Patents by Inventor LIANG YI

LIANG YI 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: 20170054353
    Abstract: A power tool includes a main body and a working portion. The working portion is rotatably coupled to the main body. A single phase brushless motor is mounted in the main body to drive the working portion to rotate bidirectionally. In comparison with a traditional motor, the single phase brushless motor make the power tool has a reduced size and reduced cost while ensuring the stable performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Yue LI, Jing Ning TA, Chui You ZHOU, Qiu Mei LI, Yong WANG, Ming CHEN, Hong Liang YI, Tao ZHANG, Kwong Yip POON, Jie CHAI, Wen Liang LI, Lin Ping GUI
  • Patent number: 9570545
    Abstract: A method of forming a device is disclosed. A substrate defined with a device region is provided. A gate having a gate electrode, first and second gate dielectric layers is formed in a trench. The trench has an upper trench portion and a lower trench portion. A field plate is formed in the trench. First and second diffusion regions are formed. The gate is displaced from the second diffusion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yemin Dong, Liang Yi, Zhanfeng Liu, Purakh Raj Verma, Ramadas Nambatyathu
  • Publication number: 20170010741
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover plate, a first adhesive component and a second adhesive component. The first adhesive component which is adhered underneath the cover plate, includes a plurality of first pattered sensing lines. The second adhesive component which is adhered underneath the first adhesive component, includes a plurality of second pattered sensing lines. The first pattered sensing lines and second pattered sensing lines are electrically insulated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Liang-Yi Chang, Chien-Hung Kuan, Renqing Peng, Jiachun Li
  • Patent number: 9542598
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a package structure is provided, including the steps of: disposing and electrically connecting a sensing chip to a substrate; forming an encapsulant on the substrate to encapsulate the sensing chip; and forming a bright layer on the encapsulant to increase the gloss of the package structure. The encapsulant includes an additive to increase the Mohs hardness of the encapsulant. Further, the encapsulant with different additives presents different colors. Therefore, the invention obtains a high-gloss, high-hardness and colorful sensor package structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Teng, Liang-Yi Hung
  • Patent number: 9530908
    Abstract: A hybrid vapor phase-solution phase CZT(S,Se) growth technique is provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a kesterite absorber material on a substrate includes the steps of: depositing a layer of a first kesterite material on the substrate using a vapor phase deposition process, wherein the first kesterite material includes Cu, Zn, Sn, and at least one of S and Se; annealing the first kesterite material to crystallize the first kesterite material; and depositing a layer of a second kesterite material on a side of the first kesterite material opposite the substrate using a solution phase deposition process, wherein the second kesterite material includes Cu, Zn, Sn, and at least one of S and Se, wherein the first kesterite material and the second kesterite material form a multi-layer stack of the absorber material on the substrate. A photovoltaic device and method of formation thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liang-Yi Chang, Talia S. Gershon, Richard A. Haight, Yun Seog Lee
  • Publication number: 20160344271
    Abstract: A single phase brushless motor and a power tool and a car window lifer employing the motor are provided. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and windings. The stator core includes a yoke and teeth extending inward from the yoke. The tooth includes a tooth tip. The tooth tip includes a first pole shoe and a second pole shoe. The tooth tip forms a positioning groove facing the rotor between the first and second pole shoes. The rotor is received in a space defined between the first and second pole shoes. The rotor comprises multiple permanent magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The first and second pole shoes are symmetrical about a central line of the tooth body, such that the rotor startup capability in one direction is greater than the rotor startup capability in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yue Li, Chui You Zhou, Gang Li, Yong Wang, Yong Li, Wei Zhang, Ming Chen, Jie Chai, Hong Liang Yi, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160329261
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes an electronic element and a heat dissipating element disposed on the electronic element through a thermal conductor, wherein a width of the thermal conductor is smaller than a width of the electronic element. The thermal conductor includes silver to thereby greatly increase the thermal conductivity of the thermal conductor and hence improve the thermal conduction efficiency of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Chung-Jen Hung, Chi-An Pan, Chi-Hsiang Hsu, Liang-Yi Hung
  • Publication number: 20160220773
    Abstract: A laryngeal mask airway is provided. The laryngeal mask airway mainly includes a handle. A front end of the handle is connected to a mask body, and the handle and the mask body are formed of a flexible polymer material (e.g., polyvinyl chloride, PVC) for medical use. A guiding hole is formed at a side where the mask body and the handle are connected, and a working area is formed at an external opening of the guiding hole. With the working area, after an endotracheal intubation procedure is completed, a medical staff is able to hold the endotracheal tube with fingers throughout the whole procedure when the laryngeal mask airway is being removed, to prevent an improper movement of the endotracheal tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Duke Chang, Shen-Chih Wang, Siou-Han Lin, Po-Wei Hung, Liang-Yi Sung, Yi-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20160217336
    Abstract: A traffic sign identification method using a traffic sign identification system includes: operating a traffic sign image capture unit to capture a road condition image, operating a traffic sign image recognition unit to pick up a traffic sign image from the road condition image, and operating an arithmetic processing unit to convert the original RGB color space of the traffic sign image into a HIS color space, and then to extract one or multiple graphical features from the HIS color space subject to a predetermined graphic pattern, and then to execute a positioning procedure to allocate one traffic sign in the traffic sign image so as to further obtain a digital speed limit image using a matching arithmetic, and then to convert digital speed limit image into a digital speed limit skeleton diagram for identification of the speed limit value of the traffic sign image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shiuan-Yi SU, Liang-Yi CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20160217581
    Abstract: A driving condition identification system mounted in a car, including an image capture unit adapted for capturing images of the scene in front of the car to produce a continuous video signal when the car stands still, and an operation processing unit electrically coupled with the image capture unit and adapted for receiving and processing the continuous video signal to determine images of an object in the continuous video signal in front of the car, to analyze changes in the images of the object in front of said car, and to determine the object in front of the car to be in movement or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shiuan-Yi SU, Liang-Yi CHIEN
  • Patent number: 9396728
    Abstract: Remote controllers and systems thereof are disclosed. The remote controller remotely operates a receiving host, in which the receiving host provides voice input and speech recognition functions. The remote controller comprises a first input unit and a second input unit for generating a voice input request and a speech recognition request. The generated voice input and speech recognition requests are then sent to the receiving host, thereby forcing the receiving host to perform the voice input and speech recognition functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Chen Liu, Yun-Jung Wu, Liang-Yi Huang, Yi-Hsiu Lee
  • Patent number: 9379128
    Abstract: A split gate NVM device includes a semiconductor substrate, an ONO structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first gate electrode disposed on the ONO structure, a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate, adjacent to and insulated from the first gate electrode and the ONO structure, a first doping region with a first conductivity formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the ONO structure, a second doping region with the first conductivity formed in the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the second gate electrode, and a third doping region with the first conductivity formed in the semiconductor substrate, disposed between the first doping region and the second doping region and adjacent to the ONO structure and the second gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Liang Yi, Ko-Chi Chen, Shen-De Wang, Chia-Ching Hsu, Chun-Sung Huang, Wen-Peng Hsu
  • Publication number: 20160172264
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a package structure is provided, including the steps of: disposing and electrically connecting a sensing chip to a substrate; forming an encapsulant on the substrate to encapsulate the sensing chip; and forming a bright layer on the encapsulant to increase the gloss of the package structure. The encapsulant includes an additive to increase the Mohs hardness of the encapsulant. Further, the encapsulant with different additives presents different colors. Therefore, the invention obtains a high-gloss, high-hardness and colorful sensor package structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Teng, Liang-Yi Hung
  • Publication number: 20160153962
    Abstract: Disclosed is a test tape device comprising a housing having a cassette compartment for a replaceable tape cassette, a cassette door which can be retained in a closed position and which allows access to the cassette compartment through a housing opening in an open position, a tip cover which can be positioned in a first position covering a housing aperture and a second position allowing access to a tip of the tape cassette, wherein the tip cover is moveable to a third position in which the cassette tip is at least partially uncovered and the housing opening is extended into the area of the cassette tip, and wherein the cassette door is self-opening when moving the tip cover to the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Harkin, Liang Yi Li, Hans List, Wolfgang Rödel, Klaus Thome, Wen Tsung Wang, Karl Werner
  • Publication number: 20160141434
    Abstract: A hybrid vapor phase-solution phase CZT(S,Se) growth technique is provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a kesterite absorber material on a substrate includes the steps of: depositing a layer of a first kesterite material on the substrate using a vapor phase deposition process, wherein the first kesterite material includes Cu, Zn, Sn, and at least one of S and Se; annealing the first kesterite material to crystallize the first kesterite material; and depositing a layer of a second kesterite material on a side of the first kesterite material opposite the substrate using a solution phase deposition process, wherein the second kesterite material includes Cu, Zn, Sn, and at least one of S and Se, wherein the first kesterite material and the second kesterite material form a multi-layer stack of the absorber material on the substrate. A photovoltaic device and method of formation thereof are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Liang-Yi Chang, Talia S. Gershon, Richard A. Haight, Yun Seog Lee
  • Publication number: 20150325239
    Abstract: Remote controllers and systems thereof are disclosed. The remote controller remotely operates a receiving host, in which the receiving host provides voice input and speech recognition functions. The remote controller comprises a first input unit and a second input unit for generating a voice input request and a speech recognition request. The generated voice input and speech recognition requests are then sent to the receiving host, thereby forcing the receiving host to perform the voice input and speech recognition functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Chia-Chen Liu, Yun-Jung Wu, Liang-Yi Huang, Yi-Hsiu Lee
  • Publication number: 20150303073
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a packaging substrate is provided, including: providing a carrier having two carrying portions, each of the carrying portions having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and the carrying portions are bonded through the second sides thereof; forming a circuit layer on the first side of each of the carrying portions; and separating the two carrying portions from each other to form two packaging substrates. The carrying portions facilitate the thinning of the circuit layers and provide sufficient strength for the packaging substrates to undergo subsequent packaging processes. The carrying portions can be removed after the packaging processes to reduce the thickness of packages and thereby meet the miniaturization requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Pai, Chun-Hsien Lin, Wei-Chung Hsiao, Ming-Chen Sun, Liang-Yi Hung
  • Publication number: 20150291095
    Abstract: A lane departure warning system and method in combination with a driving behavior are provided. The system is disposed on a vehicle, and includes: at least one first information nation capture unit, for capturing environment information around the vehicle; at least one second information capture unit, disposed in the vehicle, for capturing in-vehicle image information; a processing unit, electrically connected to the first information capture unit and the second information capture unit, where the processing unit uses an environment determining unit to determine an environment condition of the vehicle according to the environment information, so that the processing unit performs an operation process according to the environment information of the first information capture unit and the in-vehicle image information of the second information capture unit, so as to generate an alarm signal; and a warning unit, for receiving the alarm signal to generate a warning action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Liang-Yi CHIEN, Fang-Chu CHOU, Chun-Kai CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150291096
    Abstract: A driving recorder capable of assisting in correcting a shooting posture and a correction method of the same are provided. The driving recorder includes: an image capturing unit, a gravity sensing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The gravity sensing unit senses an orientation of the driving recorder and generates angle information; the storage unit stores shooting angle logic tables to correspond to a variety of orientations of the driving recorder; and the processing unit selects a corresponding shooting angle logic table from the storage unit according to the angle information, and generates an actuation signal, so as to adjust a shooting angle of the image capturing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Liang-Yi CHIEN, Fang-Chu CHOU, Chun-Kai CHANG
  • Patent number: D751528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Liang-Yi Liu