Patents by Inventor Yongchun Tao

Yongchun Tao 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: 12293021
    Abstract: Disclosed is a virtual haptic assembly and a virtual haptic system. The virtual haptic assembly includes a display screen; an actuator on a light emitting side of the display screen, where the actuator includes a touch panel and a piezoelectric sensor, the touch panel includes a touch area and a non-touch area on at least one side of the touch area, the piezoelectric sensor is located on one side of the touch panel facing the display screen, and the piezoelectric sensor is configured to drive the touch panel to vibrate to form haptic feedback in response to interactive information of a user; and a first cushion, fixed between the display screen and the actuator, where an orthographic projection of the first cushion on the touch panel is located in the non-touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Yuju Chen, Yingzi Wang
  • Patent number: 12281006
    Abstract: A transducer element includes array elements. At least one array element includes a substrate and a first electrode layer, a diaphragm layer, and a second electrode layer that are sequentially stacked thereon. An array element has a working region including working sub-regions, and a peripheral region surrounding the working region; overlapping portions of the first electrode layer, the diaphragm layer and the second electrode layer form cells, and a cell is located in a working sub-region; portions of the diaphragm layer and portions of the first electrode layer that are located in the working sub-regions have cavities therebetween, and the portions of the diaphragm layer are configured to vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the substrate between the first and second electrode layers; two adjacent cavities communicate; the diaphragm layer has release holes located in the peripheral region; and a release hole communicates with at least one cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Ruituo Wang
  • Publication number: 20250033084
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transducer unit and a manufacturing method thereof, and a transducer, the transducer unit includes: a base substrate; a first electrode on the base substrate; a support pattern on a side of the first electrode away from the base substrate, which is enclosed into an first groove, at least one second groove and at least one third groove, an orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate is spaced apart from that of the first groove on the base substrate, the third groove is between the first groove and the second groove to communicate them; a diaphragm pattern on the side of the first electrode away from the base substrate and capable of vibrating in the first groove; a filling pattern in the second groove; a second electrode on a side of the diaphragm pattern away from the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yongchun TAO, Shuai HOU, Jingwen GUO, Hui HUA, Xiaotong LIU, Yichi ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12175856
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a haptic rendering device, a method, a display device and a controller. The haptic rendering device includes: a substrate; a first driver arranged on the substrate and configured to vibrate and drive the substrate to vibrate after receiving a first driving signal; a vibration sensor arranged on the substrate and configured to generate a first detection voltage signal according to an amplitude or a frequency at which the first driver vibrates together with the substrate in a case where the substrate vibrates; and a controller configured to output the first driving signal to the first driver, receive the first detection voltage signal, and adjust the first driving signal according to the first detection voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Yuju Chen, Xiaofeng Yin, Yingzi Wang
  • Patent number: 12162036
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic transducer unit and a manufacturing method thereof, and an acoustic transducer, the acoustic transducer unit includes: a base substrate; a first electrode on the base substrate; a support pattern on a side of the first electrode away from the base substrate, which is enclosed into an accommodation groove, at least one release groove and at least one connection groove, an orthographic projection of the release groove on the base substrate is spaced apart from that of the accommodation groove on the base substrate, the connection groove is between the accommodation groove and the release groove to communicate them; a diaphragm pattern on the side of the first electrode away from the base substrate and capable of vibrating in the accommodation groove; a filling pattern in the release groove; a second electrode on a side of the diaphragm pattern away from the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Shuai Hou, Jingwen Guo, Hui Hua, Xiaotong Liu, Yichi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240319795
    Abstract: A tactile-feedback module and an electronic device are provided, which relates to the technical field of electronics. The tactile-feedback module includes: a touch substrate having a touch surface; an actuator element disposed at one side of the touch substrate away from the touch surface and configured to generate vibration in a first direction, wherein the first direction intersects with the touch surface; and a lever located between the actuator element and the touch substrate, wherein a power end of the lever is connected to the actuator element, a resistance end of the lever is connected to the touch substrate, in a stationary state of the actuator element, a plane where the lever is located is parallel to the touch surface, and the lever is configured to, under driving of the actuator element, drive the touch substrate to vibrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Dexing Qi, Yingzi Wang
  • Patent number: 12067165
    Abstract: A haptic reproduction system comprises: a touch display device, an upper computer and a waveform generator. The touch display device comprises a piezoelectric unit, a touch display panel and a touch driving unit. The piezoelectric unit is disposed on the touch display panel. The touch driving unit is electrically connected to the touch display panel and the upper computer, and is configured to acquire touch information and transmit the touch information to the upper computer. The upper computer is electrically connected to the waveform generator, and is configured to send a first waveform generation instruction to the waveform generator according to the touch information. The waveform generator is configured to generate a first waveform signal according to the first waveform generation instruction. The piezoelectric unit is electrically connected to the waveform generator, and is configured to resonate with the touch display panel under the drive of the first waveform signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Yuju Chen, Hui Hua, Xiaotong Liu, Xiaofeng Yin
  • Publication number: 20240248536
    Abstract: Disclosed is a virtual haptic assembly and a virtual haptic system. The virtual haptic assembly includes a display screen; an actuator on a light emitting side of the display screen, where the actuator includes a touch panel and a piezoelectric sensor, the touch panel includes a touch area and a non-touch area on at least one side of the touch area, the piezoelectric sensor is located on one side of the touch panel facing the display screen, and the piezoelectric sensor is configured to drive the touch panel to vibrate to form haptic feedback in response to interactive information of a user; and a first cushion, fixed between the display screen and the actuator, where an orthographic projection of the first cushion on the touch panel is located in the non-touch area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yongchun TAO, Yuju CHEN, Yingzi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240244768
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a module outer frame, including a display opening window, where an accommodation space is formed inside the module outer frame; a display module, fixed in the accommodating space, where a light emitting side of the display module faces the display opening window; a touch module, fixed between the display module and the display opening window, where the touch module includes a haptic sensor configured to generate a standing wave on a surface of the touch module during operation; a first isolation structure, arranged between the touch module and the module outer frame, where the first isolation structure is configured to isolate the touch module from the module outer frame; and a second isolation structure, arranged between the display module and the touch module, where the second isolation structure is configured to isolate the display module from the touch module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaotong LIU, Yuju CHEN, Yongchun TAO, Hui HUA, Zhiming YANG, Jijing HUANG, Hengfei ZHANG, Yingzi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240211065
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a touch control method therefor. The display device includes a display panel, a touch screen disposed on the display panel, and a processor connected to the display panel and the touch screen; the display panel including a display area and a non-display area. The display device further comprises: a driver located in the non-display area of the display panel. The processor is further configured to generate, according to the touch position and the touch control action, a modulation signal corresponding to the touch position and the touch control action; and the driver is configured to receive the modulation signal corresponding to the touch position and the touch control action sent by the processor, and drive the touch screen to perform full-screen vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yongchun TAO, Yuju CHEN, Yingzi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240185693
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a haptic rendering device, a method, a display device and a controller. The haptic rendering device includes: a substrate; a first driver arranged on the substrate and configured to vibrate and drive the substrate to vibrate after receiving a first driving signal; a vibration sensor arranged on the substrate and configured to generate a first detection voltage signal according to an amplitude or a frequency at which the first driver vibrates together with the substrate in a case where the substrate vibrates; and a controller configured to output the first driving signal to the first driver, receive the first detection voltage signal, and adjust the first driving signal according to the first detection voltage signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Yuju Chen, Xiaofeng Yin, Yingzi Wang
  • Publication number: 20240184365
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tactile feedback device having a sensing area and a feedback area surrounding the sensing area; wherein the tactile feedback device includes: a base substrate, a touch element in the sensing area, a piezoelectric element in the feedback area, and a tactile feedback driving component, on the base substrate; and wherein the tactile feedback driving component is configured to: determine a touch position in response to a touch data acquired by the touch element; determine a corresponding driving signal according to at least a touch area where the touch position is located; and input the driving signal to the piezoelectric element to drive the piezoelectric element to generate a tactile feedback. The present disclosure also provides a display apparatus and a tactile feedback method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Yongchun TAO, Yuju CHEN, Yingzi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240099145
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a piezoelectric device and a preparation method therefor, a panel, and a tactile reproduction apparatus. The piezoelectric device includes: a substrate; a bottom electrode layer disposed on the substrate; a piezoelectric functional layer disposed on the bottom electrode layer; a top electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric functional layer; an insulation layer, arranged to cover an edge portion of the top electrode layer, the piezoelectric functional layer exposed from the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer exposed from the piezoelectric functional layer, an edge of the insulation layer has a slope angle less than 60 degrees; and a wiring layer disposed on the insulation layer, the wiring layer at least partially covers the top electrode layer exposed from the insulation layer, and the wiring layer covers the edge of the insulation layer in an overlapping area of the wiring layer and the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Hua, Yuju Chen, Xiaotong Liu, Yongchun Tao
  • Patent number: 11905169
    Abstract: An acoustic transduction unit, a manufacturing method thereof and an acoustic transducer, and relates to the technical field of electronic devices. A first electrode is arranged on a first substrate, a support layer is arranged on a side, close to the first electrode, of the first substrate, and a conductive diaphragm layer is arranged on a side, away from the first substrate, of the support layer; a cavity is enclosed by the support layer, overlapping areas exist between orthographic projections of the first electrode, the conductive diaphragm layer and the cavity on the first substrate, and the conductive diaphragm layer serves as both a diaphragm layer and a second electrode in the acoustic transduction unit, it allows the conductive diaphragm layer to be configured as both the diaphragm layer and the second electrode, a layer structure of the acoustic transduction unit is simple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingwen Guo, Yongchun Tao
  • Patent number: 11789537
    Abstract: The application provides a haptic feedback method and apparatus for virtual keys, and an electronic device, and relates to the field of piezoelectric techniques. A touch display panel is controlled to display at least one virtual key, a touch position detected by the touch display panel is acquired, a target waveform parameter is determined according to a positional relationship between the touch position and each region in a target area corresponding to a target virtual key, and a target drive signal is generated according to the target waveform parameter and is sent to a piezoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuju Chen, Hui Hua, Xiaotong Liu, Yongchun Tao, Jijing Huang
  • Publication number: 20230185378
    Abstract: The application provides a haptic feedback method and apparatus for virtual keys, and an electronic device, and relates to the field of piezoelectric techniques. A touch display panel is controlled to display at least one virtual key, a touch position detected by the touch display panel is acquired, a target waveform parameter is determined according to a positional relationship between the touch position and each region in a target area corresponding to a target virtual key, and a target drive signal is generated according to the target waveform parameter and is sent to a piezoelectric element. The target area corresponding to the target virtual key is divided into multiple regions, and different drive signals are provided to drive the piezoelectric element to vibrate when the fingers of users touch different regions, such that the users may feel the boundary of the virtual key when moving their fingers on the surface of the touch display panel, and the virtual key has more realistic haptic feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yuju CHEN, Hui HUA, Xiaotong LIU, Yongchun TAO, Jijing HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230152893
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a haptic reproduction system and a driving method, and relates to the technical field of haptic reproduction. The haptic reproduction system is able to realize haptic reproduction, and comprises: a touch display device, an upper computer and a waveform generator. The touch display device comprises a piezoelectric unit, a touch display panel and a touch driving unit. The piezoelectric unit is disposed on the touch display panel. The touch driving unit is electrically connected to the touch display panel and the upper computer, and is configured to acquire touch information and transmit the touch information to the upper computer. The upper computer is electrically connected to the waveform generator, and is configured to send a first waveform generation instruction to the waveform generator according to the touch information. The waveform generator is configured to generate a first waveform signal according to the first waveform generation instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Yongchun TAO, Yuju CHEN, Hui HUA, Xiaotong LIU, Xiaofeng YIN
  • Patent number: 11618056
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer, a method for preparing the same, a panel, and a device, and belongs to the technical field of ultrasonic imaging. A capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer includes a first electrode, a vibrating diaphragm layer and a second electrode that are arranged in order from bottom to top, a cavity existing between the first electrode and the vibrating diaphragm layer, in which the capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer further includes a third electrode located on a surface of the vibrating diaphragm layer proximate to the cavity, an orthogonal projection of the third electrode on the first electrode covers a part of an orthogonal projection of the cavity on the first electrode. The technical solution of the present disclosure can realize the conversion of the frequency of the ultrasonic waves emitted by the capacitive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaotong Liu, Yongchun Tao
  • Patent number: 11531218
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dimming mirror and a manufacturing method thereof, and a dimming apparatus. The dimming mirror includes a dimming layer including a plurality of dimming units. Each of the dimming units includes a first driving structure and a second driving structure opposite to each other, and an elastic supporting structure disposed between the first driving structure and the second driving structure. The first and second driving structures and the elastic supporting structure enclose a dimming chamber. The first and second driving structures are configured to adjust a dimming angle of the dimming unit by adjusting a gap width of the dimming chamber, such that a response wavelength of the dimming mirror is adjusted. The present disclosure facilitates the improvement of the flexibility of the dimming mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingwen Guo, Yanzhao Li, Yongchun Tao
  • Patent number: 11533558
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for driving an acoustic transducer, including: obtaining a reference electrical signal according to a first electrical signal output by a first acoustic transducer element in a case where sound waves are not received by the first acoustic transducer element; obtaining an actual detected electrical signal according to a second electrical signal output by a second acoustic transducer element in a case where sound waves are received by the second acoustic transducer element; and performing a noise reduction process on the actual detected electrical signal according to the reference electrical signal to obtain a noise-reduced signal as a final output electrical signal of the second acoustic transducer element in a case where sound waves are received by the second acoustic transducer element. An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an acoustic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongchun Tao, Yichi Zhang, Jingwen Guo