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  • Image compression method with variable quantization parameters and variable coding parameters
    Patent number: 8238680
    Abstract: An image compression method is used for processing a plurality of pixels of an image. The image compression method includes the steps of receiving N pixels; analyzing the N pixels and generating a content type corresponding to the N pixels; obtaining a quantization parameter and a coding parameter corresponding to the N pixels according to the content type and a currently available buffer space value; obtaining N quantized differences corresponding to the N pixels through a prediction and quantization way according to values of the N pixels and the quantization parameter; and encoding the N quantized differences according to the N quantized differences and the coding parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Altek Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Hung Chan, Hong-Long Chou
  • Organic light-emitting device and method for forming the same
    Patent number: 8231423
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device and a method for forming the same are provided. The organic light-emitting device includes: a substrate including a pixel area and a peripheral circuit area; a passivation layer on the substrate, the passivation layer including a first part in the pixel area and a second part in the peripheral circuit area; a pixel definition layer defining a plurality of pixel openings corresponding to the pixel area of the substrate; a plurality of first electrodes in the pixel openings; an adhesion layer on the second part; an organic layer on the first electrodes; and a second electrode layer on the organic light emitting layer, wherein the second electrode extends to the peripheral circuit area to connect with the adhesion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chuan-Yi Chan, Du-Zen Peng, Po-Kun Su, Ryuji Nishikawa
  • Method and system for power load management
    Patent number: 8232684
    Abstract: A method for power load management is provided in the present invention, wherein two different standard values are determined to be a basis for regulating power consumption. When power consumption exceeds a first standard value, a monitoring procedure is started to monitor consumption status. If the power consumption exceeds a second standard value, an unloading procedure is processed to reduce the power consumption of electrical devices under operation. In another embodiment, the present invention also provides a system for power load management comprising a control unit coupled to at least one electrical device and a power meter. By means of real-time recording of power consumption in the power meter, the control unit is capable of determining the power consumption status and determining whether it is necessary to unload or reload the at least one electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tung-Jung Yeh, Sheng-Hsuan Peng, Horng-Shinn Ko, Wen-Te Hung
  • Transient voltage suppressors
    Patent number: 8232601
    Abstract: The present invention relates a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) for directional ESD protection. The TVS includes: a conductivity type substrate; a first type lightly doped region, having a first type heavily doped region arranged therein; a second type lightly doped region, having a second type heavily doped region and a third type heavily doped region arranged therein; a third type lightly doped region, having a fourth type heavily doped region arranged therein; a plurality of closed isolation trenches, arranged on the conductivity type substrate, wherein at least one of the plurality of closed isolation trenches is neighbored one of the type lightly doped regions; and a first pin. Accordingly, the TVS of present invention may adaptively provide effective ESD protection under positive and negative ESD stresses, improve the efficiency of ESD protection within the limited layout area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Amazing Microelectronic Corp.
    Inventors: Kun-Hsien Lin, Che-Hao Chuang, Ryan Hsin-Chin Jiang
  • Anchor driver with assured seating
    Patent number: 8231636
    Abstract: A surgical instrument for securing an anchor in a target area of the skull of a patient, wherein the anchor has a shaped surface, a top and a base. In one embodiment, the surgical instrument includes a driver having a first end, an opposite, second end, and a body portion defined therebetween forming a bore therein along a longitudinal axis, where the bore is configured to allow the anchor to be received therein, a first inner surface formed inside the bore proximate to the first end, wherein the first inner surface is formed with a shape that is complimentary to the shaped surface of the anchor, and a second inner surface formed inside the bore and between the first inner surface and the second end, wherein the second inner surface is formed with a shape that is different from that of the first inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Robert F. Labadie, Jason E. Mitchell
  • Method and system for power load management
    Patent number: 8232675
    Abstract: A method for power load management is provided in the present invention, wherein two different standard values are determined to be a basis for regulating power consumption. When power consumption exceeds a first standard value, a monitoring procedure is started to monitor consumption status. If the power consumption exceeds a second standard value, an unloading procedure is processed to reduce the power consumption of electrical devices under operation. In another embodiment, the present invention also provides a system for power load management comprising a control unit coupled to at least one electrical device and a power meter. By means of real-time recording of power consumption in the power meter, the control unit is capable of determining the power consumption status and determining whether it is necessary to unload or reload the at least one electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tung-Jung Yeh, Sheng-Hsuan Peng, Horng-Shinn Ko, Wen-Te Hung
  • Composition for treatment of diabetes mellitus and a preparation and an use thereof
    Patent number: 8226990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating diabetes and a preparation method thereof as well as use thereof. The present invention provides a composition for treating the diabetes, comprising the following active components based on the parts by weight: 10-100 parts of Pumpkin powder; 6-200 parts of spirulina; and 2-90 parts of Lychee Seed. The invention further provides the preparation method of the composition and the use of the medicament for treating the diabetes. By taking the composition, the blood sugar concentration of the diabetics can be effectively controlled, the complicating diseases of the diabetics can be avoided, and the health of the diabetics can be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Beijing DFJX New Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoyong Zhang
  • Device having 2D and 3D image display functions for mobile phone
    Patent number: 8229510
    Abstract: A device having 2D and 3D image display functions for a mobile phone is provided. A plurality of image pickup elements, a 2D and 3D touch screen, and a 2D and 3D function key are installed on the mobile phone, so as to achieve the function of 3D image capture and viewing as well as 3D interface operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Unique Instruments Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Ming-Yen Lin, Kan-Ju Lee
  • Method for adjusting skin color of digital image
    Patent number: 8229216
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a skin color of a digital image adjusts the skin color of an input image. The method includes performing a skin color detection process on the input image to generate a skin-color probability plot Sp in a size corresponding to the input image; providing a hue-saturation lookup table named LUT_Color; performing a skin-color reproduction process on the input image to look up the LUT_Color for a chrominance pixel value for each pixel value of the input image to generate a first image, and adjust each pixel value of the first image by using the skin-color probability plot Sp to generate a second image; performing a skin color smoothing process on the second image to generate a third image; and mixing pixel values of the input image and the third image to generate a target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Altek Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Hung Chan, Hong-Long Chou
  • Method for manufacturing thin film transistor (TFT) and OLED display having TFTS manufactured by the same
    Patent number: 8227808
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and thin film transistor (TFT) manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, poly-silicon layers for forming active areas of non-driving TFT (e.g. peripheral circuit TFT and switch TFT) and driving TFT used in the OLED display are respectively made by using standard laser crystallization method and non-laser crystallization method or low energy laser crystallization method. Therefore, the peripheral circuit TFT has excellent electrical performance such as high carrier mobility, while the OLED-driving TFT has good stability so that the resultant display can operate with improved luminance uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Te-Chang Wan, Yu-Chung Liu, Te-Yu Lee
  • Real-time motion recognition method and inertia-sensing and trajectory-reconstruction device using the same
    Patent number: 8229226
    Abstract: The present invention provides a real-time motion recognition method for identifying whether an inertia-sensing device is in active state or not according to an angular velocity signal detected with respect to the device. The present invention further provides an inertia-sensing and trajectory-reconstruction device incorporated with the foregoing method for recording detected acceleration and angular velocity signals while the device is in operation so as to reconstruct a corresponding trajectory which is capable of being subsequently utilized to be a basis of writing recognition and motion analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Fang-Chen Chuang, Guo-Yuan Zeng, Gwo-Yun Lee, Hsuan-Lih Lin
  • Swinging device and apparatus for detecting rotating status and information displaying device using the same
    Patent number: 8223003
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a swinging device having a swinging mechanism disposed on an energy provider, wherein volume and shape of the swinging mechanism and a distance between the swinging mechanism and the energy provider are adjusted so as to control the ratio of the distance and a characteristic value corresponding to the swinging mechanism in a specific range such that the swinging mechanism is capable of resonating with respect to the rotation of the energy provider. The swinging mechanism is capable of detecting the rotating frequency of the energy provider as well as combining with a display unit which is capable of displaying information with respect to the rotating status or displaying image patterns controlled according to the rotating status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Pin Chang, Yu-Jen Wang, Chien Li, Chung-De Chen, Pei-Fen Wu
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: 8222545
    Abstract: A keyboard includes: a membrane circuit board comprising a plurality of switches; at least one keycap provided with a plurality of contact portions, each of which corresponding to one of the plurality of switches of the membrane circuit board; and a base plate provided with a plurality of openings each of which being positioned at a location corresponding to one of the plurality of switches of the membrane circuit board and one of the plurality of contact portions of the keycap, a buffering portion being formed at a corner adjoining the base plate and one of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Chicony Electronic Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Cheng Tsai
  • Backlight photographing method
    Patent number: 8223258
    Abstract: A backlight photographing method is applicable in a digital camera. In the backlight photographing method, a backlight detection program is first executed to obtain a backlight flag. Next, when the backlight flag is in a backlight status, a flash is emitted and a photo is photographed. In addition, photographing parameters of the digital camera may be adjusted according to a low brightness characteristic value acquired by the backlight detection program, so as to obtain a photo having a foreground with a preferred exposure effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Altek Corporation
    Inventor: Ssu-Hua Huang
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 8221172
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, having at least one receiving housing running through the insulating body; at least one conductive member, comprising a contact portion disposed in the receiving housings, and has a middle part higher than two ends; a pair of first retaining arms, extending downwards from one end of the contact portion, wherein a retaining hole is formed between the two arms, and each of the two arms has a hook portion extending towards the retaining hole; a second retaining arm, extending downwards from the other end of the contact portion, wherein the second retaining arm extends towards the retaining hole, and has a width smaller than the retaining hole; and at least one solder ball, disposed in the receiving housing, received in the retaining hole, and pressed against by the two hook portions of the two first retaining arms and the second retaining arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ted Ju, You Hua Cai, Zhu Dong Huo
  • Method for controlling cleaning device
    Patent number: 8223029
    Abstract: A method for controlling a cleaning device is presented, which includes the following steps. A cleaning device includes a control unit, a fan module, an optical emitter, and an optical sensor. The optical emitter and the optical sensor are located in an air inlet of the fan module. The control unit is preset with a first impedance value (Z1), a second impedance value (Z2), and a threshold, where 0<Z1<Z2. Then, the control unit reads an impedance value (Z) of the fan module. If Z1<Z<Z2, the control unit drives the fan module. If Z2<Z, the control unit reads a detected value of the optical sensor. If the detected value exceeds the threshold, the control unit drives the fan module, so as to increase a suction force of the fan module. If the detected value is smaller than the threshold, the control unit turns off the fan module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Liang Chung, Chun-Hsien Liu, Chun-Chieh Wang, Long-Der Chen, Chen Meng-Chun, Chun-Sheng Wang
  • Epitaxial growth on low degree off-axis SiC substrates and semiconductor devices made thereby
    Patent number: 8221546
    Abstract: A method of epitaxially growing a SiC layer on a single crystal SiC substrate is described. The method includes heating a single-crystal SiC substrate to a first temperature of at least 1400° C. in a chamber, introducing a carrier gas, a silicon containing gas and carbon containing gas into the chamber; and epitaxially growing a layer of SiC on a surface of the SiC substrate. The SiC substrate is heated to the first temperature at a rate of at least 30° C./minute. The surface of the SiC substrate is inclined at an angle of from 1° to 3° with respect to a basal plane of the substrate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: SS SC IP, LLC
    Inventor: Jie Zhang
  • System for alignment measurement for rolling embossed double-sided optical film and method thereof
    Patent number: 8223335
    Abstract: A system for alignment measurement for a rolling embossed double-sided optical film, the system comprising: a first roller with a first brightness enhancement film pattern and a first alignment pattern thereon, a second roller with a second brightness enhancement film pattern and a second alignment pattern thereon; a measuring unit for measuring diffraction patterns in the first alignment region and the second alignment region, respectively; and a control unit electrically connected to the first roller, the second roller and the measuring unit to adjust the relative position between the first roller and the second roller according to the diffraction patterns measured by the measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shu-Ping Dong, Hung-Ming Tai, Fu-Shiang Yang
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 8215998
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module includes: an insulating body, located below the chip module and opened with at least two rows of receiving holes arranged front and back in a staggered manner; a plurality of solder balls, accommodated in the insulating body; a plurality of conductive terminals, each having a base fixed in the receiving hole, in which an elastic arm is bent and extends upwards from the base, and the elastic arm has a contact portion for conducting the chip module upwards. The bases of the same row are arranged in the same line, the contact portions of the back row do not exceed the line of the front row before the chip module presses the contact portions downwards, and the contact portions of back row exceed the line of the front row after the chip module presses the contact portions downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ted Ju, You Hua Cai
  • Detachable pump and the negative pressure wound therapy system using the same
    Patent number: 8215929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable pump and a negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system using the same. The detachable pump comprises: a top module, including a motor set and a top elastic member; and a bottom module, arranged beneath the top module in a manner that it is connected to the top module by a detachable connection mechanism and comprised of: a base configured with an inlet and an outlet; at least an one-way suction valve; at least an one-way drain valve; a diaphragm element; and a bottom elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Te-Yang Shen, Nan-Kuang Yao