Chih-Chang Lai, Ting-Yu Chang, Chin-Chang Liu
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Publication number: 20110157043Abstract: An active device array substrate including an active device array and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes is provided. The active device array is disposed on a substrate. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed on the substrate, and the active device array and the touch sensing electrodes are insulated with each other so as to form a sensing capacitance between the active device array and the touch sensing electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicants: DONGGUAN MASSTOP LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Ting-Yu Chang, Po-Hsien Wang, Ching-Fu Hsu, Hsiao-Hui Liao
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Publication number: 20110157255Abstract: A backlight modulation system includes a light source module, an image mapping unit, a histogram analysis unit, a backlight dimming unit, and an image reconstruction unit. An active display area of a panel is divided into multiple illumination areas. The image mapping unit performs an RGB-to-YUV transformation to acquire an original brightness factor for each pixel. The histogram analysis unit sums up the amount of pixels reaching a preset ratio in each illumination area to acquire reference brightness for each illumination area. The backlight dimming unit calculates out a dimming ratio and a reset brightness model according to the reference brightness. The image reconstruction unit resets original brightness factor of each pixel into an output brightness factor according to the reset brightness model, and outputs an image for an illumination area according to the output brightness factor and input image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: CHING-FU HSU, CHIH-CHANG LAI
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Publication number: 20110141034Abstract: A touch panel having a transparent region and a peripheral region surrounding the transparent region is provided. The touch panel includes a transparent cover, a touch device, a light-shielding layer, a layer of conductive lines, and a touch chip. The transparent cover has a touch surface and a device mounting surface opposite thereto. The touch device is disposed on the device mounting surface and at least located at the transparent region. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the transparent cover and located inside the peripheral region. The layer of conductive lines is disposed on the device mounting surface, located inside the peripheral region, and electrically connected to the touch device. The touch chip is disposed on the layer of conductive lines through a chip-on-glass process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Chang Lai, Shiao-Hui Liao, Yu-Hung Chang, Ping-Wen Huang, Ming-Kung Wu, Hsiao-Ping Li
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Publication number: 20110134072Abstract: A resistive touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substratem and a driving circuit. A first conductive layer is disposed on the first substrate and includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth corners which are different from each other. A first, a second, a third, and a fourth conducting wires are electrically connected to the first, second, third, and fourth corners, respectively. The second substrate is disposed parallel to the first substrate. A second conductive layer is disposed on the second substrate and faces the first conductive layer. A fifth conducting wire is electrically connected to a first side of the second conductive layer while a sixth conducting wire is electrically connected to a second side of the second conductive layer. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth conducting wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Jyun-Sian Li, Chih-Chang Lai, Ting-Yu Chang
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Publication number: 20110109579Abstract: A touch-sensitive display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, an active pixel matrix, many driving circuits, many sensing electrodes and many color filter layers is provided. The active pixel matrix includes many pixels. The second substrate has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the active pixel matrix. The driving circuits are corresponding to the edges of the pixels for forming many openings. Each driving circuit includes a first main line and a second main line. The first main line has a first end connected to the active pixel matrix and a second end connected to the first substrate. The second main line is connected to the second end of the first main line through the first substrate. The color filter layers are filled in the openings. The sensing electrodes and the driving circuits are used for detecting at least one touch point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Po-Hsien Wang, Chih-Chang Lai, Jyun-Sian Li, Ching-Fu Hsu
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Publication number: 20110102344Abstract: A portable electronic device including a main body and a wireless input unit is provided. The main body has a display surface and an accommodating portion opposite the display surface. The accommodating portion defines an accommodating space substantially parallel to the display surface. The wireless input unit is placed inside the accommodating space and capable of being extracted from the accommodating space. The wireless input unit is separate from the main body. The wireless input unit includes a touch panel, a pattern layer, and a control circuit. The touch panel has an operation surface and a back surface opposite the operation surface. The pattern layer is disposed on the back surface of the touch panel and has a plurality of control area patterns. The control circuit is disposed on the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Nai Heng Chang, Cheng-Chieh Liu, Chih-Chang Lai
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Publication number: 20110080373Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a sensing electrode structure, a second substrate, a soft spacer layer and a shielding layer. The first substrate and the second substrate are parallel to each other, and the soft spacer layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate for maintaining a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sensing electrode structure is disposed on the first substrate for producing a first capacitance between the sensing electrode structure and an exterior object. The shielding layer is disposed on the second substrate, electrically connected to a ground side, and used for producing a second capacitance between the shielding layer and the sensing electrode structure when the exterior object is pressed and causes the gap to vary. The quantity of variation in the first and second capacitances is used for detecting a touch-control action of the exterior object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Wen-Tui Liao, Ching-Fu Hsu, Chih-Chang Lai
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Publication number: 20100321214Abstract: A touch sensing method for a resistive type touch apparatus includes a touch panel and a driving circuit. In the touch sensing method, a single-touch mode or a multi-touch mode can be selected. In addition, the touch sensing method includes an analog driving method and a digital driving method to equip the resistive type touch apparatus with at least two sorts of resolutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicants: DONGGUAN MASSTOP LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Kuo-Chang Su, Chih-Chang Lai
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Patent number: 7847781Abstract: A flat display includes a substrate, a pixel matrix, a data driver and a number of bias apparatuses. The pixel matrix is disposed on the substrate and includes several columns of first pixels and several columns of second pixels, wherein each column of second pixels is located between two adjacent columns of first pixels. The data driver is for outputting a plurality of data signals to the columns of first pixels. The bias apparatuses are disposed on the substrate, and respectively coupled to the columns of second pixels. Each of the bias apparatuses outputs a bias data signal to the corresponding column of second pixels according to the two data signals outputted to the two columns of first pixels adjacent to the corresponding column of second pixels.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Wintek CorporationInventor: Chih-Chang Lai
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Publication number: 20100302180Abstract: A touch apparatus including a touch panel and a touch sensing circuit is provided. The touch panel includes a first transparent substrate, a plurality of first conductive patterns, a second transparent substrate, a plurality of second conductive patterns and a plurality of spacers. The touch sensing circuit includes a first demultiplexer, a second demultiplexer, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, a third multiplexer, a fourth multiplexer, a fifth multiplexer, a sixth multiplexer and an analog/digital converter (ADC). The fifth multiplexer and the sixth multiplexer are used for modulating a signal receiving range of the ADC and thus the touch sensing circuit is easily judge a correctness of a sensing signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Ting-Yu Chang, Chih-Chang Lai
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Publication number: 20100277453Abstract: A method of driving an electronic paper solving an image sticking problem is provided. First, a frame writing process is executed, wherein a turn-on voltage is supplied to scan lines to enable transistors, and a frame data voltage is supplied to display units through data lines to write a frame. Then, a frame holding process is executed, wherein a turn-off voltage and an auxiliary data voltage are respectively supplied to the scan lines and the data lines to disable the transistors, and a first common voltage is provided by a common electrode layer. During the frame holding process, the first common voltage and the frame data voltage are applied to hold the frame, the turn-off voltage, the auxiliary data voltage, and the first common voltage are fixed voltages, and the auxiliary data voltage is substantially equal to the first common voltage and greater than the turn-off voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chih-Chang Lai, Jyun-Sian Li, Chien-Ting Chan, Cheng-Yi Chou
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Publication number: 20100265263Abstract: An image display method including following steps is provided. A backlight of a display panel is adaptively adjusted according to a backlight adjustment factor related to the intensity value of an external light and the brightness of an original image. Brightness factors of the original image are corrected according to the adjustment of the backlight, and the original image is reset by using the corrected brightness factors and original color factors. Thereby, the problem of image distortion caused by backlight adjustment can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Fu Hsu, Chih-Chang Lai, Shiao-Hui Liao, Ting-Yu Chang
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Publication number: 20100259700Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, a reflective sheet, and a storage capacitor. The channel width/length ratio of the first thin film transistor and the channel width/length ratio of the second thin film transistor are both larger than 12/5. The reflective sheet is disposed adjacent to the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor to reflect ambient light. The storage capacitor is formed at a position overlapping the reflective sheet and has a capacitance of lager than 1 pF.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Chih-Chang LAI, Nai Heng CHANG, Wen-Chun WANG, Po-Hsien WANG, Jyun-Sian LI, Ching-Fu HSU, Wei-Jian CHANG
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Publication number: 20100225806Abstract: An image processing method is provided. An image signal is received and correspondingly converted to an original luminance value, an original first chroma value and an original second chroma value. The original luminance value is adjusted to a modulated luminance value. The modulated luminance value is larger than the original luminance value as the original luminance value is larger than a threshold. The modulated luminance value is less than the original luminance value as the original luminance value is less than the threshold. The original first and second chroma values are linearly adjusted to a modulated first chroma value and a modulated second chroma value according to an original vector between the original first and second chroma values and a white point in a color gamut. The modulated luminance value, the modulated first chroma value and the modulated second chroma value are reconverted to a modulated image signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: WINTEK CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Fu Hsu, Chih-Chang Lai, Jyun-Sian Li