Patents by Inventor Hsuan-Lin Pan
Hsuan-Lin Pan 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: 8922496Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a touch panel are disclosed herein, the apparatus includes an object detection module and an adjusting device. The object detection module can detect a position of at least one object contacting the touch panel. A position analyzer recognizes position of the object and the adjusting device can set the touch panel to a predetermined position according to the result recognized by the position analyzer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Chien-Yung Cheng, Hsuan-Lin Pan
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Publication number: 20140340590Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite with the first surface. The first conductive layer is located on the first surface and includes a plurality of first conductive films located apart from each other. The second conductive layer is located on the second surface and includes a carbon nanotube layer structure. A resistivity of the carbon nanotube layer structure along the first direction is larger than a resistivity of the carbon nanotube layer structure along a second direction perpendicular with the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: TIANJIN FUNAYUANCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.Inventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, YU-JU HSU, CHIH-HAN CHAO, HSUAN-LIN PAN, JIA-SHYONG CHENG
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Patent number: 8749513Abstract: A capacitive touch panel includes a first conductive film with anisotropic impedance, a second conductive film with conductive structures, and an insulating layer disposed between the first conductive film and the second conductive film. The conducting direction of the conductive structures is perpendicular to the direction of least impedance of the first conductive film.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Innolux CorporationInventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan, Tai-Shun Liao
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Patent number: 8681118Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a touch panel and a method of locating a touch point. An insulating layer is disposed between a first insulating substrate and a second insulating substrate. A first conductive film with anisotropic impedance is disposed between the first insulating substrate and the insulating layer, and a second conductive film with anisotropic impedance is disposed between the insulating layer and the second insulating substrate. Multiple first pads are disposed on a peripheral region of the first conductive film along a first direction, and multiple second pads are disposed on a peripheral region of the second conductive film along a second direction. The first conductive film has least impedance along the second direction, and the second conductive film has least impedance along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Tai-Shun Liao, Hsuan-Lin Pan, Po-Sheng Shih
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Patent number: 8547491Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes two sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. One of the storage capacitors is a tunable capacitor. The tunable capacitor includes a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer with a area Asem, and a second metal layer. The second conductive layer has a first region with a area Acon overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The area Acon is less than the area Asem.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Hannstar Display CorporationInventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan, Jiunn-Shyong Lin
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Patent number: 8520031Abstract: A pixel driving method for a display device is provided. The display device includes at least a first and a second pixels coupled to a signal terminal. The first pixel is located farther from the signal terminal than the second pixel, and each pixel is driven during a time period, which includes a first operation period and a second operation period. The pixel driving method includes steps of generating a compensation voltage and an ideal voltage according to a gray scale value of the each pixel, charging/discharging the each pixel by the compensation voltage corresponding to the each pixel during the respective first operation period, and charging/discharging the each pixel by the ideal voltage corresponding to the each pixel during the respective second operation period. The first operation period for charging/discharging the first pixel is longer than that for charging/discharging the second pixel.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.Inventors: Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan
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Patent number: 8508451Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for driving a display panel thereof are provided. The display panel includes an inducing signal readout line and N gate lines, in which N is a natural number. The inducing signal readout line is coupled to a plurality of inducing circuits. Each inducing circuit is coupled to one of the gate lines, and the Nth gate line is coupled to one of the inducing circuits. In the method, several gate pulses are provided to drive the gate lines sequentially to turn on the corresponding inducing circuits, wherein at least a portion of the driving duration of a gate pulse provided to the Nth gate line is in a blanking time between two frames.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Hannstar Display CorporationInventors: Hsuan-Lin Pan, Chien-Yung Cheng
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Patent number: 8305093Abstract: A touch device includes a first conductive film, a plurality of first electrodes, a first auxiliary electrode, a plurality of second electrodes, a second auxiliary electrode, and a second conductive film. The first conductive film has a first side, a second side, a first area, and a second area. The first electrodes are disposed at the portion of the first side located at a side of the first area. The first auxiliary electrode is disposed at the portion of the first side located at a side of the second area. The second electrodes are disposed at the portion of the second side located at another side of the second area. The second auxiliary electrode is disposed at the portion of the second side located at another side of the first area. The second conductive film is disposed beside the first conductive film.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Hsuan-Lin Pan, Po-Sheng Shih
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Publication number: 20120249908Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes two sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. One of the storage capacitors is a tunable capacitor. The tunable capacitor includes a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer with a area Asem, and a second metal layer. The second conductive layer has a first region with a area Acon overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The area Acon is less than the area Asem.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan, Jiunn-Shyong Lin
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Patent number: 8218097Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes two sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. One of the storage capacitors is a tunable capacitor. The tunable capacitor includes a first conductive layer, an insulating layer, a semiconductor layer with a area Asem, and a second metal layer. The second conductive layer has a first region with a area Acon overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The area Acon is less than the area Asem.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: HannStar Display CorporationInventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan, Jiunn-Shyong Lin
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Patent number: 8054271Abstract: The invention provides methods of driving a pixel and liquid crystal display panels implementing the methods. The invention generates an ideal data voltage corresponding to a gray level of the pixel, and generates a compensated data voltage corresponding to the gray level according to a polarity change of the pixel. The charging period of the pixel is divided into a first charging time segment and a second charging time segment. The invention charges the pixel by the compensated data voltage during the first charging time segment, and charges the pixel by the compensated data voltage during the second charging time segment.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.Inventors: Hsuan-Lin Pan, Po-Sheng Shih
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Patent number: 8035588Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and its driving method are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a plurality of scanning lines and data lines; a pixel matrix having a plurality of pixels which are formed in the intersections of the scanning lines and the data lines; and each of the pixels having: a pixel electrode; a control electrode; a first thin film transistor having a gate electrode connected to the scanning line, a first electrode connected to the data line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode; a second thin film transistor having a gate electrode connected to another adjacent scanning line, a first electrode connected to another adjacent data line and a second electrode connected to the control electrode; and wherein one of the two most outside data lines of the pixel matrix is called a boundary data line, and an auxiliary line is disposed between the boundary data line and the pixel electrode adjacent to the boundary data line.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.Inventors: Hsuan-Lin Pan, Po-Sheng Shih
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Publication number: 20110216035Abstract: A surface capacitive touch panel, a driving method thereof, a display apparatus using the same, and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The surface capacitive touch panel includes a substrate, a conductive film, and a plurality of driving sensing electrodes. The conductive film is formed on the substrate. The conductive film has an anisotropy of impedance to define a lower impedance direction and a higher impedance direction. The driving sensing electrodes are disposed on at least one side of the conductive film and the at least one side is substantially perpendicular to the lower impedance direction. The surface capacitive touch panel of the invention has high positioning accuracy. The touch sensing accuracy of the display apparatus and the electronic apparatus using the surface capacitive touch panel is also desirable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: PO-SHENG SHIH, HSUAN-LIN PAN, PO-YANG CHEN, JIA-SHYONG CHENG, CHIH-HAN CHAO, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG
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Patent number: 7940238Abstract: A novel method for driving the data signal transmission and the photo signal readout in a pixel of a display as well as the novel pixel structure corresponding thereto is provided to overcome the lightness uniformity issue of the conventional touch sensitive display resulting from the configuration of readout line. In the present invention, the exclusive readout line for signal readout is not necessary anymore, and through the well-designed configuration for the novel pixel, the data line carrying on a data signal would transmit a photo signal to be read out and processed as well.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Hannstar Display CorporationInventors: Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan
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Publication number: 20110069035Abstract: A capacitive touch panel includes a first conductive film with anisotropic impedance, a second conductive film with conductive structures, and an insulating layer disposed between the first conductive film and the second conductive film. The conducting direction of the conductive structures is perpendicular to the direction of least impedance of the first conductive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: PO-YANG CHEN, PO-SHENG SHIH, HSUAN-LIN PAN, TAI-SHUN LIAO
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Publication number: 20110050627Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a touch panel and a method of locating a touch point. An insulating layer is disposed between a first insulating substrate and a second insulating substrate. A first conductive film with anisotropic impedance is disposed between the first insulating substrate and the insulating layer, and a second conductive film with anisotropic impedance is disposed between the insulating layer and the second insulating substrate. Multiple first pads are disposed on a peripheral region of the first conductive film along a first direction, and multiple second pads are disposed on a peripheral region of the second conductive film along a second direction. The first conductive film has least impedance along the second direction, and the second conductive film has least impedance along the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: TAI-SHUN LIAO, HSUAN-LIN PAN, PO-SHENG SHIH
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Publication number: 20110025352Abstract: A touch device includes a first conductive film, a plurality of first electrodes, a first auxiliary electrode, a plurality of second electrodes, a second auxiliary electrode, and a second conductive film. The first conductive film has a first side, a second side, a first area, and a second area. The first electrodes are disposed at the portion of the first side located at a side of the first area. The first auxiliary electrode is disposed at the portion of the first side located at a side of the second area. The second electrodes are disposed at the portion of the second side located at another side of the second area. The second auxiliary electrode is disposed at the portion of the second side located at another side of the first area. The second conductive film is disposed beside the first conductive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: HSUAN-LIN PAN, PO-SHENG SHIH
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Publication number: 20110018837Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a touch panel are disclosed herein, the apparatus includes an object detection module and an adjusting device. The object detection module can detect a position of at least one object contacting the touch panel. A position analyzer recognizes position of the object and the adjusting device can set the touch panel to a predetermined position according to the result recognized by the position analyzer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: PO-YANG CHEN, PO-SHENG SHIH, CHIEN-YUNG CHENG, HSUAN-LIN PAN
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Publication number: 20110007026Abstract: A positioning method for a touch screen including a conductive layer having an anisotropic impedance and separated detecting electrodes disposed at a side of the conductive layer is provided. A first voltage is provided to the conductive layer. A second voltage is provided to the conductive layer when the touch screen is touched, wherein a touch point is defined as where the second voltage is applied. Voltages of the detecting electrodes are sequentially measured. The relative extreme voltage and the voltage of the detecting electrode closest to the relative extreme voltage are selected. A coordinate of the touch point in the conductive layer is determined according to the relative extreme voltage and where the detecting electrode providing the voltage closest to the relative extreme voltage is.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: PO-YANG CHEN, PO-SHENG SHIH, HSUAN-LIN PAN
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Patent number: 7701539Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, comprising a plurality of scan lines fabricated along a first axis, a plurality of data lines fabricated along a second axis, a first pixel and a second pixel. Each of the first and second pixels is surrounded by two adjacent scan lines and two adjacent data lines. The first pixel comprises a first thin film transistor (TFT). The second pixel comprises a second and a third TFT. The gates of the second and third TFT are electrically connected to the two adjacent scan lines surrounding the second pixel, respectively. The third TFT further comprises a source electrically connected to a photo-sensor, and a drain electrically connected to an access line fabricated along the second axis. One end of the access line is electrically connected to a signal processor via a switch.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.Inventors: Po-Sheng Shih, Hsuan-Lin Pan