Patents by Inventor Lin Chi Cheng

Lin Chi Cheng 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: 6577169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clock selection circuit which can eliminate short clock signals when switching clock signals produced by one clock generator to clock signals produced by another clock generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventor: Lin Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 6058088
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cleaning method which utilizes a cleaning disk to clean a compact disk drive. The compact disk drive comprises a compact disk holder for holding a compact disk, a motor for spinning the compact disk holder, an optical module having an optical lens, a lens driver for driving the optical lens up and down to focus the optical lens on the compact disk, and a radial driver for moving the optical module horizontally. The cleaning disk comprises a cleaning means installed on the cleaning surface of the cleaning disk for cleaning the optical lens. The cleaning method comprises: (1) using the radial driver to drive the optical module to a test region on the cleaning surface and using the lens driver to focus the optical lens on the test region; and (2) using the motor to spin the disk and using the radial driver and lens driver to move the optical lens to interact with the cleaning means so as to clean the optical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Acer Peripherals, Inc.
    Inventor: Lin Chi Cheng