Patents Assigned to AsusTek Computer Inc.
  • Patent number: 11901791
    Abstract: A functional module is provided. The functional module is applied to an electronic device, and includes a housing, a functional member, and a motor assembly. Both the functional member and the motor assembly are disposed in the housing. The motor assembly includes a motor and an output shaft. The motor is configured to drive the output shaft to rotate. The output shaft protrudes from one side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Min Cheng, Chui-Hung Chen, Ching-Yuan Yang, Cheng-Han Chung
  • Patent number: 11902940
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for handling device-to-device feedback transmission in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a first device receives a configuration for operating in a network scheduling mode for acquiring sidelink resources. The first device receives a sidelink control information with a report request from a second device. The first device triggers or is triggered to transmit a report to the second device in response to the report request. If the first device has no available sidelink resource for transmitting the report, the first device triggers a scheduling request. The first device transmits a signaling of the scheduling request to the network. The first device receives a sidelink grant from the network. The first device utilizes sidelink resource(s) indicated by the sidelink grant to transmit the report to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Li, Chun-Wei Huang, Yi-Hsuan Kung, Li-Chih Tseng
  • Publication number: 20240047965
    Abstract: A load switch circuit is provided. The load switch circuit includes a control chip and a current limit protection circuit. The control chip is operated at a power supply voltage, configured to receive an input voltage, and controlled by an enable signal to provide an output voltage and an output current to a load. The current limit protection circuit is configured to provide a current limit control voltage to a current limit and low power pin of the control chip, so that the control chip may adjust a current limit of the output current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jia-Ching Huang, Hsiang-Jui Hung, Min-Hou Kuo, Bo-Siang Cheng
  • Patent number: 11895591
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for a User Equipment (UE) to sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) for sidelink groupcast communication associated with a group. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE assuming or considering a sidelink DRX configuration applied for the sidelink groupcast communication associated with the group, wherein the sidelink DRX configuration comprises at least one of an on-duration timer length used for determining an on-duration at the beginning of each sidelink DRX cycle and/or a cycle length used for determining a length of each sidelink DRX cycle. The method also includes the UE deriving or determining a time to start of on-duration for each sidelink DRX cycle or start of each sidelink DRX cycle based on at least an identifier associated with the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Li-Chih Tseng, Ming-Che Li
  • Patent number: 11893229
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a one-hand touch operation method thereof are provided. A touch operation performed on a touch screen is detected. When a shift amount of the touch operation in a first direction is greater than a first threshold, whether to activate a one-hand mode is determined according to a shift amount of the touch operation in a second direction. When the one-hand mode is activated, the operation interface image is zoomed out or shifted, and displayed in a one-hand mode interface display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Meng Chen Hsieh, Chen-Yu Hsu, Chih-Hsien Yang, I-Hsi Wu, Hsin-Yi Pu
  • Patent number: 11892873
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a computer device. The computer device includes a base, a host case, and a display support. The base includes an upper surface and includes a power module therein. The host case is detachably fixed to the base and electrically connected to the power module through the upper surface. One end of the display support is connected to the base, and the other end thereof includes a display connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Chen, Li-Hsiang Chiu, Marco Da Ros, Li-Wei Hung
  • Patent number: 11892884
    Abstract: A hinge structure for an electronic device including a first part and a second part is provided. The hinge structure includes a first fixing base, a second fixing base, a rotating element, and a control element. The first fixing base connects to the first part. The second fixing base connects to the second part and includes a first locking structure. The rotating element includes a second locking structure. An end of the rotating element rotatably and movably connects to the first fixing base along an axial direction. The other end of the rotating element engages with the first locking structure through the second locking structure. The control element extends to the rotating element for driving the rotating element to move along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Ju Chiang, Marco Da Ros, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Li Wei Hung
  • Publication number: 20240024785
    Abstract: A game packet delivery method and a game packet delivery system are provided. The method includes executing a game program by a user device; and transmitting at least one game packet related to the game program between the user device and a game server via a telecom server and a shared router in response to the execution of the game program. The shared router belongs to a decentralized network node, and the transmission of at least one game packet does not involve any server provided by cloud service providers. Therefore, the efficiency of transferring game packets between the user device and the game server can be improved, thereby improving the game experience of the end user. Besides, because the transmission of game packets does not go through the backbone network of the cloud service providers, it can also ensure the privacy of online games for users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ten-Long Dan, Wei-Sheng Teng, Ching-Chuan Chiu
  • Publication number: 20240028136
    Abstract: An electronic device and a sensitivity adjustment method of a sensor are disclosed. The method includes: in a situation that a target program is executed by the electronic device, receiving sensing data from a target sensor; activating a sensitivity adjustment rule according to the target program; adjusting the sensing data according to the sensitivity adjustment rule; and providing the adjusted sensing data to the target program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ding-Jun Yin, Chin-Chuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11880234
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display surface, a back surface with a first portion and a second portion, and a support assembly. The support assembly includes a first, second, and third boards. The first board includes a first surface, detachably covering the first portion, and a second surface. The second board is bendably connected to the first board and combined with the second portion. The third board includes a pivoted end and a free end. The pivoted end is pivotally connected to the second surface and covers the second board and a portion of the first board. When the first board rotates relative to the first portion, the third board also rotates relative to the second board, the second surface faces the third board, and the second board simultaneously moves along the third board. Accordingly, the display surface is raised up a distance relative to the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Rong Hsu, Yi-Ting Chen, Po-Nien Chen, Chi-Jung Tsai, Wei Hsiang Tang
  • Patent number: 11881736
    Abstract: A power system applied to a handheld device including a battery, a first connecting port, a second connecting port, a first detector, a second detector, a power delivery controller, a control unit, and a switching element is provided. The first connecting port is electrically connected to the battery through a first charging path. The second connecting port is electrically connected to the battery through a second charging path. The first detector is electrically connected to the first connecting port to generate a first detection signal. The second detector is electrically connected to the second connecting port to generate a second detection signal. The control unit controls the switching element according to the first detection signal and the second detection signal to selectively electrically connect the power delivery controller to the first connecting port or the second connecting port and controls conduction statuses of the charging paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kai-Chun Liang, Kian-Ming Chee, Chia-Yu Liu, Yii-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11880515
    Abstract: A touch pad structure including a carrier, a frame, a touch pad, a switch and four first springs is provided. The frame is disposed above the carrier. The touch pad is disposed on the frame, and the frame is located between the carrier and the touch pad. The switch is disposed on the touch pad and penetrates through the frame and thus faces the carrier. The first springs are distributed at a peripheral of the touch pad. Two opposite ends of each of the first springs respectively contact the carrier and the frame. Two longest connecting lines between the first springs are defined as a first connecting line and a second connecting line. The switch is seated on an intersection point of the first connecting line and the second connecting line. An electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Tsung-Ju Chiang
  • Patent number: 11877324
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a User Equipment (UE) to monitor the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) appropriately in order to reduce power consumption and perform Contention Resolution for a Random Access (RA) procedure in a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN). The UE can perform a Msg3 transmission during a RA procedure in a NTN and start a RA contention resolution timer in the first symbol after the end of the Msg3 transmission plus a timing offset. In response to expiry of the RA contention resolution timer, the UE determines whether to consider Contention Resolution not successful based on at least whether the RA contention resolution timer expires during a time duration of the timing offset after a Msg3 retransmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Huang, Meng-Hui Ou
  • Patent number: 11876292
    Abstract: A slot antenna assembly adapted to a metal case is provided in the disclosure. The slot antenna assembly includes a substrate and a metal wire. The substrate includes a first sheet plate and a second sheet plate. The first sheet plate is conductive and is provided with a slot opposite to an opening of the metal case, a size of the slot being less than or equal to a size of the opening. The second sheet plate is not conductive and is connected to the first sheet plate. The metal wire is located on a surface of the second sheet plate to be connected to a feeding signal. A vertical projection of the metal wire on the first sheet plate crosses the slot, and the metal wire and the slot together excite a low-frequency mode and a high-frequency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Fang-Hsien Chu, Peng-Hao Juan
  • Patent number: 11868839
    Abstract: A device detecting system is provided. The device detecting system includes a bar code scanner, a plurality of device accommodating spaces, a screen, and a server. The server obtains bar code information via the bar code scanner and opens one of the device accommodating spaces based on the bar code information to accommodate an electronic device. The server performs a test procedure on the electronic device to generate a test result, and displays the test result and operation information corresponding to the test result on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Chang, Pei-Yin Chen, Wei-Han Lin, Bo-Rong Chu, Yen-Ting Liu, Yu-Shen Mai, Kuan-Yu Hsiao, Chia-Hsien Lin, Pei-Yu Liao, Chun-Yen Lai, Sheng-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 11871465
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed from the perspective of a first remote User Equipment (UE). In one embodiment, the method includes the first remote UE establishing a first Sidelink (SL) Data Radio Bearer (DRB) for transmission to a second remote UE via a relay UE, wherein the first SL DRB is identified by a Radio Bearer (RB) Identity (ID). The method further includes the first remote UE ciphering a sidelink packet to be sent to the second remote UE on the first SL DRB based on at least the RB ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Te Pan, Li-Chih Tseng, Richard Lee-Chee Kuo
  • Patent number: 11868187
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a board body, a card slot, a release structure, and a transmission mechanism. The card slot is disposed on the board body and adapted for inserting an expansion card. The release structure is rotatably disposed beside the card slot. The transmission mechanism includes a contact part and a stressed part that are linked to each other, wherein the contact part is connected to the release structure. When the stressed part receives an external force, the contact part is moved correspondingly, so that the release structure is rotated relative to the card slot, thereby releasing the expansion card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Po-Ting Chen, Chang-Hung Chen, Chih-Hung Chuang
  • Patent number: 11871512
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate, a driver circuit, at least one light-emitting element, a grounding circuit, and an antenna unit. The substrate includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer. The driver circuit is located on the first circuit layer. The light-emitting element is located on the first circuit layer and is electrically connected to the driver circuit, so that the driver circuit controls the light-emitting element to emit light. The grounding circuit is located on the second circuit layer and is electrically connected to the driver circuit. The grounding circuit includes a plurality of conductive traces, and the conductive traces are arranged toward one side to form a clearance area on the second circuit layer. The antenna unit is located on the first circuit layer and corresponds to the clearance area to receive and transmit a radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Zhen-De Jiang, Pin-Tang Chiu, Chia-Ho Lin, Zhi-Hua Feng
  • Patent number: 11871253
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first device for performing sidelink communication. In one embodiment, the method includes the first device being configured with network scheduling mode for sidelink by a base station. The method further includes the first device being configured with a first set of resources with a first time pattern for sidelink transmission through a dedicated signaling. The method also includes the first device using the first set of resources to perform sidelink transmission when the first device does not detect beam failure. Furthermore, the method includes the first device detecting a beam failure between the first device and the base station. In addition, the method includes the first device using the first set of resources to perform sidelink transmission to a second device when the beam failure is not resolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Chen, Li-Chih Tseng
  • Patent number: D1011339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Jo-Ying Yu