Patents by Inventor Fu-Yuan Hsueh

Fu-Yuan Hsueh 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: 9063385
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate comprises a center region, a first border region and a second border region. The center region has a first center region edge and a second center region edge. The center region corresponds to an active area for displaying an image of the display panel. The first border region, adjacent to the center region and located outside the first center region edge, has a first border region edge. The second border region, adjacent to the center region and located outside the second center region edge, has a second border region edge. The distance between the first center region edge and the first border region edge is larger than the distance between the second center region edge and the second border region edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Tzu-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 8884902
    Abstract: A decorative structure for a touch sensing device is provided. The structure comprises a transparent substrate, a low diffusivity material layer and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a non-touch surface having a non-image display area. The low diffusivity material layer is disposed on the non-touch surface of the transparent substrate and corresponds to the non-image display area, wherein the low diffusivity material layer has a reflectivity of less than 10%. The protective layer is disposed on the low diffusivity material layer and has at least a first opening pattern to allow a light to sequentially pass through the low diffusivity material layer and the transparent substrate from the first opening pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Yung-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8816232
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate having a first surface and a bonding region, first electrode lines, sets of electrode pads, first connecting lines, second connecting lines, and a flexible printed circuit having bridge lines and bonded to the bonding region. The first electrode lines are arranged abreast on the first surface along a first direction and respectively extend along a second direction intersecting the second direction. Each electrode pads set is arranged aside the corresponding first electrode line along the second direction. The first connecting lines are respectively connected to the first electrode lines, and the second connecting lines are respectively connected to the electrode pads, and both the first and second connecting lines extend to the bonding region along the second direction. The bridge lines are respectively connected to the second connecting lines, so that the corresponding electrode pads in the first direction form a second electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20140076706
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate having a first surface and a bonding region, first electrode lines, sets of electrode pads, first connecting lines, second connecting lines, and a flexible printed circuit having bridge lines and bonded to the bonding region. The first electrode lines are arranged abreast on the first surface along a first direction and respectively extend along a second direction intersecting the second direction. Each electrode pads set is arranged aside the corresponding first electrode line along the second direction. The first connecting lines are respectively connected to the first electrode lines, and the second connecting lines are respectively connected to the electrode pads, and both the first and second connecting lines extend to the bonding region along the second direction. The bridge lines are respectively connected to the second connecting lines, so that the corresponding electrode pads in the first direction form a second electrode line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20140043246
    Abstract: A decorative structure for a touch sensing device is provided. The structure comprises a transparent substrate, a low diffusivity material layer and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a non-touch surface having a non-image display area. The low diffusivity material layer is disposed on the non-touch surface of the transparent substrate and corresponds to the non-image display area, wherein the low diffusivity material layer has a reflectivity of less than 10%. The protective layer is disposed on the low diffusivity material layer and has at least a first opening pattern to allow a light to sequentially pass through the low diffusivity material layer and the transparent substrate from the first opening pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan HSUEH, Yung-Ming HUANG
  • Patent number: 8575535
    Abstract: A sensing device is provided to sense light and generates a sensing output signal indicating intensity of the light. The sensing device includes a photo element, a comparison circuit, and a logic circuit. The photo element senses the light and generates a current signal at a first node. The comparison circuit is coupled to the first node and receives the current signal. The comparison circuit includes a filter for filtering a high-frequency component on the current signal, and the comparison circuit generates a result signal according to the filtered current signal. The logic circuit receives the result signal and performs a logic operation to the result signal to generate the sensing output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsueh
  • Patent number: 8477129
    Abstract: A system for displaying images is provided. The system comprises a reference voltage source, a digital-to-analog converter, a multiplier and a buffer. The reference voltage source outputs a voltage signal, wherein the magnitude of the voltage signal is 1/N of a driving voltage. The digital-to-analog converter converts the voltage signal to a first voltage. The multiplier receives and multiplies the first voltage by N to output the driving voltage. The buffer receives the driving voltage to drive a data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Kai-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 8446361
    Abstract: A control circuit for a touch panel including a capacitor module coupled to a node. The control circuit includes a power supply, a discharging unit, and a compared unit. The power supply provides a voltage to the node. The discharging unit discharges the node. The compared unit generates an output signal according to the voltage of the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, I-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 8390611
    Abstract: An image display system includes a gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit includes several stages of gate drivers each for generating a gate driving signal to drive a row of pixels. Each stage of the gate driver receives a clock signal and a first reset signal. A first stage of the gate driver receives a vertical start pulse as an input signal of the first stage. The remaining stages of the gate drivers respectively receive the gate driving signal generated by a previous stage of the gate driver as the input signal of the remaining stages. Each stage of the gate drivers further receives the gate driving signal generated by a next stage of the gate driver as a second reset signal, and generates the corresponding gate driving signal according to the clock signal, the first reset signal, and the corresponding input signal and second reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Tzu-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 8194050
    Abstract: A sensing circuit discharge control method and device for a touch panel are disclosed. A discharging duration of a current source in the sensing circuit of the touch panel is fine tuned in a digital control manner, so as to control the discharging amount of the sensing circuit without frequently adjusting the discharging current of the current source. By using the present invention, discharging time difference between a condition in which a touch event occurs and a condition in which no touch event occurs for each sensing circuit can approach the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Chieh Yang, Fu-Yuan Hsueh, I-Lin Wu
  • Publication number: 20120113364
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate comprises a center region, a first border region and a second border region. The center region has a first center region edge and a second center region edge. The center region corresponds to an active area for displaying an image of the display panel. The first border region, adjacent to the center region and located outside the first center region edge, has a first border region edge. The second border region, adjacent to the center region and located outside the second center region edge, has a second border region edge. The distance between the first center region edge and the first border region edge is larger than the distance between the second center region edge and the second border region edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan HSUEH, Tzu-Yu CHENG
  • Patent number: 8125462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a projecting capacitive touch sensing device, display panel, and image display system. The projecting capacitive touch sensing comprises an array of a plurality of sensing units, each sensing unit including: a first electrode made of a sensing material, at least one second electrode made of a sensing material and being disposed around the peripheral of the first electrode, at least one first sensing axis electrically connected to the first electrode, and at least one second sensing axis electrically connected to the second electrodes. The first electrode is quadrangle, while the second electrodes are triangular-shaped. The first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes are arranged to form a rectangular, and a non-sensing area is defined between the first electrode and the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Lin, Kai-Chieh Yang, Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Ting-Kuo Chang
  • Publication number: 20110043511
    Abstract: An image display system includes a gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit includes several stages of gate drivers each for generating a gate driving signal to drive a row of pixels. Each stage of the gate driver receives a clock signal and a first reset signal. A first stage of the gate driver receives a vertical start pulse as an input signal of the first stage. The remaining stages of the gate drivers respectively receive the gate driving signal generated by a previous stage of the gate driver as the input signal of the remaining stages. Each stage of the gate drivers further receives the gate driving signal generated by a next stage of the gate driver as a second reset signal, and generates the corresponding gate driving signal according to the clock signal, the first reset signal, and the corresponding input signal and second reset signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Tzu-Yu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20100309156
    Abstract: A sensing device is provided to sense light and generates a sensing output signal indicating intensity of the light. The sensing device includes a photo element, a comparison circuit, and a logic circuit. The photo element senses the light and generates a current signal at a first node. The comparison circuit is coupled to the first node and receives the current signal. The comparison circuit includes a filter for filtering a high-frequency component on the current signal, and the comparison circuit generates a result signal according to the filtered current signal. The logic circuit receives the result signal and performs a logic operation to the result signal to generate the sensing output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan Hsueh
  • Patent number: 7742044
    Abstract: A source-follower-type analogue buffer with an active load, a new compensating operation and a display with the source-follower-type analogue buffers are developed to reduce an error voltage which is the difference between an input voltage and an output voltage of the analogue buffer. The source-follower type analogue buffer can also minimize the variation from both the charging time and the device characteristics and maximize the range of the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Ho Yu, Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Wei-Cheng Lin, Keiichi Sano, Ya-Hsiang Tai
  • Publication number: 20100073324
    Abstract: A sensing circuit discharge control method and device for a touch panel are disclosed. A discharging duration of a current source in the sensing circuit of the touch panel is fine tuned in a digital control manner, so as to control the discharging amount of the sensing circuit without frequently adjusting the discharging current of the current source. By using the present invention, discharging time difference between a condition in which a touch event occurs and a condition in which no touch event occurs for each sensing circuit can approach the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
    Inventors: Kai-chieh YANG, Fu-yuan HSUEH, I-lin WU
  • Publication number: 20090278121
    Abstract: A system for displaying images includes a thin film transistor array substrate including a substrate with thin film transistors array and at least one light-sensing element containing an amorphous silicon layer formed on the substrate, wherein the light-sensing element has a current flow direction perpendicular to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Ramesh Kakkad, Keiichi Sano, Fu-Yuan Hsueh, Chih-Chung Liu, Sheng-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20090231302
    Abstract: A control circuit for a touch panel including a capacitor module coupled to a node. The control circuit includes a power supply, a discharging unit, and a compared unit. The power supply provides a voltage to the node. The discharging unit discharges the node. The compared unit generates an output signal according to the voltage of the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan Hsueh, I-Lin Wu
  • Publication number: 20090128215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a level shifter for receiving a control signal to produce a driving voltage, comprising: a storage capacitor, one end of the storage capacitor coupled to the control signal and a reference voltage, another end of the storage capacitor coupled to the driving voltage and a assisting voltage; and a set of selecting switches for selecting one of the driving voltage and the assisting voltage to two ends of the storage capacitor, so that the storage capacitor is capable of boosting the voltage level of the control signal while the two ends of the storage capacitor coupled to the control signal and the driving voltage. The present invention further provides an interface driving circuit and an image displaying system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
    Inventor: Fu-Yuan HSUEH
  • Publication number: 20090122043
    Abstract: A system for displaying images is provided. The system comprises a reference voltage source, a digital-to-analog converter, a multiplier and a buffer. The reference voltage source outputs a voltage signal, wherein the magnitude of the voltage signal is 1/N of a driving voltage. The digital-to-analog converter converts the voltage signal to a first voltage. The multiplier receives and multiplies the first voltage by N to output the driving voltage. The buffer receives the driving voltage to drive a data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Yuan HSUEH, Kai-Chieh Yang