Patents by Inventor Kang Liu

Kang Liu 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: 20130286626
    Abstract: A cable management device includes a device body, a connecting member, and an extension body. The device body includes a first cable management arm and a second cable management arm. The connecting member pivotally connects a first end of the first cable management arm and a first end of the second cable management arm to attain a first cable management configuration. The connecting member is removable from the first cable management arm and the second cable management arm. In response to removal of the connecting member, two opposing ends of the extension body are respectively connected to the first end of the first cable management arm and the first end of the second cable management arm to attain a second cable management configuration. The cable management device may be included in a rack assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: WEI-TIEN CHEN, YULIANTI DARMANTO, CHIA-CHING HUANG, YU-KANG LIU, HUI-WEN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20130241858
    Abstract: A control system for a touch screen is provided. The control system includes a voltage-level shifter between a screen controller and a touch controller. The voltage-level shifter level-shifts a common voltage for driving the screen to a corresponding timing signal with an input signal range acceptable by the touch controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Guo-Kiang Hung, Chien Chuan Chen, Chi Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8525822
    Abstract: A driving circuit on a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and associated control method is provided. The LCD panel connected to a display control circuit via a flexible print circuit (FPC) includes a master source driver, for inputting a digital image signal in compliance with a first electrical specification via an FPC board and converting the digital image signal to a gate driving signal and a slave source driving signal, which are in compliance with a second electrical specification; a gate driver, for receiving the gate driving signal in compliance with the second electrical specification; and a slave source driver, for receiving the slave source driving signal in compliance with the second electrical specification. The master source driver, the slave source driver and the gate driver drive a thin-film transistor (TFT) on the LCD panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi Kang Liu, Chin-Wei Lin, Min-Nan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8444173
    Abstract: A foldable frame structure for baby trailer includes a bottom frame, which includes two side bars and a retractable front bar and a retractable rear bar, two vertical side frames each having two bottom frame bars respectively pivoted to the side bars and an arched top frame bar pivoted to the bottom frame bars, a transverse top bar detachably connected between the arched top frame bars of the two vertical side frames, a trailer bar pivoted to the front side of one side bar of the bottom frame and selectively locked between an extended position and a received position. The retractable rear bar has two angled end pieces respectively affixed to the side bars to reinforce the structural strength of the side bars so that wheels can be directly pivoted to the side bars, saving the cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Inventor: Cheh-Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8439391
    Abstract: A baby jogger includes an upper frame unit, two coupling members, two stop members, two rear frame bars, a rear wheel axle, a plurality of rear wheels, two linking devices, two side bars, a lower frame unit, a mud fender, a front wheel frame and a front wheel. The front wall of each coupling member is connected between the two sidewalls thereof; the rotary members at the two distal ends of the lower frame unit are respectively accommodated in the accommodation space in the two coupling members; the two distal ends of the U-shaped handlebar of the upper frame unit are respectively accommodated in the locating hole in each of the two coupling members. This arrangement avoids accidental finger jam when collapsing the upper frame unit and the lower frame unit, assuring a high level of safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Inventor: Cheh-Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8421765
    Abstract: A touch sensing device capable of accurately detecting a touched position on a touch panel includes a touch panel, a conversion unit and a calculation unit. The touch panel having a plurality of horizontal sensing lines and vertical sensing lines generates a plurality of horizontal sensing signals and vertical sensing signals in response to a touch on the touch panel. The conversion unit generates a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) sensing signals according to the horizontal and vertical sensing signals. The calculation unit determines a touched position on the touch panel according to the 2D sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi Kang Liu, Guo-Kiang Hung
  • Publication number: 20130073324
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable coordinated booking of live shows among artists, fans and venues. One embodiment includes a coordination server configured to: query for standards required for performance; query for pre buy tickets, where a pre buy ticket indicates that a certain amount of funds have been allocated for charge for the purchase of a ticket to experience a performance by an artist after the artist is booked at a venue; determine whether the standards are met based upon the amount of funds allocated by pre buy tickets; query for bids by venues after the standards are met, where a bid is an offer by a venue for the artist to perform at the venue; and book the artist at a winning venue, where the winning venue is a venue whose offer is accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Resilient LLC
    Inventor: Addison Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8382149
    Abstract: A baby trailer frame mounting structure includes a bottom frame unit, a top frame unit, a trailer bar, two front wheel holder mounting frame assemblies and two front wheel holders. Each front wheel holder mounting frame assembly includes a base frame block affixed to one sidebar or front bar of the bottom frame unit, and a spring-loaded control member pivotally coupled to the base frame block for locking the associating front wheel holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Cheh-Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8373272
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device comprising an improved bonding pad structure. The device has a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of active MOS devices are formed on the semiconductor substrate. The device has an interlayer dielectric layer overlying the plurality of active MOS devices and at least one single metal bonding pad formed on the interlayer dielectric layer and directly over at least one of the active devices. At least four edge regions are formed on a square shape of the at least one single metal bonding pad. An angled cut region is formed on each of the four edge regions. The device has a buffer metal layer free region located between the plurality of active MOS devices and the at least one single metal bonding pad. The buffer metal layer free region does not have a buffer metal layer in the interlayer dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Chi Kang Liu, Talee Yu
  • Patent number: 8368186
    Abstract: An ESD device includes a first and second well regions disposed in a semiconductor substrate. The first well region comprises a plurality of N wells spaced at a predetermined length. A heavily doped P+ region and a heavily doped N+ region are disposed in each of the N wells. The heavily doped N+ region is coupled to Vdd and a heavily doped P+ region in an N well is electrically coupled to the heavily doped N+ region in an adjacent N well. The second well region comprises a P well abutting an N well. A heavily doped P+ region and a heavily doped N+ region are disposed in the P well. The heavily doped N+ region in the P well is electrically coupled to the heavily doped P+ region of the adjacent N well in common with an I/O circuit, and the heavily doped P+ region is coupled to Vss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Ta Lee Yu, Chi Kang Liu, Jing Liu
  • Patent number: 8325751
    Abstract: A method of implementing a scaleable architecture for a communications system considers the requirements of a particular communications transmission process that is dividable into individual transmission tasks. A computational complexity for each of said N individual transmission tasks respectively, said computational complexity being based on a number of instructions per second (MIPs) required by a computational circuit to perform each of said N individual transmission tasks; a number of gates and/or transistors required to implement each of individual transmission task using a hardware based or software based computing circuit, etc. After determining an effective number of MIPs achievable by such circuits, the N tasks are allocated in a gate efficient manner for a final design architecture, or for a working implementation in the field. A system constructed in this fashion is highly gate efficient and cost effective, so that a multiport system can be put on single SOC integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Ming-Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8319306
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an image sensor and an image sensor thereof are provided. The method comprises: providing a mask; utilizing the mask at a first position to form a first group of micro-lenses having a first height on a first group of color filters of a color filter array on a pixel array; shifting the mask from the first position to a second position, wherein a distance between the first position and the second position is substantially equal to a width of a pixel of the pixel array; and utilizing the mask at the second position to form a second group of micro-lenses having a second height, different from the first height, on a second group of color filters of the color filter array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Himax Technologies Limited, Himax Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Kang Liu, Fang-Ming Huang, Shao-Min Hung, Bo-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 8258598
    Abstract: An e-fuse and an e-fuse control circuit are provided. The e-fuse includes a polysilicon layer and a metal silicide layer stacked on the polysilicon layer. The e-fuse operates in an open state when the silicide layer is broken by burning while one portion of the polysilicon layer is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi Kang Liu, Chin-Wei Lin, Min-Nan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8240695
    Abstract: A baby trailer towing connector formed of a first connector, a second connector, a buffer bar and a spring member for the connection of a baby trailer to a baby bicycle is disclosed. The second connector has a connection frame attached to the top wall and opposing sidewalls of the holder block of the first connector and secured thereto by a pin, assuring connection stability and avoiding breaking of the pin during a towing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Inventor: Cheh-Kang Liu
  • Patent number: 8226102
    Abstract: A baby trailer safety structure includes a safety block affixed to one sidebar of the bottom frame unit of the baby trailer opposite to the other sidebar that is mounted with a trailer bar. The safety block has a sloping peripheral wall with an arc face to prohibit a young child carrying in the baby trail from standing up on the associating sidebar to collapse the baby trailer, enhancing the safety level of the baby trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Cheh-Kang Liu
  • Publication number: 20120136614
    Abstract: A wafer inspection system for inspecting a wafer comprises a platform, a probe card, a illuminator, a test server, at least one image processing device, a control circuit board, at least a test circuit board, a load board connected to the control circuit board and the at least a test circuit board, at least an image card, and at least a relay board. The probe card includes an opening hole and a plurality of probes for contacting the wafer to transmit and receive electrical signals. The illuminator illuminates on the wafer through the opening hole. The test server is controlled to execute test procedure and data process. The test circuit board transmits test signals and performs a determination on the received result signals. The relay board is connected to the probe card and the load board for switching the direction of data flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ta Kang Liu, Ming Hsien Lee
  • Publication number: 20120115282
    Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate of a first conductivity type and having a surface region, forming a well region of a second conductivity type and having a first depth in the substrate, adding a gate dielectric layer overlying the surface region, adding a gate layer overlying the gate dielectric layer, forming a first LDD region of the first conductivity type and having a second depth within the well region, forming an emitter region of the second conductivity type within the first LDD region, and forming a second LDD region of the first conductivity type with the well region, a channel region separates the first and second LDD regions. The method further includes forming a source region being of the first conductivity type within the second LDD region and adding an output pad coupled to both the drain and emitter regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: CHI KANG LIU, Ta Lee Yu, Quan Li
  • Publication number: 20120103967
    Abstract: A burn-in oven having an inverter fan and a heat regulator includes a housing, a frame, a heater, a temperature sensor, an inverter fan, and a control unit. The housing includes an air-in port and an air-out port. The frame is fixedly arranged inside the housing, and is divided into a variety of partitions. In addition, the heater and the temperature sensor are also fixedly arranged inside the housing. The inverter fan is provided for supplying a forced air-flow toward inside of the housing. The control unit is electrically connected with the temperature sensor, the heater, and the inverter fan. The control unit is provided for controlling the temperature inside the housing not to exceed a predetermined value. Thereby, the present invention saves energy and shortens effectively the time required for burn-in temperature rising and lowering, and saves working hours and manpower as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Tsung Hsu, Yen-Chang Liu, Ta Kang Liu
  • Publication number: 20120101203
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound and method of producing the same. The method of the invention includes the following steps. First of all, Polycaprolactone (PCL), dimethylol propionic acid (DMPA), 4,4?-methylenebis (cyclohexyl isocyanate) (H12MDI), and dibutyltin dilaurate (DBT) are mixed in a solvent in the first place and a solution is formed. This solution is then mixed with triethylamine (TEA) and triethylene tetramine (TETA). After that, amino-terminated anionic waterborne polyurethane (WPU) is produced. A sol-gel process is proceeded with a mixture of amino-terminated anionic waterborne polyurethane, tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) without any extra catalyst, and a compound, waterborne polyurethane-silica nanocomposite materials, is eventually produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Chi-Fa Hsieh, Jui-Ming Yeh, Tai-Kang Liu
  • Publication number: 20120091689
    Abstract: A baby trailer safety structure includes a safety block affixed to one sidebar of the bottom frame unit of the baby trailer opposite to the other sidebar that is mounted with a trailer bar. The safety block has a sloping peripheral wall with an arc face to prohibit a young child carrying in the baby trail from standing up on the associating sidebar to collapse the baby trailer, enhancing the safety level of the baby trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Cheh-Kang LIU