Patents by Inventor Chou

Chou 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: 11886065
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a temperature compensation method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of temperature sensors; a plurality of heaters; an electrical signal supply circuit; a processor; and a controller. The display device includes a driving circuit and the display panel. The driving circuit includes a source driving circuit, a gate driving circuit, and a timing controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: BEIHAI HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaijun Liu, Yu Lien Chou, Je-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 11884912
    Abstract: A cell culture device includes a culture unit, a gas supply unit, a first pressure unit, at least one inspecting unit and a control unit. The culture unit contains a cell culture liquid. The gas supply unit, connected with the culture unit, is used for transmitting a culture gas into the culture unit. The first pressure unit, connected with the culture unit, is used for applying a pressure to the cell culture liquid in the culture unit. The at least one inspecting unit, connected with the culture unit, is used for receiving the cell culture liquid for inspection. The control unit, electrically coupled with the culture unit, the first pressure unit, the gas supply unit and the at least one inspecting unit, is used for monitoring corresponding condition parameters to determine respective operations. In addition, a cell culture method for the cell culture device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsing Wen, Ting-Hsuan Chen, Cheng-Tai Chen, Chien-An Chen, Su-Fung Chiu, Yung-Chi Chang, Nien-Jen Chou, Ping-Jung Wu, Shaw-Hwa Parng, Pei-Shin Jiang
  • Patent number: 11885996
    Abstract: A light-guide optical element is provided, including a transparent light-guide body having a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface disposed therein. The transparent light-guide body includes a side surface facing a first direction, and a first surface and a second surface which are adjacent to the side surface and face each other. The first inclined surface extends from the first surface to the second surface. The second inclined surface is located at the other side of the first inclined surface facing the side surface. The second inclined surface extends from the first surface to the second surface. When an input light enters the transparent light-guide body, the input light is partially reflected by the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface to form an output light output from the transparent light-guide body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shinyoptics Corp.
    Inventors: Jinn-Chou Yoo, Chun-Min Chen, Cheng-Shun Liao
  • Patent number: 11885952
    Abstract: A method of assaying an analyte in a sample is disclosed. The method includes having a sample holder with a sample contact area for contacting a sample with an analyte, having a plurality of calibration structures on the sample contact area of the sample holder, imaging a part of the sample contact area that has the calibration structures, and using an algorithm that includes an image, calibration structures in the image, and artificial intelligence and/or machine learning to identify the analyte and/or determine the analyte concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Essenlix Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Y. Chou, Wei Ding, Ji Qi, Yuecheng Zhang, Wu Chou, Mingquan Wu, Xing Li, Jun Tian
  • Patent number: 11887537
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor has a first terminal connected to a first voltage level, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The second transistor has a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first transistor, a second terminal connected to a second voltage level, and a third terminal connected to the third terminal of the first transistor. The third transistor has a first terminal connected to the first terminal of the second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are low temperature poly-silicon transistors, and the third transistor is an oxide semiconductor transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lien-Hsiang Chen, Kung-Chen Kuo, Ming-Chun Tseng, Cheng-Hsu Chou, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11886033
    Abstract: An imaging lens module includes a plastic lens barrel, a first optical element assembly and a second optical element assembly, wherein both of the first optical element assembly and the second optical element assembly are disposed in the plastic lens barrel. The plastic lens barrel includes a first inner annular surface and a second inner annular surface. The first inner annular surface forms a first receiving space. The second inner annular surface forms a second receiving space. The first optical element assembly is disposed in the first receiving space and includes a plurality of optical lens elements and a first retainer. The second optical element assembly is disposed in the second receiving space and includes a first light blocking sheet and a second retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Wu, Lin-An Chang, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Patent number: 11887033
    Abstract: Disclosed are non-limiting examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for dynamically configuring a process associated with an application based on environmental characteristics monitored by a mobile device. In some implementations, the process includes stages and decision nodes. There is a configurable flow along a path defined by a subset of the stages controlled by a subset of the decision nodes. Contextual data is provided by the mobile device on which the application is usable. The contextual data indicates one or more environmental characteristics associated with a physical environment in which the mobile device is or has been located. The contextual data can be provided as a control input to a decision node associated with a current stage of the process. The process can be configured accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Dieter Rapp, Qingqing Liu, Michael Chou
  • Patent number: 11886032
    Abstract: A camera driving module includes: a base including a central opening; a casing disposed on the base and including an opening hole corresponding to the central opening; a lens unit movably disposed on the casing; and a focus driving part. The focus driving part includes a carrier, an AF coil element, at least two permanent magnets and a Hall element. The carrier is disposed on the lens unit and movable in a direction parallel to an optical axis. The AF coil element is fixed to the base and faces toward the carrier. The permanent magnets are fixed on one side of the carrier facing toward the base and disposed opposite to each other about the optical axis. The Hall element faces toward a corresponding surface of one of the permanent magnets. The AF coil element and the corresponding surfaces are arranged in the direction parallel to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Ming-Ta Chou, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 11886106
    Abstract: A photographing module includes a lens assembly, a reflection element, an image sensor, and lens element, reflection element and image sensor driving modules. An axial voice coil motor of the lens element driving module moves the lens assembly along a lens optical axis. A rotating connection part and a curved recess structure are disposed between a holder and a carrier movable relative to the holder. A lateral voice coil motor of the reflection element driving module drives the carrier carrying the reflection element to rotate around an axis passing through the rotating connection part. A plurality of rollable elements are located between and in contact with the fixed member and the movable plate. A lateral voice coil motor of the image sensor driving module drives the movable plate carrying the image sensor to move based on a dynamic axis orthogonal to the lens optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Wei Fan, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng, Chen-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11886263
    Abstract: A signal re-driving device, a data storage system and a mode control method are provided. The method includes the following steps. A first signal is received via a receiving circuit of the signal re-driving device. An analog signal feature is detected the receiving circuit. A first mode is entered according to the analog signal feature. The first signal is modulated and a second signal is outputted in the first mode. The second signal is sent via a sending circuit of the signal re-driving device. A digital signal feature is detected via the receiving circuit. And, the first mode is switched to a second mode according to the digital signal feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Jung Chou, Sheng-Wen Chen, Chung-Kuang Chen
  • Patent number: 11886241
    Abstract: A foldable display including a first bracket, a second bracket, a rotating shaft connecting the first and the second brackets, at least one third bracket screwed to the rotating shaft, a fourth bracket movably coupled to the second and the third brackets, a flexible display disposed on the first and the fourth brackets, and a flexible supporting member disposed on the flexible display to be bent or flattened along with the flexible display is provided. The rotation of the rotating shaft drives the fourth bracket via the third bracket to move relative to the second bracket. The flexible supporting member is filled in a space composed of the fourth bracket, the second bracket, the first bracket, and the flexible display. A portable electronic device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hsien Chen, Chi-Tai Ho, Chih-Heng Tsou, Chun-Hung Wen
  • Publication number: 20240027739
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a lens element and a light blocking element. The lens element is configured to define an optical axis, and the optical axis passes through the lens element. The light blocking element includes a light through hole and a plurality of light diminishing structures. The optical axis passes through the light through hole, the light through hole is formed by connecting a plurality of sidelines to define a polygonal contour. The light diminishing structures are regularly disposed along the polygonal contour, wherein the light diminishing structures are configured to undulate at least one portion of each of the sidelines, so that the at least one portion of each of the sidelines is a non-straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Wen HSU, Chen-Wei FAN, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Publication number: 20240032439
    Abstract: A method of fabricating magnetoresistive random access memory, including providing a substrate, forming a bottom electrode layer, a magnetic tunnel junction stack, a top electrode layer and a hard mask layer sequentially on the substrate, wherein a material of the top electrode layer is titanium nitride, a material of the hard mask layer is tantalum or tantalum nitride, and a percentage of nitrogen in the titanium nitride gradually decreases from a top surface of top electrode layer to a bottom surface of top electrode layer, and patterning the bottom electrode layer, the magnetic tunnel junction stack, the top electrode layer and the hard mask layer into multiple magnetoresistive random access memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Wang, Chen-Yi Weng, Chin-Yang Hsieh, Yi-Hui Lee, Ying-Cheng Liu, Yi-An Shih, Jing-Yin Jhang, I-Ming Tseng, Yu-Ping Wang, Chien-Ting Lin, Kun-Chen Ho, Yi-Syun Chou, Chang-Min Li, Yi-Wei Tseng, Yu-Tsung Lai, JUN XIE
  • Publication number: 20240025722
    Abstract: A dual-mode fluid connector includes: a hollow connecting element, comprising a chamber inside the hollow connecting element, wherein a protuberant block element is arranged on an inner surface of the chamber; a material tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a cleaning tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a head portion, positioned on one terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a connecting opening, wherein the connecting opening can be detachably connected to a material container; a rear portion, positioned on another terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a through hole; and a rod, inserted into the chamber via the through hole and including a sealing portion; wherein after the sealing portion detaches from the block element for a predetermined distance, an output terminal of the outlet check valve becomes a close status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Botrista Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min LEE, Wu-Chou KUO
  • Publication number: 20240030340
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a doped region within the substrate; a pair of source/drain regions extending along a first direction on opposite sides of the doped region; a gate electrode disposed in the doped region, wherein the gate electrode has a plurality of first segments between the pair of source/drain regions; and a protection structure overlapping the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: YI-HUAN CHEN, CHIEN-CHIH CHOU, SZU-HSIEN LIU, KONG-BENG THEI
  • Publication number: 20240030256
    Abstract: A semiconductor image sensing structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side, a pixel sensor disposed in the semiconductor substrate, a transistor disposed over the front side of the semiconductor substrate, and a reflective structure disposed over the front side of the semiconductor substrate. A gate structure of the transistor and the reflective structure include a same material. A top surface of the gate structure of the transistor and a top surface of the reflective structure are aligned with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: WEI-LIN CHEN, YU-CHENG TSAI, CHUN-HAO CHOU, KUO-CHENG LEE
  • Publication number: 20240028810
    Abstract: Techniques for generating one or more non-final layouts for an analog integrated circuit are disclosed. The techniques include generating a non-final layout of an analog integrated circuit based on device specifications, partitioning the non-final layout into a plurality of subcells, merging the verified sub-cells to form a merged layout of the analog integrated circuit, and performing quality control checks on the merged layout. Additionally or alternatively, generating the non-final layout can include determining an allowable spacing between adjacent cells of different cell types or inserting one or more filler cells into a filler zone in the non-final layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Tao Yang, Wen-Shen Chou, Yung-Chow Peng, Yung-Hsu Chuang
  • Publication number: 20240027430
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for identifying a bio-entity including a cell type and count in a sample. The method includes: providing a device comprising a first plate, a second plate, and a patterned structural element; depositing the sample between the first and second plates; reducing the spacing of the first and second plates so that the first and second plates are in a closed configuration to compress the sample into a layer; and imaging the sample to obtain an image; and measuring and analyzing the image against a database generated with a machine learning model to obtain the bio-entity of the sample. The sample can be a blood sample, and the method can be a white blood cell differential test conducted with a mobile phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Essenlix Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Y. CHOU, Yu SUN, Wei DING, Ji Qi, Mingquan WU, Shengjian CAI, Wu CHOU
  • Publication number: 20240027504
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system of measuring capacitance of a device-under-test (DUT). The system includes first switch, second switch, and a capacitance measurement device. The first switch is configured to receive a supply voltage. The first and second switches are electrically connected to the DUT. The capacitance measurement device is configured to provide a first pair of non-overlapping periodic signals with a first frequency, and a second pair of non-overlapping periodic signals with a second frequency. The second frequency is ? times the first frequency. When the first switch and the second switch receive the first pair of non-overlapping periodic signals, a first current is transmitted through the first switch and the second switch. When the first switch and the second switch receive the second pair of non-overlapping periodic signals, a second current is transmitted through the first switch and the second switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: MAO-HSUAN CHOU, RUEY-BIN SHEEN, CHIH-HSIEN CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240025723
    Abstract: A dual-mode fluid connector includes: a hollow connecting element, comprising a chamber inside the hollow connecting element, wherein a protuberant block element is arranged on an inner surface of the chamber; a material tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a cleaning tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the chamber; a head portion, positioned on one terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a connecting opening, wherein the connecting opening can be detachably connected to a material container; a rear portion, positioned on another terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a through hole; and a rod, inserted into the chamber via the through hole; and a rotatable element, covered on the rear portion and engaged with the rod and comprising a guiding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Botrista Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Min LEE, Wu-Chou KUO