Patents by Inventor Huan Lin

Huan 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).

  • Publication number: 20130010220
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a scan line, a data line intersects the scan line, an active device, a pixel electrode, an insulating layer covering the pixel electrode, an auxiliary electrode, a shielding electrode, and a first polymer stabilized alignment (PSA) layer is provided. The liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate includes liquid crystal molecules and a monomer material. The active device includes three terminals coupled to the scan line, the data line, and the pixel electrode. The auxiliary electrode on the insulating layer is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The shielding electrode on the insulating layer located at peripheries of the pixel electrode surrounds the auxiliary electrode. The first PSA layer between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer is polymerized from the monomer material in the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung-Kao Liu, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Publication number: 20130002640
    Abstract: A driving circuit of a pixel includes a driving capacitor for driving liquid crystals according to a voltage difference between first and second ends of the driving capacitor, a reference voltage source for providing a reference voltage, a first data line for providing a first driving voltage, a second data line for providing a second driving voltage, a first scan circuit for electrically connecting the first and the second data lines to the first and the second ends of the driving capacitor respectively when the first scan circuit is turned on, a first scan line for controlling on and off states of the first scan circuit, a second scan circuit for electrically connecting the first end and the second end of the driving capacitor when the second scan circuit is turned on, and a second scan line for controlling on and off states of the second scan circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Young-Ran Chuang, Kuan-Chun Huang, Ching-Huan Lin
  • Publication number: 20120320445
    Abstract: An electrowetting display device includes an electrowetting display panel and an illumination unit. The electrowetting display panel includes two or more different optical color-converting liquid layers and a plurality of light-shielding liquid layers. The two or more different optical color-converting liquid layers are able to convert the light source generated by the illumination unit into light beams having two or more different colors of desired grey scales. The light-shielding liquid layers can be driven to change the transmittance of display regions so as to implement switch between transparent display mode, non-transparent display mode and semi-transparent display mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Syuan-Ling Yang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chu-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20120311981
    Abstract: An air filter device includes an air filter medium, a base including a surrounding wall that has first and second ends and that defines a receiving space, and a loop-shaped retainer that engages removably the second end of the surrounding wall. The receiving space of the base is open at the first and second ends of the surrounding wall, and the air filter medium is placed removably in the receiving space. The first end of the surrounding wall is configured to support one side of the air filter medium, and the loop-shaped retainer is disposed to abut against another side of the air filter medium in the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Hou-Huan Lin, Chih-Yi Wu, Pei-Yin Chen
  • Patent number: 8330908
    Abstract: A transflective display. The transflective display includes a first substrate, a first electrode formed thereon, a second substrate having a reflective area and a transmissive area opposite to the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate opposite to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and polymers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The invention also provides a method of fabricating the transflective display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Yuan Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20120307178
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a light source module and a guiding optical film. The display module includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium. The light source module generates directional light. The display module has a vertical electric field. The display medium is optically isotropic, and the display medium is optically anisotropic when driven by the vertical electric field. The directional light is not perpendicular to the first substrate when the directional light enters the display nodule. The directional light is not perpendicular to the second substrate when the directional light exits the display module. The guiding optical film is disposed on the second substrate and has a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. After the directional light exits the guiding optical film, emitting light is formed, and the emitting light and the light emitting surface has an included angle there between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Chuan Cheng, Shin-Tson Wu, Jin Yan, Young-Ran Chuang, Ching-Huan Lin
  • Publication number: 20120280953
    Abstract: A display device including a display module, a light source module, a turning optical film, a first compensation film and a second compensation film is provided. The display module includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium. The light source module generates directional light. The display module is disposed above the light source module. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The display medium is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and is optically isotropic. The turning optical film is disposed on the second substrate of the display module. The directional light enters the turning optical film and then exits the turning optical film to form an output light. The first compensation film is disposed on the first outer surface of the first substrate. The second compensation film is disposed between the second substrate and the turning optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC., AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Chuan Cheng, Jin Yan, Takahiro Ishinabe, Shin-Tson Wu, Ching-Huan Lin, Kang-Hung Liu
  • Publication number: 20120281269
    Abstract: An electro-wetting display device includes a light guide plate having a light incident surface and a light output surface, a light source, a transparent electrode, a dielectric layer, a transparent non-polar solution layer, a counter substrate, a light emitting material layer, a counter electrode layer and a transparent polar solution layer. The light source is disposed near the light incident surface. The transparent electrode layer is disposed on the light output surface. The dielectric layer covers the transparent electrode layer and has refractive index n1. The transparent non-polar solution layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and has refractive index n2, and n2?n1. The counter substrate is disposed above the transparent non-polar solution layer. The light emitting material layer and the counter electrode are disposed on the counter substrate. The transparent polar solution layer is disposed between the counter substrate and the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syuan-Ling Yang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chu-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 8304782
    Abstract: An array substrate and method for manufacturing the same is provided, wherein a data line is composed of first and second segments connected by a contact pad. First and second insulation layers are disposed between the first segment of the data line and a shielding electrode. In addition, the first insulation layer is disposed between the second segment of the data line and a gate line in their overlapping area. Accordingly, the coupling effect between the conductive layers can be reduced. For example, the RC delay problem due to parasitic capacitance between the shielding electrode and the data line is solved. As a result of the design of the two insulator layers between the first segment of the data line and the shielding electrode, the shorting between the conductive layers can also be simultaneously solved and the product yield can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Hung Shih, Wei-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8300180
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes providing a panel including a first substrate having scan lines, data lines, an active device electrically connecting the scan and data lines, and a pixel electrode electrically connecting the active device, a second substrate having an opposite electrode, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the first and the second substrates and having a monomer material. A first curing voltage and a second curing voltage are applied to the scan and data lines, respectively. The second curing voltage is thus transmitted to the pixel electrode. The first curing voltage is higher than an absolute value of the second curing voltage. The monomer material is polymerized to form a first polymer stabilized alignment (PSA) layer between the LC layer and the first substrate and a second PSA layer between the LC layer and the second substrate. The electrical field is then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Kao Liu, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Jen Hu
  • Publication number: 20120266818
    Abstract: An atmospheric film-coating device and a film-manufacturing apparatus are described. The atmospheric film-coating device includes a delivery device and a nebulization device. The delivery device is suitable for delivering at least one substrate. The nebulization device is used to gasify a film coating solution toward a direction indirectly to the at least one substrate into a plurality of film coating vapor molecules to deposit on a surface of the at least one substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: CREATING NANO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yih-Ming SHYU, Yan-Gen CHEN, Shih-Ming HUANG, Chun-Chia YEH, Pei-Lin CHEN, Shih-Huan LIN
  • Patent number: 8294651
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The LCD includes a display panel and a voltage supply device (VSD). The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines disposed substantially perpendicularly with the scan lines, and a plurality of pixels. The pixels are respectively electrically connected with the corresponding data line and the corresponding scan line, and are arranged in an array. Each of the pixels includes a common line and a compensation line, wherein the common line is located in the transparent area to receive a common voltage, and the compensation line is located in the reflection area to receive a stable voltage. The VSD is coupled to the compensation line of each of the pixels for continuously and correspondingly providing the stable voltage to the compensation line of each of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Huan Lin, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Shih-Chia Hsu, Sheng-Chao Liu, Kuang-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 8242520
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a pair of first sub-pixels, a pair of second sub-pixels and an electrical tunable photonic crystal layer is provided. The pair of first sub-pixels are substantially identical in area, and the pair of second sub-pixels are substantially identical in area. The area of each second sub-pixel is twice the area of each first sub-pixel. In addition, the electrical tunable photonic crystal layer is disposed over the pair of first sub-pixels and the pair of second sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Syuan-Ling Yang, Ching-Huan Lin
  • Publication number: 20120193629
    Abstract: An array substrate and method for manufacturing the same is provided, wherein a data line is composed of first and second segments connected by a contact pad. First and second insulation layers are disposed between the first segment of the data line and a shielding electrode. In addition, the first insulation layer is disposed between the second segment of the data line and a gate line in their overlapping area. Accordingly, the coupling effect between the conductive layers can be reduced. For example, the RC delay problem due to parasitic capacitance between the shielding electrode and the data line is solved. As a result of the design of the two insulator layers between the first segment of the data line and the shielding electrode, the shorting between the conductive layers can also be simultaneously solved and the product yield can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Lin LIN, Ching-Huan LIN, Chih-Hung SHIH, Wei-Ming HUANG
  • Publication number: 20120196392
    Abstract: In one aspect of this invention, a pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a shielding electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the scan line, the data line and the switch, where the first portion is overlapped with the switch and the second portion is overlapped with the data line, and a pixel electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the shielding electrode in the pixel area, where the first portion is overlapped with the first portion of the shielding electrode so as to define a storage capacitor therebetween and the second portion has no overlapping with the second portion of the shielding electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: HSIANG-LIN LIN, CHING-HUAN LIN, CHIH-HUNG SHIH, WEI-MING HUANG
  • Patent number: 8223303
    Abstract: A transflective LCD device includes an array substrate and a color filter. The substrate includes a plurality gate lines, a plurality of common lines, and a plurality of data lines substantially crossing the gate lines to define a plurality of sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region has a reflective area and a transmissive area. Two of the reflective area of two adjacent sub-pixel regions in the same column are juxtaposed to each other. The color filter has a plurality of sub-pixel regions respectively aligned with the sub-pixel regions of the array substrate. The color filter includes an insulating layer disposed on the reflective area of a respective sub-pixel region. An LC layer is disposed between the array substrate and the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Sheng Cheng, Li-Ping Liu, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Chih-Chun Pei, Chih-Jen Hu, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20120169694
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first switch for outputting a first electrode voltage according to a first data signal and a first gate signal, a second switch for outputting a second electrode voltage according to a second data signal and the first gate signal, a liquid crystal capacitor for controlling liquid-crystal transmittance according to the difference between the first and second electrode voltages, a first storage capacitor for storing the first electrode voltage, a third switch, a second storage capacitor for storing the second electrode voltage, and a fourth switch. The third switch controls the operation of furnishing a first common voltage to the first storage capacitor according to a second gate signal, for adjusting the first electrode voltage. The fourth switch controls the operation of furnishing a second common voltage to the second storage capacitor according to the second gate signal, for adjusting the second electrode voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Young-Ran Chuang, Ching-Huan Lin, Norio Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20120169982
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a first active device, a second active device, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a common electrode is provided. The first data line and the second data line are respectively intersected with the scan line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first data line through the first active device. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second data line through the second active device. The common electrode is located under the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. Both a first voltage of the first pixel electrode and a second voltage of the second pixel electrode are different from a third voltage of the common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Ran Chuang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chu-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20120162157
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a first active device, a second active device, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a common line, and a first capacitance upper electrode. The first and the second data lines intersect the scan line. The common line is parallel to the scan line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first data line through the first active device. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second data line through the second active device. A difference between a first voltage of the first pixel electrode and a second voltage of the second pixel electrode constitutes a driving electric field to drive a display medium. The first capacitance upper electrode is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode and located above the common line to form a first storage capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Ran Chuang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chu-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20120161171
    Abstract: A pixel structure including a pair of first sub-pixels, a pair of second sub-pixels and an electrical tunable photonic crystal layer is provided. The pair of first sub-pixels are substantially identical in area, and the pair of second sub-pixels are substantially identical in area. The area of each second sub-pixel is twice the area of each first sub-pixel. In addition, the electrical tunable photonic crystal layer is disposed over the pair of first sub-pixels and the pair of second sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syuan-Ling Yang, Ching-Huan Lin