Patents by Inventor Ming-Lung Chen

Ming-Lung 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).

  • Publication number: 20260157008
    Abstract: A transparent display provided with a display panel having pixel structures, and driver chips electrically connected to the display panel and disposed along a first direction. The pixel structure includes a high brightness light-emitting element and first to fourth black matrixes. The first and second black matrixes are respectively extended along a second direction and opposite to each other. The first direction is vertical to the second direction. The third and fourth black matrixes are located between the first and second black matrixes, and respectively extended along the first direction and opposite to each other. The first to fourth black matrixes surround the high brightness light-emitting element. First to fourth distances are respectively located between the high brightness light-emitting element and the first to fourth black matrixes. The fourth distance is a minimum distance among the first to fourth distances and not less than 40 um.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Ming-Lung CHEN, Kun-Cheng TIEN
  • Publication number: 20260123118
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a first light-emitting unit, a barrier layer, a first light-shielding layer, a second light-shielding layer, and a first dielectric layer. First light-emitting unit includes light-emitting layer. First light-emitting unit is disposed on first substrate. First substrate includes groove area. First light-emitting unit is disposed in groove area. Barrier layer surrounds first light-emitting unit. Barrier layer has top surface. Distance between top surface and first surface of first substrate along third direction is greater than distance between light-emitting layer of first light-emitting unit and first surface of first substrate. First light-shielding layer includes first opening, is disposed on first substrate, and surrounds first light-emitting unit. Second light-shielding layer is disposed on first light-shielding layer and has second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Jen-Hung Huang, Yu-Pin Kuo, Ming-Lung Chen, Jia Hao Hsu, Kun-Cheng Tien
  • Publication number: 20260020412
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a substrate, a light-emitting device and a bank structure is provided. The light-emitting device is bonded to the substrate, and has a forward light-emitting surface, a first edge and a second edge. A length of the first edge along a first direction is greater than a length of the second edge along a second direction. The first direction and the second direction intersect each other. The bank structure has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed facing the first edge along the second direction. The second portion is disposed facing the second edge along the first direction. In a normal direction of the substrate surface, a first top surface of the first portion is lower than the forward light-emitting surface, and a second top surface of the second portion is higher than the forward light-emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Jia Hao Hsu, Kun-Cheng Tien
  • Publication number: 20250301840
    Abstract: A display device including multiple light emitting units arranged adjacent to each other is provided. The light emitting unit includes multiple pixels. Each of the pixels includes multiple sub-pixels, and the sub-pixels are arranged in an L shape. Both sides of the pixel are substantially parallel to both sides of the light emitting unit. The light emitting units include a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit that are adjacent to each other. The first light emitting unit has multiple first pixels and the second light emitting unit has multiple second pixels. The first pixels and the second pixels are centrally symmetrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Min Teng, Yueh-Hung Chung, Ya-Ling Hsu, Chen-Hsien Liao, Sheng-Yen Cheng, Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien
  • Publication number: 20250204098
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a driving backplane, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the driving backplane, a first light-shielding layer disposed on the plurality of light-emitting elements, and a second light-shielding layer disposed on the first light-shielding layer. The plurality of light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. The second light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. An area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer and an area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer are substantially the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Jia Hao Hsu, Kun-Cheng Tien, Ming-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20250149513
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes first light-emitting diodes. Each first light-emitting diode includes a first bottom semiconductor layer and a first top semiconductor layer stacked along a vertical direction. The second pixel includes second light-emitting diodes. Each second light-emitting diode includes a second bottom semiconductor layer and a second top semiconductor layer stacked along the vertical direction. In one of the first light-emitting diodes of the first pixel, a first mesa region is located in a first direction of a first overlap region, and in another of the first light-emitting diodes of the first pixel, the first mesa region is located in a second direction opposite to the first direction of the first overlap region. In each second light-emitting diode of the second pixel, a second mesa region is located in the second direction of a second overlap region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien, Chien-Hung Kuo, June Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 12272771
    Abstract: A display panel, including a circuit substrate, a light emitting diode, and a reflective layer, is provided. The light emitting diode includes a light emitting layer and first and second semiconductor layers. The light emitting layer is located between the first and second semiconductor layers. The second semiconductor layer is located between the first semiconductor layer and the circuit substrate. The reflective layer is in contact with a part of a side surface of the light emitting diode. A part of the reflective layer is located between the light emitting diode and the circuit substrate. Taking a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the circuit substrate as a height direction, a horizontal height of a top surface of the reflective layer is located between a horizontal height of a top surface of the light emitting layer and a horizontal height of a top surface of the light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien, Chien-Huang Liao
  • Patent number: 11916084
    Abstract: A transparent display panel with driving electrode regions, circuit wiring regions, and optically transparent regions is provided. The driving electrode regions are arranged into an array in a first direction and a second direction. An average light transmittance of the circuit wiring regions is less than ten percent, and an average light transmittance of the optically transparent regions is greater than that of the driving electrode regions and the circuit wiring regions. The first direction intersects the second direction. The circuit wiring regions connect the driving electrode regions at intervals, such that each optically transparent region spans among part of the driving electrode regions. The transparent display panel includes first signal lines and second signal lines extending along the circuit wiring regions, and each circuit wiring region is provided with at least one of the first signal lines and at least one of the second signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lin, Kun-Cheng Tien, Jia-Long Wu, Ming-Lung Chen, Shu-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 11796153
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source array, a reflector module, and an optical film. The light source array includes a plurality of light sources. The light emitted from the light source can be refracted by the lens unit to obtain a specific light-output angle and uniformity. The reflector module includes a plurality of reflector units. Each reflector unit includes a flat portion, a first wall portion, and a corner wall portion, which have structures and arrangements designed to enable the light source to achieve a display effect of less shadows and better contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien, Yi-Wen Lin, Cheng-Chuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230113781
    Abstract: A transparent display panel with driving electrode regions, circuit wiring regions, and optically transparent regions is provided. The driving electrode regions are arranged into an array in a first direction and a second direction. An average light transmittance of the circuit wiring regions is less than ten percent, and an average light transmittance of the optically transparent regions is greater than that of the driving electrode regions and the circuit wiring regions. The first direction intersects the second direction. The circuit wiring regions connect the driving electrode regions at intervals, such that each optically transparent region spans among part of the driving electrode regions. The transparent display panel includes first signal lines and second signal lines extending along the circuit wiring regions, and each circuit wiring region is provided with at least one of the first signal lines and at least one of the second signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lin, Kun-Cheng Tien, Jia-Long Wu, Ming-Lung Chen, Shu-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20230082000
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first conductive pattern layer, a first insulating pattern layer, a second conductive pattern layer, a second insulating pattern layer, pixel structures, and a light-absorbing pattern layer. The first insulating pattern layer is disposed on the first conductive pattern layer and has a first opening. The second conductive pattern layer is disposed on the first insulating pattern layer and has light-shielding conductive patterns arranged periodically. The second insulating pattern layer is disposed on the second conductive pattern layer and has a second opening overlapped with the first opening. The light-absorbing pattern layer covers at least a first sidewall defining the first opening and a second sidewall defining the second opening and separates the light-shielding conductive patterns of the second conductive pattern layer. The light-absorbing pattern layer has a light-transmitting opening overlapped with the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yu Lin, Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien, Jia-Long Wu, YuTang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20230030752
    Abstract: A display panel, including a circuit substrate, a light emitting diode, and a reflective layer, is provided. The light emitting diode includes a light emitting layer and first and second semiconductor layers. The light emitting layer is located between the first and second semiconductor layers. The second semiconductor layer is located between the first semiconductor layer and the circuit substrate. The reflective layer is in contact with a part of a side surface of the light emitting diode. A part of the reflective layer is located between the light emitting diode and the circuit substrate. Taking a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the circuit substrate as a height direction, a horizontal height of a top surface of the reflective layer is located between a horizontal height of a top surface of the light emitting layer and a horizontal height of a top surface of the light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Kun-Cheng Tien, Chien-Huang Liao
  • Publication number: 20220390087
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source array, a reflector module, and an optical film. The light source array includes a plurality of light sources. The light emitted from the light source can be refracted by the lens unit to obtain a specific light-output angle and uniformity. The reflector module includes a plurality of reflector units. Each reflector unit includes a flat portion, a first wall portion, and a corner wall portion, which have structures and arrangements designed to enable the light source to achieve a display effect of less shadows and better contrast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: MING-LUNG CHEN, KUN-CHENG TIEN, YI-WEN LIN, CHENG-CHUAN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210304628
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically creating foreign language learning curricula are presented. When an input videos is received, the audio track is denoised, and then segmented according to the sentences voiced in the audio track. The sentences are transcribed and the words of the transcriptions are scored. Based on the aggregated scores, the video is deemed to be a positive or negative example for foreign language learning. The video and the transcripts of the sentence are made into instructional materials. Words in the transcripts can be tagged to indicate words that a learner of another native tongue might tend to make.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Franz Chen, Ming-Lung Chen, George Yang, Ke-Chih Ning, Chen-Wen Chung
  • Patent number: 10996521
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module emitting collimated light along a propagation direction and an adjustment panel disposed on the display module. The adjustment panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode layer disposed on the first substrate, and a second electrode layer disposed on the second substrate and facing the first electrode layer. The medium layer includes a first medium. When the adjustment panel is in a first enabled state, a voltage difference exists between the first substrate and the second substrate to form an electric field distribution. At least one equivalent dioptric structure is formed in the medium layer according to the electric field distribution. At least part of the collimated light passes through the equivalent dioptric structure and emits along a predetermined light emitting direction deflected from the propagation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Ju Ho, Ming-Lung Chen, Li-Jia Chen, Ming-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 10921645
    Abstract: A display module includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the backlight module, and a first light-expanding layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The backlight module provides a surface light source. The surface light source forms an image light through the liquid crystal layer, and the first light-expanding layer increases the viewing angle range of the image light along a first direction. The first light-expanding layer substantially extends along a virtual plane, the first direction is perpendicular to the normal of the virtual plane, and a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the normal of the virtual plane. The light intensity at the 60-degree viewing angle of the surface light source along the first direction is lower than the light intensity at the 60-degree viewing angle of the surface light source along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Ming-Chun Hsu, Cheng-Chuan Chen, Li-Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 10809567
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a backlight module disposed under the display panel. The display panel has a display area and a light-blocking layer disposed around the display area. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources, a reflector disposed corresponding to the light sources, an optical modulation film disposed above the light sources and the reflector, a diffusion member sandwiched between the reflector and the optical modulation film, and a diffusion plate disposed on one side of the optical modulation film opposite to the diffusion member, wherein the optical modulation film is sandwiched between the diffusion plate and the diffusion member, and the diffusion member has a transmittance of 65%˜85%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Ming-Chun Hsu, Cheng-Chuan Chen, Chih-Kang Wu
  • Publication number: 20200133072
    Abstract: A display module includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the backlight module, and a first light-expanding layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The backlight module provides a surface light source. The surface light source forms an image light through the liquid crystal layer, and the first light-expanding layer increases the viewing angle range of the image light along a first direction. The first light-expanding layer substantially extends along a virtual plane, the first direction is perpendicular to the normal of the virtual plane, and a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the normal of the virtual plane. The light intensity at the 60-degree viewing angle of the surface light source along the first direction is lower than the light intensity at the 60-degree viewing angle of the surface light source along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: MING-LUNG CHEN, MING-CHUN HSU, CHENG-CHUAN CHEN, LI-JIA CHEN
  • Patent number: 10613388
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of lens structures. Each light emitting element has a light emitting surface. The plurality of lens structures covers each light emitting element. Each lens structure has a light exit surface having a curved shape. The light exit surface has a vertex and a focal point located between the vertex and the light emitting element. The distance between the focal points of two adjacent lens structures is a first distance, and each light emitting element has a light emitting width. The ratio of the first distance to the light emitting width is greater than or equal to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Ming-Chun Hsu, Li-Jia Chen
  • Publication number: 20190377231
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module emitting collimated light along a propagation direction and an adjustment panel disposed on the display module. The adjustment panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode layer disposed on the first substrate, and a second electrode layer disposed on the second substrate and facing the first electrode layer. The medium layer includes a first medium. When the adjustment panel is in a first enabled state, a voltage difference exists between the first substrate and the second substrate to form an electric field distribution. At least one equivalent dioptric structure is formed in the medium layer according to the electric field distribution. At least part of the collimated light passes through the equivalent dioptric structure and emits along a predetermined light emitting direction deflected from the propagation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Sheng-Ju Ho, Ming-Lung Chen, Li-Jia Chen, Ming-Chun Hsu