Patents by Inventor YI-CHUN KUO
YI-CHUN KUO 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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Publication number: 20240365623Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a circuit substrate, an array substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units and a driver. The circuit substrate has a top surface. A top circuit is disposed on the top surface. The array substrate is disposed on the top surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the top circuit. The light-emitting units are disposed on the array substrate. The light-emitting device further includes an electrical connection structure, a plurality of light extraction layers, a protective layer, a plurality of test pads, and a light absorption layer. The plurality of test pads are disposed on the array substrate, and the light absorption layer covers at least one of the test pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Shun-Yuan HU, Chin-Lung TING, Li-Wei MAO, Ming-Chun TSENG, Kung-Chen KUO, Yi-Hua HSU, Ker-Yih KAO
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Publication number: 20240310964Abstract: A touch display device includes a substrate, a display element layer, a composite substrate, a touch electrode and an adhesive layer. The display element layer is disposed on the substrate. The composite substrate includes a support layer and a moisture barrier layer. The moisture barrier layer is in direct contact with and covers a surface of the support layer. The display element layer is located between the substrate and the composite substrate. A moisture transmission rate of the moisture barrier layer is less than 1×10?2 g/m2/day. The touch electrode is disposed on the composite substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the display element layer and the composite substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.Inventors: Chen Cheng Lin, Hung Wei Tseng, Yi Chun Kuo, Fang Chia Hu
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Publication number: 20240264701Abstract: The invention provides a touch display device and an operation method for the touch display device. The touch display device includes an integrated control circuit and a touch driver. The integrated control circuit is coupled to the touch driver. The integrated control circuit outputs a first synchronization signal to the touch driver. The touch driver outputs a touch mode signal to the integrated control circuit, so that the integrated control circuit generates a synchronization enabling signal to the touch driver according to the touch mode signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.Inventors: Hung Wei Tseng, Yi Chun Kuo, Chen Cheng Lin
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Patent number: 12046680Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a plurality of gate structures alternately stacked with a plurality of channel layers, and a plurality of spacers disposed on lateral sides of the plurality of gate structures. The respective ones of the plurality of spacers comprise a profile having a first portion comprising a first shape and a second portion comprising a second shape, wherein the first shape is different from the second shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yi Song, Chi-Chun Liu, Robin Hsin Kuo Chao, Muthumanickam Sankarapandian
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Patent number: 11698698Abstract: A sensing method includes sensing a first touch source at a first time point; transferring a first sensing signal of the first touch source to a CPU at the first time point; sensing a second touch source at a second time point; transferring a second sensing signal of the second touch source to the CPU at the second time point; stopping transferring the second sensing signal at a third time point, and the second touch source is away from the touch display device at a fourth time point; and the second time point is earlier than the third time point, the third time point is earlier than the fourth time point, and the first touch source is different from the second touch source.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hung-Wei Tseng, Yi-Chun Kuo
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Patent number: 11592940Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a first sensing element, a flexible display device, and a second sensing element. The flexible display device is disposed below the first sensing element. The flexible display device is located between the first sensing element and the second sensing element. The second sensing element includes a pressure sensing layer and a reaction force layer. The pressure sensing layer is located between the flexible display device and the reaction force layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.Inventors: Hung-Wei Tseng, Chen-Cheng Lin, Yi-Chun Kuo
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Publication number: 20220075501Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a first sensing element, a flexible display device, and a second sensing element. The flexible display device is disposed below the first sensing element. The flexible display device is located between the first sensing element and the second sensing element. The second sensing element includes a pressure sensing layer and a reaction force layer. The pressure sensing layer is located between the flexible display device and the reaction force layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Hung-Wei TSENG, Chen-Cheng LIN, Yi-Chun KUO
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Publication number: 20220075502Abstract: A sensing method includes sensing a first touch source at a first time point; transferring a first sensing signal of the first touch source to a CPU at the first time point; sensing a second touch source at a second time point; transferring a second sensing signal of the second touch source to the CPU at the second time point; stopping transferring the second sensing signal at a third time point, and the second touch source is away from the touch display device at a fourth time point; and the second time point is earlier than the third time point, the third time point is earlier than the fourth time point, and the first touch source is different from the second touch source.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki KANEKO, Hung-Wei TSENG, Yi-Chun KUO
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Publication number: 20200208304Abstract: A composite fiber is provided, which includes a polymer fiber, doped zinc oxide particles dispersed in the polymer fiber or combined with the polymer fiber, and a fluorescent dye combined with the polymer fiber. The light emission wavelength of the doped zinc oxide particles and the light absorption wavelength of the fluorescent dye overlap. The above composite fiber can be manufactured as a yarn and woven into a textile.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yi-Chun KUO, Yung-Pin HUANG, Kuo-Hsing LEE
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Patent number: 10519595Abstract: A composite textile is provided. The composite textile includes a textile substrate and a thermal material layer formed on the textile substrate. The thermal material layer includes a nanocomposite powder. The nanocomposite powder is composed of a pyrrolidone-containing polymer and an inorganic particle. The pyrrolidone-containing polymer is polyvinylpyrrolidone, a derivative of polyvinylpyrrolidone or a combination thereof. The inorganic particle is a metal oxide composed of a first metal MA, a doping metal MB and oxygen. The inorganic particle makes up 62.5-99.9 wt. % of the nanocomposite powder.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yung-Pin Huang, Chun-Min Lee, Pei-Yi Yeh, Yi-Chun Kuo
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Publication number: 20190203410Abstract: A composite textile is provided. The composite textile includes a textile substrate and a thermal material layer formed on the textile substrate. The thermal material layer includes a nanocomposite powder. The nanocomposite powder is composed of a pyrrolidone-containing polymer and an inorganic particle. The pyrrolidone-containing polymer is polyvinylpyrrolidone, a derivative of polyvinylpyrrolidone or a combination thereof. The inorganic particle is a metal oxide composed of a first metal MA, a doping metal MB and oxygen. The inorganic particle makes up 62.5-99.9 wt. % of the nanocomposite powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yung-Pin HUANG, Chun-Min LEE, Pei-Yi YEH, Yi-Chun KUO
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Patent number: 10210828Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature sensing circuit, which comprises a switching circuit, a charging circuit, and a judging circuit. The switching circuit receives a supply voltage for generating a switching signal. The charging circuit is coupled to the switching circuit and receives the supply voltage. The switching signal controls the charging circuit for generating a voltage signal according to the supply voltage. The judging circuit is coupled to the charging circuit for generating a judging signal according to the level of the voltage signal. The levels of the switching signal and the voltage signal are related to a temperature state; and the judging signal represents the temperature state. The temperature sensing circuit can be applied to the driving circuit of a display panel for detecting the temperature state. Hence, the level of the driving signal of the driving circuit can be adjusted for improving the image quality.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignees: Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd., National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Po-Tsun Liu, Li-Wei Chu, Guang-Ting Zheng, Yi-Chun Kuo, Chun-Yen Chen, Ku-Huang Lai
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Patent number: 10168570Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate assembled to the first substrate, and several spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base plate and a first light-shielding layer disposed on the first base plate, wherein the first light-shielding layer includes several first light-shielding portions extending along a first direction. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a second light-shielding layer disposed on the second base plate, wherein the second light-shielding layer includes several second light-shielding portions extending along a second direction, and the second direction is different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Li-Ming Lin, Chih-Ming Liang, Yi-Chun Kuo
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Publication number: 20180088401Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate assembled to the first substrate, and several spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base plate and a first light-shielding layer disposed on the first base plate, wherein the first light-shielding layer includes several first light-shielding portions extending along a first direction. The second substrate includes a second base plate and a second light-shielding layer disposed on the second base plate, wherein the second light-shielding layer includes several second light-shielding portions extending along a second direction, and the second direction is different from the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Li-Ming Lin, Chih-Ming Liang, Yi-Chun Kuo
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Publication number: 20160344220Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature sensing circuit, which comprises a switching circuit, a charging circuit, and a judging circuit. The switching circuit receives a supply voltage for generating a switching signal. The charging circuit is coupled to the switching circuit and receives the supply voltage. The switching signal controls the charging circuit for generating a voltage signal according to the supply voltage. The judging circuit is coupled to the charging circuit for generating a judging signal according to the level of the voltage signal. The levels of the switching signal and the voltage signal are related to a temperature state; and the judging signal represents the temperature state. The temperature sensing circuit can be applied to the driving circuit of a display panel for detecting the temperature state. Hence, the level of the driving signal of the driving circuit can be adjusted for improving the image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicants: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY, GIANTPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: PO-TSUN LIU, LI-WEI CHU, GUANG-TING ZHENG, YI-CHUN KUO, CHUN-YEN CHEN, KU-HUANG LAI
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Patent number: 8963900Abstract: The invention provides a bidirectional scanning driving circuit, which comprises N stages of driving modules. Driving module comprises an output unit, a forward input unit, and a reverse input unit. For the n-th stage driving module, the forward input unit receives a first input voltage and a front forward scan signal of any of the driving modules lower than or equal to (n?2)th stage for charging or discharging a control node of the output unit. The reverse input unit receives a second input voltage and a back reverse scan signal of any of the driving modules higher than or equal to (n+2)th stage for charging or discharging the control node of the output unit. When the forward input unit is charging the output unit, the output unit outputs a forward scan signal; when the reverse input unit is charging the output unit, the output unit outputs a reverse scan signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd., National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Po-Tsun Liu, Li-Wei Chu, Guang-Ting Zheng, Chun-Yen Chen, Yi-Chun Kuo, Kai-Ju Chou, Che-Yao Wu, Po-Chun Huang, Ku-Huang Lai
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Publication number: 20140062979Abstract: The invention provides a bidirectional scanning driving circuit, which comprises N stages of driving modules. Driving module comprises an output unit, a forward input unit, and a reverse input unit. For the n-th stage driving module, the forward input unit receives a first input voltage and a front forward scan signal of any of the driving modules lower than or equal to (n?2)th stage for charging or discharging a control node of the output unit. The reverse input unit receives a second input voltage and a back reverse scan signal of any of the driving modules higher than or equal to (n+2)th stage for charging or discharging the control node of the output unit. When the forward input unit is charging the output unit, the output unit outputs a forward scan signal; when the reverse input unit is charging the output unit, the output unit outputs a reverse scan signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY, GIANTPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: PO-TSUN LIU, LI-WEI CHU, GUANG-TING ZHENG, CHUN-YEN CHEN, YI-CHUN KUO, KAI-JU CHOU, CHE-YAO WU, PO-CHUN HUANG, KU-HUANG LAI