Patents by Inventor Michael Chang

Michael Chang 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: 20120081286
    Abstract: Keypad keys having functions when they are pressed simultaneously with a meta key are backlit or bear indicia indicating the functions. A user interface (UI) can be presented indicating the functions of the keys. A row of special purpose keys user-programmable can be provided with each key invoking a respective application of service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Kennedy, Fredrik Carpio, Rommel Garay, Paul Jin Hwang, Gary Robert Lyons, Edward Theodore Winter, Christopher Mark Ohren, Michael Chang, Andrew Lee Lawton, Scott Avery Patton
  • Publication number: 20120072752
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing power management enhancements. In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving an indication that the computing device is in a non-user-interactable state and powering down non-essential device components such that the computing device is configured to enter a low power state. In another embodiment, the method comprises selecting a duration for a battery life of the computing device and selecting a power profile for the computing device to ensure that the computing device operates for at least as long as the selected duration. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a computing device comprising means for providing battery power and means for altering a power profile of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Kennedy, Edward Winter, Gary Lyons, Paul Hwang, Rommel Garay, Christopher Ohren, Fredrik Carpio, Michael Chang, Drew Lawton
  • Publication number: 20120047732
    Abstract: Systems and methods electrically connect a first electronic device or electrical component, having a external electrical connector, to a circuit board of a second electronic device. A low-cost, user-installable connection system isolates mechanical stresses imposed on the external electrical connector to within the user-installable connection system, thereby preventing the mechanical stresses from reaching the circuit board in the second electronic device. If the connection becomes faulty, only the low-cost, user-installable connection system must be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Kan, Jeff Chen, Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20120045916
    Abstract: Systems and methods electrically connect a first electronic device or electrical component, having a external electrical connector, to a circuit board of a second electronic device. A low-cost, user-installable connection system isolates mechanical stresses imposed on the external electrical connector to within the user-installable connection system, thereby preventing the mechanical stresses from reaching the circuit board in the second electronic device. If the connection becomes faulty, only the low-cost, user-installable connection system must be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Kan, Jeff Chen, Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20120039513
    Abstract: Social media account UIs are disclosed to allow users to easily manage all social media accounts. Photos are automatically shared based on image recognition with social networking contacts appearing in the photos. Movies are automatically created from related social media clips, and videos can be generated by a user and uploaded to the user's social media accounts with a single click.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Kennedy, Frederik Carpio, Michael Chang, Rommel Garay, Paul Jin Hwang, Andrew Lee Lawton, Gary Robert Lyons, Edward Theodore Winter
  • Publication number: 20120042035
    Abstract: A computer establishes a wireless wide area network (WWAN) account simply by entering his telephone number in a user interface (UI) which is sent to an Internet server and correlated with the user's telephone account. A utility notes when a usage limitation for a period is approaching and in response disables wireless updates and automatically executes the updates when a landline connection is sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Kennedy, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Jin Hwang, Gary Robert Lyons, Edward Theodore Winter, Michael Chang, Andrew Lee Lawton
  • Patent number: 8096837
    Abstract: Systems and methods electrically connect a first electronic device or electrical component, having a external electrical connector, to a circuit board of a second electronic device. A low-cost, user-installable connection system isolates mechanical stresses imposed on the external electrical connector to within the user-installable connection system, thereby preventing the mechanical stresses from reaching the circuit board in the second electronic device. If the connection becomes faulty, only the low-cost, user-installable connection system must be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Kan, Jeff Chen, Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20120002792
    Abstract: A wireless remote intercom emergency assistance system having a pendent transceiver designed to send signal through a telephone dialing device to a monitoring station for the operator to engage two-way voice communication between pendent transceiver device user and monitoring station, the system comprises: an RF transceiver which transmits a first signal in response to manual action performed on the wireless pendant by the user, the telephone dialing device receives the first transmitted signal and transmits a second coded signal to a monitoring station, the monitoring station computer is disposed to receive the telephone dialing device generated second signal, and transmit's a third signal to the identified telephone dialing device; the identified telephone dialing device receives the third signal and responsively transmits a fourth signal to the remote pendent transceiver device to open two-way voice communication between the pendent transceiver user and the monitoring station personnel for assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20110250787
    Abstract: Systems and methods electrically connect a first electronic device or electrical component, having a external electrical connector, to a circuit board of a second electronic device. A low-cost, user-installable connection system isolates mechanical stresses imposed on the external electrical connector to within the user-installable connection system, thereby preventing the mechanical stresses from reaching the circuit board in the second electronic device. If the connection becomes faulty, only the low-cost, user-installable connection system must be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Kan, Jeff Chen, Michael Chang
  • Patent number: 7656907
    Abstract: A system for reducing clock speed and power consumption in a network chip is provided. The system can have a core that transmits and receives signals at a first clock speed. A receive buffer can be in communication with the core and be configured to transmit the signals to the core at the first clock speed. A transmit buffer can be in communication with the core and configured to receive signals from the core at the first clock speed. A sync can be configured to receive signals in the receive buffer at a second clock speed and to transmit the signals from the transmit buffer at the second clock speed. The sync can be in communication with the transmit buffer and the receive buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Chang, Michael A. Sokol
  • Patent number: 7584655
    Abstract: A formation tester tool includes a formation tester tool body having a surface, a formation probe assembly located within the formation tester tool body, the formation probe assembly including a piston reciprocal between a retracted position and an extended position beyond the surface of the formation tester tool body, the piston being slidingly retained within a chamber, and a seal pad located at an end of the piston, wherein the seal pad includes a first inner sealing element and a second outer sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony H. van Zuilekom, Chi-Huang Michael Chang, Sue-Lee Luo Chang, legal representative, Arian Abbas, Bruce W. Mackay
  • Patent number: 7499239
    Abstract: A controller includes a combining module that generates a total control signal for the drive device of a disk drive by combining a feedback control signal and a feedforward control signal. A feedback control module generates the feedback control signal in response to at least one state of the drive device. A feedforward control module generates the feedforward control signal based on a smoothing function and a feedforward control function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20080295588
    Abstract: A formation tester tool includes a formation tester tool body having a surface, a formation probe assembly located within the formation tester tool body, the formation probe assembly including a piston reciprocal between a retracted position and an extended position beyond the surface of the formation tester tool body, the piston being slidingly retained within a chamber, and a seal pad located at an end of the piston, wherein the seal pad includes a first inner sealing element and a second outer sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony H. van Zuilekom, Chi-Huang Michael Chang, Sue-Lee Luo Chang, Arian Abbas, Bruce W. Mackay
  • Patent number: 7436617
    Abstract: A controller is disclosed that can be used in controlling a drive device of a disk drive, or other systems, in the presence of sinusoidal disturbances. The controller includes a calibration module that generates a plurality of reference states for a reference region of a disk of the disk drive. An initialization state generation module generates a plurality of initialization states for at least one other region of the disk as a function of the plurality of reference states, a displacement between the other regions of the disk and the reference region of the disk, and a reference state transition matrix. A control module generates a control signal for the drive device based on the plurality of initialization states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20080118081
    Abstract: The disclosed system is designed to provide active noise cancellation to a user of an electronic device, such as a cellular device. For example, the system allows the user's voice to be transmitted via a cellular network, while at the same time canceling the user's voice externally. As a result, the system provides a user with a measure of privacy. The system may filter ambient noise before transmitting the user's voice. In addition, the system may store characteristics of a user's voice in order to better perform voice cancellation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: William Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20080030892
    Abstract: A controller includes a combining module that generates a total control signal for the drive device of a disk drive by combining a feedback control signal and a feedforward control signal. A feedback control module generates the feedback control signal in response to at least one state of the drive device. A feedforward control module generates the feedforward control signal based on a smoothing function and a feedforward control function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventor: Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20080016439
    Abstract: An improved system and method for pen-based handwritten and keystroke data input into a computer system is disclosed. The system and method receives pen-based data entry from multiple related input boxes within a handwriting area on a digitizer pad. Thread-based processing allows each input box or group of input boxes to be separately evaluated, providing for continuous character recognition. Character strokes entered into each input box or group of input boxes are saved and interpreted together to allow more complete recognition of naturally written characters. Improvements on keyboard layouts are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Empower Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Leung, Kenneth Ho, Kiffin Tam, Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20080010498
    Abstract: A controller is disclosed that can be used in controlling a drive device of a disk drive, or other systems, in the presence of sinusoidal disturbances. The controller includes a calibration module that generates a plurality of reference states for a reference region of a disk of the disk drive. An initialization state generation module generates a plurality of initialization states for at least one other region of the disk as a function of the plurality of reference states, a displacement between the other regions of the disk and the reference region of the disk, and a reference state transition matrix. A control module generates a control signal for the drive device based on the plurality of initialization states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation, a California Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20070286223
    Abstract: A system for reducing clock speed and power consumption in a network chip is provided. The system can have a core that transmits and receives signals at a first clock speed. A receive buffer can be in communication with the core and be configured to transmit the signals to the core at the first clock speed. A transmit buffer can be in communication with the core and configured to receive signals from the core at the first clock speed. A sync can be configured to receive signals in the receive buffer at a second clock speed and to transmit the signals from the transmit buffer at the second clock speed. The sync can be in communication with the transmit buffer and the receive buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Chang, Michael Sokol
  • Publication number: 20070279794
    Abstract: A controller includes a combining module that generates a total control signal for the drive device of a disk drive by combining a feedback control signal and a feedforward control signal. A feedback control module generates the feedback control signal in response to at least one state of the drive device. A feedforward control module generates the feedforward control signal based on a smoothing function and a feedforward control function. The smoothing function is determined by evaluating a plurality of candidate smoothing functions by determining a smoothness factor associated with the control signal that results from each of the plurality of candidate smoothing functions, and selecting the smoothing function as one of the plurality of candidate smoothing functions, based on the smoothness factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation, a California Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Chang