Patents by Inventor Min-Feng Chiang

Min-Feng Chiang 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: 20120169630
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, scan lines, data output lines, a signal processing unit and touch sensing units. Each touch sensing unit includes a sensing electrode, a reference capacitor, an output circuit and a reset circuit. The sensing electrode is disposed in a breach of the sensing electrode. The reference capacitor, the output circuit and the reset circuit are disposed on the substrate and in the breach. The output circuit, the reset circuit, the reference capacitor and the sensing electrode are electrically coupled to a reference point. The output circuit is configured to output touch signals to the corresponding data output line. The signal processing unit is configured to obtain electric potential of the data output line and perform a corresponding processing step. When the touch sensing unit is out of working, the reference point is reset to a predetermined electric potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hung-Wen CHOU, Min-Feng Chiang, Jian-Shen Yu, Po-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 8098220
    Abstract: A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Feng Chiang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 8049735
    Abstract: A touch panel has a first substrate and a second substrate. The thickness in the non-sensor regions of the first substrate is greater than the thickness in the sensor regions of the first substrate. The second substrate includes first photo spacers and second photo spacers having substantially the same heights. The first photo spacers are structurally connected to the non-sensor regions of the first region of the first substrate, and the second photo spacers are positioned corresponding to the sensor regions of the first substrate that maintain a first gap with the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lee, Po-Yuan Liu, Ching-Huan Lin, Min-Feng Chiang, Mei-Sheng Ma
  • Publication number: 20110254783
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of driving lines, a plurality of sensing lines and a plurality of sensing units. The sensing lines are arranged intersecting with the driving lines. The sensing units are arranged in an array, and each of the sensing units is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the driving lines and a corresponding one of the sensing lines. The driving lines or the sensing lines only pass through a single side of the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yi-Long WANG, Ming-Lun Hsieh, Jian-Shen Yu, Min-Feng Chiang
  • Patent number: 8031827
    Abstract: A shift register comprises a plurality of stages, {Sn}, n=1, 2, . . . , N, N being a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Tsai, Ming-Sheng Lai, Min-Feng Chiang, Po-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 8009158
    Abstract: A display device including a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, a backlight module, and a photo-sensing device is provided. The backlight module is disposed below the LCD panel and is suitable for providing a light source. The photo-sensing device is built in the LCD panel and includes a plurality of photo-sensors having different illumination sensing capabilities. The backlight module modulates the output intensity of the light source according to the sensed result of one of the photo-sensors. Thereby, the display device can precisely modulate the intensity of the back light according to the intensity of ambient light so as to improve the contrast ratio and to reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Wen Chen, Min-Feng Chiang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 8008863
    Abstract: A driving system and method for color sequential liquid crystal display (LCD) are described. The driving system includes a sensor, scanning modules, switching modules and a control unit. The control unit receives the sensing signal from the sensor and controls the first switching module based on the sensing signal for switching the scanning module to select one of the scanning modes in response to the environment temperature. The control unit adjusts the scanning direction of the liquid crystal display according to the switched scanning mode. The control unit controls the switching module based on the driving mode corresponding to the sensing signal. Further, the switching module switches the gamma voltage-setting module for selecting one of the voltage-setting values in response to the sensing signal and driving the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Min-feng Chiang, Hsueh-ying Huang
  • Patent number: 7999796
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a light sensing component, a pressure sensing component, and a switch. The light sensing component generates a first sensing signal when sensing light. The pressure sensing component generates a second sensing signal when sensing pressure. The switch transmits the first and the second sensing signals when receiving a gate driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lee, Po-Yuan Liu, Min-Feng Chiang, Chun-Hsin Liu, Chi-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20110158376
    Abstract: A shift register comprises a plurality of stages, {Sn}, n=1, 2, . . . , N, N being a positive integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Tsai, Ming-Sheng Lai, Min-Feng Chiang, Po-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 7953201
    Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of shift register stages cascade-connected with each other. Each shift register stage includes a pull up module for outputting an output pulse in response to a first clock signal, a pull-up driving module for turning on the pull up module in response to a driving pulse of a previous one stage of the shift register, a pre-pull-down module coupled to a previous two stage of the shift register and a first node for pulling down voltage level of the first node in response to a output pulse of the previous two stage of the shift register, a pull down module coupled to the first node for pulling down voltage level of the first node in response to a pulling-down triggering signal, and a pulling down driving module for providing the pulling-down triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tsung-ting Tsai, Ming-sheng Lai, Min-feng Chiang, Po-yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 7924967
    Abstract: A shift register comprises a plurality of stages, {Sn}, n=1, 2, . . . , N, N being a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Tsai, Ming-Sheng Lai, Min-Feng Chiang, Po-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 7924253
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels defined by adjacent scan lines and data lines. Each pixel includes a first sub-pixel defined by the scan line and a first common electrode line and a second sub-pixel defined by the scan line and a second common electrode line. The first common electrode line is connected to at least one of the voltage sources. The second common electrode is electrically connected to two of the voltage sources through a first and a second switch devices. The two switch devices are connected to different scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai, Min-Feng Chiang
  • Patent number: 7911579
    Abstract: This invention discloses a photo spacer material arrangement method. The method is used for a flat display apparatus that comprises at least one photo spacer, a panel, and a substrate. The photo spacer material provides a fixed distance between the panel and the substrate. The photo spacer material arrangement method comprises providing an area unit composed of N×N sub-area units with multiple columns and multiple rows. In order to provide P photo spacers for uniform distributing on sub-area units with an arrangement mode, there is only one photo spacer in each column, and there is only one photo spacer in each row in sub-area units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Min-Feng Chiang
  • Publication number: 20110037688
    Abstract: A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Feng Chiang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Publication number: 20110018842
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of first pixels and second pixels. Each first pixel has a light sensing component for sensing light then generating a first sensing signal and a switch. The switch contains a first end coupled to the light sensing component, a control end for receiving a first gate driving signal, and a second end for transmitting the first sensing signal according to the first gate driving signal. Each second pixel includes a pressure sensing component for sensing pressure then generating a second sensing signal and a switch. The switch contains a first end coupled to the pressure sensing component, a control end for receiving a second gate driving signal, and a second end for transmitting the second sensing signal according to the second gate driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lee, Po-Yuan Liu, Min-Feng Chiang, Chun-Hsin Liu, Chi-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20110007863
    Abstract: A shift register comprises a plurality of stages, {Sn}, n=1, 2, . . . , N, N being a positive integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Tsai, Ming-Sheng Lai, Min-Feng Chiang, Po-Yuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20100315401
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driver circuit structure integrated in a display panel. The driver circuit structure includes a plurality of transistors and a backup transistor. After completing the driver circuit structure, the disclosure inspects it to find an inactive transistor. The inspection process first, isolates the electrical connection between the inactive transistor and the first electrode line and/or the electrical connection between the inactive transistor and the second electrode line. Next, the source electrode of the backup transistor and the first electrode line and/or electrically connecting the drain electrode of the backup transistor and the second electrode line are electrical connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Su, Chun-Hsin Liu, Min-Feng Chiang
  • Publication number: 20100315377
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes M*N sub-pixels, at least m sub-pixels each include at least one photo sensitive area and at least one effective display area, the other n sub-pixels each include only at least one effective display area, and M?2, N?1, m?M, m+n=M and m?0. A first color filter film is disposed over a photo sensor of the photo sensitive area and a second color filter film is disposed over the effective display area, wherein the color of the first and the second color filter films are different at the at least m sub-pixels. The photo sensors at the same column are electrically connected by a signal readout line, wherein only one signal readout line is disposed at every M column of the sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Shuan Chang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Min-Feng Chiang
  • Publication number: 20100315374
    Abstract: A display device and a method of applying the same are introduced herein. A shielding layer is utilized to interpose between a transparent conductive layer of a touch element and a common electrode layer of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. With controlling variances of a first and a second control signals, a coupling current between the transparent conductive layer and common electrode layer can approach none, whereby influences of capacitive coupling effect between the common electrode layer or shielding layer and the transparent conductive layer of the touch element can be reduced. Thus, high touch accuracy of the touch element can be achieved and the noise can be eliminated simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Jung Chen, Po-Yuan Liu, Min-Feng Chiang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 7852302
    Abstract: A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Feng Chiang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai