Patents by Inventor Chih-Yuan Lin

Chih-Yuan 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: 20230216571
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for antenna selectin of a user equipment (UE). The UE may comprise a plurality of antennas. The method may comprise calculating one or more quality evaluations respectively associated with one or more first antenna subsets, and selecting one of the one or more first antenna subsets according to the one or more quality evaluations. Each antenna subset may include one or more of the plurality of antennas. Each quality evaluation may be calculated under a condition that the antenna(s) included in the associated antenna subset is (are) used to communicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Da-Chun HSING, Wei-Yao CHEN, Nien-En WU, Chih-Wei CHEN, Yabo LI, Jiaxian PAN, Chong-You LEE, Wei-Jen CHEN, Chih-Yuan LIN, Jianwei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11675744
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, method and program product for performing code conversions. In one embodiment the method includes determining size of encoding space for a source file and a target file upon receipt of a code conversion request and generating a main conversion file upon determination that a target encoding space associated with said target file is smaller than a source encoding space associated with the source file. Subsequently an extension converted file is generated from the source file according to a pre-established mapping table of code conversion stored in a memory. The code conversion request is completed by using the main conversion file and said extension file together so that the source file does not need to be truncated in order to fit into the target conversion space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Hsieh, Elaine I H. Liao, Chih-Yuan Lin, Pei-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 11552638
    Abstract: An optical switch module including a light generation circuit, a light receiving circuit, and a control unit is provided. The light generation circuit includes a light generation unit and a control end, and generates light according to a control signal from the control end. The light receiving circuit includes a light receiving unit and a signal reading end, and is configured to receive light to generate a detection signal at the signal reading end. The control unit is configured to generate the control signal and receive the detection signal. The control unit further selectively configures the signal reading end in an input mode or an output mode. Before the control unit configures the signal reading end in the input mode to read the detection signal, the control unit configures the signal reading end in the output mode to pull up a potential of the light receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-En Lin, Chih-Yuan Lin, Shih-Hung Chou, Xin-Han Cai, I-Ting Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20220393704
    Abstract: A transmission interface between at least a first module and a second module is proposed. The transmission interface includes at least two physical transmission mediums. Each physical transmission medium is arranged to carry a multiplexed signal in which at least two signals are integrated. The at least two physical transmission mediums include a first physical transmission medium arranged to carry a first multiplexed signal including a first IF signal and a reference clock signal. The first IF signal and the reference clock signal are at different frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chieh-Hsun Hsiao, Ming-Chou Wu, Wen-Chang Lee, Narayanan Baskaran, Wei-Hsin Tseng, Jenwei Ko, Po-Sen Tseng, Hsin-Hung Chen, Chih-Yuan Lin, Caiyi Wang
  • Publication number: 20220369246
    Abstract: A method for improving transmission power management with compliance to regulations of radiofrequency exposure, which may comprise: at a current time, estimating whether a window average power, which may reflect average power transmitted using a radio technology during a moving time window, will exceed a power limit after the current time; if true, proceeding to at least one of a first handling subroutine and a second handling subroutine to set a power cap, and causing power transmitted to be capped by the power cap after the current time. The first handling subroutine may comprise: scheduling to set the power cap lower at a scheduled time. Estimating whether the window average power will exceed the power limit may involve discarding one of a plurality of power records. The second handling subroutine may comprise: setting the power cap not higher than the discarded one of the plurality of power records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan LIN, Han-Chun CHANG, Chih-Yuan LIN, Yi-Ying HUANG
  • Patent number: 11469781
    Abstract: A transmission interface between at least a master module and a slave module is proposed. The transmission interface includes a predetermined number of physical transmission medium(s). Each physical transmission medium is arranged to carry a multiplexed signal in which at least two signals are integrated, and the predetermined number is not smaller than a number of intermediate frequency (IF) stream(s) to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chieh-Hsun Hsiao, Ming-Chou Wu, Wen-Chang Lee, Narayanan Baskaran, Wei-Hsin Tseng, Jenwei Ko, Po-Sen Tseng, Hsin-Hung Chen, Chih-Yuan Lin, Caiyi Wang
  • Publication number: 20220316976
    Abstract: A real-time gas leakage monitoring system applicable for a vacuum device includes an exhaust device connected to an exhaust end of the vacuum device. In addition to the use of the exhaust device for exhausting a gas from the vacuum device, a mass flow controller can also be connected to the exhaust end to receive the gas exhausted from the vacuum cavity and control a mass flow as a basis to determine a gas leakage setting value, and then a gas leakage detector is used to detect water and oxygen in the gas exhausted from the vacuum cavity. When water and oxygen are detected in the exhaust gas, it indicates a gas leakage status, and a warning signal can be outputted immediately to achieve the real-time gas leakage monitoring effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: CHIH-YUAN LIN, YEN-CHIH CHEN, TE-LIEH PAN, CHENG-HSIAO CHI
  • Patent number: 11455263
    Abstract: A communication method for a fan includes transmitting an initial signal with a specific duty cycle pattern to the fan; entering a communication mode after the fan receives the initial signal; reading information of the fan by a firmware of the fan; and transforming the information of the fan into a fake tachometer (TACH) signal and transmitting the fake TACH signal to a controller via a TACH signal line under the communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Zhe Wu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chih-Yuan Hung
  • Publication number: 20220302343
    Abstract: A light emitting element includes a substrate, a lower cladding layer, a lower confinement layer, an active layer, an upper confinement layer, an upper cladding layer, a tunnel junction layer, a window layer and an upper electrode sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The tunnel junction layer is for converting the window layer and upper electrode from the p-type of a traditional LED to the n-type of the light emitting element of this disclosure. Since the n-type window layer has a resistance much smaller than that of the p-type window layer, the window layer of this disclosure has low resistance and good current spreading effect to improve the light emitting efficiency. Since the n-type upper electrode has a resistance much lower than that of the p-type upper electrode, the n-type upper electrode of this disclosure is more conducive to ohmic contact than the p-type upper electrode of the traditional LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Yi OU, Chih-Yuan LIN, Te-Lieh PAN, Cheng-Hsiao CHI
  • Patent number: 11422952
    Abstract: A wireless input apparatus is provided, applied to a computer host. The wireless input apparatus includes a wireless dongle and an input module. The wireless dongle is physically connected to the computer host to receive an effect command, and includes a data segmentation unit and a first transceiver unit. The data segmentation unit segments the effect command into a plurality of data segments. The first transceiver unit sequentially transmits the plurality of data segments outwards. The input module includes a second transceiver unit, a merging unit, an effect generation unit, and a control unit. The second transceiver unit is coupled to the first transceiver unit to sequentially receive the plurality of data segments. The merging unit merges the plurality of data segments into the effect command. The control unit receives the effect command, and controls the effect generation unit to generate an effect according to the effect command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hung Chou, Chih-Yuan Lin, Kuo-En Lin, Xin-Han Cai, I-Ting Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11425804
    Abstract: A color-mixing lighting control method is used for receiving an original color-mixing light data to control a color-mixing light source. The color-mixing light source includes a plurality of light-emitting elements to produce a plurality of emission colors. The original color-mixing light data includes a plurality of original light intensity values corresponding to the emission colors. The color-mixing lighting control method comprising: determining a maximum value of the original light intensity values; calculating the light intensity percentage of each of the emission colors in the original color-mixing light data according to the original light intensity values; generating the corrected light intensity value of each of the emission colors according to the maximum value and the light intensity percentage of each of the emission colors; and respectively controlling the light-emitting elements by using the corresponding corrected light intensity value of each of the emission colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-En Lin, Shih-Hung Chou, Chih-Yuan Lin, Xin-Han Cai, I-Ting Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20220247154
    Abstract: An edge emitting laser (EEL) device includes a substrate, an n-type buffer layer, a first n-type cladding layer, a grating layer, a spacer layer, a lower confinement unit, an active layer, an upper confinement unit, a p-type cladding layer, a tunnel junction layer and a second n-type cladding layer sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The tunnel junction layer can stop an etching process from continuing to form the second n-type cladding layer into a predetermined ridge structure and converting a part of the p-type cladding layer into the n-type cladding layer to reduce series resistance of the EEL device. Therefore, the optical field and active layer tend to be coupled at the middle of the active layer, the lower half of the active layer can be utilized effectively, and the optical field is near to the grating layer to achieve better optical field/grating coupling efficiency and lower threshold current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: CHENG-YI OU, CHIH-YUAN LIN, CHENG-HSIAO CHI
  • Publication number: 20220224082
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device includes a substrate, a first mirror layer, an active layer, an oxide layer, a second mirror layer, a tunnel junction layer and a third mirror layer sequentially stacked with one another. The first mirror layer and the third mirror layer are N-type distributed Bragg reflectors (N-DBR), and the second mirror layer is P-type distributed Bragg reflector (P-DBR). The tunnel junction layer is provided for the VCSEL device to convert a part of the P-DBR into N-DBR to reduce the series resistance of the VCSEL device, and the tunnel junction layer is not used as current-limiting apertures. This disclosure further discloses a VCSEL device manufacturing method with the in-situ and one-time epitaxy features to avoid the risk of process variation caused by moving the device into and out from an epitaxial cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: CHIH-YUAN LIN, CHENG-YI OU, TE-LIEH PAN, CHENG-HSIAO CHI
  • Publication number: 20220224080
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) device includes a substrate, a first mirror layer, a tunnel junction layer, a second mirror layer, an active layer, an oxide layer and a third mirror layer sequentially stacked with one another. The first mirror layer and the third mirror layer are N-type distributed Bragg reflectors (N-DBR), and the second mirror layer is P-type distributed Bragg reflector (P-DBR). The tunnel junction layer is provided for the VCSEL device to convert a part of the P-DBR into N-DBR to reduce the series resistance of the VCSEL device, and the tunnel junction layer is not used as current-limiting apertures. This disclosure further discloses a VCSEL device manufacturing method with the in-situ and one-time epitaxy features to avoid the risk of process variation caused by moving the device into and out from an epitaxial cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: CHENG-YI OU, CHIH-YUAN LIN, TE-LIEH PAN, CHENG-HSIAO CHI
  • Patent number: 11327578
    Abstract: A control circuit for an input device including a micro-switch is provided. The control circuit includes an input circuit, a receiver circuit, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The input circuit includes a first contact and a second contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The receiver circuit includes a third contact and a fourth contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The control unit is electrically connected to the first contact and the third contact for providing an input signal via the first contact to the micro-switch and receiving a switching signal from the micro-switch via the third contact. The detecting unit detects a voltage of the second contact to generate a detecting signal. The control unit receives the detecting signal to determine a type of the micro-switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-En Lin, Shau-Yang Hsieh, Ming-Hsing Chuang, Sheng-Yu Wang, Chih-Yuan Lin, Shih-Hung Chou, Xin-Han Cai, I-Ting Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11303587
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system, and a computer program product are proposed. According to the method, chat information of a chatbot is obtained in response to receiving one or more chat messages from the chatbot. Then a matching data object of a matching data model from one or more data models is determined based on the chat information. And a data value of the matching data object is obtained as a response to the one or more chat messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Huang, Chih-Yuan Lin, Jin Shi, Sharon Chen, Pei-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20220050796
    Abstract: A communication method for a fan includes transmitting an initial signal with a specific duty cycle pattern to the fan; entering a communication mode after the fan receives the initial signal; reading information of the fan by a firmware of the fan; and transforming the information of the fan into a fake tachometer (TACH) signal and transmitting the fake TACH signal to a controller via a TACH signal line under the communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yi-Zhe Wu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chih-Yuan Hung
  • Patent number: 11244122
    Abstract: A method for dynamically detecting and converting a context-sensitive information in a first language and a first format to a second language and a second format that is understandable to an end user based on a user-specified setting is provided. The method may use a built-in camera of a computing device to dynamically detect and capture an image frame of context-sensitive information. The method may use Optical character recognition (OCR), as well as contextual information such as GPS data available from a mobile computing device, to automatically translate and reformat the context-sensitive information in real-time so a user may understand it unambiguously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ning Hsu, Elaine I H Liao, Chih-Yuan Lin, Cheng-Yu Yu
  • Publication number: 20220004269
    Abstract: A control circuit for an input device including a micro-switch is provided. The control circuit includes an input circuit, a receiver circuit, a control unit, and a detecting unit. The input circuit includes a first contact and a second contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The receiver circuit includes a third contact and a fourth contact for electrically connecting to the micro-switch. The control unit is electrically connected to the first contact and the third contact for providing an input signal via the first contact to the micro-switch and receiving a switching signal from the micro-switch via the third contact. The detecting unit detects a voltage of the second contact to generate a detecting signal. The control unit receives the detecting signal to determine a type of the micro-switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kuo-En LIN, Shau-Yang HSIEH, Ming-Hsing CHUANG, Sheng-Yu WANG, Chih-Yuan LIN, Shih-Hung CHOU, Xin-Han CAI, I-Ting HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20210391860
    Abstract: An optical switch module including a light generation circuit, a light receiving circuit, and a control unit is provided. The light generation circuit includes a light generation unit and a control end, and generates light according to a control signal from the control end. The light receiving circuit includes a light receiving unit and a signal reading end, and is configured to receive light to generate a detection signal at the signal reading end. The control unit is configured to generate the control signal and receive the detection signal. The control unit further selectively configures the signal reading end in an input mode or an output mode. Before the control unit configures the signal reading end in the input mode to read the detection signal, the control unit configures the signal reading end in the output mode to pull up a potential of the light receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kuo-En LIN, Chih-Yuan LIN, Shih-Hung CHOU, Xin-Han CAI, I-Ting HSIEH