Patents by Inventor Hung-Hsiang Chen

Hung-Hsiang Chen 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: 9471175
    Abstract: A touch sensing panel including a substrate, an electrode array, and a plurality of third electrodes is provided. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area. The electrode array is located at the active area and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, wherein the second electrodes and the first electrodes are electrically insulated to each other and intersected with each other. The third electrodes area located at different sides of the peripheral area, respectively, and electrically insulated to the electrode array. A touch sensing control unit applied to the touch sensing panel is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: De-Wei Kuo, Jhen-Shen Liao, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20160018915
    Abstract: A touch sensing panel including a substrate, an electrode array, and a plurality of third electrodes is provided. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area. The electrode array is located at the active area and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, wherein the second electrodes and the first electrodes are electrically insulated to each other and intersected with each other. The third electrodes area located at different sides of the peripheral area, respectively, and electrically insulated to the electrode array. A touch sensing control unit applied to the touch sensing panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: De-Wei Kuo, Jhen-Shen Liao, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9213457
    Abstract: A driving method for touch panel includes providing a plurality of driving signals with a first voltage level to a plurality of sensing electrodes of a touch panel; receiving a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to the plurality of driving signals with the first voltage level from the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel; obtaining a second voltage level according to the plurality of sensing signals, the second voltage level being different from the first voltage level; and providing a plurality of driving signals with the second voltage level to the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Yong Hsu, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Shih-Hung Huang
  • Publication number: 20150185901
    Abstract: A driving method for touch panel includes providing a plurality of driving signals with a first voltage level to a plurality of sensing electrodes of a touch panel; receiving a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to the plurality of driving signals with the first voltage level from the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel; obtaining a second voltage level according to the plurality of sensing signals, the second voltage level being different from the first voltage level; and providing a plurality of driving signals with the second voltage level to the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Yong Hsu, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Shih-Hung Huang
  • Patent number: 9019235
    Abstract: A method of driving touch display includes a switching circuit driving each block of N blocks of a touch panel to display a corresponding image according to a driving signal generated by a liquid crystal driving unit during a first predetermined time within each horizontal synchronization signal period corresponding to the block between two vertical synchronization signals of the touch panel; the switching circuit executing touch scanning on M blocks of the N blocks only corresponding to the block according to touch scanning signals generated by a touch control unit during a second predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period; and the touch control unit receiving and processing a touch scanning result corresponding to each block of the M blocks through the switching circuit during a third predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period, where N and M are integers, and M is smaller than N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Li, Chao-Yong Hsu, Shih-Hung Huang, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20150062061
    Abstract: A driving method of a touch system includes a liquid crystal panel driving circuit driving each block of a plurality of blocks of a liquid crystal panel to display an image in turn according to a first control signal during a frame time; a touch sensing circuit capturing a current panel noise base line of a touch block of a touch panel non-corresponding to the block according to a second control signal during the block displaying the image; the touch sensing circuit updating a previous panel noise base line of the touch block during a previous frame time according to the current panel noise base line; the touch sensing circuit executing touch sensing on the touch block to generate touch raw data according to a third control signal; and the touch sensing circuit generating touch data according to the touch raw data and the current panel noise base line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Yong Hsu, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Shih-Hung Huang
  • Patent number: 8952909
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel comprises a touch detection array having rows of first direction detection units and columns of second direction detection units, shared scan lines, independent scan lines and a driver control module. The first direction detection units are divided into a first group and a second group of rows arranged in an alternating manner. Each shared scan line is connected to one row of the first direction detection units in the first group and one column of the second direction detection units. Each independent scan line is connected to one row of the first direction detection units or one column of the second direction detection units that is not connected to the shared scan lines. The driver control module is connected to the shared scan lines and the independent scan lines to perform scanning processes to detect a touch input. A touch detection method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Yong Hsu, Shih-Hung Huang, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20150022486
    Abstract: A method of driving touch display includes a switching circuit driving each block of N blocks of a touch panel to display a corresponding image according to a driving signal generated by a liquid crystal driving unit during a first predetermined time within each horizontal synchronization signal period corresponding to the block between two vertical synchronization signals of the touch panel; the switching circuit executing touch scanning on M blocks of the N blocks only corresponding to the block according to touch scanning signals generated by a touch control unit during a second predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period; and the touch control unit receiving and processing a touch scanning result corresponding to each block of the M blocks through the switching circuit during a third predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period, where N and M are integers, and M is smaller than N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Li, Chao-Yong Hsu, Shih-Hung Huang, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140327627
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate and a first electrode array. The first electrode array is disposed on the substrate and includes first and second touch regions. The first electrode array further includes first, second, third, and fourth electrodes. The first electrode is disposed on the first touch region. The second electrode is disposed on the first touch region corresponding in position to the first electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the second touch region. The fourth electrode is disposed on the second touch region corresponding in position to the third electrode. In addition, the first to fourth electrodes are all disposed on the same layer. The first electrode is disposed diagonally to the fourth electrode, and the first electrode is electrically coupled to the fourth electrode. Furthermore, a method for controlling the touch panel is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Chi WENG, Yun-Chih CHEN, Hung-Hsiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140292675
    Abstract: A control system applied to touch and capable of switching two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) mode includes a timing controller, a liquid crystal barrier controller, a backlight controller, and a backlight driving unit. The timing controller receives an image signal and a 2D/3D switching signal from a host, receives a touch signal from a touch panel, and generates a first timing control signal and a second timing control signal. The liquid crystal barrier controller generates and outputs a liquid crystal barrier control signal to the touch panel according to the first timing control signal. The backlight controller generates and outputs a backlight luminance control signal according to the second timing control signal. The backlight driving unit generates and outputs a backlight driving signal to a backlight unit of the touch panel according to the backlight luminance control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: De-Wei Kuo, Jhen-Shen Liao, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8803843
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first traces, an insulation layer, a plurality of second traces, and a microcontroller. The first traces are disposed over the substrate, the insulation layer is disposed over the first traces, and the second traces are disposed over the insulation layer. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the first traces and the second traces, and is operable to control the first traces and/or the second traces so that the first traces and/or the second traces form open loops or closed loops. Furthermore, a touch sensing method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chi Weng, Yun-Chih Chen, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8803019
    Abstract: Disclosure is an electrode array of a touch panel, which includes a plurality of rhombus-shaped electrodes, dumbbell-shaped electrodes, and bridge wires. The rhombus-shaped electrodes are arranged along a first direction and interconnected in the first direction. The dumbbell-shaped electrodes are arranged along a second direction. Each dumbbell-shaped electrode has a first enlarged part, a second enlarged part, and a narrow part. Here, each rhombus-shaped electrode is disposed between two adjacent dumbbell-shaped electrodes along the second direction. The bridge wires are used for electrically coupling the two first enlarged parts and the two second enlarged parts of the two adjacent dumbbell-shaped electrodes, respectively. The production reliability of the present invention is increased according to the dumbbell-shaped electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-chao Chang, Chao-yong Hsu, Shih-hung Huang, Hung-hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8742785
    Abstract: A driving method of an electrophoretic display is provided. The driving method includes the following steps. A plurality of pixels of a display panel of the electrophoretic display are configured as a plurality of blocks. A common voltage of the display panel is set to a first voltage. A plurality of scanning signals are inputted to a plurality of scanning lines of the display panel in order in which scanning lines corresponding to the same block receives the same scanning signal. A plurality of data lines of the display panel are measured to obtain at least one peak voltage corresponding to each of the blocks. A feed through voltage corresponding to each of the blocks is determined according the peak voltages corresponding to the blocks. A plurality of driving signals which drive each of the blocks are adjusted according the feed through voltage corresponding to each of the blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chi Weng, Yun-Chih Chen, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8699213
    Abstract: An electronic device with supporting stands includes an input/output module, two stands and a limiter. The two stands are obliquely disposed on the back side of the input/output module. The stands are limited by the limiter to move synchronously. At the same time, the limiter has two slots penetrated by the stands to limit moving range for the stands. Then the stands are controlled to swing with an angle and finally the visual angle of the input/output module is varied in suitable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wean-Fong Loi, Hung-Hsiang Chen, Chia-cheng Shih, Alec Wong, Hsien-Chih Wu, Chiu-Lang Huang
  • Publication number: 20140085226
    Abstract: An integrated system of touch screen and touch key includes a touch screen unit, a touch key unit, a microcontroller and a system unit. The touch screen unit generates a first touch sensing signal according to a first touch event. The touch key unit generates a second touch sensing signal according to a second touch event. The microcontroller transforms the first touch sensing signal to a first data packet and transforms the second touch sensing signal to a second data packet. The microcontroller transmits the first data packet to an interface apparatus in the system unit through a first transmission line and transmits the second data packet to the system unit through a second transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Lung LI, Jhen-Shen LIAO, Hung-Hsiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130313098
    Abstract: Disclosure is an electrode array of a touch panel, which includes a plurality of rhombus-shaped electrodes, dumbbell-shaped electrodes, and bridge wires. The rhombus-shaped electrodes are arranged along a first direction and interconnected in the first direction. The dumbbell-shaped electrodes are arranged along a second direction. Each dumbbell-shaped electrode has a first enlarged part, a second enlarged part, and a narrow part. Here, each rhombus-shaped electrode is disposed between two adjacent dumbbell-shaped electrodes along the second direction. The bridge wires are used for electrically coupling the two first enlarged parts and the two second enlarged parts of the two adjacent dumbbell-shaped electrodes, respectively. The production reliability of the present invention is increased according to the dumbbell-shaped electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-chao Chang, Chao-yong Hsu, Shih-hung Huang, Hung-hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20130278548
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first traces, an insulation layer, a plurality of second traces, and a microcontroller. The first traces are disposed over the substrate, the insulation layer is disposed over the first traces, and the second traces are disposed over the insulation layer. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the first traces and the second traces, and is operable to control the first traces and/or the second traces so that the first traces and/or the second traces form open loops or closed loops. Furthermore, a touch sensing method is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Chi WENG, Yun-Chih CHEN, Hung-Hsiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130271388
    Abstract: A touch sensing three-dimensional (3D) display device includes a display panel and a touch sensing parallax integrated panel. The touch sensing parallax integrated panel located on the display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch sensing structure, a display medium layer, a first parallax electrode layer, and a second parallax electrode layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate is located between the display panel and the second substrate. The touch sensing structure is located on the second substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first parallax electrode layer disposed on the first substrate is located between the display medium layer and the first substrate. The second parallax electrode layer disposed on the second substrate is located between the display medium layer and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Han Chu, De-Wei Kuo, Jhen-Shen Liao, Wen-Che Wang, Te-Yu Chen, Wen-Chuan Wang, Hung-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20130265274
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel is provided. The capacitive touch panel comprises a substrate, a plurality columns of first directional sensing electrodes, a plurality rows of second directional sensing electrodes and an optical compensation structure. Each two neighboring first directional sensing electrodes in each of the columns are connected with a connecting structure in series. The first and the second directional sensing electrodes are arranged in a staggered manner. Each two neighboring second directional sensing electrodes in each of the rows are connected with a bridging structure in series without contacting the connecting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hu-Yi LIU, Shih-Hung HUANG, Hung-Hsiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130257827
    Abstract: A backlight module used in a display device is provided. The backlight module comprises a first and a second view-angle LED groups, a first and a second switches, a LED drive circuit for generating a drive current and a mode-control unit. The first and the second switches enable or disable the first and the second view-angle LED groups according to a first and a second PWM signals respectively. The mode-control unit operates the backlight module in 2D or 3D display mode according to a mode-control signal. In the 2D display mode, the first and the second switches enable the first and the second view-angle LED groups synchronously to emit light according to the drive current. In the 3D display mode, the first and the second switches enable the first and the second view-angle LED groups with an interlaced manner to emit light according to the drive current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Yu HSIEH, Jhen-Shen LIAO, Hung-Hsiang CHEN