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: 12088905
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly module includes an imaging lens assembly, a light path folding element, a first lens barrel, a second lens barrel, a base and a plurality of rolling bearings. The imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of plastic lens elements, and defines a first optical axis passing through the plastic lens elements. The first lens barrel contains one or more of the plastic lens elements. The second lens barrel contains another one or more of the plastic lens elements. The base includes a guiding groove structure, and the guiding groove structure extends continuously along a direction parallel to the first optical axis. The rolling bearings interposed between the first lens barrel and the base and the rolling bearings interposed between the second lens barrel and the base are interposed in the guiding groove structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Su, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng
  • Patent number: 12085603
    Abstract: A noise monitoring apparatus includes a row selection circuit, a direct current (DC) cancellation circuit and an amplifier circuit. The row selection circuit selects a row of a DUT array to be a selected row during a readout period, wherein the selected row comprises a plurality of selected DUTs. The DC cancellation circuit is coupled to unselected DUTs of the DUT array during the readout period, generates a DC current signal based on bias current signals from a group of unselected DUTs and subtract the DC current signal from a first noise signal of the selected DUT to generate a second noise signal. The amplifier circuit is coupled to the plurality of selected DUTs of the selected row during the readout period, and amplifies the second noise signal from each of the selected DUTs to generate an output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin Yin, Chih-Lin Lee, Kuo-Yu Chou
  • Patent number: 12087011
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an object positioning method and system. The object positioning method includes: acquiring an original object image including a to-be-positioned object; demagnifying the original object image; inputting a demagnified object image to a rough-positioning model for identification, to determine a plurality of rough feature positions; acquiring a plurality of image blocks from the original object image according to the rough feature positions; inputting the image blocks to a precise-positioning model for identification, to determine a plurality of precise feature positions; and determining a position of the to-be-positioned object in the original object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Chou Chen, Chia-Ching Liao, An-Chu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 12084628
    Abstract: Described is a composition comprising as primary surfactant an ionic compound comprising one or more fluoroalkyl groups and as secondary surfactant at least one non-ionic compound comprising one or more polyalkyloxy and/or polyalkylenoxy groups, for cleaning or rinsing a product, preferably a product used in the semiconductor industry, and a respective use of said composition. Further described is a method of making a cleaned or rinsed product, preferably a product used in the semiconductor industry, comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm or below, comprising the step of cleaning or rinsing said product with the composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: I Chen Chou, Andreas Klipp, Berthold Ferstl
  • Patent number: 12086474
    Abstract: A control method for flash memory and a flash memory are provided. The control method for a flash memory, the flash memory including an external data bus to which flash memory dies are coupled. The control method includes: in a setup stage, under an operation mode of command input, issuing by a host controller a setup command, wherein the setup command includes mapping information that each port of the external data bus is mapped respectively to a status index of each flash memory die; and in a request stage, under the operation mode of command input, issuing by the host controller a request command to each flash memory die, and under the operation mode of data output, in response to the request command, transmitting status of the status index of each flash memory die to the host controller through each port of the external data bus respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih Chou Juan, Min Zhi Ji
  • Patent number: 12088899
    Abstract: A camera module includes a fixed component, an optical folding component, a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, and a driving device. The optical folding component is disposed on the fixed component. The optical folding component has a reflection surface disposed at an image side of an optical curved surface. The first imaging unit is disposed at an image side of the optical folding component. The second imaging unit is disposed between the optical folding component and the first imaging unit. The driving device move the first lens carrier with respect to the fixed component. The optical curved surface is an object-side surface of the optical folding component. The optical folding component has positive refractive power through the optical curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin An Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng
  • Patent number: 12087801
    Abstract: A method includes performing an anisotropic etching on a semiconductor substrate to form a trench. The trench has vertical sidewalls and a rounded bottom connected to the vertical sidewalls. A damage removal step is performed to remove a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, with the surface layer exposed to the trench. The rounded bottom of the trench is etched to form a slant straight bottom surface. The trench is filled to form a trench isolation region in the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Chou, Chih-Yu Lai, Shih Pei Chou, Yen-Ting Chiang, Hsiao-Hui Tseng, Min-Ying Tsai
  • Patent number: 12087402
    Abstract: Provided herein are computer implemented methods, systems and processes for determining a transmission metric or transmission path for related pathogens. Also provided herein is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, which program is configured to instruct a microprocessor to generate a transmission path for related pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Brian David Gross, Thomas Chou, Saeed Babaeizadeh, Pradyumna Dutta, Andrew Arthur, Henry Lin
  • Patent number: 12087814
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor well. The semiconductor device includes a channel structure disposed above the first semiconductor well and extending along a first lateral direction. The semiconductor device includes a gate structure extending along a second lateral direction and straddling the channel structure. The semiconductor device includes a first epitaxial structure disposed on a first side of the channel structure. The semiconductor device includes a second epitaxial structure disposed on a second side of the channel structure, the first side and second side opposite to each other in the first lateral direction. The first epitaxial structure is electrically coupled to the first semiconductor well with a second semiconductor well in the first semiconductor well, and the second epitaxial structure is electrically isolated from the first semiconductor well with a dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Chung Chen, Wen-Shen Chou, Yung-Chow Peng, Ya Yun Liu
  • Patent number: 12085761
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for optical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Tsung Shih, Chewn-Pu Jou, Stefan Rusu, Felix Ying-Kit Tsui, Lan-Chou Cho
  • Patent number: 12086463
    Abstract: A host system coupled to a storage system provides hardware support for command abort. The host system includes a host controller, which detects that a host driver has disabled an enable indicator of a submission queue (SQ). In response to the detection, the host controller stops further fetching from the SQ. The host controller sends all entries that have been fetched from the SQ to the storage device, and sets a status indicator of the SQ to indicate stopped fetching of the SQ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Chou, Chia-Chun Wang, Liang-Yen Wang, Szu-Chi Liu, Chin Chin Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240297085
    Abstract: A deposition tool includes a power cable pedestal including a pedestal body with a first surface and a second surface and a guide hole that extends through the pedestal body from the first surface to the second surface, where at least a portion of a sidewall of the guide hole has a slanted surface, and where the pedestal body is formed from a first material with a melting point that is higher than a melting point of Polyoxymethylene (POM). The deposition tool includes a bushing arranged over the guide hole, where the bushing is formed from a second material with a melting point that is higher than the melting point of POM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHOU, Yuan-Hsin CHI, Sheng-Yuan LIN, Yin-Tun CHOU, Hung-Chih WANG, Yu-Chi LIU
  • Publication number: 20240297168
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes an insulator, a driving unit, an electronic unit, and a circuit unit. The driving unit is overlapped with the insulator. The electronic unit is overlapped with the insulator. The circuit unit is electrically connected to the driving unit. The driving unit receives a signal from the circuit unit and drives the electronic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tang Chin Hung, Chin-Lung Ting, Chung-Kuang Wei, Ker-Yih Kao, Tong-Jung Wang, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Hao Jung Huang, I-Yin Li, Chia-Chi Ho, Yi Hung Lin, Cheng-Hsu Chou, Chia-Ping Tseng
  • Publication number: 20240294674
    Abstract: A construction method for and an application of a nucleic acid multimerization-mediated multivalent protein drug and vaccine. Specifically provided is a multimeric complex based on complementary nucleic acid backbones. The complex is a multimer formed by complexing of 3-6 monomers having complementary nucleic acid backbones, wherein each monomer is a polypeptide having a nucleic acid single strand. In the multimer, the nucleic acid single strand of each monomer and the nucleic acid single strands of the other two monomers form double strands by means of base complementation, so as to form complementary nucleic acid backbone structures. Also provided are a pharmaceutical composition containing the multimeric complex, a nucleic acid sequence library used for constructing the multimeric complex, and a method for optimizing complementary nucleic acid backbones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: ASSEMBLY MEDICINE, LLC.
    Inventors: Fan Yang, James Jeiwen Chou, Liujuan Zhou, Yanbing Wang, Chan Cao, Changqing Run
  • Publication number: 20240296272
    Abstract: A method includes forming a transistor layer; forming a first metallization layer, including: forming first conductors, aligned along alpha tracks, and representing input pins of a cell region including first and second input pins; and cutting lengths of the first and second input pins to accommodate at most two access points, each aligned to a different one of first to fourth beta tracks, the beta tracks to which are aligned the access points of the first input pin being different than the beta tracks to which are aligned the access points of the second input pin; and forming a second metallization layer, including: forming second conductors representing routing segments and a representing a power grid segment aligned with one of the beta tracks of access points of the first input pin or the access points of the second input pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Pin-Dai SUE, Po-Hsiang HUANG, Fong-Yuan CHANG, Chi-Yu LU, Sheng-Hsiung CHEN, Chin-Chou LIU, Lee-Chung LU, Yen-Hung LIN, Li-Chun TIEN, Yi-Kan CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240297607
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling one or more inverters in response to detecting a desaturation (DESAT) fault are disclosed herein. A DESAT fault of an inverter coupled to a motor is detected. In response to detecting the DESAT fault, all driving switches of the inverter are instructed to open. The driving switch that failed and a type of failure are determined based on current of the motor during a predetermined time period after instructing all of the driving switches to open, and the remaining driving switches are controlled based on which switch failed and the type of failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Armin Teymouri, Boru Wang, Chia-Chou Yeh
  • Publication number: 20240295990
    Abstract: A method for searching a buffer of a non-volatile storage host controller is provided. The method includes obtaining a command-based identifier of a command when a system level setting of a first format is enabled; and checking a format information on whether the first format or a second format is used to execute the command according to the identifier. A system for searching a buffer of a non-volatile storage host controller is provided. A host of the system searches a buffer by using the command-based identifier when a system level setting of a first format is enabled and check format information on whether the first format or a second format is used to execute the command according to the identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Chou, Chin-Chin Cheng, Tzu-Shiun Liu
  • Publication number: 20240295681
    Abstract: An imaging lens includes a central optical path, a plurality of lens elements sequentially arranged along the central optical path, a wide-range low reflection layer, and an infrared light reduction layer. The plurality of lens elements include a first lens element. The wide-range low reflection layer is disposed on an object-side surface of the first lens element, and the average reflectance of the wide-range low reflection layer to light with a wavelength ranging from 750 to 1050 nanometers is less than or equal to 0.98%. The infrared light reduction layer is located closer to an image side than the wide-range low reflection layer, and the average reflectance of the infrared light reduction layer to light with a wavelength ranging from 750 to 1050 nanometers is greater than or equal to 50%. The central optical path passes through a paraxial region of the first lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Chen LAI, Chien-Hsun WU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Wen-Yu TSAI
  • Publication number: 20240295368
    Abstract: A water-cooling structure includes a heat sink, a cover plate, a heat exchange module, a retaining wall, and ribs. The heat sink has an inlet hole, an outlet hole, and an inner space which communicates with the inlet hole and the outlet hole. The cover plate is disposed on the heat sink to seal the inner space. The heat exchange module and the retaining wall are disposed on the cover plate and located in the inner space. The inlet hole and the outlet hole are disposed on different sides of the retaining wall. The ribs are disposed on the cover plate and form flow channels in the inner space. A coolant enters the inner space from the inlet hole, enters the flow channels along the retaining wall to contact the heat exchange module, and flows out of the outlet hole after passing through the heat exchange module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Pang Lee, Shih-Chieh Su, Shih-Kai Chou
  • Patent number: D1041651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Route 92 Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Rhodes, Tony M. Chou, John Miller