Patents by Inventor Cheng-Min Lin

Cheng-Min Lin 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: 20220321376
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting an overview of participant reactions to a virtual conference. The program and method provide for a virtual conference between plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant to indicate different reactions to the virtual conference; receive indication of selections of the reaction buttons by one or more of the plural participants; store an indication of the selections over time in association with recording the virtual conference; generate a graphical overview of reactions to the virtual conference based on the stored indication of the selections; and provide, for a first participant of the plural participants, display of the graphical overview.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321832
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing side conversations within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with a virtual conference among plural participants, a first audio channel for sharing among the plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button to initiate a side conversation with the participant; receive indication of a user selection, by a first participant, of the user-selectable button for initiating a side conversation with a second participant of the plural participants; and provide a second audio channel from a first device associated with the first participant to a second device associated with the second participant, in conjunction with providing the first audio channel to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321617
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing automatically navigating between rooms within a virtual space for virtual conferencing. The program and method provide for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a first room of plural rooms included within the virtual space; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button for requesting that the participant follow another participant with respect to navigating between the plural rooms; receive a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant; receive a second indication that the second participant authorizes following the first participant when navigating between the plural rooms; and provide for the second participant to follow the first participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Maxwell Gale, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321372
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for updating element properties based on distances between elements in a virtual conference. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room, an interface for specifying how a first element in the room affects at least one property value of a second element, based on distance between the two elements; receive user selection of parameter values specifying how the first element affects the at least one property value of the second element based on the distance; provide a virtual conference between plural participants within the room including the first and second elements; update the at least one property value of the second element based on a change in distance between the first and second elements, and on the parameter values; and provide for updated display of the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Emily Cho, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321375
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for mixing participant audio from multiple rooms within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a first room for virtual conferencing, display of a user interface for mixing participant audio from one or more second rooms into an audio channel for the first room; receive indication of user input via the user interface, the user input corresponding to settings for mixing the participant audio from the one or more second rooms; and provide, based on the settings and in association with virtual conferencing within the first room, for mixing the participant audio from one or more second rooms with respect to the audio channel for the first room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321613
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for communicating with a user external to a virtual conference. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring an external communication element to communicate with an external user; receive, via the interface, an indication of first user input for setting properties for the external communication element; provide, in association with virtual conferencing for the room, the external communication element in the room based on the properties; receive an indication of second user input selecting the external communication element; and provide, in response to receiving indication of the second user input, for communication with the external user based on the properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321833
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for configuring participant video feeds within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring plural participant video elements which are assignable to respective participant video feeds; receive, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the plural participant video elements; provide, in association with virtual conferencing between plural participants, display of the room based on the properties for the plural participant video elements; and assign, for each of the plural participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321373
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing breakout sessions based on tagging users within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual conferencing between plural participants, display of a first user interface for assigning tags to the plural participants; receive indication of first user input, via the first user interface, assigning a tag to a subset of the plural participants; provide display of a second user interface for configuring a breakout session; receive indication of second user input, via the second user interface, setting properties for the breakout session including the tag and an identification of a room to associate with the tag; and provide for the breakout session in the room, the breakout session including at least the subset of the plural participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220321371
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a room preview within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a first room of plural rooms, the plural rooms being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing; and for each of the plural participants, provide a first audio channel associated with audio output of the first room, provide display of a room preview element within the first room, the room preview element corresponding to a live preview of a second room of the plural rooms, and provide a second audio channel associated with audio output of the second room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11405005
    Abstract: A radio frequency amplifier circuit is provided. A matching circuit is configured on a radio frequency path of an input end or an output end of an amplifier. An inductance-capacitance resonance circuit and the matching circuit share an inductor included in the matching circuit to generate a corresponding resonance frequency. The matching circuit provides an input impedance or an output impedance matching two fundamental tones in a radio frequency signal at a first frequency and a second frequency. The inductance-capacitance resonance circuit provides a filtering path for filtering a signal component outside a frequency band formed by the first frequency and the second frequency in the radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: RichWave Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Cheng-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11381411
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions to a virtual conference. The program and method provide for a virtual conference between plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference; receive indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants; and in response to receiving the indication, provide, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons and audio output based on the selections, determine that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and provide, in response to the determining, for modified audio output associated with the selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Maxwell Gale, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11362848
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for administrator-based navigating of a participant between rooms. The program and method provide, to a first of plural participants, a first user interface for navigating a virtual space comprising plural rooms, the first user interface allowing the first participant to move the plural participants among the plural rooms; provide, to a second participant, a second user interface for navigating the virtual space, the second user interface allowing the second participant to move among the plural rooms while disallowing to move other participants among the plural rooms; receive an indication of user input via the first user interface, to move the second participant from a first room to a second room; and provide, in response to receiving the indication, for switching the second participant from the first to second room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20220103860
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe a video compression system. The described systems and methods acceses a sequence of image frames from a first computing device, the sequence of image frames comprising a first image frame and a second image frame, detects a first set of keypoints for the first image frame, transmits the first image frame and the first set of keypoints to a second computing device, detects a second set of keypoints for the second image frame, transmits the second set of keypoints to the second computing device, causes an animated image to be displayed on the second computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Sergey Demyanov, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin, Aleksei Podkin, Aleksei Stoliar, Sergey Tulyakov
  • Patent number: 10992268
    Abstract: A radio frequency signal amplification device includes an amplification circuit, an impedance matching circuit, a frequency detection circuit, and a control circuit. The amplification circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. The amplification circuit amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal received from the input terminal, and generates an amplified radio frequency signal to the output terminal. The impedance matching circuit is coupled to the input terminal or the output terminal of the amplification circuit. The impedance matching circuit receives the radio frequency signal and provides an impedance matching the radio frequency signal, or receives the amplified radio frequency signal and provides an impedance matching the amplified radio frequency signal. The frequency detection circuit determines a frequency band to which the radio frequency signal belongs. The control circuit adjusts the impedance of the impedance matching circuit according to the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: RichWave Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shyh-Chyi Wong, Cheng-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20210050824
    Abstract: A radio frequency amplifier circuit is provided. A matching circuit is configured on a radio frequency path of an input end or an output end of an amplifier. An inductance-capacitance resonance circuit and the matching circuit share an inductor included in the matching circuit to generate a corresponding resonance frequency. The matching circuit provides an input impedance or an output impedance matching two fundamental tones in a radio frequency signal at a first frequency and a second frequency. The inductance-capacitance resonance circuit provides a filtering path for filtering a signal component outside a frequency band formed by the first frequency and the second frequency in the radio frequency signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: RichWave Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Cheng-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20200127615
    Abstract: A radio frequency signal amplification device includes an amplification circuit, an impedance matching circuit, a frequency detection circuit, and a control circuit. The amplification circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. The amplification circuit amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal received from the input terminal, and generates an amplified radio frequency signal to the output terminal. The impedance matching circuit is coupled to the input terminal or the output terminal of the amplification circuit. The impedance matching circuit receives the radio frequency signal and provides an impedance matching the radio frequency signal, or receives the amplified radio frequency signal and provides an impedance matching the amplified radio frequency signal. The frequency detection circuit determines a frequency band to which the radio frequency signal belongs. The control circuit adjusts the impedance of the impedance matching circuit according to the frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shyh-Chyi Wong, Cheng-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 9946306
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a transparent adhesive layer, a transparent cover, a display module and a frame. The transparent adhesive layer has a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposite to the first adhesive surface, the second adhesive surface having a central region and a peripheral region around the central region. The transparent cover is adhered to the first adhesive surface of the transparent adhesive layer. The display module is adhered to the central region of the transparent adhesive layer. The frame has a border carrying part which is adhered to the peripheral region of the transparent adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Chun Lo, Cheng-Min Lin, Chun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20160231774
    Abstract: A display module including a display panel, an optical film, a cover plate and an optical clear adhesive (OCA) layer is provided. The display panel has a display surface. The optical film is disposed on the display surface, wherein the optical film has a first surface back to the display panel, and the first surface has a plurality of edges and a plurality of corners formed by any adjacent two of the edges crossing each other. The cover plate is disposed on the first surface of the optical film and covers the first surface. The OCA layer is disposed between the cover plate and the optical film and connected with the cover plate and the optical film, wherein the OCA layer covers the edges of the first surface and exposes the corners and a part of regions adjacent to the corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Chu-Chun Lo, Cheng-Min Lin, Chih-Lin Chang, Jen-Cheng Lai
  • Publication number: 20150192963
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a transparent adhesive layer, a transparent cover, a display module and a frame. The transparent adhesive layer has a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposite to the first adhesive surface, the second adhesive surface having a central region and a peripheral region around the central region. The transparent cover is adhered to the first adhesive surface of the transparent adhesive layer. The display module is adhered to the central region of the transparent adhesive layer. The frame has a border carrying part which is adhered to the peripheral region of the transparent adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Chun Lo, Cheng-Min Lin, Chun Tseng
  • Patent number: 8806340
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for embedding a media program with a randomly user selected thumbnail is disclosed. The user can scan a media program to identify one of a plurality of media program frames, select the frame of interest, then designate it as the thumbnail to use in connection with the embedded media program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hulu, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Eric Buehl, Tienan Ren, Xin Jin, Eric I. Feng