Patents by Inventor Kai-Chen Lin

Kai-Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 9323293
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first module including a first conductive component and a power control unit coupled to the first conductive component. The electronic device further includes a second module, a first hinge for pivoting the second module relative to the first module, and a first arm connected to the first hinge. The power control unit controls whether to execute a first power management status according to whether the first arm contacts the first conductive component as the second module pivots relative to the first module at a first angle by the first hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Chen Lin, Chang-Ming Lee, Chung-Hsin Shen, Shao-Huai Tsai, Yao-Te Tsai, Chun-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 8464085
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a portable electronic device includes detecting an angle between a lid of the portable electronic device and a plumb line and controlling the operation of the portable electronic device according to the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Hui-Jen Tseng, Kai-Chen Lin
  • Publication number: 20130003982
    Abstract: The invention provides an electronic apparatus. In one embodiment, the electronic apparatus comprises a hard disk, a speaker, and a processor. The hard disk comprises a vibration protection mechanism which lowers the performance of the hard disk when the vibration protection mechanism is activated. The speaker broadcasts a sound. The processor determines whether a vibration level of the speaker is greater than a threshold level, determines whether data stored in the hard disk is being accessed when the vibration level of the speaker is greater than the threshold level, and lowers a volume of the speaker when the data stored in the hard disk is being accessed and the vibration level of the speaker is greater than the threshold level, thereby preventing the vibration protection mechanism from being activated to maintain the performance of the hard disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Kai-Chen Lin, Rui-Yi Chen, Jui-Lin Chang
  • Publication number: 20130006578
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device for detecting light reflection in an electronic device having a display device includes a light angle detection module for detecting an incident angle of light beam emitted from a light source corresponding to the display device, a vision angle detecting module for detecting a visual angle of a user corresponding to the display device, and a processing module for determining the light source affects the user when the incident angle is smaller than a first default value and the visual angle is smaller than a second default value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kai-Chen Lin, Chang-Ming Lee
  • Publication number: 20120327486
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a document scanning method, a document scanning device and a portable electronic device. The document scanning method comprises capturing a plurality of images of a plurality of blocks of a document by an image capturing device; adjusting characteristics of the plurality of images according to distances between the image capturing device and the plurality of blocks when the image capturing device is capturing the plurality of images, to generate a plurality of adjusted images; determining a plurality of characteristic points of each of the plurality of adjusted images and a plurality of characteristic vectors corresponding to the plurality of characteristic points; and combining the plurality of adjusted images according to the plurality of characteristic vectors corresponding to the plurality of characteristic points of each of the plurality of adjusted images, to generate a scanning result of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Chang-Ming Lee, Kai-Chen Lin, Chien-An Chen
  • Publication number: 20120299394
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first module including a first conductive component and a power control unit coupled to the first conductive component. The electronic device further includes a second module, a first hinge for pivoting the second module relative to the first module, and a first arm connected to the first hinge. The power control unit controls whether to execute a first power management status according to whether the first arm contacts the first conductive component as the second module pivots relative to the first module at a first angle by the first hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Kai-Chen Lin, Chang-Ming Lee, Chung-Hsin Shen, Shao-Huai Tsai, Yao-Te Tsai, Chun-Chieh Huang
  • Publication number: 20090144574
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of a portable electronic device includes detecting an angle between a lid of the portable electronic device and a plumb line and controlling the operation of the portable electronic device according to the angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Hui-Jen Tseng, Kai-Chen Lin