Patents by Inventor Yao-Jen Hsieh

Yao-Jen Hsieh 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: 9331066
    Abstract: A method of detecting a parasitic transistor detecting is provided. The method includes extracting several diodes from a selected area, selecting at least one diode pair from the diodes in accordance with signals connected to the diodes, and filtering the at least one diode pair in accordance with a threshold distance to determine whether at least one parasitic transistor is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Huei Tsai, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Kai-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20160093253
    Abstract: A driving method of an electrophoretic display having at least one display particle is provided. The driving method includes the following steps. A first voltage difference is applied to a data line in a first period, in which the data line corresponds to one of the display particles. At least one particle restore period is inserted in the first period, and a second voltage difference is applied to the data line in the particle restore periods, in which the second voltage difference is different from the first voltage difference. With this method disclosed here, the maxima brightness, maxima darkness, contrast ratio, color saturation, bistability, and image updating time can be largely improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Bo-Ru Yang, Ping-Yueh Cheng, Chi-Mao Hung, Chun-An Wei, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9285648
    Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer, a second electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer and separated from the first electrode and a third electrode disposed between the display medium layer and the second substrate is provided. The display medium layer includes electrophoretic fluid and charged particles mixed into the electrophoretic fluid. Moreover, driving methods used to drive the electro-optical apparatus and another electro-optical apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Nien-En Liu, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20160011697
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel and a display device using the capacitive touch panel are provided. The capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between two layers. The first electrode layer has a plurality of first A electrode strings and first B electrode strings extended along a first direction. The first A electrode string and the first B electrode string respectively has a plurality of first direction electrodes. The second electrode layer has a plurality of second direction electrodes connected in series along a second direction. The first A and B electrode strings are disconnected in the first electrode layer while they are simultaneously detected for presence of signal variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tun-Chun Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee, Chih-Jen Hu, Kuo-Hsing Cheng, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Mei-Sheng Ma, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yuan-Chun Wu, Chun-Huai Li
  • Patent number: 9197704
    Abstract: An electronic label system and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic label system includes a control unit and a plurality of electronic label units. The control unit is used for sending display information. The electronic label units are coupled to the control unit to receive the display information and display according to the corresponding display information, respectively. The electronic label units respectively output a plurality of state information to the control unit so that the control unit can monitor operation states of the electronic label units according to the state information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Min Sun, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ming-Jong Jou, Chi-Mao Hung
  • Patent number: 9166582
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel and a display device using the capacitive touch panel are provided. The capacitive touch panel includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between two layers. The first electrode layer has a plurality of first A electrode strings and first B electrode strings extended along a first direction. The first A electrode string and the first B electrode string respectively has a plurality of first direction electrodes. The second electrode layer has a plurality of second direction electrodes connected in series along a second direction. The first A and B electrode strings are disconnected in the first electrode layer while they are simultaneously detected for presence of signal variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tun-Chun Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee, Chih-Jen Hu, Kuo-Hsing Cheng, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Mei-Sheng Ma, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yuan-Chun Wu, Chun-Huai Li
  • Publication number: 20150212134
    Abstract: A method of detecting a parasitic transistor detecting is provided. The method includes extracting several diodes from a selected area, selecting at least one diode pair from the diodes in accordance with signals connected to the diodes, and filtering the at least one diode pair in accordance with a threshold distance to determine whether at least one parasitic transistor is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: MING-HUEI TSAI, YAO-JEN HSIEH, KAI-MING LIU
  • Patent number: 9053288
    Abstract: A method includes extracting multiple-patterning group assignment information of one or more layout patterns from a layout design. The layout design corresponds to a circuit design, and the one or more layout patterns corresponding to a node of the circuit design. Whether the extracted multiple-patterning group assignment information is consistent with a set of multiple-patterning group assignment constraints of the node is determined by a hardware processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Jen Hsieh, Kai-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20150110271
    Abstract: An electric system including a first wireless apparatus, a display apparatus and a second wireless apparatus is provided. A first information is encrypted to be a first encrypted information and sent wirelessly by the first wireless apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit and a wireless communication unit electrically connected to the display unit. The wireless communication unit receives the first encrypted information and cause the display unit to display a first representative information corresponding to the first encrypted information. The first representative information and the first encrypted information are different. The second wireless apparatus reads the first encrypted information by the wireless communication unit, and the first encrypted information is decrypted to be the first encrypted information by the second wireless apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Fang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Chi-Hsun Wang
  • Publication number: 20150098122
    Abstract: An electro-optical apparatus including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a display medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer, a second electrode disposed between the first substrate and the display medium layer and separated from the first electrode and a third electrode disposed between the display medium layer and the second substrate is provided. The display medium layer includes electrophoretic fluid and charged particles mixed into the electrophoretic fluid. Moreover, driving methods used to drive the electro-optical apparatus and another electro-optical apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Nien-En Liu, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8973837
    Abstract: An electronic card including a first substrate, a control unit, a display unit and a driving circuit is provided. The control unit is disposed on the first substrate, receives an external voltage so as to convert the external voltage into an operation voltage, and selectively receives or provides display data. The driving circuit is disposed on the first substrate, coupled to the control unit and the display unit, and outputs a driving signal to the display unit to drive the display unit according the operation voltage and the display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Tsai, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Shao-Wei Su, Chun-An Wei
  • Patent number: 8972916
    Abstract: A method for checking the inter-chip connectivity of a three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) generally comprises receiving a design file for each of a plurality of chips of the 3D IC and generating a plurality of inter-layer ports to be shared between at least two of the of chips based on the design files for each of the chips. A layout without the share ports for each of the chips based on the design files for each of the chips is generated and a layout versus schematic (LVS) check is conducted for each of the generated layouts by using the identified inter-layer ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Jen Hsieh, Kai-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140376164
    Abstract: A display panel including a driving substrate, a display film, a first protection film, a first adhesion layer, and a sidewall structure is provided. The display film is disposed on the driving substrate. The first protection film is adhered on the display film through the first adhesion layer. The display film is located between the driving substrate and the first protection film. A material of the first adhesion layer is thermal melt-able. The sidewall structure is in contact with a side surface of the display film and includes the material of the first adhesion layer which is melted and re-solidified. In addition, a manufacture method of the display panel includes irradiating the driving substrate the first protection film and the first adhesion layer with a laser to form the sidewall structure in contact with the side surface of the display film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Jiun-Ru Huang, Kuo-Lung Fang, Yu-Chi Chiu, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8887102
    Abstract: A method of determining input pattern is adapted to be implemented on an electronic apparatus equipped with a touch panel and includes the steps of: detecting a plurality of boundary points between an input pattern inputted through the touch panel and a circumscribed polygon of the input pattern, detecting an area ratio of a polygon defined by the boundary points to the circumscribed polygon, and determining the shape of the input pattern at least according to the area ratio. The present invention also provides a computer readable storage medium having a program stored therein. When the program is executed which enables an electronic apparatus equipped with a touch panel to determine the shape and/or direction of an input pattern inputted through the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kuang-Yu Fu, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ming-Jong Jou, Heng-Sheng Chou, Pang-Chiang Chia, Chao-Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 8848001
    Abstract: An exemplary driving method is adapted for a bistable display device including a pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels arranged in a predetermined manner. The driving method includes the following steps of: during a first time period, providing the first pixels with a first pixel voltage for black insertion and providing the second pixels with a second pixel voltage different from the first pixel voltage; during a second time period following the first time period, providing the first pixels with the second pixel voltage for white insertion and maintaining the second pixels provided with the second pixel voltage for white insertion; and during a third time period following the second time period, initiating the first pixels to display a gray scale image and providing the second pixels with the first pixel voltage for black insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chao Liu, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ching-Huan Lin
  • Patent number: 8797636
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a display device comprising a display fluid layer sandwiched between a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer, and a light-enhancing layer between the display fluid layer and the second substrate layer. The light-enhancing structure can enhance the colors displayed by the display device, especially the colors displayed through lateral switching of the charged pigment particles in an electrophoretic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: SiPix Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Ru Yang, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140211109
    Abstract: A touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch panel has a double-layered sensing pad structure or a single-layered sensing pad structure. In the double-layered sensing pad structure, the sensing pads in each layer have corresponding dummy sensing pads in the other layer for compensating the difference of transmittance. In the single-layered sensing pad structure, the sensing pads are coplanar so that the problem of color shift can be overcome and the visual effect of the touch panel can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Chun Wu, Hsin-Hung Lee, Mei-Sheng Ma, Tun-Chun Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140204012
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display and method for driving panel using the same are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel and a driving circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of column data lines and a plurality of row scan lines. The driving circuit provides a plurality of data driving signals to the column data lines, and provides a plurality of scan signals to row scan lines. Each of the scan signals has a plurality of scan enable periods, and each of the scan enable periods includes a plurality of scan interval periods. Each of the scan signals is floating or grounding during the scan interval periods. Each of the data driving signals includes a plurality of data driving periods, and each of the data driving periods includes a plurality of driving interval period. Each of the data driving signals is floating or grounding during the driving interval period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yan-Liang Wu, Chi-Mao Hung, Wei-Min Sun, Pei-Lin Tien, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Hsiao-Lung Cheng
  • Patent number: 8749465
    Abstract: A method for driving an active matrix display wherein each image frame is divided into a number of displayed frame portions, each of which is followed by a darker frame portion. The image data in the darker frame portion is removed so as to allow the pixel luminance to diminish. The temporal separation between the displayed frame portion and the following darker frame portion is smaller than a frame time. In a display where the lines are driven repetitively for forming the display image in a plurality of frame times, the image data provided to a pixel, after the luminance in that pixel changes from low to high, is adjusted so that the brightness of the pixel in the preceding frame times appear higher or not lower than that in following frames times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hsi Ho, Wen-Chieh Chang, Fang-Yu Su, Yao-Jen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140085355
    Abstract: An electro-phoretic display and a method for driving the same are provided, where the electro-phoretic display has a plurality of pixel units. The method includes: setting a plurality of particle tightening time periods and a plurality of gray level displaying time periods for the pixel units respectively, where each of the gray level displaying time periods is arranged after each corresponding particle tightening time period; providing a plurality of particle tightening voltages to the pixel units for tightening the particles of the pixel units respectively during the particle tightening time periods, and providing a plurality of display driving voltages to the pixel units during the gray level displaying time periods. The particle tightening time periods and/or the gray level displaying time periods are determined by a plurality of display gray level data corresponding to the pixel units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ming-Jen Chang, Jo-Cheng Huang, Shao-Wei Su, Chun-An Wei, Yao-Jen Hsieh