Patents by Inventor Chi-Shun Kao

Chi-Shun Kao 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: 10871914
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: storing first data to a first physical erasing unit and marking the first physical erasing unit as belonging to a first group, wherein the first data belongs to a first type; storing second data to a second physical erasing unit and marking the second physical erasing unit as belonging to a second group, wherein the second data belongs to a second type which is different from the first type; selecting a third physical erasing unit as an active physical erasing unit and marking the third physical erasing unit as belonging to the first group; when a data moving operation is performed, moving valid data of the first physical erasing unit to the third physical erasing unit according to a first parameter of the first physical erasing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ping-Chuan Lin, Shii-Yeu Chern, Tai-Yuan Huang, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Chi-Shun Kao
  • Publication number: 20200210093
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: storing first data to a first physical erasing unit and marking the first physical erasing unit as belonging to a first group, wherein the first data belongs to a first type; storing second data to a second physical erasing unit and marking the second physical erasing unit as belonging to a second group, wherein the second data belongs to a second type which is different from the first type; selecting a third physical erasing unit as an active physical erasing unit and marking the third physical erasing unit as belonging to the first group; when a data moving operation is performed, moving valid data of the first physical erasing unit to the third physical erasing unit according to a first parameter of the first physical erasing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ping-Chuan Lin, Shii-Yeu Chern, Tai-Yuan Huang, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Chi-Shun Kao