Patents by Inventor Lin Yao

Lin Yao 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: 9099612
    Abstract: This application provides a semiconductor light-emitting device and the manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor light-emitting structure and a thinned substrate. The semiconductor light-emitting structure comprises a plurality of semiconductor layers and a plurality of first channels, wherein a plurality of first channels has a predetermined depth that penetrating at least two layers of the plurality of semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Wei-Yu Chen, Li-Ming Chang, Chien-Yuan Wang, Chiu-Lin Yao
  • Patent number: 9087965
    Abstract: An optoelectronic element comprises a semiconductor stack layer comprising a first surface and a second surface; a first transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer, wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer comprises at least an opening exposing the first surface of the semiconductor stack layer; and a second transparent conductive oxide layer filled into the opening and covering the first transparent conductive oxide layer; wherein the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer are comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium oxide (InO), tin oxide (SnO), cadmium tin oxide (CTO), aluminum tin oxide (ATO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), and zinc oxide (ZnO), and the first transparent conductive oxide layer and the second transparent conductive oxide layer have the same constituent material with different refractive indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Chien-Yuan Wang, Jin-Ywan Lin, Chiu-Lin Yao
  • Publication number: 20150200510
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, and a first and second terminal groups located in the insulating body. The second terminal group is located below the first terminal group. The first terminal group has a first grounding terminal, and two pairs of first differential signal terminals located at two sides. The second terminal group has a pair of second differential signal terminals, a second grounding terminal and a power supply terminal located at two sides. The first differential signal terminal, the first and second grounding terminals, and the power supply terminal have a first, third, fourth and fifth fixing portions fixed to the insulating body, and a first, third, fourth and fifth vertical portions bends downward and extends from the corresponding fixing portions. The first grounding terminal is wider than the second differential signal terminal. The fourth and fifth vertical portions are wider than the first vertical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Gui Lin Yao
  • Publication number: 20150198786
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has refractive power. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: LIN-YAO LIAO, TSUNG-HAN TSAI, WEI-YU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150198323
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting-emitting device comprising a first light-emitting chip emitting a first light; a second light-emitting chip emitting a second light having a wavelength longer than that of the first light; and a heat sink nearer the second light-emitting chip than the first light-emitting chip, wherein the light-emitting device is operated from a cold state to a hot state, and a temperature of the second light-emitting chip is lower than that of the first light-emitting chip at the hot state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang-Ju HO, Chiu-Lin YAO
  • Publication number: 20150194586
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is disclosed. The light-emitting device comprises a supportive substrate; a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element on the supportive substrate, wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a transparent layer on the supportive substrate, a first light-emitting stacked layer on the transparent layer, and a plurality of contact parts between the transparent layer and the first light-emitting stacked layer; and the second light-emitting element comprises an electrode and a second light-emitting stacked layer between the electrode and the supportive substrate; and a metal line on the supportive substrate and electrically connecting the electrode and one of the contact parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Shih-I CHEN, Chia-Liang HSU, Tzu-Chieh HSU, Han-Min WU, Ye-Ming HSU, Chien-Fu HUANG, Chao-Hsing CHEN, Chiu-Lin YAO, Hsin-Mao LIU, Chien-Kai CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20150185446
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface thereof has at least one convex shape in an off-axial region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Lun HSU, Lin-Yao LIAO, Cheng-Chen LIN, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 9054278
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lighting apparatus and its driving method. A disclosed lighting apparatus comprises a blue light-emitting diode die, a red light-emitting diode die, an electrical-connection structure connecting the blue light-emitting diode die and the red light-emitting diode die and having a correlated color temperature TN. A disclosed driving method of a lighting apparatus comprising operating a blue light-emitting diode emitting a first color light with an electrical power WB consumed and operating a red light-emitting diode die emitting a second color light with an electrical power WR consumed, respectively. Then, the correlated color temperature of the lighting apparatus is about TN, and a power ratio RW, the ratio of WB over WR, is about between 7.67*ln(TN)?56.6 and 5.01*ln(TN)?37.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chiu-Lin Yao
  • Patent number: 9030760
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The positive first lens element has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The negative second lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface thereof has a convex shape at a peripheral region, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The positive third lens element has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The negative fourth lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface thereof has a convex shape at a peripheral region, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The imaging lens assembly has a total of four lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20150121262
    Abstract: In a method for managing a dial interface of a mobile device, a touch operation of a finger on a dial interface of the mobile device is detected. The mobile device is controlled to operate in a right-hand mode if the touch operation of the finger is detected moving downward on a right side of the dial interface. And the mobile device is controlled to operate in a left-hand mode if the touch operation of the finger is detected moving downward on a left side of the dial interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicants: CHIUN MAI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC., SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: LIN-LIN YAO
  • Patent number: 9012948
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a supportive substrate; a reflective layer formed on the supportive substrate; a transparent layer formed on the reflective layer; a light-emitting stacked layer formed on the transparent layer; an etching-stop layer formed between the transparent layer and the reflective layer; and a plurality of contact parts formed between the light-emitting stacked layer and the transparent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-I Chen, Chia-Liang Hsu, Tzu-Chieh Hsu, Han-Min Wu, Ye-Ming Hsu, Chien-Fu Huang, Chao-Hsing Chen, Chiu-Lin Yao, Hsin-Mao Liu, Chien-Kai Chun
  • Publication number: 20150103225
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface in a paraxial region thereof and a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The optical image capturing system has a total of five lens elements with refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Lun HSU, Cheng-Chen LIN, Lin-Yao LIAO, Wei-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 8994052
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer; an active layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer formed on the active layer; and a first pad formed on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a first region right under the first pad and a plurality of voids formed in the first region, wherein the region outside the first region in the second semiconductor layer is devoid of voids, and an area of the first region is smaller than that of the first pad in top view and the area of the first pad is smaller than that of the second semiconductor layer in top view, and the light emitted from the active layer is extracted from a top surface of the second semiconductor layer opposite the first semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Shen, Chao-Hsing Chen, Chien-Fu Huang, Shih-I Chen, Chiu-Lin Yao, Chia-Liang Hsu, Chen Ou
  • Publication number: 20150085468
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a light source configured to emit a first light at a first high temperature; and an optical element, distant from the light source, configured to generate a second light in response to an irradiation of the first light, and reach a second high temperature higher than the first high temperature under the irradiation of the first light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Chiu-Lin YAO, Ming-Chi HSU, Been-Yu LIAW
  • Patent number: 8922914
    Abstract: An image capturing lens system includes four lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The positive first lens element has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The negative second lens element has a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and an image-side surface changing from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, wherein the surfaces of the second lens element are aspheric. The positive third lens element has a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The negative fourth lens element has an image-side surface changing from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Shan Chen, Dung-Yi Hsieh, Lin-Yao Liao, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20140362565
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a first electrode part; a second electrode part; a third electrode part, spaced apart from the first electrode part and the second electrode part; and a light-emitting unit partially covering the first electrode part and the second electrode part and fully covering the second electrode part, the light-emitting unit having a conductive structure contacting the second electrode part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Chiu-Lin YAO, Min-Hsun HSIEH, Been-Yu LIAW, Wei-Chiang HU, Po-Hung LAI, Chun-Hung LIU, Shih-An LIAO, Yu-His SUNG, Ming-Chi HSU
  • Patent number: D719685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu-Lin Yao, Been-Yu Liaw, Wei-Chiang Hu
  • Patent number: D723719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Been-Yu Liaw, Chiu-Lin Yao, Ming-Chi Hsu, Chang Ju Ho, Wei-Chiang Hu
  • Patent number: D725818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chiu-Lin Yao, Ming-Chi Hsu, Been-Yu Liaw
  • Patent number: D735367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Chiang Hu, Chiu-Lin Yao, Been-Yu Liaw, Chang-Ju Ho