Patents by Inventor Kai-Chieh Yang

Kai-Chieh Yang 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: 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: 20100073325
    Abstract: An object position detecting device includes a touch film, a first electrode set, a second electrode set, and a sensing and computing circuit. An object position detecting method includes the following steps. Firstly, an object is provided on the touch film. Then, first equivalent capacitance values of multiple first electrode groups of a first electrode set under the touch film are sensed, wherein each first electrode group includes n adjacent first electrodes that are parallel with and connected with each other. Then, second equivalent capacitance values of multiple second electrode groups of a second electrode set under the touch film are sensed, wherein each second electrode group includes m adjacent second electrodes that are parallel with and connected with each other. According to the first equivalent capacitance values and the second equivalent capacitance values, first position information of the object is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
    Inventor: Kai-Chieh Yang
  • Publication number: 20100045625
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a touch panel, which includes a substrate, a lower conductive layer overlaying the substrate, an insulating layer overlaying the lower conductive layer, and an upper conductive layer overlaying the insulating layer. The lower conductive layer includes a plurality of first conductive patterns including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of first dummy patterns, wherein the first dummy patterns are electrically insulated from the first conductive patterns. The upper conductive layer includes a plurality of second conductive patterns including a plurality of second electrodes respectively overlapping the first dummy patterns and a plurality of second dummy patterns, wherein the second dummy patterns are electrically insulated from the second conductive patterns and respectively overlapping the first electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
    Inventors: Kai-Chieh Yang, Wei-Cheng Lin, Ting-Kuo Chang
  • Publication number: 20090231298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display system with a touch panel sensing device, which applied in an electronic device, the touch panel sensing device including a substrate, a black matrix, a first planarizing layer, a conductive metal, vertical and horizontal electrode layers, a second planarization (PLN) layer, and a color resist layer disposed from top to bottom, wherein the vertical and horizontal electrode layers disposed between the first planarizing layer and the second PLN layer; therefore, by placing two perpendicularly electrode layers with the first planarizing layer on the same side, effectively to avoid chromatic aberration and reduce the thickness of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Kai-Chieh Yang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7525467
    Abstract: A digital to analog converter is provided comprising a charge sharing circuit, a discharging circuit and a voltage boosting circuit. The charge sharing circuit sequentially receives first to (N?1)th bits of serial digital signals. The charge sharing circuit shares and stores charges between a first capacitor and a second capacitor according to a charging voltage, a ground voltage, a first clock signal and serial data signals. The discharging circuit discharges the charge sharing circuit according to a reset signal. After the voltage boosting circuit receive the (N?1)th digital signal, the charge boosting circuit whether to boost a first terminal and a second terminal of the second capacitor or not based on an Nth digital signal. After the voltage boosting circuit receives the Nth serial digital signal, the charge sharing circuit outputs an analog signal from the second terminal of the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Lin, Kai-Chieh Yang, Keiichi Sano, Fang-Hsing Wang, Ting-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20090073135
    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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: WEI CHENG LIN, Kai Chieh Yang, Fu Yuan Hsueh, Ting Kuo Chang
  • Publication number: 20080198054
    Abstract: A digital to analog converter is provided comprising a charge sharing circuit, a discharging circuit and a voltage boosting circuit. The charge sharing circuit sequentially receives first to (N-1)th bits of serial digital signals. The charge sharing circuit shares and stores charges between a first capacitor and a second capacitor according to a charging voltage, a ground voltage, a first clock signal and serial data signals. The discharging circuit discharges the charge sharing circuit according to a reset signal. After the voltage boosting circuit receive the (N-1)th digital signal, the charge boosting circuit whether to boost a first terminal and a second terminal of the second capacitor or not based on an Nth digital signal. After the voltage boosting circuit receives the Nth serial digital signal, the charge sharing circuit outputs an analog signal from the second terminal of the second capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Lin, Kai-Chieh Yang, Keiichi Sano, Fang-Hsing Wang, Ting-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20080198920
    Abstract: A stereo 3D video frame includes left and right components that are combined to produce a stereo image. For a given amount of distortion, the left and right components may have different impacts on perceptual visual quality of the stereo image due to asymmetry in the distortion response of the human eye. A 3D video encoder adjusts an allocation of coding bits between left and right components of the 3D video based on a frame-level bit budget and a weighting between the left and right components. The video encoder may generate the bit allocation in the rho (?) domain. The weighted bit allocation may be derived based on a quality metric that indicates overall quality produced by the left and right components. The weighted bit allocation compensates for the asymmetric distortion response to reduce overall perceptual distortion in the stereo image and thereby enhance or maintain visual quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Kai Chieh Yang, Haohong Wang, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh, Sharath Manjunath
  • Publication number: 20070237227
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to techniques for evaluating temporal quality of encoded video. Instead of estimating jerkiness based solely on frame rate or motion activity, the number of consecutive dropped frames forms a basic estimation unit. Several human visual system factors, such as sensitivity to temporal quality fluctuation and motion activity, have been taken into account to make the predicted jerkiness more consistent with the actual human visual response. The temporal quality metric can be used to estimate human perceived discomfort that is introduced by temporal discontinuity under various combinations of video shots, motion activity and local quality fluctuations. The techniques can be applied in two modes: (1) bitstream or (2) pixel mode. The quality metric can be used to evaluate temporal quality, or to control encoding or decoding characteristics to enhance temporal quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Kai-Chieh Yang, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh, Vijay Mahadevan