Patents Assigned to Lite-On It Corporation
  • Publication number: 20150206584
    Abstract: A controlling method for a solid state drive is provided. The solid state drive includes a controlling circuit and a resistive random-access memory. Firstly, a monitor factor is defined. The monitor factor is associated with a life span of the resistive random-access memory. If the monitor factor is higher than a predetermined value, a mapping algorithm of a logical-to-physical table is established by the controlling circuit and a logical block address of a host is mapped to a physical allocation address by the controlling circuit according to the logical-to-physical table, and a data accessing action is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Song-Feng Tsai, Yi-Chung Lee
  • Publication number: 20150208048
    Abstract: A method for image correction and image projection apparatus using the same are provided, where the image projection apparatus scans a projection light beam on a projection plane to form an image. The image correction method includes the following steps. A plurality of projection points of the projection light beam on the projection plane are sampled to define a projection coordinate system. An image projection area is defined on the projection coordinate system. The projection light beam is moved to scan on the projection plane and projected to the projection points sequentially. Whether the projection point is located in the image projection area is determined. When the projection point is located in the image projection area, a corrected image information is provided to the projection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shi-Jia Pei, Wen-Lung Lin, De-Jian Ou, Fu-Ji Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150194133
    Abstract: A portable electronic device with a projecting function and a projecting method are provided. The portable electronic device includes a posture sensor, a projection lens, and a controller. The posture sensor is used for detecting the orientation information of the portable electronic device. The projection lens is used for projecting a source image as a projection image. The controller is electrically connected with the posture sensor and the projection lens for judging an orientation status of the portable electronic device according to the orientation information. According to the orientation status of the portable electronic device, an approach of producing the projection image is correspondingly adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Lin, Chun-Lai Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20150185593
    Abstract: A pico projection fixing module includes a bracket main body, plural color light sources, and plural collimator lenses. The bracket main body includes plural assembling seats. The plural assembling seats are arranged side by side. Each of the plural assembling seats includes a first assembling part and a second assembling part beside the corresponding first assembling part. The plural color light sources are installed on the first assembling parts of the plural assembling seats, respectively. The plural collimator lenses are installed on the second assembling parts of the plural assembling seats and aligned with the plural color light sources, respectively. Moreover, plural color light beams from the plural color light sources are projected out through the corresponding collimator lenses. Moreover, plural concave spaces are arranged around bottoms of the plural second assembling parts, respectively, wherein the plural concave spaces are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Feng Chiang, Chuan Lee, Wei-Chih Lin, Fu-Ji Tsai, Liang-Tang Chen, Chih-Hao Lin, Wen-Chun Hsu, Chen-I Kuo
  • Publication number: 20150186052
    Abstract: A data transmission control method for a storage device is provided. The storage device is in communication with a host through a SATA bus. The data transmission control method includes the following steps. Firstly, a X_RDY primitive is issued from the storage device to the host. After a R_RDY primitive from the host is received by the from the storage device, a first frame is transmitted to the host. After the first frame is completely transmitted and in a specified time period before a second frame is transmitted, plural SYNC primitives are issued from the storage device to the host. If the host does not issue the X_RDY primitive in the specified time period, the second frame is transmitted to the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Lee, Yi-Jen Chen
  • Publication number: 20150186149
    Abstract: A processing system capable of connecting to a computer device comprising a second processing unit is provided. The processing system comprises a first processing unit and a first storage unit. The first storage unit is coupled to the first processing unit for storing at least a first programming code and a second programming code. At a first time point, the first processing unit accesses the first programming code from the first storage unit to set the processing system. At a second time point after the first time point, the first processing unit receives an instruction from the second processing unit and transfers the second programming code to the second processing unit in response to the instruction. The second processing unit controls the processing system with the second programming code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chien-Ping CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20150185468
    Abstract: The invention provides a driving calibration apparatus of an electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror and a driving calibration method thereof The driving calibration method includes the following steps. Different reference voltages are sequentially set to drive a plane mirror of the electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror to swing. Projection positions on a projected surface corresponding to the reference voltages that the laser beam projects to are determined. A driving lookup table is established according to the reference voltages and the corresponding projection positions. Calibrated driving voltages corresponding to ideal projection positions are determined according to the driving lookup table. The pane mirror is driven to swing according to the calibrated driving voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Hsu, Yu-Nan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150185051
    Abstract: An angle detection circuit of an electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror is provided. The angle detection circuit includes a capacitance sensing unit, a low-pass filter amplifier unit and an angle determination unit. The capacitance sensing unit is coupled to a mirror electrode of the electrostatic MEMS scanning minor for sensing an equivalent capacitance of the electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror and providing a capacitance sensing signal. The low-pass filter amplifier unit is coupled to the capacitance sensing unit for receiving the capacitance sensing signal and providing a position signal. The angle determination unit is coupled to the low-pass filter amplifier unit for receiving the position signal, and determines a rotation angle of the mirror electrode of the electrostatic MEMS scanning mirror to provide an angle signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu-Nan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150187398
    Abstract: A control method for a nonvolatile memory device with a vertically stacked structure is provided. The nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate, a common source line formed on the substrate, and plural memory blocks disposed over the substrate. Each memory block includes a cell string connected between a bit line and the common source line. Firstly, a first memory block of the plural memory blocks is selected as an active memory block, and one of the remaining memory blocks is selected as a second memory block. Then, a ground voltage is provided to the bit line of the second memory block, and the cell string of the second memory block is conducted, so that the ground voltage is transmitted from the bit line to the common source line through the cell string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chrong-Jung Lin, Hsin-Wei Pan
  • Publication number: 20150160538
    Abstract: A micro-projection system applied to a portable electronic device, comprising an optical engine, a control module, and a flat cable. The optical engine projects an image. The control module provides at least one control signal to control the optical engine. The flat cable is detachably connected to the optical engine and the control module respectively. Wherein, the optical engine and the control module are configured in the portable electronic device separately, and the flat cable has a corresponding configuration state for connecting the optical engine to the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Hsu, Yu-Nan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150124533
    Abstract: A solid state storage device and sensing voltage setting method thereof are provided, and the method includes following steps. A predetermined read voltage of the memory cells is adjusted to obtain a plurality of detection read voltages. The predetermined read voltage and the detection read voltages are respectively applied to a plurality of memory cells in order to read a plurality of verification bit data. A plurality of statistical parametric values between the predetermined read voltage and the detection read voltages adjacent to each other is calculated and recorded according to the verification bit data corresponding to the predetermined read voltage and the detection read voltages. An optimized read voltage is obtained according to the statistical parametric values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Yu-Shan Wu, Hsie-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20150124228
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus and an image projection method are provided. The image projection apparatus includes a projection light source, a scanning module, a reflection mirror and an optical detector. The projection light source provides a projection light beam and the scanning module drives the projection light beam to scan along at least an axial direction. The reflection mirror is located on a scan path of the projection light beam. The optical detector detects the projection light beam reflected by the reflection mirror and generates synchronous signals. The image projection apparatus determines a scanning frequency of the projection light beam according to the synchronous signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Po Hsu, Wen-Lung Lin, Chang-Feng Lee
  • Publication number: 20150118957
    Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) system includes a plurality of coils for coupling to an antenna of a portable device, wherein each two adjacent coils are partly overlapped with one another; a multiplexer selectively enabling at least one of the coils to build a communication with the antenna, wherein the coils enabled by the multiplexer are selected to have a best coupling effect with the antenna and are combined into an effective antenna; and at least one adaptation network for adapting an input/output of the effective antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc SCHAEFER, Stefan GRAF
  • Publication number: 20150109859
    Abstract: An electronic device with a solid state drive and associated control method are provided. The electronic device includes: a host; a power supply component, for providing electric power to the host and the solid state drive; and the solid state drive including a control unit electrically connected to the host through a bus, a cache memory electrically connected to the control component, and a flash memory electrically connected to the control component. When a remaining power of the power supply component decreases to a threshold value, the host controls the solid state drive to enter a data secure mode and disables the cache memory; and when the remaining power of the power supply component is above the threshold value, the host controls the solid state drive to enter a high performance mode and enables the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jen-Yu Hsu, Kuang-Jung Chang, Chia-Hua Liu, Chao-Ton Yang, Sin-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20150109333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a projecting device including a movement detecting unit, an image processing unit, and a projection module. The movement detecting unit is configured to detect displacement information of the projecting device. The image processing unit is configured to receive an image data frame, adjust a position of the image data frame related to a virtual image frame according to the displacement information, and generate a projection frame according to the intersection between the image data frame and the virtual image frame. The projection module is configured to project the projection frame on a projection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Lite-On IT Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Long LIN, Kevin KW CHENG, Chiou-Ming WU, YU-TE LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150109588
    Abstract: The present invention provides a micro projector device including a MEMS mirror, a laser source module, a detection module, and a control unit. The MEMS mirror has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion pivots to the second portion, and the first portion oscillates in relation to the second portion. The laser source module generates a laser light to a reflection plane of the first portion of the MEMS mirror. The detection module detects a capacitance value between the first portion and the second portion. The control unit determines the relative position between the first portion and the second portion according to the capacitance value, and provides image data to the laser source module according to the relative position. The reflection plane of the first portion is configured to reflect the laser light from the laser source module to a projection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Nan TSAI, Kevin KW CHENG, Chia-Hao HSU, Chun-Lai HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20150106667
    Abstract: A solid state storage device and controlling method thereof are provided, and the method includes following steps. Data is programmed into a flash memory module by using a first programming scheme. A data error parameter of the flash memory module is determined. If the data error parameter is greater than an error predefine value, the data is programmed into the flash memory module by using a second programming scheme. The first programming scheme and the second programming scheme are respectively mapping to a first threshold voltage frame and a second threshold voltage frame, and voltage interval of the second threshold voltage frame is broader than voltage interval of the first threshold voltage frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Lite-On IT Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Yu-Shan Wu, Hsie-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20150058534
    Abstract: A managing method for a cache memory of a solid state drive includes the following steps. When the solid state drive decides to perform a garbage collection, a storing space of the cache memory is divided into plural storing portions. A first storing portion of the cache memory is set as a buffering unit for a garbage collection purpose. A second storing portion of the cache memory is set as a buffering unit for a writing purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sin-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20150042365
    Abstract: A detection circuit is provided. A detection signal corresponding to an equivalent capacitance value of a micro-electro-mechanical system is generated by an oscillator, and the equivalent capacitance value of the micro-electro-mechanical system varies with a location of the micro-electro-mechanical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Nan Tsai, Kai-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hao Hsu, Chun-Lai Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20150026391
    Abstract: A block grouping method includes the following steps. Firstly, a link list is established. In the link list, plural blocks are classified into plural groups according to valid data counts of respective blocks. If a host refreshes a stored data of a flash memory of the solid state drive or adds a new data into the flash memory, the valid data count of the block corresponding to the refreshed data or the new data is changed, and the link list is updated according to the changed valid data count of the block. After the garbage collection is started by the solid state drive, the block to be subject to the garbage collection is selected according to the link list, and the garbage collection is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Yi Su, Chia-Lun Li