Patents Represented by Attorney WPAT, P.C.
  • Patent number: 8224309
    Abstract: An information presenting method is provided for presenting target information by a first communication device during a call connection sequence. Firstly, target information is pre-downloaded to and stored in first communication device. When a call request issued by the user to the second communication device is detected by the first communication device, the target information is automatically presented. When a connection completing signal issued from the second communication device is detected by the first communication device, the information segment that is being presented is completely presented, and then the presentation of the target information is stopped. As such, normal communication between the user through the first communication device and the receiver through the second communication device is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Yu-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 8218558
    Abstract: A data transfer system enabling access to multiple subnets and method thereof is disclosed. The data transfer method includes the following steps: executing a virtual private network (VPN) client installed on an electronic system; connecting the VPN client to a VPN router; the VPN client assigning a virtual IP address to a virtual interface; and the VPN client accessing a subnet corresponding to the virtual IP address through the virtual IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Gemtek Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Der-Hwa Tan, Chia-Meng Chen, Chung-Chiu Lai
  • Patent number: 8217982
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (2) includes a first camera (23) configured for capturing video from a first orientation, a second camera (24) configured for capturing video from a second orientation different from the first orientation, and a capture circuit (20) electrically connected to the first and the second cameras. The capture circuit is configured for controlling the first and the second cameras to capturing video asynchronously or simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yue-Qin Lu, Tong Zhou
  • Patent number: 8218415
    Abstract: A laser power control system and method used in an optical disc writer. According to a write power value, the laser power control system drives a laser to output a write power through a first channel. According to a proportional value, the laser power control system drives the laser to output an overdrive power through a second channel. By using a close loop control of the laser power control system, the write power and the overwrite power are independent of the temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corp.
    Inventor: Chi-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 8217307
    Abstract: A fixing structure for fixing a heating module of a hair dryer is provided. The fixing structure includes a heat-emitting ceramic, a voltage step-down ceramic, a ceramic sleeve, and a conductive metal bolt. Through holes are configured in centers of the heat-emitting ceramic and the voltage step-down ceramic. Heat-emitting films are coated on surfaces of the heat-emitting ceramic. Silver paste films are respectively coated on the upper and lower end surfaces of the heat-emitting ceramic and the voltage step-down ceramic to form silver paste electrodes. A through hole is configured at the center of the ceramic sleeve. The ceramic sleeve is assembled through the through holes of the heat-emitting ceramic and the voltage step-down ceramic. The conductive metal bolt is assembled through of the ceramic sleeve for fixing the heat-emitting ceramic and the voltage step-down ceramic on the supporting frame seat of the motor and fan of the hair dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Jui Harvest Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yunyuan Chu
  • Patent number: 8215214
    Abstract: A workpiece centering apparatus 1 is provided on a lathe having a spindle 33, an independent chuck 34, and upper and lower tool rests 37, 41, and has sandwiching members 11, 12 mounted to the tool rests 37, 41, respectively, and capable of contacting the outer peripheral surface of a workpiece W, and a centering control section 15 for moving the tool rests 37, 41 and thereby moving the sandwiching members 11, 12 to their respective centering positions which are the positions of the sandwiching members 11, 12 when the center position of a portion to be machined of the workpiece W coincides with the axis of the spindle 33 in a state where the portion to be machined of the workpiece W is being sandwiched and held by the sandwiching members 11, 12, and then causing the independent chuck 34 to grip the workpiece W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigetsugu Sakai, Masahiro Yamane, Toshio Ueda, Satoshi Nozaki
  • Patent number: 8217550
    Abstract: An alternator includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor core having a first core portion and a second core portion. The rotor core is processed by cementation, so that the first core portion has carbon content that gradually decreases from the outer surface toward the central line of the rotor core till reaching a predetermined carbon content. The second core portion has carbon content lower than that of the first core portion. With these arrangements, the alternator can reduce turn-on speed and increase outputs. A method of manufacturing the non-homogenous rotor core of the alternator is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Unipoint Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 8217720
    Abstract: A highly linear variable-gain low noise amplifier is a cascode amplifier. The cascode amplifier includes a gain control circuit, a load circuit, a current steering circuit and an input circuit. The gain control circuit is used for receiving a gain adjusting voltage, thereby generating a resistance adjusting signal and a current steering control signal. The load circuit includes plural variable resistors. The resistances of the variable resistors are adjusted according to the resistance adjusting signal. The current steering circuit is connected to the load circuit through plural current paths for adjusting a current ratio between the plural current paths according to the current steering control signal. The current steering circuit has differential signal output terminals. The input circuit is connected to the current steering circuit. The input circuit has differential signal input terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei-Chia Chan
  • Patent number: 8218613
    Abstract: The invention discloses a double-estimation channel estimator for calculating a plurality of accurate channel responses from a plurality of synchronization signals. The channel estimator includes a first channel estimator, a second channel estimator, a first equalizer, and a calculation module. The first channel estimator calculates first channel responses according to a plurality of pilot signals and the synchronization signals. The first equalizer calculates first equalization signals according to the first channel responses and the synchronization signals. The second channel estimator calculates second responses according to the first equalization signals and the synchronization signals. Then the calculation module calculates third channel responses according to the first channel responses and the second channel responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Shan Tsung Wu
  • Patent number: 8218214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration-actuated micro mirror device comprising a substrate having a swinging frame and a reflection mirror, and a vibration part having a first and a second vibration structures coupled to the substrate, wherein the first vibration structure is driven to generate a first complex wave formed by a first and a second wave signals while the second vibration structure is driven to generate a second complex wave formed by a third and a fourth wave signals, and the first and the third wave signals are formed with the same frequency and phase while the second and the fourth wave signals are formed with the same frequency but opposite phases. The first and the second complex waves actuate the substrate such that the swinging frame is rotated about a first axis while the reflection mirror is rotated about a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Wang, Chien-Shien Yeh, Chung-De Chen, Hung-Chung Li
  • Patent number: 8217421
    Abstract: A new ESD protection device with an integrated-circuit vertical transistor structure is disclosed, which includes a heavily doped p-type substrate (P+ substrate), a n-type well (N well) in the P+ substrate, a heavily doped p-type diffusion (P+ diffusion) in the N well, a heavily doped n-type diffusion (N+ diffusion) in the N well, and a p-type well (P well) surrounding the N well in the P+ substrate. A bond pad is connected to both the P+ and N+ diffusions, and a ground is coupled to the P+ substrate. Another P+ diffusion is implanted in the N well or another N+ diffusion is implanted in the P well to form a Zener diode, which behaves as a trigger for the PNP transistor when a positive ESD zaps. A parasitic diode is formed at the junction between the P+ substrate and the N well, to bypass a negative ESD stress on the bond pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amazing Microelectronic Corp.
    Inventors: Zi-Ping Chen, Kun-Hsien Lin, Ryan Hsin-Chin Jiang
  • Patent number: 8211695
    Abstract: The invention is to provide an isolated transgenic mammalian neural cell, which comprises at least one heterologous vector expressing AhR/ARNT. Also provided is methods the detection of a sample containing a chemical substance damage to the nervous system and the selection of drugs for treating neurodegenerative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Taipei Medical University
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Lee, Cheng-Yu Wang, Shu-Hui Juan, Wen-Liang Chen, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Chun-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 8210924
    Abstract: This invention discloses a dice with RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags and a dice recognizing system for recognizing dice with RFID tags. The dice with RFID tags comprises at least a dice body and a plurality of RFID tags. The dice body is a regular polyhedron with at least six faces, and at least a pip is disposed on each face of the dice. The plurality of RFID tags are disposed on any two opposite faces of the dice body, respectively. One of the two opposite faces is disposed with at least one RFID tag, and the other one of the opposite faces is disposed with the plurality of RFID tags. The projection spots of all the plurality of RFID tags on the face with the RFID tag can be interconnected into a polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Tien-Shu Hsu
  • Patent number: 8211801
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a CMOS device having high-k dielectric layer and metal gate electrode is provided. First, an isolation structure is formed in a substrate to define a first-type and a second-type MOS regions; an interfacial layer and a high-k dielectric layer are sequentially formed over the substrate; a first and a second cover layers are respectively formed over a portion of the high-k dielectric layer at the first-type MOS region and another portion of the high-k dielectric layer at the second-type MOS region; afterwards, an in-situ etching step is performed to sequentially etch the first and second cover layers using a first etching solution and to etch both the high-k dielectric layer and the interfacial layer using a second etching solution until the substrate is exposed. Wherein, the second etching solution is a mixed etching solution containing the first etching solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: United Microelectronics Corp., Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu-Hsien Yeh, Chan-Lon Yang, Chin-Cheng Chien, Lien-Fa Hung, Yun-Cheng Kao
  • Patent number: 8212955
    Abstract: An exemplary backlight module includes at least one light source, a light guiding plate having a light incident portion adjacent to the at least one light source, a bezel having a plurality of protrusion; and a reflector disposed between the light guiding plate and the protrusions of the bezel. The protrusions abut edges of the reflector, and provide supporting force to attach the reflector to the bezel. A related liquid crystal display is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Shun Tang
  • Patent number: 8213196
    Abstract: A power supply circuit includes a direct current (DC) voltage source, a protecting circuit having a first switching element, a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit having a first terminal, a switching circuit, and a transformer. The DC voltage source is configured to provide a first DC voltage. The first terminal is configured to receive the first DC voltage via the first switching element to enable the PWM circuit. The PWM circuit is configured to switch on or switch off the switching circuit. The transformer is configured to convert the first DC voltage to an alternating current (AC) voltage in cooperation with the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: He-Kang Zhou, Tong Zhou
  • Patent number: 8211475
    Abstract: A method for preparing chitosan nanoparticles in water phase is provided. The method comprises the following steps: (a) providing a chitosan solution having a concentration of about 0.05 w/v % to about 1 w/v %, (b) adding water first and then followed by acetic anhydride to the chitosan solution to carry out acetylation, wherein the concentration of acetic anhydride is from about 10 v/v % to about 30 v/v % of the total volume of the whole solution, and (c) subjecting the solution from step (b) to physical dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Food Industry Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Ke-Ming Liang, Yen-Lin Chen, Mei-Huei Chen, Hing-Yuen Chan
  • Patent number: 8212422
    Abstract: The hand-held electronic device includes a central processing unit, a memory unit, a state-detecting unit, a state-determining unit, a main power supply unit, a standby power supply unit, and a power supply switching unit. After determining the presence of a fall state, the state-determining unit will output a fall instruction and which causes the central processing unit to enter a low current mode; meanwhile, the power supply switching unit monitors power output and continues to supply low-potential power. In case of a fall of the hand-held electronic device, the device and method protect operation data and reduce the otherwise power-consuming current. The less power-consuming current is conducive to the reduction of capacitance required for a backup battery. The low current mode is effective in reducing the time taken to recover the operation mode of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Askey Computer Corp.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Chen, Ching-Feng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8212931
    Abstract: An image processing and controlling system is provided in the present invention. In addition to adjusting the image displaying modes according to the ergonomic look-up table, the present invention is further capable of adjusting the weighting value with respect to each image characteristic value of an initial image according to lighting characteristics of an ambient light system such that a display unit can provide the most comfortable viewing conditions and the best image quality under different ambient lighting characteristics. In another embodiment, the present invention further functions to control the ambient light system according to the image characteristics of the weighted output image. By means of the foregoing dual controlling ways, the image processing and controlling system may provide appropriate output images corresponding to different viewing scenario and conforming to the requirement of output quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Chen, Zong-Ying Chung, Bao-Jen Pong, Shau-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: D663050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: DBM Reflex of Taiwan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Hwa Chou