Patents by Inventor Ming-Chiu Tsai

Ming-Chiu Tsai 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: 10312748
    Abstract: A signal analysis method for determining whether a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system receives a modulation signal from a receiving-end module of the induction type power supply system includes obtaining a coil signal on a supplying-end coil of the supplying-end module; retrieving parts of the coil signal higher than a reference voltage to generate a peak signal; tracking the peak signal to obtain a peak voltage level; configuring a high voltage level higher than the peak voltage level and a low voltage level lower than the peak voltage level; and determining whether a plurality of peak values of the peak signal reach the high voltage level and determining whether the plurality of peak values of the peak signal reach the low voltage level during a determination cycle, and determining whether the supplying-end module receives the modulation signal accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Techology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20190148993
    Abstract: A method of detecting a receiving-end module for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system, wherein the supplying-end module includes a supplying-end coil, includes the steps of: detecting a resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil; determining a coil distance of the receiving-end module and the supplying-end module according to the resonant frequency; obtaining a maximum resonant voltage and a minimum resonant voltage corresponding to the coil distance; and determining whether there is a deviation between the supplying-end module and the receiving-end module according to the maximum resonant voltage and the minimum resonant voltage and an input current of the supplying-end coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 10289142
    Abstract: A method used for an induction type power supply system, for detecting whether an intruding metal exists in a power transmission range of the induction type power supply system, includes interrupting at least one driving signal of the induction type power supply system to stop driving a supplying-end coil of the induction type power supply system; obtaining a first attenuation slope during a first period when driving of the supplying-end coil is stopped, and obtaining a second attenuation slope during a second period when driving of the supplying-end coil is stopped; and determining whether the intruding metal exists in the power transmission range of the induction type power supply system according to the first attenuation slope and the second attenuation slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20190140491
    Abstract: A decoding method for a signal processing circuit which receives a modulation data carried by a coil signal includes the following steps: determining a jitter in the coil signal; obtaining a trigger gap when the jitter appears; outputting a gap indicating signal when a length of the trigger gap is within a predefined range; determining whether a plurality of gap indicating signals appear in a first period and whether the gap indicating signals are scattered in the first period; setting a flag to a jitter status according to the above determination results; determining whether the flag is set to the jitter status during a second period, and filling a value in a time slot corresponding to the second period accordingly; and obtaining a data code of the modulation data according to the values filled in a plurality of time slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20190027971
    Abstract: A power supply device used in an induction type power supply system is provided that includes a power supply coil, an auxiliary coil, a power supply driving module, a auxiliary driving module, a harmonic frequency measuring module, a voltage measuring module and a processing module. The power supply driving module drives the power supply coil. The auxiliary driving module drives the auxiliary coil. The harmonic frequency measuring module measures a resonance frequency of the power-supply coil according to a capacitive and inductive parameter related to the power-supply coil. The voltage measuring module tracks and locks a maximum of an oscillation voltage of the auxiliary coil. When the processing module determines that the resonance frequency is stable and the oscillation voltage decreases more than a predetermined ratio of the oscillation voltage, the processing module keeps the power supply driving module under a non-working status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu TSAI, Chi-Che CHAN
  • Publication number: 20190020222
    Abstract: A power supply device used in an induction type power supply system is provided that includes a power supply coil, a auxiliary coil, a power supply driving module, a detection driving module, a signal detection module and a processing module. The power supply driving module drives the power supply coil to transmit a power signal. When the power supply driving module is under a non-working status, the detection driving module drives the auxiliary coil to transmit a detection signal and drives the auxiliary coil to transmit a data request signal. After transmitting the data request signal, the signal detection module detects a reflection signal corresponding to the data request signal on the auxiliary coil. The processing module keeps the power supply driving module under the non-working status when the reflection signal having a data characteristic is determined to be detected by the signal detection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu TSAI, Chi-Che CHAN
  • Publication number: 20190013701
    Abstract: An intruding metal detection method for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system having a supplying-end coil includes interrupting at least one driving signal of the induction type power supply system to stop driving the supplying-end coil during a measurement period, to generate a coil signal of the supplying-end coil; measuring a plurality of peaks of the coil signal within a plurality of consecutive oscillation cycles of the coil signal, to obtain a plurality of peak trigger voltages, respectively; calculating a first attenuation parameter according to a first peak trigger voltage and a second peak trigger voltage among the plurality of peak trigger voltages; and comparing the first attenuation parameter with a first threshold value to determine whether there is an intruding metal existing in a power supply range of the induction type power supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20180375386
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an intruding metal detection method for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system having a supplying-end coil controlled by a first driving signal and a second driving signal. The method includes periodically generating a detection signal on the first driving signal and the second driving signal, wherein the detection signal controls the supplying-end coil to resonate and generate a coil signal; setting at least one threshold voltage and comparing a plurality of peak values of the coil signal with the at least one threshold voltage, respectively, to generate a plurality of trigger signals; determining whether to perform a pre-charging procedure according to a resonant frequency of the coil signal; and determining whether there is an intruding metal existing in a power supply range of the induction type power supply system according to the plurality of trigger signals and the resonant frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 10153665
    Abstract: A method is used for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system, for adjusting output power of the induction type power supply system. The method includes driving a supplying-end coil of the supplying-end module by using a first driving signal and a second driving signal, and setting a phase shift quantity between the first driving signal and the second driving signal; detecting a coil signal of the supplying-end coil to determine a peak location of the coil signal; determining a peak deviation rate of the peak location according to a starting point of a period of the second driving signal and a zero load point; and adjusting the phase shift quantity according to the peak deviation rate, in order to adjust the output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20180316227
    Abstract: A supplying-end module for an induction type power supply system includes a supplying-end coil, a first driver, a second driver and a signal detector. The first driver, coupled to the supplying-end coil, is used for driving the supplying-end coil to send electric power. The second driver, coupled to the supplying-end coil, is used for controlling the supplying-end coil to output a detection signal. The signal detector, coupled to the supplying-end coil, is used for detecting a reflection signal corresponding to the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 10114396
    Abstract: A method used for an induction type power supply system, for detecting whether an intruding metal exists in a power transmission region of the induction type power supply system, includes interrupting at least one driving signal of the induction type power supply system to stop driving a supplying-end coil of the induction type power supply system; detecting an attenuation status of a coil signal on the supplying-end coil when driving of the supplying-end coil is interrupted; and determining whether the intruding metal exists in the power transmission region of the induction type power supply system according to the attenuation status of the coil signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20180261384
    Abstract: A coil module for an induction type power supply system includes a supporting frame, an upper lid and a first wire. The upper lid, disposed on the supporting frame, includes a spiral slot. The first wire is used for being inserted in the spiral slot to form a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 10056944
    Abstract: A data determination method for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system includes generating a current signal on a resonant coil of the supplying-end module according to a modulated signal of a receiving-end module of the induction type power supply system fed back from a resonant coil of the receiving-end module to the resonant coil of the supplying-end module; amplifying the current signal to retrieve a plurality of peak values of the current signal; setting a reference voltage according to magnitudes of the plurality of peak values; comparing the plurality of peak values with the reference voltage to generate a comparison result; and analyzing the comparison result to obtain modulation data of the receiving-end module of the induction type power supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 10038338
    Abstract: A signal modulation method for a receiving-end module of an induction type power supply system includes configuring a plurality of modulation periods corresponding to a modulation signal; performing modulation on a first terminal of an induction coil of the receiving-end module during the ith modulation period among the plurality of modulation periods, wherein i is an odd number; and performing modulation on a second terminal of the induction coil of the receiving-end module during the jth modulation period among the plurality of modulation periods, wherein j is an even number; wherein the second terminal does not undergo modulation when the first terminal is being modulated, and the first terminal does not undergo modulation when the second terminal is being modulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20180190420
    Abstract: A coil module for an induction type power supply system includes a metal frame, a coil, a circuit board and an upper lid. The coil is disposed on a first surface of the metal frame. The circuit board, disposed on a second surface of the metal frame, includes a control circuit for controlling operations of the coil. The upper lid, for covering the coil, is composed of a non-metal material and has an arc structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 10002707
    Abstract: An induction coil structure for a wireless charger includes at least one first coil, at least one second coil, a first magnetic conductor and a second magnetic conductor. The first coil is disposed in a first layer of an induction coil. The second coil is disposed in a second layer of the induction coil. The first magnetic conductor is located between the first coil and the second coil, wherein a first surface and a second surface of the first magnetic conductor are superposed on the first coil and the second coil, respectively. The second magnetic conductor is superposed on a surface of the second coil that is not superposed on the first magnetic conductor. The first magnetic conductor includes a hole, and a wire for winding the first coil extends from the first layer to the second layer via the hole, to wind the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 9960639
    Abstract: A voltage measuring method for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system includes generating a coil signal on a supplying-end coil of the supplying-end module; clamping the coil signal to generate a clamp coil signal; performing signal processing on the clamp coil signal to generate a first signal and a second signal, respectively; generating a cyclic signal, a frequency of which is equal to a frequency of the coil signal; comparing the first signal and the second signal via a comparator to obtain a first time and a second time when the first signal and the second signal have an equal voltage level during a cycle of the cyclic signal; calculating a middle time of the first time and the second time; and sampling the clamp coil signal or the coil signal to obtain a peak voltage of the coil signal according to the middle time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20180102677
    Abstract: A method of detecting a receiving-end module, for a supplying-end module of an induction type power supply system where the supplying-end module includes a supplying-end coil, includes detecting the supplying-end coil to obtain a self-resonant frequency of the supplying-end coil; determining whether the self-resonant frequency is smaller than a basic frequency; obtaining a first output power corresponding to the self-resonant frequency when the self-resonant frequency is determined to be smaller than the basic frequency and the degree of the self-resonant frequency smaller than the basic frequency exceeds a threshold; and sending an activation signal with the first output power, and starting to supply electric power when a data code corresponding to the activation signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Publication number: 20180034281
    Abstract: A signal modulation method for a receiving-end module of an induction type power supply system includes configuring a plurality of modulation periods corresponding to a modulation signal; performing modulation on a first terminal of an induction coil of the receiving-end module during the ith modulation period among the plurality of modulation periods, wherein i is an odd number; and performing modulation on a second terminal of the induction coil of the receiving-end module during the jth modulation period among the plurality of modulation periods, wherein j is an even number; wherein the second terminal does not undergo modulation when the first terminal is being modulated, and the first terminal does not undergo modulation when the second terminal is being modulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan
  • Patent number: 9831687
    Abstract: A signal analysis circuit for a supplying-end module includes a first voltage divider circuit, for attenuating a coil signal of a supplying-end coil; a first amplifier circuit, for obtaining parts of the attenuated coil signal higher than a reference voltage to output a half-wave signal; a first envelope detector, for performing envelope extraction on the half-wave signal to obtain a DC signal; a second voltage divider circuit, for attenuating the half-wave signal; a second amplifier circuit, for obtaining parts of the attenuated half-wave signal higher than the DC signal to output an amplified half-wave signal; a second envelope detector, for performing envelope extraction on the amplified half-wave signal to generate an envelope signal; a coupling capacitor, for filtering out the DC component of the envelope signal; a third voltage divider circuit, for combining the AC component of the envelope signal with a DC voltage to retrieve a trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Fu Da Tong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chiu Tsai, Chi-Che Chan