Patents Represented by Attorney WPAT, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8248955
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of serially-connected data transmission apparatuses comprises a first shift register, a fault-detecting circuit and a second shift register. The second shift register is configured to receive a second serial input signal and generate an output signal according to a clock signal. The fault-detecting circuit is configured to select one of the outputs of the second shift register and a first serial input signal based on the fault-detecting result. The first shift register is configured to receive the output of the fault-detecting circuit and generate an output according to the clock signal. The second serial input signal is equal to the first serial input signal of at least one preceding stage, and the first serial input signal is equal to the output serial signal of the preceding stage. One purpose of the present invention is to maintain continuous transmission of the serial data when a failure of the serially-connected data transmission apparatus occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: StarChips Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Hsiang Lin Hsu
  • Patent number: 8247822
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a first conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the substrate, a light-emitting structure positioned on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the light-emitting structure. The substrate includes an upper surface and a plurality of protrusions positioned on the upper surface. Each of the protrusions includes a top surface, a plurality of wall surfaces, and a plurality of inclined surfaces sandwiched between the top surface and the wall surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Huga Optotech Inc.
    Inventors: Chih Ching Cheng, Tzong Liang Tsai, Shu Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 8250074
    Abstract: In a document processing system and a document processing method, the document processing method includes the steps of: obtaining a document and dividing the document into a plurality of terms and giving a syntactic index to each of the terms; dividing the document into a plurality of sentences; selecting a key syntactic index from the syntactic indexes, and transforming each of the sentences into a preliminary key terms sequence which includes a preliminary key term corresponding to the key syntactic indexes according to the key syntactic indexes; selectively expanding the preliminary key term of a representative sentence of the document into an advanced key term; and determining at least one core candidate sentence among the sentences to generate a core abstract of the document according to the preliminary key terms and the advanced key term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chia-Hoang Lee, Zan-Wei Liao
  • Patent number: 8245756
    Abstract: A pleated shade or Venetian blind apparatus capable of height adjustment comprising an upper elongated support; a lower elongated member that is manually adjustable up and down; primary lines extending through shade pleats or blind slats to suspend the bottom elongated member; primary rotors at the top elongated support to wind or engage the primary lines; at least one secondary line having operative connection to the primary lines; and rotary members acting on the secondary line or lines for counterbalancing suspension force exerted on the primary lines at different shade or blind height adjusted levels, including a spring coupled to the rotary members exerting force tending to entrain the secondary line or lines about the rotary members, for storage on at least one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventors: Li-Ming Cheng, Lawrence S. Wu
  • Patent number: 8247908
    Abstract: A circuit substrate and the method for fabricating a packaging of the circuit substrate are provided. A plurality of electrodes are formed on the surface of the circuit substrate, the electrodes are formed with fork structures over an connection section of the circuit substrate, so that when the circuit substrate expands/contracts due to thermal processes, the probability of alignment with electrodes of an external circuit board is increased by easily detaching the fork structure overlapping an electrode of the external circuit board which is not corresponding to the fork structure of the electrode of the circuit substrate, so as to avoid short circuit. Thus, electrode misalignment due to electrode pitch variation of the traditional circuit substrate as a result of thermal deformation can be effectively eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yao-Sheng Lin, Tai-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 8248340
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having at least two pixel regions, a mode selector configured to provide a mode selection signal, and a timing controller configured to receive at least two video signal sets and in response to the mode selection signal, control the liquid crystal panel to display a picture corresponding to one of the at least two video signal sets using full-screen displaying or to simultaneously display at least two pictures, each of the at least two pictures corresponding to one of the at least two video signal sets using split-screen displaying. Each of the at least two pixel regions corresponds to one of the at least two pictures while using the split-screen displaying. A related computer system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yue-Qin Lu, Tong Zhou
  • Patent number: 8241417
    Abstract: A nanocomposite coating and a method of coating for protecting a product with the nanocomposite coating are presented. Firstly, the nanocomposite coating is prepared, wherein the nanocomposite coating is formed by mixing 22.5˜49.5% nanometer inorganic oxide gel made by a sol-gel method, 45˜74.25% organic solvent and 1˜10% nanometer powder together. Next, the nanocomposite coating is coated onto surfaces of the product evenly by way of spraying, dipping or roll-to-rolling. Lastly, the product coated with the nanocomposite coating is subjected to a room temperature or a heating environment lower than 170 degrees centigrade to make the nanocomposite coating dry for forming nanometer protective films on the surfaces of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 8241043
    Abstract: A probe connector adapted for electrically interconnecting with a mated connector which has two portions thereof provided with different magnetism selected from a south magnetic pole and a north magnetic pole respectively, includes an insulating housing, a plurality of probe pins and a foolproof mechanism. The insulating housing defines a plurality of inserting holes penetrating therethrough for receiving the probe pins. The foolproof mechanism is made of magnetic material and includes an upper cover and a lower cover which have different magnetism selected from a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole respectively. The upper cover and the lower cover are mounted to two opposite sides of the insulating housing. The probe connector can be interconnected with the mated connector based on principles of homopolar repulsion and heteropolar attraction between the upper cover and the lower cover and the two portions of the mated connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jui-Pin Lin
  • Patent number: 8238208
    Abstract: A method for detecting a typical defect area on a disc track includes the following steps. Firstly, a source signal is provided. Then, first and second signals are generated according to the source signal. The first and second signals are held at the peak level of the source signal and respectively decreased at first and second drop rates. Then, first and second threshold values are subtracted from the first and second signals to generate first and second slice signals, respectively. Afterwards, the source signal is compared with either the first slice signal or the second slice signal. When the first slice signal is larger than the source signal, a typical defect signal is changed from a first level to a second level. Whereas, the typical defect signal is changed from the second level to the first level when the second slice signal is smaller than the source signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sih-Kai Wang
  • Patent number: 8239560
    Abstract: A system of remote objects with network streaming ability includes a streaming client, a plurality of streaming servers, a streaming buffer area, a plurality of first continuous buffer areas, a streaming controller, a plurality of first network connections, and a plurality of second network connections. The plurality of streaming servers is used to respond a remote procedure call from the streaming client. The streaming buffer area stores a complete data unit for the streaming client to access. A generation method of remote objects with network streaming ability is further provided. The method includes executing a link procedure, executing a streaming preparation, executing a streaming transfer procedure, and closing the link procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Jenq Kuen Lee, Chung Kai Chen, Yu Hao Chang, Chih Chieh Yang, Kai Hsin Chung
  • Patent number: 8236154
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface-modified electrode strip for measuring an electrochemical signal that is synergistically amplified by means of a nano-scaled gold particle layer and a lipid-soluble electron mediator layer. A biosensor comprising the electrode strip is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Apex Biotechnology Corp.
    Inventors: Sz-Hau Chen, Chih-Sheng Lin, Guan-Tin Chen, Yueh-Hui Lin, Thomas Y. S. Shen
  • Patent number: 8235729
    Abstract: A connector has an insulating housing of which two opposite ends extended frontward to form a pair of supporting arms, terminals mounted in the insulating housing having soldering portions projected out of a bottom of the insulating housing, and a positioning member. The positioning member has a base slice. A rear of a side edge the base slice is extended downward to form a holding slice movably received in a through slot recessed at the supporting arm. A front of the side edge of the base slice is extended downward and then bent perpendicularly to form a soldering slice. As the height between the base slice and the soldering slice is bigger than that of the supporting arm, the positioning member is capable of moving up-and-down to adjust the relative position between the soldering slice and the soldering portions of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Wang, Mei-Chuan Yang
  • Patent number: 8238732
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oven that utilizes light emitting diode (LED) and or laser diode (LD) as heating devices. Such heating devices will enable a wide variety of heating modalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: National Yang-Ming University
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Kao, Yi-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8237249
    Abstract: A stacked multichip package comprises a first chip having a first active surface and a first rear surface, a first chip carrier having a first opening and being configured to carrier the first active surface, a plurality of first conductive leads passing through the first opening and being configured to electrically connect the first active surface and the first chip carrier, a second chip having a second active surface and a second rear surface, an adhesive layer configured to enclose the first conductive leads and to electrically couple the first chip carrier to the second rear surface, a second chip carrier having a second opening and being electrically connected to the second active surface, and a plurality of conductive leads passing through the second opening and being configured to electrically connect the second active surface and the second chip carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Chipmos Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Geng Hsin Shen
  • Patent number: 8232454
    Abstract: Provided is a recombinant plasmid having a control sequence and a coding sequence fragment of Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) helper-component protease gene (HC-Pro gene) operably linked to the control sequence. A recombinant microorganism derived therefrom is also provided. A method for providing plants with resistance against virus is also provided. Use of PRSV HC-Pro gene or fragment thereof in generating plants with resistance against virus is also provided. It is proven that the PRSV HC-Pro transgenic plants can solve the problem resulting from breakdown by gene silencing suppression and provide broad-spectrum resistance to various PRSV strains of different geographical origins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventors: Shyi-Dong Yeh, Yi-Jung Kung, Hui-Chin Wang, Shin-Lan Wang
  • Patent number: 8225674
    Abstract: A tensile testing device includes a supporting unit, a cantilever unit and a connecting unit. The supporting unit defines a plurality of mating elements secured thereon for mating with a detected element. The cantilever unit is connected with the detected element by a lead for reading the tension. The connecting unit includes a penal attached on a lateral surface of the supporting unit, a turning plate pivotally installed on a front surface of the panel and rotated around a first axis which is perpendicular to the lateral surface, a first connecting block fastened to a front surface of the turning plate, and a second connecting block of which rear end pivotally connects the first connecting block and turns around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Chi Lee, Kuo-Chuan Chiu
  • Patent number: 8229167
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical tracking device and a positioning method thereof. The optical tracking device comprises several light-emitting units, several image tracking units, an image processing unit, an analysis unit, and a calculation unit. First, the light-emitting units are correspondingly disposed on a carrier in geometric distribution and provide light sources. Secondly, the image tracking units track the plurality of light sources and capture images. The images are subjected to image processing by the image processing unit to obtain light source images corresponding to the light sources from each image. Then the analysis unit analyzes the light source images to obtain positions and colors corresponding to the light-emitting units. Lastly, the calculation unit establishes three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to the light-emitting units based on the positions and colors and calculates the position of the carrier based on the three-dimensional coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chang-Gung University
    Inventors: Shih-Tseng Lee, Yau-Zen Chang, Chan-Peng Lo
  • Patent number: 8227822
    Abstract: A light emitting diode apparatus comprises a substrate having a circuit pattern, a reflection layer disposed on the substrate, at least one light emitting element disposed on the reflection layer, a reflector disposed around the at t one light emitting element, a sealing material formed over the at least one light emitting element and a phosphor layer disposed over the sealing material. The light emitting element comprises a conductive portion electrically coupled to the circuit pattern. In one embodiment, a plurality of light emitting elements are linearly arrayed, and a spacer is disposed between every two adjacent light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Chang Hung, Tung Liang Shao, Falcon Lin
  • Patent number: D664663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventor: Pang-Ching Chiang
  • Patent number: D665442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guan-Hua Tzeng