Patents by Inventor CHAO AN

CHAO AN 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).

  • Publication number: 20170330655
    Abstract: A high voltage impedance device with surface leakage proof configuration is applied in a divider. Aforementioned divider is assembled by a high impedance element, an inner case body and an outer case body. The high impedance element is sealed in the inner case body and a closed interlayer between the inner case body and the outer case body is filled with noble gas as an insulating layer. While the high impedance element is applied in high voltage, the closed interlayer can prevent the current-leakage from forming impedance paralleled with the high impedance element. The current-leakage is formed on the surface of insulting portion, or is formed by moisture, dust or corona effect. Therefore, the current-leakage proof divider may maintain the stability/linearity of the voltage division and then reduce the distance between two ends of the high impedance element effectively and still maintain the linearity of measuring voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kung-Chao Tung, Steven Po-Cheng Tung
  • Publication number: 20170330210
    Abstract: The spend capacity of a consumer typically increases as the number of consumers in the household increases, since the consumer can draw on the spending power of other consumers in the household. The size of wallet of the household is thus a better indicator of the consumer's spend capacity than an individual size of wallet. All consumers in a given household can be aggregated based on, for example, their address of record. Duplicate tradelines within each household are removed from consideration in a size of wallet estimate. A spend capacity is then estimated for each tradeline using calculations derived from a consumer behavior model. The spend capacities for all tradelines in the household are combined to determine a household size of wallet. Each consumer in the household is then tagged with the household size of wallet, rather than their individual size of wallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. CHWAST, Kathleen HAGGERTY, Jing WANG, Di W. XU, Chao M. YUAN
  • Publication number: 20170331007
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor light-emitting stack including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the second semiconductor layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the first semiconductor layer; and a cushion part disposed on the semiconductor light-emitting stack; wherein in a top view, the cushion part is disposed in a center region of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing CHEN, Tsung-Hsun CHIANG, Chien-Chih LIAO, Wen-Hung CHUANG, Min-Yen TSAI, Bo-Jiun HU
  • Publication number: 20170329205
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, a supporting member, a sliding lid and an elastic member. The casing has a window. The supporting member is in the casing and has a through hole. The sliding lid is slidably disposed on the supporting member so that the sliding lid is slidable between an opened position and a closed position. The through hole is connected to the window when the sliding lid is located at the opened position, and the sliding lid is located between the through hole and the window when the sliding lid is located at the closed position. The elastic member is located on the same side of the sliding lid and the supporting member. One end of the elastic member is disposed on the sliding lid, and another end of the elastic member is disposed on the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: AVER INFORMATION INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Wen CHAO, Ming-Te CHENG
  • Patent number: 9819024
    Abstract: The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within spatial regions not occupied by the first active regions. In an example, the catholyte material comprises a lithium, germanium, phosphorous, and sulfur (“LGPS”) containing material configured in a polycrystalline state. The device has an oxygen species configured within the LGPS containing material, the oxygen species having a ratio to the sulfur species of 1:2 and less to form a LGPSO material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: QuantumScape Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Chieh Chao, Zhebo Chen, Tim Holme, Marie A. Mayer, Gilbert N. Riley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9818900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-carrier photoelectric conversion method. The method includes a hot-carrier photoelectric conversion device having a P-type semiconductor layer, an N-type semiconductor layer, and an inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer. The inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer is formed between the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer, and an electric field is formed between the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer. Moreover, photons are absorbed by the inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer to create electrons and holes. The electrons and holes are respectively shifted by the electric field or diffusion effect to the N-type semiconductor layer and the P-type semiconductor layer, so that the electrons and the holes are respectively conducted outside to create electric energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ching-Fuh Lin, Hsin-Yi Chen, Jiun-Jie Chao, Hong-Jhang Syu
  • Patent number: 9817029
    Abstract: A testing probe structure for wafer level testing semiconductor IC packaged devices under test (DUT). The structure includes a substrate, through substrate vias, a bump array formed on a first surface of the substrate for engaging a probe card, and at least one probing unit on a second surface of the substrate. The probing unit includes a conductive probe pad formed on one surface of the substrate and at least one microbump interconnected to the pad. The pads are electrically coupled to the bump array through the vias. Some embodiments include a plurality of microbumps associated with the pad which are configured to engage a mating array of microbumps on the DUT. In some embodiments, the DUT may be probed by applying test signals from a probe card through the bump and microbump arrays without direct probing of the DUT microbumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mill-Jer Wang, Ching-Fang Chen, Sandeep Kumar Goel, Chung-Sheng Yuan, Chao-Yang Yeh, Chin-Chou Liu, Yun-Han Lee, Hung-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 9818648
    Abstract: Methods for forming the fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device structure are provided. The method includes forming first fin structures and second fin structures on a first region and a second region of a substrate, respectively, and a number of the first fin structures is greater than a number of the second fin structures. The method also includes forming a sacrificial layer on the first fin structures and the second fin structures and performing an etching process to the sacrificial layer to form an isolation structure on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng Chao, Chai-Wei Chang, Po-Chi Wu, Jung-Jui Li
  • Patent number: 9819836
    Abstract: A printing system is described. The printing system includes a printer having a control unit to perform color mapping from an input color space defined in a printer input profile to a printer color space defined in a printer output profile and a printing condition matching module to automatically determine a printer input profile based on a selection of one of a plurality of printing conditions, wherein a printer input profile corresponds to each of the plurality of printing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Qiao, Chao Ma, Scott R. Johnson, Hong Li
  • Patent number: 9817690
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: predictively provisioning, by one or more processor, cloud computing resources of a cloud computing environment for at least one virtual machine; and initializing, by the one or more processor, the at least one virtual machine with the provisioned cloud computing resources of the cloud computing environment. In one embodiment, the predictively provisioning may include: receiving historical utilization information of multiple virtual machines of the cloud computing environment, the multiple virtual machines having similar characteristics to the at least one virtual machine; and determining the cloud computing resources for the at least one virtual machine using the historical utilization information of the multiple virtual machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong Qi Feng, Jiang Tao Li, Yi Bin Wang, Chao Yu, Qing Feng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9817849
    Abstract: An image identifying method for offline and online synchronous operation is disclosed. When the mobile device focuses on an recognition target, images frames of an recognition target are retrieved and sent to an recognition server. The mobile device executes an offline recognition operation, and synchronously an recognition server executes an online recognition operation. A plurality of the matching data is saved in the mobile device, and a plurality of recognition data is saved in an recognition server, wherein the recognition data larger than the matching data. When the mobile device firstly generates the recognition result, the recognition result is displayed for user searching reference. If the mobile device receives an recognition result from the recognition server before the mobile device completing the recognition, the recognition result replied form the recognition server is displayed on the display monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: VISCOVERY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Huang, Hsin-Yu Lin, Chao-Heng Hu
  • Patent number: 9818082
    Abstract: Techniques for managing a removal channel may be described. In an example, a first estimate may be generated. The first estimate may be associated with removing a volume of items from an inventory space within a planning horizon through a removal channel. A decision to remove the volume of items may be accessed. The decision may be based on the first estimate and a second estimate associated with adding a capacity for inventorying an equivalent volume of items. Based on the decision, a constraint may be generated and imposed on an inventory level of an item during a time period of the planning horizon. A quantity of the item to remove within the time period through the removal channel may be estimated based on the constraint. Usage of the removal channel during the time period may be set based on the quantity of the item to remove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Ali Sadighian, Salal Humair, Jun Tong, Xiaochang Hu, Mahmoud Ahmed Bishr, Chao Liu, Di Wu, Travis Francis Brayak, Patrick Ludvig Bajari, Deepak Bhatia
  • Patent number: 9814714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject suffering from or at risk of a BRAF V600 mutation or BRAF fusion mutation related disease or condition, without activating the MAPK pathway or inducing expression of MAPK pathway genes in cells harboring wild-type BRAF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Chao Zhang, Wayne Spevak, Jiazhong Zhang, Guoxian Wu, Jack Lin, Hanna Cho, Marika Nespi, Songyuan Shi, Todd Ewing, Ying Zhang, Gideon Bollag
  • Patent number: 9820082
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a first tracked device and a second tracked device. The first tracked device includes first known device data, describing one or more previous connections known to the first tracked device. The second tracked device includes second known device data, describing one or more previous connections known to the second tracked device. The first tracked device is configured to connect to the second tracked device, transfer to the second tracked device at least a portion of the first known device data, and receive from the second tracked device at least a portion of the second known device data. The first tracked device is further configured to modify the first known device data to incorporate the second known device data. The second known device data includes data related to a previous connection involving a third tracked device outside a signal range of the first tracked device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Bo Li, Tian Cheng Liu, Ke Wei Sun, Chao Xue, Boa Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 9818365
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a device for adjusting a display picture to solve a problem in the prior art that when Greenish phenomenon of a liquid crystal display screen is alleviated, aperture ratio of the display panel is decreased so that power consumption of the screen is increased. The method for adjusting the display picture includes the steps of: receiving a first clock signal for controlling a data line voltage signal for a pixel of the first color in the display picture and receiving a second clock signal for controlling data line voltage signals for pixels of the other colors; and making a pulse width at high level of the first clock signal smaller than a high level pulse width of the second clock signal, wherein the first color is closer to green than other colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Xu, Chunfang Zhang, Yan Wei, Heecheol Kim
  • Patent number: 9819072
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a substrate, an electrical insulation cover, a first antenna and a second antenna. The substrate has a ground surface. The electrical insulation cover covers the substrate. The electrical insulation cover has first and second surfaces. The first antenna is disposed on the first surface and is electrically connected to the ground surface. The second antenna is disposed on the second surface and includes first and second capacitive coupling portions, a signal feeding portion and a first slit. The signal feeding portion connects the first and second capacitive coupling portions. The first slit is located between the first and second capacitive coupling portions. The first antenna can generate first and second resonant modes with the first and second capacitive coupling portions in a manner of capacitive coupling, respectively. The first and second resonant modes have different frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Chun-Yen Huang
  • Patent number: 9818841
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a fin structure formed over a substrate and a gate structure formed across the fin structure. In addition, the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer formed over the substrate and a work function metal layer formed over the gate dielectric layer. The gate structure further includes a gate electrode layer formed over the work function metal layer. In addition, a top surface of the gate electrode layer is located at a position that is higher than that of a top surface of the gate dielectric layer, and the top surface of the gate dielectric layer is located at a position that is higher than that of a top surface of the work function layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chai-Wei Chang, Che-Cheng Chang, Po-Chi Wu, Yi-Cheng Chao
  • Patent number: 9819196
    Abstract: A power distribution system capable of automatic fault detection includes a lateral, a switch unit and a feeder terminal unit. The switch unit includes a circuit breaker coupled for transmitting electrical power to the lateral when making electrical connection, and a protection relay to provide a control signal that causes the circuit breaker to break electrical connection upon determining that the magnitude of a current provided by the circuit breaker is greater than a threshold current value. The feeder terminal unit detects whether or not the protection relay generates the control signal, so as to determine whether or not a fault has occurred in the lateral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: I Shou University
    Inventors: Chao-Shun Chen, Te-Tien Ku, Chia-Hung Lin, Cheng-Ting Hsu
  • Publication number: 20170324152
    Abstract: A method of making a housing includes providing a substrate having an opening, providing a plurality of metal sheets, providing a plurality of non-conductive members, and bonding the metal sheets together through the non-conductive members, forming a metal sheets member, placing the metal sheets member in the opening, bonding the metal sheets member with the substrate through the non-conductive members, and removing excess parts of the substrate to form the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: WEI-BEN CHEN, MIN LIU, CHAO-HSUN LIN, CHAO LAN
  • Patent number: D802659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Avision Inc.
    Inventor: Chao-Yu Peng