Patents by Inventor Min Chen

Min Chen 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: 20230077395
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone system. The earphone system includes a charging box and an earphone, which is detachably assembled in the charging box. The charging box includes a processing module provided with a first identification time period, a power outputting module and a first switch module. During the first identification time period when the earphone is connected to the charging box, the earphone system is in a test mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit power to the earphone through the power outputting module and the first switch module. After the earphone is connected to the charging box for more than the first identification time period, the earphone system is in a communication mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit a data signal to the earphone through the processing module and the first switch module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: LUXSHARE-ICT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shr-Min CHEN, Ta-Yu LIN
  • Publication number: 20230077453
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone system. The earphone system includes a charging box and an earphone, which is detachably assembled in the charging box. The charging box includes a processing module provided with a first identification time period, a power outputting module and a first switch module. During the first identification time period when the earphone is connected to the charging box, the earphone system is in a test mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit power to the earphone through the power outputting module and the first switch module. After the earphone is connected to the charging box for more than the first identification time period, the earphone system is in a communication mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit a data signal to the earphone through the processing module and the first switch module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: LUXSHARE-ICT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shr-Min CHEN, Ta-Yu LIN
  • Patent number: 11605085
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for identifying fraudulent transactions. A computing device receives return data identifying the return of at least one item. The computing device obtains modified strategy data identifying at least one rule of a modified strategy. The rule may be based on the application of at least one discrete stochastic gradient descent algorithm to an initial strategy. The computing device applies the modified strategy to the received return data identifying the return of the at least one item, and determines whether the return of the at least one item is fraudulent based on the application of the modified strategy. The computing device generates fraud data identifying whether the return of the at least one item is fraudulent based on the determination, and may transmit the fraud data to another computing device to indicate whether the return is fraudulent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Lian Liu, Vidhya Raman, Hui-Min Chen, Sangita Fatnani
  • Patent number: 11600521
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to methods for forming a conductive feature in a dielectric layer in semiconductor processing and structures formed thereby. In some embodiments, a structure includes a dielectric layer over a substrate, a surface modification layer, and a conductive feature. The dielectric layer has a sidewall. The surface modification layer is along the sidewall, and the surface modification layer includes phosphorous and carbon. The conductive feature is along the surface modification layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jian-Jou Lian, Kuo-Bin Huang, Neng-Jye Yang, Li-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 11601035
    Abstract: A motor current controlling circuit having a voltage detection mechanism is provided. A first terminal of a first low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of a first high-side transistor. A node between the first terminal of the first low-side transistor and the second terminal of the first high-side transistor is connected to a first terminal of a motor. A first terminal of a second low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of a second high-side transistor. A zero current detector circuit detects a voltage of the node and determines whether or not a current flowing through the motor is equal to a zero value to output a zero current detected signal according to the detected voltage. A controller circuit controls a driver circuit to turn on or off the high-side transistors and the low-side transistors according to the zero current detected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kun-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20230058109
    Abstract: A motor driver, a control method of the motor driver, and a motor driving system are provided. The motor driver includes a rotation information pin, an analog detecting circuit and a mode switching circuit. The rotation information pin is configured to receive a reference signal. The analog detecting circuit and the mode switching circuit are respectively and electrically connected to the rotation information pin and the analog detecting circuit. The analog detecting circuit determines whether the reference signal is an analog signal, and the motor driver is maintained in a master mode when the reference signal does not belong to the analog signal. The mode switching circuit determines whether the reference signal is a noise when the reference signal is the analog signal. The mode switching circuit switches the motor driver from the master mode to a slave mode when the reference signal is not the noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: LI-WEI CHEN, CHUNG-HSIEN FU, KUN-MIN CHEN
  • Patent number: 11588028
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a device may include providing an ultra-high voltage (UHV) component that includes a source region and a drain region, and forming an oxide layer on a top surface of the UHV component. The method may include connecting a low voltage terminal to the source region of the UHV component, and connecting a high voltage terminal to the drain region of the UHV component. The method may include forming a shielding structure on a surface of the oxide layer provided above the drain region of the UHV component, forming a high voltage interconnection that connects to the shielding structure and to the high voltage terminal, and forming a metal routing that connects the shielding structure and the low voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng Chiu, Tian Sheng Lin, Hung-Chou Lin, Yi-Min Chen, Chiu-Hua Chung
  • Publication number: 20230047637
    Abstract: A multi-phase buck-boost converter circuit comprises a buck circuit stage, a boost circuit stage, and a control circuit. The buck circuit stage is connected to an input of the buck-boost converter circuit to receive an input voltage. The boost circuit stage includes multiple boost circuits connected in parallel. The boost circuit stage is coupled to the buck circuit stage and an output of the multi-phase buck-boost converter circuit. Each boost circuit includes an inductor coupled to the buck circuit stage. The control circuit operates the multiple boost circuit stages out of phase with respect to each other in a boost mode, operates the buck circuit stage in a buck mode, and operates the multiple boost circuit stages out of phase with respect to each other and operates the buck circuit stage in a buck-boost mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Min Kyu Song, Jindong Zhang, Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20230049456
    Abstract: A rotation locking system of a motor of a fan is provided. A closed-loop control circuit outputs an initial duty cycle signal according to a current rotational speed and a target rotational speed. A driver circuit outputs a driving signal to the motor to drive the motor to rotate according to the initial duty cycle signal. A lookup table arithmetic circuit looks up, from a lookup table, two reference duty cycles correspond to two reference rotational speeds that are respectively equal to the current rotational speed and the target rotational speed. The lookup table arithmetic circuit calculates a difference between the two reference duty cycles. A speed feedback control circuit compensates the initial duty cycle signal according to the difference to output a final duty cycle signal to the driver circuit. The driver circuit drives the motor to rotate according to the final duty cycle signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: CHE-MING HSU, KUN-MIN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230039694
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a hyoscyamine aldehyde reductase (HAR) and uses thereof. The hyoscyamine aldehyde reductase has an amino acid residue sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 4 and a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 3. After prokaryotic expression of the hyoscyamine aldehyde reductase, a product of a catalyzed hyoscyamine aldehyde reduction reaction is hyoscyamine. After the hyoscyamine aldehyde reductase is used for converting Atropa belladonna, the content of hyoscyamine in an Atropa belladonna cell line can be increased, which has important significance in increasing the content of tropane alkaloids in Atropa belladonna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhihua LIAO, Min CHEN, Chunxian YANG, Fei QIU, Junlan ZENG
  • Patent number: 11575257
    Abstract: A motor protecting circuit is provided. A first terminal of each of high-side transistors is coupled to a power supply voltage. A second terminal of each of low-side transistors is grounded. Second terminals of the high-side transistors are respectively connected to first terminals of the low-side transistors. An overvoltage detector circuit is coupled to the power supply voltage of an output circuit. When the overvoltage detector circuit determines that the power supply voltage of the output circuit is higher than a voltage threshold, the overvoltage detector circuit outputs an overvoltage detected signal to a controller circuit. According to the overvoltage detected signal, the controller circuit controls a driver circuit to turn on at least one of the high-side transistors and at least one of the low-side transistors at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kun-Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20230033975
    Abstract: An adaptive image shading correction method and an adaptive image shading system are provided. The method includes: configuring an image capturing device to obtain a current frame; and configuring a processing unit to: divide the current frame into blocks; select block pairs from the blocks, in which each of the block pairs includes an inner block and an outer block; perform a filtering process for each of the block pairs to determine whether a brightness condition, a saturation condition, a hue similarity condition, and a sharpness similarity condition are met; in response to obtaining filtered block pairs, calculate a sum similarity threshold based on hue statistical data, a saturation difference, and a brightness difference; and use filtered blocks with individual thresholds less than the sum similarity threshold to calculate a shadow compensation value to adjust the current frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: SHENG-KAI LIN, MIN-CHEN HSU, PAO-CHI YEH, KAI-WEN LAI, CHEN-CHIEH YAO
  • Publication number: 20230035120
    Abstract: A charge control system includes a memory and a processing unit. The memory integrates a power consumption of the electronic device, a sleep signal, a boot signal, a hibernate signal or a shutdown signal received by the electronic device, a charge status of the charger, and a remaining power of the battery at the previous time point, as previous usage information. The processing unit creates an estimation model based on the previous usage information and an algorithm, to estimate an estimated power consumption of the electronic device, the estimated power of the battery and the charge probability of the charger corresponding to the current time point, the processing unit determines a target voltage based on the estimated power consumption, the estimated power, and the charge probability, the processing unit controls the charger to charge the battery, based on a current voltage and a target voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Fu-Min CHEN, Ming-Che HUNG, Chia-Ching LU
  • Patent number: 11567061
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for trapping and electrically monitoring molecules in a nanopore sensor. The nanopore sensor comprises a support structure with a first and a second fluidic chamber, at least one nanopore fluidically connected to the two chambers, and a protein shuttle. The protein shuttle comprises an electrically charged protein molecule, such as Avidin. The nanopore can be a Clytosolin A. A method can comprise applying a voltage across the nanopores to draw protein shuttles towards the nanopores. The ionic current through each or all of the nanopores can be concurrently measured. Based on the measured ionic current, blockage events can be detected. Each blockage event indicates a capture of a protein shuttle by at least one nanopore. Each blockage event can be detected through a change of the total ionic current flow or a change in the ionic current flow for a particular nanopore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Lene V. Hau, Jene A. Golovchenko, Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20230022386
    Abstract: A motor controlling circuit is provided. A first terminal of a first high-side transistor and a first terminal of a second high-side transistor are coupled to a common voltage. A first terminal of a first low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of the first high-side transistor. A first node between the first terminal of the first low-side transistor and the second terminal of the first high-side transistor is connected to a first terminal of a motor. A first terminal of a second low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of the second high-side transistor. A second node between the first terminal of the second low-side transistor and the second terminal of the second high-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of the motor. The driver circuit regulates at least one of the transistors such that no current flows to the common voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: KUN-MIN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230028536
    Abstract: A method of estimating employee turnover rates obtains original employee data from a preset data source. First data processing is applied to the original employee data to obtain first processed employee data. A training set and a first verification set are selected from the first processed employee data. The training set is used to train a machine learning model to obtain a turnover estimation model. The first verification set is used to verify the turnover estimation model to obtain a first estimation result. The turnover estimation model is optimized according to the first estimation result to obtain an optimized turnover estimation model. Updated employee data and a corresponding employee turnover rate of a second time period are obtained. The method helps to replenish manpower in time and avoids over-recruitment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: ZI-QING XIA, QIAN-CE HU, MIN CHEN, JING PENG, YI-KUN WANG, RUO-HONG MA
  • Publication number: 20230021728
    Abstract: A motor current controlling circuit having a voltage detection mechanism is provided. A first terminal of a first low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of a first high-side transistor. A node between the first terminal of the first low-side transistor and the second terminal of the first high-side transistor is connected to a first terminal of a motor. A first terminal of a second low-side transistor is connected to a second terminal of a second high-side transistor. A zero current detector circuit detects a voltage of the node and determines whether or not a current flowing through the motor is equal to a zero value to output a zero current detected signal according to the detected voltage. A controller circuit controls a driver circuit to turn on or off the high-side transistors and the low-side transistors according to the zero current detected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: KUN-MIN CHEN
  • Patent number: 11564028
    Abstract: Disclosed is an earphone system. The earphone system includes a charging box and an earphone, which is detachably assembled in the charging box. The charging box includes a processing module provided with a first identification time period, a power outputting module and a first switch module. During the first identification time period when the earphone is connected to the charging box, the earphone system is in a test mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit power to the earphone through the power outputting module and the first switch module. After the earphone is connected to the charging box for more than the first identification time period, the earphone system is in a communication mode, and the first switch module is switched for the charging box to transmit a data signal to the earphone through the processing module and the first switch module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE-ICT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shr-Min Chen, Ta-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 11561664
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a touch display device are provided, relate to the field of display technology. In an embodiment, the touch display panel includes a plurality of first touch electrode units and a plurality of second touch electrode units. In an embodiment, each of the first touch electrode units includes first touch electrodes and first connection portions alternately arranged in a first direction. In an embodiment, each of the first touch electrodes includes at least one first touch electrode sub-unit that includes a plurality of first electrode sub-groups. In an embodiment, each of the first electrode sub-groups includes at least one first sub-electrode. In an embodiment, in each of the at least one first touch electrode sub-unit, the first sub-electrodes of two adjacent first electrode sub-groups have gradually increasing lengths and gradually decreasing widths in a direction from one of the first connection portions closest to the first touch electrode sub-unit to the first touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Qibing Wei, Min Chen, Xinzhao Liu
  • Publication number: 20230020072
    Abstract: A zero-voltage switching (ZVS) buck-boost converter to reduce or even minimize switching power loss and improve EMI performance is described herein. The buck-boost converter may include an auxiliary path to generate an auxiliary current to charge and discharge respective nodes in the converter during select switching times. The converter may operate in buck-boost mode, buck mode, or boost mode. Moreover, the auxiliary path may include components, such as a pair of power switches and an inductor, arranged in a symmetrical fashion so that the converter may achieve ZVS in bidirectional operation as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jing Xue, Min Chen