Patents by Inventor Wei-ren Lo

Wei-ren Lo 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: 10817119
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a touch electrode, a control unit, and a trace structure. The substrate has a touch sensing area and a peripheral circuit area. The touch electrode is disposed on the touch sensing area of the substrate. The touch electrode includes a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a metal mesh layer. The second transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. The metal mesh layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, in which the metal mesh layer is at least partially in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and the metal mesh layer comprises plural metal lines. The trace structure is disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the touch electrode to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Tsai, Wei-Ren Lo
  • Publication number: 20190243491
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a touch electrode, a control unit, and a trace structure. The substrate has a touch sensing area and a peripheral circuit area. The touch electrode is disposed on the touch sensing area of the substrate. The touch electrode includes a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a metal mesh layer. The second transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. The metal mesh layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, in which the metal mesh layer is at least partially in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and the metal mesh layer comprises plural metal lines. The trace structure is disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the touch electrode to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Ching-Feng TSAI, Wei-Ren LO
  • Patent number: 10318080
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a touch electrode, a control unit, and a trace structure. The substrate has a touch sensing area and a peripheral circuit area. The touch electrode is disposed on the touch sensing area of the substrate. The touch electrode includes a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a metal mesh layer. The second transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. The metal mesh layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, in which the metal mesh layer is at least partially in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and the metal mesh layer comprises plural metal lines. The trace structure is disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the touch electrode to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Tsai, Wei-Ren Lo
  • Publication number: 20180203531
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a touch electrode, a control unit, and a trace structure. The substrate has a touch sensing area and a peripheral circuit area. The touch electrode is disposed on the touch sensing area of the substrate. The touch electrode includes a first transparent conductive layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a metal mesh layer. The second transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. The metal mesh layer is disposed between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, in which the metal mesh layer is at least partially in contact with the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer, and the metal mesh layer comprises plural metal lines. The trace structure is disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the touch electrode to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ching-Feng TSAI, Wei-Ren LO
  • Patent number: 9733751
    Abstract: A touch-sensing module is disclosed. The touch-sensing module includes: a substrate having a first region, a second region and a flexible region configured between the first region and the second region so as to enable the touch-sensing module to have a folded state and an unfolded state; and a sensing layer configured under the substrate and having a first sensing pattern layer and a second sensing pattern layer, wherein the first sensing pattern layer corresponds to the first region and the second sensing pattern layer corresponds to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wei-Ren Lo, Ding-Chung Lu, Meng-Chun Hung
  • Patent number: 9665219
    Abstract: A single layer solution touch panel includes a substrate, sensing patterns, conductive circuit patterns and a controller. The substrate includes a touch area and a peripheral area. The sensing patterns are disposed on the touch area. The conductive circuit patterns are disposed at the touch area and the peripheral area, in which the sensing patterns and the conductive circuit patterns are arranged alternately. At least a part of material of the sensing patterns is different from at least a part of material of the conductive circuit patterns. The controller is electrically connected to the sensing patterns via the conductive circuit patterns respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wei-Ren Lo, David Lu, Jia-Ming Ye
  • Patent number: 9215015
    Abstract: A method for selecting a wireless network and a portable electronic device thereof are provided, and the method for selecting the wireless network includes following steps. A plurality of wireless network signal indicators of at least one wireless network are detected. Moreover, a target wireless network is selected from the at least one wireless network for operating therein according to the wireless network signal indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Liang Kuo, Chia-Shin Weng, Shu-Ping Yang, Wei-Ren Lo, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Publication number: 20150324046
    Abstract: A touch-sensing module is disclosed. The touch-sensing module includes: a substrate having a first region, a second region and a flexible region configured between the first region and the second region so as to enable the touch-sensing module to have a folded state and an unfolded state; and a sensing layer configured under the substrate and having a first sensing pattern layer and a second sensing pattern layer, wherein the first sensing pattern layer corresponds to the first region and the second sensing pattern layer corresponds to the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Wei-Ren Lo, Ding-Chung Lu, Meng-Chun Hung
  • Publication number: 20150234495
    Abstract: A single layer solution touch panel includes a substrate, sensing patterns, conductive circuit patterns and a controller. The substrate includes a touch area and a peripheral area. The sensing patterns are disposed on the touch area. The conductive circuit patterns are disposed at the touch area and the peripheral area, in which the sensing patterns and the conductive circuit patterns are arranged alternately. At least a part of material of the sensing patterns is different from at least a part of material of the conductive circuit patterns. The controller is electrically connected to the sensing patterns via the conductive circuit patterns respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Wei-Ren LO, David LU, Jia-Ming YE
  • Publication number: 20150160759
    Abstract: A touch panel comprises a substrate, a touch sensing layer and a transparent cover. The touch sensing layer is disposed in the substrate. The transparent cover with different thickness is disposed on the touch sensing layer. The touch sensing layer has a plurality of sensing units. Each sensing unit corresponds to a thickness of the transparent cover. According to the thickness of the transparent cover, an area of corresponding sensing unit and a distance between corresponding sensing unit and its adjacent sensing unit are decided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Che-Wei LIEN, David LU, Wei-Ren LO
  • Publication number: 20150002787
    Abstract: A photovoltaic mobile device includes a backlight module and a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources, a photovoltaic substrate, and a light guide plate. The light sources are disposed at a side of the light guide plate, and the light guide plate is disposed above the photovoltaic substrate. The liquid crystal display panel is disposed on the light guide plate. The photovoltaic substrate includes a plurality of strip type photovoltaic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Shin WENG, Wei-Ren LO, Chao-Jung CHEN, Chien-Liang KUO, Chih-Pin LIN
  • Publication number: 20140198284
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a color filtering substrate and an array substrate. The color filtering substrate includes a plurality of first spacers and a plurality of second spacers. The array substrate includes a plurality of cavities disposed on a surface of the array substrate facing the color filtering substrate. The cavities are disposed corresponding to the second spacers. The first spacers are physically connected to the array substrate, and the second spacers are physically spaced apart from the array substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Shin WENG, Wei-Ren LO, Hsien-Tang HU
  • Publication number: 20140011532
    Abstract: A method for selecting a wireless network and a portable electronic device thereof are provided, and the method for selecting the wireless network includes following steps. A plurality of wireless network signal indicators of at least one wireless network are detected. Moreover, a target wireless network is selected from the at least one wireless network for operating therein according to the wireless network signal indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Liang Kuo, Chia-Shin Weng, Shu-Ping Yang, Wei-Ren Lo, Chih-Kuang Lin
  • Patent number: 7088730
    Abstract: This invention discloses a dynamic memory allocation method for an Ethernet switching architecture, which can resolve problems with the limitations of transmission bandwidths and transmission port counts in a conventional network packet switching. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of input ports and output ports, providing a shared memory for storing packet segments of a plurality of packets, providing a first link RAM (Random Access Memory) for controlling a making and reading of a single linked list for the packet segments of each the plurality of packets, and providing a second link RAM serving as a FIFO (first in first out) device for co-managing an obtaining of the link address spaces at the corresponding input ports before the single linked list been made, and a releasing of the link address spaces at the corresponding output ports after the single linked list been read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: ADMtek Incorporated
    Inventors: Meng-chi Hsu, Wei-ren Lo
  • Publication number: 20030147410
    Abstract: This invention discloses a dynamic memory allocation method for an Ethernet switching architecture, which can resolve problems with the limitations of transmission bandwidths and transmission port counts in a conventional network packet switching. The method comprises steps of providing a plurality of input ports and output ports, providing a shared memory for storing packet segments of a plurality of packets, providing a first link RAM (Random Access Memory) for controlling a making and reading of a single linked list for the packet segments of each the plurality of packets, and providing a second link RAM serving as a FIFO (first in first out) device for co-managing an obtaining of the link address spaces at the corresponding input ports before the single linked list been made, and a releasing of the link address spaces at the corresponding output ports after the single linked list been read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Meng-chi Hsu, Wei-ren Lo