Patents Assigned to AsusTek Computer Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240102483
    Abstract: A fan module includes a hub, a plurality of fan blades, and a ring frame. The hub is configured to rotate about a central axis. The plurality of fan blades surround the hub. Each of the plurality of fan blades includes a first end portion connected to the hub and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The ring frame is connected to the second end portion of each of the plurality of fan blades. The ring frame includes a first surface facing the plurality of fan blades and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface is a curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chen Lin, Ing-Jer Chiou
  • Publication number: 20240104134
    Abstract: A wallpaper image generation method and an electronic device are provided in this disclosure. The wallpaper image generation method includes: collecting personalized information from the electronic device; generating feature description information according to the personalized information, wherein the feature description information includes description information belonging to at least one information category; selecting, automatically, a target image file from an image file database according to the feature description information; and generating a wallpaper image according to the target image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Cheng-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20240103575
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a pivot and a key module. The pivot is pivotally connected between the first body and the second body. The first body and the second body is configured to rotate relatively to each other through the pivot. The key module includes a bendable substrate and a sensor embedded in the bendable substrate. The bendable substrate is connected between the first body and the second body and covers an outer side of the pivot. The sensor generates a sensing signal in response to a press of a user upon the bendable substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Te-Wei Huang, Pei-Chiang Lin, Sih-Ci Li
  • Publication number: 20240103570
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a pivot, and a sensing component. The pivot is pivotally connected between the first body and the second body. The first body and the second body are configured to rotate relative to each other through the pivot, and the pivot includes a driving element. The sensing component is coupled to the pivot and the second body, and includes a sensing substrate and an interfering element connecting the sensing substrate. The driving element structurally interferes with the interfering element while rotating along with the pivot, so as to drive the interfering element to rotate, such that the sensing substrate rotates between an initial position where the sensing substrate leans on a back surface of the second body, and an operating position where an acute angle is formed between the sensing substrate and the back surface of the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Te-Wei Huang, Sih-Ci Li
  • Publication number: 20240106112
    Abstract: An antenna module is disposed to an electronic device includes a fixed member, a rotating component, a reflector, a director, and an antenna unit. The electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The first body has a first surface and a second surface. The fixed member is disposed to the first body fixedly. The rotating component is connected to the fixed member rotatably. The reflector and the director are disposed to the rotating component. The antenna unit is disposed to the first body and between the reflector and the director. When the first body and the second body rotate relative to each other, the reflector is located between the antenna unit and one of the first surface and the second surface, and the director is located between the antenna unit and another one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jo-Fan Chang, Yu Chen, Jhih-Ning Cheng, Yu-Hsun Huang
  • Patent number: 11941178
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch module, a motion sensor, a memory, and a control unit. The touch module is configured to generate a touch signal. The motion sensor is configured to detect motion of the electronic device to generate motion data. The memory stores a preset motion condition. The control unit is electrically connected to the touch module, the motion sensor, and the memory, and configured to: receive the motion data; and determine whether the motion data meets the preset motion condition or not, and generate a virtual touch signal when the motion data meets the preset motion condition. A control method applied to the electronic device is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Wen Fang Hsiao, I-Hsi Wu, Shin-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11943763
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a base station, the base station transmits a configuration of a bandwidth part to a User Equipment (UE). The base station determines a subset of frequency resources within the bandwidth part. The base station transmits, to the UE, an indication of one or more allocated resources, within the subset of frequency resources, for a transmission. The base station does not enable interleaved mapping for the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Ko-Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11937266
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a first device, a grant is received from a network node. The grant allocates a set of sidelink data resources. One or more sidelink data transmissions are performed on the set of sidelink data resources. A second feedback information associated with the one or more sidelink data transmissions is received and/or detected. An uplink resource is derived. A first feedback information is transmitted on the uplink resource to the network node. The first feedback information is set based upon the second feedback information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Li, Li-Chih Tseng, Wei-Yu Chen, Li-Te Pan
  • Patent number: 11937334
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for Sidelink Discontinuous Reception (SL DRX) in a wireless communication system to avoid ambiguity on slot offset calculations on SL DRX. A method for a UE comprises performing a SL communication associated with a destination Identity (ID), having a SL DRX configuration associated with the SL communication, wherein the SL DRX configuration comprises at least an on-duration timer and a DRX cycle, deriving a first offset associated with the SL communication based on the destination ID and the DRX cycle, deriving a second offset associated with the SL communication based on the destination ID and a number of slots per subframe, starting the on-duration timer after a time period determined based on the second offset from the beginning of a subframe, wherein the subframe is determined based on at least the first offset, and monitoring Sidelink Control Information (SCI) when the on-duration timer is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Kung, Li-Chih Tseng, Chun-Wei Huang, Ming-Che Li
  • Publication number: 20240077914
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first body having an end and a first inclined surface, a second body having a second inclined surface, and a hinge module. The end includes an accommodating area. A virtual shaft line exists between sides of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface that are closest to each other. The second body rotates relative to the first body through the virtual shaft line. The hinge module includes a first bracket adjacent to the first inclined surface, connected to the first body, and located in the accommodating area, a second bracket adjacent to the second inclined surface and connected to the second body, and a third bracket including a first end and a second end. The first bracket is connected to the first end through a first torsion assembly. The second bracket is connected to the second end through a second torsion assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Han Chang, Tsung-Ju Chiang, Chi-Hung Lin, Yen-Ting Liu
  • Patent number: 11924876
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for handling partial sensing and discontinuous reception for sidelink communication to reduce potential latency due to additional sensing and to improve resource utilization efficiency. Various embodiments can comprise a first device performing sidelink communication to at least a second device, or a second device in a sidelink resource pool, and triggering to perform resource selection for a sidelink data at a timing, wherein the first device (already) receives or monitors sidelink control information for a (contiguous) time duration before the timing. The first device can perform sensing for a contiguous sensing duration after the timing, determine or select a first sidelink resource from a set of sidelink resources, and perform a first sidelink transmission on the first sidelink resource for transmitting the sidelink data to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Li, Chun-Wei Huang, Li-Chih Tseng
  • Publication number: 20240070416
    Abstract: A reading method and a reading device for a two-dimensional code. The method includes: capturing a two-dimensional code image through an image capturing device; detecting an outer frame and a position mark of a two-dimensional code in a skewed state in the two-dimensional code image; restoring the two-dimensional code in the skewed state to a default state; and performing a default operation according to the two-dimensional code in the default state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Hao Yeh, Chin-Wen Lin, Hung-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 11914818
    Abstract: An electrical device and an operation control method are provided. The electronic device includes a touch module and a processor. The touch module includes a touchable region. The touchable region is divided into at least a first touchable region and a second touchable region. The first touchable region is configured to implement a first function. The second touchable region is configured to implement the first function and a second function. The processor is electrically connected to the touch module. When at least one first touch point is detected in the first touchable region, at least one second touch point is detected in the second touchable region, and the processor determines that a distance between the first touch point and the second touch point is within a predetermined distance, the second touchable region is switched to implementing the first function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Yu Tsai, Chun-Tsai Yeh, Ya-Ting Chen
  • Publication number: 20240061018
    Abstract: A voltage detection device is provided. The voltage detection device includes a first voltage divider circuit, a comparison circuit, and a second voltage divider circuit. The first voltage divider circuit is configured to receive an input voltage and output a comparison voltage according to the input voltage. The comparison circuit is configured to receive the comparison voltage to compare the comparison voltage with a reference voltage and determine whether to change a trigger signal according to a comparison result. The second voltage divider circuit is configured to receive the input voltage. When the input voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage value, the second voltage divider circuit and the first voltage dividing circuit form a parallel structure to pull down the comparison voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Gen Chung, Ming-Ting Tsai, Hsi-Ho Hsu, Chun-San Lin, Wei Kao, Chen-Hao Yu, Hsiang-Jui Hung
  • Patent number: 11910482
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example from the perspective of a User Equipment (UE), the UE provides information related to multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Modules (USIM) of the UE to a first network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Meng-Hui Ou, Yu-Hsuan Guo
  • Patent number: 11907729
    Abstract: A booting method is provided, applied to a computer system. The computer system includes a transmission interface, a power key, and a trigger element. The transmission interface includes a transmission specification and is electrically connected to a graphics card, and the power key is used for driving the computer system to perform a booting procedure. The booting method includes: detecting, in the booting procedure, whether the trigger element is triggered or not; and lowering the transmission specification and restarting the computer system when the trigger element is triggered. A computer system adopting the booting method is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC
    Inventors: Yu Gu, Hung-Hsuan Chen, Bing-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11903162
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a fan control method, applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a fan and a setting unit, the setting unit having a plurality of setting values, and each setting value being corresponding to a sampling number. The fan control method includes: continuously detecting a temperature of a heat source to obtain a plurality of temperature values; selecting one of the plurality of setting values based on variations of the temperature values; acquiring a value set from the temperature values based on the sampling number corresponding to the selected setting value, and generating an updated temperature value based on the value set; and controlling rotation of the fan based on the updated temperature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chen Lin, Ing-Jer Chiou
  • Patent number: 11903169
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a portable electronic device, including: a housing, a heat dissipation component, a bracket, a cover structure, and a plurality of pivotal linkage rods. The housing includes a heat dissipation opening. The heat dissipation component is disposed in the housing and corresponds to the heat dissipation opening. The bracket is disposed in the housing and encloses the heat dissipation component. The cover structure is configured to move between a close position covering the heat dissipation opening and an open position exposing the heat dissipation opening. Each of the plurality of pivotal linkage rods is pivotally connected between the bracket and the cover structure, and is configured to be driven to rotate, to drive the cover structure to move between the close position and the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Han Chung, Ching-Yuan Yang, Chui-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11901754
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a charging base. The charging base is applied to electrically connect to an electronic device and charge a stylus. The charging base includes: a base, a connector, a first charging end conductive structure, and a second charging end conductive structure. The base includes a through-hole. The connector is disposed on one side of the base and is used for being electrically connected to the electronic device. The first charging end conductive structure is formed on an upper surface of the base and is electrically connected to the connector. The second charging end conductive structure is formed in the through-hole and is electrically connected to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chin Chung Lai, Yung-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11900946
    Abstract: A voice recognition method is provided. The voice recognition method includes: collecting a plurality of voice signals; extracting the voiceprint features of each of the voice signals; performing a data process on the voiceprint features, to convert the voiceprint features into a N-dimensional matrix, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; performing a feature normalization process on the N-dimensional matrix to obtain a plurality of voiceprint data; classifying the voiceprint data to generate a clustering result; finding out a centroid of each cluster according to the clustering result, and registering the voiceprint data adjacent to each of the centroid. The disclosure also provides an electronic device that adapted for the voice recognition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Pei-Lin Liang