Patents by Inventor Chih-Hsien Yang

Chih-Hsien Yang 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: 20250094033
    Abstract: Disclosed are an edge tool configuration method and an electronic device. The edge tool configuration method includes: detecting a placement status of the electronic device through a sensor; reading configuration information of the edge tool according to the placement status, wherein the configuration information includes initial configuration information of the edge tool in a plurality of default placement statuses; placing the edge tool at an edge position in a display interface of a display according to the configuration information in the placement status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-In Liao, Chih-Hsien Yang, Li-Te Yang, Yung-Hsuan Kao, Chen-Yu Hsu, Shun-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 12237706
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery module, a power supply, a power controller, and a processor. The power controller obtains an initial battery capacity of the battery module and a current time when the power supply is connected to an external power supply. The processor sets a preset target battery capacity and a charging completion time, obtains a charging battery capacity according to the preset target battery capacity, the initial battery capacity and a charging time interval, calculates a calculated battery capacity-time-ratio according to the charging battery capacity and the charging time interval, converts the calculated battery capacity-time-ratio into a charging battery capacity, and transmits it to the power controller. The power controller converts the supplied power to a charging voltage or a charging current correspondingly according to the charging battery capacity, to charge the battery module to the preset target battery capacity by a charging end time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Publication number: 20250029958
    Abstract: A packaged integrated circuit including an input-output pin, a first chip and a second chip is provided. The first chip includes a first voltage converter circuit, a second voltage converter circuit, and a data transmission circuit. The first voltage converter circuit, the second voltage converter circuit, and the data transmission circuit are connected in parallel between an internal pin and the input-output pin. The second chip enables the first voltage converter circuit, the second voltage converter circuit, or the data transmission circuit based on the operation mode of the internal pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien YANG, Chieh-Sheng TU
  • Publication number: 20250004979
    Abstract: A power transmission chip is coupled between an external converter circuit and a controller chip and includes a first transmitting interface, an internal converter circuit, a second transmitting interface, and a processing circuit. The first transmitting interface is coupled to the external converter circuit to receive a conversion voltage. The internal converter circuit processes the conversion voltage to generate an analog signal. The second transmitting interface transmits the analog signal to the controller chip and receives a control command from the controller chip. The processing circuit generates an adjustment signal based on the control command and provides the first adjustment signal to the external converter circuit via the first transmitting interface. The external converter circuit adjusts the conversion voltage based on the adjustment signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien YANG, Jen-Chih LIU, Chieh-Sheng TU
  • Patent number: 12056350
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a one-hand touch operation method thereof are disclosed. A touch operation performed on a touch screen is detected through the touch screen. A touch operation for triggering a one-hand operation mode on the touch screen is detected. A one-hand mode interface display region is defined on the touch screen according to a touch start point position of the touch operation. An operation interface screen that is scaled down or shifted is displayed within the one-hand mode interface display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Patent number: 12027089
    Abstract: An electronic device and a refresh rate adjusting method of the electronic device are provided. The refresh rate adjusting method is adapted to the electronic device including a display, and the method includes following steps. During a period in which an application is executed in a foreground, a frame update status of the application is monitored, and a plurality of frame update rates of the application are recorded. In response to the application executed in the foreground, a refresh rate of the display is determined according to a statistical value of the frame update rates of the application. The display is controlled to display application frames of the application according to the refresh rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Huang, Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Publication number: 20240126861
    Abstract: A device unlocking method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: detecting fingerprint information of a user by a first sensor of the electronic device; authenticating the fingerprint information and temporarily storing an authentication result of the fingerprint information; after authenticating the fingerprint information, detecting operation environment information related to the electronic device by a second sensor of the electronic device; and in response to the operation environment information meeting a default condition, unlocking the electronic device according to the authentication result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Yang, Hui-Fen Chen, I-Hsi Wu
  • Patent number: 11893229
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a one-hand touch operation method thereof are provided. A touch operation performed on a touch screen is detected. When a shift amount of the touch operation in a first direction is greater than a first threshold, whether to activate a one-hand mode is determined according to a shift amount of the touch operation in a second direction. When the one-hand mode is activated, the operation interface image is zoomed out or shifted, and displayed in a one-hand mode interface display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Meng Chen Hsieh, Chen-Yu Hsu, Chih-Hsien Yang, I-Hsi Wu, Hsin-Yi Pu
  • Publication number: 20240008217
    Abstract: A thermal dissipation device for a handheld electronic device is provided. The thermal dissipation device includes a thermoelectric cooling chip, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a processing unit. The thermoelectric cooling chip has a cold surface and a hot surface. The cold surface is attached on a heating surface of the handheld electronic device by means of a heat conduction structure, and has a cold surface temperature. The temperature sensor and the humidity sensor are disposed in an area adjacent to the thermoelectric cooling chip for generating an environmental temperature and an environmental humidity respectively. The processing unit is configured to calculate a dew point temperature based on the environmental temperature and the environmental humidity; and determine whether to stop the thermoelectric cooling chip or not based on the cold surface temperature, the dew point temperature, and a heating surface temperature of the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jyun-Miao HONG, Jhih-Wei RAO, Zih-Siang HUANG, Chieh LI, Chen-Yu HSU, Chih-Hsien YANG, Hung-Chieh WU, Liang-Jen LIN
  • Publication number: 20230377500
    Abstract: An electronic device and a refresh rate adjusting method of the electronic device are provided. The refresh rate adjusting method is adapted to the electronic device including a display, and the method includes following steps. During a period in which an application is executed in a foreground, a frame update status of the application is monitored, and a plurality of frame update rates of the application are recorded. In response to the application executed in the foreground, a refresh rate of the display is determined according to a statistical value of the frame update rates of the application. The display is controlled to display application frames of the application according to the refresh rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Huang, Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Patent number: 11709574
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor is electrically coupled to the display. The processor is configured to execute a plurality of program instructions to perform the following steps: defining a window display region and an interface display region on the display when the electronic device is operated in a one-hand operation mode; displaying a desktop display interface corresponding to the one-hand operation mode in the interface display region; and displaying a plugin in the window display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Ju Chen, Yu-Chi Huang, Chen-Yu Hsu, Chih-Hsien Yang, I-Hsi Wu, Hsin-Yi Pu
  • Publication number: 20230232333
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a control method for network disconnection during screen off and a mobile device. The control method is applicable to a mobile device, and includes: setting a network restriction list based on a plurality of applications of the mobile device, where an application run in a background in the applications is excluded from the network restriction list; determining, based on a system status of the mobile device, whether the system status meets a trigger condition, where the trigger condition is that a screen of the mobile device is off for more than a preset time, and there is no external power supply; and starting a network disconnection mechanism when the trigger condition is met, to restrict network connections of the applications in the network restriction list, and maintaining the network connections when the trigger condition is not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Chieh-Hung Lin, Chi-Lung Chen, Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Publication number: 20220391061
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a one-hand touch operation method thereof are provided. A touch operation performed on a touch screen is detected. When a shift amount of the touch operation in a first direction is greater than a first threshold, whether to activate a one-hand mode is determined according to a shift amount of the touch operation in a second direction. When the one-hand mode is activated, the operation interface image is zoomed out or shifted, and displayed in a one-hand mode interface display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Meng Chen Hsieh, CHEN-YU HSU, Chih-Hsien Yang, I-Hsi Wu, HSIN-YI PU
  • Publication number: 20220291786
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor is electrically coupled to the display. The processor is configured to execute a plurality of program instructions to perform the following steps: defining a window display region and an interface display region on the display when the electronic device is operated in a one-hand operation mode; displaying a desktop display interface corresponding to the one-hand operation mode in the interface display region; and displaying a plugin in the window display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yun-Ju CHEN, Yu-Chi HUANG, Chen-Yu HSU, Chih-Hsien YANG, I-Hsi WU, Hsin-Yi PU
  • Publication number: 20220291821
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a control method, applicable to an electronic device. The control method includes: detecting a sliding operation from a first position to a second position on a touch screen of the electronic device, where the first position is an edge area of the touch screen and the second position is a position in which the sliding operation stops; calculating an angle of the sliding operation based on the first position and the second position; and comparing the angle with a threshold to determine whether to activate a one-handed operation mode of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yun-Ju CHEN, Chen-Yu HSU, Chih-Hsien YANG, I-Hsi WU, Hsin-Yi PU
  • Publication number: 20220291831
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a one-hand touch operation method thereof are disclosed. A touch operation performed on a touch screen is detected through the touch screen. A touch operation for triggering a one-hand operation mode on the touch screen is detected. A one-hand mode interface display region is defined on the touch screen according to a touch start point position of the touch operation. An operation interface screen that is scaled down or shifted is displayed within the one-hand mode interface display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Publication number: 20220037909
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a battery module, a power supply, a power controller, and a processor. The power controller obtains an initial battery capacity of the battery module and a current time when the power supply is connected to an external power supply. The processor sets a preset target battery capacity and a charging completion time, obtains a charging battery capacity according to the preset target battery capacity, the initial battery capacity and a charging time interval, calculates a battery capacity difference according to the charging battery capacity and the charging time interval, converts the battery capacity difference into a charging battery capacity, and transmits it to the power controller. The power controller converts the supplied power to a charging voltage or a charging current correspondingly according to the charging battery capacity, to charge the battery module to the preset target battery capacity at a charging end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Patent number: 11164508
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display unit, a light sensor, and a processor. The display unit has a brightness value. The light sensor senses an ambient light to generate a light intensity signal. The processor is coupled to the display unit and the light sensor and accesses a program instruction from a memory to perform the following steps: continuously receiving the light intensity signal from the light sensor; smoothing a plurality of light intensity signals to generate a plurality of smoothing signals; and maintaining the brightness value of the display unit for a preset time period and then determining whether to adjust the brightness value when a difference generated by subtracting a previous smoothing signal of a target smoothing signal of the smoothing signals from the target smoothing signal is less than the first threshold or greater than the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien Yang, Chih-Chuan Lin, Kou-Liang Lin, Chi-Liang Tsai, I-Hsi Wu, Yu-Hao Hu
  • Patent number: 10949164
    Abstract: A volume of sound adjustment method includes the following steps: outputting an audio with a played volume; detecting a volume of environmental noise; comparing the volume of environmental noise with a setting volume, and setting the lower one as a first target volume and setting the higher one as a second target volume; and gradually adjusting the played volume from the first target volume to the second target volume at an adjusting speed. In addition, an electronic device for adjusting a volume and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Ling Chen, Pu-Chien Lee, Jen-Pang Hsu, Chao-Hsien Huang, Chih-Hsien Yang
  • Publication number: 20200365072
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display unit, a light sensor, and a processor. The display unit has a brightness value. The light sensor senses an ambient light to generate a light intensity signal. The processor is coupled to the display unit and the light sensor and accesses a program instruction from a memory to perform the following steps: continuously receiving the light intensity signal from the light sensor; smoothing a plurality of light intensity signals to generate a plurality of smoothing signals; and maintaining the brightness value of the display unit for a preset time period and then determining whether to adjust the brightness value when a difference generated by subtracting a previous smoothing signal of a target smoothing signal of the smoothing signals from the target smoothing signal is less than the first threshold or greater than the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien YANG, Chih-Chuan LIN, Kou-Liang LIN, Chi-Liang TSAI, I-Hsi WU, Yu-Hao HU