Patents by Inventor Bo Wen
Bo Wen 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: 20120057112Abstract: A liquid crystal display unit including a pixel unit and a quasi-isotropic liquid crystal layer with Kerr effect is provided. The pixel unit includes sub-pixel units, each sub-pixel unit at least has a first transmissive region and a second transmissive region. Each sub-pixel unit includes a switch, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. Each pixel electrode has first stripe patterns. The common electrode has second stripe patterns, wherein the first stripe patterns and the second stripe patterns are arranged alternately. In the first transmissive region, width of each first stripe pattern is L1, while a gap between each first stripe pattern and the corresponding second stripe pattern adjacent thereto is S1. In the second transmissive regions, width of each first stripe pattern is L2, while a gap between each first stripe pattern and the corresponding second stripe pattern adjacent thereto is S2, wherein L1?L2 or S1?S2 or L1/S1?L2/S2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Bo-Wen Ke, Yi-Jhih Ye, Hung-Lung Hou, Ya-Ling Hsu
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Publication number: 20120056559Abstract: An integrated circuit for driving high-voltage LED lamps is applied to a rectified alternative current (AC) power and a plurality of LED stacks. The integrated circuit includes a control unit, a plurality of current-clamping units which electrically connect to the control unit and the LED stacks respectively, and a plurality of current-sensing units which electrically connect to the current-clamping units and the control unit. When the rectified power is switched on, the current-sensing unit constantly monitors the electrical current flowing through the respective current-clamping unit and feeds back the monitored data to the control unit. The control unit sequentially switches on or off the current-clamping units according to the combinatorial logic state of the monitored data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Wei-Chen FU, Wei-Chen Liang, Wen-Cen Li, Bo-Wen Hou, Ching-Sung Lo
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Publication number: 20120050966Abstract: An electronic device assembly includes an electronic device and a support mechanism. The electronic device has a bottom surface, and at least one positioning groove formed in the bottom surface. The support mechanism includes first and second support members. The first support member has opposite first and second connecting ends. The first connecting end is pivotally connected to the bottom surface, is spaced apart from the positioning groove in a longitudinal direction, and is disposed rearwardly of the positioning groove. The second support member has a third connecting end and an engaging end opposite to the third connecting end. The third connecting end is pivotally connected to the second connecting end. The engaging end is removably engageable to the positioning groove such that the first and second support members are inclined protrudingly relative to the bottom surface in a supporting position when the engaging end is engaged to the positioning groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: WINSTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Bo-Wen LIU, Chin-Lung FAN
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Patent number: 8045036Abstract: An apparatus for sorting a raw data with horizontal division is provided. The apparatus includes a frame memory and a frame data sorting device coupled to the frame memory. The frame memory stores a frame data having m vertical fields, and each of the vertical fields has n horizontal fields. The frame data sorting device sorts at least one first data block having Vstripe rows of the frame data according to the value n to generate a sorted first data block and overwrites the first data block with the sorted first data block. The frame data sorting device also sorts at least one second data block having Hstripe columns of the frame data according to the value m to generate a sorted second data block and overwrites the second data block with the sorted second data block.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ho Lin, Bo-Wen Li
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Patent number: 8022917Abstract: An LCD panel driving method and device with charge sharing is disclosed. The LCD panel includes a plurality of switches, a plurality of data lines, a signal driving circuit for generating a plurality of image signals, a charge sharing common voltage driving circuit and a common capacitor having one end connected to the charge sharing common voltage driving circuit through a common voltage node. The method turns the switches on to thereby form the charge sharing common voltage driving circuit and the signal driving circuit as a short circuit, such that charges stored in the common capacitor flow into the data lines to drive the common voltage node to enter in an inverse phase state in order to sequentially turn the switches on and then off to accordingly sample the respective data lines.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kun-Tsung Lin, Kuei-Kai Chang, Bo-Wen Wang
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Publication number: 20110196203Abstract: A pharyngeal intubation guiding device includes lengthwise extending tongue-side and palate-side walls that cooperatively define a guiding duct. The tongue-side wall is configured to conform to the rear end of a patient's tongue to permit the guiding duct to confront the opening of the patient's larynx. The palate-side wall has an outer contour which establishes a guideway towards the opening of the patient's esophagus. A lengthwise extending laryngoscope guiding channel and a lengthwise extending endotracheal tube guiding groove are disposed in the guiding duct. A viewing window is disposed to define a terminal end of the laryngoscope guiding channel. The endotracheal tube guiding groove has a lead-in port to permit an endotracheal tube introduced therein to be removable laterally. A lengthwise extending conduit is disposed in the guiding duct to permit an aspirator tube to reach the patient's trachea to suck out phlegm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Inventors: Bo-Wen Xiao, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Feng-Min Lai, Chung-Chih Lin
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Publication number: 20110168670Abstract: A patterned sapphire substrate manufacturing method uses two-section dip etching procedure to improve the lateral etching rate at each etching position, so as to produce a concave-convex pattern composed of a plurality of triangular pyramid structures protruded from a surface onto an upper surface of a sapphire substrate, such that less planar area of the sapphire substrate surface will remain, and a mixed solution of sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid is used in a first dip etching step, and pure phosphoric acid or a mixed solution of sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid is used in a second dip etching step for etching the sapphire substrate to control the inclination of each triangular pyramid structure precisely, and providing a better light extraction rate for later manufactured light emitting diodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Yew-Chung Sermon Wu, Chi-Hao Cheng, Bo-Wen Lin, Wen-Ching Hsu, Szu-Hua Ho
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Publication number: 20110160955Abstract: A stabilization apparatus for stabling load voltage of vehicle is applied to a vehicle battery unit, a vehicle computer unit and a vehicle load unit. The stabilization apparatus for stabling load voltage of vehicle includes a voltage boost unit and a microcontroller unit. The voltage boost unit is electrically connected to the vehicle battery unit and the vehicle load unit. The microcontroller unit is electrically connected to the voltage boost unit and the vehicle computer unit. When the voltage of the vehicle battery unit is going to drop, a voltage-drop signal is sent from the vehicle computer unit to the microcontroller unit. The voltage boost unit is controlled by the microcontroller unit to supply a boosted voltage to the vehicle load unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Chin-Hou CHEN, Bo-Wen Tang, Ko-Yu Hsiao
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Publication number: 20110144842Abstract: A DC-to-DC converting apparatus with communication function for a vehicle is applied to an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle. The electric vehicle or the hybrid vehicle includes a vehicle control system. The DC-to-DC converting apparatus with communication function for a vehicle includes a DC-to-DC converter, a control circuit is electrically connected to the DC-to-DC converter, and a system communication interface is electrically connected to the control circuit and the vehicle control system. The working status of the DC-to-DC converter is detected by the control circuit and is informed to the vehicle control system through the system communication interface. The control circuit is controlled to control the DC-to-DC converter by the vehicle control system through the system communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chia-Lung NI, Chi-Yi YU, Wen-Sheng TSAO, Bo-Wen TANG, Chin-Hou CHEN, Ku-Yu HSIAO
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Publication number: 20110018816Abstract: A modular touch control assembly is applicable to an electronic device for generating contact operating signals and a press operating signals. The modular touch control assembly includes a substrate, a touchpad, and at least one elastic member. The touchpad is disposed on the substrate, and is provided to be contacted to generate the contact operating signals. The touchpad is also provided to be pressed and tilted, and detectors such as switches or displacement detectors monitor the touchpad. As the touchpad is tilted, a corresponding press operating signal is generated by the detectors according to the direction that the touchpad is tilted. The elastic member is disposed between the touchpad and the substrate, to be pressed by the tilted touchpad, to generating an elastic force to reset the touchpad to the original position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Bo-Wen LIU, Ho-Kuo Chueh
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Publication number: 20110023092Abstract: A plug-in privilege control includes authorizing a plug-in, including assigning a plug-in identification number (PIN) to the plug-in wherein the PIN is used to identify an identification (ID) of the corresponding plug-in; notifying the plug-in about the PIN; storing information about the plug-in and a plug-in accessible service to a mapping of services; receiving a request for a service from the plug-in, wherein the request includes the PIN; retrieving the ID of the plug-in according to the PIN; and determining whether to allow the plug-in to access the service that it requested.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Bo Wen, Liming Zhang
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Publication number: 20110016184Abstract: Downloading a plug-in for an Instant. Messaging (IM) client includes receiving a request for the plug-in from a user of the IM client; detecting a directly accessible peer client that is currently online; sending a plug-in download request to the directly accessible peer client; and in the event that the plug-in is received from the directly accessible peer client, installing the plug-in on the IM client.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Inventors: Bo Wen, Liming Zhang, Wei Peng, Zhenguo Bai
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Publication number: 20100251380Abstract: Identifying suspected phishing websites includes: obtaining an address of a website to be identified; determining, according to the address of the website to be identified, that the website to be identified is neither a legal website to be protected nor a phishing website; applying a suspected phishing website rule by matching a regular expression with the address of the website to be identified; and in the event that the matching is successful, determining that the website to be identified is a suspected phishing website.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Liming Zhang, Bo Wen, Yongwei Kong
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Publication number: 20100251034Abstract: Executing a plugin includes obtaining a stability level of the plugin to be executed, determining a plugin execution mode based at least in part on the stability level, and executing the plugin according to the plugin execution mode determined. The plugin execution mode is selected from a plurality of available plugin execution modes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Liming Zhang, Bo Wen, Yongwei Kong
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Patent number: 7773541Abstract: If a selected packet switch connected to a neighboring packet switch makes first information identifying the neighboring packet switch available, element managers and processes retrieve the first information from the selected packet switch. The first information is derived by the selected packet switch from communication via a first protocol between the selected packet switch and the neighboring packet switch. If the first information is not available to the element manager and if the selected packet switch makes second information identifying the neighboring packet switch available to the element manager, the element managers and processes retrieve the second information from the selected packet switch. The second information is derived from communication via a second protocol between the selected packet switch and the neighboring packet switch and the first and second protocols are different protocols.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: World Wide Packets, Inc.Inventors: Eric Stewart Davison, K. Gintaras Atkinson, Scott Daniel Wilsey, Darren William Oye, Bo Wen, Louis Reis
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Publication number: 20090220675Abstract: An apparatus for producing a biomimetic coating on an implantable article is provided. The apparatus includes an outer reactor for containing a biomimetic coating solution and an inner reactor arranged within the outer reactor. The inner reactor is smaller than the outer reactor so as to define a space between the inner and outer reactors. The apparatus also includes a pump system for circulating the biomimetic coating solution. The pump system is arranged to operate in the space between the inner and outer reactors. The inner reactor includes a flow control system that is selectively operable to control the flow of biomimetic coating solution between the outer and inner reactors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2009Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: DePuy Products, Inc.Inventors: Panjian Li, Elizabeth A. Hippensteel, Hai-Bo Wen, Ronald Konkle
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Publication number: 20090112866Abstract: An apparatus for sorting a raw data with horizontal division is provided. The apparatus includes a frame memory and a frame data sorting device coupled to the frame memory. The frame memory stores a frame data having m vertical fields, and each of the vertical fields has n horizontal fields. The frame data sorting device sorts at least one first data block having Vstripe rows of the frame data according to the value n to generate a sorted first data block and overwrites the first data block with the sorted first data block. The frame data sorting device also sorts at least one second data block having Hstripe columns of the frame data according to the value m to generate a sorted second data block and overwrites the second data block with the sorted second data block.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Chia-Ho Lin, Bo-Wen Li
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Patent number: 7501073Abstract: The invention provides a method of providing a metallic orthopaedic implant with a micron or nanometer-scale surface roughness to facilitate acceptance of tissue and bone growth or apposition after implantation while maintaining the structural integrity of the orthopaedic implant. The invention also provides a metallic orthopaedic implant comprising a metallic body and metallic elements adhered to a portion of the surface of the metallic body to define a three-dimensional porous surface geometry, wherein at least some of the metallic elements have a micron or nanometer-scale surface roughness.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: DePuy Products, Inc.Inventors: Hai Bo Wen, Panjian Li, Todd Smith
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Publication number: 20090003333Abstract: If a selected packet switch connected to a neighboring packet switch makes first information identifying the neighboring packet switch available, element managers and processes retrieve the first information from the selected packet switch. The first information is derived by the selected packet switch from communication via a first protocol between the selected packet switch and the neighboring packet switch. If the first information is not available to the element manager and if the selected packet switch makes second information identifying the neighboring packet switch available to the element manager, the element managers and processes retrieve the second information from the selected packet switch. The second information is derived from communication via a second protocol between the selected packet switch and the neighboring packet switch and the first and second protocols are different protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: WORLD WIDE PACKETS, INC.Inventors: Eric Stewart Davison, K. Gintaras Atkinson, Scott Daniel Wilsey, Darren William Oye, Bo Wen, Louis Reis
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Publication number: 20080066139Abstract: TV, TV box, and apparatus for transmitting a multimedia stream to a remote device are provided, wherein all of them are connected to Internet. The TV box comprises a control unit, a data transform module, and a TV process unit. The data transform module transforms the multimedia stream into a plurality of Internet packets. The control unit transforms the Internet packets to the remote device through the Internet. The TV process unit generates a display signal in response to the multimedia stream so that a display unit can display an image relating to the multimedia stream. The TV comprises the TV box and the display unit. The apparatus comprises the control unit, the data transform module, the public switched telephone network, and the user interface. Consequently, various techniques are integrated and multimedia stream can be transmitted to a remote device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: NEW SILICON, INC.Inventor: Bo-Wen Tsai