Patents by Inventor Chih-Hsiung Yu

Chih-Hsiung Yu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240023843
    Abstract: A vital-sign sensor is provided. The vital-sign sensor includes an output/input port, a driving/conversion circuit, a detection circuit, and a controller. The output/input port includes a detection pin. The driving/conversion circuit is coupled to the output/input port and controlled by a control signal. The detection circuit includes an input node coupled to the detection pin. The detection circuit generates a detection signal according to a detection voltage at the input node. In response to the output/input port connecting a sensing probe, the detection voltage has a first voltage value, and the controller detects a type of the sensing probe according to the detection signal corresponding to the first voltage value. The controller generates the control signal according to the determined type. The driving/conversion circuit generates a driving signal according to the control signal to drive the sensing probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung YU, Liang-Chia HUANG, Chia-Yin LAI, Bo-Kai CHANG, Wei-Ken TING
  • Publication number: 20210338094
    Abstract: An electrocardiogram detection device is provided. The electrocardiogram detection device includes a filter amplifier and a microcontroller. The filter amplifier filters and amplifies a raw heartbeat signal of a user. The microcontroller is coupled to the filter amplifier. The microcontroller generates a control signal according to a trigger signal to control the filter amplifier to filter out components of the raw heartbeat signal in a specific bandwidth range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiung YU
  • Publication number: 20210305822
    Abstract: A charging device and method thereof is provided. The charging device is connected to a power supply device. The charging device includes a detection pin, a switch module, and a control circuit. The detection pin has a voltage level which reflects whether the charging device is connected to an electronic device. The control circuit is connected to the detection point and the switch module. According to the voltage level of the detection pin, the control module controls the switch module to be in an open state if the control circuit determines that the charging device is not connected to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung YU, Liang-Chia HUANG, Wei-Ken TING, Chia-Yin LAI, Chia-Hsiu CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210126490
    Abstract: An aquarium with a wireless power supply function is disclosed. In the aquarium, a base frame is disposed under a water tank, a top box is disposed on the water tank, and the base frame includes a coil box and a coil holder. The coil holder is disposed on the coil box, and an outer diameter of the coil holder is smaller than an inner diameter of the coil box, to form a gap between the coil box and the coil holder to dispose a first coil around the coil box. The first coil can generate electromagnetic induction when being energized. The first coil surrounds an outer side of a bottom of the water tank, and a second coil is disposed around an inner periphery of the top box, so that the first coil can generate electric energy through electromagnetic induction and transfer power to multiple devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: SHEN-JYE SHIEH, CHING-YUAN HUANG, CHIH-HSIUNG YU, LI-HAN CHEN, JU-CHUN LIU, KAI-YI CHOU
  • Patent number: 10823384
    Abstract: A wireless induction lamp includes a transmitter device for emitting wireless electric energy to a lamp receiver device, and the lamp receiver device includes a lamp housing having a transparent part disposed thereon, and a wireless light emitting device is disposed inside the lamp housing and in the transparent part. A first induction coil is disposed around on an outer edge of the wireless light emitting device, and receives the wireless electric energy of the transmitter device, to provide electric energy to the wireless light emitting device to emit light. The wireless induction lamp can wirelessly transmit electrical power to the light emitting element to emit light, so as to reduce disposal of electric wires, and the wireless light emitting device can be turned on/off by just changing a posture angle of the lamp housing to move close to or away from the electromagnetic range of the transmitter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: DS Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shen-Jye Shieh, Ching-Yuan Huang, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Li-Han Chen, Ju-Chun Liu, Kai-Yi Chou
  • Patent number: 9545214
    Abstract: A heart rate meter and a method thereof are provided. The method is adopted by a sensing circuit of a heart rate meter, wherein the sensing circuit includes a pulse sensor and a proximity sensor. The method includes: determining whether the sensing circuit is close to a neighboring object according to a proximity output signal of the proximity sensor; determining whether the sensing circuit is hung in the air according to a direct current (DC) output signal of the pulse sensor; and when the sensing circuit is close to the neighboring object and is not hung in the air, determining that the measuring circuit can measure an electrocardiographic signal of the neighboring object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung Yu, Yung-Ming Chung, Yen-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 9395791
    Abstract: A power management method for a health care device is included. The method includes: detecting whether a smart garment is in contact with a user body; operating the health care device in a normal mode when the smart garment is in contact with the user body, or operating the health care device in a low-power mode when the smart garment is not in contact with the user body; and under the low-power mode, detecting whether the health care device is tapped to determine whether to transmit user health data to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung Yu, Yung-Ming Chung, Hsin-Hsueh Wu, Yung-Chih Huang, Shih-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9339199
    Abstract: A physiological signal detection device has a battery disposed in the physiological signal detection device, a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and a charging detection terminal A physiological signal detection circuit generates a physiological signal according to a detection result of the first input terminal and the second input terminal A charging control circuit is electrically coupled to the first input terminal, the second input terminal and the charging detection terminal, wherein, when the first input terminal and the second input terminal are coupled to a power supply supplied by a charging device, the charging detection terminal receives a charging indication signal of the charging device and according to the charging indication signal the charging device is enabled so as to charge the battery with the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung Yu, Yung-Ming Chung, Chih-Hsiung Chang
  • Publication number: 20160066688
    Abstract: The present invention illustrates a connector and a side board for a combination cabinet. The connector has a plurality of division plates disposed at an end thereof and in parallel with each other to form a plurality of insertion slots which each can be inserted by a corner of the side board for the combination cabinet. At least one insertion slot has a positioning hole formed at a side of an inner edge thereof and in communication therewith, and the positioning hole has an inner diameter greater than that of the insertion slot. The corner of the side board for the combination cabinet is formed with a lager-diameter section and a smaller-diameter section crossed with each other, and the lager-diameter section of the corner can be engaged into the positioning hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventor: CHIH HSIUNG YU
  • Publication number: 20150359451
    Abstract: A heart rate meter and a method thereof are provided. The method is adopted by a sensing circuit of a heart rate meter, wherein the sensing circuit includes a pulse sensor and a proximity sensor. The method includes: determining whether the sensing circuit is close to a neighboring object according to a proximity output signal of the proximity sensor; determining whether the sensing circuit is hung in the air according to a direct current (DC) output signal of the pulse sensor; and when the sensing circuit is close to the neighboring object and is not hung in the air, determining that the measuring circuit can measure an electrocardiographic signal of the neighboring object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung Yu, Yung-Ming Chung, Yen-Chih Huang
  • Publication number: 20150126844
    Abstract: A wearable device applied to a human body is provided. The wearable device includes at least one sensing electrode, a conductive wire, a monitor device, and a shield element. The sensing electrode receives a physiological signal from the human body. The sensing electrode is coupled through the conductive wire to the monitor device. The monitor device is configured to process the physiological signal. The shield element includes metal fiber composition. The shield element covers the sensing electrode and the conductive wire so as to avoid electrostatic interference. The shield element is at least partially exposed to the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Rong-Chin Yang, Yu-Min Wu, Yung-Ming Chung, Chih-Hsiung Yu
  • Patent number: 8903460
    Abstract: A Bluetooth communication system includes a remote device, having a first Bluetooth module, and a user device, having a second Bluetooth module, and communicating with the remote device through the first Bluetooth module and the second Bluetooth module in a link state. When the remote device and the user device are over a communication range, the remote device enters an access state. In the access state, the first Bluetooth module re-communicates with the second Bluetooth module by a link back mode in a first time interval and a standby mode in a second time interval and when the remote device comes back with the communication range, the communication with the user device is recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Rong-Chin Yang, Yu-Min Wu, Yung-Ming Chung, Chih-Hsiung Yu
  • Publication number: 20140100707
    Abstract: A power management method for a health care device is included. The method includes: detecting whether a smart garment is in contact with a user body; operating the health care device in a normal mode when the smart garment is in contact with the user body, or operating the health care device in a low-power mode when the smart garment is not in contact with the user body; and under the low-power mode, detecting whether the health care device is tapped to determine whether to transmit user health data to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung YU, Yung-Ming CHUNG, Hsin-Hsueh WU, Yung-Chih HUANG, Shih-Wei WANG
  • Publication number: 20140100468
    Abstract: A physiological signal detection device has a battery disposed in the physiological signal detection device, a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and a charging detection terminal A physiological signal detection circuit generates a physiological signal according to a detection result of the first input terminal and the second input terminal A charging control circuit is electrically coupled to the first input terminal, the second input terminal and the charging detection terminal, wherein, when the first input terminal and the second input terminal are coupled to a power supply supplied by a charging device, the charging detection terminal receives a charging indication signal of the charging device and according to the charging indication signal the charging device is enabled so as to charge the battery with the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiung Yu, Yung-Ming Chung, Chih-Hsiung Chang
  • Publication number: 20140004798
    Abstract: A Bluetooth communication system includes a remote device, having a first Bluetooth module, and a user device, having a second Bluetooth module, and communicating with the remote device through the first Bluetooth module and the second Bluetooth module in a link state. When the remote device and the user device are over a communication range, the remote device enters an access state. In the access state, the first Bluetooth module re-communicates with the second Bluetooth module by a link back mode in a first time interval and a standby mode in a second time interval and when the remote device comes back with the communication range, the communication with the user device is recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Rong-Chin Yang, Yu-Min Wu, Yung-Ming Chung, Chih-Hsiung Yu
  • Patent number: 8464586
    Abstract: A vibration wave output instrument and its use method are provided. The vibration wave output instrument has a base, a vibration device, a pressure device, and a position mechanism. The position mechanism brings both the vibration device and the pressure device to a target region. The pressure device pushes the vibration device to touch against the target region. The vibration device outputs vibration waves beneath the target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Wu, Chin-Wen Yang, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Hsiao-Cheng Lin, Hsin-Hsueh Wu
  • Publication number: 20120065546
    Abstract: A measurement and estimation method for orthopedics diagnosis is disclosed, which includes providing a resonant frequency of a bone, providing a bone length of the bone, providing a correction parameter, and calculating a bone density according to the resonant frequency, the bone length, and the correction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min WU, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Hsin-Hsueh Wu, Chien-Sheng Wang, Tsung-Min Hsieh, Shu-Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20110083510
    Abstract: A vibration wave output instrument and its use method are provided. The vibration wave output instrument has a base, a vibration device, a pressure device, and a position mechanism. The position mechanism brings both the vibration device and the pressure device to a target region. The pressure device pushes the vibration device to touch against the target region. The vibration device outputs vibration waves beneath the target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Wu, Chin-Wen Yang, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Hsiao-Cheng Lin, Hsin-Hsueh Wu
  • Patent number: 7918798
    Abstract: The invention discloses a bone examination apparatus which includes a shaking module, a multi-mode ultrasonic detecting module, and a processing module. The shaking module is disposed close to a distal end of an examinee's femur, for inputting a shaking signal to the distal end. The multi-mode ultrasonic detecting module is disposed close to a near end of the examinee's femur, for detecting the shaking signal through the examinee's femur at the near end and generating a detecting signal. Additionally, the processing module is connected to the shaking module and the multi-mode ultrasonic detecting module respectively, for determining the examinee's bone density in accordance with the shaking signal, the detecting signal, and a first criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Wu, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Hsiao-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20090082667
    Abstract: The invention discloses a bone examination apparatus which includes a shaking module, a multi-mode ultrasonic detecting module, and a processing module. The shaking module is disposed close to a distal end of an examinee's femur, for inputting a shaking signal to the distal end. The multi-mode ultrasonic detecting module is disposed close to a near end of the examinee's femur, for detecting the shaking signal through the examinee's femur at the near end and generating a detecting signal. Additionally, the processing module is connected to the shaking module and the multi-mode ultrasonic detecting module respectively, for determining the examinee's bone density in accordance with the shaking signal, the detecting signal, and a first criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Yu-Min Wu, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Hsiao-Cheng Lin