Patents by Inventor Pin-Chien Liao
Pin-Chien Liao 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).
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Patent number: 11977423Abstract: Methods and systems for thermal management of hardware resources that may be used to provide computer implemented services are disclosed. The disclosed thermal management method and systems may improve the likelihood of data processing systems providing desired computer implemented services by improving the thermal management of the hardware resources without impairment of storage devices. To improve the likelihood of the computer implemented services being provided, the systems may proactively identify whether storage devices subject to impairment due to dynamic motion are present. If such storage devices are present, then the system may automatically take action to reduce the likelihood of the storage devices being subject to dynamic motion sufficient to impair their operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Hung-Pin Chien, Jyh-Yinn Lin, Yu-Wei Chi Liao, Chien Yen Hsu, Ming-Hui Pan
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Patent number: 7954222Abstract: A X-structure of a key and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The X-structure comprises a first frame and a second frame. The first frame comprises a bar. The first frame is connected and pivoted to the second frame via a fold located on the bar. The key comprises a keycap, a base and the X-structure installed between the keycap and the base. The manufacturing method of the X-structure comprises: providing the X-structure and pressing the bar to generate a fold until the first engaging portions are connected and pivoted to the second engaging portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chien-Shih Hsu, Pin Chien Liao
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Publication number: 20110056061Abstract: A X-structure of a key and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The X-structure comprises a first frame and a second frame. The first frame comprises a bar. The first frame is connected and pivoted to the second frame via a fold located on the bar. The key comprises a keycap, a base and the X-structure installed between the keycap and the base. The manufacturing method of the X-structure comprises: providing the X-structure and pressing the bar to generate a fold until the first engaging portions are connected and pivoted to the second engaging portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chien Shih Hsu, Pin Chien Liao
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Patent number: 7882609Abstract: A X-structure of a key and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The X-structure comprises a first frame and a second frame. The first frame comprises a bar. The first frame is connected and pivoted to the second frame via a fold located on the bar. The key comprises a keycap, a base and the X-structure installed between the keycap and the base. The manufacturing method of the X-structure comprises: providing the X-structure and pressing the bar to generate a fold until the first engaging portions are connected and pivoted to the second engaging portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chien-Shih Hsu, Pin-Chien Liao
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Patent number: 7388167Abstract: A keyboard structure. The keyboard structure includes a base plate, a light guide member, a membrane circuit board, a key assembly and a light-emitting element. The light guide member is disposed on the base plate. The membrane circuit board is disposed on the light guide member. The key assembly is disposed on the membrane circuit board, with a key cap and a resilient element between the key cap and the membrane circuit board. The light-emitting element is adjacent to the light guide member and is disposed under the membrane circuit board. Light from the light-emitting element enters the resilient element and key cap via the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Chien-Shih Hsu
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Patent number: 7336368Abstract: An optical detector measuring a movement of an object in a space on a measurement axis comprises a light source, a reflective portion, a detection unit and a converting unit. The light source comprises a resonance chamber, the light source emitting a laser beam toward the object, the laser beam contacting the object and generating a first scattering beam and a reflection beam, wherein a part of the first scattering beam enters the resonance chamber. The reflective portion reflects the reflection beam toward the object, the reflection beam re-contacting the object and generating a second scattering beam and a sub-reflection beam, wherein a part of the second scattering beam and the sub-reflection beam enter the resonance chamber. The detection unit measures an optical-electrical variation in the resonance chamber to generate an electric signal. The converting unit converts the electric signal to a movement on the measurement axis in the space.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Kuo-Tong Ma
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Publication number: 20070235307Abstract: A keyboard structure. The keyboard structure includes a base plate, a light guide member, a membrane circuit board, a key assembly and a light-emitting element. The light guide member is disposed on the base plate. The membrane circuit board is disposed on the light guide member. The key assembly is disposed on the membrane circuit board, with a key cap and a resilient element between the key cap and the membrane circuit board. The light-emitting element is adjacent to the light guide member and is disposed under the membrane circuit board. Light from the light-emitting element enters the resilient element and key cap via the light guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Chien-Shih Hsu
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Patent number: 7239303Abstract: A keyboard structure. The keyboard structure includes a base plate, a light guide member, a membrane circuit board, a key assembly and a light-emitting element. The light guide member is disposed on the base plate. The membrane circuit board is disposed on the light guide member. The key assembly is disposed on the membrane circuit board, with a key cap and a resilient element between the key cap and the membrane circuit board. The light-emitting element is adjacent to the light guide member and is disposed under the membrane circuit board. Light from the light-emitting element enters the resilient element and key cap via the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Chien-Shih Hsu
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Publication number: 20060097138Abstract: A cursor control method for an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a detecting window and a cursor shown on a monitor. An object is disposed on the detecting window. A laser diode with a laser cavity is provided to generate a plurality of laser beams with different polarization in a plurality of continuous time periods. A first and a second laser beams are guided to the detecting window, to impinge on the object along first and second incident axes, which reflects the first and second laser beams causing them to re-enter the laser cavity. A converting unit converts the electric variation of laser cavity caused by a self-mixing effect and Doppler periods into first and second electric signals to determine the displacement of the cursor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Kuo-Tong Ma, Pin-Chien Liao
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Publication number: 20060085495Abstract: A wireless input device for controlling and inputting data to an electronic apparatus is provided. The wireless input device includes a housing, a first input unit, and a second input unit. The first and second input units are respectively on opposite sides of the housing, thereby connecting to the housing. The first input unit has a plurality of keys. The second input unit has a first key set and a second key set, each being disposed on a separate key face. The key sets are selectively situated to correspond to a position of the second input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Chien-Shih Hsu
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Publication number: 20040174339Abstract: A keyboard structure. The keyboard structure includes a base plate, a light guide member, a membrane circuit board, a key assembly and a light-emitting element. The light guide member is disposed on the base plate. The membrane circuit board is disposed on the light guide member. The key assembly is disposed on the membrane circuit board, with a key cap and a resilient element between the key cap and the membrane circuit board. The light-emitting element is adjacent to the light guide member and is disposed under the membrane circuit board. Light from the light-emitting element enters the resilient element and key cap via the light guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Chien-Shih Hsu
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Patent number: 6582549Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pointing stick is provided. A post or a substrate of the present invention is provided with a hollow portion, and a predetermined gap is defined between the post and the substrate. After an adhesive is supplied to the gap through the hollow portion, it is heated to join the post and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Jia Hung Liu, Pin-Chien Liao
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Patent number: 6570556Abstract: A pointing stick used to control the cursor's movement on a display device is provided. The pointing stick includes a substrate and a stick. The stick has one end connected to the substrate and a portion of the stick is in form of cylinder. A plurality of sensors are disposed over the circular surface of the cylinder of the stick.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1999Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Benq CorporationInventors: Pin-Chien Liao, Ta Yuan Lee
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Publication number: 20020134657Abstract: A key device for a computer keyboard has a rigid printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a key structure. The rigid printed circuit board has two adjacent but unconnected conductive ends electrically connected to two wires respectively. The flexible printed circuit board, fixed over the rigid printed circuit board, has a conductive segment installed above the two conductive ends, and an isolation layer installed around the conductive segment to form a gap between the conductive segment and the two conductive ends. The key structure is moveably fixed on the flexible printed circuit board in an up and down manner. When the key structure is pushed downward, the bottom of the key structure will touch the conductive segment of the flexible printed circuit board, and the conductive segment will touch the two conductive ends of the rigid printed circuit board to electrically connect the two conductive ends and the two wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Chien-Shih Hsu, Pin-Chien Liao
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Patent number: 6441330Abstract: A thin film circuit includes a thin film switching circuit with an upper circuit layer including at least one upper joint, and a lower circuit layer including at least one lower joint corresponding to the upper joint. The lower circuit layer is set under the upper layer, and an air-filled space is disposed between the upper joint and the lower joint. The thin film switching circuit further includes at least one first air conduit set between the upper circuit layer and the lower circuit layer and connected to the air-filled space, and at least one bus structure connected to the thin film switching circuit and extending out of the thin film switching circuit to transmit electrical signals of the thin film switching circuit. The bus structure includes at least one second air conduit.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2001Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventor: Pin-Chien Liao
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Patent number: 6396016Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide a compact and complex electronic component incorporating a rotary encoder capable of exact adjustment and a push switch with a long life-cycle. In order to achieve the objective, the push switch is fixed on a rear wall or a lower surface of the electronic component such that an essential of the push switch, i.e., a dome-shaped member, can be made larger and has longer fatigue life. Moreover, the rotary encoder includes a rotatable member and a resilient member. The rotatable member has a gear-shaped flange and is rotatable circumferentially relative to a central shaft of the rotary encoder. When the rotary encoder rotates, the resilient member, relative to the central shaft, is stationary. The resilient member has a V-shaped portion retained by a surface of the gear-shaped flange of the rotatable member such that the rotary encoder can be exact adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chen-Yu Lin, Pin-Chien Liao
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Patent number: 6388219Abstract: A key device for a computer keyboard has a rigid printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a key structure. The rigid printed circuit board has two adjacent but unconnected conductive ends electrically connected to two wires respectively. The flexible printed circuit board, fixed over the rigid printed circuit board, has a conductive segment installed above the two conductive ends, and an isolation layer installed around the conductive segment to form a gap between the conductive segment and the two conductive ends. The key structure is moveably fixed on the flexible printed circuit board in an up and down manner. When the key structure is pushed downward, the bottom of the key structure will touch the conductive segment of the flexible printed circuit board, and the conductive segment will touch the two conductive ends of the rigid printed circuit board to electrically connect the two conductive ends and the two wires.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2001Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chien-Shih Hsu, Pin-Chien Liao
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Patent number: 6379061Abstract: A removable silicon cap mounted on the top of a cursor control device is provided. The silicon cap has an outer surface, which is covered with an adhesive layer, and an inner surface. A plurality of fibers are attached to the adhesive layer. The silicon cap characterizes in that each fiber has a column portion and a base portion. The base portion is embedded in the adhesive layer to enhance the detachment-resistant capability of the fiber during use of the cursor control device.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1999Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Acer Communication & Multimedia, Inc.Inventor: Pin-Chien Liao
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Publication number: 20010037936Abstract: A key device for a computer keyboard has a rigid printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a key structure. The rigid printed circuit board has two adjacent but unconnected conductive ends electrically connected to two wires respectively. The flexible printed circuit board, fixed over the rigid printed circuit board, has a conductive segment installed above the two conductive ends, and an isolation layer installed around the conductive segment to form a gap between the conductive segment and the two conductive ends. The key structure is moveably fixed on the flexible printed circuit board in an up and down manner. When the key structure is pushed downward, the bottom of the key structure will touch the conductive segment of the flexible printed circuit board, and the conductive segment will touch the two conductive ends of the rigid printed circuit board to electrically connect the two conductive ends and the two wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Chien-Shih Hsu, Pin-Chien Liao
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Publication number: 20010035338Abstract: A thin film circuit includes a thin film switching circuit with an upper circuit layer including at least one upper joint, and a lower circuit layer including at least one lower joint corresponding to the upper joint. The lower circuit layer is set under the upper layer, and an air-filled space is disposed between the upper joint and the lower joint. The thin film switching circuit further includes at least one first air conduit set between the upper circuit layer and the lower circuit layer and connected to the air-filled space, and at least one bus structure connected to the thin film switching circuit and extending out of the thin film switching circuit to transmit electrical signals of the thin film switching circuit. The bus structure includes at least one second air conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventor: Pin-Chien Liao