Patents Assigned to Giga-Byte Technology Co.
  • Patent number: 11375000
    Abstract: Data transmission method of server firmware adapted to a server having request end firmware devise, server end firmware devise and shared memory, with the method comprises: putting a request into the shared memory via http/https by the request end firmware devise, obtaining the request from the shared memory by the server end firmware devise from the shared memory, storing a requested data file and a completion notification into the shared memory via http/https according to the request by the server end firmware devise when the request is determined as conforming to a request rule by the server end firmware devise, wherein the completion notification is marked as success when the request content is accord with a request rule, and obtaining the requested data file from the shared memory when the completion notification is received and determined as success by the request end firmware devise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Chin Huang, Heng Ping Hsu, Tai Li Lin
  • Publication number: 20220186923
    Abstract: A fan assembly including a base, a fan, a light-emitting unit, and a lighting effect component is provided. The fan is rotatably disposed above the base, and includes a central part and multiple blades extending outwards from the central part, and each of the blades has a top surface away from the base. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the base and located between the base and the central part of the fan. The lighting effect component is disposed on the base and surrounds the light-emitting unit. A projection of the lighting effect component projected onto the base is greater than a projection of the fan projected onto the base. A height of the lighting effect component protruding from the base is less than a distance between the top surface of one of the blades and the base. The lighting effect component includes an inclined inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Shun-Chih Huang, Ching-Yu Lu, Kai-Yan Huang, Liang Yu Wu, Jeffrey Lee
  • Patent number: 11361698
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display panel and a host. The host is electrically connected to the display panel, and includes a processing unit and a graphics processing unit. The processing unit executes a driver program of the graphics processing unit and a specific program to render a display image of the specific program, wherein the display image includes a user interface. The processing unit obtains position information about a static area of the user interface. In response to the processing unit obtaining the position information about the static area of the user interface, the graphics processing unit performs a burn-in-prevention process on the static area via the driver program to generate an output image, and transmits the output image to the display panel for displaying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hou-Yuan Lin, Ching-Hung Chao, Po-Chang Tseng, Hung-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 11330222
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, which includes a USB Type-C connector, display panel, a multiplexing circuit, a switch circuit, and a display controller. The USB Type-C connector is connected to a portable device, wherein a USB signal between the display apparatus and the portable device includes an image-transmission channel and a data-transmission channel. The multiplexing circuit separates the image-transmission channel from the data-transmission channel. The display controller controls a display mode of the display panel. In response to the display panel being in a first display mode, the display controller transmits a control signal to the switch circuit to control the multiplexing circuit to switch to a first operation mode. In response to the multiplexing circuit being in the first operation mode, the portable device acts as a host terminal in the image-transmission channel, and acts as a device terminal in the data-transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Hui Chen, Erh-Chia Joung, Kuei-Shan Chang
  • Patent number: 11323141
    Abstract: A control method of a multi-antenna module includes the following. Antennas generating signals in at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band are provided. The antennas are divided into a first group and a second group by detecting performance of the antennas in the first frequency band and the second frequency band. Antennas of the first group have better performance in the first frequency band than in the second frequency band, and antennas of the second group are antennas other than the antennas of the first group. The number of the antennas of each of the first group and the second group is at least greater than or equal to 2. The first group is instructed to generate the signals in the first frequency band, and the second group is instructed to generate the signals in the second frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsun Huang, Tse-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 11307643
    Abstract: A power management system includes connection interfaces, a system power supply, and a power management circuit. Each connection interface is connected to one power consumption device. The system power supply includes power supply units (PSUs). The system power supply supplies electricity power to each power consumption device via one connection interface. The power management circuit is connected to each power consumption device via the connection interfaces. The power management circuit obtains a current total load of PSUs, determines a target load of each PSU, and determines whether each connection interface is connected to one power consumption device. The power management circuit turns off power supply to the connection interface that is not connected to the power consumption devices. According to the current total load and the target load, the power management circuit determines an enabled number of the PSUs, thereby turning on or turning off each PSU accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Wang, Chia-Neng Yang, Chia-Cheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20220101481
    Abstract: A VGA card assembly includes a VGA card with a circuit board for generating a status signal and a monitoring device. The monitoring device has a microprocessor for receiving the status signal, a status display and a non-volatile memory with at least one first storage block and at least one second storage block. Before completely writing a second file into the second storage block, the microprocessor obtains a first file stored in the first storage block, and enables the status display to output an image according to at least one of the status signal and the first file. After completely writing the second file into the second storage block, the microprocessor obtains the second file stored in the second storage block, and enables the status display to output an image according to at least one of the status signal and the second file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shun-Chih HUANG, Ching-Yu LU, Liang Yu WU, Jeffrey LEE, Yen-Lin LI, Chieh-Hsi YANG, HANCHAO LIN
  • Patent number: 11283231
    Abstract: A clamping module is adapted to clamp a memory module and insert or remove the memory module into/from a slot. The clamping module includes a main body, two jaw clamps and a blocking pressing plate. The two jaw clamps are movably disposed on the main body and adapted to move in relative to each other to clamp or release the memory module. The blocking pressing plate is movably disposed on the main body, wherein after the two jaw clamps clamp the memory module to a position in contact with the slot, the two jaw clamps moves away from each other so that the memory module is released and the blocking pressing plate moves from a first position to a second position in order to press the memory module so that the memory module is inserted into the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsing-Feng Tsai, Yen-Yun Chang, Tsung-Ta Wu
  • Patent number: 11281264
    Abstract: A power supply bus apparatus and a server having the same are provided. The power supply bus apparatus is suitable for electrically connecting to a power supply module, and includes a first power supply backplane, a first docking structure, and an electrical bus insertion group. The first docking structure is disposed on the first power supply backplane and docked with the power supply module. The electrical bus insertion group is disposed on the first power supply backplane, the electrical bus insertion group includes a first insertion structure and a second insertion structure, and the second insertion structure has a polarity different from that of the first insertion structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Liang Wu, Ching-Chuan Huang, Chao-Hsiang Huang
  • Patent number: 11282296
    Abstract: A face identification method includes performing a distance detection to obtain a detected distance value; determining whether the detected distance value is smaller than a distance threshold; when the detected distance value is smaller than the distance threshold, determining a luminance corresponding to the detected distance value and emitting an infrared light according to the luminance; capturing an infrared light image and performing face identification to the infrared light image; and when the face identification is successful, performing a corresponding event. A face identification apparatus configured to perform the face identification method is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Hua Sun, Kai-Hsun Chen
  • Patent number: 11269424
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a display apparatus and a host. The display apparatus includes a display controller and a display panel. The host executes an application to render a display image, and transmits the display image to the display controller through an image-transmission channel between the host and the display controller, and the display controller displays the display image on the display panel. The display controller determines whether an external input signal from a user satisfies a predetermined condition. In response to the external input signal satisfying the predetermined condition, the display controller triggers a virtual input signal corresponding to a specific macro key, and transmits the virtual input signal to the host through a data-transmission channel between the host and the display controller, so that the host executes a keystroke sequence corresponding to the specific macro key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Kai Huang, Cheng-Lung Lin, Shih-Pin Chang, Chih-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11262914
    Abstract: A solid-state drive and a performance optimization method for the solid-state drive are provided. The performance optimization method for the solid-state drive includes the following steps: detecting a queue depth of the solid-state drive to determine a use proportion of the queue depth; determining whether an access speed of the solid-state drive is raisable when the use proportion of the queue depth is higher than a first threshold proportion, so as to raise the access speed of the solid-state drive; and determining whether the access speed of the solid-state drive is reduceable when the use proportion of the queue depth is lower than a second threshold proportion, so as to reduce the access speed of the solid-state drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Cheng Chen, Tse-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 11245233
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cable concentrator and an electronic device having the same, where the cable concentrator includes main body and ground partition plate. The main body includes sidewall portions and bottom plate portion together forming accommodation portion to accommodate cable connectors. The bottom plate portion has positive terminal holes and negative terminal holes. The ground partition plate is located in the accommodation portion and divides the accommodation portion. The ground partition plate has ground bent tabs respectively corresponding to the negative terminal holes of the bottom plate portion and are electrically connected to negative terminals on a circuit board and thus grounding the negative terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Yung-Shun Kao
  • Publication number: 20220030191
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, which includes a USB Type-C connector, display panel, a multiplexing circuit, a switch circuit, and a display controller. The USB Type-C connector is connected to a portable device, wherein a USB signal between the display apparatus and the portable device includes an image-transmission channel and a data-transmission channel. The multiplexing circuit separates the image-transmission channel from the data-transmission channel. The display controller controls a display mode of the display panel. In response to the display panel being in a first display mode, the display controller transmits a control signal to the switch circuit to control the multiplexing circuit to switch to a first operation mode. In response to the multiplexing circuit being in the first operation mode, the portable device acts as a host terminal in the image-transmission channel, and acts as a device terminal in the data-transmission channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Hui CHEN, Erh-Chia JOUNG, Kuei-Shan CHANG
  • Patent number: 11226863
    Abstract: A solid-state disk and a startup method are provided. The solid-state disk includes a control circuit, a firmware switching circuit, a first firmware storage unit, and a second firmware storage unit. The firmware switching circuit is coupled to the control circuit. The first firmware storage unit is coupled to the firmware switching circuit and stores a first firmware. The second firmware storage unit is coupled to the firmware switching circuit and stores a second firmware. The control circuit reads the first firmware storage unit or the second firmware storage unit according to whether the firmware switching circuit is triggered so as to startup according to the first firmware or the second firmware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Cheng Chen, Tse-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 11228194
    Abstract: A motherboard having a smart charging function is provided. A connection interface is configured to an electrical device. A first controller is coupled to the switching circuit and communicates with the electrical device via a first transmission path. A second controller is coupled to the switching circuit and communicates with the electrical device via a second transmission path. In a standard charge mode, the first transmission path is turned on and the first controller directs a voltage converter circuit to generate first charge power to the electrical device. In a fast charge mode, the first controller determines whether the electrical device has a specific operating system. Responsive to determining that the electrical device does not have the specific operating system, the second transmission path is turned on and the second controller directs the voltage converter circuit to generate second charge power to the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yuan-Chieh Chen, Chin-Hui Chen, Cheng-Hua Tsai, Ko-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 11216649
    Abstract: A display device capable of automatically adjusting displayed image comprises a display device, a camera assembly, an image recognition device and a signal processor. The display device including a shell and a display panel partially exposed from the shell, wherein the display panel faces a first direction. The camera assembly obtains a first image with a first visual angle and obtain a second image with a second visual angle. The image recognition device generates a first instruction when the first image meets a first condition and generates a second instruction when the second image meets a second condition. The signal processor adjusts the display signal to conceal the displayed image according to the first instruction and to adjust the display signal to generate a reminder message on the displayed image according to the second instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Cheng Chen, Tse-Hsine Liao, Chin Hui Chen, Chih-Hua Ke
  • Patent number: 11212938
    Abstract: A serial transmission fan control device comprises a master controller, a first fan controller, and a second controller. The master controller generates a serial control data, wherein the serial control data comprises a plurality of packets concatenated in an order and each of the plurality of packets comprises a control parameter set of a fan. The first fan controller electrically connects to the master controller, receives the serial control data, extracts a packet from the plurality of packets of the serial control data, and sends a first downlink serial data, wherein the first downlink data comprises all of the plurality of packets of the serial control data except for the extracted packet. The second fan controller electrically connects to the first fan controller, receives the first downlink serial data, and extracts a packet from the packets of the first downlink serial data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan Chieh Chen, Chin Hui Chen, Shih Hsiao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20210377874
    Abstract: A control method of a multi-antenna module includes the following. Antennas generating signals in at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band are provided. The antennas are divided into a first group and a second group by detecting performance of the antennas in the first frequency band and the second frequency band. Antennas of the first group have better performance in the first frequency band than in the second frequency band, and antennas of the second group are antennas other than the antennas of the first group. The number of the antennas of each of the first group and the second group is at least greater than or equal to 2. The first group is instructed to generate the signals in the first frequency band, and the second group is instructed to generate the signals in the second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsun Huang, Tse-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: D951248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han-Yi Chen