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).

  • Publication number: 20240197444
    Abstract: An implant system and a method of forming the implant system including an implant to be implanted into living bone. The implant includes titanium. The implant includes a first surface geometry on a first portion of a surface of the implant and a second surface geometry on a second portion of the surface of the implant. The first surface geometry includes at least a submicron topography including tube-like structures and the second surface geometry includes a first micro-scale topography, a second micro-scale topography superimposed on the first topography, and a submicron topography superimposed on the first and second micro-scale topographies, the submicron topography including the tube-like structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Mandanici, Zachary B. Suttin, Keng-Min Lin, Olga S. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 12013284
    Abstract: An optical sensor module and a packaging method thereof are disclosed, wherein the optical sensor module comprises a substrate having a light sensing element; and a housing made of a transparent material. The housing is connected to the substrate and covers the light sensing element. The housing has a light-receiving area facing the light sensing element, and the inner surface of the housing toward the substrate is provided with a light-shielding coating in a portion outside of the light-receiving area. In this way, optical components such as the light sensor can be effectively protected, and still retain the effect of avoiding noise light interference with the light sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Sensortek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Feng-Jung Hsu
  • Patent number: 12011859
    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 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    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
  • Publication number: 20240194650
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes forming a first wafer including a plurality of electronic integrated circuits (EICs), forming a second wafer including a plurality of photonic integrated circuits (PICs), bonding the first wafer to the second wafer to form a first stacked wafer. The bonding of the first wafer to the second wafer includes vertically aligning each of the plurality of the EICs with one of the plurality of the PICs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Chin-Min Lin, Hung-Jen Hsu, Dun-Nian Yaung
  • Patent number: 12008107
    Abstract: A chip capable of authenticating an off-chip debug firmware program and a debug user account is illustrated. The chip runs the secure boot firmware and executes the secure boot process to verify whether the debug firmware program in a signed program loaded from an external storage device may be executed. After the signed program is successfully verified, the chip runs the debug firmware program to execute a debug user authentication algorithm in the signed program, thereby starting a debug user authentication process. After verifying the debug user account of the external debugging tool connected to the chip is a valid debug user account, the debugging tool is allowed to use the debugging function in the chip according to the authority of the debug user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zong-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 12009341
    Abstract: An integrated antenna package structure includes a first redistribution structure, a first chip, a heat dissipation structure, a second chip, and an antenna structure. The first chip is located on a first side of the first redistribution structure, and is electrically connected to the first redistribution structure. The heat dissipation structure is thermally connected to the first chip, and the first chip is located between the heat dissipation structure and the first redistribution structure. The second chip is located on a second side of the first redistribution structure opposite to the first side, and is electrically connected to the first redistribution structure. The antenna structure is electrically connected to the first redistribution structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Kai Chiu, Sheng-Tsai Wu, Yu-Min Lin, Wen-Hung Liu, Ang-Ying Lin, Chang-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 12008194
    Abstract: Touch display device includes a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode, and a first touch signal line. First touch electrode is located in a first area of touch display device and is configured to receive a first control signal to generate a first touch signal. Second touch electrode is located in a second area of touch display device and is configured to receive a second control signal to generate a second touch signal. First area is adjacent to second area without overlapping. First touch signal line is coupled to first touch electrode and second touch electrode. First touch signal line is configured to transmit first touch signal of first area at a first stage. First touch signal line is configured to transmit a common electrode signal at a second stage. First touch signal line is configured to transmit second touch signal of second area at a third stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: AUO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Chun-Ru Huang, Chu-Kuan Yu, Fang-Ming Tsao, Kai-Teng Chiang
  • Publication number: 20240182035
    Abstract: A lane change control method applied to a vehicle-mounted device is provided. The method includes calculating a first risk factor of a preceding vehicle based on a first vehicle data and a second vehicle data, calculating a second risk factor of an adjacent preceding vehicle based on the first vehicle data and a third vehicle data. A risk weight is obtained according to the first risk factor and the second risk factor. A lane-change weight is calculated based on a target lane line. A collective weight is obtained according to the lane-change weight and the risk weight. Once a plurality of reference vehicle values is obtained, the host vehicle is controlled to change lanes based on the plurality of reference vehicle values, the lane-change weight, and the first vehicle data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: HUANG-MIN LIN
  • Publication number: 20240173444
    Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated intracavity gas circulation treatment device for a laparoscopic surgery, includes a filtering unit and a driving pump unit. The filtering unit is provided with an air inlet channel, the driving pump unit is installed in the filtering unit, and communicated with the filtering unit; and the driving pump unit is provided with an air exhausting channel. The device is capable of realizing integrated installation of the filtering unit and the driving pump unit, skillful in design, compact in structure, the device is simply and conveniently used and operated by a medical worker. In the whole surgery process, stability of an air pressure in the abdominal cavity is high, an effect of gas circulation filtering is good, surgery efficiency and quality are improved, and it is guaranteed that a contaminated and non-sterilizable work piece may not be repeatedly used, so real zero infection is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Min LIN, Wenshuai ZHUO
  • Patent number: 11996865
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae Cho, Soo Jin Kim, Naveen Kumar, Aman Bhatia, Yi-Min Lin, Chenrong Xiong, Fan Zhang, Yu Cai, Abhiram Prabahkar
  • Publication number: 20240170473
    Abstract: A chip package structure including a heat dissipation base, a first redistribution layer, a second redistribution layer, at least one chip, at least one metal stack, a plurality of conductive structures, and an encapsulant is provided. The second redistribution layer is disposed on the heat dissipation base and thermally coupled to the heat dissipation base. The chip, the metal stack, and the conductive structures are disposed between the second redistribution layer and the first redistribution layer. An active surface of the chip is electrically connected to the first redistribution layer and an inactive surface of the chip is thermally coupled to the second redistribution layer via the metal stack. The first redistribution layer is electrically connected to the second redistribution layer via the conductive structures. The encapsulant is filled between the second redistribution layer and the first redistribution layer. A manufacturing method of a chip package structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hao-Che Kao, Wen-Hung Liu, Yu-Min Lin, Ching-Kuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20240169813
    Abstract: A vibrotactile device and method including an audio signal input unit, manual parameter input unit, microcontroller, vibration motor controller, and at least one vibration motor are provided. The microcontroller is coupled to the audio signal input unit and manual parameter input unit. The vibration motor controller is coupled to the microcontroller and the at least one vibration motor. At least one signal is generated by at least the audio signal input unit or the manual parameter input unit. A modulated signal is generated based, in part, on a filtered signal from the audio signal input unit and a vibration duty cycle is generated, based on a tempo value and a note value of the manual parameter input unit, to generate at least one driving parameter, respectively. The vibration motor controller drives the at least one vibration motor based on the at least one driving parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Chi-Min LIN, Yao Shiao, Chun-Ta Chen, Shang che Lee, Ming Wan Lien
  • Patent number: 11988433
    Abstract: A container energy storage system is provided in this disclosure. The system includes a container and a plurality of functional assemblies. The container includes a container frame and a bottom plate. The container frame is formed with a plurality of openings and a hollow main body. The bottom plate is disposed at a bottom of the container frame and is fixedly connected to the container frame. The functional assemblies are disposed in the hollow main body and located above the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mu-Min Lin, Chin-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11987776
    Abstract: A method for accelerating an oxidation rate of food comprises the following steps: providing a food; sensing an oxidation state of the food by a sensing unit; generating a sensing signal by the sensing unit; retrieving a digital signal of a spectrum waveform from a database according to the sensing signal; and transmitting a millimeter-wave analog signal to the food according to the digital signal of the spectrum waveform, where the millimeter-wave analog signal comprises first frequency signals and second frequency signals, and the first frequency signals and the second frequency signals are alternately arranged, and the first and second frequency signals comprise sinusoidal waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Millitronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ya-Chung Yu, Chih-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11983420
    Abstract: A method for protecting data in an external memory based on an isolated execution environment is provided. The method is used in a processor in the isolated execution environment of a system-on-a-chip. The method includes: accessing an output command of a main system processor in a main system of the system-on-a-chip; reading first data from a shared memory in the main system according to the output command; encrypting the first data with a private key and generating encrypted first data; and outputting the encrypted first data to the external memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zong-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11985765
    Abstract: A power adapter includes a circuit board, an electromagnetic interference filter, a shielding element, a power factor correction (PFC) inductor, a transformer and heating elements. The circuit board has a front side and a back side corresponding to each other, and a first long side and a second long side parallel to each other. The front side of the circuit board is divided into a first region, a second region and a third region along an extending direction of the first long side. The electromagnetic interference filter is disposed in the first region and close to the first long side. The shielding element is disposed in the first region and close to the electromagnetic interference filter. The PFC inductor is disposed in the first region of the circuit board and close to the second long side. The PFC inductor has a first long axis. The transformer is disposed in the third region and close to the first long side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Chia-Hua Liu, Ching-Kai Lin
  • Patent number: 11979244
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for configuring 360-degree video within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, a first interface for configuring at least one participant video element which is assignable to a respective participant video feed; receive, via the first interface, an indication of user input for setting first properties for the at least one participant video element; provide, in association with designing the room for virtual conferencing, a second interface for configuring a 360-degree video element which is assignable to a 360-degree video source; receive, via the second interface, an indication of user input for setting second properties for the 360-degree video element; and provide, in association with virtual conferencing, display of the room based on the first properties and the second properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11979442
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for dynamically assigning participant video feeds within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring a set of rooms, each room being associated with a different number of participant video elements assignable to respective participant video feeds; receive, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the set of rooms; determine, in association with virtual conferencing, a first number of participants for a room; select a first room corresponding to the first number of participants; provide display of the first room; and assign, for each of the first number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the first room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Cho, Andrew Cheng-min Lin
  • Publication number: 20240144029
    Abstract: A method for training a machine learning model is described, comprising receiving, for each perturbation of a plurality of perturbations of model parameters of a starting version of the machine learning model, a change of loss of the machine learning model caused by the perturbation for a set of training data determined by feeding the set of training data to one or more perturbed versions of the machine learning model, estimating a gradient of the loss of the machine learning model with respect to the model parameters from the determined changes of loss and updating the starting version of the machine learning model to an updated version of the machine learning model by changing the model parameters in a direction for which the estimated gradient indicates a reduction of loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Haozhe FENG, Tianyu PANG, Chao DU, Shuicheng YAN, Min LIN
  • Publication number: 20240143231
    Abstract: A write request directed to the non-volatile memory device is received. A stripe associated with an address specified by the write request is present in the volatile memory device is determined. The volatile memory device includes a plurality of stripes, each stripe of the plurality of stripes having a plurality of managed units. The write request on a managed unit of the stripe in the volatile memory device is performed. The stripe in the volatile memory device is evicted to a stripe in the non-volatile memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu