Patents Assigned to Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 11217404Abstract: A keyswitch device includes a bottom plate, a keycap, and a position-returning member. The keycap includes a metal cover and a covering member. The metal cover includes a first main body. The first main body has a first surface and a second surface respectively facing toward and facing away from the bottom plate. The first surface presents a pattern. The covering member includes a second main body covering the first surface. The second main body has a light-transmitting area covering the pattern. The position-returning member is disposed between the bottom plate and the keycap and contacts the first main body.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chao-Chin Hsieh, Wei-Yi Lin, Yeong-Sheng Jang, Sung-Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11217403Abstract: A doorbell device including upper case, elastic component, and button module is provided. The upper case has an outer surface, first annular-holding surface disposed opposite to the outer surface, first opening and annular trench. The first annular-holding surface surrounds the first opening. The annular trench surrounds the first annular-holding surface. The elastic component has first fastening protrusion and flexible-carrier layer surrounded and connected by the first fastening protrusion. The button module has a second annular-holding surface, first bottom surface, and pressing surface disposed opposite to the first bottom surface. The first fastening protrusion is interference fit with the annular trench. The button module is disposed on the flexible-carrier layer. At least a part of the first bottom surface is facing the flexible-carrier layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lun-Hung Kuo, Pei-Sheng Tsai
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Patent number: 11189436Abstract: A key structure includes a keycap, a base plate and a scissor-type connecting assembly. The scissor-type connecting assembly includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member. One end of the first connecting member connects to the base plate, and the other end connects to the keycap. The first connecting member includes at least one pivot having a convex portion. One end of the second connecting member connects to the base plate, and the other end connects to the keycap. The second connecting member comprises at least one pivot hole, and the pivot is disposed in the pivot hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jun-Way Chien
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Patent number: 11183347Abstract: A keyboard includes a base plate, a hook structure, and a plastic engaging member. The base plate has a top surface. The hook structure is connected to the base plate and raised relative to the top surface. The plastic engaging member is located on the top surface and fixed to at least a part of the hook structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chao-Chin Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Chan
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Patent number: 11165940Abstract: An image capturing module includes a long circuit board, a lens base, and two light-shielding adhesive layers. The long circuit board includes a surface having an assembly area. The assembly area has two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides. The assembly area is provided with a light sensor. The two long sides are separated by a specific width. The lens base includes a substrate and two side plates. The two side plates are connected to opposite sides of the substrate and are respectively fixed on the two short sides of the assembly area. A specific spacing is maintained between the substrate and the assembly area to form two notches between the two long sides and the substrate. The width of the substrate and each of the side plates is less than or equal to the specific width. The two light-shielding adhesive layers respectively close the two notches.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Chung Ou, Cheng-Hun Yang
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Patent number: 11156489Abstract: A volume meter auxiliary module is configured to be assembled on a fluid volume meter. The volume meter auxiliary module includes a first assembly member and a second assembly member. The first assembly member includes a clamping structure configured to fix the first assembly member on the fluid volume meter. The second assembly member is configured to connect with the first assembly member. The second assembly member includes a casing body, a light emitter, an image-capturing piece and a cover. The casing body has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is located at a bottom of the casing body. The light emitter is disposed inside the casing body. The image-capturing piece is disposed inside the casing body. The cover connects with the casing body and covers the second opening. The cover is rotatable relative to the casing body.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Chung Chen
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Patent number: 11152166Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate and keycaps disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a long slit and an elastic bridge member. The long slit divides the substrate into a first plate having a first side edge and a second plate having a second side edge opposite to the first side edge. A gap is between the first side edge and the second side edge. The elastic bridge member is connected between the first side edge and the second side edge. The first plate is movable relative to the second plate. The first side edge includes a first bridge seat. The second side edge includes a second bridge seat. The elastic bridge member is connected between the first bridge seat and the second bridge seat. The elastic bridge member includes a wedge portion connected to an inner corner between the elastic bridge member and the first bridge seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Chi-Hung Cheng
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Patent number: 11143839Abstract: A camera capable of automatically compensating focal length includes a base, an adjust seat, and a lens barrel. The adjust seat includes a first ring, a second ring, and a connecting member. The first ring and the second ring are coaxially sleeved with each other and a distance is kept between the first ring and the second ring. The first ring includes a first end and a second end that are axially opposite to each other. The first end is fixed on the base. The second ring includes a third end and a fourth end that are axially opposite to each other. The third end is connected to the second end of the first ring via the connecting member. The fourth end has a first coupling part. The lens barrel has a second coupling part correspondingly coupled to the first coupling part.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shang-Yuan Yuan, Hsiang-Ping Liu, Wei-De Jiang
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Patent number: 11126066Abstract: A digital imaging device includes a casing, a photosensitive device, a light shielding barrel, a movable lens barrel, and a driving device. The casing includes a closed end and an open end. The photosensitive device is disposed inside the casing and adjacent to the closed end. The photosensitive device has a photosensitive element. The light shielding barrel is disposed inside the casing. The light shielding barrel includes a fixed end fixed inside the casing and surrounding the photosensitive element. The movable lens barrel is coaxially disposed with the light shielding barrel. The movable lens barrel includes a lens end and a driving portion. The lens end includes an optical lens coaxially disposed with the photosensitive element. The driving device is connected to the driving portion. The driving device drives the movable lens barrel to move axially relative to the light shielding barrel.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiun-Nan Lu, Chung-Chao Lee, An-Hwa Yu, Wen-Hwa Lin
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Patent number: 11127545Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate and keycaps disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a long slit and an elastic bridge component. The long slit divides the substrate into a first plate having a first side edge and a second plate having a second side edge opposite to the first side edge. A gap is between the first side edge and the second side edge. The elastic bridge component is connected between the first side edge and the second side edge. The first plate is movable relative to the second plate. The first side edge includes two first bridge connections. The second side edge includes two second bridge connections. The elastic bridge component includes a first elastic bar connected between the first bridge connections, a second elastic bar connected between the second bridge connections, and a connecting member connected between the first elastic bar and the second elastic bar.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Chi-Hung Cheng
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Patent number: 11126272Abstract: A sinkable keyboard device includes a substrate, keycaps, a slide plate, and a driving member. The keycaps are above the substrate and capable of lifting and sinking. Each keycap is provided with a first guide member. The slide plate is below and in parallel with the substrate. The slide plate includes a long side and a short side connected to the long side. The slide plate is provided with second guide members respectively corresponding to the first guide members. The driving member is on the short side of the slide plate. The driving member includes a driving motor. The driving motor drives the slide plate to slide relative to the substrate along the long side to make the second guide members respectively against the first guide members to drive the keycaps to relatively sink.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Po-Hsin Li
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Patent number: 11127546Abstract: A keyboard includes an elastic element disposed above a bottom case, a light emitter, a light receiver, a pressing element, and a keycap. When a force toward the bottom case is applied to a top surface of the elastic element, a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a negative correlation in a path of the top surface from a first position to a second position, and a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a positive correlation in a path of the top surface from the second position to a third position. The light emitter, the light receiver, and the pressing element are disposed above the elastic element. The keycap is disposed above the pressing element.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao-Kuan Chen, Tzu-Chuan Liang, Yi-Feng Chang
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Patent number: 11112680Abstract: A light-adjustment module for camera includes a light source unit and a light-adjustment unit. The light source unit includes light-emitting elements disposed around a lens of the camera, and the light-emitting direction of each light-emitting element is parallel to the image-capturing direction of the lens. The light-adjustment unit is disposed above the light source unit and includes secondary optical elements respectively corresponding to the light-emitting elements. Each secondary optical element includes a light-transmitting cover, and each light-emitting element is accommodated inside the corresponding light-transmitting cover. An inner wall of each light-transmitting cover includes a first light-guiding inclined surface and a second light-guiding inclined surface. A first slope of the first light-guiding inclined surface is different from a second slope of the second light-guiding inclined surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chien-Yueh Chen, Jin-Kae Jang
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Patent number: 11112877Abstract: A keyboard scanning circuit and control method thereof are provided. The method is adapted to detect states of a plurality of switching circuits arranged in an array manner, wherein each of the switching circuits includes a key switch and a first resistor connected in series; the switch circuits are coupled to a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of feedback lines; each of the scan lines is coupled to the switch circuits of the same column in a first direction, and each of the feedback lines is coupled to the switch circuits of the same row in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chien-Tsung Chen
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Patent number: 11107649Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate, a connection hook, a keycap, and a connecting member. The substrate has a top surface including an assembly area. The connection hook is disposed on the assembly area and includes a fixed seat fixed on the substrate, a standing portion, and a reinforcement block. The standing portion is extending from the fixed seat and extending in a direction away from the fixed seat. A hook portion is laterally extending from a top end of the standing portion, the hook portion has a bottom edge. The reinforcement block is connected to the standing portion and the bottom edge. The keycap is disposed on the assembly area. The connecting member is connected between the keycap and the assembly area. The connecting member includes a shaft slidably pivoted at the bottom edge. An inner side of the shaft includes an avoidance groove corresponding to the reinforcement block.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Po-Hsin Li
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Patent number: 11106289Abstract: A mouse device includes a housing, a switch, a button, and a biasing member. The housing has an accommodating space therein. The switch is disposed in the accommodating space. The button covers the housing and includes a pivotal portion and a trigger portion. The pivotal portion is pivotally connected to the housing. The trigger portion extends into the accommodating space. The biasing member is located between the pivotal portion and the trigger portion and downwardly exerts a force to the button in an upward-downward axial direction of the mouse device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chin-Sheng Liu, Jung-Hsiu Lee
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Patent number: 11102383Abstract: An image capturing device includes an outer casing, an inner casing, a driving device and a camera module. The outer casing has an accommodation space and an opening communicating with each other. The inner casing is disposed inside the accommodation space and has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The inner casing is configured to rotate relative to the outer casing, such that the first side is exposed from the opening or away from the opening. The driving device is at least partially disposed inside the inner casing and is connected with the outer casing. The driving device is configured to rotate the inner casing about an axis. The camera module is disposed on the first side and is configured to capture an image.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pei-Sheng Tsai, Jian-Fong Hong
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Patent number: 11099315Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a backlight module, which includes a light guide plate and at least one light emitting unit. The light guide plate includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other, at least one accommodating portion and at least one light guide structure. The accommodating portion is adjacent to the first side and has an incident surface faced toward the second side. The light guide structure is disposed between the accommodating portion and the second side, and the light guide structure further comprises a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface is toward the first side and close to the accommodating portion. The second reflective surface is adjacent to the first reflective surface, and the second reflective surface is toward the first side and away from the accommodating portion. The light emitting unit is disposed in the accommodating portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Pai-Hsiang Wang, Hsien-Kuo Kao, Yao-Hsuan Tsai, Chun-Tan Wu
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Patent number: 11094480Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate, a membrane circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, a first fixing board, and a second fixing board. The substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side edge. The substrate further includes an offset protrusion protruding from the top surface and forms a recessed area on the bottom surface. The membrane circuit board is disposed on the top surface. The membrane circuit board includes an outlet area correspondingly disposed on the offset protrusion. The flexible printed circuit board is disposed on the bottom surface. The flexible printed circuit board includes a fixed portion, a folded portion, and an electrical connection end. The fixed portion is received in the recessed area. The first fixing board is correspondingly disposed on the offset protrusion. The second fixing board is correspondingly received in the recessed area and assembled with the first fixing board.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Po-Hsin Li
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Patent number: 11095826Abstract: A light adjustment module for camera includes a light source unit and a light adjustment unit. The light source unit includes a plurality of light emitting elements disposed around a lens of the camera, and the light emitting direction of each light emitting element is parallel to the image capturing direction of the lens. The light adjustment unit is disposed above the light source unit and includes a plurality of secondary optical elements, and the secondary optical elements respectively corresponds to the light emitting elements. The light emitted by each light emitting element is deflected through the corresponding secondary optical element.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chien-Yueh Chen, Jin-Kae Jang