Patents by Inventor Shang-Tai Yeh

Shang-Tai Yeh 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: 11921947
    Abstract: A touch function setting method is provided. The method comprising: receiving a sequence parameter which includes multiple clicks, each of the clicks is corresponding to one of areas of a touch panel or screen; receiving a function parameter corresponding to the sequence parameter, the function parameter is corresponding to activate a function; and storing a group of touch function parameters, which includes the sequence parameter and the function parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh, Chia-Ling Sun, Jia-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11880534
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: performing mutual capacitance detection via a touch panel to retrieve an image which including two-dimension sensing information; calculating one or more touching or approximating event corresponding to externally conductive object according to the image; determining whether an area surrounding a position corresponding to the touching or approximating event is normal; and reporting the touching or approximating event in response to the area is determined normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11775113
    Abstract: A pressure calibration function calculation method, applicable to a touch panel which sequentially comprises a first electrode layer, an elastic dielectric layer and a second electrode layer, the first electrode layer includes multiple first electrodes in parallel to a first axis, the second electrode layer includes multiple second electrodes in parallel to a second axis, the pressure calibration function calculating method comprising: when standard testing pressure is applied to one or more calibrating points corresponding to one or more vertex of multiple calibration areas of the touch panel, respectively, gathering a pressure sensing value of each of the calibrating points by utilizing mutual capacitance sensing between the multiple first electrodes and the multiple second electrodes; and calculating a pressure calibration function corresponding to each of the calibration areas according to a coordinate, the standard testing pressure and the pressure sensing value of each of the calibration areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20230266847
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: performing mutual capacitance detection via a touch panel to retrieve an image which including two-dimension sensing information; calculating one or more touching or approximating event corresponding to externally conductive object according to the image; determining whether an area surrounding a position corresponding to the touching or approximating event is normal; and reporting the touching or approximating event in response to the area is determined normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20230259241
    Abstract: A touch panel, sequentially comprising: a conductive layer, a dielectric layer; and at least one layer of touch electrodes, which comprises multiple first electrodes in parallel to a first axis and multiple second electrodes in parallel to a second axis, wherein the first and the second electrodes connects to a touch sensitive processing apparatus, respectively, wherein the touch sensitive processing apparatus detects an external object approaching or touching the touch panel via the first and the second electrodes, wherein the conductive layer is closer to the external object than the at least one layer of touch electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11698692
    Abstract: A transmitter comprising: a signal modulator for transmitting electrical signals via an electrode, wherein the electrical signals carry a message representing a signal value; and a controller, coupled to the signal modulator, configured for having the signal modulator transmitting the electrical signals with a first duty cycle in a reference signal time period and transmitting the electrical signals with a second duty cycle in a modulation signal time period, wherein a first ratio corresponding to the second duty cycle and the first duty cycle is corresponding to the signal value, wherein the lengths of the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same, and wherein the maximum amplitudes of the electrical signals during the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20230205364
    Abstract: A pressure calibration method, applicable to a touch panel which sequentially comprises a first electrode layer, an elastic dielectric layer and a second electrode layer, the first electrode layer includes multiple first electrodes in parallel to a first axis, the second electrode layer includes multiple second electrodes in parallel to a second axis, the pressure calibration method comprising: retrieving a depression event according to mutual capacitance sensing between the first electrodes and the second electrodes; finding a corresponding calibration area according to coordinate of the depression event; when a calibration area where the touching event locates exists, taking the found calibration area as the corresponding calibration area; otherwise, taking a nearby calibration area which is closest to the touching event as the corresponding calibration area; and calculating a calibrated pressure value according to a pressure sensing value of the depression event and a pressure calibration function of the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11669214
    Abstract: A touch panel, sequentially comprising: a conductive layer, a dielectric layer; and at least one layer of touch electrodes, which comprises multiple first electrodes in parallel to a first axis and multiple second electrodes in parallel to a second axis, wherein the first and the second electrodes connects to a touch sensitive processing apparatus, respectively, wherein the touch sensitive processing apparatus detects an external object approaching or touching the touch panel via the first and the second electrodes, wherein the conductive layer is closer to the external object than the at least one layer of touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11669209
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: performing mutual capacitance detection via a touch panel to retrieve an image which including two-dimension sensing information; calculating one or more touching or approximating event corresponding to externally conductive object according to the image; determining whether an area surrounding a position corresponding to the touching or approximating event is normal; and reporting the touching or approximating event in response to the area is determined normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11662842
    Abstract: The present application provides a transmitter including a first sensor and a processing module electrically coupled to the first sensor. The processing module is configured to transmit a first electric signal during a first time period. The first electric signal represents at least one part of a digital sensing value of the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11662844
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing apparatus is used to detect at least one object approximating or touching a touch screen and is configured for iteratively executing the following steps: having a driving circuit simultaneously sending a driving signal to two or more first electrodes, wherein at least one of the two or more first electrodes intersects with multiple second electrodes to form multiple intersection areas, the other of the two or more first electrodes intersects with multiple third electrodes to form multiple intersection areas; and having a sensing circuit simultaneously sensing the driving signal via the second electrodes to generate a one-dimensional sensing information and having the sensing circuit simultaneously sensing the driving signal via the third electrodes to generate another one-dimensional sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Shang-Tai Yeh, Cheng-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11630532
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: transmitting a beacon signal via multiple electrodes of a touch panel; in a first period after the transmission of the beacon signal, receiving first electrical signals from N styli via the electrodes sequentially; in an i-th time slot of an j-th time period after the transmission of the beacon signal, receiving an j-th electrical signals from the N styli via the electrodes if the first electrical signal of the i-th stylus is received in the first period; and in the i-th time slot of the j-th time period after the transmission of the beacon signal, performing other detections if the first electrical signal of the i-th stylus is received in the first period, where 1?i?N, 2?j?M, N and M are positive integers which are larger or equaling to 2, respectively, i and j are positive integers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11614831
    Abstract: A pressure calibration method, applicable to a touch panel which sequentially comprises a first electrode layer, an elastic dielectric layer and a second electrode layer, the first electrode layer includes multiple first electrodes in parallel to a first axis, the second electrode layer includes multiple second electrodes in parallel to a second axis, the pressure calibration method comprising: retrieving a depression event according to mutual capacitance sensing between the first electrodes and the second electrodes; finding a corresponding calibration area according to coordinate of the depression event; and calculating a calibrated pressure value according to a pressure sensing value of the depression event and a pressure calibration function of the corresponding calibration area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11599208
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing apparatus for detecting an electronic board eraser. The touch sensitive processing apparatus connects to a touch panel. The touch panel includes parallel first electrodes and parallel second electrodes, each of the first electrodes intersects with the second electrodes to form multiple intersection areas. The touch sensitive processing apparatus includes: a driving circuit connecting to the first electrodes; a sensing circuit connecting to the first electrodes and the second electrodes; and a processor connecting to the driving circuit and the sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11550422
    Abstract: A flexible touch screen, comprising: a flexible display with a first bending line, wherein the first bending line separates the flexible display into a first part and a second part; and a first touch panel and a second touch panel disposed in different sides of the first bending line, wherein the first and the second touch panels attach to the flexible display, each of the first and the second touch panels comprises first electrodes and second electrodes which are connected with a touch sensitive processing apparatus, the first and the second electrodes intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11474640
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method for reducing interference from pixel refresh, comprising: sensing horizontal electrodes of a touch screen three times for gathering three sensing values, the sensing steps are separated by a time period; summing the three sensing values as sums; according to the sums, determining an external conductive object is disposed near a N-th horizontal electrode among the horizontal electrode of the touch screen; emitting driving signal from the N-th horizontal electrode and sensing the driving signal via vertical electrodes of the touch screen for gathering an N-th sensing array; and calculating a position of a touch event according to the N-th sensing array and the position of the N-th horizontal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220308731
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method comprising: sensing a first characteristic value of the electrical signals received in a reference signal time period; sensing a second characteristic value of the electrical signals, having a first number of waves, received in a first modulation signal time period; sensing a third characteristic value of the electrical signals, having a second number of waves, received in a second modulation signal time period; calculating a first ratio of the second characteristic value and the first characteristic value and calculating a second ratio of the third characteristic value and first characteristic value; and calculating the signal value according to a function of the first ratio, the second ratio, the first number of waves and the second number of waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20220308678
    Abstract: A transmitter comprising: a signal modulator for transmitting electrical signals via an electrode, wherein the electrical signals carry a message representing a signal value; and a controller, coupled to the signal modulator, configured for having the signal modulator transmitting the electrical signals with a first duty cycle in a reference signal time period and transmitting the electrical signals with a second duty cycle in a modulation signal time period, wherein a first ratio corresponding to the second duty cycle and the first duty cycle is corresponding to the signal value, wherein the lengths of the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same, and wherein the maximum amplitudes of the electrical signals during the reference signal time period and the modulation signal time period are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11449170
    Abstract: A stylus processing method, comprising: receiving beacon signals via a tip electrode of a stylus; and during an i-th time slot of an j-th time period after the beacon signals are received, transmitting an j-th electrical signals via the tip electrode, where 1<=j<=M, M is a positive integer equals to or larger than 2, j is a positive integer and i is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11442576
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method comprising: sensing a first characteristic value of the electrical signals received in a reference signal time period; sensing a second characteristic value of the electrical signals, having a first number of waves, received in a first modulation signal time period; sensing a third characteristic value of the electrical signals, having a second number of waves, received in a second modulation signal time period; calculating a first ratio of the second characteristic value and the first characteristic value and calculating a second ratio of the third characteristic value and first characteristic value; and calculating the signal value according to a function of the first ratio, the second ratio, the first number of waves and the second number of waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh