Patents by Inventor An-Fu Hsieh
An-Fu Hsieh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20150272798Abstract: A rise assisting structure includes a main body, a seat unit, two operation bars, and two support units. The seat unit is pivotally connected, at one side thereof, to the main body. The operation bars are pivotally mounted to the main body. The operation bars are provided at one end thereof with a step board arranged therebetween. The support units are each of an elastic extendable/retractable arrangement. When the step board is treaded down, the operation bars provide a torque in a way similar to a seesaw and the support units provide an elastically-support upward-pushing effect to raise up the seat unit so as to allow a user, with or without the assistance of an attendant person, to rise and stand up easily.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventor: Kuan-Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20150128081Abstract: Presented herein are techniques to enable a user of an electronic device having a display and touch screen to customize the size and location of a displayed keypad or keyboard such that the user can more easily hold the electronic device and operate the keypad or keyboard using a single hand. The techniques include detecting a touch operation input via the touch screen, the touch operation including a start point, an end point and a drag path between the start point and the end point; and when the start point is located at a first boundary of the touch screen and the end point is located at a second boundary of the touch screen, defining a bounded area of the display according to the first boundary, the second boundary and the drag path in which the set of keys is to be re-displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Meng-Fu HSIEH
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Patent number: 8802821Abstract: Polypeptides with DNA demethylase activity as well as methods of their use are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Robert Fischer, Jon Penterman, Jin Hoe Huh, Tzung-Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20140159512Abstract: A stator structure includes a main body having multiple frames each having an arc panel, a main tooth, at least one secondary tooth, at least one main coil and at least one secondary coil. The main tooth and the secondary tooth are disposed at one face of the arc panel. The main coil is installed at the main tooth, and the secondary coil is installed at the secondary coil. A rotor is penetrated through the stator structure. The frames are in a multi-layer circular arrangement at the rotor, and a dislocation angle exists between the frame at any layer and the frame at the neighboring layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Min-Fu Hsieh, Wan-Yu Wu, Hui-Chun Ho, Yee-Pien Yang
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Publication number: 20140139154Abstract: A current vector controlled synchronous reluctance motor and control method thereof, wherein the motor has a coil on each of the teeth. The coils form a U-phase winding, a V-phase winding and a W-phase winding. The phase windings receive a balanced three-phase current vector to induce closed magnetic field lines, such that the coils induce same magnetic poles adjacent to the rotor unit. Two short magnetic routes are formed along three adjacent teeth and the rotor unit. The efficiency of the reluctance motor is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzu-Shien CHUANG, Mi-Ching TSAI, Min-Fu HSIEH
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Patent number: 8599156Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for processing an input signal are provided. In the present invention, a signal conversion module is provided, and the signal conversion module registers into an operating system. A raw data corresponding to an input signal is obtained from the operating system through the signal conversion module, when the input signal is received from a human interface device. And a reference value is obtained from a driver of the human interface device through the signal conversion module. The raw data is converted into a coordinate data according to the reference value through the signal conversion module, and the coordinate data is sent to an application program through the signal conversion module.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Fu-Yia Hsieh, Meng-Fu Hsieh, Hsi-Chia Huang, Hsin-Yuan Peng, Chun-Hua Lee
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Patent number: 8476975Abstract: An operational amplifying device comprises an input stage and an output stage. The input stage receives and processes an input voltage to output an amplified voltage. The output stage is electrically connected to the input stage in series. The output stage comprises a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is configured to turn on for transferring the amplified voltage. The second switch is connected in parallel with the first switch and is configured to turn on for transferring the amplified voltage. The second switch is turned off when the first switch is turned on such that the amplified voltage is transferred through the first switch to the first resistor array for gamma correction.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventor: Zong-Fu Hsieh
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Patent number: 8456233Abstract: A chopper comprises a differential difference amplifier, a first switch, and a second switch. The differential difference amplifier comprises a first input stage and a second input stage. The first input stage comprises a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal. The second input stage comprises a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal. The first switch is operable to receive a first input voltage and a second input voltage and selectively transfer the first input voltage to one of the non-inverting input terminal of the first input stage and the non-inverting input terminal of the second input stage. The second switch is operable to receive a third input voltage and a fourth input voltage and selectively transfer the third input voltage to one of the inverting input terminal of the first input stage and the inverting input terminal of the second input stage.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventor: Zong-Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20130113553Abstract: A chopper comprises a differential difference amplifier, a first switch, and a second switch. The differential difference amplifier comprises a first input stage and a second input stage. The first input stage comprises a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal. The second input stage comprises a non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal. The first switch is operable to receive a first input voltage and a second input voltage and selectively transfer the first input voltage to one of the non-inverting input terminal of the first input stage and the non-inverting input terminal of the second input stage. The second switch is operable to receive a third input voltage and a fourth input voltage and selectively transfer the third input voltage to one of the inverting input terminal of the first input stage and the inverting input terminal of the second input stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventor: Zong-Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20130106521Abstract: An operational amplifying device comprises an input stage and an output stage. The input stage receives and processes an input voltage to output an amplified voltage. The output stage is electrically connected to the input stage in series. The output stage comprises a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is configured to turn on for transferring the amplified voltage. The second switch is connected in parallel with the first switch and is configured to turn on for transferring the amplified voltage. The second switch is turned off when the first switch is turned on such that the amplified voltage is transferred through the first switch to the first resistor array for gamma correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventor: Zong-Fu Hsieh
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Patent number: 8396947Abstract: An active monitoring system for serial monitoring devices and the method thereof are provided. By receiving serial data from a serial monitoring device on a triggering device and analyzing the serial data to generate a device tag, the mechanism transmits the packed device tag actively to a server through a network. The server automatically generates a tag compliant with the Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC) according to the device tag for monitoring. The mechanism improves the compatibility and efficiency of monitoring and bandwidth usage.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: MOXA Inc.Inventors: Yi Ming Pao, Kuan Wei Cheng, Chang Fu Hsieh
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Patent number: 8375505Abstract: The present invention wipes a writing board through areas. A teacher can wipe an area of a blackboard while writing on another area. Thus, a writing board can be flexibly used with convenience obtained and time saved.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: National Central UniversityInventors: Shu-San Hsiau, Chi-Hsin Ho, Peng-Shin Lee, Po-Ting Pan, Chao-Hung Zeng, Yi-Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20130037735Abstract: An overmolding ball valve contains a body including a hole and a control lever; a first housing covered on the body and including two first orifices, a second orifice to correspond to the control lever, the body being received in the first housing, the control lever extending out of the second orifice so that the body is capable of rotating in the first housing; a second housing to cover the body and the first housing being injection molded and including a chamber, two channels disposed on the chamber to correspond to the two ends of the hole individually, and a seat secured on another end of the chamber to correspond to the control lever, the body and the first housing being fixed in a mold to injection mold the second housing, the body and first housing are located at the chamber, and the control level extending out of the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventor: Ching-Fu Hsieh
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Patent number: 8217721Abstract: A slew rate enhancing circuit is disclosed. A current mirror circuit generates a mirrored current according to a current source, and the mirrored current is adaptively provided for an amplifier. A switch circuit is electrically coupled with the current source and the current mirror circuit. The switch circuit includes a first branch and a second branch that are coupled in parallel, wherein passage of the first branch and passage of the second branch are respectively controlled by a first switch and a second switch according to the non-inverting input voltage and the inverting input voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Himax Technologies LimitedInventor: Zong-Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20120158927Abstract: An active monitoring system for serial monitoring devices and the method thereof are provided. By receiving serial data from a serial monitoring device on a triggering device and analyzing the serial data to generate a device tag, the mechanism transmits the packed device tag actively to a server through a network. The server automatically generates a tag compliant with the Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC) according to the device tag for monitoring. The mechanism improves the compatibility and efficiency of monitoring and bandwidth usage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Moxa Inc.Inventors: Yi Ming Pao, Kuan Wei Cheng, Chang Fu Hsieh
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Publication number: 20120113022Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for processing an input signal are provided. In the present invention, a signal conversion module is provided, and the signal conversion module registers into an operating system. A raw data corresponding to an input signal is obtained from the operating system through the signal conversion module, when the input signal is received from a human interface device. And a reference value is obtained from a driver of the human interface device through the signal conversion module. The raw data is converted into a coordinate data according to the reference value through the signal conversion module, and the coordinate data is sent to an application program through the signal conversion module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Fu-Yia Hsieh, Meng-Fu Hsieh, Hsi-Chia Huang, Hsin-Yuan Peng, Chun-Hua Lee
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Publication number: 20110162163Abstract: The present invention wipes a writing board through areas. A teacher can wipe an area of a blackboard while writing on another area. Thus, a writing board can be flexibly used with convenience obtained and time saved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shu-San Hsiau, Chi-Hsin Ho, Peng-Shin Lee, Po-Ting Pan, Chao-Hung Zeng, Yi-Fu Hsieh
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Patent number: 7848622Abstract: A method of real-time recording a file with an AVI format on an optical storage medium is provided, in which the optical storage medium is a write-once type medium and employs a file system without multi-section record. According to the method, in the AVI format, a dummy chunk is used to cover a linking loss area generated between every continuous recording area, thus avoiding the AVI format being destroyed by the linking loss area.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Fu Hsieh, Chun-Tang Weng
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Publication number: 20100279436Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices including an electron beam inspection. The method includes forming a silicide region on a substrate. In an embodiment, the silicide region is formed to provide contact to a device feature such as a source or drain region. An electron beam scan is then performed on the substrate. The electron beam scan includes a first scan and a second scan. The first scan includes a lower landing energy than the second scan. In an embodiment, the first scan provides a dark silicide image analysis and a bright image analysis. In an embodiment, the second scan provides a dark silicide image analysis. The method continues to form a conductive plug after performing the electron beam scan.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hsueh-Hung Fu, Tsung-Fu Hsieh, Chih-Wei Chang, Shih-Chang Chen
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Publication number: 20090305241Abstract: Polypeptides with DNA demethylase activity as well as methods of their use are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Robert Fischer, Jon Penterman, Jin Hoe Huh, Tzung-Fu Hsieh