Patents by Inventor Chih-Ho Chiu

Chih-Ho Chiu 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: 8920884
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a polymer stabilized alignment liquid crystal display panel including: filling a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, monomer with single functional group and monomer with multiple functional groups; polymerizing the monomer with single functional groups to form two alignment layers over inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the monomer with multiple functional groups to form a polymer capable of pre-tilting the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Te-Sheng Chen, Chih-Ho Chiu, Hsi-Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 8691349
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a polymer stabilized alignment layer is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The polymer stabilized alignment layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and an average surface roughness of the polymer stabilized alignment layer is greater than or equal to 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chih-Ho Chiu, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Bo-Hsin Huang, Te-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8377330
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display structure is provided. The liquid crystal display structure includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module. The liquid crystal panel has a liquid crystal layer including photo-polymerizable monomers. The backlight module has a light emitting unit for emitting an output light. A difference between the smallest value of the spectrum interval of the output light and the largest value of the absorption spectrum interval of the photo-polymerizable monomer in the liquid crystal layer is larger than or equal to 40 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ho Chiu, Te-Sheng Chen, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Cheng-Wei Huang, Sugiura Norio
  • Patent number: 8349413
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a polymer stabilized alignment layer is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The polymer stabilized alignment layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and an average surface roughness of the polymer stabilized alignment layer is greater than or equal to 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chih-Ho Chiu, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Bo-Hsin Huang, Te-Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20130003011
    Abstract: A lens film and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The lens film manufacturing method includes the steps of: forming an alignment film on a glass substrate; rubbing the alignment film along a rubbing direction; dispersing a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) material between the alignment film of the glass substrate and a lens mold; rolling the lens mold along a rolling direction to make the LCP material to form a lens film. A plurality of liquid crystal molecules of the lens film is affected by the alignment film to align along the rubbing direction. The lens film and a base panel having a polarization direction are operated in a LCD apparatus. The angle between the rubbing direction and the polarization direction is less than 15°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsai-Fu Tsai, Shih-Ming Chen, Yen-Hei Chiang, Chih-Ho Chiu, Hsi-Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 8263194
    Abstract: A color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is formed by nanoimprint lithography. Nanoimprint lithography, a low cost technology, includes two alternatives, i.e., hot-embossing nanoimprint lithography and UV-curable nanoimprint lithography. Manufacture steps includes providing a substrate with a polymer material layer disposed thereon. A plurality of lands and grooves are formed in the polymer material layer, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer are disposed on the surfaces of the lands and grooves, respectively. Finally, a color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Pin-Chen Chen, Hui-Lung Kuo, Chih-Ho Chiu, Liang-Bin Yu
  • Publication number: 20120169980
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a polymer stabilized alignment liquid crystal display panel including: filling a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, monomer with single functional group and monomer with multiple functional groups; polymerizing the monomer with single functional groups to form two alignment layers over inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the monomer with multiple functional groups to form a polymer capable of pre-tilting the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Te-Sheng Chen, Chih-Ho Chiu, Hsi-Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 8049863
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; providing a plurality of liquid crystal drops on the first substrate, wherein two adjacent liquid crystal drops in X direction is kept by a distance d1 mm, and two adjacent liquid crystal drops in Y direction is kept by a distance d2 mm, each liquid crystal drop is G mg, d1 16.7, d2 15.4, and G 1; connecting the first substrate and the second substrate so that the liquid crystal drops are sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the polymeric components of the liquid crystal drops while applying a predetermined voltage to the liquid crystal drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jia-Hau Jian, Chih-Ho Chiu, Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Te-Sheng Chen, Norio Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20110080541
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a bottom substrate having a top surface; a sealant located on the top surface of the bottom substrate, wherein the sealant has a pre-curing temperature; a liquid crystal mixture including a liquid crystal material and at least one reactive monomer located on the top surface of the bottom substrate and surrounded by the sealant, the at least one reactive monomer having a melting point higher than 120° C., wherein the melting point of the reactive monomer is higher than the pre-curing temperature of the sealant; at least one polymer layer polymerized from the reactive monomer, located between the bottom substrate and the liquid crystal material; and a top substrate covering the sealant and the bottom substrate to seal the liquid crystal mixture and the at least one polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chih-Ho Chiu, Mei-Shiou Lin, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Te-Sheng Chen, Sugiura Norio
  • Publication number: 20110032470
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; providing a plurality of liquid crystal drops on the first substrate, wherein two adjacent liquid crystal drops in X direction is kept by a distance d1 mm, and two adjacent liquid crystal drops in Y direction is kept by a distance d2 mm, each liquid crystal drop is G mg, d1 16.7, d2 15.4, and G 1; connecting the first substrate and the second substrate so that the liquid crystal drops are sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the polymeric components of the liquid crystal drops while applying a predetermined voltage to the liquid crystal drops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jia-Hau Jian, Chih-Ho Chiu, Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Te-Sheng Chen, Norio Sugiura
  • Patent number: 7876401
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing LCD includes providing a bottom substrate, applying a sealant on its top surface, providing a liquid crystal mixture including a vertical alignment liquid crystal material and at least one reactive monomer which are surrounded by the sealant, providing a top substrate so that its bottom surface covers the sealant and the bottom substrate, performing a pre-curing process to pre-cure the sealant under a first temperature, and performing an active curing process under a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chih-Ho Chiu, Mei-Shiou Lin, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Te-Sheng Chen, Sugiura Norio
  • Publication number: 20100097543
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display structure is provided. The liquid crystal display structure includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module. The liquid crystal panel has a liquid crystal layer including photo-polymerizable monomers. The backlight module has a light emitting unit for emitting an output light. A difference between the smallest value of the spectrum interval of the output light and the largest value of the absorption spectrum interval of the photo-polymerizable monomer in the liquid crystal layer is larger than or equal to 40 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Ho Chiu, Te-Sheng Chen, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Cheng-Wei Huang, Sugiura Norio
  • Patent number: 7679204
    Abstract: A turntable and a top-pushing rod, wherein said turntable is provided pivotally at equal interval along its peripheral direction with a plurality of rod bodies, and wherein said rod bodies are provided at their ends near the periphery of the turntable with heavy blocks, while said rod bodies are engaged at their front ends near the center of the turntable with a spring that has its other end engaged on the turntable, thereby the swinging of said rod bodies would drive springs to stretch or contract; wherein, said top-pushing rod is driven by a motor such that said top-pushing rod can move reciprocally along a linear direction in which it can push the heavy block on a rod body above said turntable so as to bring said heavy block returning to the highest position of the turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Chih-Ho Chiu
  • Publication number: 20100053537
    Abstract: A vertical alignment liquid crystal display panel (LCD) panel is provided. The vertical alignment LCD panel comprising a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the two substrates. The liquid crystal layer comprises a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and an alignment polymer. The liquid crystal molecules comprise a plurality of neutral liquid crystal molecules and negative liquid crystal molecules, wherein the negative liquid crystal molecules are about 51 to 85 weight percents of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chung-Ching HSIEH, Chia-Hsuan PAI, Yang-Chu LIN, Chih-Ho CHIU, Jia-Hau JIAN, Te-Sheng CHEN, Norio SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20100015363
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a polymer stabilized alignment layer is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The polymer stabilized alignment layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and an average surface roughness of the polymer stabilized alignment layer is greater than or equal to 10 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chih-Ho Chiu, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Bo-Hsin Huang, Te-Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20090246652
    Abstract: A color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is formed by nanoimprint lithography. Nanoimprint lithography, a low cost technology, includes two alternatives, i.e., hotembossing nanoimprint lithography and UV-curable nanoimprint lithography. Manufacture steps comprises providing a substrate with a polymer material layer disposed thereon. A plurality of lands and grooves are formed in the polymer material layer, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer are disposed on the surfaces of the lands and grooves, respectively. Finally, a color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Pin-Chen CHEN, Hui-Lung KUO, Chih-Ho CHIU, Liang-Bin YU
  • Publication number: 20090231706
    Abstract: A color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is formed by nanoimprint lithography. Nanoimprint lithography, a low cost technology, includes two alternatives, i.e., hot-embossing nanoimprint lithography and UV-curable nanoimprint lithography. Manufacture steps includes providing a substrate with a polymer material layer disposed thereon. A plurality of lands and grooves are formed in the polymer material layer, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer are disposed on the surfaces of the lands and grooves, respectively. Finally, a color filter having a bi-layer metal grating is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Pin-Chen CHEN, Hui-Lung Kuo, Chih-Ho Chiu, Liang-Bin Yu
  • Publication number: 20090213317
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate and a second substrate; providing a plurality of liquid crystal drops on the first substrate, wherein two adjacent liquid crystal drops in X direction is kept by a distance d1 mm, and two adjacent liquid crystal drops in Y direction is kept by a distance d2 mm, each liquid crystal drop is G mg, d1?16.7, d2?15.4, and G?1; and connecting the first substrate and the second substrate so that the liquid crystal drops are sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jia-Hau Jian, Chih-Ho Chiu, Cheng-Jung Chiang, Chung-Ching Hsieh, Te-Sheng Chen, Norio Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20090111349
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing LCD includes providing a bottom substrate, applying a sealant on its top surface, providing a liquid crystal mixture including a vertical alignment liquid crystal material and at least one reactive monomer which are surrounded by the sealant, providing a top substrate so that its bottom surface covers the sealant and the bottom substrate, performing a pre-curing process to pre-cure the sealant under a first temperature, and performing an active curing process under a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Chung-Ching Hsieh, Chih-Ho Chiu, Mei-Shiou Lin, Chia-Hsuan Pai, Te-Sheng Chen, Sugiura Norio
  • Patent number: 7486371
    Abstract: A method for making an optical device comprises steps of: 1) Providing a substrate, a polymerizable liquid crystal material having a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, and a mold having rows of trenches; 2) Imprinting the polymerizable liquid crystal material on said substrate by the mold; 3) Proceeding a cross-linking process to cure the liquid crystal material so as to have long axes of the liquid crystal molecules be aligned along the rows of trenches. The optical device made from the present method conforms to an A-plate type retardation plate. Moreover, the optical device is capable of aligning liquid crystal molecules adjacent to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Ho Chiu, Hui-Lung Kuo, Mei-Chih Peng, Yi-Chun Liu, Pin-Chen Chen