Patents by Inventor Kuo An Chiu
Kuo An Chiu 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).
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Publication number: 20250067946Abstract: Optical devices and methods of manufacture are presented herein. In an embodiment, an optical device is provided that includes an optical package having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a laser die package having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, wherein the first surface is planar with the third surface and the second surface is planar with the fourth surface, a first silicon support attached to both the second surface and the fourth surface, and an interposer attached to both the first surface and the third surface, wherein the interposer is free of a silicon substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Hsing-Kuo Hsia, Chih-Wei Tseng, Hua-Kung Chiu, Jui Lin Chao
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Publication number: 20250030827Abstract: A stereoscopic camera device, including a first camera, a second camera, and a controller, is provided. The first camera is configured to capture toward an object to obtain a first image of the object. The second camera is configured to capture toward the object to obtain a second image of the object. The controller synthesizes the images to generate a stereoscopic image of the object. By the controller, the cameras are controlled, so that toe-in angles of an optical axis of the first camera and an optical axis of the second camera are greater than 0. The controller image processes the first image and the second image, so that the processed first image and the processed second image are equivalent to images captured when the toe-in angles of the optical axis of the first camera and the optical axis of the second camera are greater than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2023Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yi-Jung Chiu, Wei-Kuo Shih, Chao-Kuang Yang, Tsung-Wei Tu
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Patent number: 12204163Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Chia-Che Wu, Chien-Yu Kao, Hsiao-Hsin Hu, He-Ling Chang, Chao-Hsi Wang, Chen-Hsien Fan, Che-Wei Chang, Mao-Gen Jian, Sung-Mao Tsai, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Hong Lin, Tzu-Yu Chang, Sin-Jhong Song, Shang-Yu Hsu, Meng-Ting Lin, Shih-Wei Hung, Yu-Huai Liao, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Hsueh-Ju Lu, Ching-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Chiang, Yu-Chiao Lo, Ying-Jen Wang, Shu-Shan Chen, Che-Hsiang Chiu
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Publication number: 20240377672Abstract: A display device and a fixing structure set are provided. The display device includes a middle frame and a display panel. The middle frame has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The display panel is fixed on the first surface by using at least one first fixing structure set and a plurality of second fixing structure sets. Wherein, the fixing structure of the first fixing structure set is different from the fixing structure of the second fixing structure set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Ming-Te Hung, Wen-Ta Lee, Wei-Kuo Chiu, Ching-Hsing Lin
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Publication number: 20230349156Abstract: A retrofitting method for a beam with an opening is disclosed. The retrofitting method provides a hoop cooperated with an inclined stirrup to form a reinforcement set. The hoop is used to enclose the opening; and the reinforcement set may be selectively adjusted according to the distance between the edge of opening and a column face. The retrofitting method and reinforcement set are not only suitable for openings located in the non-plastic hinge zone of the beam, but also suitable for the openings located in the plastic hinge zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chien-Kuo Chiu, Min-Yuan Cheng, Chieh-Tzu Chou
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Patent number: 8934946Abstract: The present invention discloses a mobile power supply device. The mobile power supply device includes at least one expansion interface, at least one transmission interface, a charging control unit, a battery, and an expansion control unit. The transmission interface is used for electrically connecting to an electronic host device. The charging control unit is electrically connected to the transmission interface and to at least one external power supply. The battery is electrically connected to the charging control unit. The charging control unit is used for controlling the external power supply to charge the battery and for controlling the battery to charge the electronic host device. The expansion control unit is electrically connected to the expansion interface and the transmission interface; the expansion control unit communicates with the external device via the expansion interface and communicates with the electronic host device via the transmission interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Inventor: Li-Kuo Chiu
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Publication number: 20140274220Abstract: The present invention discloses a mobile power supply device. The mobile power supply device includes at least one expansion interface, at least one transmission interface, a charging control unit, a battery, and an expansion control unit. The transmission interface is used for electrically connecting to an electronic host device. The charging control unit is electrically connected to the transmission interface and to at least one external power supply. The battery is electrically connected to the charging control unit. The charging control unit is used for controlling the external power supply to charge the battery and for controlling the battery to charge the electronic host device. The expansion control unit is electrically connected to the expansion interface and the transmission interface; the expansion control unit communicates with the external device via the expansion interface and communicates with the electronic host device via the transmission interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: LI-KUO CHIU
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Publication number: 20140253016Abstract: A mobile power supply device and a power supply system thereof are disclosed. The mobile power supply device is used for charging a load device. A rectifier circuit of the mobile power supply device is used for receiving an alternating current power to convert to a direct current power. A battery set includes a plurality of battery units series connected to each other. A charging control unit is used for receiving the direct current power to charge the battery set. An output control unit is used for controlling the battery set to output the direct current power to the load device via a direct-current output port. A direct-current input port is used for inputting the direct current power to the battery set, wherein the direct-current input port includes a determining pin for determining whether the charging control unit connects to another mobile power supply device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: LI-KUO CHIU
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Patent number: 8379943Abstract: The present invention is a high-performance fingerprint image-processing method that use a composite filtering approach to perform the image enhancement through a combination of linear filtering and rhombus filtering after obtaining the determination for the fingerprint direction of fingerprint instead of the image enhancement performed in the frequency domain of the prior art; and then a binarizing step will follow to demonstrate the minutiae for image enhancement, also, the composite filter applied in the present invention can truly perform the image enhancement and mend the broken lines mainly focusing on each point in different fingerprint direction; furthermore, the present invention can use a filtering mask with a very low mask coefficient; thus, the filtering time and memory space can be significantly saved while the time spent and storage space occupied for image enhancement can be lessened largely.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Inventor: Li-Kuo Chiu
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Publication number: 20110114125Abstract: A method for cleaning a wafer stage is provided. First, a wafer stage with a wafer thereon is provided. Second, a leveling scanning step is carried out to examine the evenness of the wafer. The wafer is removed from the wafer stage once an abnormal evenness is detected. Afterwards, a vacuum cleaner device is used to in-situ clean the surface of the wafer stage after the wafer is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Yong-Quan Chen, Shu-Kuo Chiu
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Publication number: 20110069487Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED light bulb. The LED light bulb comprises a base and a hollow shell. The base has a closed end, an open end and a sleeve between the two ends. The shell is connected to the open end of the base. The LED light bulb comprises at least two LEDs substantially linearly arranged within the shell. By arrangement of multiple LEDs one or more strands the luminance or brightness of the bulb is improved compared with a bulb with one LED or with several horizontally arranged LEDs in a common place, without sacrificing the advantage of energy saving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Kai Kong NG, Kuo-Chiu CHIANG
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Patent number: 7883242Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a base and a hollow shell. The base has a closed end, an open end and a sleeve between the two ends. The shell is connected to the open end of the base. The LED light bulb includes at least two LEDs substantially linearly arranged within the shell, and supported by a self-supporting wire connecting one terminal of an LED to the next LED in each strand.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Inventors: Kai Kong Ng, Kuo-Chiu Chiang
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Publication number: 20100303310Abstract: The present invention is a high-performance fingerprint image-processing method that use a composite filtering approach to perform the image enhancement through a combination of linear filtering and rhombus filtering after obtaining the determination for the fingerprint direction of fingerprint instead of the image enhancement performed in the frequency domain of the prior art; and then a binarizing step will follow to demonstrate the minutiae for image enhancement, also, the composite filter applied in the present invention can truly perform the image enhancement and mend the broken lines mainly focusing on each point in different fingerprint direction; furthermore, the present invention can use a filtering mask with a very low mask coefficient; thus, the filtering time and memory space can be significantly saved while the time spent and storage space occupied for image enhancement can be lessened largely.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventor: Li-Kuo Chiu
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Publication number: 20100287349Abstract: The present invention relates to an information storage protector that comprises: a memory device with a memory interface mounted at its front end; wherein, the memory device is mounted a data storage block and a hidden block,a reader linked to a host computer; wherein, the reader is mounted a fingerprint sensor and characteristic authentication processing unit while the interior of hidden block in the memory device is stored the characteristic data of fingerprint from a plurality of users that allows the user to proceed the reading/writing data from/in the memory device provided that the user is recognized by the fingerprint sensor and the characteristic authentication processing unit; and a read & write control software installed in the interior of the abovementioned host computer; wherein, to store the data in the memory device can be proceeded only through the read & write control software.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Li-Kuo Chiu, I-Chung Liao
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Patent number: 7829905Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device for emission of light having a predetermined bandwidth in a primary direction of emission includes a light generating region for the generation of light; and a 1-dimensional photonic crystal structure having a photonic bandgap covering at least a segment of said bandwidth. The 1-dimensional photonic crystal structure is located such that upon incident of light from the light generating region, light having a wavelength within the bandgap of the 1-dimensional photonic crystal structure is reflected in the primary direction of emission.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yan Huang, Kuo-An Chiu, Hua-Jun Peng, Jian Feng, Hung-Shen Chu
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Patent number: 7800122Abstract: A light emitting diode device includes a multi-layer stack of materials including a p-layer, a n-layer, and a light generating region for emission of light in a primary emission direction towards one of the p- and n-layers; a substantially transparent layer located at or adjacent said one of the p- and n-layers, having a first surface facing said one of the p- and n-layers and an opposed second surface; and a reflective surface formed at or adjacent the second surface of the transparent layer for directing at least a portion of the emitted light in a direction away from the primary emission direction so as to enhance light emission from a side of the light emitting diode device.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co., ltd.Inventors: Kuo An Chiu, Jian Feng, Huaijun Peng, Hung Shen Chu, Shengmei Zheng
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Publication number: 20100196606Abstract: A liquid supplying device includes: a first liquid supplying element, a second liquid supplying element inside the first liquid supplying element, a first driving element connecting to the first liquid supplying element, and a second driving element connecting to the second liquid supplying element. The first liquid supplying element contains a first liquid, and the second liquid supplying element contains a second liquid. Therein the first driving element and the second driving element selectively control the first liquid or the second liquid to spray out from the liquid supplying device. A method of using a liquid supplying device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.Inventors: YI FAN PENG, SHU KUO CHIU
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Publication number: 20100015536Abstract: A photoresist solution dispensing volume monitoring system comprises: a photoresist solution dispensing apparatus having a photoresist bottle storing photoresist solution; and a weight scale being installed at the circumferential surface of the photoresist bottle, the weight scale measuring the weight of photoresist solution within the photoresist bottle. Via this arrangement, the monitoring system can monitor the practical photoresist solution dispensing volume and the predefined photoresist solution dispensing volume. If the two volumes are not the same, an alarm message will be produced to inform users. So the users can immediately examine or repair the photoresist solution dispensing apparatus. This present invention further provides a photoresist solution dispensing volume monitoring method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.Inventors: SHENG CHENG, SHU KUO CHIU
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Patent number: 7522754Abstract: A continuous fingerprint image retrieval device includes an electronic product, a finger ball runway provided externally to the electronic product, and a continuous fingerprint sensor disposed in the finger ball runway; an initial protrusion being provided on the surface of the runway at one end of the sensor; multiple scraper ribs being protruded between the initial protrusion and the travel of the sensor; a rising arc runway being disposed at the other end of the continuous fingerprint sensor to scrape water containment and/or fat off the finger ball and to retrieve correct and complete data of fingerprint image.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Inventor: Li-Kuo Chiu
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Patent number: 7519203Abstract: A portable encrypted storage device with biometric identification includes a host interface connected to a terminal host, a controller connected to the host interface, a memory module, a fingerprint sensor, an encryption/decryption chip and a portable large-capacity storage unit connected to the controller. The controller communicates with the host by handshakes and enables the host to automatically run a fingerprint identification driver and application program from the memory module to the host. The host receives an instruction from the user through the driver and program, and informs the controller to control the fingerprint sensor to read to-be-recognized fingerprint data of the user. The host judges whether or not the to-be-recognized fingerprint data substantially matches with a fingerprint template stored in the memory module. If a match occurs, the host can recognize and access the hidden portable large-capacity storage unit through the encryption/decryption chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignees: Egis Technology Inc., Aimgene Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Li-Kuo Chiu, Bruce C. S. Chou