Patents by Inventor Min Lin

Min Lin 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: 11799423
    Abstract: The application discloses a method, for building an oscillator frequency adjustment lookup table in a transceiver, wherein the transceiver generates a clock according to a crystal oscillator external to the transceiver for transceiving data. The transceiver includes adjustable capacitor arrays assembly connected to the crystal oscillator, wherein when an equivalent capacitance of the adjustable capacitor assembly is a reference value, the crystal oscillator has a reference frequency, and when the equivalent capacitance changes relative to the reference value, the crystal oscillator correspondingly has a frequency offset relative to the reference frequency. The method includes: performing an interpolation operation according to a first value, a second value, and a third value of the equivalent capacitance, and the corresponding frequency variations, so as to obtain the frequency variations corresponding to a first sub-value between the first value and the second values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung Min Lin, Hung-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11798614
    Abstract: A system can include a memory devices and a processing device coupled with the memory devices. The processing device can receive a command and determine whether the command includes a value for a voltage associated with a read at the memory device. The processing device can also, responsive to the command failing to specify the value, select a second value, from multiple values, for the voltage associated with the read at the memory device based at on a duration subsequent to a previous write operation satisfying a threshold criterion. The processing device can also apply the voltage having the second value at memory cells of the memory device to determine a logic state for the memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao
  • Publication number: 20230336691
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for configuring participant video feeds within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring plural participant video elements which are assignable to respective participant video feeds; receive, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the plural participant video elements; provide, in association with virtual conferencing between plural participants, display of the room based on the properties for the plural participant video elements; and assign, for each of the plural participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11792031
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for mixing participant audio from multiple rooms within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a first room for virtual conferencing, display of a user interface for mixing participant audio from one or more second rooms into an audio channel for the first room; receive indication of user input via the user interface, the user input corresponding to settings for mixing the participant audio from the one or more second rooms; and provide, based on the settings and in association with virtual conferencing within the first room, for mixing the participant audio from one or more second rooms with respect to the audio channel for the first room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11790869
    Abstract: Techniques for generating an indication of ambient light intensity are provided. The techniques include obtaining a set of one or more low light level measurements during a low light level display panel period of a display; obtaining a set of one or more high light level measurements during a high light level display panel period of the display; generating an ambient light level result based on analysis of the set of one or more low light level measurements, the set of one or more high light level measurements, and calibration information; and controlling brightness of the display based on the ambient light level result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Vishay Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Koon Wing Tsang, Jia Yang Koo, Yuh-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11784841
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions to a virtual conference. The program and method provide for a virtual conference between plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference; receive indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants; and in response to receiving the indication, provide, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons and audio output based on the selections, determine that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and provide, in response to the determining, for modified audio output associated with the selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Maxwell Gale, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20230318985
    Abstract: A multi-link device includes a first link queue, a second link queue, a control circuit, a first transmitter and a second transmitter. The control circuit includes a common queue for buffering a plurality of packets, each packet having a sequence number. The control circuit obtains a minimum sequence number of all packets in the first link queue and the second link queue, computes a maximum sequence number according to the minimum sequence number and a block acknowledgment window size, determines whether to allocate a set of packets from the common queue according to the maximum sequence number, and if so, allocates the set of packets to the first link queue and/or the second link queue. The first transmitter transmits a packet from the first link queue to a first receiving device, and the second transmitter transmits a packet from the second link queue to a second receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Kang Fan, Tung-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20230314641
    Abstract: A high-power seismic wave early warning method is provided to use an earliest-arriving seismic wave to estimate a maximum power value of a later-arriving high-power seismic wave for a target site. When the estimated maximum power value of the later-arriving high-power seismic wave is greater than a warning value, an earthquake early warning is transmitted to an earthquake early warning device that is located at the target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chung-Che CHOU, Shu-Hsien CHAO, Che-Min LIN, Kung-Chun LU, Yu-Tzu HUANG
  • Patent number: 11775878
    Abstract: A computing device selects new test configurations for testing software. Software under test is executed with first test configurations to generate a test result for each test configuration. Each test configuration includes a value for each test parameter where each test parameter is an input to the software under test. A predictive model is trained using each test configuration of the first test configurations in association with the test result generated for each test configuration based on an objective function value. The predictive model is executed with second test configurations to predict the test result for each test configuration of the second test configurations. Test configurations are selected from the second test configurations based on the predicted test results to define third test configurations. The software under test is executed with the defined third test configurations to generate the test result for each test configuration of the third test configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Joshua David Griffin, Yu-Min Lin, Bengt Wisen Pederson, Ricky Dee Tharrington, Jr., Pei-Yi Tan, Raymond Eugene Wright
  • Patent number: 11764042
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dosage measurement and monitoring in an ion implantation system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a transferring system, includes: a vacuum chamber, wherein the vacuum chamber is coupled to a processing chamber; a shaft coupled to a ball screw, wherein the ball screw and the shaft are configured in the vacuum chamber; and a vacuum rotary feedthrough, wherein the vacuum rotary feedthrough comprises a magnetic fluid seal so as to provide a high vacuum sealing, and wherein the vacuum rotary feedthrough is configured through a first end of the vacuum chamber and coupled to the ball screw so as to provide a rotary motion on the ball screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Min Lin, Fang-Chi Chien, Cheng-Yi Huang, Chao-Po Lu
  • Patent number: 11756972
    Abstract: According to one example, a device includes a semiconductor substrate. The device further includes a plurality of color filters disposed above the semiconductor substrate. The device further includes a plurality of micro-lenses disposed above the set of color filters. The device further includes a structure that is configured to block light radiation that is traveling towards a region between adjacent micro-lenses. The structure and the color filters are level at respective top surfaces and bottom surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Min Lin, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Chun-Ming Su, Tzu-Hsuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20230283494
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for updating element properties based on distances between elements in a virtual conference. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room, an interface for specifying how a first element in the room affects at least one property value of a second element, based on distance between the two elements; receive user selection of parameter values specifying how the first element affects the at least one property value of the second element based on the distance; provide a virtual conference between plural participants within the room including the first and second elements; update the at least one property value of the second element based on a change in distance between the first and second elements, and on the parameter values; and provide for updated display of the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Emily Cho, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11750183
    Abstract: A clock signal generator and a clock signal generating method are provided. The clock signal generator is adapted for a test machine. The clock signal generator includes a first oscillator, a second oscillator, a delay value generator, and an output clock signal generator. The first oscillator and the second oscillator are activated alternatively. The first oscillator generates a first clock signal with a first frequency according to a delay value. The second oscillator generates a second clock signal with a second frequency according to the delay value, where phases of the first clock signal and the second clock signal are different. The delay value generator detects a pulse width of a reference pulse signal to generate the delay value. The output clock signal generator combines the first clock signal and the second clock signal to generate an output clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Che-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11750005
    Abstract: A battery controller includes an auxiliary measurement energy-storing component, a control unit, a measuring unit and a protection unit. The auxiliary measurement energy-storing component is coupled in series to a battery module outside the controller, and configured to provide an open-circuited voltage. The control unit is configured to output a power value of the battery module according to the open-circuited voltage or a value of current flowing through the battery module. The measuring unit is configured to measure the current flowing through the battery module and transmit the measuring result to the control unit. The protection unit is configured to limit the value of current measured by the measuring unit to a predetermined value. A battery level measurement method of the battery controller is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Ming Chen, Cheng-Chien Huang, Mu-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11747994
    Abstract: A system can include multiple memory devices and a processing device that is operatively coupled with the memory devices as well as with a controller device, and a sequencer device, where the controller device is configured to perform operations. The operations can include, in response to receiving a potential power loss indication signal, receiving a power fault interrupt detection signal, as well as synchronizing the power fault interrupt detection signal. They can also include sending one or more memory access commands to the sequencer device. The operations can also include executing the one or more memory access commands on a medium and stopping transmission of commands based on a power loss handling setting while executing the commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuo Kao, Yi-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11740758
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions within a virtual working environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20230263568
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surgical operating system and a monopolar-bipolar hybrid output method therefor. The method is applied to the surgical operating system, including: determining an instruction selected by an operator for an output mode, and when obtaining that an instruction for a monopolar-bipolar hybrid mode is selected, controlling a first operating instrument to perform cutting and tissue coagulation actions. The system includes a master control unit, a control panel, a high-frequency power module and an operating instrument. According to the present disclosure, a hybrid mode of monopolar cutting and bipolar coagulation may be enabled on one same operating instrument, which not only overcomes respective shortcomings of conventional monopolar output and conventional bipolar output, but also integrates respective advantages of monopolar output and bipolar output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Chunxiao LIU, Min LIN, Weitao LUO, Pengfei LI
  • Patent number: 11736717
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe a video compression system. The described systems and methods accesses a sequence of image frames from a first computing device, the sequence of image frames comprising a first image frame and a second image frame, detects a first set of keypoints for the first image frame, transmits the first image frame and the first set of keypoints to a second computing device, detects a second set of keypoints for the second image frame, transmits the second set of keypoints to the second computing device, causes an animated image to be displayed on the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Demyanov, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin, Aleksei Podkin, Aleksei Stoliar, Sergey Tulyakov
  • Patent number: 11731327
    Abstract: A molding apparatus is configured for molding a semiconductor device and includes a lower mold and an upper mold. The lower mold is configured to carry the semiconductor device. The upper mold is disposed above the lower mold for receiving the semiconductor device and includes a mold part and a dynamic part. The mold part is configured to cover the upper surface of the semiconductor device. The dynamic part is disposed around a device receiving region of the upper mold and configured to move relatively to the mold part. A molding method and a molded semiconductor device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Weng, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Chung-Shi Liu, Chih-Wei Lin, Sheng-Hsiang Chiu, Yao-Tong Lai, Chia-Min Lin
  • Patent number: D998758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Xiao Hu, Ye-Liang Zhao, Shao-Hui Zhang, Chwung-Shan Kou, Yen-Sheng Wang, Chih-Hung Wang, Chun-Shu Hsu, Szu-Min Lin, Ming-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Wei Gu