Patents by Inventor Yen-Lung Chen

Yen-Lung Chen 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: 20240126001
    Abstract: A switchable backlight module is disclosed. The switchable backlight module includes two light source modules arranged parallelly with respect to a plane. Each of the light source modules includes a turning film and a LGP. The LGP is of an edge-lit type arranged parallelly under the turning film. A light ray enters the LGP from a light incident side of the LGP, exits the LGP from a light emergent surface of the LGP, enters the turning film, and exits the turning film from a surface of the turning film away from the LGP. The light incident side of the LGP of one of the light source modules is perpendicular to the light incident side of the LGP of the other light source module. The switchable backlight module is in an anti-peeping mode having a narrow viewing angle when only an upper one of the light source modules emits light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: YU-HUAN CHIU, CHIEN-WEI LIAO, YEN-LUNG CHEN
  • Patent number: 11940645
    Abstract: A front light module includes a reflective display device, a front light guide, and a light emitting unit plate. The front light guide plate includes a micro-structure. The micro-structure has a first angle between a surface thereof close to the light emitting unit and an upper surface of the front light guide plate. The micro-structure has a second angle between a surface thereof away from the light emitting unit and the upper surface of the front light guide plate. The micro-structure has a third angle between the surface thereof close to the light emitting unit and the surface thereof away from the light emitting unit. The first angle is within a range between 30 degrees and 60 degrees, the second angle is within a range between 30 degrees and 59 degrees, and the third angle is greater than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Te Wang, Yu-Shan Shen, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20240085797
    Abstract: A method of controlling an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system is disclosed. The method includes irradiating a target droplet with EUV radiation, detecting EUV radiation reflected by the target droplet, determining aberration of the detected EUV radiation, determining a Zernike polynomial corresponding to the aberration, and performing a corrective action to reduce a shift in Zernike coefficients of the Zernike polynomial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Ya CHENG, Han-Lung CHANG, Shi-Han SHANN, Li-Jui CHEN, Yen-Shuo SU
  • Publication number: 20240045131
    Abstract: A front light module includes a reflective display device, a front light guide, and a light emitting unit plate. The front light guide plate includes a micro-structure. The micro-structure has a first angle between a surface thereof close to the light emitting unit and an upper surface of the front light guide plate. The micro-structure has a second angle between a surface thereof away from the light emitting unit and the upper surface of the front light guide plate. The micro-structure has a third angle between the surface thereof close to the light emitting unit and the surface thereof away from the light emitting unit. The first angle is within a range between 30 degrees and 60 degrees, the second angle is within a range between 30 degrees and 59 degrees, and the third angle is greater than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Te WANG, Yu-Shan SHEN, Yen-Lung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230384504
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light source module. The light guide plate includes a light receiving surface, a light exit surface, and a bottom surface. The light exit surface is connected to a first end of the light receiving surface. The bottom surface is connected to a second end of the light receiving surface opposite to the first end and located opposite to the light exit surface. The bottom surface includes a central region and a peripheral girdle region at least partially surrounding the central region. The central region includes a plurality of first reflecting structures, and the peripheral girdle region includes a plurality of second reflecting structures. The second reflecting structure is different from the first reflecting structure. The light source module is disposed along the light receiving surface and provides light beams incident into the light receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: YU-HUAN CHIU, CHIEN-WEI LIAO, YEN-LUNG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230244106
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fabrication method of a light guide plate including the following steps. A first substrate with a processing plane is provided. A plurality of first mold trenches are formed along a second direction on the processing plane by a first cutter, where the first mold trenches are connected to each other. A plurality of second mold trenches are formed along a first direction different from the second direction in a first processing region of the processing plane by a second cutter, where the first processing region is near to a first edge of the processing plane. A light-emitting surface of the light guide plate is formed by using the first substrate as a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Huan CHIU, Chien-Wei LIAO, Yen-Lung CHEN
  • Patent number: 11662623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module including a plurality of light-emitting elements and a light guide plate, in which the light guide plate includes a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, and a light-incident side connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface. The light-emitting elements are disposed at the light-incident side along a first direction, and the light-emitting surface includes a first region near the light-incident side. The light guide plate includes a plurality of columns extending along the first direction and disposed in the first region of the light-emitting surface and a plurality of microstructure groups, in which each microstructure group includes a plurality of microstructures arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, and each microstructure connects the adjacent two of the columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Huan Chiu, Chien-Wei Liao, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20230154570
    Abstract: A data processing system can be operated in one of a preprocessing mode, a short-read mapping mode, a sequence assembly mode or a variant calling mode that are related to a to-be-tested DNA sequence. The data processing system includes a sorting engine that supports high-speed processing of sorting in the preprocessing mode and the sequence assembly mode, and a dynamic processing engine that supports dynamic programming calculations in the short-read mapping mode and the variant calling mode. The data processing system may be implemented on a system-on-chip (SoC) for performing accelerated processing of gene sequencing data with reduced memory requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jui-Hung Hung, Chia-Hsiang Yang, Yi-Chung Wu, Yen-Lung Chen, Chung-Hsuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11415736
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module including a light guide plate including a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, and a light-incident side connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface and light-emitting elements disposed at the light-incident side along a first direction. The light guide plate includes first columnar microstructures extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the light-emitting surface and columnar microstructure groups with second columnar microstructures, which are 1-15 times the number of the adjacent first columnar microstructures, between the first columnar microstructures extending along the second direction on the light-emitting surface. A first width of the first columnar microstructures is larger than or equal to a second width of the columnar microstructure groups along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Huan Chiu, Chien-Wei Liao, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20220187658
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module including a plurality of light-emitting elements and a light guide plate, in which the light guide plate includes a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, and a light-incident side connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface. The light-emitting elements are disposed at the light-incident side along a first direction, and the light-emitting surface includes a first region near the light-incident side. The light guide plate includes a plurality of columns extending along the first direction and disposed in the first region of the light-emitting surface and a plurality of microstructure groups, in which each microstructure group includes a plurality of microstructures arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, and each microstructure connects the adjacent two of the columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yu-Huan CHIU, Chien-Wei LIAO, Yen-Lung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220187526
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module including a light guide plate including a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, and a light-incident side connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface and light-emitting elements disposed at the light-incident side along a first direction. The light guide plate includes first columnar microstructures extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the light-emitting surface and columnar microstructure groups with second columnar microstructures, which are 1-15 times the number of the adjacent first columnar microstructures, between the first columnar microstructures extending along the second direction on the light-emitting surface. A first width of the first columnar microstructures is larger than or equal to a second width of the columnar microstructure groups along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yu-Huan CHIU, Chien-Wei LIAO, Yen-Lung CHEN
  • Patent number: 11143809
    Abstract: A backlight module including a plurality of first light-emitting devices and a light guide plate is provided. The light guide plate has a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface, and a first light-receiving side. The first light-receiving side connects the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface, and the light-emitting devices are disposed on the first light-receiving side along a first direction. The light guide plate further includes a plurality of prisms and a plurality of microstructure groups. The prisms are disposed on the bottom surface. The microstructure groups include microstructures, and the microstructures respectively connect two of the prisms adjacently disposed. Each of the microstructures has a long axis. Each of the prisms has a ridgeline extending along a first path. At least one of the microstructure groups has a long axis extending along a second path, which is different from the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Huan Chiu, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20210063629
    Abstract: A backlight module including a plurality of first light-emitting devices and a light guide plate is provided. The light guide plate has a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface, and a first light-receiving side. The first light-receiving side connects the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface, and the light-emitting devices are disposed on the first light-receiving side along a first direction. The light guide plate further includes a plurality of prisms and a plurality of microstructure groups. The prisms are disposed on the bottom surface. The microstructure groups include microstructures, and the microstructures respectively connect two of the prisms adjacently disposed. Each of the microstructures has a long axis. Each of the prisms has a ridgeline extending along a first path. At least one of the microstructure groups has a long axis extending along a second path, which is different from the first path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Huan CHIU, Yen-Lung CHEN
  • Patent number: 10859751
    Abstract: A backlight module including a plurality of first light-emitting devices and a light guide plate is provided. The light guide plate includes light-emitting surface, bottom surface and a first light-receiving side. The bottom surface is corresponded to the light-emitting surface, and the first light-receiving side connects the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface. The first light-emitting devices are disposed on the first light-receiving side, arranged along a first direction. The light guide plate further includes a plurality of prisms and a plurality of microstructure groups. The prisms are disposed on the bottom surface and extend along the first direction. The microstructure group includes microstructures, and the microstructures are respectively connecting two of the prisms adjacently disposed. Each of the microstructures has a ridgeline, and the ridgeline is parallel to a second direction, which is different from the first direction. A manufacture method of a light guide plate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Huan Chiu, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 10795073
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light guide plate having a light exit surface, a light incident surface and a bottom surface. In the said light guide plate, the bottom surface is opposite to the light exit surface, and the light incident surface connects the light exit surface and the bottom surface. A plurality of light guide structures are formed on the bottom surface, and each of the light guide structure includes a front mound protruding above the bottom surface, a back mound protruding above the bottom surface and located at the side of the front mound opposite to the light incident surface, and a concave eye-shaped portion caved in from the bottom surface and located between the front mound and the back mound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Lung Chen, Hui-Ying Chiang, Chien-Ming Chu, Meng-Hui Chen
  • Publication number: 20200271849
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light guide plate having a light exit surface, a light incident surface and a bottom surface. In the said light guide plate, the bottom surface is opposite to the light exit surface, and the light incident surface connects the light exit surface and the bottom surface. A plurality of light guide structures are formed on the bottom surface, and each of the light guide structure includes a front mound protruding above the bottom surface, a back mound protruding above the bottom surface and located at the side of the front mound opposite to the light incident surface, and a concave eye-shaped portion caved in from the bottom surface and located between the front mound and the back mound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: YEN-LUNG CHEN, HUI-YING CHIANG, CHIEN-MING CHU, MENG-HUI CHEN
  • Patent number: 9731379
    Abstract: Aluminum alloy workpieces and/or magnesium alloy workpieces are joined in a solid state weld by use of a reactive material placed, in a suitable form, at the joining surfaces. Joining surfaces of the workpieces are pressed against the interposed reactive material and heated. The reactive material alloys or reacts with the workpiece surfaces consuming some of the surface material in forming a reaction product comprising a low melting liquid that removes oxide films and other surface impediments to a welded bond across the interface. Further pressure is applied to expel the reaction product and to join the workpiece surfaces in a solid state weld bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: David R. Sigler, James G. Schroth, Xiaohong Q. Gayden, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 9539666
    Abstract: A method is provided for welding together a tubular member of a first metal and a tubular member of a second metal that is dissimilar to the first metal. The method includes making a transition attachment by friction welding together end-to-end a first end of a rod of the first metal with a first end of a rod of the second metal. An arc weld welds together a second end of the rod of the first metal with the tubular member of the first metal. And another arc weld welds together a second end of the rod of the second metal to the tubular member of the second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yen-Lung Chen, Xiaohong Q. Gayden, Steven J. Wesoloski, Matthew D. Scrase
  • Publication number: 20150158113
    Abstract: Aluminum alloy workpieces and/or magnesium alloy workpieces are joined in a solid state weld by use of a reactive material placed, in a suitable form, at the joining surfaces. Joining surfaces of the workpieces are pressed against the interposed reactive material and heated. The reactive material alloys or reacts with the workpiece surfaces consuming some of the surface material in forming a reaction product comprising a low melting liquid that removes oxide films and other surface impediments to a welded bond across the interface. Further pressure is applied to expel the reaction product and to join the workpiece surfaces in a solid state weld bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: David R. Sigler, James G. Schroth, Xiaohong Q. Gayden, Yen-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 8960523
    Abstract: When a friction stir weld tool penetrates the interface of two workpieces of dissimilar metal alloy materials, the resultant weld of the different alloy materials may produce a weak weld joint. Such weak joints are often experienced, for example, when attempting to form spot welds or other friction stir welds between a magnesium alloy sheet or strip and an aluminum alloy sheet or strip. It is discovered that suitable coating compositions including an adhesive placed at the interface of assembled workpieces can alter the composition of the friction stir weld material and strengthen the resulting bond. In the example of friction stir welds between magnesium alloy and aluminum alloy workpieces, it is found that combinations of an adhesive with copper, tin, zinc, and/or other powders can strengthen the magnesium-containing and aluminum-containing friction stir weld material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Szymanski, Sri Krishna Chimbli, Mark T. Hall, Yen-Lung Chen