Patents by Inventor Ching-Tai Chang

Ching-Tai Chang 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: 11578728
    Abstract: A fan module including a body and a plurality of blades is provided. The body has a rotating axis and the body is telescopic along the rotating axis to have an elongated state and a shortened state. The blades are respectively disposed on the body and rotate along with the body along the rotating axis. At least a portion of each blade is flexible and a bending state of each blade is changed along with the elongated state or the shortened state of the body. An axial size of each blade along the rotating axis when the body is in the elongated state is greater than the axial size of each blade along the rotating axis when the body is in the shortened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Hsuan Tsai, Jui-Min Huang, Wei-Hao Lan, Chien-Chu Chen, Ching-Ya Tu, Chih-Wen Chiang, Ching-Tai Chang, Ken-Ping Lin, Yao-Lin Chang, Cheng-Ya Chi
  • Patent number: 11480190
    Abstract: A fan module including a first body, a second body, a first fan assembly, a power module, and a second fan assembly is provided. The second body is slidably disposed at the first body to form a circulation space together. The first fan assembly is rotatably disposed at the first body and has sliding grooves. The power module is disposed in the first body and connected to the first fan assembly. The second fan assembly is rotatably disposed at the second body and has sliding portions, respectively and slidably disposed in corresponding sliding grooves. The power module is adapted to drive the first and second fan assemblies to rotate relative to the first body. A link module is adapted to drive the first and second bodies to relatively slide along an axial direction, so that the first and second fan assemblies are relatively separated or overlapped along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Hsuan Tsai, Jui-Min Huang, Wei-Hao Lan, Chien-Chu Chen, Ching-Ya Tu, Chih-Wen Chiang, Ching-Tai Chang, Ken-Ping Lin, Yao-Lin Chang, Cheng-Ya Chi
  • Patent number: 11435972
    Abstract: An immersive multimedia system, an immersive interactive method and a movable interactive unit are provided in the disclosure. The immersive multimedia system includes multiple movable interactive units, an imaging apparatus, and a computer device. The multiple movable interactive units are disposed on at least one of the wall and the ground. The imaging apparatus is adapted to display an image screen on at least one of the wall and the ground. The computer device is connected to the multiple movable interactive units and the imaging apparatus. The computer device is adapted to control the multiple movable interactive units and the imaging apparatus. The multiple movable interactive units each include a touch sensing unit, and the image screen provided by the imaging apparatus changes in response to the touch sensing unit of at least one of the multiple movable interactive units sensing being touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Lin Chang, Ching-Tai Chang, Chien-Chu Chen, Jui-Min Huang, Cheng-Ya Chi, Ken-Ping Lin, Han-Hsuan Tsai, Chih-Wen Chiang
  • Patent number: 11385688
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including an apparatus body and a functional assembly is provided. The apparatus body has a concave. The functional assembly includes a main body and an axle. The axle is slidably disposed in the main body, and a part of the axle is adapted to protrude out of the main body to be combined with the concave. When the part of the axle is combined with the concave, the main body is adapted to rotate relative to the apparatus body by treating the axle as a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Wu, Ching-Tai Chang
  • Publication number: 20220107665
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including an apparatus body and a functional assembly is provided. The apparatus body has a concave. The functional assembly includes a main body and an axle. The axle is slidably disposed in the main body, and a part of the axle is adapted to protrude out of the main body to be combined with the concave. When the part of the axle is combined with the concave, the main body is adapted to rotate relative to the apparatus body by treating the axle as a rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Wu, Ching-Tai Chang
  • Patent number: 11216039
    Abstract: A flexible display includes a bottom plate, a support plate, two hinge modules, a frame body, a bending module and a flexible panel. The support plate is provided with a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the bottom plate. The hinge modules are disposed at the second end of the support plate. The frame body is provided with a fixed frame and a plurality of turning frames. The fixed frame is connected to the hinge modules. The plurality of turning frames are pivoted to two opposite sides of the fixed frame respectively. The bending module is connected with the fixed frame and the plurality of turning frames. The flexible panel is disposed on the frame body and covers the bending module. When the flexible display is switched to a touch mode, the bending module drives the plurality of turning frames to be flush with the fixed frame so that the flexible panel is in a flat plate shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shiue Jan, Wei-Hao Lan, Chih-Wen Chiang, Ching-Tai Chang, Jyh-Chyang Tzou, Hsiao-Wen Tseng, Yi-Hsun Liu, Hsin Yeh
  • Patent number: 11116120
    Abstract: A positioning module includes a positioning element, an arc-shaped guiding unit, an actuating element, and a magnetic element. The positioning element is rotatably disposed at an object. The arc-shaped guiding unit is disposed between the positioning element and the object and is configured to enable the positioning element to rotate on an arc center of the arc-shaped guiding unit. The actuating element is connected to the positioning element and is configured to drive the positioning element. The magnetic element is disposed at another object and is configured to drive the actuating element. An engaging surface of the object is connected to another engaging surface of the another object, and a position of the actuating element corresponds to the magnetic element, so that a portion of the positioning element extends into another accommodation space of the another object. An electronic device having the positioning module is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Ya Chi, Ken-Ping Lin, Chien-Chu Chen, Han-Hsuan Tsai, Yao-Lin Chang, Ching-Tai Chang, Jui-Min Huang
  • Publication number: 20210103421
    Abstract: An immersive multimedia system, an immersive interactive method and a movable interactive unit are provided in the disclosure. The immersive multimedia system includes multiple movable interactive units, an imaging apparatus, and a computer device. The multiple movable interactive units are disposed on at least one of the wall and the ground. The imaging apparatus is adapted to display an image screen on at least one of the wall and the ground. The computer device is connected to the multiple movable interactive units and the imaging apparatus. The computer device is adapted to control the multiple movable interactive units and the imaging apparatus. The multiple movable interactive units each include a touch sensing unit, and the image screen provided by the imaging apparatus changes in response to the touch sensing unit of at least one of the multiple movable interactive units sensing being touched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Lin Chang, Ching-Tai Chang, Chien-Chu Chen, Jui-Min Huang, Cheng-Ya Chi, Ken-Ping Lin, Han-Hsuan Tsai, Chih-Wen Chiang
  • Publication number: 20200355199
    Abstract: A fan module including a body and a plurality of blades is provided. The body has a rotating axis and the body is telescopic along the rotating axis to have an elongated state and a shortened state. The blades are respectively disposed on the body and rotate along with the body along the rotating axis. At least a portion of each blade is flexible and a bending state of each blade is changed along with the elongated state or the shortened state of the body. An axial size of each blade along the rotating axis when the body is in the elongated state is greater than the axial size of each blade along the rotating axis when the body is in the shortened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Hsuan Tsai, Jui-Min Huang, Wei-Hao Lan, Chien-Chu Chen, Ching-Ya Tu, Chih-Wen Chiang, Ching-Tai Chang, Ken-Ping Lin, Yao-Lin Chang, Cheng-Ya Chi
  • Publication number: 20200333846
    Abstract: A flexible display includes a bottom plate, a support plate, two hinge modules, a frame body, a bending module and a flexible panel. The support plate is provided with a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the bottom plate. The hinge modules are disposed at the second end of the support plate. The frame body is provided with a fixed frame and a plurality of turning frames. The fixed frame is connected to the hinge modules. The plurality of turning frames are pivoted to two opposite sides of the fixed frame respectively. The bending module is connected with the fixed frame and the plurality of turning frames. The flexible panel is disposed on the frame body and covers the bending module. When the flexible display is switched to a touch mode, the bending module drives the plurality of turning frames to be flush with the fixed frame so that the flexible panel is in a flat plate shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shiue Jan, Wei-Hao Lan, Chih-Wen Chiang, Ching-Tai Chang, Jyh-Chyang Tzou, Hsiao-Wen Tseng, Yi-Hsun Liu, Hsin Yeh
  • Publication number: 20200309138
    Abstract: A fan module including a first body, a second body, a first fan assembly, a power module, and a second fan assembly is provided. The second body is slidably disposed at the first body to form a circulation space together. The first fan assembly is rotatably disposed at the first body and has sliding grooves. The power module is disposed in the first body and connected to the first fan assembly. The second fan assembly is rotatably disposed at the second body and has sliding portions, respectively and slidably disposed in corresponding sliding grooves. The power module is adapted to drive the first and second fan assemblies to rotate relative to the first body. A link module is adapted to drive the first and second bodies to relatively slide along an axial direction, so that the first and second fan assemblies are relatively separated or overlapped along the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Hsuan Tsai, Jui-Min Huang, Wei-Hao Lan, Chien-Chu Chen, Ching-Ya Tu, Chih-Wen Chiang, Ching-Tai Chang, Ken-Ping Lin, Yao-Lin Chang, Cheng-Ya Chi
  • Publication number: 20200288609
    Abstract: A positioning module includes a positioning element, an arc-shaped guiding unit, an actuating element, and a magnetic element. The positioning element is rotatably disposed at an object. The arc-shaped guiding unit is disposed between the positioning element and the object and is configured to enable the positioning element to rotate on an arc center of the arc-shaped guiding unit. The actuating element is connected to the positioning element and is configured to drive the positioning element. The magnetic element is disposed at another object and is configured to drive the actuating element. An engaging surface of the object is connected to another engaging surface of the another object, and a position of the actuating element corresponds to the magnetic element, so that a portion of the positioning element extends into another accommodation space of the another object. An electronic device having the positioning module is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Ya Chi, Ken-Ping Lin, Chien-Chu Chen, Han-Hsuan Tsai, Yao-Lin Chang, Ching-Tai Chang, Jui-Min Huang
  • Patent number: 10758764
    Abstract: A floor mat structure includes an upper cover, a plurality of light bars, a lower cover and at least one sensing element. The upper cover includes a main body and a plurality of indicator blocks. The main body has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The indicator blocks are separated from one another and are disposed on the lower surface. The light bars are disposed on the upper cover and are embedded in the upper surface. The lower cover assembled to the upper cover includes a base and a plurality of bumps. The base has a configuration surface facing the lower surface. The bumps are separated from one another and are disposed on the configuration surface, wherein orthographic projections of the indicator blocks on the configuration surface does not overlap the bumps. The sensing element is disposed on the lower cover and are located at at least one bump. When the sensing element senses pressure from the upper cover, the light bars illuminate. Also, a floor mat assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsiung Yen, Chia-Hung Ou, Ta-Hsiang Huang, June-Peng Lai, Fu-Hsuan Tseng, Ching-Tai Chang
  • Patent number: 10678309
    Abstract: A camera module including a camera component, a sliding member and a pivotal member is provided. The camera component is rotatably disposed on a body and includes a lens and at least one elastic positioning member. The sliding member is slidably disposed on the body and provided with at least two notches. The pivotal member is disposed on the body and connected with the camera component and the sliding member. The camera component is rotated between a closed position and an open position by the pivotal member and brings the sliding member to move. An electronic device including the camera module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shiue Jan, Cheng-Ya Chi, Wei-Hao Lan, Pai-Feng Chen, Ching-Tai Chang
  • Publication number: 20190265760
    Abstract: A camera module including a camera component, a sliding member and a pivotal member is provided. The camera component is rotatably disposed on a body and includes a lens and at least one elastic positioning member. The sliding member is slidably disposed on the body and provided with at least two notches. The pivotal member is disposed on the body and connected with the camera component and the sliding member. The camera component is rotated between a closed position and an open position by the pivotal member and brings the sliding member to move. An electronic device including the camera module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Shiue Jan, Cheng-Ya Chi, Wei-Hao Lan, Pai-Feng Chen, Ching-Tai Chang
  • Patent number: 10359805
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a hinge module and a shielding sheet is provided. The hinge module is pivotally connected to the first body and the second body. The shielding sheet covers the hinge module. The shielding sheet includes an inner film and an outer film overlapping each other, and the inner film is fixed to the hinge module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jui-Min Huang, Ching-Tai Chang, Long-Cheng Chang, Sheng-Hung Wang, Meng-Huan Tsai, Po-Hsiang Hu, Ming-Wang Lin, Chuan-Chi Lan, Sheng-Yueh Liao, Ting-Hui Liao
  • Publication number: 20190151697
    Abstract: A floor mat structure includes an upper cover, a plurality of light bars, a lower cover and at least one sensing element. The upper cover includes a main body and a plurality of indicator blocks. The main body has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The indicator blocks are separated from one another and are disposed on the lower surface. The light bars are disposed on the upper cover and are embedded in the upper surface. The lower cover assembled to the upper cover includes a base and a plurality of bumps. The base has a configuration surface facing the lower surface. The bumps are separated from one another and are disposed on the configuration surface, wherein orthographic projections of the indicator blocks on the configuration surface does not overlap the bumps. The sensing element is disposed on the lower cover and are located at at least one bump. When the sensing element senses pressure from the upper cover, the light bars illuminate. Also, a floor mat assembly is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsiung Yen, Chia-Hung Ou, Ta-Hsiang Huang, June-Peng Lai, Fu-Hsuan Tseng, Ching-Tai Chang
  • Patent number: 10129991
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device and a linking assembly are provided. The foldable electronic device includes a host and a foldable display attached to the host. The host has a first portion, a second portion and a linking assembly connected therebetween. The linking assembly includes N+1 blocks (wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and a plurality of linking sets. Each block has a body and a pair of fitting portions disposed at two opposite sides of the body in a sliding mirror symmetry manner along a first direction, and the fitting portion of the Nth block is fitted with the fitting portion of the N+1 block. Each linking set has two links, and two ends of the two links overlapping each other lean against the Nth block and can move relative to the Nth block. Other two ends of the two links without overlapping each other are respectively fixed to the N?1th and N+1th blocks. When the link assembly is bent, a virtual center of any two adjacent blocks locates within a scope of the foldable display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Lin, Jui-Min Huang, Chun-Chieh Chen, Ching-Tai Chang, Cheng-Ya Chi
  • Publication number: 20180192528
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device and a linking assembly are provided. The foldable electronic device includes a host and a foldable display attached to the host. The host has a first portion, a second portion and a linking assembly connected therebetween. The linking assembly includes N+1 blocks (wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and a plurality of linking sets. Each block has a body and a pair of fitting portions disposed at two opposite sides of the body in a sliding mirror symmetry manner along a first direction, and the fitting portion of the Nth block is fitted with the fitting portion of the N+1 block. Each linking set has two links, and two ends of the two links overlapping each other lean against the Nth block and can move relative to the Nth block. Other two ends of the two links without overlapping each other are respectively fixed to the N?1th and N+1th blocks. When the link assembly is bent, a virtual center of any two adjacent blocks locates within a scope of the foldable display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Lin, Jui-Min Huang, Chun-Chieh Chen, Ching-Tai Chang, Cheng-Ya Chi
  • Patent number: 9946301
    Abstract: A pivot structure includes a base, a bracket, an elastic component, and a positioning assembly. The bracket is rotatably connected to the base. The elastic component is disposed on the base. The positioning assembly includes an elastic clip and a pillar. The elastic clip is pivoted to the base and has a first releasing segment and a first positioning segment. The pillar is connected to the bracket and has a second positioning segment. The pillar is rotatably clipped in the elastic clip. The bracket is adapted to be expanded to a first expanding state through an elastic force of the elastic component, so as to drive the second positioning segment to move along the first releasing segment. The bracket is adapted to receive an external force to be further expanded to a second expanding state, so as to drive the second positioning segment to move to the first positioning segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Hao Lan, Jyh-Chyang Tzou, Ching-Tai Chang, Chia-Chi Lin, Tsai-Yu Lin, Hsin Yeh, Che-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Shiue Jan