Patents by Inventor I-An Yao

I-An Yao 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: 11972072
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a first sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit and a power line. The first sensing circuit includes a first sensing unit and a first transistor, and a first end of the first sensing unit is coupled to a control end of the first transistor. The second sensing circuit includes a second sensing unit and a second transistor, and a first end of the second sensing unit is coupled to a control end of the second transistor. A first end of the first transistor and a first end of the second transistor are coupled to the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Fen Li, Chuan-Chi Chien, Hsiao-Feng Liao, Rui-An Yu, Chang-Chiang Cheng, Po-Yang Chen, I-An Yao
  • Patent number: 11974083
    Abstract: An electronic device including a protection layer, a display panel, and a sound broadcasting element is provided. The protection layer has an inner surface and a side surface directly connected to the inner surface. The display panel is disposed on the inner surface of the protection layer and has a back surface and a side surface directly connected to the back surface. The sound broadcasting element is located adjacent to the side surface of the display panel, and the sound broadcasting element includes a piezoelectric component and a connection component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Pin Hsiao, Wei-Cheng Lee, Jiunn-Shyong Lin, I-An Yao
  • Publication number: 20240135745
    Abstract: An electronic device has a narrow viewing angle state and a wide viewing angle state, and includes a panel and a light source providing a light passing through the panel. In the narrow viewing angle state, the light has a first relative light intensity and a second relative light intensity. The first relative light intensity is the strongest light intensity, the second relative light intensity is 50% of the strongest light intensity, the first relative light intensity corresponds to an angle of 0°, the second relative light intensity corresponds to a half-value angle, and the half-value angle is between ?15° and 15°. In the narrow angle state, a third relative light intensity at each angle between 20° and 60° or each angle between ?20° and ?60° is lower than 20% of the strongest light intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: InnnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Kuei-Sheng Chang, Po-Yang Chen, Kuo-Jung Wu, I-An Yao, Wei-Cheng Lee, Hsien-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 11957065
    Abstract: Various techniques and apparatus permit fabrication of superconductive circuits. A superconducting integrated circuit comprising a superconducting stud via, a kinetic inductor, and a capacitor may be formed. Forming a superconducting stud via in a superconducting integrated circuit may include masking with a hard mask and masking with a soft mask. Forming a superconducting stud via in a superconducting integrated circuit may include depositing a dielectric etch stop layer. Interlayer misalignment in the fabrication of a superconducting integrated circuit may be measured by an electrical vernier. Interlayer misalignment in the fabrication of a superconducting integrated circuit may be measured by a chain of electrical verniers and a Wheatstone bridge. A superconducting integrated circuit with three or more metal layers may include an enclosed, matched, on-chip transmission line. A metal wiring layer in a superconducting integrated circuit may be encapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: 1372934 B.C. LTD.
    Inventors: Shuiyuan Huang, Byong H. Oh, Douglas P. Stadtler, Edward G. Sterpka, Paul I. Bunyk, Jed D. Whittaker, Fabio Altomare, Richard G. Harris, Colin C. Enderud, Loren J. Swenson, Nicolas C. Ladizinsky, Jason J. Yao, Eric G. Ladizinsky
  • Publication number: 20240113236
    Abstract: A sensing device including a substrate, a circuit layer, and a plurality of sensing units is provided. The circuit layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of driving circuits. The plurality of sensing units are disposed on the circuit layer, and each of the sensing units includes a supporting part and a sensing part. The supporting part is electrically connected to one of the plurality of driving circuits. The sensing part is electrically connected to the supporting part, and the sensing part is separated from a first cavity by the supporting part and the circuit layer. In a normal direction of the substrate, at least a portion of the supporting part is disposed between the circuit layer and the sensing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: I-AN YAO, Yu-Tsung Liu
  • Publication number: 20240087644
    Abstract: A forming operation of resistive memory device is provided. The operation includes: applying a pre-forming gate voltage and a pre-forming bit line voltage to a target memory cell; performing a dense switching forming operation, wherein the dense switching forming operation includes alternately performing dense set operations and dense reset operations on the target memory cell, wherein the dense set operation includes applying a dense switching gate voltage and a dense set bit line voltage; and performing a normal set operation on the target memory cell, wherein the normal set operation includes applying a normal set gate voltage and a normal set bit line voltage to the target memory cell, the normal set gate voltage is greater than the pre-forming gate voltage and the dense switching gate voltage, and the normal set bit line voltage is less than the pre-forming bit line voltage and the dense set bit line voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: I-Hsien Tseng, Lung-Chi Cheng, Ju-Chieh Cheng, Jun-Yao Huang, Ping-Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 11921372
    Abstract: A display device including a first light emitting unit, a second light emitting unit, a first optical layer and a second optical layer is disclosed. The first optical layer is disposed on at least one of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, and the first optical layer includes a collimating layer. The second optical layer is disposed on the first light emitting unit. The second optical layer is configured to scatter a first light emitted from the first light emitting unit but does not scatter a second light emitted from the second light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Kuei-Sheng Chang, Kuo-Jung Wu, Po-Yang Chen, I-An Yao
  • Patent number: 11900716
    Abstract: An electronic device which has a narrow viewing angle state and a wide viewing angle state includes a diffuser layer, a panel and a light source. The panel is disposed on the diffuser layer. The light source provides a light passing through the panel. In the narrow viewing angle state, the light has a first relative light intensity and a second relative light intensity. The first relative light intensity is the strongest light intensity, and the second relative light intensity is 50% of the strongest light intensity. The first relative light intensity corresponds to an angle of 0°, the second relative light intensity corresponds to a half-value angle, and the half-value angle is between ?15° and 15°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Kuei-Sheng Chang, Po-Yang Chen, Kuo-Jung Wu, I-An Yao, Wei-Cheng Lee, Hsien-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 11854297
    Abstract: Sensing pixels each store a sensing voltage level. A method for driving the plurality of sensing pixels includes providing a plurality of readout scan signals to the plurality of sensing pixels, and providing a plurality of reset scan signals to the plurality of sensing pixels. One of the plurality of readout scan signals enables one of the plurality of sensing pixels to output the sensing voltage level stored in the one of the plurality of sensing pixels. One of plurality of reset scan signals resets the sensing voltage level stored in one of the plurality of sensing pixels. An nth reset scan signal of the plurality of reset scan signals is started behind an nth readout scan signal of the plurality of readout scan signals in time domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Liao, Hsing-Yuan Hsu, Po-Yang Chen, I-An Yao
  • Publication number: 20230408730
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an optical structure layer. The optical structure layer is disposed on the display panel. A glossiness of the optical structure layer is between 4 GU and 35 GU, and a reflectivity of specular component included (SCI) of the optical structure layer is between 3% and 6%. The display device disclosed in the disclosure may reduce an influence of a displayed image from ambient light from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsu, Wei-Ming Chu, Sheng-Nan Fan, Shih-Fu Liao, I-AN YAO, Chiu-Lien Yang
  • Publication number: 20230403915
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units, a plurality of color filter units and a protecting layer. The plurality of color filter units are disposed on the plurality of light-emitting units and include a first color filter unit. The first color filter unit is overlapped with a first light-emitting unit of the plurality of light-emitting units. The protecting layer is arranged on the plurality of color filter units. The display device has a maximum light-emitting angle ?2, the protecting layer has a refractive index n1, the first color filter unit has a width WCF along a first direction, the light-emitting layer of the first light-emitting unit has a width WL along the first direction, and the first color filter unit has a thickness HCF, a distance H is formed between the first light-emitting unit and the first color filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Tse Li, Shih-Fu Liao, I-An Yao
  • Publication number: 20230400739
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight module and a display panel. The display panel is disposed on the backlight module and includes two substrates, a sensor, and a light-shielding element. The sensor is disposed between the two substrates. The light-shielding element at least partially surrounds the sensor. A height of the light-shielding element is greater than a height of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao Feng Liao, Shu-Fen Li, CHUAN-CHI CHIEN, Po-Yang Chen, I-AN YAO
  • Patent number: 11789326
    Abstract: A display device includes a backlight module and a display panel. The display panel is disposed on the backlight module and includes two substrates, a sensor, and a light-shielding element. The sensor is disposed between the two substrates. The light-shielding element at least partially surrounds the sensor. A height of the light-shielding element is greater than a height of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao Feng Liao, Shu-Fen Li, Chuan-Chi Chien, Po-Yang Chen, I-An Yao
  • Publication number: 20230305343
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first panel. The first panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, and a first signal line. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first transparent electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The second transparent electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first signal line is electrically connected to the first transparent electrode and extending along a first direction. The impedance of the first signal line is less than the impedance of the first transparent electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ting-Wei LIANG, Jiunn-Shyong LIN, I-An YAO, Tzu-Chieh LAI, Chung-Chun CHENG, Shih-Che CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230296944
    Abstract: An electronic device including a panel is provided. The panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the medium layer, a plurality of first electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the medium layer, and a plurality of connecting lines disposed between the second substrate and the first electrodes. The sealant includes a plurality of conductive particles. The first electrodes are electrically connected to the connection lines through the conductive particles. There is a first space S1 between two adjacent connecting lines of the connecting lines. One of the conductive particles has a width of W. The first space S1 and the width W conform to the following formula: 3<S1/W<20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tsung-Yu YANG, Ming-Huang CHEN, Shu-Fen LI, Chuan-Chi CHIEN, I-An YAO, Jui-Chu LAI
  • Publication number: 20230215771
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of first pads, a plurality of sensing units and a plurality of test pads. The first pads are disposed on the substrate, the sensing units are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the first pads, and the test pads are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the sensing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chih LIAO, Kuei-Sheng CHANG, Hsing-Yuan HSU, Po-Yang CHEN, I-An YAO
  • Publication number: 20230215212
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification module includes a color filter substrate and a protective cover. The color filter substrate includes a first shading member. The protective cover is disposed on the color filter substrate and includes a second shading member. The second shading member faces the color filter substrate. There is a gap between the first shading member and the second shading member in a thickness direction of the fingerprint identification module, and the gap is within a range of 0.2 mm to 0.7 mm, in the cross-sectional view of the fingerprint identification module, the second shading member includes a first part and a second part spatially separated from the first part, the first part and the second part are located on opposite sides of the fingerprint identification module, and one of the first part and the second part does not overlap the first shading member in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao Feng Liao, Chuan-Chi Chien, I-An Yao
  • Publication number: 20230194923
    Abstract: A display device including a first light emitting unit, a second light emitting unit, a first optical layer and a second optical layer is disclosed. The first optical layer is disposed on at least one of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit, and the first optical layer includes a collimating layer. The second optical layer is disposed on the first light emitting unit. The second optical layer is configured to scatter a first light emitted from the first light emitting unit but does not scatter a second light emitted from the second light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Kuei-Sheng CHANG, Kuo-Jung WU, Po-Yang CHEN, I-An YAO
  • Publication number: 20230179898
    Abstract: An electronic device including a protection layer, a display panel, and a sound broadcasting element is provided. The protection layer has an inner surface and a side surface directly connected to the inner surface. The display panel is disposed on the inner surface of the protection layer and has a back surface and a side surface directly connected to the back surface. The sound broadcasting element is located adjacent to the side surface of the display panel, and the sound broadcasting element includes a piezoelectric component and a connection component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Pin Hsiao, Wei-Cheng Lee, Jiunn-Shyong Lin, I-An Yao
  • Publication number: 20230168760
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a first sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit and a power line. The first sensing circuit includes a first sensing unit and a first transistor, and a first end of the first sensing unit is coupled to a control end of the first transistor. The second sensing circuit includes a second sensing unit and a second transistor, and a first end of the second sensing unit is coupled to a control end of the second transistor. A first end of the first transistor and a first end of the second transistor are coupled to the power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Fen LI, Chuan-Chi CHIEN, Hsiao-Feng LIAO, Rui-An YU, Chang-Chiang CHENG, Po-Yang CHEN, I-An YAO