Patents by Inventor Cheng-Pin Lin

Cheng-Pin 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).

  • Patent number: 10110837
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for data transmission in an image sensor are disclosed herein. An example data transmission circuit may include a plurality of transmission banks coupled in series with a first one of the plurality of transmission banks coupled to function logic, where each of the plurality of transmission banks are coupled to provide image data to a subsequent transmission bank in a direction toward the function logic in response to a clock signal, a plurality of delays coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of delays is associated with and coupled to a respective transmission bank of the plurality of transmission banks, and wherein the clock signal is received by each of the plurality of transmission banks after being delayed by a respective number of delays of the plurality of delays in relation to the function logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingkan Lin, Tiejun Dai, Cheng-Pin Lin, Yu-Shen Yang
  • Publication number: 20180255255
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for data transmission in an image sensor are disclosed herein. An example data transmission circuit may include a plurality of transmission banks coupled in series with a first one of the plurality of transmission banks coupled to function logic, where each of the plurality of transmission banks are coupled to provide image data to a subsequent transmission bank in a direction toward the function logic in response to a clock signal, a plurality of delays coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of delays is associated with and coupled to a respective transmission bank of the plurality of transmission banks, and wherein the clock signal is received by each of the plurality of transmission banks after being delayed by a respective number of delays of the plurality of delays in relation to the function logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yingkan Lin, Tiejun Dai, Cheng-Pin Lin, Yu-Shen Yang
  • Publication number: 20090116189
    Abstract: A cooling system for a computer power supply unit includes: a housing; a plurality of cooling fans; a temperature controller; at least one temperature sensor coupled electrically to the temperature controller; and a plurality of fan-driving circuits coupled electrically and respectively to the cooling fans and controlled by the temperature controller for activating and deactivating the cooling fans, respectively. The temperature controller is configured with different temperature settings, each corresponding to a number of the cooling fans, and controls the fan-driving circuits to activate a number of the cooling fans according to the temperature setting corresponding to a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chang, Cheng-Pin Lin, Yu-Feng Tsai