Patents by Inventor Yu Jen Chen

Yu Jen 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).

  • Patent number: 11120754
    Abstract: The present application is a display panel driving method, a driving device and a display device. The method comprises: forming 2n rows of sub-pixels in a display panel into a sub-pixel group, and dividing the sub-pixel group into a first sub-pixel group and a second sub-pixel group using a grouping method. The display panel comprises pixel units arranged in an array; each pixel unit comprises sub-pixels of at least three colors, and the sub-pixels of each color comprises sub-pixels of a first type and sub-pixels of a second type; and the sub-pixels of the first type and the sub-pixels of the second type are arranged at intervals along the row direction and the column direction of the pixel unit arrangement, and the data signal levels of the two provided by a driving module thereof are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11120753
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a method for driving same, capable of eliminating large viewing angle color shift of a liquid crystal display having VA liquid crystals. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel and a driving module. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of liquid crystal pixels (Pab, wherein 1?a?A, 1?b?B, and both a and b are integers) arranged in an array. The liquid crystal display is configured to display a same picture in two adjacent frames. The driving module is used for respectively providing different pixel voltages of the same polarity to each liquid crystal pixel (Pab) in the two adjacent frames to deflect liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal pixel (Pab).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11112655
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spacer unit of a display panel, manufacturing a mask and manufacturing a display panel is provided. The method for manufacturing the spacer unit of the display panel includes the following steps of: setting up a multi-tone first mask, and at least two exposure units are disposed on the first mask; forming a plurality of test spacer units through an exposure process using the first mask and recording production data; providing a second mask for manufacturing the display panel based on the production data; and fabricating the spacer units of the display panel by adopting the second mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11100874
    Abstract: A pixel driving method includes: dividing blue subpixels on a display panel into multiple blue pixel sets; acquiring original driving data of each of the blue pixel sets an average thereof; acquiring unequal first and second voltage signals corresponding to the original driving data of each blue subpixel according to the average; dividing the blue subpixels of each blue pixel set into sets of blue pixel pairs comprising neighboring first and second blue subpixels; acquiring a first brightness signal according to the first voltage signal of the first blue subpixel and multiple first voltage signals of the neighboring blue subpixels and according to different weighting coefficients, and driving the first blue subpixel; and acquiring a second brightness signal according to the second voltage signal of the second blue subpixel and multiple second voltage signals of the neighboring blue subpixels and according to different weighting coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20210248944
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of shift registers coupled in series. An nth shift register includes a driving circuit and a pull-down circuit. The driving circuit is electrically coupled to an output node and a first node. The driving circuit is configured to receive a first clock signal and output a gate signal according to the first clock signal. The pull-down circuit is electrically coupled to the output node. The pull-down circuit is configured to receive an (n?m)th gate signal and an (n+m)th gate signal, and pull-down the gate signal to a low voltage level according to one of the (n?m)th gate signal and the (n+m)th gate signal, wherein m and n are positive integers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Jen CHEN, Meng-Chieh TSAI
  • Patent number: 11081600
    Abstract: A light filter structure is provided. The light filter structure includes a substrate having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The light filter structure also includes a dielectric-stacking layer disposed on the substrate. The light filter structure further includes a flattening layer disposed on the dielectric-stacking layer. The dielectric-stacking layer has a wedge portion and a flattening portion adjacent to the wedge portion, the wedge portion has a continuously or non-continuously varied thickness, and the flattening portion has a substantially constant thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20210225307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for driving a display device, a display device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method for driving a display device includes the steps of: when a timer controller controls a display device to enter a three-dimensional display mode from a two-dimensional display mode, switching, by the timer controller, the display device from a two-dimensional display state to a three-dimensional display state and reversing the polarity of a pixel electrode once every N frames when a polarity reversal signal is output where N is a natural number greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicants: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11061269
    Abstract: Disclosed an array substrate and a display panel, wherein the array substrate comprises a substrate, a plurality of pixel units disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel units comprises a first pixel subunit, a second pixel subunit and a third pixel subunit, and a color filter disposed on each of the pixel subunits, wherein the color filter is located between the substrate and the second substrate, and the color filter of the third pixel subunit has a step structure. The display panel comprises the array substrate above and a second substrate, wherein the second substrate being disposed opposite to the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11056073
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display device and a reference voltage generation method. The display device includes a display area, a fan-out area, and a reference voltage generation circuit formed in the fan-out area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11047550
    Abstract: The electronic device provided includes a housing with two first through holes and two second through holes, a light guiding structure, and a light source. A first section is provided between the two first through holes, and a second section is provided between the two second through holes. The length of the first section is less than the length of the second section. The light guiding structure includes a light guiding layer, a diffusion layer, and a light adjusting layer. The light adjusting layer is disposed at the position of the first section. The light source is disposed at a position that corresponds to an intersection of the first section and the second section. Light emitted by the light source passes through the light transmitting portion and the intersection, and is separately emitted through the first through holes and the second through holes along the light transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Mao Tseng, Chien-Yi Huang, Chao-Shun Wang, Min-Che Kao, Min-Hung Chang, Lu-Chien Chen, Hui-Fang Yan, Yi-Nian Zou, Min-Yu Wu, Hao-Yen Chang, Li Ding, Chi Liu, Yu-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20210180770
    Abstract: The electronic device provided includes a housing with two first through holes and two second through holes, a light guiding structure, and a light source. A first section is provided between the two first through holes, and a second section is provided between the two second through holes. The length of the first section is less than the length of the second section. The light guiding structure includes a light guiding layer, a diffusion layer, and a light adjusting layer. . The light adjusting layer is disposed at the position of the first section. The light source is disposed at a position that corresponds to an intersection of the first section and the second section. Light emitted by the light source passes through the light transmitting portion and the intersection, and is separately emitted through the first through holes and the second through holes along the light transmitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Mao Tseng, Chien-Yi Huang, Chao-Shun Wang, Min-Che Kao, Min-Hung Chang, Lu-Chien Chen, Hui-Fang Yan, Yi-Nian Zou, Min-Yu Wu, Hao-Yen Chang, Li Ding, Chi Liu, Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11037935
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: active regions arranged in a first grid oriented substantially parallel to a first direction; and gate electrodes arranged spaced apart in a second grid and overlying corresponding ones of the active regions, the second grid being oriented substantially parallel to a second direction, the second direction being substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The first gaps are interspersed correspondingly between neighboring ones of the active regions. For a flyover intersection at which a corresponding gate electrode crosses over a corresponding active region and for which the gate electrode is not functionally connected to the corresponding active region, the gate electrode does not extend substantially beyond the corresponding active region and so does not extend substantially into a corresponding one of the first gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Chen, Wen-Hsi Lee, Ling-Sung Wang, I-Shan Huang, Chan-yu Hung
  • Patent number: 11024211
    Abstract: A drive circuit and a driving method of a driving circuit, and a display device are provided. The driving circuit comprises: a drive chip comprising N signal lines disposed in order, wherein M signal lines of the N signal lines output a drive signal; and M selection modules, wherein each selection module comprises at least two signal input terminals, a signal output terminal and a control terminal. The signal output terminal is connected to a drive signal line, and the control terminal is connected to a control signal line. Each selection module is configured to control one of the signal input terminals to be connected to the corresponding signal output terminal, and the signal input terminals of the M selection modules, connected to the signal output terminals, are controlled to be correspondingly connected to M signal lines in an one-to-one manner according to a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11022852
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel comprises: a first substrate, wherein a color filter layer is disposed on the first substrate; and a second substrate, wherein active switches are disposed on the second substrate. The second substrate comprises a display area and a fan-out area. A plurality of fan-out wires are disposed in the fan-out area. The fan-out area comprises a straight line portion, and the fan-out wire comprises a first straight line segment disposed in the straight line portion. A plurality of blocking members are disposed in the straight line portion, and the blocking members block a flow of a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11004418
    Abstract: A driving method, a driving device, and a display device are provided. The driving method includes steps of: turning on the first and second switch transistors under control of the first scanning line and turning off the third switch transistor under control of the second scanning line and turning off the fourth switch transistor under control of the third scanning line to control the data line to input data signals into the first and the second pixel electrodes through the first and second switch transistors; turning on the third switch transistor and turning off the first and second switch transistors and turning off the fourth switch transistor to establish a preset voltage difference between the first and second pixel electrodes. Wherein, the first and second pixel electrodes, and the auxiliary electrode are made of a same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10989970
    Abstract: The present application disclose a display panel and display device, including a substrate, and an electrostatic discharge circuit disposed on the substrate and including a voltage gate high terminal (VGH terminal), a voltage gate low terminal (VGL terminal), an electrostatic input end and a common voltage terminal (VCOM terminal) coupled with components of the display panel; and a first discharge circuit, where an output end of the first discharge circuit is respectively connected to the voltage gate high terminal and the voltage gate low terminal, and a control end and an input end of the first discharge circuit are connected to the electrostatic input end; and a second discharge circuit, where an input end of the second discharge circuit is connected to the electrostatic input end, and an output end of the second discharge circuit is connected to the common voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10986715
    Abstract: In driving a segmented LED loading, an alternating current (AC) voltage is rectified into a direct current (DC) voltage; the DC voltage is regulated into an input voltage and the input voltage is maintained higher than a lowest voltage used for lighting at least one LED segment of the segmented LED loading; the input voltage and a current flowing through the segmented LED loading is detected to generate a switch control signal and a current control signal; respective operation states of each of a plurality of switches of a LED segment switch module are controlled by the switch control signal to control each LED segment of the segmented LED loading as power-supply state or no-power-supply state; and the current of the segmented LED loading is regulated based on the current control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ching-Ran Lee, Chi-Chun Huang, Che-Min Kung, Wen-Tien Tsai, Yu-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20210109022
    Abstract: A biosensor is provided. The biosensor includes a substrate, photodiodes, pixelated filters, an excitation light rejection layer and an immobilization layer. The substrate has pixels. The photodiodes are disposed in the substrate and correspond to one of the pixels, respectively. The pixelated filters are disposed on the substrate. The excitation light rejection layer is disposed on the pixelated filter. The immobilization layer is disposed on the excitation light rejection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hsin-Yi HSIEH, Chin-Chuan HSIEH, Wei-Ko WANG, Yu-Jen CHEN, Yi-Hua CHIU, Chung-Jung HSU
  • Patent number: 10978015
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method, a device and a display apparatus for adjusting a gate-off voltage. In that the method for adjusting the gate-off voltage includes: obtaining a contrast of the display brightness of the display panel by at least one photosensitive element; comparing the contrast with an initial contrast, and if the difference between the contrast and the initial contrast is greater than the set threshold value, adjusting the gate-off voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10969637
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge circuit and a display panel are provided. The electrostatic discharge circuit comprises a first discharge unit and an associated discharge unit. An output terminal of the first discharge unit is coupled to a common terminal. A control terminal of the first discharge unit is coupled to a high voltage terminal or a low voltage terminal. An input terminal of the first discharge unit is coupled to an electrostatic input terminal. An input terminal of the associated discharge unit is coupled to the electrostatic input terminal, and an output terminal of the associated discharge unit is coupled to the control terminal of the first discharge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: HKC Corporation Limited, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen