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: 11621891
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include partitioning, based on a social graph representative of social connections among a plurality of users of a social networking system, the plurality of users into a plurality of user buckets. Each user bucket may include at least one user of the social networking system. The method may further include selecting a set of user buckets from the plurality of user buckets, assigning the set of user buckets to a data center included in a networking infrastructure, and routing data sent from a user device associated with a user included in the set of user buckets to the data center. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: David Shu-Hao Chou, Tianyin Xu, Kaushik Veeraraghavan, Andrew John Newell, Sonia Margulis, Lin Xiao, Pol Mauri Ruiz, Justin James Meza, Kiryong Ha, Shruti Padmanabha, Kevin Burton Cole, Dmitri Perelman
  • Patent number: 11622199
    Abstract: A hybrid diaphragm structure is provided. The hybrid diaphragm structure includes a substrate, a first diaphragm disposed in a central region of the substrate, a first coil structure disposed over the first diaphragm, a first groove separating the first diaphragm and the first coil structure from the substrate, and a first bridge structure coupling the first diaphragm to the substrate. The first diaphragm and the substrate include a same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GLASS ACOUSTIC INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Sheng Chou, Kwun Kit Chan, Yi Feng Wei, Hsiao-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 11622068
    Abstract: An elevatable webcam module is provided. The elevatable webcam module includes a fixing base, a bearing base, a webcam unit, an elastic element, a damper and a locking unit. The fixing base is fixed in a display body. The bearing base is slidably disposed on the fixing base, the bearing base is accommodated in the display body when the bearing base is at a retracted position, and the bearing base is partially exposed from the display body when the bearing base is at a protruded position. The webcam unit is disposed on the bearing base. The elastic element abuts against the fixing base and the bearing base therebetween. The damper is disposed on the fixing base and is connected to the bearing base. The locking unit is disposed on the fixing base to fix the bearing base at the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsin Chou
  • Publication number: 20230101989
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip structure. The integrated chip structure includes a first substrate having a first horizontally extending surface and a second horizontally extending surface above the first horizontally extending surface as viewed in a cross-sectional view. The first horizontally extending surface continuously wraps around an outermost perimeter of the second horizontally extending surface in a closed loop as viewed in a plan-view. A second substrate is disposed over the first substrate and includes a third horizontally extending surface above the second horizontally extending surface as viewed in the cross-sectional view. The second horizontally extending surface continuously wraps around an outermost perimeter of the third horizontally extending surface in a closed loop as viewed in the plan-view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yung-Lung Lin, Cheng-Hsien Chou, Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Kuo-Ming Wu, Hau-Yi Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20230097442
    Abstract: Interventional procedures on the carotid arteries are performed through a transcervical access while retrograde blood flow is established from the internal carotid artery to a venous or external location. A system for use in accessing and treating a carotid artery includes an arterial access device, a shunt fluidly connected to the arterial access device, and a flow control assembly coupled to the shunt and adapted to regulate blood flow through the shunt between at least a first blood flow state and at least a second blood flow state. The flow control assembly includes one or more components that interact with the blood flow through the shunt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Enrique Criado, Tony M. Chou, Michi E. Garrison, Gregory M. Hyde, Alan Schaer, Richard Renati
  • Publication number: 20230095823
    Abstract: A method of configuring a set of active cells among neighboring cells to reduce latency and interruption for inter-cell mobility is proposed. The set of active cells is an active set of cells among which UE can do fast cell switching. The set of active cells is configured by the network based on UE measurement report or network deployment information. UE maintains the configuration and can perform pre-synchronization to the configured active cells in downlink (DL) only or in both DL and uplink (UL). UE maintains the DL/UL synchronization with the active cells, and applies configuration once UE is indicated to switch to an active cell as the target cell. Because UE maintains the configuration and DL/UL timing of the target cell before receiving the cell-switch command, the mobility latency and interruption time for inter-cell mobility is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: LI-CHUAN TSENG, Chia-Hao Yu, Kuan-Hung Chou, Chia-Chun Hsu, Yih-Shen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230100691
    Abstract: A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly having an optical axis and a driving device including a fixed component, a lens carrier, a magnet carrier, a first ball group, and a second ball group. The imaging lens assembly is disposed in the lens carrier. The magnet carrier has a first groove group extending parallel to the optical axis and a second groove group extending perpendicular to the optical axis. One of the fixed component and the lens carrier has a third groove group disposed opposite to the second groove group. The imaging lens assembly is movable with respect to the fixed component on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis via the second ball group disposed between the second groove group and the third groove group and along a direction parallel to the optical axis through the first ball group disposed in the first groove group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Jan CHEN, Lin An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Te-Sheng TSENG
  • Publication number: 20230101211
    Abstract: A medical instrument drive assembly includes a base portion, a first set of one or more drive outputs, a platform secured to the base portion, and a latching mechanism. The first set of one or more drive outputs are coupled to and/or extending from the base portion and are configured to drive a first medical instrument. The platform is secured to the base portion and movable between an elevated configuration and a depressed configuration. The platform is biased in the elevated configuration. The latching mechanism is configured to cause the platform to be held in the depressed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian Tyler HAIRRELL, Kathryn Mary PASWATERS, Casey Teal LANDEY, Akira Bryan UEDA, Jeffrey WEINTRAUB, Kenneth CHOU, Michael LO, Nicolas DIBENEDETTO, William CARTER-GIANNINI
  • Publication number: 20230099982
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device, including a first body having a first shaft member, at least one second body having a second shaft member, and a latching member, is provided. The first shaft member and the second shaft member are coaxially pivoted together. The first shaft member has a recess. The second shaft member has a locking hole. The latching member is movably disposed in the recess and the locking hole, so that when the latching member leaves the locking hole, the first body and the second body are relatively pivoted through the first shaft member and the second shaft member, or when the latching member moves into the locking hole, the latching member interferes with the first shaft member and the second shaft member to block the first body and the second body from relatively pivoting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hui-Ping Sun, Chun-Hung Wen, Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230097723
    Abstract: A pick-and-place mechanism for a stylus, applicable for a portable electronic device, is provided. The portable electronic device has a housing. The pick-and-place mechanism for the stylus includes a moving member, a latch assembly, and a switch element. The moving member is movably disposed in the housing. The stylus is adapted to be inserted into the housing and locked with the moving member to move synchronously. The latch assembly is disposed in the housing and switches between a lock state and an unlock state. In the lock state, the latch assembly locks the stylus in the housing. In the unlock state, the latch assembly moves at least part of the stylus out of the housing. The switch element is electrically connected to the latch assembly to drive the latch assembly to switch between the lock state and the unlock state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Publication number: 20230098359
    Abstract: An optical reflecting assembly includes a reflective member, a reflective element holder and a structure component. The reflective member includes a reflective surface for folding a light. The reflective element holder includes an assembling surface correspondingly disposed to the reflective member. The structure component is made of a metal material and has a three-dimensional structure, at least one portion of the structure component is inserted in the reflective element holder, and the structure component includes a first supporting wall, a second supporting wall and at least one extending wall. The first supporting wall and the second supporting wall are bent to form a first bending line with an angle. The extending wall and the second supporting wall are bent to form an extending bending line being a non-closed line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ming-Shun CHANG, Chen-Wei FAN, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chun-Hua TSAI
  • Publication number: 20230098236
    Abstract: Robust estimation of temperatures inside and outside a device can be achieved using one or more absolute temperature sensors optionally in conjunction with thermopile heat flux sensors. Thermopile temperature sensing systems can measure a temperature gradient across two locations within the device, to estimate absolute temperature at locations that are impractical to measure using absolute temperature sensors. Using heat flux models associated with the device, the thermopile temperature sensing system can be used to estimate temperature associated with objects that contact an outer surface of the device, such as a user's skin temperature. Additionally, the thermopile temperature sensing system can be used to estimate ambient air temperature. Within a device, temperature measurements from the thermopile temperature sensors can be used to compensate sensor measurements, such as when the accuracy or reliability of a sensor varies with temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Wegene H. TADELE, Habib S. KARAKI, James C. CLEMENTS, Chin S. HAN, Craig C. D'SOUZA, Daniel W. LABOVE, Esther CHEN, Joseph R. LEE, Kuo Jen HUANG, Wanfeng HUANG, Fred Y. CHOU, Hongling CHENG, Ali M. AMIN, Chia-Hsien LIN
  • Publication number: 20230097260
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element including a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer, a reflective layer, and a heat conduction and diffusion substrate is provided. The reflective layer is disposed between the substrate and the wavelength conversion layer, and the wavelength conversion layer is disposed between the heat conduction and diffusion substrate and the reflective layer. The wavelength conversion element is configured to receive an excitation light beam. The heat conduction and diffusion substrate is configured to allow the excitation light beam to pass through. The wavelength conversion layer is configured to receive and convert the excitation light beam into a converted light beam. The reflective layer is configured to reflect the converted light beam, and the heat conduction and diffusion substrate is configured to allow the converted light beam to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Kuo-Chou Chang
  • Publication number: 20230095668
    Abstract: A system is configured to manage motor engagement in a vehicle by determining to engage a disengaged motor shaft with a drivetrain, and in response, activating a feedback controller based on a speed of the motor shaft and activating a feedforward controller. The system determines at least one metric for modifying an output of the feedforward controller. The at least one metric is based on the speed of the motor shaft and the desired speed, and may be applied as a gain to the output of the feedforward controller. The system generates a command based on the feedback controller, the feedforward controller, and the at least one metric, and causes the motor shaft and the drivetrain to be engaged based on the speed of the motor shaft and the desired speed. The system nulls output of the feedforward controller as the speed of the motor shaft approaches the desired speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kang Wang, Boru Wang, Steve Schulz, Chia-Chou Yeh
  • Publication number: 20230095769
    Abstract: A pointing stick assembly includes: a head having a top surface configured to interface with a finger; a shaft connected to the head, wherein the shaft configured to be moved downward based on a finger pressing down on the head and to be tilted based on a finger tilting the head; a first sensor layer comprising a receiver electrode and a transmitter electrode; a second sensor layer comprising a transmitter electrode; and a third sensor layer comprising a plurality of receiver electrodes. The first sensor layer is configured for detection of presence of a finger based on a change in capacitance between the receiver electrode and the transmitter electrode of the first sensor layer caused by the presence of the finger on the top surface of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Wei-Lung Lee, Chih-Chien Chou, Lin-Hsiang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230102927
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides GLP-1R agonists, and compositions, methods, and kits thereof. Such compounds are generally useful for treating a GLP-1R mediated disease or condition in a human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Gilead Sciences, Inc., Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Megan K. Armstrong, James S. Cassidy, Elbert Chin, Chienhung Chou, Jeromy J. Cottell, Chao-I Hung, Kavoos Kolahdouzan, David W. Lin, Michael L. Mitchell, Ezra Roberts, Scott D. Schroeder, Nathan D. Shapiro, James G. Taylor, Rhiannon Thomas-Tran, Nathan E. Wright, Zheng-Yu Yang
  • Publication number: 20230096682
    Abstract: A video encoding system encodes source image data corresponding with an image includes a low resolution pipeline that receives the source image data corresponding with a first coding block in the image. The low resolution pipeline includes a low resolution motion estimation block programmed to generate a first downscaled coding block by downscaling resolution of the source image data corresponding with the first coding block. The first downscaled coding block comprises a first downscaled prediction block corresponding with a first prediction block in the first coding block. The low resolution pipeline may also perform several low resolution motion estimation searches to generate motion vector candidates. The video encoding system also includes a main pipeline that receives the source image data and determines encoding parameters to be used to encode the first coding block based at least partially on the motion vector candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jim C Chou, Mark P Rygh, Jae Young Park
  • Patent number: 11615912
    Abstract: A transformer without matching sleeve for wire winding operation comprises a transformer wire frame, an iron core, a first winding unit and a second winding unit. The transformer wire frame comprises a winding part, a first wire outlet part and a second wire outlet part. The winding part comprises a first baffle, the second wire outlet part comprises a first inclined surface, a first partition plate, and a first block, the first partition plate divides the second wire outlet part into a first winding area and a second winding area, the first partition plate is only arranged corresponding to the first winding area. The first block is positioned in the first winding area to divide the first winding area into an initial winding area and a series winding area. Therefore, when the second winding is wound, the isolation requirement can be met without matching a sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: INNOTRANS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsung-Han Chou
  • Patent number: 11615982
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first dielectric layer over a source/drain region, and forming a source/drain contact plug over and electrically connecting to the source/drain region. A top portion of the source/drain contact plug has a first lateral dimension. An implantation process is performed to implant a dopant into the first dielectric layer. The implantation process results in the source/drain contact plug to have a second lateral dimension smaller than the first lateral dimension. The method further includes forming a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, and forming a gate contact plug adjacent to the source/drain contact plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Ju Chen, Su-Hao Liu, Liang-Yin Chen, Huicheng Chang, Yee-Chia Yeo, Meng-Han Chou
  • Patent number: 11615536
    Abstract: An image detection device and an image detection method are provided. The image detection method includes: obtaining an image, where the image includes an object; adjusting a first size of the image to generate an adjusted image; generating a first divided image and a second divided image according to the image; and detecting the object in the image based on a plurality of input images, where the plurality of input images includes the first divided image, the second divided image, and the adjusted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Hong-Long Chou, Wen-Yan Chang