Patents by Inventor Chun-Kai CHUANG
Chun-Kai CHUANG 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: 11972077Abstract: A resetting system includes a driver that controls a touchscreen, the driver including a driver communication interface that defines a bus for transferring a transfer signal; and an on-screen display (OSD) device that generates an OSD signal representing a predetermined reset image in response to a predetermined event, the OSD signal superimposing over pixels and graphics data to be rendered on the touchscreen; and a host that transfers the transfer signal to or from the driver, the host including a host communication interface that defines the bus for transferring the transfer signal to or from the driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventors: Yu-Nian Ou, Chun-Kai Chuang, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu-Hsiang Lin
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Publication number: 20240111377Abstract: A touch detection circuitry includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a controller, and a packet generator. The ADC is arranged to convert touch signals of a touch panel from analog form into digital form. The controller is electrically connected to the ADC, and is configured to calculate at least one coordinate point and at least one touch size respectively corresponding to at least one touch event on the touch panel based on the touch signals. The packet generator is electrically connected to the controller, and is configured to encapsulate the at least one coordinate point and the at least one touch size into a touch data packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yu Nian OU, Chun Kai CHUANG, Yu-Hsiang LIN, Chun-Lung TSAI
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Patent number: 11782532Abstract: A calibration method and a calibration apparatus for a knob applicable to a touch panel are provided. The knob includes at least one sensing pad. The calibration method includes: obtaining sensed position(s) of each sensing pad by sensing a position of the sensing pad through the touch panel; and calculating a position of a center of the knob by using a formula of a radius of a circumscribed circle according the sensed position(s) of each sensing pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Jen Su, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Kai Chuang
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Patent number: 11735080Abstract: The display system includes an automotive system, a display panel, and a panel driving circuit. The panel driving circuit receives a frame from the automotive system and determines if a panel error with respect to the display panel occurs. If the panel error occurs, the panel driving circuit replaces a portion of the frame with an error icon to generate a prompt frame, and transmit the prompt frame to the display panel. If the panel error does not occur, the panel driving circuit transmits the frame to the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Yu Nian Ou, Chun Kai Chuang, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu Hsiang Lin
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Publication number: 20220365608Abstract: A calibration method and a calibration apparatus for a knob applicable to a touch panel are provided. The knob includes at least one sensing pad. The calibration method includes: obtaining sensed position(s) of each sensing pad by sensing a position of the sensing pad through the touch panel; and calculating a position of a center of the knob by using a formula of a radius of a circumscribed circle according the sensed position(s) of each sensing pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Jen Su, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Kai Chuang
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Patent number: 11467687Abstract: A touch display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a touch display panel and a driving circuit coupled to the touch display panel. The touch display panel is configured for display and touch sensing, and includes plural touch sensing pads. The driving circuit is configured to provide a voltage signal with a test pattern to the touch sensing pads, and is configured to determine whether an open circuit or a short circuit exists in the touch display panel from a detected signal in response to the voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Yu-Ming Liao, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu-Hsiang Lin
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Patent number: 11460947Abstract: A touch screen includes a touch panel including a plurality of touch blocks, and a knob, being touch-sensitive and rotatable, disposed on top of the touch panel. An area of the touch panel not covered with the knob is defined as a first area, an area of the touch panel covered with the knob is defined as a second area, and touch blocks belonging to both the first area and the second area are defined as overlapped blocks. Sense signals associated with the overlapped blocks are de-emphasized.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Li-Lin Liu, Heng-Xiao Chen
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Patent number: 11416089Abstract: A knob device is applicable to a touch panel. The knob device includes a knob cover, a plurality of sensing pads and a rotation sensing element. The plurality of sensing pads are fixedly arranged on the touch panel. A gap is form between two sensing pads. The plurality of sensing pads and gaps are distributed in a ring area around a center of an orthographic projection of the knob cover. The rotation sensing element is connected to the knob cover. When the knob cover is turned to be rotated, the rotation sensing element is rotated synchronously. When a user touches the knob device and the rotation sensing element overlaps one of the plurality of sensing pads, the touch panel generates a rotation sensing signal in response to a location of the rotation sensing element.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Heng-An Hsu, Wai-Pan Wu, Cheng-Hung Tsai
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Publication number: 20220066586Abstract: A touch display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a touch display panel and a driving circuit coupled to the touch display panel. The touch display panel is configured for display and touch sensing, and includes plural touch sensing pads. The driving circuit is configured to provide a voltage signal with a test pattern to the touch sensing pads, and is configured to determine whether an open circuit or a short circuit exists in the touch display panel from a detected signal in response to the voltage signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Yu-Ming Liao, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu-Hsiang Lin
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Publication number: 20220019295Abstract: A knob device is applicable to a touch panel. The knob device includes a knob cover; and a rotation sensing element. The rotation sensing element includes a base and a plurality of sensing pads connected to the knob cover. The rotation sensing element is arranged between the touch panel and the knob cover. The base is connected to the knob cover. When a user touches the knob device, the touch panel generates a rotation sensing signal in response to a location of the plurality of sensing pads. An orthographic projection of the knob cover on the touch panel is divided into a plurality of parts, the plurality of parts are distributed radially from a center of the orthographic projection of the knob cover, each sensing pad is located in a part and connected to another sensing pad located in another part adjacent to the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Wai-Pan Wu
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Publication number: 20220019297Abstract: A knob device is applicable to a touch panel. The knob device includes a knob cover, a plurality of sensing pads and a rotation sensing element. The plurality of sensing pads are fixedly arranged on the touch panel. A gap is form between two sensing pads. The plurality of sensing pads and gaps are distributed in a ring area around a center of an orthographic projection of the knob cover. The rotation sensing element is connected to the knob cover. When the knob cover is turned to be rotated, the rotation sensing element is rotated synchronously. When a user touches the knob device and the rotation sensing element overlaps one of the plurality of sensing pads, the touch panel generates a rotation sensing signal in response to a location of the rotation sensing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Heng-An Hsu, Wai-Pan Wu, Cheng-Hung Tsai
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Patent number: 11226692Abstract: A knob device is applicable to a touch panel. The knob device includes a knob cover; and a rotation sensing element. The rotation sensing element includes a base and a plurality of sensing pads connected to the knob cover. The rotation sensing element is arranged between the touch panel and the knob cover. The base is connected to the knob cover. When a user touches the knob device, the touch panel generates a rotation sensing signal in response to a location of the plurality of sensing pads. An orthographic projection of the knob cover on the touch panel is divided into a plurality of parts, the plurality of parts are distributed radially from a center of the orthographic projection of the knob cover, each sensing pad is located in a part and connected to another sensing pad located in another part adjacent to the part.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Wai-Pan Wu
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Patent number: 10558306Abstract: A water mode detection method includes: operating a normal touch detection operation on each of a plurality of touch detection unit groups during each of a plurality of normal scan periods to obtain a first detection result; operating a dummy touch detection operation on a first touch detection group of the touch detection unit groups to obtain a second detection result during a dummy scan period, and setting a common voltage of a second touch detection group of a plurality of non-scanned touch detection unit groups to a reference ground during the dummy touch detection operation; and generating a water mode detection result according to the first detection result and the second detection result.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Fong-Wei Yang, Chun-Kai Chuang, Chih-Chen Tsai, Chung-Wen Chang
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Publication number: 20180356931Abstract: A water mode detection method includes: operating a normal touch detection operation on each of a plurality of touch detection unit groups during each of a plurality of normal scan periods to obtain a first detection result; operating a dummy touch detection operation on a first touch detection group of the touch detection unit groups to obtain a second detection result during a dummy scan period, and setting a common voltage of a second touch detection group of a plurality of non-scanned touch detection unit groups to a reference ground during the dummy touch detection operation; and generating a water mode detection result according to the first detection result and the second detection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Fong-Wei Yang, Chun-Kai Chuang, Chih-Chen Tsai, Chung-Wen Chang
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Patent number: 9937302Abstract: A nebulizing device includes a medicament storage module, a nebulizing unit, and a first waterproof gasket. In the medicament storage module, a coupling part is connected with an outer surface of a tubular sidewall and aligned with an outlet of the tubular sidewall, and includes an extension wall and a first recess where the nebulizing unit is disposed. The first waterproof gasket is disposed within the first recess and located on a side of the nebulizing unit farther from the outlet. In the first waterproof gasket, a first opening is disposed adjacent to the nebulizing unit, a second opening is disposed opposite to the first opening and located on a side of the first opening farther from the nebulizing unit, the size of the second opening is greater than that of the first opening, and the annular wall structure is connected to the first opening and the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kuo-Liang Lee, Chun-Kai Chuang
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Publication number: 20160206835Abstract: A nebulizing device includes a medicament storage module, a nebulizing unit, and a first waterproof gasket. In the medicament storage module, a coupling part is connected with an outer surface of a tubular sidewall and aligned with an outlet of the tubular sidewall, and includes an extension wall and a first recess where the nebulizing unit is disposed. The first waterproof gasket is disposed within the first recess and located on a side of the nebulizing unit farther from the outlet. In the first waterproof gasket, a first opening is disposed adjacent to the nebulizing unit, a second opening is disposed opposite to the first opening and located on a side of the first opening farther from the nebulizing unit, the size of the second opening is greater than that of the first opening, and the annular wall structure is connected to the first opening and the second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Kuo-Liang LEE, Chun-Kai CHUANG
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Publication number: 20150062058Abstract: A touch panel capable of detecting a stylus is disclosed. At least one self scan cycle and at least one mutual scan cycle are performed in each scan frame, and touch identification of the stylus is affirmed when both touch identifications via the self scan cycle and the mutual scan cycle are detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Himax Technologies LimitedInventors: Chung-Wen Chang, Shen-Feng Tai, Jui-Min Liu, Chun-Kai Chuang
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AUTOMATIC MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR PROVIDING BUFFER PADS FOR A PCB AND PCB STRUCTURE USING THE SAME
Publication number: 20140251668Abstract: An automatic manufacturing process for providing buffer pads (40) for a PCB (10), includes a) providing the PCB (10); b) providing an automatic dispensing device and an adhesive (30); c) using the automatic dispensing device to dispense the adhesive (30) to a buffer zone (12) on the PCB (10); d) providing a pick-and-place machine and the buffer pads (40); e) using the pick-and-place machine to place the buffer pads (40) on the buffer zone (12) moistened with the adhesive (30); and f) curing the adhesive (30) to attach the buffer pads (40) to the PCB (10). Thus, labor is saved and manufacturing time is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chun-Kai CHUANG, Yu-Wei LEE, Kuo-Liang LEE -
Patent number: D814629Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Chung-Yung Lee