Patents Assigned to Elan
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Publication number: 20240160303Abstract: A control method of a touchpad is provided. The touchpad has a determination module including a neural network. The determination module is used to determine the type of object. When the user uses the touchpad, the touchpad uses the captured object feature data of the touch object to update the determination module. Therefore, when determining the type of the touch object, the updated determination module can more accurately determine the touch object used by the user, so as to improve the determination accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chang-Ru CHEN, Tuan-Ying CHANG, Hsueh-Wei YANG
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Patent number: 11973358Abstract: An inductive electronic identification device and a power-supply-compensation circuit of the same are provided. The power-supply-compensation circuit has a power supply unit and a compensation circuit, and connects to a load unit for supplying the load unit to operate. The compensation circuit receives the compensation signal from the load unit, so that the voltage regulator of the compensation circuit controls the voltage rise and fall of one end of the capacitor of the compensation circuit. The capacitive element switches to the charging or discharging mode according to the power consumption of the load unit. In this way, electrical charges are stored when the load unit consumes less power, and compensation current is provided when the load unit consumes more power, so as to maintain the normal operation of the load unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Chao-Chi Yang
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Publication number: 20240118767Abstract: A touchpad has a substrate, a sensing panel and a cover stacked in a sequence. The sensing panel has multiple sensing traces formed thereon. At least one flexible connecting board is connected between the sensing panel and the substrate via its end. The connecting board has multiple extending traces formed thereon, which are thinner than the sensing traces, to form an electrical connection between the sensing traces and the controller on the substrate. The flexible connecting board is used to avoid the problem of trace breakage caused by direct bending of the end of the sensing panel, and the sensing traces are collected by extending traces with smaller line widths so as to reduce the width of the boundary area effectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Yu-Kai LIN
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Publication number: 20240045535Abstract: A force sensing processing method of a touchpad is provided. The comparison values obtained by subtracting the force induction quantities of different frames are used to determine whether the achievement conditions are met. If it is met, a processing step is executed to respond the event to be triggered by the changing trend of the user's force. When the force changes rapidly and the force sensing amount cannot be quickly returned to the originally set trigger threshold value, the force changing trend detected by the comparison values are be used to provide the processing steps in real time, so as to improve the user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shih-Hao LIN, Ying-Jie LIU, Hsueh-Wei YANG
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Publication number: 20230394269Abstract: A card having a fingerprint sensor and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. The fingerprint sensor is disposed between a substrate and a protection layer. The protection layer has a first area and a second area thereon. The roughness of the second area is smaller than the roughness of the first area. The second area corresponds to the sensing area of the fingerprint sensor. When the user's finger is wet, the second area may effectively keep the water from remaining on it. Thus, the water does not affect the effect of fingerprint sensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Kai LIN, Chien-Wen TSAI, Ta-Huang LIU
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Patent number: 11837011Abstract: A button module with vibration feedback and fingerprint sensing, a fingerprint sensing module for the same, and a control method for the same are provided. The fingerprint sensing module has a fingerprint sensing unit stacked on a vibration unit. When the fingerprint sensing module detects a fingerprint, the control unit or a host of an electronic device determines whether the fingerprint is authenticated. If it is not authenticated, the vibration unit is activated, so that the user realizes that the authentication is not passed in real time through the vibration. Then the user may quickly change another finger or move the finger's position to speed up the authentication process. This can prevent users from waiting to improve user experience.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Nan-Jung Liu, Tung-Ming Yang
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Patent number: 11836317Abstract: A touchpad and its force-sensing data correction method are provided. The touchpad has a force-sensing layer and a touch-sensing layer. The force-sensing layer has multiple force-sensing points. The touch-sensing layer has multiple touch-sensing points. One force-sensing point corresponds to n touch-sensing points. The force-sensing information received by the force-sensing layer is adjusted by using the touch-sensing information received by the touch-sensing layer, so that the resolution of the adjusted force-sensing information is higher than the resolution of the original received force-sensing information. In this way, the purpose of calibrating the force-sensing information is achieved, so as to improve the accuracy of determining the force applied by the object during the operation of the touchpad.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsueh-Wei Yang, Ying-Jie Liu
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Patent number: 11607602Abstract: The invention relates to a folding ski having an articulated connection. The technical problem is to configure a folding ski structure that will act as a classic ski, which means that the assembled structure of the folding ski will act as a uniform support.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ELAN, d.o.o.Inventors: Vinko Avgu{hacek over (s)}tin, Andrej Hrovat
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Publication number: 20230012281Abstract: A touchpad and its force-sensing data correction method are provided. The touchpad has a force-sensing layer and a touch-sensing layer. The force-sensing layer has multiple force-sensing points. The touch-sensing layer has multiple touch-sensing points. One force-sensing point corresponds to n touch-sensing points. The force-sensing information received by the force-sensing layer is adjusted by using the touch-sensing information received by the touch-sensing layer, so that the resolution of the adjusted force-sensing information is higher than the resolution of the original received force-sensing information. In this way, the purpose of calibrating the force-sensing information is achieved, so as to improve the accuracy of determining the force applied by the object during the operation of the touchpad.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsueh-Wei YANG, Ying-Jie LIU
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Publication number: 20220309822Abstract: A button module with vibration feedback and fingerprint sensing, a fingerprint sensing module for the same, and a control method for the same are provided. The fingerprint sensing module has a fingerprint sensing unit stacked on a vibration unit. When the fingerprint sensing module detects a fingerprint, the control unit or a host of an electronic device determines whether the fingerprint is authenticated. If it is not authenticated, the vibration unit is activated, so that the user realizes that the authentication is not passed in real time through the vibration. Then the user may quickly change another finger or move the finger's position to speed up the authentication process. This can prevent users from waiting to improve user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Nan-Jung LIU, Tung-Ming YANG
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Publication number: 20220203209Abstract: The invention relates to a folding ski having an articulated connection. The technical problem is to configure a folding ski structure that will act as a classic ski, which means that the assembled structure of the folding ski will act as a uniform support.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: ELAN, d.o.o.Inventors: Vinko AVGU{hacek over (S)}TIN, Andrej HROVAT
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Patent number: 11328528Abstract: A smart card with a fingerprint sensing system, includes a controller and a fingerprint sensing device. When the fingerprint sensing device senses a fingerprint to generate a fingerprint frame data, the controller enters a sleep mode, and when the controller reads the fingerprint frame data, the fingerprint sensing device stops sensing the fingerprint. Since operations of sensing the fingerprint and reading the fingerprint frame data do not occur at the same time, the high current condition can be avoided so as to decrease power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: I-Hau Yeh, Kuo-Lung Yen, Ta-Huang Liu, Ming-Ho Wang
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Patent number: 11320927Abstract: A control system applicable to a touch device is provided. The touch device includes a touch sensor. The control system comprises a sensing circuit, configured to sense the touch sensor and generate a plurality of sensing values; a processor, configured to generate a sensing image according to the plurality of sensing values; and a convolutional neural network, configured to process the sensing image to generate feature information and generate identification information according to the feature information for determining a status of the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsueh-Wei Yang, Tuan-Ying Chang, Chang-Ru Chen, Tien-Wen Pao, Pin-Jung Chung
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Patent number: 11294483Abstract: An active stylus includes a stylus body and a touch sensor. The stylus body includes a first electrode and a pen body. The first electrode is used to send a signal. The pen body extends along a first direction. The touch sensor is provided on or in the pen body and includes a plurality of column electrodes extending along the first direction. There is a first gap between two adjacent column electrodes. Each column electrode has a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. A first end of the first sensing electrode in the first direction has a recess to define a recess area. A second end of the second sensing electrode in the first direction has a projection extending into the recess area. There is a second gap between the projection and the recess. The second gap is smaller than the first gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: I-Hau Yeh, Hsian-Hong Wei, Chih-Yu Lin
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Publication number: 20220058359Abstract: A fingerprint sensing module has a fingerprint sensor and a cover. The main color layer and the pattern layer are arranged between the cover and the fingerprint sensor. The pattern layer constitutes a predetermined pattern that is used to present the pattern of the button. The both sides of the main color layer are flush with both sides of the pattern layer, so that the capacitance variations in the corresponding pattern layer and the main color layer pass through the medium with the same thickness, and have an approximate capacitance variation mode. Thus, the sensed fingerprint image truly reflect the detected fingerprint image without being affected by the preset pattern, and a pattern layer with a certain thickness is used to enhance the color saturation presented by the predetermined pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Yu-Kai LIN
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Patent number: 11249577Abstract: A touchpad and a sending unit for the same are provided. The sensing unit has two electrode layers and a separation assembly. The separation assembly has multiple deformation rooms and multiple gap assemblies. The deformation rooms communicate with the gap assemblies. The gap assemblies communicate with the exterior environment. When the upper electrode layer is pressed and deforms in the deformation rooms, the air in the deformation rooms is discharged through the gap assemblies so that the air does not accumulate in the remaining unstressed spaces to avoid resistance and to maintain the normal operation of the force sensing function.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yung-Lieh Chien, Shu-Wei Huang, Fang-Jin Lin, Tung-Ming Yang, Tien-Wen Pao
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Patent number: 11175770Abstract: A touch device has multiple charging traces distributed under the touch operation area. When the object hovers over or contacts the touch operation area, the control unit of the touch device obtains the corresponding position of the object through the sensing signal of the electrode units. The control unit in turn connect the charging traces adjacent to the corresponding position of the object to form at least one charging loop. In the process of the touch operation on the touch device, the object can be charged at the same time, and the convenience of use can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Han-Wei Chen, Hsuan-Wen Tseng, Yi-Hsin Tao, Chia-Hsing Lin
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Patent number: 11167199Abstract: A folding ski for sporting or military purposes. The technical problem is how to conceive a functional ski without a retaining projection with a latching mechanism arranged at the front end of the ski front section, which projection is used to fasten a connecting platform in the folded state of the ski. The folding ski includes a ski front section, a ski rear section, a folding connection that inseparably connects the rear end of the ski front section with the front end of the ski rear section, a connecting platform that is intended to stiffen the folding connection and is pivotal around its axis of rotation that extends perpendicularly to the upper surface of the ski, wherein the connecting platform is directly pivotally connected with the ski front or rear section.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: ELAN, d.o.o.Inventors: Vinko Avgu{hacek over (s)}tin, Andrej Hrovat
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Publication number: 20210320508Abstract: An inductive electronic identification device and a power-supply-compensation circuit of the same are provided. The power-supply-compensation circuit has a power supply unit and a compensation circuit, and connects to a load unit for supplying the load unit to operate. The compensation circuit receives the compensation signal from the load unit, so that the voltage regulator of the compensation circuit controls the voltage rise and fall of one end of the capacitor of the compensation circuit. The capacitive element switches to the charging or discharging mode according to the power consumption of the load unit. In this way, electrical charges are stored when the load unit consumes less power, and compensation current is provided when the load unit consumes more power, so as to maintain the normal operation of the load unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Chao-Chi YANG
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Publication number: 20210294474Abstract: A touchpad and a sending unit for the same are provided. The sensing unit has two electrode layers and a separation assembly. The separation assembly has multiple deformation rooms and multiple gap assemblies. The deformation rooms communicate with the gap assemblies. The gap assemblies communicate with the exterior environment. When the upper electrode layer is pressed and deforms in the deformation rooms, the air in the deformation rooms is discharged through the gap assemblies so that the air does not accumulate in the remaining unstressed spaces to avoid resistance and to maintain the normal operation of the force sensing function.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yung-Lieh CHIEN, Shu-Wei HUANG, Fang-Jin LIN, Tung-Ming YANG, Tien-Wen PAO