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).

  • Patent number: 11972077
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Yu-Nian Ou, Chun-Kai Chuang, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu-Hsiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20240111377
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Nian OU, Chun Kai CHUANG, Yu-Hsiang LIN, Chun-Lung TSAI
  • Patent number: 11782532
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Kai Chuang
  • Patent number: 11735080
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Nian Ou, Chun Kai Chuang, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu Hsiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20220365608
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Chun-Kai Chuang
  • Patent number: 11467687
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Yu-Ming Liao, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11460947
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Po-Hsuan Huang, Li-Lin Liu, Heng-Xiao Chen
  • Patent number: 11416089
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Heng-An Hsu, Wai-Pan Wu, Cheng-Hung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220066586
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Yu-Ming Liao, Pei-Yuan Hung, Yu-Hsiang Lin
  • Publication number: 20220019295
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Wai-Pan Wu
  • Publication number: 20220019297
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Heng-An Hsu, Wai-Pan Wu, Cheng-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11226692
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Chun-Jen Su, Chun-Kai Chuang, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Wai-Pan Wu
  • Patent number: 10558306
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Fong-Wei Yang, Chun-Kai Chuang, Chih-Chen Tsai, Chung-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20180356931
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Fong-Wei Yang, Chun-Kai Chuang, Chih-Chen Tsai, Chung-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 9937302
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang Lee, Chun-Kai Chuang
  • Publication number: 20160206835
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang LEE, Chun-Kai CHUANG
  • Publication number: 20150062058
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Chang, Shen-Feng Tai, Jui-Min Liu, Chun-Kai Chuang
  • Publication number: 20140251668
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Kai CHUANG, Yu-Wei LEE, Kuo-Liang LEE
  • Patent number: D814629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Chuang, Chung-Yung Lee