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: 11435852
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: generating modified codes of N orthogonal pseudo random number (PN) codes, each of PN code has M symbols, where M and N are positive integers larger than 1; transmitting driving signals modulated by the N modified codes via N first electrodes, respectively, and sensing via multiple second electrodes in a M symbols period to generate M one-dimensional sensing information arrays; calculating sums of corresponding elements of the M one-dimensional sensing information arrays corresponding to each of the second electrodes, respectively; determining whether each of the sums is in a range; and recording the M one-dimensional sensing information arrays and their corresponding N first electrodes and N PN codes in response to that at least one of the sums is determined out of the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220269367
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH, CHIA-LING SUN, JIA-MING CHEN
  • Patent number: 11409379
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stylus for transmitting electrical signals carrying pressure information, comprising: a first component with variable impedance reflecting a pressure, wherein the first component is configured for receiving first signals encoded by a first pseudo-random number (PN) code; a second component with fixed impedance, wherein the second component is configured for receiving second signals encoded by a second PN code; and a conductive tip section configured for: receiving, simultaneously, the first signals from the first component and the second signals from the second component; and transmitting electrical signals which is composed of the first signals and the second signals, wherein the first PN code is orthogonal to the second PN code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220229518
    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: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11392221
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing apparatus for receiving electrical signals carrying pressure information transmitted from a first stylus, comprising: a sensing circuit, configured for receiving the electrical signals via electrodes of a touch panel; and a processor, coupled to the sensing circuit, configured for: despreading a first preamble code of the received electrical signals in accordance with a first pseudo-random number (PN) code; despreading a second preamble code of the received electrical signals in accordance with a second PN code; and calculating the pressure information according to a first signal strength ratio of a first part of the received electrical signal and a second part of the received electrical signal, wherein the first part comprises the first preamble code and the second part comprises the second preamble code, wherein the first PN code is orthogonal to the second PN code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220214763
    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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20220206628
    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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20220197470
    Abstract: A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: generating modified codes of N orthogonal pseudo random number (PN) codes, each of PN code has M symbols, where M and N are positive integers larger than 1; transmitting driving signals modulated by the N modified codes via N first electrodes, respectively, and sensing via multiple second electrodes in a M symbols period to generate M one-dimensional sensing information arrays; calculating sums of corresponding elements of the M one-dimensional sensing information arrays corresponding to each of the second electrodes, respectively; determining whether each of the sums is in a range; and recording the M one-dimensional sensing information arrays and their corresponding N first electrodes and N PN codes in response to that at least one of the sums is determined out of the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11340733
    Abstract: A method for detecting electrical signals is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11340718
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for controlling the transmitter, comprising: transmitting a first electric signal with a first signal strength if a force sensor of the transmitter does not sense any force; and transmitting a second electric signal with a second signal strength if the force sensor does sense force, wherein the first signal strength is larger than the second signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220035462
    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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11237648
    Abstract: The present application provides a touch sensitive processing method for a tethered stylus. The method comprises selectively driving two of three circuit components of the stylus in three shorter time periods, sensing induced signals from electrodes of a touch panel, and calculating coordinates of a tip electrode and a surrounding electrode of the stylus accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220019330
    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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11199927
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for determining whether a line piece is corresponding to a stylus tip. The method comprises: gathering multiple touch sensitive signal values corresponding to the line piece; calculating a first slope at edge of the line piece; determining whether the first slope is larger than a slope threshold; and determining that the line piece is corresponding to the stylus tip if the first slope is larger than the slope threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Shang-Tai Yeh, Chi-Hao Tang, Jen-Yi Sun
  • Publication number: 20210382568
    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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20210373730
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20210373731
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20210373740
    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: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Patent number: 11181994
    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: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11169626
    Abstract: A transmitter processing method comprising: when in an all channel mode, do following steps: receiving beacon signals, transmitted by a touch panel, in multiple channels; and switching from the all channel mode to a single channel mode if the beacon signals are received in one channel of the multiple channels; and when in the single channel mode, do following steps: transmitting electrical signals in a time slot after the beacon signals are received; and receiving the beacon signals only in the one channel of the multiple channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh