Patents by Inventor Kai-Teng SHIH

Kai-Teng SHIH 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: 20250201203
    Abstract: A backlight control circuit includes LED circuits, a LED driver circuit, first switches and a switch module circuit. Each LED circuit includes a first and a second terminal. The second terminals of the LED circuits are connected. The LED driver circuit provides driving signals and dimming signal in sequence and provides error detection signals when the LED circuit is shorted or opened. The first switches are connected to the first terminals of the LED circuits for switching on or off the LED circuits based on the error detection signals. The switch module circuit includes second switches and third switches for timing provision of dimming signal. When a short or open circuit occurs, the error detection signal turns off corresponding first switch and third switch, so that the first terminal of the shorted/opened LED circuit is floating, and the second terminals can receive the dimming signal in other timing periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Kai-Teng SHIH, Chun-Yu HUANG
  • Patent number: 10890710
    Abstract: A display device and a backlight module thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a collimated light source and a light guide plate. The collimated light source configured to generate a collimated light. The light guide plate has a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to each other, and a light entrance surface connected to ends of the bottom and top surfaces respectively for receiving collimated light from the collimated light source. The bottom surface inclines toward the top surface from the end of the bottom surface connected to the light entrance surface. A plurality of first grooves are disposed side by side on the bottom surface and respectively extend along the light entrance surface. The first groove has a first light receiving surface with a first end extending toward the top surface and inclining away from the light entrance surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Fu Tseng, Chia-Hung Chen, Kai-Teng Shih
  • Publication number: 20200257036
    Abstract: A display device and a backlight module thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a collimated light source and a light guide plate. The collimated light source configured to generate a collimated light. The light guide plate has a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to each other, and a light entrance surface connected to ends of the bottom and top surfaces respectively for receiving collimated light from the collimated light source. The bottom surface inclines toward the top surface from the end of the bottom surface connected to the light entrance surface. A plurality of first grooves are disposed side by side on the bottom surface and respectively extend along the light entrance surface. The first groove has a first light receiving surface with a first end extending toward the top surface and inclining away from the light entrance surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: SHIH-FU TSENG, CHIA-HUNG CHEN, KAI-TENG SHIH
  • Patent number: 9165503
    Abstract: A pixel structure and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The pixel structure includes a first capacitor, an input unit, a compensation unit, a pixel driving unit, a resetting unit, a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting activation unit and a coupling unit. The input unit controls a voltage on a first terminal of the first capacitor according to a first scanning signal and a data signal. The compensation unit coupled to the first capacitor is configured to control voltages on the terminals of the first capacitor according to a second scanning signal. The pixel driving unit is configured to provide a driving current to the light-emitting diode according to a first reference voltage and the voltage on a second terminal of the first capacitor. The coupling unit is coupled to the light-emitting activation unit, the first terminal of the first capacitor, the input unit and the compensation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai-Teng Shih, Chun-Yen Liu, Chia-Yuan Yeh, Chen-Hao Kuo
  • Publication number: 20140225878
    Abstract: A pixel structure and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The pixel structure includes a first capacitor, an input unit, a compensation unit, a pixel driving unit, a resetting unit, a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting activation unit and a coupling unit. The input unit controls a voltage on a first terminal of the first capacitor according to a first scanning signal and a data signal. The compensation unit coupled to the first capacitor is configured to control voltages on the terminals of the first capacitor according to a second scanning signal. The pixel driving unit is configured to provide a driving current to the light-emitting diode according to a first reference voltage and the voltage on a second terminal of the first capacitor. The coupling unit is coupled to the light-emitting activation unit, the first terminal of the first capacitor, the input unit and the compensation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Kai-Teng SHIH, Chun-Yen LIU, Chia-Yuan YEH, Chen-Hao KUO