Patents by Inventor Ying-Chieh Chen

Ying-Chieh Chen 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: 20200244087
    Abstract: A charging station, a charging system and a charging method for a drone are provided. The charging station adapted to park a drone for charging includes a parking ramp, a pair of charging plates, a pair of protecting covers, and at least one actuating device. The parking ramp has a parking surface and a bottom surface. The drone is parked on the parking surface having at least two openings. The charging plates are fixed to the bottom surface. The protecting covers are disposed between the bottom surface of the parking ramp and the charging plates. The protecting covers cover the charging plates at the openings. The actuating device is fixed to the bottom surface and connected to the protecting covers. When the drone stands still on the parking surface, the actuating device drives the protective covers to move relative to the charging plates to expose the charging plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: I-Ta Yang, Hsu-Chih Cheng, Ying-Chieh Chen, Chi-Tong Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20200239160
    Abstract: A monitoring system, a base station, and a control method thereof are provided. The monitoring system includes a drone and a base station. The drone includes a main body and at least two leg holders extending from the main body. The base station includes a platform and a positioning mechanism. The platform has a horizontal plate, and the drone is placed on the platform. The positioning mechanism includes at least two movement members. The movement members are movably disposed on the platform and movable between a first position and a second position. When the movement members are located at the second position, the movement members hold and fix the leg holders of the drone, each of the leg holders forms an inclined angle with respect to the horizontal plate, and the inclined angle is less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Chih Cheng, Ying-Chieh Chen, Chi-Tong Hsieh, I-Ta Yang
  • Publication number: 20200239135
    Abstract: A monitoring system and a control method thereof are provided. The monitoring system includes a drone and a base station. The drone includes an IR detector. The base station includes a platform, a moving vehicle, an IR positioner, and a positioning apparatus. The drone is placed on the platform disposed on the moving vehicle. The IR positioner emits an infrared ray. The positioning apparatus includes a movement member and a positioning controller. The movement member is movably disposed on the platform. The positioning controller is coupled to the movement member. The drone moves to the platform according to the infrared ray. When the drone is located on the platform, the positioning controller controls the movement member to push the drone and move the drone to a specific position. Accordingly, the drone can take off or be landed immediately when the base station is moving or remains still.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Chih Cheng, Ying-Chieh Chen, Chi-Tong Hsieh, I-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 10696383
    Abstract: A flight device includes a device body with a surface, a plurality of arm structures disposed in the device body and a plurality of rotor modules disposed to the arm structures respectively. Each arm structure includes a fixing base, a second screw element, a connecting unit, a rod body and a position-limiting element. The fixing base is disposed in the device body and includes a first screw element having a first screw part. The second screw element has a second screw part matched with the first screw part. The connecting unit drills through the second screw element. The connecting unit is locked to the fixing base by screwing the first and second screw parts with each other. The rod body drills through the connecting unit. The position-limiting element is disposed between the second screw element and the connecting unit. The position-limiting element abuts against the second screw element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Tong Hsieh, Kuan-Chou Ko, Ying-Chieh Chen, Hsu-Chih Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200171877
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a colorful board structure comprising a transparent substrate, an adhesive layer, a three-dimensional painted layer and a protective layer. The three-dimensional painted layer includes at least one colored layer and at least one transparent stacking layer including at least one raised part. The aforementioned colorful board structure is made of a multi-layer structure, and has the advantages of enhancing the stereoscopic effect of the pattern and the color expression. In addition, a manufacturing method of the colorful board structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: YING-CHIEH CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200151295
    Abstract: Disclosed is an IC voltage determining method including: executing a static timing analysis according to a circuit design to obtain data of a critical path and then generating a netlist; executing a circuit parameter simulation and Monte Carlo simulation with the netlist according to a regular voltage and prescribed parameters to obtain a circuit parameter reference value and a variance of circuit parameter values; executing an adaptive voltage scaling analysis according to a voltage range to obtain a voltage-versus-parameter relation indicative of the number of times that each of circuit parameter deviations that are respectively associated with predetermined voltages within the predetermined voltage range is of the variance; and testing an IC according to the regular voltage to obtain a circuit parameter test value and determining the IC voltage according to the voltage-versus-parameter relation and a difference between the circuit parameter test value and the circuit parameter reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: YING-CHIEH CHEN, MEI-LI YU, YU-LAN LO, HSIN-CHANG LIN, SHU-YI KAO
  • Patent number: 10604248
    Abstract: A rotating apparatus includes a rotating assembly and a position-limiting assembly. The rotating assembly includes a driving unit and at least one rotating component. The driving unit is adapted to drive the rotating component to rotate with a first axis. The position-limiting assembly includes a position-limiting component, at least one first column, and a buckling component. The position-limiting assembly is disposed on the rotating assembly and is adapted to limit a position of the rotating component. The first column is connected to the position-limiting component. The position-limiting component is located between the rotating component and the buckling component and is able to move along the first axis. The buckling component is movably disposed on the position-limiting component and has at least one buckling portion. The buckling portion is adapted to be buckled to the first column or move away from the first column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Tong Hsieh, Ying-Chieh Chen, Hsu-Chih Cheng
  • Patent number: 10593829
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device is disclosed. The method includes providing a light-emitting diode wafer, including a substrate and a semiconductor stack on the substrate, wherein the semiconductor stack has a lower surface facing the substrate and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface; providing a first laser on the light-emitting diode wafer and irradiating the light-emitting diode wafer from the upper surface to form a plurality of scribing lines on the upper surface; providing an etching process; providing and focusing a second laser on an interior of the substrate to form one or a plurality of textured areas in the substrate; and providing force on the light-emitting diode wafer to separate the light-emitting diode wafer into a plurality of light-emitting diode chips along the plurality of scribing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Po-Shun Chiu, De-Shan Kuo, Jhih-Jheng Yang, Jiun-Ru Huang, Jian-Huei Li, Ying-Chieh Chen, Zi-Jin Lin
  • Patent number: 10553834
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vapor deposition mask includes providing a substrate including a plastic film. An electrostatic protection film is placed on a surface of the plastic film. The substrate combined with the electrostatic protection film is fixed on a frame and tension applied. The plastic film is etched to form at least one opening in the plastic film and the electrostatic protection film is removed, leaving a vapor deposition mask. The manufacturing method prevents movement during manufacture and moisture and scratches during vapor deposition, and particles (debris) or otherwise during etching are non-existent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying-Chieh Chen, Yasuhiro Mizuno
  • Patent number: 10526094
    Abstract: A platform, adapted to accommodate a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), includes a base and a cover. The base includes a first connection port and a power source, and the power source is coupled to the first connection port including a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode. The cover includes at least one fan and a second connection port corresponding to the first connection port of the base, the at least one fan is coupled to the second connection port, and the second connection port includes a first contact electrode and a second contact electrode. The cover is connected to the base and moves between an open position and a closed position relative to the base. The first connection port is connected to the second connection port when the cover is at the closed position, and the power source provides power to the at least one fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Chih Cheng, Ying-Chieh Chen, Chi-Tong Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20200001735
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a monitoring system, a base station, and a control method of drones. The drone includes a battery that supplies electric power for the drone and that connects with a charging connector. The base station includes a charging device, and the charging device includes a power supply connector, a power supply, and a power controller. The power supply connector is used for connecting to the charging connector. The power supply provides electric power. The power controller is coupled to the power supply and the power supply connector. The power controller is used to determine the battery specification of the battery and charge the battery from the power supply according to the battery specification. Thereby, the charging efficiency can be improved and the charging abnormality can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Chih Cheng, Ying-Chieh Chen, Chi-Tong Hsieh, I-Ta Yang
  • Publication number: 20200001995
    Abstract: A rotorcraft includes a body and a plurality of rotary-wing parts. The body has a front-end portion, a rear-end portion, two side portions, and a reference plane passing through the front-end portion, the rear-end portion, and the two side portions. The plurality of rotary-wing parts are disposed to the body. Each of the rotary-wing parts includes at least one blade and a shaft coupled to the at least one blade. The at least one blade is rotated around an axis of the shaft. An angle between the axis of the shaft and a normal line of the reference plane is between 5 and 30 degrees. The rotorcraft can provide additional lift force, to help reduce the weight of the rotorcraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: I-TA YANG, YING-CHIEH CHEN, CHI-TONG HSIEH, HSU-CHIH CHENG
  • Patent number: 10521529
    Abstract: A simulation method for a mixed-signal circuit system includes: detecting a plurality of registers and a clock signal included in the mixed-signal circuit system; performing a timing analysis converting operation upon a circuit block coupled between any two register of the plurality of registers to obtain a converted circuit system; and performing a Static Timing Analysis operation upon the converted circuit system; wherein when the circuit block is convertible into a combinational circuit block, the timing analysis converting operation includes: converting the circuit block to the combinational circuit block, wherein the combinational circuit block is logic gate-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Ying-Chieh Chen, Mei-Li Yu, Ting-Hsiung Wang, Yu-Lan Lo, Shu-Yi Kao
  • Publication number: 20190384868
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for adaptive voltage scaling to eliminate delay variation of a whole design are provided. The method may include: reading a circuit simulation netlist file, a circuit design database, and a path list; building a delay variation database of each minimum unit within multiple minimum units of the whole design under various voltage levels according to the circuit design database; utilizing an initial voltage level to be a voltage level of a driving voltage of the whole design to apply the initial voltage level to the whole design, and performing static timing analysis (STA) on the whole design, to determine whether any timing violation path exists in the path list; and selectively adjusting the voltage level of the driving voltage and re-performing the STA until no timing violation path exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mei-Li Yu, Ying-Chieh Chen, Yu-Lan Lo, Hsin-Chang Lin, Shu-Yi Kao
  • Publication number: 20190355938
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vapor deposition mask includes providing a substrate including a plastic film. An electrostatic protection film is placed on a surface of the plastic film. The substrate combined with the electrostatic protection film is fixed on a frame and tension applied. The plastic film is etched to form at least one opening in the plastic film and the electrostatic protection film is removed, leaving a vapor deposition mask. The manufacturing method prevents movement during manufacture and moisture and scratches during vapor deposition, and particles (debris) or otherwise during etching are non-existent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: YING-CHIEH CHEN, YASUHIRO MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20190318951
    Abstract: A device for transferring micro-devices from a holding device to a final surface, avoiding damage during the process and ensuring coplanar presentation onto the final surface, includes a first substrate on the holding device. The holding device carries at least one transfer substrate which itself carries a plurality of micro-devices. At least one buffering member is located between the first substrate and the transfer substrate. The buffering member provides a small range of buffering for the micro-devices during the transfer and also compensates for any slight unevenness when the micro-devices are laid on and bonded to the final surface. A method for transferring the micro-devices is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: WEI-CHIH CHANG, CHIN-YUAN LIN, YING-CHIEH CHEN, I-MIN LU, I-WEI WU
  • Publication number: 20190315463
    Abstract: A temperature control equipment, adapted to control the temperature of a docking station for a UAV, wherein a cover of the docking station includes a first and a second vents. The temperature control equipment includes a first and a second temperature control devices. The first temperature control device includes a first and a second airflow openings, and the second temperature control device includes a third and a fourth airflow openings. The first, second, third, and fourth airflow openings, and the first and second vents form a first airflow path; or the first and second airflow openings, the first vent, and a third vent of the cover form a second airflow path; or the first, second, third, and fourth airflow openings, the first, second, and third vents, a fourth vent of the cover form a third airflow path. A heater is located on the first, second or third airflow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: YING-CHIEH CHEN, I-TA YANG, HSU-CHIH CHENG, CHI-TONG HSIEH
  • Patent number: 10424622
    Abstract: A display device comprised of OLEDs and micro LEDs which allows for blue light degradation of the OLEDs includes a first substrate and a second substrate in a double-decked configuration. First light emitting elements are located and spaced on the first substrate and second light emitting elements are located and spaced on the second substrate, the light emitting elements on the lower deck being staggered so as not to be hidden by the light emitting elements on the upper deck. The upper deck has openings (or is transparent) therein to allow egress of light from the light emitting elements of the lower deck. The display device provides a solution for uneven display cause by degradation of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Ting Lin, Wei-Chih Chang, Ying-Chieh Chen, Chung-Wen Lai, Chun-Chieh Huang, Wei-Li Wang, Po-Yi Lu, Jen-Jie Chen, I-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 10398357
    Abstract: The present invention provides smart bed systems and the operating methods of the smart bed systems. The smart bed systems detect physiological data and sleeping quality with optical fibers which with strong resistance to electromagnetic interference. The smart bed systems do not require the users to wear any wearable devices. The smart bed systems also provide several functions, such as automatic night light, vibration-based alarm, anti-snoring assistance, and scenario-based appliance controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: BEDDING WORLD CO., LTD., HUIJIA HEALTH LIFE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying-Chieh Chen, Shu-Chen Yang, Chih-Huan Liu, Ta-Hsiang Chen, Hsing-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: D876198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LUCKY-BRAND INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying-Chieh Chen