Patents by Inventor Craig Lin

Craig 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: 12094429
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first (B), second (Y), third (R) and fourth (W) particles dispersed in the fluid and having differing colors. The first (B) and third (R) particles bear charges of one polarity and the second (Y) and fourth (W) particles bear charges of the opposite polarity, The first particles (B) have a greater zeta potential than the third particles (R), and the second particles (Y) have a greater zeta potential than the fourth particles (W). One of the particles (W) is white, one of the non-white particles (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles are light-reflective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Xiaolong Zheng
  • Patent number: 12091440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to IL2 agonists with improved therapeutic profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiaxi Wu, Tong Zhang, Maria del Pilar Molina-Portela, Eric Smith, Chia-Yang Lin, Thomas Craig Meagher
  • Patent number: 12085829
    Abstract: A method for driving electro-optic displays including a layer of electro-optic material disposed between a common electrode and a backplane including an array of pixel electrodes, each coupled to a pixel transistor. The method for driving includes apportioning a displayable region of the electro-optic display into N BRAID line groups, where each of the N BRAID line groups is associated with a frame buffer. The method also includes receiving first image data comprising optical state data for the entire displayable region of the electro-optic display, and sequentially writing subsets of the first image data to each of the N frame buffers, wherein each of the N frame buffers is written with data corresponding to the corresponding BRAID line group. The method also includes sequentially updating portions of the displayable region of the electro-optic display based on the data in each of the N frame buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bryan Hans Chan, Craig Lin
  • Publication number: 20240282277
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrophoretic layers containing at least five different particles, and to driving methods for displaying at least five, and in some embodiments, six different colors at each pixel or sub-pixel. The electrophoretic layers may also contain uncharged neutral buoyancy particles, and the driving methods may include special shaking waveform sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Craig LIN
  • Publication number: 20240241422
    Abstract: A method for driving an electro-optic display, the display having at least one display pixel coupled to a storage capacitor, the method include applying a waveform sequence to the at least one display pixel and connecting the storage capacitor to a first bias voltage, and maintaining a last frame voltage level on the display pixel after the completion of the applied waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Craig LIN, Haiyan GU
  • Patent number: 12032264
    Abstract: A method for driving an electro-optic display, the display having at least one display pixel coupled to a storage capacitor, the method include applying a waveform sequence to the at least one display pixel and connecting the storage capacitor to a first bias voltage, and maintaining a last frame voltage level on the display pixel after the completion of the applied waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Haiyan Gu
  • Publication number: 20240168356
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electro-optic display having a layer of electrophoretic material, a first conductive layer, and a piezoelectric material positioned between the layer of electrophoretic material and the first conductive layer, the piezoelectric material overlaps with a portion of the layer of electrophoretic material, and a portion of the first conductive layer overlaps with the rest of the electrophoretic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Haiyan GU, HongMei ZANG, Craig LIN, Abraham BERHANE
  • Patent number: 11984090
    Abstract: The present invention provides four-particle electrophoretic displays with improved driving methods to achieve better color separation between adjacent pixel electrodes. The driving methods improve the color state performance when a first pixel is displaying a mixed state of a first highly-charged particle and a second lower-charged particle of the opposite polarity, while a neighboring pixel is displaying a state of a second highly-charged particle having the opposite polarity to the first highly-charged particle. The particles can be, for example, all reflective or one type of particle can be partially light transmissive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Cheng, Craig Lin, Ning-Wei Jan, Chen-Kai Chiu, Feng-Shou Lin
  • Patent number: 11900892
    Abstract: Methods for driving an electrophoretic medium including two pairs of oppositely charged particles. The first pair including a first type of positive particles and a first type of negative particles and the second pair consists of a second type of positive particles and a second type of negative particles, wherein the first pair of particles and the second pair of particles have different charge magnitudes (identifiable as zeta potentials). In particular, the driving methods produce cleaner optical stakes of the lesser-charged particles with less contamination from the other particles and more consistent electro-optical performance when the intermediate driving voltages are modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Feng-Shou Lin
  • Patent number: 11892740
    Abstract: Provided herein is an electro-optic display having a layer of electrophoretic material, a first conductive layer, and a piezoelectric material positioned between the layer of electrophoretic material and the first conductive layer, the piezoelectric material overlaps with a portion of the layer of electrophoretic material, and a portion of the first conductive layer overlaps with the rest of the electrophoretic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Haiyan Gu, Hongmei Zang, Craig Lin, Abraham Berhane
  • Publication number: 20240019752
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first, second, third and fourth types of particles (W, Y, R, B) having four different colors. The first and third particles have charges of one polarity and the second and fourth particles charges of the opposite polarity; the first particles have a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the third particles, and the second particles a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the fourth particles. One particle is white (W), one non-white particle (R) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles (B, Y) are light-reflective. A third light-reflective particle (G) may be added to create a five particle medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaolong ZHENG, Craig LIN
  • Publication number: 20240021168
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first (B), second (Y), third (R) and fourth (W) particles dispersed in the fluid and having differing colors. The first (B) and third (R) particles bear charges of one polarity and the second (Y) and fourth (W) particles bear charges of the opposite polarity, The first particles (B) have a greater zeta potential than the third particles (R), and the second particles (Y) have a greater zeta potential than the fourth particles (W). One of the particles (W) is white, one of the non-white particles (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles are light-reflective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Craig LIN, Xiaolong ZHENG
  • Patent number: 11868020
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first, second, third and fourth types of particles (W, Y, R, B) having four different colors. The first and third particles have charges of one polarity and the second and fourth particles charges of the opposite polarity; the first particles have a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the third particles, and the second particles a greater zeta potential or electrophoretic mobility than the fourth particles. One particle is white (W), one non-white particle (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles (R, Y) are light-reflective. A third light-reflective particle (G) may be added to create a five particle medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaolong Zheng, Craig Lin
  • Publication number: 20230418127
    Abstract: A driving method for driving a display comprising an electrophoretic material having at least one type of colored pigment particle, the method includes applying at least one pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle, applying a separation pulse, and applying a second pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Craig LIN
  • Patent number: 11830449
    Abstract: An electro-optic display includes a display stack having a layer of electro-optic material between a common electrode and an array of pixel electrodes, each associated with a display pixel. A display controller circuit is in electrical communication with the display stack, and is capable of applying waveforms to each display pixel by applying one or more time-dependent voltages between the common electrode and each pixel electrode. A temperature sensor in communication with the display controller circuit is positioned proximate to the display stack. A first plurality of look-up tables includes waveform shape data representing a plurality of shapes of waveforms the display controller circuit is capable of applying to each display pixel, and a second plurality of look-up tables includes voltage amplitude data representing a plurality of voltage amplitudes the display controller circuit is capable of applying to each display pixel to transition its optical state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Craig Lin
  • Patent number: 11804190
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid and first (B), second (Y), third (R) and fourth (W) particles dispersed in the fluid and having differing colors. The first (B) and third (R) particles bear charges of one polarity and the second (Y) and fourth (W) particles bear charges of the opposite polarity, The first particles (B) have a greater zeta potential than the third particles (R), and the second particles (Y) have a greater zeta potential than the fourth particles (W). One of the particles (W) is white, one of the non-white particles (B) is partially light-transmissive, and the remaining two non-white particles are light-reflective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink California, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Lin, Xiaolong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11789330
    Abstract: A driving method for driving a display comprising an electrophoretic material having at least one type of colored pigment particle, the method includes applying at least one pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle, applying a separation pulse, and applying a second pulse pair to reset the at least one type of colored pigment particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink California, LLC
    Inventor: Craig Lin
  • Publication number: 20230290316
    Abstract: Methods for driving an electrophoretic medium including two pairs of oppositely charged particles. The first pair including a first type of positive particles and a first type of negative particles and the second pair consists of a second type of positive particles and a second type of negative particles, wherein the first pair of particles and the second pair of particles have different charge magnitudes (identifiable as zeta potentials). In particular, the driving methods produce cleaner optical stakes of the lesser-charged particles with less contamination from the other particles and more consistent electro-optical performance when the intermediate driving voltages are modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Craig LIN, Feng-Shou LIN
  • Publication number: 20230282176
    Abstract: An electro-optic display includes a display stack having a layer of electro-optic material between a common electrode and an array of pixel electrodes, each associated with a display pixel. A display controller circuit is in electrical communication with the display stack, and is capable of applying waveforms to each display pixel by applying one or more time-dependent voltages between the common electrode and each pixel electrode. A temperature sensor in communication with the display controller circuit is positioned proximate to the display stack. A first plurality of look-up tables includes waveform shape data representing a plurality of shapes of waveforms the display controller circuit is capable of applying to each display pixel, and a second plurality of look-up tables includes voltage amplitude data representing a plurality of voltage amplitudes the display controller circuit is capable of applying to each display pixel to transition its optical state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Craig LIN
  • Publication number: 20230273495
    Abstract: Low-profile piezo-electrophoretic films and display films including low profile piezo-electrophoretic films. In some embodiments, the piezoelectric material of the piezo-electrophoretic films can be patterned with high-voltage electric fields after fabrication of the piezo-electrophoretic films. Such films are useful as security markers, authentication films, or sensors. The films are generally flexible. Some films are less than 100 ?m in thickness. Displays formed from the films do not require an external power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Haiyan GU, Yuriy Borisovich MATUS, Bryan Hans CHAN, HongMei ZANG, Donald A. SCHULTZ, Craig LIN