Patents by Inventor Jyh-Chyang Hsieh

Jyh-Chyang Hsieh 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: 8083139
    Abstract: A voice device for use in an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a card reader for reading a voice file from an inserted electronic card, an input/output module for receiving a control signal from the automatic vending machine, a voice module, and a microprocessor for converting the voice file into a voice signal for output through a voice output device of the voice module subject to the control signal from the automatic vending machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jyh-Chyang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20100108462
    Abstract: A bill acceptor for use with an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a body having a bill/license insertion slot and a passage extending backwards from the bill/license insertion slot, and a circuit assembly, which includes a bill recognition unit for checking the authenticity and par value of a bill, a license recognition unit for checking the authenticity obtaining a predetermined data of a license, a communication interface module for data communication between the bill recognition unit/license recognition unit and the automatic vending machine, and a power-saving power supply module electrically connected with the communication interface module for controlling the automatic vending machine to enter the sleep mode when the automatic b vending machine is not used within a predetermined time period after startup and for providing power supply to wake up the automatic vending machine upon insertion of a bill/license and recognition of the authenticity of the inserted bill/license.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyh-Chyang Hsieh, Yueh-Ping Hsu, Tien-Yuan Chien
  • Publication number: 20100108759
    Abstract: A voice device for use in an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a card reader for reading a voice file from an inserted electronic card, an input/output module for receiving a control signal from the automatic vending machine, a voice module, and a microprocessor for converting the voice file into a voice signal for output through a voice output device of the voice module subject to the control signal from the automatic vending machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jyh-Chyang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7182198
    Abstract: A power control circuit used in a vending machine having a bill accepter and vending main units controlled by the bill accepter is disclosed to include a pulse signal generator installed in the bill inlet of the bill accepter and adapted to generate a triggering signal upon insertion of a bill into the bill inlet of the bill accepter, a driver, and a trigger, which controls the driver to drive the bill accepter between the power-saving stand-by mode and the work mode subject to the presence of the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tien-Yuan Chien, Jyh-Chyang Hsieh, Yeuh-Ping Hsu
  • Patent number: 6991129
    Abstract: A power control circuit used in a vending machine having a bill accepter and vending main units controlled by the bill accepter is disclosed to include a pulse signal generator installed in the bill inlet of the bill accepter and adapted to generate a triggering signal upon insertion of a bill into the bill inlet of the bill accepter, a driver, and a trigger, which controls the driver to drive the bill accepter between the power-saving stand-by mode and the work mode subject to the presence of the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tien-Yuan Chien, Jyh-Chyang Hsieh, Yeuh-Ping Hsu
  • Publication number: 20060011448
    Abstract: A power control circuit used in a vending machine having a bill accepter and vending main units controlled by the bill accepter is disclosed to include a pulse signal generator installed in the bill inlet of the bill accepter and adapted to generate a triggering signal upon insertion of a bill into the bill inlet of the bill accepter, a driver, and a trigger, which controls the driver to drive the bill accepter between the power-saving stand-by mode and the work mode subject to the presence of the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Tien-Yuan Chien, Jyh-Chyang Hsieh, Yeuh-Ping Hsu
  • Publication number: 20040178209
    Abstract: A power control circuit used in a vending machine having a bill accepter and vending main units controlled by the bill accepter is disclosed to include a pulse signal generator installed in the bill inlet of the bill accepter and adapted to generate a triggering signal upon insertion of a bill into the bill inlet of the bill accepter, a driver, and a trigger, which controls the driver to drive the bill accepter between the power-saving stand-by mode and the work mode subject to the presence of the pulse signal from the pulse signal generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Tien-Yuan Chien, Jyh-Chyang Hsieh, Yeuh-Ping Hsu