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).
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Patent number: 8674920Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes receiving image data of each display unit of the LCD in every display period to determine gray levels of the display units, controlling a gate driver of the LCD to scan each of the display units at least twice every display period, controlling a source driver of the LCD to generate a switch signal, controlling the source driver to determine the gray levels of one row of the display units when the switch signal is at a first voltage level, and controlling the source driver to drive one row of the display units to a predetermined gray level status when the switch signal is at a second voltage level.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2005Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Yang, Chih-Sung Wang, Yao Jen Hsieh, Huan Hsin Li
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Patent number: 8674931Abstract: A method for updating display image of an electrophoretic display panel and an electrophoretic display apparatus using the same are provided. In the aforementioned method, the gate lines of the electrophoretic display panel are divided into a first group and a second group. The display data related to pixels coupled to the gate lines of the first group need not to be updated. Furthermore, the display data related to at least one of the pixels coupled to the gate lines of the second group need to be updated. The first type gate pulses are provided to the gate lines of the first group respectively, and second type gate pulses are provided to the gate lines of the second group respectively. The second type gate pulse has a predetermined pulse width. The pulse width of the first type gate pulse is shorter than the predetermined pulse width.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Wei-Min Sun, Chi-Mao Hung, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Kai-Hong Wang, Hong-Zhang Lin
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Patent number: 8674916Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Publication number: 20140062391Abstract: An electronic card including an antenna, a chip, a charging circuit and a battery is provided. The antenna receives an external electric signal, and the chip is coupled to the antenna, so as to receive the external electric signal and provide a demodulated electric signal. The charging circuit is coupled to the chip, receives the demodulated electric signal and converts the demodulated electric signal to generate a charging power. The battery is coupled to the charging circuit, wherein, the charging circuit provides the charging power to the battery according to a residual electricity of the battery, so as to charge the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ming-Jong Jou, Chi-Mao Hung, Wei-Min Sun
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Publication number: 20140022624Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Bo-Ru YANG, Yao-Jen Hsieh
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Patent number: 8605032Abstract: An electrophoretic display and a driving method thereof are provided. The electrophoretic display includes a display panel, a storage unit, a timing controller (TCON). The display panel has a plurality of sub-pixels. The storage unit stores a plurality sets of driving waveforms, wherein the lengths of driving waveforms in the sets of driving waveforms are different from each other. The TCON has an analysis module, couples to the display panel and the storage unit, and receives an image signal having a plurality of display data. The analysis module analyzes the display data to obtain a analysis result. The TCON selects one of the sets of driving waveforms according to the analysis result, and drives the sub-pixels according to the selected set of driving waveforms.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Chun-Ting Liu, Hsu-Ping Tseng, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Chi-Mao Hung
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Patent number: 8581888Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) and an LCD panel thereof are provided. The structure of the pixel array of the LCD panel is the structure of the one third source driving (OTSD), and by which skillfully layout the coupled relationship among each pixel, each signal line and each scan line, such that the LCD panel can be driven by a column inversion to achieve the purpose of single-dot inversion displaying, and thus not only reducing the power consumption of the whole LCD, but also promoting the display quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Chi Lai, Ching-Wei Chen, Tsan-Chun Wang, Kuo-Hsing Cheng, Yao-Jen Hsieh
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Patent number: 8570259Abstract: A scan method for use in a flat panel display comprising K groups of lines, comprising the following steps. First, K sequences S1 to SK are provided. A scan order is then determined according to the K sequences S1 to SK. Thereafter, the K groups of lines are synchronously scanned by the scan order. K is an integer not less than 2. Each group of lines comprises at least M lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Huan-Hsin Li, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Chih-Sung Wang
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Patent number: 8570480Abstract: A display device having slim border-area architecture is disclosed. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of auxiliary gate lines and a driving module. The substrate includes a display area and a border area. The data lines, the gate lines and the auxiliary gate lines are disposed in the display area. The driving module is disposed in the border area. The gate lines are crossed with the data lines perpendicularly. The auxiliary gate lines are parallel with the data lines. Each auxiliary gate line is electrically connected to one corresponding gate line. The data and auxiliary gate lines are electrically connected to the driving module based on an interlace arrangement. Further disclosed is a driving method for delivering gate signals provided by the driving module to the gate lines via the auxiliary gate lines.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Yi-Chen Chiang, Chih-Hung Shih, Maw-Song Chen, Tzu-Wei Ho, Ching-Huan Lin, Yu-Hsuan Li, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ya-Ting Hsu, Chi-Mao Hung, Ken-Ming Chen, Yu-Cheng Chen
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Patent number: 8552993Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus with touch input function includes a display unit coupling to a first scanning line, a touch transistor, a touch-sensing device, and a touch-detecting circuit coupling to a sensing line. The touch transistor includes a gate coupling to a second scanning line, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupling to the sensing line. The touch-sensing device includes a first conductor coupling to the first terminal of the touch transistor, a second conductor coupling to the first scanning line, and a touch conductor configured to electrically connect the first conductor and the second conductor when a sensing region of the liquid crystal display apparatus is touched.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chao Chen Wang, Yao Jen Hsieh, Heng Sheng Chou, Pang Chiang Chia, Yuet Ping Lee, Kuang Yu Fu, Chun Pi Wang
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Publication number: 20130249782Abstract: An electrophoretic display module and an operating method thereof and an electrophoretic display system using the same are provided. The electrophoretic display system includes an electronic device and the electrophoretic display module. The electronic device is configured to transmit a data wireless signal and a power wireless signal, wherein a frequency of the power wireless signal is smaller than a frequency of the data wireless signal. The electrophoretic display module is configured to receive the data wireless signal and the power wireless signal, transform the power wireless signal into an operating power, and perform a predetermined operation according to the data wireless signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Chain-Tin Wu, Ming-Jong Jou, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Chi-Mao Hung, Wei-Min Sun
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Publication number: 20130233930Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: SiPix Technology Inc.Inventors: Yu-Chun Tsai, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Shao-Wei Su, Chun-An Wei
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Patent number: 8525807Abstract: A touch device is disposed on a substrate having a plurality of scan lines. The touch device comprises a plurality of readout lines and a plurality of sensors. The readout lines and the scan lines are intersected with each other, and the sensors are electrically coupled to the corresponding scan lines and the corresponding readout lines respectively. A scan signal is introduced into the scan lines in sequence to control whether turning on the sensors, and the scan signal comprises at least one first turn-on pulse and a second turn-on pulse to simultaneously turn on at least two sensors which are electrically coupled to different scan lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Yuet-Ping Lee, Seok-Lyul Lee, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Heng-Sheng Chou, Pang-Chiang Chia, Weng-Bing Chou, Chao-Chen Wang
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Patent number: 8373730Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 8373731Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 8368656Abstract: An electroluminescent display touch panel includes a base substrate and an encapsulating substrate. The base substrate includes a pixel switching device, a readout device, an electroluminescent device, and a sensing pad. The pixel switching device and the electroluminescent device are disposed in a display region. The readout device and the sensing pad are disposed in a non-display region. The encapsulating substrate includes a first spacer, a sensing spacer, and a conductive layer. The first spacer is disposed on the surface of the encapsulating substrate facing the base substrate, maintaining a cell gap between the base substrate and the encapsulating substrate. The sensing spacer is disposed on the surface of the encapsulating substrate facing the base substrate and corresponding to the sensing pad. The conductive layer is formed on the surface of the sensing spacer facing the sensing pad.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chao-Chen Wang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Heng-Sheng Chou, Pang-Chiang Chia, Yu-Cheng Tsai
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Publication number: 20130002406Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SIPIX TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Wei-Min Sun, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Ming-Jong Jou, Chi-Mao Hung
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Patent number: 8334829Abstract: A liquid crystal display and method for driving the same are proposed. The liquid crystal display includes a pixel matrix. The pixel matrix includes two first pixel groups each having a first pixel and a second pixel are at one side of the data line, and two second pixel groups each having a third pixel and a fourth pixel are at the other side of the data line. The driving method includes steps of: driving one of the two second pixel groups to transmit a first signal to a fourth pixel of the driven second pixel group, driving one of the two first pixel groups to transmit a second signal to a first pixel of the driven first pixel group, driving the other second pixel group to transmit a third signal to a fourth pixel of the other second pixel group, and driving the second group to transmit a fourth signal to a third pixel of the driven second pixel group.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Ya-ting Hsu, Chi-mao Hung, Ken-ming Chen, Yao-jen Hsieh
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Patent number: 8299996Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Miao Liu, Shui-Chih Lien, Chia-Horng Huang, Chien-Huang Liao, Yu-Hsi Ho, Ting-Jui Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Jenn-Jia Su
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Patent number: 8284217Abstract: Disclosure is a method for randomly and dynamically generating a dynamic index, incorporated in a dynamic index system to improve the color performance of a display, comprises: transmitting video data to the dynamic index system; dynamically generating a substantially random number by a pseudo-random number generating unit; selecting the m bits of the substantially random number as a target adapted to as a position code of the dynamic pattern index matrix; and generating the two-dimensional dynamic pattern index matrix (S×T) by operating the position code.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Wen-Chieh Chang, Yao-Jen Hsieh, Huan-Hsin Li