Patents by Inventor HSIAO-HUA TSAI

HSIAO-HUA TSAI 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: 11068764
    Abstract: A smart card has a light-emitting element, a fingerprint sensor and a microcontroller. An operation of the smart card has a plurality of indication periods to indicate operation statuses of the smart card by the light-emitting element. The control method of the smart card includes generating a light source control signal, controlling a current supplied to the light-emitting element by the microcontroller according to the light source control signal, and decreasing the current supplied to the light-emitting element or stop the current supplied to the light-emitting element during at least one power-saying period in a first indication period of the plurality of indication periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Hau Yeh, Ta-Huang Liu, Hsiao-Hua Tsai, Ming-Ho Wang
  • Publication number: 20210182642
    Abstract: A smart card has a light-emitting element, a fingerprint sensor and a microcontroller. An operation of the smart card has a plurality of indication periods to indicate operation statuses of the smart card by the light-emitting element. The control method of the smart card includes generating a light source control signal, controlling a current supplied to the light-emitting element by the microcontroller according to the light source control signal, and decreasing the current supplied to the light-emitting element or stop the current supplied to the light-emitting element during at least one power-saying period in a first indication period of the plurality of indication periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: I-Hau YEH, Ta-Huang LIU, Hsiao-Hua TSAI, Ming-Ho WANG
  • Publication number: 20210064949
    Abstract: A smart card includes a microprocessor, a biometric sensor, a power supply decision unit, and a power detection unit. When the power source provides electric power to the smart card, the microprocessor of the smart card operates at a lower operating frequency initially. After determining by the power supply detecting unit and the power supply decision unit, it is determined whether a power source provides a higher current or voltage. The microprocessor further determines whether to adjust the operating frequency according to the determination. If so, the operating frequency is further increased to speed up the processing and thereby enhance the user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Hua TSAI, Ming-Ho WANG, Ta-Huang LIU
  • Publication number: 20110191723
    Abstract: A method of controlling a cursor on a screen by using a touch device includes changing a display coordinate set of the cursor on the screen representative of an object according to a relative coordinate set with respect to movement of the object on the touch device, hiding the cursor from the screen when the object leaves the touch device for a duration in excess of a predetermined time, and when the cursor is not displayed on the screen and an object touches the touch device, computing an initial display coordinate set of the cursor on the screen according to an absolute coordinate set of the object on the touch device and a resolution ratio between the touch device and the screen. With this method, the cursor on the screen can be intuitively operated by using the touch device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: DENG-JING WU, HSUEH-WEI YANG, YU-JEN TSAI, HSIAO-HUA TSAI
  • Publication number: 20110022990
    Abstract: A method for operation to a multi-touch environment screen by using a touchpad defines a movable control window on the screen, calculates an inter-window coordinate set of the object mapped from the touchpad to the control window according to an absolute coordinate set of the object on the touchpad and a resolution ratio between the touchpad and the control window when the touchpad is detected being touched, defines a cursor on the screen representative of the object according to the inter-window coordinate set, and changes a coordinate set of the cursor on the screen representative of the object according to a number of the object on the touchpad and movement thereof. This method allows a user to intuitively operate the screen by using the touchpad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: DENG-JING WU, HSUEH-WEI YANG, YU-JEN TSAI, HSIAO-HUA TSAI
  • Publication number: 20110018828
    Abstract: A touch device for multi-touch environment generates a sensing signal in response to an object touch thereon, generates an event signal according to the sensing signal and a control signal, generates a cursor signal according to coordinate information of each touch point contained in the sensing signal and the event signal, and transmits the cursor signal and the event signal to the multi-touch environment. The cursor signal is used to control a cursor application to show a cursor at a screen for each touch point and changes appearances of the cursors. The cursors clearly inform a user of locations where his/her fingers correspond on the screen. By conducting touch events in the multi-touch environment through the cursors instead of actual fingers, the user can operate the touch device other than a touch screen in a multi-touch manner as operating a multi-touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: DENG-JING WU, HSUEH-WEI YANG, YU-JEN TSAI, HSIAO-HUA TSAI