Patents Assigned to Quanta Computers Inc.
  • Temperature variation apparatus
    Patent number: 8151575
    Abstract: The invention discloses a temperature variation apparatus for varying the temperature of a liquid. The temperature variation apparatus includes a metal tube, a power supply, a heat conductor, and a thermo-electric cooler (TEC). The liquid is poured into the metal tube. The power supply has an anode and a cathode respectively connected to two ends of the metal tube, so that the metal tube can be electrified to generate heat. The heat conductor encircles and contacts with the metal tube, and the thermo-electric cooler contacts with the heat conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Wu, Yi-Chin Tsai, Kwan-Chiao Liao
  • Hard drive deck
    Patent number: 8154861
    Abstract: A hard drive deck is described. A base portion comprises a first fastening portion, a second fastening portion and a support leg. The support leg has a positioning hole and the first fastening portion has a plurality of slots such that the base portion is fastened to a computer housing. A hard drive housing is secured on the base portion. The hard drive hosing comprises an insert opening and a third fastening portion, wherein the insert opening allows a hard disk drive to be plugged into. A L-shaped frame comprises a first screw hole and a second screw hole. The first screw hole and the second screw hole are located on two ends of the L-shaped frame. The second fastening portion and the third fastening portion are secured to the first screw hole and the second screw hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Hsueh-Chin Lu, Chen-Sheng Tang
  • Multi-band antenna
    Publication number: 20120081264
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a dielectric substrate, and a main antenna member and a metal piece disposed on the dielectric substrate. The main antenna member includes a feed-in portion for feeding with a radio frequency signal, a first conductor arm connected to the feed-in portion and adjacent to a first side edge of the dielectric substrate, a second conductor arm connected to the feed-in portion and having a length shorter than that of the first conductor arm, a third conductor arm connected to the feed-in portion, a fourth conductor arm extending along the third conductor arm, and a grounding portion adjacent to the feed-in portion. The metal piece is disposed at the first side edge and connected to the fourth conductor arm, resonates and couples with the first conductor arm to form a first radiator section, and cooperates with the fourth conductor arm to form a second radiator section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Yuan Wang, Chi-Yin Fang
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 8149573
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a main body, a display module pivotally connected to the main body, a first magnet in the main body, a second magnet in the display module, a lever movably disposed in the main body, and a joining member movably disposed in the main body and connected to the lever. When the display module and the main body are folded, the second magnet attracts the first magnet, and the lever pushes the joining member to protrude from the main body and join with the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Min Wu, Chih-Wei Huang, Hsiang-Jung Hung
  • Cursor control method applied to presentation system and computer readable storage medium
    Patent number: 8149215
    Abstract: The invention discloses a cursor control method applied to a presentation system. The presentation system comprises a computer, an imaging plane, an optical pointer, a camera, and a projector. The projector is a mobile or built-in projector of the computer for projecting output from the computer onto the imaging plane, wherein the output of the computer comprises an internal cursor generated by the computer. The optical pointer is used for projecting an external cursor onto the imaging plane. The camera is a mobile or built-in camera of the computer for capturing an image of the imaging plane. After capturing the image, a processor of the computer detects both a first position of the external cursor and a second position of the internal cursor corresponding to the image, calculates a shift vector between the first and second positions, and moves the internal cursor based on the shift vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yun-Cheng Liu, Ching-Chun Chiang, Maw-Lin Hsu
  • PORTABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120075106
    Abstract: A portable computer system including a battery, a power switch and a computer unit is provided. The battery provides a supply signal to the power switch. The computer unit includes an embedded controller (EC), a driver and a user interface device. The EC determines whether the battery satisfies a low power condition according to the supply signal. If so, the EC provides a driving supply signal. The driver determines whether the supply signal satisfies a low voltage condition according to the driving supply signal. If so, the driver triggers an alert event. The user interface device triggers a user notification event according to the alert event. The power switch is further turned on/off in response to an operation event for respectively providing the supply signal to power the computer unit and put the computer unit in a power cut-off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Pi-Chi CHEN, Wei-Ting Yen
  • Computer-contained binder
    Patent number: 8142096
    Abstract: A computer-contained binder provided in the disclosure has a document binder and a computer device. The document binder having at least one cover plate and plural parallel folder rings piercing through an edge of the cover plate. The computer device has a main body, a column-shaped battery portion pierced through by all of the parallel folder rings, and a movable arm. The movable arm has two opposite ends, in which one end thereof is fixed on one of the opposite ends of the column-shaped battery portion, and the other end thereof is movably disposed on one side of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yuan-Chen Liang, Chia-Hui Wu, Yi-Chun Lin
  • Computer-contained binder
    Patent number: 8137020
    Abstract: A computer-contained binder provided in the disclosure has a document binder and a computer device. The document binder having at least one cover and plural parallel folder rings piercing through an edge of the cover. The computer device has a main body, a column-shaped battery portion pierced through by all of the parallel folder rings, and two shafts. Each shaft respectively pivots the column-shaped battery portion and the main body at two opposite end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yuan-Chen Liang, Chia-Hui Wu, Yi-Chun Lin
  • Method and apparatus for image stabilization
    Patent number: 8139885
    Abstract: An image stabilization method and an image stabilization device for processing a target image in a video stream are provided. A target accumulated global vector of the target image is first calculated. Then, a low-pass filtering procedure is performed on the target accumulated global vector to generate a final motion vector. Subsequently, the target image is adjusted based on the final motion vector. Thereby, the target image is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Po Hsu
  • Touch pad module assembly structure
    Patent number: 8139347
    Abstract: A touch pad module assembly structure includes a housing and a touch module. The housing includes a generally rectangular concave area, which includes a bottom surface, two housing edges, a step, a position pin and a convex member. The step is disposed closer to one of the two housing edges than the other thereof. The position pin is disposed on an inner surface of the one of the two housing edges. The convex member is disposed closer to the other of the two housing edges. The touch module includes a support member, which includes a position member and a hook member. The position member is disposed at an edge of the support member and includes a position hole to be engaged with the position pin. The hook member is disposed at an opposite edge of the support member and coupled with the other of the two housing edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tsung-Ju Chiang, Hsiu-Pen Lin
  • MEASUREMENT AND ESTIMATION METHOD FOR ORTHOPEDICS DIAGNOSIS
    Publication number: 20120065546
    Abstract: A measurement and estimation method for orthopedics diagnosis is disclosed, which includes providing a resonant frequency of a bone, providing a bone length of the bone, providing a correction parameter, and calculating a bone density according to the resonant frequency, the bone length, and the correction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min WU, Chih-Hsiung Yu, Hsin-Hsueh Wu, Chien-Sheng Wang, Tsung-Min Hsieh, Shu-Wei Huang
  • Housing structure of electronic device and manufacturing method thereof
    Publication number: 20120062082
    Abstract: A housing structure of electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The housing structure of electronic device comprises a metal member and a plastic member. A surface of the metal member is formed with a plurality of micro anchored apertures. Each micro anchored aperture has an irregular inner wall. The plastic member is integrated on the surface of the metal member, wherein the plastic member extends in the micro anchored apertures and fully abutted and adhered on the irregular inner walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Shu-Chen Lin
  • Manufacturing method of housing of electronic device
    Publication number: 20120061879
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of housing of electronic device comprises following steps: providing a metal member; forming a plurality of micro anchored apertures on a surface of the metal member; placing the metal member in a plastic injection mold, wherein the plastic injection mold is set at a first temperature; and providing a molten plastic material in the plastic injection mold for integrating with the surface of the metal member with an injection molding manner, wherein the plastic injection mold is set at a second temperature, and the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Shu-Chen Lin
  • Portable electronic device
    Publication number: 20120052355
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a main body, a battery module, at least a cover, a latch, a resilient member and a knob. The battery module is connected to the main body. At least a cover is connected to the main body. The latch is to lock or unlock the battery module and the at least a cover to the main body. The resilient member has an end connected with the latch for recovering the latch to an original position. The knob is connected to the latch and exposed by the main body for controlling the latch to lock or unlock the battery module and the at least a cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tsung-Ju Chiang, Chih-Cheng Chang, Cheng-Hsien Tsai
  • OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120050224
    Abstract: An optical touch system includes a substrate, a glass module, two light sources, three reflective clothes, two image sensors and a processing module. The glass module is disposed at one side of the substrate. The two light sources are respectively disposed at two terminals of the glass module. The three reflective clothes are disposed on the edges of the substrate contiguously. A touch region is formed among the three reflective clothes and the glass module for reflecting the light emitted from the two light sources. The two image sensors are disposed respectively next to the two light sources and used for capturing images in the touch region. The processing module is used for determining whether a touch action is performed according to the images in the touch region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Chi CHUNG, Hsin-Hung LEE, Hsu-Hung CHEN
  • Classifying method and classifying apparatus for digital image
    Patent number: 8126263
    Abstract: The invention provides a classifying method for digital images. First, a discrete cosine transform is performed on a candidate area of a digital image to generate a set of discrete cosine transform coefficients. Then, a set of texture parameters is generated based on the set of discrete cosine transform coefficients. At last, a classified result of the digital image is generated based on the set of texture parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Jia-Jie Chiang, Po-Hsuan Liao, Cheng-Wei Lin
  • Three-party video conference system and method
    Patent number: 8125511
    Abstract: The invention provides a three-party video conference system and method. The three-party video conference system, according to the invention, uses a second terminal apparatus, which can transmit data in different protocols for receiving and transmitting the compressed digital signals transmitted from a first terminal apparatus and a third terminal apparatus. Therefore, even though the first terminal apparatus and the third terminal apparatus can not transmit compressed digital signals to each other with the same protocol, the user still can achieve three-party video conferencing communication with the three-party video conference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Lam, Chee-Chun Leung, Chia-Yuan Chang, Hsueh-Cheng Hsu
  • Complex switch control system
    Patent number: 8125354
    Abstract: A complex switch control system including many switches, a switching voltage control circuit and a comparator is provided. The switching voltage control circuit converts an operating voltage into a switching voltage according to the states of the switches. The comparator compares the switching voltage with a reference voltage and outputs a switch state signal to a keyboard controller. A duty cycle of the switch state signal corresponds to the states of the switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Cheng Lu, Yu-Tsang Wu
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 8120898
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a base, a first cover and a second cover. The first cover is rotatably disposed on the base between a first position and a second position. When the first cover is at the first position, the cover is closed relative to the base, and when the first cover is at the second position, the cover is open relative to the base. The second cover is movably disposed on the base between a third position and a fourth position. When the first cover is rotated from the first position to the second position, the second cover is pushed thereby from the third position to the fourth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tsung-Chin Liu, Yung-Yu Lu
  • High-definition video conference system and method
    Patent number: 8120639
    Abstract: The invention provides a high-definition video conference system and method. The high-definition video conference system, according to the invention, uses an encoding module for compressing a plurality of usable digital signals under a high-definition compression standard into a plurality of compressed digital signals, and an instant-messaging application for transmitting the compressed digitals to a second terminal apparatus. The second terminal apparatus uses a decoding module for decompressing the plurality of compressed digital signals under the high-definition compression standard to obtain a plurality of image signals, and a displaying module for displaying the image signals. Therefore, the high-definition video conference system of the invention can achieve high-definition video conference applications even under limited hardware performance and network transmission bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Lam Barry, Leung Chee-Chun, Chang Chia-Yuan, Hsu Hsueh-Cheng