Patents Represented by Attorney Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC
  • Patent number: 8351419
    Abstract: A method for billing a subscriber to a cellular telephone service for a VoIP call made by the subscriber, the method including determining when a subscriber to a cellular telephone service places a telephone call to a remote device using a local device associated with the subscription, where the telephone call has at least one VoIP call leg, capturing session information related to the telephone call, including information identifying the subscriber, and providing the information to a provider of the cellular telephone service, thereby enabling the cellular telephone service provider to bill the subscriber for the VoIP call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Qualcomm Iskoot, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Guedalia, David Guedalia
  • Patent number: 8348862
    Abstract: A muscular energy state analysis system and method for a swing motion and a computer program product thereof are provided. The system includes: a swing implement, for a user to perform the swing motion, and including an acceleration sensor for sensing acceleration of the swing implement when the swing implement is swung, so as to generate a swing speed data; a plurality of signal detection modules, for detecting electromyographic (EMG) signals generated by a muscles of the user; a database, for storing a muscular energy sample value,; a muscular energy analysis module, for analyzing the EMG signals and the swing speed data so as to obtain a plurality of muscular performance values; and a comparison module, for comparing the swing speed data and the muscular performance values with the at least one muscular energy sample value in the database, so as to generate a comparison result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventor: Tun-Hsiao Chu
  • Patent number: 8351120
    Abstract: A method for designing an optical device which includes a lens and a microlens array is disclosed. A point spread function (PSF) of the lens including rotationally symmetrical aberration coefficients is formulated, wherein the PSF presents various spherical spot sizes. A virtual phase mask having phase coefficients is provided and the phase coefficients are added to the PSF of the lens, such that the various spherical spot sizes are homogenized. The virtual phase mask is transformed into a polynomial function comprising high and low order aberration coefficients. A surface contour of the lens is determined according to the rotationally symmetrical aberration coefficients and the low order aberration coefficients, and a sag height of each microlens in the microlens array is determined according to the high order aberration coefficients. An optical device using the design method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: VisEra Technologies Company Limited, OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jau-Jan Deng, Yu-Shu Kao, Yun-Chiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 8348480
    Abstract: An adjustable structure for lamp stand, in which a swivel mount is fitted to the upper portion of a base, thereby enabling ends of a first bar support and a telescopic link to be pin connected to the swivel mount, while the other ends are pin connected to a second bar support. A lamp swivel component is disposed on the end of the second bar support. Accordingly, relative positions between the first bar support, the second bar support and the telescopic link can be freely adjusted, while still providing stable support to the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Tsung-Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 8350866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a programming method for a display driver, and the display driver and a display using the same. The programming method includes: providing programming data; providing a display buffer, which is used for pre-storing display data in a display period, in the display driver; providing a non-volatile memory, which is coupled to the display buffer through a data bus; and proceeding a programming procedure, which includes the steps of: inputting the programming data to the display buffer; and programming the programming data from the display buffer to the non-volatile memory through the data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Orise Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Ting Lin, Chin-Kuan Liao
  • Patent number: 8350949
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a man-machine operation picture, a mobile video device thereof, and a video system using the same are provided, which are applicable to a first mobile video device and a second mobile video device wirelessly connected to each other, and the first mobile video device includes a first screen. A display picture data is obtained from a video buffer of the first screen. The first screen displays a first picture according to the display picture data. The first mobile video device converts the display picture data into a video data compliant to a video format, and transfers the video data to the second mobile video device according to a video communication protocol. The second mobile video device displays a second picture according to the received video data, and a displaying content of the second picture substantially includes a displaying content of the first picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Ping Cheng, Huafeng Mai, Tony Tsai
  • Patent number: 8352649
    Abstract: Disclosed is a storage virtualization subsystem (SVS) architecture comprising a plurality of SVSs, each SVS comprising at least one storage virtualization controller (SVC), and, in some cases, a physical storage disk (PSD) array attached to the SVC. A first and a second data access path is configured passing through the SVSs to form the SVS architecture such that when one path is failed, the other can be taken as a substitution. The SVSs in the first path are connected in a first sequence and the SVSs in the second path are connected in a second sequence different from the first one. In another embodiment, each SVS comprises a plurality of redundantly-configured SVCs rather than one SVC. The first path is formed passing through a first set of SVCs and the second path is formed passing through a different second set of SVCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Infortrend Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling-Yi Liu, Cheng-Yu Lee, Ching-Hua Fang
  • Patent number: 8348785
    Abstract: Disclosed is a golf club head having a striking plate made of a high-strength aluminum alloy including at most 0.06 wt % of Si, at most 0.1 wt % of Fe, 2 to 2.5 wt % of Cu, 1.5 to 2.5 wt % of Mg, 5 to 9.5 wt % of Zn, at most 0.05 wt % of Mn, 0.1 to 0.2 wt % of Zr, at most 0.05 wt % of Cr, at most 0.05 wt % of Ti, 0.01 to 0.1 wt % of Sc, and balance Al, wherein the weight ratio of Zn over Mg is from about 3.2 to about 4.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fusheng Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Tung Chen, Chun-Yung Huang, Ching-Fen Lee, Chun-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 8348686
    Abstract: A plug security structure includes a plug, a cable, a jacket, a movable cap and a key. By means of a middle block, the movable cap is slidably insertable into sliding grooves in between two upright sidewalls of a front bracket of the jacket to stop the front stop block and to have outer ribs of the elastic retaining members of the movable cap be stopped at rear end edges of the sliding grooves in the upright sidewalls of the front bracket, preventing the latch from downward displacement to unlock the plug from the mating jack and assuring a high level of network data transmission safeness. The cap has a raised portion for friction engagement with the bottom surface of the stop wall of the front bracket of the jacket, preventing vibration or displacement of the movable cap and assuring positive operation of the latch of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Li-Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 8348365
    Abstract: An inkjet printing system includes: a liquid supply tank; a print device with at least one print cartridge, wherein there is an altitude difference between the print cartridge and the liquid supply tank; an internal pressure-adjusting device connecting to the liquid supply tank and the print cartridge; and working software for calculating a preliminary altitude, and a predetermined liquid supplementing altitude of the print cartridge. When a liquid level of a liquid inside the print cartridge is lower than the preliminary altitude and below an lower limit of the predetermined liquid supplementing altitude, the working software controls the internal pressure-adjusting device to suck partial gas from the print cartridge into the liquid supply tank to increase a negative pressure inside the print cartridge, and the liquid stored in the liquid supply tank is introduced into the print cartridge to balance the negative pressure inside the print cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke Ming Huang, Hung Chuan Lo, Chin Tsung Chen, Kwo Yuan Shi
  • Patent number: 8347725
    Abstract: An oil pressure includes a housing, a pressure sensing unit mounted in the housing and a first signal generator. Because the pressure sensing unit is provided with a pusher and an elastic piece that is able to uniformly receive a force exerted from the pusher such that the pusher can uniformly drive a swing member of the first signal generator, the oil pressure sensor can output an accurate oil pressure signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Cub Elecparts Inc.
    Inventors: San-Chuan Yu, Yu-Shun Lin, Chih-Wei Yen
  • Patent number: 8350710
    Abstract: An enclosed space monitoring system includes a controller and a plurality of sensors. The sensors may include a humidity sensor, a water presence sensor, a water pump operation sensor, a temperature sensor, a radon gas detector, a propane or natural gas detector, a smoke sensor, a carbon monoxide detector and a motion sensor. Environmental parameter data obtained by the sensors is stored within a memory connected to the controller. The controller sends the data to a remote facility periodically and/or when the data indicates a potential condition within the space needing attention or remediation. The sent data is stored at the remote facility and may be accessed by a technician or an owner of the space. Also, the data may be comparatively studied relative to earlier data from the same space and to data collected in similar spaces to discern a potential condition needing attention or remediation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventors: James A. C. Logan, Alvin C. West
  • Patent number: 8350575
    Abstract: An electrical connection defect detection system to detect whether an electrical connection between an under-test pin of an under-test device and a signal line of a circuit board is normal is provided. The electrical connection defect detection system comprises a signal provider providing a test signal to the under-test pin through the signal line, a detection module, an electrode board and a plurality of grounding paths. The electrode board comprises a detection surface to be adapted to a surface of the under-test device opposite to the under-test pin to make the detection module detect a capacitance value associated with the electrode board, the under-test pin and the signal line larger than a threshold value when their connection is normal. The grounding paths are connected to one of not-under-test pin groups respectively to further connect to the ground potential. An electrical connection defect detection method is disclosed herein as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Test Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Wei Tsai, Shang-Tsang Yeh
  • Patent number: 8351195
    Abstract: A multifunctional USB flash drive organizer includes a main unit, an interior of which is provided with a containing chamber to put USB flash drives. A side of the containing chamber is pivoted with USB sockets which can turn and a wire containing slot is provided beside the containing chamber. The main unit is provided with a wire collection device and a USB connector, with that a connection cable of the USB connector is electrically interconnected with the wire collection device. In addition, multiple USB flash drives can all operate at a same time. A wallet unit encloses the main unit as a box which is convenient in labeling for drive management and can be carried easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Microlan Integration, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Huang
  • Patent number: 8348869
    Abstract: An upper limbs rehabilitation device includes a main body, a rail, a movable member and a grip, wherein the main body has a first link and a second link pivotably connected to the first link. The rail is connected to the second link. The user holds the grip that is pivotably connected to the movable member and swings the upper limb to move the movable member along the rail so as to exercise the upper limb in multiple degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: SU, Fong-Chin
    Inventors: Fong-Chin Su, Wei-Jr Lin, Chih-Han Chang, Li-Chieh Kuo, Cheng-Chun Chen, Chung-Ying Tsai
  • Patent number: 8348517
    Abstract: A fiber optic component includes a body having at least one receptacle configured to receive a fiber optic connector, a shutter base mounted to the body at a mounting location adjacent to the at least one receptacle, and a first shutter connected to the shutter base by a first hinge. The first shutter, first hinge and shutter base are unitarily formed, and the first shutter is shiftable from a first position biased against the body and covering the at least one receptacle to a second position biased to an angularly spaced position relative to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Ronald Mudd, Joseph Livingston, Brad Billman, Thomas Crain, Aly Fahd, Gary Gibbs, Jeffrey Dale Nielson, Gil Ruiz, Wade James Womack
  • Patent number: 8351212
    Abstract: A mainframe structure includes a housing having a front opening, flanges on one same plane around the front opening and stop members suspending on the inside corresponding to the flanges, a circuit module accommodated in the housing, and a cover detachably mounted in the front opening of the housing and stopped against the flanges and the stop member. The cover has two slots symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides, two lugs respectively disposed adjacent to the slots and two handles respectively mounted in the slots and pivoted to the lugs in reversed directions. By means of biasing the two handles to stop against respective stop members, the user can detach the cover from the housing conveniently with the hands without any hand tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Datavan International Corp.
    Inventors: Kang Ku, Hsien-Tang Liu, Wen-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8351194
    Abstract: A mainframe structure includes a housing having a detachable front cover, and a circuit module accommodated in the housing. The circuit module includes a main circuit board affixed to the back side of the detachable front cover in vertical and carrying first and second electrical connectors, a chip (or chips) and memory devices, a functional circuit board horizontally mounted in the housing at the bottom side and having a first connection port connected to the first electrical connector of the main circuit board, and a display circuit board vertically mounted in the housing at the top side and having a second connection port connected to the second electrical connector of the main circuit board. The detachable design of the circuit module minimizes the sizes of the main circuit board and facilitates maintenance of the main circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Datavan International Corp.
    Inventors: Kang Ku, Hsien-Tang Liu, Wen-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8347882
    Abstract: A diving snorkel-mounted water stopper includes a sleeve unit defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced receiving chambers and a plurality of separated air valve openings corresponding to the tops of the receiving chambers; a ring-shaped housing externally located around the sleeve unit and having a plurality of air intakes formed at positions separately corresponding to the receiving chambers and the air valve openings; a plurality of float units separately disposed in the receiving chambers to normally locate below the air valve openings, and a cap closed onto a top of the ring-shaped housing. The separated air valve openings are independently controllable to open or close by the float units arranged in one-to-one correspondence thereto. When one of the air valve openings is closed, other air valve openings are not affected and air from above water surface can still be supplied via the remaining open air valve openings to a diver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Chien-Rung Chen
  • Patent number: 8350981
    Abstract: A fixture component for a liquid crystal display (LCD) module (LCD) is provided. The fixture component clamps and encloses the LCD module with a front cover and an enclosing member to clamp and wrap the LCD module, so as to form an LCD assembly. A visible portion is formed on a front side surface of the front cover in a protrusive manner, corresponding to a display side of the LCD module. The visible portion enhances the antistatic property of the LCD module. Meanwhile, the visible portion fits an opening of a case, so that the LCD assembly is mounted and fixed in the case more easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsuan Lin, Yung-Feng Lin, Mei-Hui Chen