Patents by Inventor Chih-Jen Hu
Chih-Jen Hu 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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Patent number: 8085354Abstract: A pixel structure is disclosed. The pixel structure is suitable to be disposed on a substrate and includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode and a top gate TFT. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are disposed over the substrate, wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are separated from each other. The top gate TFT is disposed between the substrate and the first pixel electrode and includes a patterned semiconductor layer and a gate.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Cheng Lo, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Sheng Cheng, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Jen Hu, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 8081278Abstract: A transreflective LCD has a TFT array plate, a color filter plate and a liquid crystal therebetween. A trench is in the overcoat layer of the TFT array plate and/or the color filter plate. The trench can be located in a transmission area or in a reflective area of a pixel. A conformal transparent electrode is located therein, and an overcoat material is filled up in the trench.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ying-Chi Lu, Ching-Sheng Cheng, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8072554Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The transflective liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate and a storage capacitor disposed on the array substrate. The array substrate includes a transmitting region, a capacitor region, and a transistor region. The storage capacitor preferably includes a first transparent conductive layer covering the transmitting region and the capacitor region, a dielectric layer disposed on the first transparent conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer disposed on the dielectric layer. A planarizing layer is disposed on the second transparent conductive layer, and a reflective layer is then disposed on the planarizing layer of the transistor region.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Tun-Chun Yang, Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110292492Abstract: An electrophoretic display device includes a substrate, an electrophoretic component layer, a first optical adhesive, a barrier layer, a second optical adhesive, a protective layer, and a sealant. The first optical adhesive and the second optical adhesive contribute in helping to provide light exposure to the sealant. One of the first optical adhesive and the second optical adhesive is capable of absorbing the light of predetermined wavelength and is adapted to expose the sealant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ming-Che Hsieh, Shih-Hsing Hung, Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110285617Abstract: A pixel structure is formed in a pixel area and coupled to a scan line and a data line. The pixel structure includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a pixel electrode. The first transistor is formed in the pixel area and coupled to the scan line and the data line. The second transistor is formed in the pixel area and coupled to the first transistor. The pixel electrode is formed in the pixel area and coupled to the second transistor. The pixel electrode includes a main portion and a first branch portion. The first branch portion is disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor. An electrophoretic display including the pixel structure is also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Sheng-Wen Huang, Chun-Hung Chu, Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110286076Abstract: The present invention in one aspect relates to a solar cell formed on a substrate, a bottom electrode member formed on the solar cell, an electrophoretic display panel formed on the bottom electrode member, having a plurality of electrophoretic cell structures spatially arranged in a matrix form, each electrophoretic cell structure containing a plurality of charged particles movable in the electrophoretic cell structure responsively to applied fields, and a top electrode member formed on the electrophoretic display panel, where at least one of the bottom electrode member and the top electrode member includes a plurality of in-plane switching (IPS) electrodes. Each IPS electrode is positioned in relation to a corresponding electrophoretic cell structure for controlling movements of the charged particles therein along a horizontal direction parallel to the electrophoretic display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, Wei-Ming Huang, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8064001Abstract: A pixel structure includes at least a pixel electrode, and at least an aligning electrode. The pixel electrode, which has a central opening, is disposed on a substrate. The aligning electrode, which is disposed between the pixel electrode and substrate, includes an aligning part disposed under and corresponding to the central part of the pixel electrode. The aligning voltage applied to the aligning electrode is greater than the pixel voltage applied to the pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Sung-Kao Liu, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8059238Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, and a plurality of pixels positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the pixels having at least one reflecting region and at least one transmitting region includes a color filter layer formed on the substrate and located in both of the reflecting region and the transmitting region, at least one first reflective layer formed between the color filter layer and the substrate and located in the reflecting region, at least one switch element located in the reflecting region, and at least one second reflective layer located in the reflecting region.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventor: Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110273760Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a barrier layer, a protective layer, a first optical adhesive layer and a second optical adhesive layer. The barrier layer is disposed above the display panel. The protective layer is disposed above the barrier layer. The first optical adhesive layer with a first thickness is disposed between the display panel and the barrier layer. The second optical adhesive layer with a second thickness is disposed between the protective layer and the barrier layer. The first thickness is larger than the second thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Ming-Che HSIEH, Shih-Hsing HUNG, Chih-Jen HU
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Publication number: 20110267558Abstract: A multi-view liquid crystal display for different users to watch different images from different viewing angles is provided. The multi-view liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a first backlight module and a second backlight module. The first backlight module is disposed below the liquid crystal display panel. The second backlight module is disposed between the first backlight module and the liquid crystal display panel. Furthermore, the first backlight module provides a first plane light source and the second backlight module provides a second plane light source. An included angle ? formed between transmitting directions of the first and the second plane light sources ranges from 6 degrees to 176 degrees. Therefore, when different users watch the multi-view liquid crystal display which displays different images from different viewing angles, the resolutions of the images are the same as the resolution of the multi-view liquid crystal display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shih-Chia Hsu, Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110267320Abstract: A flexible device has a flexible panel, a driver, and a restraining component. The flexible panel includes a main region and a driver bonding region outside the main region. The driver is electrically connected to the driver bonding region. The restraining component is disposed adjacent to the driver bonding region. Rigidity of the restraining component is greater than rigidity of the flexible panel, and coefficient of thermal expansion of the restraining component is smaller than coefficient of thermal expansion of the flexible panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110254808Abstract: A reflective touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An incident light enters the display panel through a front substrate thereof. A plurality of pixel structures and a plurality of light sensing devices are disposed on an inner surface of the front substrate. The light sensing device includes a light sensing transistor having a transparent gate electrode. The manufacturing method for the reflective touch display panel includes the following steps. A first patterned transparent conductive layer, including the transparent gate electrode and a capacitance lower electrode, is formed on the front substrate. A first patterned conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a patterned semi-conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer and a second patterned transparent conductive layer are sequentially formed on the front substrate to respectively form the light sensing device and the pixel structure. A reflective material layer and a back substrate are.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Lin LIN, Chih-Jen HU, Wei-Ming HUANG
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Publication number: 20110242452Abstract: A transflective LCD device includes an array substrate and a color filter. The substrate includes a plurality gate lines, a plurality of common lines, and a plurality of data lines substantially crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region has a reflective area and a transmissive area. Two of the reflective area of two adjacent sub-pixel regions in the same column are juxtaposed to each other. The color filter has a plurality of sub-pixel regions respectively aligned with the sub-pixel regions of the array substrate. The color filter includes an insulating layer disposed on the reflective area of a respective sub-pixel region. An LC layer is disposed between the array substrate and the color filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Ching-Sheng CHENG, Li-Ping Liu, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Chih-Chun Pei, Chih-Jen Hu, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20110235160Abstract: A package structure of flexible display device includes a flexible opto-electronic display panel, a first barrier layer and a second barrier layer. The flexible opto-electronic display panel includes a backplane, a flexible frontplane, and a display media layer. The display media layer is disposed between the flexible frontplane and the backplane, where the display media layer is substantially corresponding to a display region of the backplane, and at least one side of the display media layer aligns with one corresponding side of the backplane. The first barrier layer is disposed on a first surface of the flexible frontplane, where the flexible frontplane, the display media layer and the first barrier layer expose a bonding region of the backplane. The second barrier layer is disposed on a second surface of the backplane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Ming-Che Hsieh, Shih-Hsing Hung, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8023078Abstract: A transflective LCD device includes an array substrate and a color filter. The substrate includes a plurality gate lines, a plurality of common lines, and a plurality of data lines substantially crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region has a reflective area and a transmissive area. Two of the reflective area of two adjacent sub-pixel regions in the same column are juxtaposed to each other. The color filter has a plurality of sub-pixel regions respectively aligned with the sub-pixel regions of the array substrate. The color filter includes an insulating layer disposed on the reflective area of a respective sub-pixel region. An LC layer is disposed between the array substrate and the color filter.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Ching-Sheng Cheng, Li-Ping Liu, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Chih-Chun Pei, Chih-Jen Hu, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20110216256Abstract: A reflective type touch-sensing display panel including a front substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, photo-sensors, readout devices, a rear substrate and a reflective display medium is provided. The front substrate has an inner surface. The scan lines and the data lines are on the inner surface of the front substrate and intersected to each other. The pixel structures are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate, and each pixel structure is electrically connected to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines correspondingly. The photo-sensors are disposed on the inner surface of the front substrate. Each readout device is electrically connected to one of the photo-sensor correspondingly. The rear substrate is disposed opposite to the front substrate. The reflective display medium is sealed between the front substrate and the rear substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, An-Thung Cho, Chih-Jen Hu, Wei-Ming Huang
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Publication number: 20110216055Abstract: A method of driving an electrophoretic display is set forth for avoiding image-edge residual while sequentially displaying a first frame and a second frame. During the time of displaying the first frame, set a common voltage to be a first voltage, apply a second voltage different from the first voltage to a first pixel for writing a first data signal into the first pixel, and apply the first voltage to a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel for retaining a second data signal of the second pixel, which is different from the first data signal. During the time of displaying the second frame, set the common voltage to be the second voltage, apply the first voltage to the first pixel for writing the second data signal into the first pixel, and apply the first voltage to the second pixel for retaining the second data signal of the second pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Chung-Hsiang Chiu, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Chung-Yi Chang, Sheng-Wen Huang, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8013964Abstract: A liquid crystal display device uses a first quarter-wave retardation film and a hybrid aligned nematic film to reduce light leakage in dark state for reaching high contrast ratio, and uses multiple-gamma IC to provide different gamma-curve signals for pixels of different colors to solve color shift problem. In addition, the liquid crystal display device may use a second quarter-wave retardation film to reduce light leakage when viewed in a wide angle so as to further provide higher contrast ratio.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Cheng Lo, Yung-Lun Lin, Ching-Sheng Cheng, Chih-Jen Hu
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Patent number: 8013951Abstract: A multi-view liquid crystal display for different users to watch different images from different viewing angles is provided. The multi-view liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a first backlight module and a second backlight module. The first backlight module is disposed below the liquid crystal display panel. The second backlight module is disposed between the first backlight module and the liquid crystal display panel. Furthermore, the first backlight module provides a first plane light source and the second backlight module provides a second plane light source. An included angle ? formed between transmitting directions of the first and the second plane light sources ranges from 6 degrees to 176 degrees. Therefore, when different users watch the multi-view liquid crystal display which displays different images from different viewing angles, the resolutions of the images are the same as the resolution of the multi-view liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Shih-Chia Hsu, Chih-Jen Hu
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Publication number: 20110148860Abstract: A stereoscopic display is proposed. A first display zone and a second display zone are displayed based on light for a first light source group, in response to a first data voltage signal fed to the first display zone and the second display zone, and to a second data voltage signal fed to a third display zone. The second display zone and the third display zone are displayed based on light for a second light source group, in response to the second data voltage signal fed to the first display zone, and to the first data voltage signal fed to the second display zone and the third display zone. The first display zone and the second display zone are displayed based on light from the first light source group, in response to the second data voltage signal fed to the first display zone and the second display zone, and to the first data voltage signal fed to the third display zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Meng-chieh Tsai, Chih-wen Chen, Chih-hung Shih, Chih-jen Hu, Ren-wei Liao