Prime View International Co. Ltd.

Slim Hmi Technology

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.

Other

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Qualcomm Incorporated

Qualcomm Mems Technologies Co., Ltd.

Hsiung-Kuang Tsai

Wen-Jian Lin

Sheng-Kai Hwang

Lee-Tyng Chen

Mark W Miles

Hung-Huei Hsu

Po-Chung Hung

Shou-Chuan Ho

A driving method of a visual interface system is disclosed. The visual interface system includes an operation apparatus and a matrix display apparatus having a display surface and a matrix substrate. The matrix substrate has a substrate and a matrix disposed at one side of the substrate while the display surface is located at another side of the substrate. The driving method includes steps of: transmitting a plurality of encoded signals and a plurality of display signals by the matrix substrate of the matrix display apparatus; and receiving at least one of the encoded signals by the operation apparatus operating on the display surface. This approach allows the visual interface system to be equipped with display and communication functions without configuring an additional touch input panel, so that the products can be lighter and thinner and have lower manufacturing cost.

Driving method of visual interface system

A visual interface apparatus cooperates with an operation apparatus and has a display surface. The visual interface apparatus comprises a display panel and a control unit. The display panel includes an array substrate and a display medium. The control unit transmits a display data and a transmission data to the display panel. When the operation apparatus is operated on the display surface, a coupling signal containing the transmission data is coupled to the operation apparatus from at least one electrode of the display panel, and the operation apparatus receives the coupling signal to obtain a coupling data. A data transmission system is also disclosed in the invention. Thereby, not only the visual interface apparatus can display images, but also the transmission data such as data or files can be transmitted to another electronic apparatus through the visual interface apparatus. Therefore, it can be applied to multiple near range wireless communication situations, and the application of the display apparatus can be extended.

Visual interface apparatus and data transmission system

A data transmission architecture includes a local system and a peripheral system. A core computing unit and the peripheral hub of the local system integrate display data and transmission data and transmit integrated data to the image transmission unit. A driving circuit of a display panel of the image transmission unit is utilized to transform the integrated data into a first electrical signal. A data transmission between the local system and the peripheral system utilizes at least one electrode of the display panel to transmit the first electrical signal to retrieve the transmission data. A transmitting device of the peripheral system transmits a second electrical signal. A receiving device of image transmission unit retrieves the second electrical signal. Then the receiving device transmits the second electrical signal to the peripheral hub. Accordingly the data transmission architecture can be utilized in data/files transmission, and cooperating with existing transmission system.

Data transmission architecture

A data transmission structure comprises a system and a visual interface display apparatus. The system includes a host, a receiving unit and at least a transmission module. The host is coupled with the receiving unit and the transmission module. The visual interface display apparatus includes a receiving module and a display module including a display panel. When the receiving module receives the transmission data transmitted by the transmission module, the display panel couples the response data corresponding to the transmission data to the system through at least an electrode of the display panel, and the response data is received by the receiving unit.

Data transmission structure

A data transmission system comprises an operation apparatus and a matrix display apparatus. The matrix display apparatus includes a display panel and a control unit. The control unit receives a data stream and transmits at least a part of the data stream to an electrode on the display panel. When the operation apparatus operates on a display surface of the matrix display apparatus, at least a part of the data stream is coupled to the operation apparatus from the matrix display apparatus. Thereby, the data stream such as data or file can be transmitted to the operation apparatus from the matrix display apparatus through a wireless communication. The data transmission system of the invention can be combined with the application of the near field communication, and the data or file can be transmitted to another electronic apparatus through the display apparatus so that the application can be expanded.

Data transmission system

A wireless power transmission system includes an electronic device and an array display device. The array display device includes a display surface and an array substrate. The array substrate has a substrate and an array which is disposed at one side of the substrate. The array substrate emits an electric power signal coupled to the electronic device from the display surface. The electronic device manages the electric power signal for operation.

Wireless power transmission system

A data transmission system and a visual interface apparatus are disclosed in the invention. The visual interface apparatus works with the operation apparatus and includes a control module and an interface module configured with a display function. The interface module includes a driving unit and a display panel. The control module transmits a display data and a transmission data to the driving unit and, after receiving and processing, the driving unit transmits a screen data and a coupling data to the display panel. When the operation apparatus operates on the visual interface apparatus, at least a part of the coupling data is coupled to the operation apparatus from the display panel. The invention is capable of processing the data for display and the data for transmission and then sending them to the display panel of the visual interface apparatus. Thus, the visual interface apparatus in the invention can be used to display images and also transmit the data such as data or file to another electronic apparatus. Besides, by integrating the display data with the transmission data, the system design can be simplified so that a single connection port can be used.

A touch sensing method of a display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes an active matrix substrate including a plurality of column electrodes and a plurality of row electrodes crossing the column electrodes. Each of the column electrodes is electrically connected to a driving module or a sensing module. The touch sensing method comprises steps of: transmitting a scan driving signal to at least a row electrode; transmitting a touch driving signal to the column electrode electrically connected to the driving module; capacitively coupling the touch driving signal through at least an external object, and receiving a coupling signal by the column electrode electrically connected to the sensing module; and detecting the position of the external object according to the coupling signal. Therefore, the invention can be directly applied to the active matrix substrate and enhance the accuracy of the touch sensing.

Display apparatus and touch sensing method thereof

A recording medium stores a plurality of commands which are executed by a visual interface apparatus including a display panel and a control unit. The commands comprise controlling the control unit to integrate a display data and a transmission data, and controlling the control unit to transmit the integrated display data and transmission data to the display panel. The commands also include controlling the control unit that the display panel displays an image according to a display data, and controlling the control unit to couple an encoded signal containing the transmission data to an operation apparatus through an electrode of the display panel. A data transmission system is also disclosed in the invention. Thus, the wireless transmission function can be achieved by the display panel without the need of adding other components and the application of the electronic apparatus can be thus expanded.

Recording medium and data transmission system

A non-display signal encoding method cooperates with a matrix substrate including a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes cross each other and transmit a plurality of display signals and a plurality of non-display signals. The non-display signal encoding method comprises steps of: transmitting the non-display signals by at least one of the electrodes during a first time; and receiving by coupling at least a part of the non-display signals by at least an external object, wherein the non-display signals have at least three states, i.e. a first state, a second state, a third state or their any combination, and the first, second and third states are different from one another. A matrix substrate is also disclosed.

Non-display signal encoding method and matrix substrate

A data transmission system includes a visual interface device and an operation device. The visual interface device includes a display panel and a control unit. The control unit receives display data and transmission data, and transmits the display data and the transmission data to the display panel. The operation device includes a capturing unit. A coupling signal containing the display data and the transmission data is coupled from an electrode of the display panel to the operation device when the visual interface unit is in operation, and the operation device utilizes the capturing unit to retrieve the transmission signal from the coupling signal.

An electronic apparatus is cooperated with an operation apparatus and includes a display panel and a transceiver module. The display panel has at least one electrode. The transceiver module has a transmission unit and a receiving unit. The information exchange between the electronic apparatus and the operation apparatus is performed by at least one of the following ways: the operation apparatus couples and receives a first data transmitted from the electrode, the transmission unit delivers a second data from the electronic apparatus to the operation apparatus, and the receiving unit receives a third data transmitted from the operation apparatus. A data transmitting system is also disclosed. Accordingly, a near field wireless data transmission, which can be applied to not only the near field transmission of data or file but also the far distance data transmission by cooperating with the current communication transmission system, is provided.

Electronic apparatus and data transmission system

A visual interface system includes an operation apparatus and a passive matrix display apparatus. The passive matrix display apparatus includes a first substrate, a display surface and a second substrate. The display surface is located at a first side of the first substrate, and the second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate and located at a second side of the first substrate relatively opposite to the first side. When the operation apparatus is operated on the display surface of the passive matrix display apparatus, an encoded signal is coupled to the operation apparatus from the passive matrix substrate. The operation apparatus receives the encoded signal to obtain a transmission signal. The visual interface system can achieve the touch input function without configuring an additional touch panel, and is equipped with the near field communication (NFC) function.

Visual interface system

An optical interference display panel is disclosed that has a substrate, an optical interference reflection structure, and an opaque protection structure. The optical interference reflection structure has many color-changeable pixels and is formed on the substrate. The opaque protection structure is adhered and fixed onto the substrate with an adhesive and encloses the optical interference reflection structure between the substrate and the opaque protection structure. The opaque protection structure blocks and/or absorbs light, and light is thus not emitted outward by passing through defects in the optical interference reflection structure Moreover, the opaque protection structure and the adhesive also prevent the optical interference reflection structure from being damaged by an external environment.

Optical interference display panel

An optical interference display cell is described. A first electrode and a sacrificial layer are sequentially formed on a transparent substrate and at least two openings are formed in the first electrode and the sacrificial layer to define a position of the optical interference display cell. An insulated heat-resistant inorganic supporter is formed in each of the openings. A second electrode is formed on the sacrificial layer and the supporters. Finally, a remote plasma etching process is used for removing the sacrificial layer.

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Hsiung-Kuang Tsai