Patents by Inventor Shau-Yu Tsai

Shau-Yu Tsai 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: 20100232178
    Abstract: Alight guide plate assembly for a backlight module is provided. The light guide plate assembly includes a plurality of light guide plates. Each light guide plate has a top face, at least one side face, and at least one connecting part. The connecting part is formed on the side face of the light guide plate. The connecting part has a connecting face, wherein the adjacent connecting faces are connected to each other. The top faces of the plurality of light guide plates are coplanar. A distance between the connecting face and the top face is ? to 1/20 of the thickness of the light guide plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Chang Wu, Hsin-Wu Lin, Po-Iem Lin, Shau-Yu Tsai, Hsiu-Mei Fang, Chun-Chang Hung, Chiu Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20100135042
    Abstract: A light guide plate microstructure is provided. The light guide plate microstructure is located on at least one surface of the light guide plate and has a plurality of groove units. Each groove unit has multiple V-shaped grooves, and each V-shaped groove has an apex angle within a range of about 80°-160°. Furthermore, at least two of the V-shaped grooves of a groove unit have different apex angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shau-Yu Tsai, Super Liao
  • Publication number: 20100033987
    Abstract: A light emitting diode contains a package structure and a light emitting diode die embedded in the package structure. The package structure has an elliptic bottom surface having a semi-major axes and a semi-minor axis and a semi-ellipsoidal surface connecting and surrounding the edge of the elliptic bottom surface, wherein the maximum height of the ellipsoidal surface from the elliptic bottom surface is between the semi-major axes and the semi-minor axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan-Jung Yao, Shau-Yu Tsai, Yun-Yi Tien, Chih-Lin Wang
  • Patent number: 7540630
    Abstract: A scattering module and a backlight module comprising the scattering module are provided. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources, while the scattering module includes a plurality of scattering elements. The scattering elements are disposed correspondingly to the light sources so that the scattering elements have different linearly arranged densities in different directions. Thereby, the light generated from the backlight module would be projected onto the display panel evenly with a uniform brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shau-Yu Tsai, Yu-Chuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20090052174
    Abstract: A scattering module and a backlight module comprising the scattering module are provided. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources, while the scattering module includes a plurality of scattering elements. The scattering elements are disposed correspondingly to the light sources so that the scattering elements have different linearly arranged densities in different directions. Thereby, the light generated from the backlight module would be projected onto the display panel evenly with a uniform brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shau-Yu Tsai, Yu-Chuan Lin
  • Patent number: 7470038
    Abstract: A diffuser used in a backlight module including a plurality of light sources is disclosed. The diffuser according to the present invention makes a uniform light output. The diffuser includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of optical structures. The transparent substrate has an entrance surface and an exit surface. The plurality of optical structures is disposed on the exit surface, each optical structure is dented from the exit surface to the interior of the transparent substrate and forms a refractive convex within the transparent substrate, and each refractive convex corresponds to one of the plurality of the light sources. The maximum value of the included angle between the tangent to the refractive convex edge and the normal to the exit surface is smaller than 30 degrees, such that an incident light ray from the light sources refracts and deviates from the normal to the refractive convex through the refractive convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ci-Guang Peng, Chih-Lin Wang, Jing-Huan Liao, Shau-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20080316745
    Abstract: A manufacture method of a light emitting device is provided. Firstly, at least one circuit board is provided. A plurality of light emitting packages, a first undetermined power input end and a second undetermined power input end are disposed at the circuit board. The light emitting packages are electrically connected to the first undetermined power input end and the second undetermined power input end. Each of the first undetermined power input end and the second undetermined power input end has at least two first pads. The first pads of each of the first undetermined power input end and the second undetermined power input end are electrically isolated from each other. Next, the first undetermined power input end is selected to be a power input region for inputting an external power signal. Then, the first pads of the second undetermined power input end are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Lin, Shau-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20080212321
    Abstract: A diffuser used in a backlight module including a plurality of light sources is disclosed. The diffuser according to the present invention makes a uniform light output. The diffuser includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of optical structures. The transparent substrate has an entrance surface and an exit surface. The plurality of optical structures is disposed on the exit surface, each optical structure is dented from the exit surface to the interior of the transparent substrate and forms a refractive convex within the transparent substrate, and each refractive convex corresponds to one of the plurality of the light sources. The maximum value of the included angle between the tangent to the refractive convex edge and the normal to the exit surface is smaller than 30 degrees, such that an incident light ray from the light sources refracts and deviates from the normal to the refractive convex through the refractive convex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ci-Guang Peng, Chih-Lin Wang, Jing-Huan Liao, Shau-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20070295972
    Abstract: A light emitting diode module is disclosed. The light emitting diode module includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes, and a plurality of lenses. The light emitting diodes are disposed on the substrate, and the lenses are disposed on the substrate and covering the light emitting diodes, in which each of the lenses includes a curved surface corresponding to each of the light emitting diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Shau-Yu Tsai, Chih-Lin Wang, Jyh-Haur Huang, Ci-Guang Peng