Patents by Inventor Yu-Feng Chien

Yu-Feng Chien 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: 11599234
    Abstract: A touch panel including a liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer, touch units, and a second polarizer is provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an active array, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the touch units includes a first electrode extending along a first extending direction and a second electrode extending along a second extending direction. The first electrode includes two of first touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the first touch electrodes has a first deviation amount in the second extending direction. The second electrode includes two of second touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the second touch electrodes has a second deviation amount in the first extending direction. The two of the second touch electrodes and the two of the first touch electrodes have four overlapping points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 11537228
    Abstract: A touch display device including a display panel and a touch device is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode and a switching element. The touch device is located on the display panel and includes a touch electrode area and a dummy electrode area. The touch device includes an electrode structure and a conductive mesh. The conductive mesh includes a plurality of reticulated repeating units. Each of the reticulated repeating units is overlapped with at least one corresponding sub-pixel and includes first and second X-shaped conductive structures. Two ends of the first X-shaped conductive structure are connected to two ends of the second X-shaped conductive structure. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the touch electrode area are in a continuous pattern. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the dummy electrode area are in a discontinuous pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien, Wen-Rei Guo
  • Publication number: 20220361366
    Abstract: An immersion cooling equipment includes an immersion cooling device, a heating component and a cooling liquid. The immersion cooling device includes a tank providing cooling by immersion and a liquid supply equipment. The tank providing cooling by immersion communicates with the liquid supply equipment and accommodates the heating component and the cooling liquid. The tank providing cooling by immersion includes a mounting bracket, a cooling box, and a sealing plate. The cooling box is positioned in the mounting bracket, the cooling box comprising a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls surround a reception space, the reception space comprising a first opening. The sealing plate is detachably connected or rotatably connected the cooling box, and is used to close or reveal the first opening. Each the walls is made of thermoplastic plastic, and any two abutting walls are fixed by plastic welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: CHUNG-CHENG HSIEH, CHANG-WEN CHI, CHIEH-CHEN CHEN, YI-YANG LIAO, YU-FENG CHIEN, JIA-HONG WU
  • Publication number: 20220107701
    Abstract: A touch display device including a display panel and a touch device is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode and a switching element. The touch device is located on the display panel and includes a touch electrode area and a dummy electrode area. The touch device includes an electrode structure and a conductive mesh. The conductive mesh includes a plurality of reticulated repeating units. Each of the reticulated repeating units is overlapped with at least one corresponding sub-pixel and includes first and second X-shaped conductive structures. Two ends of the first X-shaped conductive structure are connected to two ends of the second X-shaped conductive structure. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the touch electrode area are in a continuous pattern. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the dummy electrode area are in a discontinuous pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien, Wen-Rei Guo
  • Publication number: 20220075484
    Abstract: A touch panel including a liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer, touch units, and a second polarizer is provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an active array, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the touch units includes a first electrode extending along a first extending direction and a second electrode extending along a second extending direction. The first electrode includes two of first touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the first touch electrodes has a first deviation amount in the second extending direction. The second electrode includes two of second touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the second touch electrodes has a second deviation amount in the first extending direction. The two of the second touch electrodes and the two of the first touch electrodes have four overlapping points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 11237658
    Abstract: A touch display device including a display panel and a touch device is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode and a switching element. The touch device is located on the display panel and includes a touch electrode area and a dummy electrode area. The touch device includes an electrode structure and a conductive mesh. The conductive mesh includes a plurality of reticulated repeating units. Each of the reticulated repeating units is overlapped with at least one corresponding sub-pixel and includes first and second X-shaped conductive structures. Two ends of the first X-shaped conductive structure are connected to two ends of the second X-shaped conductive structure. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the touch electrode area are in a continuous pattern. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the dummy electrode area are in a discontinuous pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien, Wen-Rei Guo
  • Patent number: 11209948
    Abstract: A touch panel including a liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer, touch units, and a second polarizer is provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an active array, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the touch units includes a first electrode extending along a first extending direction and a second electrode extending along a second extending direction. The first electrode includes two of first touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the first touch electrodes has a first deviation amount in the second extending direction. The second electrode includes two of second touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the second touch electrodes has a second deviation amount in the first extending direction. The two of the second touch electrodes and the two of the first touch electrodes have four overlapping points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 10969887
    Abstract: A touch display device including scan lines, data lines, metal common lines, pixel sets, a common electrode layer, light-shielding patterns and touch electrode patterns is provided. Each metal common line is located between two adjacent scan lines. Each pixel set is located between two adjacent metal common lines. The common electrode layer includes common electrode portions disposed corresponding to the metal common lines. A vertical projection of each metal common line is completely located within a vertical projection of the corresponding common electrode portion. The light-shielding patterns are disposed corresponding to the metal common lines, and a vertical projection of each metal common line and the scan lines adjacent thereto is completely located within a vertical projection of the corresponding light-shielding pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20210064186
    Abstract: A touch panel including a liquid crystal panel, a first polarizer, touch units, and a second polarizer is provided. The liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an active array, and a liquid crystal layer. Each of the touch units includes a first electrode extending along a first extending direction and a second electrode extending along a second extending direction. The first electrode includes two of first touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the first touch electrodes has a first deviation amount in the second extending direction. The second electrode includes two of second touch electrodes electrically connected to each other. Each of the second touch electrodes has a second deviation amount in the first extending direction. The two of the second touch electrodes and the two of the first touch electrodes have four overlapping points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20210034184
    Abstract: A touch display device including a display panel and a touch device is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode and a switching element. The touch device is located on the display panel and includes a touch electrode area and a dummy electrode area. The touch device includes an electrode structure and a conductive mesh. The conductive mesh includes a plurality of reticulated repeating units. Each of the reticulated repeating units is overlapped with at least one corresponding sub-pixel and includes first and second X-shaped conductive structures. Two ends of the first X-shaped conductive structure are connected to two ends of the second X-shaped conductive structure. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the touch electrode area are in a continuous pattern. The first and second X-shaped conductive structures in the dummy electrode area are in a discontinuous pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien, Wen-Rei Guo
  • Patent number: 10884533
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a display panel and an electrode layer. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The electrode layer is disposed on the display panel, and has a dummy electrode area and a touch electrode area. The electrode layer includes a plurality of repeated units and a plurality of connection structures. The repeated units are disposed in the dummy electrode area and the touch electrode area. Each of the repeated units overlaps with at least one sub pixel. Each of the repeated units includes a plurality of slits. The slits include a straight line slit and a bent line slit connected with the straight line slit. The connection structures are disposed in the slits of the repeated units disposed in the touch electrode area. Each of the repeated units disposed in the touch electrode area has at least one connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 10768758
    Abstract: A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch electrode layer is provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region. The touch electrode layer includes a non-edge unit region and an edge unit region, wherein the vertical projection of the non-edge unit region is completely located within the vertical projection of the display region, the vertical projection of the edge unit region overlaps the vertical projections of the display region and the peripheral region, and the size of the edge unit region is greater than the size of the non-edge unit region. The touch electrode layer includes a first electrode series and a second electrode series extending in different directions. The area of the first electrode series disposed within the non-edge unit region is A1, the area of the first electrode series disposed within the edge unit region is A1?, and (|A1?A1?|)/A1?10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20200110496
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a display panel and an electrode layer. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The electrode layer is disposed on the display panel, and has a dummy electrode area and a touch electrode area. The electrode layer includes a plurality of repeated units and a plurality of connection structures. The repeated units are disposed in the dummy electrode area and the touch electrode area. Each of the repeated units overlaps with at least one sub pixel. Each of the repeated units includes a plurality of slits. The slits include a straight line slit and a bent line slit connected with the straight line slit. The connection structures are disposed in the slits of the repeated units disposed in the touch electrode area. Each of the repeated units disposed in the touch electrode area has at least one connection structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20190377437
    Abstract: A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch electrode layer is provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region. The touch electrode layer includes a non-edge unit region and an edge unit region, wherein the vertical projection of the non-edge unit region is completely located within the vertical projection of the display region, the vertical projection of the edge unit region overlaps the vertical projections of the display region and the peripheral region, and the size of the edge unit region is greater than the size of the non-edge unit region. The touch electrode layer includes a first electrode series and a second electrode series extending in different directions. The area of the first electrode series disposed within the non-edge unit region is A1, the area of the first electrode series disposed within the edge unit region is A1?, and (|A1?A1?|)/A1?10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 10473963
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus includes a first substrate including first and second surfaces, a second substrate having a side facing the second surface and provided with a pixel electrode layer, an insulator layer and a common electrode layer, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The second surface is provided with opening areas, a non-opening area surrounding the opening areas, a black matrix layer, a color filter layer, a protection layer, a touch electrode layer, first and second flat layers, and a patterned viewing angle control transparent electrode layer including control electrode members disposed corresponding to the opening areas, first connection electrode members disposed corresponding to the non-opening area in a first direction and connected to the control electrode members, and second connection electrode members disposed corresponding to the non-opening area in a second direction and connected to the first connection electrode members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-An Tai, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 10459592
    Abstract: A touch apparatus including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode is provided. The first touch electrode has first conductive lines constituting a mesh pattern. The second touch electrode has second conductive lines constituting a mesh pattern. The first touch electrode crosses over the second touch electrode to form an interlacing region of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode. The first conductive lines of the first touch electrode and the second conductive lines of the second touch electrode form M interlacing points within the interlacing region. The first conductive lines of the first touch electrode have N openings within the interlacing region. M and N are positive integers and satisfy: 5 ? % ? ( N M + N ) × 100 ? % ? 50 ? % .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-An Tai, Cheng-Hsing Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20190286267
    Abstract: A touch display device including scan lines, data lines, metal common lines, pixel sets, a common electrode layer, light-shielding patterns and touch electrode patterns is provided. Each metal common line is located between two adjacent scan lines. Each pixel set is located between two adjacent metal common lines. The common electrode layer includes common electrode portions disposed corresponding to the metal common lines. A vertical projection of each metal common line is completely located within a vertical projection of the corresponding common electrode portion. The light-shielding patterns are disposed corresponding to the metal common lines, and a vertical projection of each metal common line and the scan lines adjacent thereto is completely located within a vertical projection of the corresponding light-shielding pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Hsuan Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Publication number: 20190163301
    Abstract: A touch apparatus including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode is provided. The first touch electrode has first conductive lines constituting a mesh pattern. The second touch electrode has second conductive lines constituting a mesh pattern. The first touch electrode crosses over the second touch electrode to form an interlacing region of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode. The first conductive lines of the first touch electrode and the second conductive lines of the second touch electrode form M interlacing points within the interlacing region. The first conductive lines of the first touch electrode have N openings within the interlacing region. M and N are positive integers and satisfy: 5 ? % ? ( N M + N ) × 100 ? % ? 50 ? % .
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-An Tai, Cheng-Hsing Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 10209549
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a touch panel includes the following steps. A plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A first insulator layer is formed to cover the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes. Holes are formed in the first insulator layer, in which a portion of the first sensing electrodes is exposed through the holes. A conductive layer is formed on the first insulator layer and in the holes. The conductive layer is patterned to form a bridge electrode and a shield electrode. The bridge electrode is electrically connected to the first sensing electrodes through the holes. A vertical projection of the shield electrode on the first substrate at least overlaps with a vertical projection of at least one of the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 10162208
    Abstract: A touch sensing display apparatus includes a color filter substrate, a first touch sensing layer, an insulating layer, a second touch sensing layer, a plurality of photo spacers, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes a light-blocking layer. The first touch sensing layer is disposed on the light-blocking layer. The insulating layer is disposed on a side of the color filter substrate disposing with the first touch sensing layer. The first touch sensing layer is located between the insulating layer and the light-blocking layer. The second touch sensing layer is disposed on a side of the insulating layer away from the first touch sensing layer. The plurality of photo spacers is disposed on the side of the insulating layer away from the first touch sensing layer, and covers the second touch sensing layer. The TFT substrate is disposed on a side of the photo spacers away from the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Lin, Yu-Feng Chien