Patents by Inventor Chih-Chung Lin

Chih-Chung 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).

  • Patent number: 8933341
    Abstract: A touch device with photovoltaic conversion function includes a main body divided into a touch zone and a non-touch zone located immediately around the touch zone. A photovoltaic conversion layer is provided on a top of the touch zone. By providing the photovoltaic conversion layer on the top of the touch zone of the touch device, the photovoltaic conversion layer can have an increased light-absorption area to enable conversion of more light into more electric current for use by the touch device and accordingly, enable the touch device to have extended standby and operation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Chih-Chung Lin
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8917254
    Abstract: A touch unit includes multiple first axial electrodes and multiple second axial electrodes. The first axial electrodes extend in a first direction. Each first axial electrode includes multiple first sensing electrodes arranged in the first direction. Each first sensing electrode is formed with a hollow section and has a first extension end and a second extension end. The first and second extension ends defines therebetween a passageway in communication with the hollow section. Each second axial electrode includes multiple second sensing electrodes and multiple second connection lines. The second sensing electrodes are respectively disposed in the hollow sections. The second connection lines are connected with the second sensing electrodes and extend in a second direction through the passageways. By means of the design of the first and second axial electrodes, the manufacturing cost is effectively lowered and the total thickness of the touch unit is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140347228
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body, a metal cover, an antenna and a magnetic flux inducer unit. The metal cover is disposed at the main body and the main body includes a nonmetal covered portion. The antenna is disposed in the main body. The magnetic flux inducer unit is disposed in the main body and located between the nomnetal covered portion and the antenna. The permeability of the magnetic flux inducer unit is greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Bin-Chyi Tseng, Tsung-Chieh Yen, Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8896557
    Abstract: A touch pad includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate. The first transparent substrate has a plurality of first axial electrodes and at least one hollow channel. The second transparent substrate has a plurality of second axial electrodes. Each of the second axial electrodes has a plurality of first sensing electrode regions and at least one second sensing electrode region. The first sensing electrode regions are provided on both sides of the second sensing electrode region and arranged to extend along a second direction. The central portion of the second sensing electrode regions is formed with a hollow region. By means of the first axial electrode and the second axial electrode, the touch pad of the present invention has an increased signal-to-noise ratio and an enhanced anti-jamming capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8858780
    Abstract: A method of determining an analyte concentration employs a biosensor that includes a molecularly imprinted polymer film formed on a metal layer. The biosensor is connected to a charge/discharge circuit and charged and discharged during exposure to a solution containing an analyte. Voltage values during discharge are measured, and a characteristic parameter of the voltage values, which is associated with a concentration of the analyte detected by the biosensor, is determined. An unknown concentration of the analyte is determined by comparing the characteristic parameter to reference data representing a relation between known concentration of the analyte and the characteristic parameter of the biosensor. A biosensor, such as an anesthetic biosensor, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chien-Chong Hong, Meng-Hua Chung, Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8853554
    Abstract: A touch module with photovoltaic conversion function includes a touch zone and a non-touch zone. The touch zone includes a first clear substrate, a second clear substrate and a photovoltaic conversion unit. The first clear substrate has opposite first and second sides, and the second clear substrate has opposite third and fourth sides. A first and a second touch electrode layer are provided on the second side and the third side, respectively; and the photovoltaic conversion unit is provided on the first side of the first clear substrate. By providing the photovoltaic conversion unit in the touch zone of the touch module, the photovoltaic conversion unit can have increased light-absorption areas to enable conversion of light into more electric current and accordingly, enable a touch device using the touch module to have extended standby and operation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8816233
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel unit includes a transparent substrate, a conductive layer and a protection layer. The transparent substrate has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The conductive layer is disposed on the second side. The protection layer is correspondingly attached to one side of the conductive layer, which side is opposite to the transparent substrate. By means of the design of the capacitive touch panel unit, the number of the conductive layer is reduced to lower the manufacturing cost and reduce the total thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140168531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarization unit with touch functions, including a first polarization plate and an inductive electrode layer. The first polarization plate has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The inductive electrode layer is disposed on the first side of the first polarization plate. By means of the polarization unit of the present invention being applied to an LCD module, the manufacturing yield can be increased and the touch functions of the LCD module can be fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140168532
    Abstract: A polarizer structure includes a transparent substrate, a sensor, a polarizing plate and a first insulating adhesive layer. The sensor is coated on one side of the transparent substrate, and the first insulating adhesive layer is arranged between the sensor and the polarizing plate to bond them together. The polarizer structure is configured for arrangement on a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit to make the latter a touch screen, on which a user can input and do other operations by touching the polarizer structure. In this manner, a touch screen can be manufactured with reduced cost and increased good yield rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140166451
    Abstract: A touch module includes a transparent substrate, a shield layer, a touch electrode layer, a transparent insulation layer and a lead layer. The shield layer is coated on the transparent substrate. The touch electrode layer is coated on both the transparent substrate and the shield layer. The transparent insulation layer is disposed on the touch electrode layer and formed with at least one through hole. The lead layer is disposed on the transparent insulation layer and formed with a conduction section positioned in the through hole in electrical connection with the touch electrode layer. Therefore, the lead layer can directly electrically connect with the touch electrode layer through the through hole of the transparent insulation layer. Accordingly, the cost for the optical mask design and the lithographic and etching processes can be saved and the problem that the transparent substrates often fail to fully attach is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140168530
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polarization structure with touch functions, including a first polarization plate, a transparent substrate having an inductive electrode layer, a first conductive glue layer, and a first adhesive layer, one side of the first conductive glue layer being attached to the inductive electrode layer and the other side thereof being attached to an FPC, the first adhesive layer being disposed between the first polarization plate and the transparent substrate, whereby the first polarization plate is attached to the transparent substrate. The structure of the present invention is applied to an LCD module and thus the manufacturing yield can be increased and the touch functions can be fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140168529
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a touch sensing unit, a first conductive adhesive layer, a second conductive adhesive layer, a flexible printed circuit board, a liquid crystal display unit, a first adhesion layer and a second adhesion layer. The first adhesion layer serves to adhere the touch sensing unit to the liquid crystal display unit. The touch sensing unit includes a transparent substrate, multiple first sensing electrodes and multiple second sensing electrodes. The transparent substrate has a touch section and a peripheral section around the touch section. The first sensing electrodes are disposed on one side of the transparent substrate and positioned on the touch section. The second sensing electrodes are disposed in the liquid crystal display unit. The touch display device increases the ratio of good products and lowers the manufacturing risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140168535
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a shielding layer, a first electrode layer, a first insulation layer, a second electrode layer, a lead layer and a second insulation layer. The substrate has a touch section and a non-touch section. The shield layer and the lead layer are disposed on the non-touch section. The first and second electrode layers are disposed on touch section. The first insulation layer is disposed between the first and second electrode layers corresponding to the second electrode layer. The second insulation layer is overlaid on the second electrode layer and the lead layer. In the touch panel, the number of leads is reduced. Moreover, the touch panel is free from the problems of interference and signal interference between the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140165383
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of touch panel includes steps of: providing a substrate and defining a touch section and a non-touch section; disposing a shield layer on the non-touch section of the substrate; disposing a touch electrode layer with multiple touch electrodes on the touch section and the non-touch section by means of sputtering; covering the touch electrode layer with a metal mask and forming a metal wiring layer on the non-touch section by means of printing or sputtering and then removing the metal mask; performing lithography and etching processes to the touch electrode layer so as to form multiple touch electrodes; disposing an insulation layer on the junctions between the touch electrodes and the metal wires; disposing a lead layer with multiple metal leads on the insulation layer; and disposing a protection layer on the touch electrode layer and the metal wiring layer and the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140145971
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate and a transparent conductor pattern. The substrate includes a display area and a first and a second peripheral area located outside and adjacent to two opposite sides of the display area. The transparent conductor pattern is formed on the substrate within the display area and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the first electrodes. The second electrodes respectively have an electrode lead wire. The electrode lead wires of some of the second electrodes are extended into the first peripheral area to connect to a first peripheral wire structure in the first peripheral area while the electrode lead wires of the other second electrodes are extended into the second peripheral area to a second peripheral wire structure in the second peripheral area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8734890
    Abstract: A method for forming a molecularly imprinted polymer biosensor includes: (a) preparing a reaction solution including an imprinting molecule, a functional monomer, an initiator, and a crosslinking agent; (b) disposing the reaction solution in a space between upper and lower substrates each of which is made of a light-transmissible material; (c) disposing on the upper substrate a photomask having a patterned hole; (d) irradiating the reaction solution through the patterned hole of the photomask and the upper substrate so that the reaction solution undergoes polymerization to form a polymer between the upper and lower substrates; (e) removing the upper substrate after the polymer is formed on the lower substrate; and (f) extracting the imprinting molecule from the polymer so that a patterned molecularly imprinted polymer film is formed on the lower substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chien-Chong Hong, Po-Hsiang Chang, Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140125603
    Abstract: A touch panel with photovoltaic conversion function includes a touch zone and a non-touch zone located immediately around the touch zone. The touch zone includes, from top to bottom, a first transparent substrate, a photovoltaic conversion layer, a touch electrode layer and a second transparent substrate. The photovoltaic conversion layer has an upper side attached to a lower side of the first transparent substrate, and the touch electrode layer is formed on an upper side of the second transparent substrate and attached to a lower side of the photovoltaic conversion layer. The touch panel having the above arrangements enables the photovoltaic conversion layer to have effectively increased light-absorption areas to convert more light into more electric current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140126122
    Abstract: A touch module with photovoltaic conversion function includes a touch zone and a non-touch zone. The touch zone includes a first clear substrate, a second clear substrate and a photovoltaic conversion unit. The first clear substrate has opposite first and second sides, and the second clear substrate has opposite third and fourth sides. A first and a second touch electrode layer are provided on the second side and the third side, respectively; and the photovoltaic conversion unit is provided on the first side of the first clear substrate. By providing the photovoltaic conversion unit in the touch zone of the touch module, the photovoltaic conversion unit can have increased light-absorption areas to enable conversion of light into more electric current and accordingly, enable a touch device using the touch module to have extended standby and operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140126123
    Abstract: A touch device with photovoltaic conversion function includes a main body divided into a touch zone and a non-touch zone located immediately around the touch zone. A photovoltaic conversion layer is provided on a top of the touch zone. By providing the photovoltaic conversion layer on the top of the touch zone of the touch device, the photovoltaic conversion layer can have an increased light-absorption area to enable conversion of more light into more electric current for use by the touch device and accordingly, enable the touch device to have extended standby and operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin
  • Patent number: 8717279
    Abstract: A touch panel structure includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal display (LCD) layer, a capacitive sensing layer, a bonding layer, and an electromagnetic sensing layer. The backlight module has at least one extended wall portion to enclose a receiving space therein. The LCD layer and the capacitive sensing layer are bonded together via the bonding layer, and are positioned in the receiving space. The electromagnetic sensing layer is attached to one side of the backlight module opposite to the LCD layer. With these arrangements, the touch panel structure provides more than one touch manner and is therefore more convenient for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Lin