Patents by Inventor Lin Liao

Lin Liao 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: 10498034
    Abstract: An antenna module is disclosed. The antenna module includes a circuit board and at least one antenna set. Wherein, the antenna set includes a driving antenna and a plurality of parasitic antennas. The driving antenna is formed on the circuit board, and the parasitic antennas are positioned with the driving antenna as a center on the circuit board. Whereby, the space occupied by the antenna module can be small, and beams of wireless signals radiated by the antenna module can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Ru Liu, Yen-Lin Liao, Hsin-Hsiung Kang, Li-Hua Chou, Wen-Pin Lo, Chun-Yi Kuo, Chang-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10492290
    Abstract: A circuit board pad mounting orientation system includes a board. A signal transmission line is included on the board. A plurality of connector pads are positioned on the board. At least one connector pad receives the signal transmission line adjacent a first end of that connector pad. At least one connector pad includes a second end that provides a reduction in a width of that connector pad to indicate a mounting orientation for coupling to the connector pad that receives the signal transmission line. In a specific example, a first connector pad receives the signal transmission line, includes the first end, and includes the second end that is opposite the first connector pad from the first end and that provides the reduction in the width of the first connector pad to indicate the mounting orientation for coupling to the first connector pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Umesh Chandra, Chun-Lin Liao, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Publication number: 20190353301
    Abstract: A mobile storage device is provided, including: a receiving body, including an inner space, an inlet which is communicated with the inner space, a holding portion and a side face which is opposite to the holding portion; at least one rotatable member, disposed on the receiving body and protruding beyond the receiving body, and the inlet being located between the at least one rotatable member and the holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Po-Lin LIAO
  • Patent number: 10485096
    Abstract: A differential trace pair system includes a board having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth board structure member. A differential trace pair in the board includes a first differential trace extending between the first and the third board structure members, and a second differential trace extending between the second and the fourth board structure members. The differential trace pair includes a serpentine region that includes a first portion and a second portion where the first and the second differential traces have a first width, are substantially parallel, and spaced apart by a first differential trace pair spacing, and a third portion in which the second differential trace includes a second width that is greater than the first width, the first and second differential traces are substantially parallel and spaced apart by a second differential trace pair spacing that is greater than the first differential trace pair spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Umesh Chandra, Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Chun-Lin Liao
  • Publication number: 20190347776
    Abstract: An image processing method and an image processing device are provided. The image processing method includes: obtaining images and calculating depth information corresponding to the images via a processor; segmenting each of the images into a foreground area and a background area according to color information, brightness information, and the depth information of the images via the processor; obtaining the foreground area of a first image of the images via the processor, wherein a brightness of the foreground area of the first image is greater than a first threshold; obtaining the background area of a second image of the images via the processor, wherein a brightness of the background area of the second image is less than a second threshold; and fusing the foreground area of the first image and the background area of the second image via the processor to generate a high dynamic range image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: ALTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong-Long Chou, Ru-Wen Hsia, Yuan-Lin Liao, Chia-Hsin Liao
  • Patent number: 10461497
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a shielding layer, and a collimator. The light emitting element is embedded in the substrate. The shielding layer is disposed on the substrate and has an opening exposing the light emitting element. The collimator is disposed on the shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY (CHENGDU) CO., LTD., INTERFACE OPTOELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., GENERAL INTERFACE SOLUTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Hsien-Ying Chou, Chun-Ta Chen, Fu-Cheng Wei, Chih-Lin Liao
  • Publication number: 20190322515
    Abstract: A funnel is provided, including a main body and a ventilation passage. The main body is configured to lead a liquid into a receiving container. The main body includes a liquid inlet, a receiving chamber and a liquid outlet. The liquid outlet is configured to be communicated with the receiving container. The ventilation passage is configured to be communicated with the receiving container and external environment. The ventilation passage includes a first passage and a second passage which are communicated with each other. The first passage is integrally formed as a part of the main body. A first end of the first passage is configured to be communicated with the receiving container. The second passage is configured to be communicated with external environment and is detachably assembled to a second end of the first passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Po-Lin LIAO
  • Patent number: 10455217
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method of generating a depth map are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a projection device, a first camera, a second camera, and a processing device. The projection device projects patterned invisible light on a scene. The first camera captures visible light information to generate a first image. The second camera captures visible light information and invisible light information to generate a second image. The processing device receives the first image and the second image. A first depth information unit in the processing device compares visible light images of the first image and the second image to obtain first depth information, and a second depth information unit in the processing device identifies an invisible light image in the second image to obtain second depth information. The processing device generates a depth map of the scene from the first depth information and the second depth information selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Hong-Long Chou, Shou-Te Wei, Yuan-Lin Liao, Yu-Chih Wang, Kai-Yu Tseng
  • Publication number: 20190320529
    Abstract: A circuit board pad resonance control system includes a board. A signal transmission line is included on the board. A plurality of connector pads are positioned on the board. A first connector pad receives the signal transmission line adjacent a first end of that connector pad. The first connector pad includes a mounting surface that mounts directly to a coupling element that is configured to couple a subsystem to the board, and reduces a resonance that is produced by an open portion of a signal transmission path that is created when the coupling element is directly mounted to the mounting surface of the first connector pad in a first orientation. In a specific example, the mounting surface may include a plurality of protrusions, a plated surface, and/or a mask that reduces the conductivity of the connector pad which reduces signal integrity issues due to resonance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Vasa Mallikarjun Goud, Chun-Lin Liao, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Publication number: 20190309739
    Abstract: A pumping device includes a barrel, a pump, and a control valve. The barrel has a gas hole. The pump includes a cylinder and a piston movable in the cylinder. The piston partitions the cylinder into a first space and a second space. Air in the first space is able to enter the second space via a one-way mechanism, but not in reverse. The control valve includes a main body and a control element. The main body has a first hole, a second hole, a ventilation hole, an inlet, and an outlet. The first hole and the second hole communicate the gas hole. The inlet communicates the first space, and the outlet communicates the second space. The control element is movable to make the inlet communicate the first hole or the ventilation hole and to make the outlet communicate the ventilation hole or the second hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventor: Po-Lin LIAO
  • Publication number: 20190283232
    Abstract: A storage structure for fluid pumping device adapted for disposing on a fluid pumping device comprises: a ring body, sleeved onto the fluid pumping device; a plurality of storage portions, arranged around the ring body, each of the storage portions being adapted for a workpiece to removably connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Po-Lin Liao
  • Publication number: 20190281698
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a circuit trace and a connector pad. The connector pad provides electrical and mechanical mounting of a connector lead of a surface mount device and provides a circuit path between the surface mount device and the circuit trace. The connector pad includes 1) a connector pad base electrically coupled to the circuit trace, and 2) a first connector pad island electrically isolated from the connector pad base. The connector pad base has a length that is substantially equal to a length of a contact portion of the connector lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Chun-Lin Liao, Ching-Huei Chen, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Patent number: 10411352
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an antenna tuning system and method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: choosing a parasitic antenna that combined with a main antenna, the strongest received signal strength indicator of a target station is detected; controlling the selected parasitic antenna that combined with a main antenna, to generate a scattering resonance through turning on or off a switch unit; and controlling a diffraction radiation pattern between the main antenna and the selected parasitic antenna through adjusting a load of a designed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Ru Liu, Wen-Pin Lo, Hsin-Hsiung Kang, Yang-Te Fu, Chang-Cheng Liu, Yen-Lin Liao, Yi-Chang Chen, Li-Hua Chou
  • Publication number: 20190274213
    Abstract: A circuit board pad mounting orientation system includes a board. A signal transmission line is included on the board. A plurality of connector pads are positioned on the board. At least one connector pad receives the signal transmission line adjacent a first end of that connector pad. At least one connector pad includes a second end that provides a reduction in a width of that connector pad to indicate a mounting orientation for coupling to the connector pad that receives the signal transmission line. In a specific example, a first connector pad receives the signal transmission line, includes the first end, and includes the second end that is opposite the first connector pad from the first end and that provides the reduction in the width of the first connector pad to indicate the mounting orientation for coupling to the first connector pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Umesh Chandra, Chun-Lin Liao, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Publication number: 20190261505
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a circuit board may include a trace pair and a serpentine region of the trace pair, which may include: a first subregion in which the first trace includes a first portion that has a third width and a first length and in which the second trace includes a second portion, at least substantially parallel to the first portion, that has a fourth width, greater than the second width, and a second length; and a second subregion, adjacent to the first subregion, in which the first trace includes a third portion that has the third width and a third length and in which the second trace includes a third portion that has the fourth width and a third length, different from the second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Chun-Lin Liao
  • Publication number: 20190242856
    Abstract: Ultrasonic wave sensing device includes a reading transistor, an ultrasonic wave transducer, and an input circuit. The reading transistor includes a first node, a second node, and a control node, wherein the first node receives a reference voltage, the second node couples with a reading node, and the control node couples with a first signal node. The ultrasonic wave transducer couples between the first signal node and a first input node, and receives a first control signal from the first input node. The input circuit couples between the first signal node and a second input node, and receives a second control signal from the second input node. The ultrasonic wave transducer generates an ultrasonic wave according to the first control signal and the second control signal, and outputs a sensing signal to the control node according to a reflected sound wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Chih-Lin LIAO, I-Chang KUAN
  • Publication number: 20190224824
    Abstract: A firing pin assembly of a nail gun and a bonding method thereof are provided. The firing pin assembly includes a firing pin body and a firing pin head made of a material having a hardness greater than that of the firing pin body. The firing pin head has a first end and a second end. The first end is made of a material having a density lower than that of the second end. The first end and the front end face of the firing pin body are preheated to a set temperature. The top of the second end is pressed toward the front end face of the firing pin body for an appropriate bonding time, so that the material particles of the firing pin body are dissociated and fused into the first end of the firing pin head to form the firing pin assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: HSIEH-LIN LIAO
  • Publication number: 20190178943
    Abstract: A battery health state evaluation method for evaluating a health state of a battery comprises a charging step, an idling step, a pulse discharging step, an evaluation index calculating step, and an evaluation result yielding step. The evaluation index calculating step retrieves a continuous voltage data and a continuous current data in a charging process, an idling process, and a pulse discharge process and calculates a plurality of evaluation indexed according to the continuous voltage data and continuous current data. The evaluation indexes are associated with the health state of the battery. The evaluation result yielding step evaluates the health state of the battery according to the indexes and yields an evaluation result. Therefore, the battery health state evaluation method is easy, convenient, and effective in performing a test quickly and accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: WEN-CHEN LIH, HUNG-JHIH KU, BO-LIN LIAO, TSUNG-YU TSAI
  • Publication number: 20190159588
    Abstract: A type of furniture with structural support, mainly includes: a first base and a second base connected to said first base, wherein the first base has a first frame having a first opening, a first connecting portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of first connectors, the first connecting portion and the first frame being separately configured and connected through the first connectors; the second base has second frame having a second opening, a second connecting portion, having an inner surface and an outer surface, the first and second connecting portions are connected through an assembly, and a plurality of second connecters, the second connecting portion and the second frame being separately configured and connected through the second connecters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Chao-Lin LIAO
  • Patent number: D854774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: LIH YANN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Lin Liao