Patents by Inventor Tzu-Yuan Lin

Tzu-Yuan Lin 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: 20100039597
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including several first electrode portions, several second electrode portions, and a smectic liquid crystal layer is provided. The first electrode portions and the second electrode portions are disposed on a first substrate. When an AC voltage is applied on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions, the direction of a horizontal electrical field formed between each first electrode portion and the adjacent second electrode portion is parallel to the surface of the first substrate. The smectic liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and a second substrate. During the phase change of a liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer, the horizontal electrical field generated by applying the AC voltage on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions facilitates the alignment of the liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Po-Kai Liu, Ren-Hung Huang, Po-Chang Wu, Fu-Cheng Sie, Chun-Hung Chiang, Shune-Long Wu, Jin-Jei Wu, Po-Lun Chen
  • Patent number: 7633588
    Abstract: An LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a smectic liquid crystal layer is disclosed. The first substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a first horizontal alignment film. The first electrode has plural first portions. The second electrode has plural second portions. The first portions are spaced by the second portions. The electrical field directions formed between the first portions and the second portions are perpendicular to the surface of the first substrate. The electrical field direction on each first portion is opposite to that on each second portion. The first horizontal alignment film covers the first and the second electrodes. The second substrate includes a second horizontal alignment film. The horizontal rubbing direction of the first horizontal alignment film is parallel to that of the second horizontal alignment film. The smectic liquid crystal layer is sealed between the first and the second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Ren-Hung Huang, Po-Chang Wu, Shwu-Yun Tsay, Shune-Long Wu, Chia-Hsing Sun, Jin-Jei Wu, Po-Lun Chen, Ai-Sen Liu
  • Patent number: 7623209
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including several first electrode portions, several second electrode portions, and a smectic liquid crystal layer is provided. The first electrode portions and the second electrode portions are disposed on a first substrate. When an AC voltage is applied on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions, the direction of a horizontal electrical field formed between each first electrode portion and the adjacent second electrode portion is parallel to the surface of the first substrate. The smectic liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and a second substrate. During the phase change of a liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer, the horizontal electrical field generated by applying the AC voltage on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions facilitates the alignment of the liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Po-Kai Liu, Ren-Hung Huang, Po-Chang Wu, Fu-Cheng Sie, Chun-Hung Chiang, Shune-Long Wu, Jin-Jei Wu, Po-Lun Chen
  • Patent number: 7588805
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first polarizer disposed on the first substrate, a second polarizer disposed on the second substrate having a transmission axis perpendicular to that of the first polarizer and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates. The polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and at least one polymer network. When a voltage difference between the substrates is equal to 0V, the liquid crystal molecules do not reflect incident light beams and are not pervious to incident light beams. When the voltage difference between the substrates is not equal to 0V, the crystal molecules reflect incident light beams and are pervious to incident light beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Chun-Hung Chiang, Chih-Chuan Chen, Fu-Cheng Sie, Chia-Hsing Sun, Jin-Jei Wu
  • Publication number: 20080198309
    Abstract: A transflective display. The transflective display includes a first substrate, a first electrode formed thereon, a second substrate having a reflective area and a transmissive area opposite to the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate opposite to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and polymers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The invention also provides a method of fabricating the transflective display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu Yuan Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20080014372
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first polarizer disposed on the first substrate, a second polarizer disposed on the second substrate having a transmission axis perpendicular to that of the first polarizer and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates. The polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and at least one polymer network. When a voltage difference between the substrates is equal to 0V, the liquid crystal molecules do not reflect incident light beams and are not pervious to incident light beams. When the voltage difference between the substrates is not equal to 0V, the crystal molecules reflect incident light beams and are pervious to incident light beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Chun-Hung Chiang, Chih-Chuan Chen, Fu-Cheng Sie, Chia-Hsing Sun, Jin-Jei Wu
  • Publication number: 20070097305
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel including several first electrode portions, several second electrode portions, and a smectic liquid crystal layer is provided. The first electrode portions and the second electrode portions are disposed on a first substrate. When an AC voltage is applied on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions, the direction of a horizontal electrical field formed between each first electrode portion and the adjacent second electrode portion is parallel to the surface of the first substrate. The smectic liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and a second substrate. During the phase change of a liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer, the horizontal electrical field generated by applying the AC voltage on the first electrode portions and the second electrode portions facilitates the alignment of the liquid crystal molecule of the smectic liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Po-Kai Liu, Ren-Hung Huang, Po-Chang Wu, Fu-Cheng Sie, Chun-Hung Chiang, Shune-Long Wu, Jin-Jei Wu, Po-Lun Chen
  • Publication number: 20070046869
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display with transmissive region and reflective region is provided. The display comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate, which is settled in parallel with the upper substrate. A reflective layer is located on the reflective region of the lower substrate and an insulation layer covers the reflective layer and the lower substrate. Positive and negative driving electrodes are chiastically settled on the insulation layer. A first alignment film is positioned on the inner surface of the upper substrate, and the alignments of the first alignment film on the transmissive region and reflective region are different. A second alignment film covers the insulation layer, the positive and negative electrodes. A liquid crystal layer is located between the first alignment film and the second alignment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Chun-Hung Chiang, Fu-Cheng Hsieh, Po-Chang Wu, Ren-Hung Huang, Jin-Jei Wu, Chih-Ming Chang, Po-Lun Chen
  • Publication number: 20060244887
    Abstract: An LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a smectic liquid crystal layer is disclosed. The first substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a first horizontal alignment film. The first electrode has plural first portions. The second electrode has plural second portions. The first portions are spaced by the second portions. The electrical field directions formed between the first portions and the second portions are perpendicular to the surface of the first substrate. The electrical field direction on each first portion is opposite to that on each second portion. The first horizontal alignment film covers the first and the second electrodes. The second substrate includes a second horizontal alignment film. The horizontal rubbing direction of the first horizontal alignment film is parallel to that of the second horizontal alignment film. The smectic liquid crystal layer is sealed between the first and the second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Ren-Hung Huang, Po-Chang Wu, Shwu-Yun Tsay, Shune-Long Wu, Chia-Hsing Sun, Jin-Jei Wu, Po-Lun Chen, Ai-Sen Liu
  • Patent number: 5804778
    Abstract: An elevator control data intercommunication programmer including a main board equipped with master and slave CPUs for controlling the operation of the elevator, EEPROMs for providing operation data to the CPUs, a DSP for controlling vector operation of the elevator's motor, and a data communication port for data communication with an external microprocessor unit. Through the data communication port, data can be programmed in the EEPROMs, so that the elevator operation data (parameters) in the memory of a failed CPU can be copied to another CPU for replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Yungtay Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Mau Chen, Tzu-Yuan Lin, Chin-Chang Wu, Liao-Chia Chang, Hsin-San Chang, Wen-Wei Chuang