Patents by Inventor Wen Fu

Wen Fu 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).

  • METHOD AND DEVICE OF HEAT SINK ATTACHMENT TO A CIRCUIT TAPE
    Publication number: 20210227679
    Abstract: In a method of heat sink attachment, a heat-sink tape includes a plurality of heat sinks and a flexible carrier, and a holder is provided to allow the heat sinks on the moving heat-sink tape to peel from the flexible carrier and attach to a heat-sink mounting area of a moving circuit tape automatically and successively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Chia-Sung Lin, Huan-Kai Chou, Chia-Hsin Yen, Wen-Fu Chou
  • Supporting multiple refresh rates in different regions of panel display
    Patent number: 11054886
    Abstract: A system of reducing power consumed by a large screen display panel may comprise a display divided into a plurality of segments. A gaze tracker identifies a gaze region where a viewer(s) is looking to increase a refresh rate for segments identified in the gaze region with relation to segments outside of the gaze region. The shading rate of segments outside of the gaze region may also be lowered to save even more power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee
  • FLIP CHIP INTERCONNECTION AND CIRCUIT BOARD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210202422
    Abstract: A flip chip interconnection includes a circuit board, a chip and a solder layer. The chip is mounted on an inner bonding area of the circuit board, the solder layer is located between the circuit board and the chip for bonding bumps to inner leads and a T-shaped circuit unit on the inner bonding area. The T-shaped circuit unit has a main part, a connection part and a branch part, the connection part is connected to the main and branch parts, respectively. The main part extends along a lateral direction and the branch part extends outwardly along a longitudinal direction. The connection part is narrower than the main part in width so as to prevent solder short caused by solder overflow on the branch part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Ma, Hsin-Hao Huang, Wen-Fu Chou, Gwo-Shyan Sheu
  • FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING A STIFFENING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210204401
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board includes a flexible substrate and a stiffening structure, a stiffening area is defined on a bottom surface of the flexible substrate, and the stiffening structure includes a first stiffener and a second stiffener. The first stiffener is disposed on the stiffening area of the bottom surface and the second stiffener is disposed on the first stiffener such that the first stiffener is located between the flexible substrate and the second stiffener. The flexible substrate is protected from punch damage caused by stress concentrations because a cutting line of the flexible substrate only passes through the first stiffener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Ma, Hsin-Hao Huang, Wen-Fu Chou, Gwo-Shyan Sheu
  • MV/mode prediction, ROI-based transmit, metadata capture, and format detection for 360 video
    Patent number: 11051038
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic processing system may include a 2D frame which corresponds to a projection of a 360 video space, and a component predictor to predict an encode component for a first block of a 2D frame based on encode information from a neighboring block which is neighboring to the first block of the 2D frame only in the 360 video space, a prioritizer to prioritize transmission for a second block of the 2D frame based on an identified region of interest, and/or a format detector to detect a 360 video format of the 2D frame based on image content. A 360 video capture device may include a contextual tagger to tag 360 video content with contextual information which is contemporaneous with the captured 360 video content. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jill M. Boyce, Sumit Mohan, James M. Holland, Sang-Hee Lee, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Joydeep Ray, Ya-Ti Peng, Keith W. Rowe, Fangwen Fu, Satya N. Yedidi
  • Tire
    Patent number: 11034192
    Abstract: A tire is disclosed, including a plurality of blocks, each has an outer surface bulging outward and two lateral walls. An extension line is defined on the surface of each flat segment of each block. Each extension line has a first point on the flat segment. A first horizontal reference line is defined by connecting two first points. A second horizontal reference line is defined on the outer surface with two ends thereof contacting the outer surface. The second horizontal reference line is 0.85 times as long as the first horizontal reference line. A vertical distance between the outer surface and the second horizontal reference line is 0.2-0.8 mm. Whereby, the tire could provide good drainage performance and adequate grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KENDA RUBBER IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying-Ming Yang, Wen-Fu Chiu
  • LABEL-FREE MONITORING OF EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING AND EXCITABLE CELLS USING IMPEDANCE BASED SYSTEMS WITH MILLISECOND TIME RESOLUTION
    Publication number: 20210164961
    Abstract: A system for monitoring cell-substrate impedance of excitable cells at millisecond time resolution and methods of assessing cell beating by monitoring cell-substrate impedance of beating cells at millisecond time resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaobo Wang, Yama A. Abassi, Biao Xi, Wen Fu Zhang, Xiao Xu
  • Circuit board
    Patent number: 10999928
    Abstract: A circuit board electrically connected to a chip includes a substrate and a circuit layer. A first conductive line of the circuit layer includes a main line and a branch lead connected with each other. The branch lead provided to increase lead quantity for bonding with the chip includes an extension part and a bonding part which is used for bonding a bump of the chip. During thermal compression, gaps existing between the extension part and the main line and between the bonding part and the main line can prevent solder on the main line from flowing toward the bump and overflowing from the branch lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CHIPBOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Ma, Hsin-Hao Huang, Wen-Fu Chou, Gwo-Shyan Sheu
  • Chip package and circuit board thereof
    Patent number: 10993319
    Abstract: A chip package includes a circuit board, a chip and an underfill. A solder resist layer formed on the circuit board is modified in edge profile so as to reduce required amount of the underfill. The fewer underfill is still enough to be filled between the circuit board and the chip, and still can cover circuit lines that are not covered by the solder resist layer to protect the circuit lines from oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CHIPBOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Chen Ma, Hsin-Hao Huang, Wen-Fu Chou, Gwo-Shyan Sheu
  • Intelligent video frame grouping based on predicted performance
    Patent number: 10979728
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may include technology to bundle on demand video frames together in clusters having similar encode times based on predicted performance determined by weighted heuristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • Curved shaped mask, curved device having color resists pattern and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10955748
    Abstract: The disclosure illustrates a curve-shaped mask, a curved device having color resist pattern and method for manufacturing the same. The curved device includes a curved substrate and at least two color resist layers. The at least two color resist layers are formed on the curved substrate, and construct a visible pattern together. The curved device is manufactured by a curve-shaped mask, which is a metal-containing material layer formed on the curved substrate and is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-An Hsu, Wen-Fu Lin
  • Object pre-encoding for 360-degree view for optimal quality and latency
    Patent number: 10939038
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology to improve an appearance of objects that enter a viewable area of a 360-degree video. The technology may include a head mounted display (HMD), a viewport comprising a viewable area within the HMD, and a memory to store objects of interest not currently in the viewable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Tanner, Wen-Fu Kao, Ping Liu, Yi-Jen Chiu, Ya-Ti Peng
  • FINGERPRINT SENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210049341
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensing device including a light guide cover plate, a light source, an image sensor, and a light output element is provided. The light guide cover plate includes a flat plate portion and a light entering portion. The flat plate portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The light entering portion is located at the second surface, and has an inclined light incident surface inclined with respect to the first surface and the second surface. The light source is configured to emit a light beam. The light beam is transmitted to the light entering portion and the flat plate portion in sequence via the inclined light incident surface. The light output element is disposed on the second surface, and guides the light beam in the flat plate portion to the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., LTD
    Inventors: Jun-Wen Chung, Hsu-Wen Fu
  • GLARE AND OCCLUDED VIEW COMPENSATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210012722
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston
  • Electronic device and fingerprint sensing method
    Patent number: 10885296
    Abstract: An electronic device and a fingerprint sensing method are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a fingerprint sensor, and an integrated driver chip. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array. The integrated driver chip integrates a display driver circuit and a fingerprint sensing circuit. When the pixel units of the display panel are in an undriven state and a finger object is in contact with a sensing area of the display panel to perform a fingerprint unlock operation, the display driver circuit drives at least a portion of the pixel units corresponding to the sensing area, so that at least a portion of the pixel units provide illumination light to the sensing area. The fingerprint sensing circuit drives the fingerprint sensor to capture a fingerprint feature image of the finger object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., LTD
    Inventors: Hsu-Wen Fu, Ping-Hung Yin, Jia-Shyang Wang, Chun-Yu Lee
  • Integrated circuit having optical structure
    Patent number: 10811548
    Abstract: An integrated circuit having an optical structure is provided. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of light guiding pattern layers. The light guiding pattern layers are located above the semiconductor substrate, and each of the light guiding pattern layers has a plurality of openings and a plurality of side wall portions corresponding to the openings. Each of the side wall portions surrounds the corresponding opening. A projection of one of the openings of one of the light guiding pattern layers on the semiconductor substrate at least partially overlaps a projection of one of the openings of the adjacent light guiding pattern layer on the semiconductor substrate, so as to form at least one light via hole and allow external light to be transferred to the semiconductor substrate through the light guiding pattern layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., LTD
    Inventors: Jia-Shyang Wang, Ping-Hung Yin, Hsu-Wen Fu, Chun-Yu Lee
  • Brain penetrant amylin receptor based peptides for Alzheimer's disease
    Patent number: 10766940
    Abstract: Amylin receptor antagonists capable of binding to the amylin receptor and inhibiting activity of amylin or amyloid-beta protein are provided. The amylin receptor antagonists can be administered in the form of pharmaceutical compositions or the like. Methods for preparing and using the amylin receptor antagonists for treating, preventing, or ameliorating Alzheimer's disease are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventors: Jack Jhamandas, Rania Soudy, Kamaljit Kaur, Wen Fu, David MacTavish, Aarti Patel
  • High-dynamic-range video tone mapping
    Patent number: 10755392
    Abstract: A video controller and method for performing tone-mapping of high-dynamic-range (HDR) video are provided. The video controller includes: a color-space converter, arranged to receive an input high-dynamic-range (HDR) video signal and perform a color space conversion on the input HDR video signal to obtain a first video signal having a first gamma curve; a de-gamma unit, arranged to apply a second gamma curve on the first video signal to compensate the first gamma curve to obtain a second video signal; a first histogram calculator, arranged to calculate a first histogram of a current frame of the second video signal; and a tone-mapping unit, arranged to apply a tone-mapping curve on the current frame of the second video signal according to a histogram of a previous frame of the second video signal to generate an output video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Ru Chen, Wen-Fu Lee, Te-Hao Chang, Tai-Hsiang Huang
  • Mobile device, and image processing method for mobile device
    Patent number: 10733706
    Abstract: An image processing method, suitable for a mobile device including a camera unit and a display unit, includes separating a foreground portion and a background portion of a first image sensed by the camera unit, calculating a dimension of the foreground portion, generating an adjustment level in positively correlated with the dimension, applying an image effect at the adjustment level to the foreground or the background portion of the first image to generate a second image, and displaying the second image on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Pei-Chun Tsai, Kuan-Wei Li, Ching-Wen Fu
  • Glare and occluded view compensation for automotive and other applications
    Patent number: 10726792
    Abstract: Often when there is a glare on a display screen the user may be able to mitigate the glare by tilting or otherwise moving the screen or changing their viewing position. However, when driving a car there are limited options for overcoming glares on the dashboard, especially when you are driving for a long distance in the same direction. Embodiments are directed to eliminating such glare. Other embodiments are related to mixed reality (MR) and filling in occluded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur J. Runyan, Richmond Hicks, Nausheen Ansari, Narayan Biswal, Ya-Ti Peng, Abhishek R. Appu, Wen-Fu Kao, Sang-Hee Lee, Joydeep Ray, Changliang Wang, Satyanarayana Avadhanam, Scott Janus, Gary Smith, Nilesh V. Shah, Keith W. Rowe, Robert J. Johnston