Patents by Inventor Hung-Yi Lin

Hung-Yi Lin 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).

  • Publication number: 20180113522
    Abstract: An electronic system comprising an electronic device and an indicating device is provided. The indicating device includes a wireless communication circuit configured to be communicated with the electronic device, a switch circuit, a motion sensor for detecting a movement of the indicating device, and a control unit coupled to the wireless communication circuit, the motion sensor and the switch circuit. In a period that the switch circuit is triggered, the motion sensor detects a plurality of three-dimensional rotation matrices of the indicating device in the space. A movement trace of the indicating device is computed by the electronic device according to the three-dimensional rotation matrices, and a corresponding operating function is enabled according to the movement trace. An operating method and an indicating device is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hung-Yi LIN, Yi-Lun LAI, Hao-Ping LIN
  • Patent number: 9903888
    Abstract: A probe card for contacting an LED chip of flip-chip type includes a circuit board, two probes and a fixing seat. The circuit board has a mounting surface and a lateral edge. Each probe has a connecting portion mounted on the circuit board, an extending portion extending from the connecting portion, a cantilever portion connected with the extending portion and protruding out of the lateral edge, and a contacting portion extending from the cantilever portion. The fixing seat is mounted on the mounting surface of the circuit board and has a fixing surface. A part of the extending portion is located between the circuit board and the fixing seat. A test equipment for testing optical characteristics of an LED chip of flip-chip type is provided with the probe card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MPI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Tai Chang, Hsiu-Wei Lin, Hung-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20180024652
    Abstract: A stylus adapted to a touch panel is provided. The stylus comprises a barrel, a driving circuit disposed inside the barrel and configured to generate a driving signal, a conductive tip disposed at an end of the barrel and electrically connected to the driving circuit to receive the driving signal, and a conductive grip disposed at the barrel and electrically isolated from the conductive tip. The conductive tip is capacitively coupled with the touch panel via the driving signal to form a first induced capacitor on the touch panel. A capacitance effect is generated between the conductive grip and the touch panel to form a second induced capacitor on the touch panel. A touch control method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: CHIN-WEN LIN, HUNG-YI LIN
  • Publication number: 20180024736
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a touch panel and a controller. The touch panel includes a touch layer, a sensing layer, and a light emitting layer. The touch layer includes a dielectric surface. The sensing layer is configured below the touch layer and configured to sense a touch operation on the dielectric surface to generate a touch signal. The light emitting layer includes a plurality of light emitting units. The light emitting layer is configured below the touch layer. The controller is electrically connected to the touch panel and configured to generate a control signal to turn on or off the light emitting units to generate at least a virtual key. A touch panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hung-Yi LIN, Chin-Wen LIN, Jung-Hsing WANG
  • Patent number: 9715102
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing tilt instability in an electromechanical systems (EMS) device, where the EMS device includes a plurality of hinges supporting a movable mirror over a stationary electrode and having identical hinge lengths. The EMS device can include a plurality of first anchor points providing connection at the substrate and a plurality of second anchor points providing connection at the movable mirror. Each of the hinges can be positioned between paired first and second anchor points and symmetrically arranged about the center of the movable mirror. In some implementations, the plurality of first anchor points and the plurality of second anchor points can be defined by a single mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SnapTrack, Inc.
    Inventors: Bor-Shiun Lee, Hung-Yi Lin, Chih-Chun Lee, Sheng-Yi Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20170192794
    Abstract: Provided is a method for fast booting/shutting down a computing system. The method includes the steps of: when the computing system enters the hibernation mode, sorting the memory of the computing system into swappable pages and non-swappable pages and writing the non-swappable pages into a hibernation file of a storage device; determining whether the swappable pages are frequently-used pages or infrequently-used pages, and if the swappable pages are determined to be frequently-used pages, incorporating the frequently-used pages in the hibernation file; sorting the infrequently-used pages into clean pages and dirty pages; capturing one of the dirty pages and adding pages that are related to the captured page into at least one data set and placing the data set into a swap space of the storage device by continuous accessing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Shi-Wu Lo, Hung-Yi Lin, Zheng-Yuan Chen, Shen-Ta Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20170003805
    Abstract: A touch control device including a touchpad, a first driving circuit and a system circuit is provided. The first driving circuit is coupled to the touchpad for driving the touchpad to detect a sensed value frame of a touch event on the touchpad. The system circuit is coupled to the first driving circuit for analyzing the sensed value frame provided by the first driving circuit to recognize a first finger position, a second finger position and a third finger position, and defining the first finger position as a left key position of a virtual mouse, the second finger position as a right key position of the virtual mouse according to a position relationship among the first finger position, the second finger position and the third finger position. An operating method of a touch control device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ya-Ting Chen, Hung-Yi Lin, Yi-Ou Wang
  • Publication number: 20160363761
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing tilt instability in an electromechanical systems (EMS) device, where the EMS device includes a plurality of hinges supporting a movable mirror over a stationary electrode and having identical hinge lengths. The EMS device can include a plurality of first anchor points providing connection at the substrate and a plurality of second anchor points providing connection at the movable mirror. Each of the hinges can be positioned between paired first and second anchor points and symmetrically arranged about the center of the movable mirror. In some implementations, the plurality of first anchor points and the plurality of second anchor points can be defined by a single mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Bor-Shiun Lee, Hung-Yi Lin, Chih-Chun Lee, Sheng-Yi Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20160349497
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a display device that can achieve a neutral white color by combining a first tinted native white color produced by a first display element of the display device or a portion thereof with a second tinted native white color produced by a second display element of the display device or a portion of the first display element. The tint of the first tinted native white color and the second tinted native white color can be complementary to each other. The first tinted native white color and the second tinted native white color can be combined using spatial and/or temporal dithering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jian Jim Ma, Shen-Ge Wang, Tallis Young Chang, John Hyunchul Hong, Chih-Chun Lee, Sheng-Yi Hsiao, Bor-shiun Lee, Hung-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20160047843
    Abstract: A probe card for contacting an LED chip of flip-chip type includes a circuit board, two probes and a fixing seat. The circuit board has a mounting surface and a lateral edge. Each probe has a connecting portion mounted on the circuit board, an extending portion extending from the connecting portion, a cantilever portion connected with the extending portion and protruding out of the lateral edge, and a contacting portion extending from the cantilever portion. The fixing seat is mounted on the mounting surface of the circuit board and has a fixing surface. A part of the extending portion is located between the circuit board and the fixing seat. A test equipment for testing optical characteristics of an LED chip of flip-chip type is provided with the probe card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Chia-Tai CHANG, Hsiu-Wei LIN, Hung-Yi LIN
  • Patent number: 9063171
    Abstract: A probing apparatus includes a rotating device having a plurality of platforms for supporting DUTs, a probe device having a lifting stage movable between first and second positions, and a heating device mounted to the lifting stage so as to move along with it. The platforms are synchronously revolvable in a way that the platforms move to a test position sequentially The heating device is configured in a manner that when the lifting stage moves to the first position, the heating device is located away from the platform at the test position, and when the lifting stage moves to the second position, the heating device contacts and heats the platform at the test position. Therefore, the heating device and the probe device are movable simultaneously for heating up the platform and testing the DUT respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: MPI Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiu-Wei Lin, Yu-Che Cheng, Hung-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20150105514
    Abstract: A graft copolymer composition including: a polymeric backbone derived from a plurality polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers; and a plurality of polymeric arms attached pendant to the polymeric backbone. The polymeric arms include: (a) at least two different polymeric arms comprising: a condensation copolymer arm and a random copolymer arm, (b) a polymeric arm having segments of (i) a condensation copolymer segment and (ii) a random copolymer segment, wherein said condensation copolymer segment and random copolymer segment are linked to each other; (c) or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Deuchem (Shanghai) Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Yi Lin, Li-Chun Yang
  • Publication number: 20150091803
    Abstract: A multi-touch input method of a touch input device is provided, it includes defining a first touch area and a second touch area on the touch input device; generating a first control command when a first touch event is provided; detecting whether a second touch event is provided at the second touch area while the first touch event is kept for a period and generating a second control command when the second touch event is provided; and executing a corresponding function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jung-Hsing Wang, Yu-Chen Lee, Hung-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 8884887
    Abstract: The invention discloses an electronic device with a touch panel and the method for controlling the same. The method includes the steps of: determining that the electronic device is operated in a stylus mode or a general mode; determining that the touch point is an effective touch point when the electronic device is in a stylus mode and the touch point on the touch panel is determined to be the first-type touch point; determining that the touch point is an ineffective touch point when the electronic device is in a stylus mode and the touch point on the touch panel is determined to be a second-type touch point; and determining that the touch point on the touch panel is an effective touch point when the electronic device is in a general mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 8860678
    Abstract: A computer system with a touch screen and a gesture processing method are provided. The computer system has a gesture hook unit for receiving a first type gesture event from a first gesture engine and a plurality of second type gesture events from a second gesture engine. A top-layer image is adjusted according to the first type gesture event and the second type gesture. In such way, an image shown on a workspace of an application program is smoothly changed in response to a gesture of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Shiu Hsu, Hung-Yi Lin, Meng-Ju Lu
  • Patent number: 8810545
    Abstract: A control circuit is applied for a four-wire resistive touch panel including an upper conducting layer having a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal, and a lower conducting layer having a third signal terminal and a fourth signal terminal. The control circuit includes a control unit, a switching unit and a converter. By the switching unit, the first, second, third and fourth signal terminals are switched to connect with an input voltage terminal, a ground terminal and the converter according to a control signal of the control unit. When users press the touch panel, there is a touching point between the upper conducting layer and the lower conducting layer, and the input voltage terminal transmits to the converter through the touching point so plural coordinate values are generated. The gestures such as scrolling, zooming and rotating are distinguished by the touch panel according to the coordinate values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chin-Shyurng Fahn, Hung-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 8803899
    Abstract: An image processing system includes a memory, a data slicer and an image processor. The data slicer divides each of current image data and adjacent image data into a first portion and a second portion to be stored into the memory. The image processor reads from the memory the first portion and the second portion of the current image data and the first portion of the adjacent image data for image processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiunn-Kuang Chen, Hung-Yi Lin, Yuan-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 8755645
    Abstract: A method applying a circular photonic crystal structure to improve optical properties of a photoelectric conversion device such as a light emitting diode device, an organic light emitting diode device or a solar cell is provided, wherein the circular photonic crystal structure is configured on a junction surface between two different mediums where passes a light emitted or received by the photoelectric conversion device. The circular photonic crystal structure provides isotropic photonic band gap which conduces high light extraction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Chen Hsu, Jian-Hung Lin, Tien-Li Chang, Hung-Yi Lin, Ta-Hsin Chou, Jen-Hui Tsai
  • Patent number: D712414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Power Quotient International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Hsin Tsai, Hung-Yi Lin, Yu-Cheng Chang, Ya-Fen Chen
  • Patent number: D803843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ADAM ELEMENTS INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Ying Chang, Hung-Yi Lin, Hao-Ming Chang