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: 20250126338
    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: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventor: HUNG-YU LAI
  • Patent number: 12206967
    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: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Hung-Yu Lai
  • Patent number: 12175030
    Abstract: A pen mouse is provided for controlling a movement of a cursor displayed on a monitor. The pen mouse includes a pen and an optical detection module assembled in the pen. The optical detection module includes a circuit board, two sensors, and a laser emitter, the latter two of which are assembled onto the circuit board. When the pen mouse is moved along a working surface to implement a mouse control motion, the two sensors receive a detection light emitted from the laser emitter and reflected by the working surface, so as to determine whether the mouse control motion is a pen-tilted motion or a pen-spinning motion, thereby compensating the movement of the cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Hung Wang, Hung-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20240314416
    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: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: HUNG-YU LAI, YEN-HUNG WANG, WEN-YEN SU, HUI-HSUAN CHEN
  • Patent number: 12022178
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lai, Yen-Hung Wang, Wen-Yen Su, Hui-Hsuan Chen
  • Patent number: 12010413
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Hung Wang, Wen-Yen Su, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Hung-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20240159642
    Abstract: A smoke detector with an anti-insect function includes a substrate, an optical detection module, a top cover, a base and a perforated plate. The substrate has a ring shape region surrounding a central detection region, and a first block structure of the central detection region is protruded from the substrate and higher than an upper surface of the ring shape region. The optical detection module is disposed inside the central detection region. The top cover has a lateral wall. The base is disposed on the substrate and connected to the top cover to cover the optical detection module. The base has a second block structure partly overlapped with the lateral wall to form a guiding channel. The perforated plate is disposed between the lateral wall and the second block structure to prevent an insect from moving into the top cover through the guiding channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chu, Cheng-Nan Tsai, Chih-Ming Sun, Zhi-Hao Wu, Hung-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20240152246
    Abstract: A joystick includes a stick head, an actuating component, a substrate, a bearing base, a resilient recovering component, a first rotation component and a second rotation 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 detector used to detect the identification feature and determine motion of the stick head. The bearing base is disposed on the substrate. The resilient recovering component is disposed between the substrate and the bearing base. The first rotation component is movably disposed on the bearing base and rotatable in a first direction. The second rotation component is movably connected to the first rotation component and rotatable in a second direction different from the first direction, and connected to the actuating component in a rotatable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Lai, Yong-Nong Huang, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Jia-Hong Huang
  • 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