Patents by Inventor Mao Yuan Ku

Mao Yuan Ku 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: 7496763
    Abstract: A memory storage device includes a host interface to be connected to a terminal host, a controller connected to the host interface, and a fingerprint sensor and a memory module both connected to the controller. The controller communicates with the terminal host by handshakes and causes the terminal host to automatically run a suitable driver and a suitable application program from the memory module to the terminal host. The terminal host receives an instruction from a user through the driver and the program and informs the controller to control the fingerprint sensor to read to-be-recognized fingerprint data of the user. The terminal host utilizes the application program to process and judge whether or not the to-be-recognized fingerprint data substantially matches with template fingerprint data stored in the memory module, and further enables a specific block of the memory module to be accessed by the terminal host according to a matching result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignees: Aimgene Technology Co., Ltd., Solid State System Co., Ltd., Lightuning Tech. Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Kuo Chiu, Ming-Shun Chen, Mao Yuan Ku, Yng-Tsang Chen, Bruce C. S. Chou
  • Publication number: 20050177698
    Abstract: A method for partitioning a memory mass storage device is disclosed. The partition task is performed by the controller within the memory mass storage device. Firstly, the controller partitions the logical space of the memory storage device into multiple areas, each area belonging to a particular drive. Secondly, the controller partitions the logical space of the memory storage device into a public area and a security area, both areas belonging to the same drive. Finally, the controller partitions the logical space of the memory storage device into multiple areas, which include public areas and security areas and belong to multiple drives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Mao-Yuan Ku, Yng-Tsang Chen
  • Patent number: 5731809
    Abstract: An adaptive display memory management system for using idled display memory in a video graphics adapter card as extra system memory of a personal computer is presented. By means of hardware implementation, the memory management system manages the video display memory according to the video display mode and takes advantage of the idled display memory in forming virtual system memory for the computer, so that the working space of executing a user program is increased and the system performance of the computer is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Lin, Mao-Yuan Ku