Patents by Inventor HUNG-YU LAI

HUNG-YU LAI 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: 20240106104
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device body and an antenna module disposed in the device body and including a conductive structure and a coaxial cable including a core wire, a shielding layer wrapping the core wire, and an outer jacket wrapping the shielding layer. The conductive structure includes a structure body and a slot formed on the structure body and penetrating the structure body in a thickness direction of the structure body. A section of the shielding layer extends from the outer jacket and is connected to the structure body. A physical portion of the structure body and the section of the shielding layer are respectively located on two opposite sides of the slot in a width direction of the slot. A section of the core wire extends from the section of the shielding layer and overlaps the slot and the physical portion in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Yeh, Shih-Chia Liu, Yen-Hao Yu, Li-Chun Lee, Chih-Heng Lin, Jui-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 11934626
    Abstract: A joystick includes a stick head, an actuating component, a substrate, a bearing base, a resilient recovering component and a constraining component. The actuating component has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is connected to the stick head, and an identification feature is disposed on the second end. The substrate has a detection module used to detect the identification feature and determine motion of the stick head. The bearing base is disposed on the substrate. An opening portion of the bearing base aligns with the detection module and the actuating component. The resilient recovering component is disposed between the substrate and the bearing base. The constraining component is disposed on the resilient recovering component and movably disposed inside the opening portion, and used to abut against the actuating component in a detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lai, Yong-Nong Huang, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Jia-Hong Huang
  • Publication number: 20240031661
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: HUNG-YU LAI
  • Patent number: 11812130
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20230328349
    Abstract: There is provided a bottom cover for being covered on an optical system. The bottom cover is attached in front of the optical engine. The bottom cover has a bottom surface for facing a working surface when the optical system is moving on the working surface, a first opening for emission light of the optical engine to go through and a second opening for reflected light from the working surface to go through. The bottom cover is further formed with guiding protrusions protruded out from the bottom surface toward the working surface and surrounding at least the second opening to guide soft materials on the working surface to away from the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hung-Yu LAI, Yen-Hung WANG, Wen-Yen SU, Hui-Hsuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230156311
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: HUNG-YU LAI
  • Publication number: 20230103383
    Abstract: A joystick includes a stick head, an actuating component, a substrate, a bearing base, a resilient recovering component and a constraining component. The actuating component has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end is connected to the stick head, and an identification feature is disposed on the second end. The substrate has a detection module used to detect the identification feature and determine motion of the stick head. The bearing base is disposed on the substrate. An opening portion of the bearing base aligns with the detection module and the actuating component. The resilient recovering component is disposed between the substrate and the bearing base. The constraining component is disposed on the resilient recovering component and movably disposed inside the opening portion, and used to abut against the actuating component in a detachable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lai, Yong-Nong Huang, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Jia-Hong Huang
  • Patent number: 11595554
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Hung-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20230049938
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a fin extending from a substrate and oriented lengthwise in a first direction, where the fin includes a stack of semiconductor layers, an isolation feature disposed over the substrate and oriented lengthwise in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, where the isolation feature is disposed adjacent to the fin, and a metal gate structure having a top portion disposed over the stack of semiconductor layers and a bottom portion interleaved with the stack of semiconductor layers. Furthermore, a sidewall of the bottom portion of the metal gate structure is defined by a sidewall of the isolation feature, and the top portion of the metal gate structure laterally extends over a top surface of the isolation feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Fan Peng, Yuan-Ching Peng, Yu-Bey Wu, Yu-Shan Lu, Hung Yu Lai, Chen-Yu Chen, Wen-Yun Wang, Tang Ming Lee
  • Publication number: 20220311915
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a carrier member and an image sensor. The carrier member has a light holder, a lens holder, an accommodation space and a tilted wall. The first light source is arranged on the light holder of the carrier member, and reflected light associated with the first light source penetrates through the lens to propagate to the image sensor inside the accommodation space. Reflected light associated with the second light source penetrates through the tilted wall of the carrier member to propagate to the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yen-Hung WANG, Wen-Yen SU, Hui-Hsuan CHEN, Hung-Yu LAI
  • Publication number: 20210344821
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Hung-Yu Lai
  • Patent number: 11095799
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Hung-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20200145561
    Abstract: There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Hung-Yu LAI
  • Patent number: 10039453
    Abstract: An optical detecting module with waterproofing function can be installed on a housing of a wearable device and includes an optical detecting component, a light source and a packaging structure. The light source is disposed by the optical detecting component, and the packaging structure provides the waterproofing function to the optical detecting component and the light source. The packaging structure includes a main body, a light emitting unit, alight incoming unit and a waterproofing component. The main body covers the optical detecting component and the light source. The light emitting unit and the light incoming unit are disposed on the main body and respectively face the light source and the optical detecting component. The waterproofing component is filled into a gap formed between the main body and the housing, to prevent moisture from leaking into the gap to rust terminals of the optical detecting component and the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan Tsai, Hung-Ching Lai, Chih-Yuan Chuang, Hung-Yu Lai, Yung-Chang Lin, Yi-Min Liu, Ren-Hau Gu
  • Patent number: 9996169
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive joystick device including a substrate, a fixed plate, a movable member, a plurality of elastic elements, a cone and an operation stick. The substrate includes a ground region and a capacitance sensing region. The fixed plate includes a first opening. The movable member includes a second opening. The elastic elements are symmetrically disposed between the fixed plate and the movable member. The cone is disposed between the movable member and the substrate, and includes a base, a vertex and a lateral surface. The base presses against the movable member. The vertex is disposed on the ground region of the substrate. The lateral surface is aligned with the capacitance sensing region of the substrate. The operation stick extends from the base of the cone and passes through the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yamai, Chi-Chieh Liao, Hung-Yu Lai
  • Patent number: 9885601
    Abstract: An optical detecting device includes a light source, an optical detecting component, a package structure and a light tight component. The light source outputs a sampling signal to project onto an external object. The optical detecting component is disposed by the light source and has an interval relative to the light source. The optical detecting component receives the sampling signal reflected from the external object. The package structure covers the optical detecting component and the light source, and includes an illuminating surface unit and an incident surface unit respectively corresponding to the light source and the optical detecting component, and further includes an isolation component disposed between the illuminating surface unit and the emerging surface unit. The light tight component is disposed on the isolation component to obstruct transmission path of the sampling signal from the illuminating surface unit to the incident surface without reflection by the external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lai, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Hung-Ching Lai
  • Publication number: 20170052063
    Abstract: An optical detecting device includes a light source, an optical detecting component, a package structure and a light tight component. The light source outputs a sampling signal to project onto an external object. The optical detecting component is disposed by the light source and has an interval relative to the light source. The optical detecting component receives the sampling signal reflected from the external object. The package structure covers the optical detecting component and the light source, and includes an illuminating surface unit and an incident surface unit respectively corresponding to the light source and the optical detecting component, and further includes an isolation component disposed between the illuminating surface unit and the emerging surface unit. The light tight component is disposed on the isolation component to obstruct transmission path of the sampling signal from the illuminating surface unit to the incident surface without reflection by the external object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lai, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Hung-Ching Lai
  • Patent number: 9529139
    Abstract: There is provided a light source module including an LED die and a light guide member. The light guide member is formed by injection molding to encapsulate the LED die. The light guide member is coated with a reflection film on a part of surface thereof and has at least one tilted surface opposite to the LED die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Ching Lai, Hung-Yu Lai, Yu-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20160150960
    Abstract: An optical detecting module with waterproofing function can be installed on a housing of a wearable device and includes an optical detecting component, a light source and a packaging structure. The light source is disposed by the optical detecting component, and the packaging structure provides the waterproofing function to the optical detecting component and the light source. The packaging structure includes a main body, a light emitting unit, alight incoming unit and a waterproofing component. The main body covers the optical detecting component and the light source. The light emitting unit and the light incoming unit are disposed on the main body and respectively face the light source and the optical detecting component. The waterproofing component is filled into a gap formed between the main body and the housing, to prevent moisture from leaking into the gap to rust terminals of the optical detecting component and the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan Tsai, Hung-Ching Lai, Chih-Yuan Chuang, Hung-Yu Lai, Yung-Chang Lin, Yi-Min Liu, Ren-Hau Gu
  • Publication number: 20160004333
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive joystick device including a substrate, a fixed plate, a movable member, a plurality of elastic elements, a cone and an operation stick. The substrate includes a ground region and a capacitance sensing region. The fixed plate includes a first opening. The movable member includes a second opening. The elastic elements are symmetrically disposed between the fixed plate and the movable member. The cone is disposed between the movable member and the substrate, and includes a base, a vertex and a lateral surface. The base presses against the movable member. The vertex is disposed on the ground region of the substrate. The lateral surface is aligned with the capacitance sensing region of the substrate. The operation stick extends from the base of the cone and passes through the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: MASATOSHI YAMAI, CHI-CHIEH LIAO, HUNG-YU LAI