Patents by Inventor Min-An CHAO

Min-An CHAO 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: 7623191
    Abstract: Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display (FFS LCD) devices are disclosed. A first substrate is disposed opposing a second substrate with a gap therebetween. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and the second substrate. A gate line and data lines are formed on the first substrate in a matrix configuration and defining pixel areas. A counter electrode is disposed on each pixel area of the first substrate. A pixel electrode is disposed above the counter electrode with an insulating layer therebetween. The pixel electrode includes a plurality of parallel electrodes. Each electrode includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, wherein the first segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction, the second segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction, and the first segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Te Liao, Shih-Min Chao, Tean-Sen Jen, Yun-Bok Lee, Chia-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20090273750
    Abstract: Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display (FFS LCD) devices are disclosed. A first substrate is disposed opposing a second substrate with a gap therebetween. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and the second substrate. A gate line and data lines are formed on the first substrate in a matrix configuration and defining pixel areas. A counter electrode is disposed on each pixel area of the first substrate. A pixel electrode is disposed above the counter electrode with an insulating layer therebetween. The pixel electrode includes a plurality of parallel electrodes. Each electrode includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, wherein the first segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction, the second segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction, and the first segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Te Liao, Shih-Min Chao, Tean-Sen Jen, Yun-Bok Lee, Chia-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20090148359
    Abstract: A photocatalytic reaction system for water purification. At least one light source is disposed in a photocatalytic reaction tank. Multiple photocatalyst carriers are disposed in the photocatalytic reaction tank and surround the light source. Each photocatalyst carrier carries a plurality of photocatalyst particles. A photocatalysts separation tank is connected to the photocatalytic reaction tank. A non-woven fabric membrane filtration module is disposed in the photocatalysts separation tank, filtering off the photocatalyst particles. An input pump is connected to the photocatalytic reaction tank, inputting water thereto. An output pump is connected to the non-woven fabric membrane filtration module, outputting the water to the exterior of the photocatalysts separation tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin Shao, Min-Chao Chang, Ren-Yang Horng
  • Patent number: 7465193
    Abstract: A shielded surface mount connector mounted to a PCB includes a housing, a plurality of terminals and a shelter enclosing the housing. The housing provides a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion. The first and second protruding portions extend downwards respectively to form a first pillar and a second pillar. The shelter provides a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion for covering the first and second protruding portions respectively. The edges of the shielding portions extend downwards respectively to form a first inserting portion and a second inserting portion. As mentioned above, by inserting the first and second pillars and the two inserting portions into the corresponding holes of a PCB, the shielded surface mount connector is mounted to the edge of the PCB, which makes the electronic products much thinner due to the present invention, and saves more space of the PCB for other designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chin Lin, Hua-Lian Li, Feng Zhu, Hsin-Min Chao
  • Publication number: 20080253518
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that reduces variation in radiation therapy treatment planning among plurality of users within the same or different geographic locations. The system includes a method and an apparatus that provide users with the knowledge information and utilizing the knowledge information to contour target volumes for radiation treatment planning. The mode of operation includes utilizing a stand-alone workstation or a server computer connected to the plurality of thin client workstations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Jacob Foshee, Hui-Min Chao
  • Publication number: 20080248675
    Abstract: A shielded surface mount connector mounted to a PCB includes a housing, a plurality of terminals and a shelter enclosing the housing. The housing provides a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion. The first and second protruding portions extend downwards respectively to form a first pillar and a second pillar. The shelter provides a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion for covering the first and second protruding portions respectively. The edges of the shielding portions extend downwards respectively to form a first inserting portion and a second inserting portion. As mentioned above, by inserting the first and second pillars and the two inserting portions into the corresponding holes of a PCB, the shielded surface mount connector is mounted to the edge of the PCB, which makes the electronic products much thinner due to the present invention, and saves more space of the PCB for other designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Kuo-Chin Lin, Hua-Lian Li, Feng Zhu, Hsin-Min Chao
  • Patent number: 7413448
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulating body, terminals received in the insulating body, an electrical shell covering the insulating body and two welding pieces. The electrical shell includes a top board, a bottom board and two side boards. Each of the side boards defines a first gap at the upside of the back end. Two sides of the top board protrude to form a first withstanding piece. A second withstanding piece extends outwards from a lower portion of the side board. Each of the welding pieces includes a welding part. The front end of the welding part extends outwards to form a connecting part. The top of the back of the welding part defines a second gap, the front of the second gap forms a block wall. The back of the welding part extends inwards to form a raised lump under the second gap. The back of the welding part extends downwards to form a limitative lump. The first withstanding piece places in the second gap and is against the block wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kuo-Chin Lin, Hsin-Min Chao, Feng Zhu, Hau-Lian Liu
  • Publication number: 20080068549
    Abstract: Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display (FFS LCD) devices are disclosed. A first substrate is disposed opposing a second substrate with a gap therebetween. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and the second substrate. A gate line and data lines are formed on the first substrate in a matrix configuration and defining pixel areas. A counter electrode is disposed on each pixel area of the first substrate. A pixel electrode is disposed above the counter electrode with an insulating layer therebetween. The pixel electrode includes a plurality of parallel electrodes. Each electrode includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, wherein the first segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction, the second segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction, and the first segment has an included angle ? from the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Te Liao, Shih-Min Chao, Tean-Sen Jen, Yun-Bok Lee, Chia-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 7341472
    Abstract: A plug connector with latch means includes a casing, a mating portion and a latch means. The latch means consists of a lock member and a press member. The lock member has a lock arm, the front end of the lock arm projects sideward and defines a pawl, the back end projects sideward and defines a projection. The front end of the press member bends inward to define a press portion, the back end bends inward to define a blocking portion. To disengage the plug connector from the mating connector, the casing is pulled, the press member is driven to move backward along with the casing and the press portion presses the projection of the lock member, the projection is driven to move inward and drives the pawl move into the inlay cavity, thereby, the plug connector with latch means disengages from the mating connector easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Min Chao, Kuo-Chin Lin
  • Publication number: 20070293079
    Abstract: A plug connector with latch means includes a casing, a mating portion and a latch means. The latch means consists of a lock member and a press member. The lock member has a lock arm, the front end of the lock arm projects sideward and defines a pawl, the back end projects sideward and defines a projection. The front end of the press member bends inward to define a press portion, the back end bends inward to define a blocking portion. To disengage the plug connector from the mating connector, the casing is pulled, the press member is driven to move backward along with the casing and the press portion presses the projection of the lock member, the projection is driven to move inward and drives the pawl move into the inlay cavity, thereby, the plug connector with latch means disengages from the mating connector easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hsin-Min Chao, Kuo-Chin Lin
  • Publication number: 20070280521
    Abstract: An efficient method and system of contouring target volumes and normal tissues at risk using an expert case as interactive tutorial reference for radiation therapy treatment plan is disclosed. Target volume contours based on guidance from a disease-matched expert case is selected by the user. The second imaging data set of a new patient is then displayed and linked with expert's case in a the slice-by-slice and side-by-side fashion and at comparable field-of-view angles. Users can generate the target volume contours on the new patient using expert case as tutorial guidance or overlaying the expert contours onto the new patient's imaging data set followed by reforming the target volume contours to fit the anatomical terrain of the patient. Users can then modify the target volume contours of their patient using expert case as tutorial guidance linked in a the slice-by-slice and side-by-side fashion and at comparable field-of-view angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Hui-Min Chao, David Chao, Nicholas Chao
  • Publication number: 20070255888
    Abstract: A method for managing a memory is provided. The memory includes M memory units and is used for temporarily storing at least one audio frame in an audio bit stream. The audio bit stream includes N audio frames. The ith audio frame in the audio bit stream includes an ith main data with a size equal to Si memory units. The last used memory unit for storing the main data of the (i?1)th audio frame is the (L(i-1))th memory unit in the memory. The method first receives the ith main data of the ith audio frame and judges whether the value of the Si is larger than an ith reference value. The method then selects a first part of the M memory units for storing the ith main data of the ith audio frame according to the judging result and the values of M, Si, and L(i-1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Ho, Jui-Ting Hsieh, Wei-Min Chao
  • Publication number: 20070206132
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprising an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. A color filter layer and a first alignment layer are disposed on an inner surface of the upper substrate and adjacent to the liquid crystal. An array of transistors and a second alignment layer are disposed on an inner surface of the lower substrate and adjacent to the liquid crystal. An upper polarizer and a lower polarizer are respectively disposed on both sides the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the upper polarizer is disposed on an outer side of the upper substrate and the lower polarizer is disposed on an outer surface of the lower substrate, and wherein the upper polarizer comprises a plurality of microparticles. The first alignment layer provides a first orientation and the second alignment layer provides a second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Min Chao, Tean-Sen Jen, Wei-Chi Lin
  • Publication number: 20070119762
    Abstract: A filtration device. The filtration device includes a tank, photocatalyst, a light source and a non-woven membrane module. The tank includes a reacting section and a separating section. The photocatalyst is added to water. The light source, disposed in the reacting section, provides light to react with the photocatalyst and thereby decompose pollutants in the water. The non-woven membrane module, disposed in the separating section, intercepts the photocatalyst in the water, producing purified water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin Shao, Min-Chao Chang, Ren-Yang Horng, Yih-Chang Chen, Pi-Lien Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20070091182
    Abstract: An adjusting apparatus for adjusting a sensed image from a first angle to a second angle is provided. The adjusting apparatus includes a first memory module, a first calculating module, an encoding module, and an output module. The first memory module is used for receiving and storing the sensed image. The first calculating module accesses the sensed image stored in the first memory module according to a predetermined rule, generates an accessed image, and generates an operation signal according to the accessed image. The predetermined rule is a first reading sequence corresponding to the second angle. The encoding module receives and encodes the operation signal to produce a bit-stream. The output module encodes the bit-stream to produce an output image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Yu-Seng Tsai, Wei-Min Chao
  • Publication number: 20070087318
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for allowing nearly simultaneous retrieval of large data and small data. In carrying out the method, the first step involves a user interfacing with a first workstation to query a small data storage device for selected data. In the second step, the small data storage device then transmits the selected data to the first workstation while simultaneously communicating with a large data storage device to identify relevant large data files. In the third step, the relevant large file data is transferred from the large data storage device at a transfer rate sufficiently fast enough to reach the first workstation before or about the same time that the smaller data reaches the first workstation, the overall process occurring in a sufficiently short period of time to meet the “on-demand” needs of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Hui-Min Chao, David Chao, Nicholas Chao
  • Patent number: D552550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo Chin Lin, Hsin Min Chao, Liang Hua Wang
  • Patent number: D553091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo Chin Lin, Hsin Min Chao, Feng Zhu, Hua Lian Li
  • Patent number: D561105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Cheng-Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo Chin Lin, Hsin Min Chao
  • Patent number: D570784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo Chin Lin, Hsin Min Chao, Hua Lian Li, Feng Zhu