Patents by Inventor Pak-Hong Ng

Pak-Hong Ng 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: 8987656
    Abstract: An optical finger navigation module includes a light source configured for emitting light in a first spectrum; a cover housing disposed above the light source, the cover housing including a window plate that is configured to transmit light in at least the first spectrum, and a light guiding structure that is configured to transmit light in at least a second spectrum; a first light sensor configured to sense light in the first spectrum originally emitted by the light source, reflected by an object, and then transmitted through the window plate; a second light sensor configured to sense light in the second spectrum transmitted through the light guiding structure or the window plate; and a substrate. The light source, the cover housing, the first light sensor and the second light sensor are coupled and mounted to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Vincent Wai Hung, Victor Pak Hong Ng
  • Patent number: 8708575
    Abstract: An active optical connector using an audio port includes a plug insertable into a jack having an optical transceiver module. A conductor is mounted on the plug. Optical fibers extend through a central bore of the plug and have front ends held in a fiber ferrule. The jack has a terminal for contacting the conductor on the plug. The optical transceiver module has a receptacle for receiving the fiber ferrule. A light source emits light to an optical fiber, and a photo-detector receives light from another optical fiber. A controller chip has a converting circuit configured to convert electrical signals into optical signal and optical signals into electrical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Vincent Wai Hung, Francis Guillen Gamboa, Fuk Ming Lam, Victor Pak Hong Ng, Dennis Tak Kit Tong
  • Publication number: 20140097327
    Abstract: An optical finger navigation module includes a light source configured for emitting light in a first spectrum; a cover housing disposed above the light source, the cover housing including a window plate that is configured to transmit light in at least the first spectrum, and a light guiding structure that is configured to transmit light in at least a second spectrum; a first light sensor configured to sense light in the first spectrum originally emitted by the light source, reflected by an object, and then transmitted through the window plate; a second light sensor configured to sense light in the second spectrum transmitted through the light guiding structure or the window plate; and a substrate. The light source, the cover housing, the first light sensor and the second light sensor are coupled and mounted to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Vincent Wai HUNG, Victor Pak Hong NG
  • Publication number: 20120235955
    Abstract: An optical navigation module for receiving control from an object is provided. The optical navigation module includes a module surface above which the object is disposed; a light source located under the module surface and configured to project a first cone of light to the object along a first optical axis through a first optical construction; and a light sensor located under the module surface and configured to detect a second cone of light that is resulted from the first cone of light being reflected by the object along a second optical axis through a second optical construction, and thereby to collect a spatial intensity profile of the reflected light. The intersection of the first optical axis and the second optical axis is below the module surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Pak Hong NG, Xiaoming Yvonne Yu, Wai Vincent Hung
  • Patent number: 8044899
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for backlight calibration are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Pak Hong Ng, Shou Lung Chen, Chen Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 7766533
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination module, and a display and a general lighting apparatus using the same. Said illumination module includes a plurality of light guiding strips arranged in juxtaposition with a predefined distance; a plurality of light sources, disposed on at least one end of said light guiding strips respectively for providing the light into said light guiding strips; and a plurality of light reflecting units, disposed between said light guiding strips for reflecting the light from said light guiding strips. The light reflecting units according to the present invention can guide the light from the sides of light guiding strips or other light not toward the right side of the illumination module back to the right side of the illumination module, and thus improving the light output efficiency and uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Liu, Pak-Hong Ng, Shou-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20090273946
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination module, and a display and a general lighting apparatus using the same. Said illumination module includes a plurality of light guiding strips arranged in juxtaposition with a predefined distance; a plurality of light sources, disposed on at least one end of said light guiding strips respectively for providing the light into said light guiding strips; and a plurality of light reflecting units, disposed between said light guiding strips for reflecting the light from said light guiding strips. The light reflecting units according to the present invention can guide the light from the sides of light guiding strips or other light not toward the right side of the illumination module back to the right side of the illumination module, and thus improving the light output efficiency and uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Liu, Pak-Hong Ng, Shou-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20090051642
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight assembly and a display system having the same, characterized in that the backlight assembly comprises: a plurality of light emission units and a control unit. Each unit having M kinds of emission components, each of the M kinds of emission components emitting light of a spectrum which is different from each other, wherein M is a positive integer equal to or greater than two. The control unit receives a first signal and determines a second signal according to the color information of the first signal, and individually controls light emission of each emission component of the plurality of light emission units based on the second signal, wherein the light emissions from the plurality of light emission units generate a spatially-dependent spectrum distribution, and the light emission of each light emission unit forms a color gamut in a color space which is individually different from others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Danding Huang, Wei Zhang, Shou Lung Chen, Huajun Peng, Chen-Jung Tsai, Ying Liu, Pak Hong Ng
  • Publication number: 20090001251
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for backlight calibration are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Pak Hong Ng, Shou Lung Chen, Chen Jung Tsai