Patents by Inventor Ming Fu

Ming Fu 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: 20200124915
    Abstract: A keyboard device and an operating method thereof are provided. The keyboard device includes a microcontroller, a drive circuit, a backlight module, and a plurality of key units. The microcontroller is coupled to a computer device. A detection module of the computer device detects an input mode of the computer device. The plurality of key units is disposed on the backlight module. The plurality of key units each has a plurality of character symbols corresponding to different input modes. The microcontroller outputs a control signal to the drive circuit according to the input mode. The drive circuit drives the backlight module according to the control signal to selectively illuminate one of the plurality of character symbols of each of at least a portion of the plurality of key units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Lin Chen, Chin-Fa Wu, Wen-Tong Liu, Er-Hao Chen, Ming-Fu Yen
  • Patent number: 10629588
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor device on a substrate. An interconnect structure is disposed over the substrate, and a first conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure. A second conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure and is spaced apart from the first conductive pad. A third conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure and is spaced apart from the first and second conductive pads. A fourth conductive pad is disposed over the interconnect structure and is spaced apart from the first, second, and third conductive pads. A first ESD protection element is electrically coupled between the first and second pads; and a second ESD protection element is electrically coupled between the third and fourth pads. A first device under test is electrically coupled between the first and third conductive pads; and a second device under test is electrically coupled between the second and fourth pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jen-Chou Tseng, Ming-Fu Tsai, Tzu-Heng Chang
  • Patent number: 10624536
    Abstract: A virtual reality-based ophthalmic inspection system includes a wearable unit, an electronic unit, and at least one detector; the wearable unit is available for an inspected object to wear the wearable unit on head; the electronic unit is assembled with the wearable unit and has a left-eye display zone and a right-eye display zone, wherein the left-eye display zone is used for displaying at least one left-eye sight-targets, and the right-eye display zone is used for displaying at least one right-eye sight-targets; the detector is disposed on the electronic unit. A sight-target with at least one distinguishing feature are shown on one of the left-eye display zone and the right-eye display zone, the left-eye display zone displays the sight-target while the right-eye display zone is filled with black, and the right-eye display zone displays the sight-target while the left-eye display zone is filled with black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventors: Ho-Fang Shen, Ming-Fu Chen
  • Publication number: 20200096562
    Abstract: An electronic element inspection equipment is provided, which is adapted to inspect an electronic element. The electronic element inspection equipment includes a first transmission track, a first rotational unit, a first image capturing device, a second image capturing device, a third image capturing device, a second rotational unit, a fourth image capturing device, and a second transmission track. The first rotational unit rotates around a first axis. When the first rotational unit moves the electronic element, the first image capturing device, the second image capturing device, and the third image capturing device capture images of the electronic element. The second rotational unit rotates around a second axis, wherein the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis. When the second rotational unit moves the electronic element, the fourth image capturing device captures one image of the electronic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Ting-Ming FU
  • Publication number: 20200086187
    Abstract: A golf club head and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The golf club head includes a club head body and a striking face unit. The club head body includes a main body and a coupling portion extending from the main body, defining an opening, and having an end that is concaved toward the main body to form an engaging recess. The striking face unit has a connecting portion and covers the opening. The connecting portion is inserted into the engaging recess of the coupling portion and is connected to the club head body. The club head body is made of a first metal material and the connecting portion is made of a second metal material having a melting point higher than that of the first metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: AKINORI SASAMOTO, TE-FU HSIAO, MING-FU SU, MIN-TSUNG CHEN
  • Patent number: 10567751
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives a video bitstream corresponding to compressed video, wherein Filter Unit (FU) based in-loop filtering is allowed in a reconstruction loop associated with the compressed video. The method then derives reconstructed video from the video bitstream, wherein the reconstructed video is partitioned into FUs and derives a merge flag from the video bitstream for each of the FUs, wherein the merge flag indicates whether said each of the FUs is merged with a neighboring FU. The method further receives a merge index from the video bitstream if the merge flag indicates that said each of the FUs is merged, and receives the filter parameters from the video bitstream if the merge flag indicates that said each of the FUs is not merged. Finally, the method applies the in-loop filtering to said each of the FUs using the filter parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Yeh Chen, Chih-Ming Fu, Chia-Yang Tsai, Yu-Wen Huang, Shaw-Min Lei
  • Patent number: 10549123
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assisting apparatus for assisting in performing brachytherapy. The position of an introduction element (17) like a catheter is tracked particularly by using electromagnetic tracking, while a group of seeds is introduced into a living object (2). This provides a rough knowledge about the position of the seeds within the object. An ultrasound image showing the group is generated depending on the tracked position of the introduction element and, thus, depending on the rough knowledge about the position of the seeds, in order to optimize the ultrasound visualization with respect to showing the introduced seeds. Based on this optimized ultrasound visualization the position of a seed of the group is determined, thereby allowing for an improved determination of seed positions and correspondingly for an improved brachytherapy performed based on the determined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ehsan Dehghan Marvast, Amir Mohammad Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Shyam Bharat, Sandeep M. Dalal, Cynthia Ming-fu Kung, Jochen Kruecker
  • Publication number: 20200030673
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a striking plate, a base block, a connecting unit and a bottom plate. The striking plate includes a bottom end and a top end. The base block is disposed separately from and extending away from the bottom end of the striking plate. The connecting unit is connected to the striking plate and the base block. The bottom plate is formed as a separate piece from the striking plate and the base block, and is connected to the bottom end of the striking plate and the base block. The base block and the bottom plate cooperatively form a sole portion of the golf club head and define a recess therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Akinori SASAMOTO, Ming-Fu SU
  • Publication number: 20200023242
    Abstract: A golf club head and a striking plate for connecting a shell of a golf club head are provided. The striking plate includes a plate body and at least one rib member. The plate body has a crown-connecting side, a sole-connecting side, a toe-connecting side, a heel-connecting side respectively connecting to a crown, a sole, a toe and a heel, a central portion surrounded by the crown-connecting side, the sole-connecting side, the toe-connecting side and the heel-connecting side, a front striking face, and a rear face. The at least one rib member includes two opposite end portions projecting rearwardly from the rear face, and a bridge portion connected between the two opposite end portions and spaced apart from the rear face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Te-Fu HSIAO, Min-Tsung CHEN, Ming-Fu SU, Chin-Tang CHANG
  • Patent number: 10528241
    Abstract: System, method, and computer product embodiments for controlling a display device's display settings from a computing device's touch-based user interface are described. In an embodiment, the computing device establishes a wireless connectivity with the display device. The computing device sends a command generated to query information related to the display setting. Then, the computing device receives the queried information from the display device. The computing device configures a graphical user interface (GUI) with the queried information to display configurations of the display settings on the touchscreen. The configurations include the display settings currently configured in the display device. The computing device further enables, within GUI, a displayed configuration from the display configurations to be calibrated by one or more touch gestures on the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ROKU, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Shaw-Jong Liu, James Harold Shaw, Anita Ranganath, Gregory S. Gates, Michael Chin-Ming Fu, Matthew Wee, Kevin Ralph Cooper, Charles L. Smith, Harold Sun
  • Patent number: 10516341
    Abstract: Synchronous rectifier gate voltage boost method and system. At least some of the example embodiments are methods of operating a power converter to create an output voltage, including storing energy in a field of a main transformer arranged for flyback operation, the storing during periods of time when a primary switch is conductive and current flows through a primary winding of the transformer; and then transferring energy from the field of the main transformer to the output voltage on a secondary side of the power converter; activating a secondary rectifier (SR) switch on the secondary side of the power converter during periods of time when the primary switch is non-conductive, the activating by: driving a gate of the SR switch without boost if the output voltage is above a first threshold; and driving the gate of the SR switch with boost if the output voltage is below the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Ming Fu, Chou-Sheng Wang, Zhibo Tao
  • Publication number: 20190387110
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a 3-D projection printing system and a system thereof, more particularly to a system adopts both ways of look-up table and interpolation method to calibrate. The embodiment of the present invention provides a portable calibration fixture system and a flexible 3-D projection printing system in order to improve calibration precision, facilitate calibration and printing operations, increase printing effect and save cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Chao-Shun CHEN, Chang-Chun CHEN, Ming-Fu HSU
  • Publication number: 20190380720
    Abstract: The present invention has a simple structure which is convenient in preparation and easy to use. Moreover, in combination with three-dimensional preoperative analysis and rapid molding technology, the present invention has a high customized precision and clinical applicability, and is cost-effective. Based on the three-dimensional preoperative analysis and 3d printing model, the problems of high technical difficulty and cost of the customized accurate implantation of acetabular cup prosthesis in the total hip arthroplasty can be effectively solved, so that the learning curve of operator can be shortened. The present invention can realize the customized accurate implantation of acetabular cup prosthesis without fitting the positioning guiding module with the articular surface area, so that the assisted positioning and assisted reaming depth determination are realized without removing the guiding module when the acetabulum is being reamed, thus the accuracy of the assisted positioning can be guaranteed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: The first Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Peihui WU, Weiming LIAO, Ming FU, Puyi SHENG
  • Patent number: 10511843
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop filter processing of video data in a video encoder or decoder are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention conditionally allow sharing of loop filter parameters. In one embodiment, sharing of loop filter information between the current block and a neighboring block is determined according to a condition. If the condition indicates that sharing of loop filter information is allowed, a merge flag is coded and incorporated in the video bitstream in an encoder, and a merge flag is parsed from the video bitstream and decoded in a decoder. In one embodiment, the condition depends on region partitioning of the picture, where region partitioning partitions the picture into regions and the region may correspond to a slice or a tile. The condition is set to indicate that sharing of loop filter information is allowed if the block and the neighboring block are in a same slice/tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: HFI Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Fu, Chia-Yang Tsai, Chih-Wei Hsu, Ching-Yeh Chen, Yu-Wen Huang, Shaw-Min Lei
  • Patent number: 10506947
    Abstract: A system for selecting a calibration includes a data structure (138) including non-transitory computer readable storage media having a plurality of calibration entries stored therein and indexed to position and/or orientation criteria for a field generator. The field generator is configured for placement in an environment for sensor tracking. A calibration selection module (140) is configured to determine a position and/or orientation of the field generator and, based on the position and/or orientation, determine, using the data structure, corresponding calibration information stored in the data structure. The calibration information is optimized based upon the position and/or orientation of the field generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Shyam Bharat, Ananth Ravi, Ehsan Dehghan Marvast, Cynthia Ming-Fu Kung, Jochen Kruecker
  • Publication number: 20190379260
    Abstract: An angular position sensing device for detecting angular position of a rotor of a motor includes a first resolver that includes an annular rotor, an annular stator, a plurality of excitation coils and four induction coils. The annular stator has a stator annular body, and a plurality of stator magnetic poles. One of the annular rotor and the annular stator surrounds the other one of the annular rotor and the annular stator. The excitation coils are respectively wound on the stator magnetic poles of the annular stator. The induction coils are respectively wound on four of the stator magnetic poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: MING-FU TSAI, WEI-TE CHUANG, CHIA-HSIANG LIEN, ZHE-WEI ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10500428
    Abstract: The present invention provides a trampoline comprising a top panel, and a main body, wherein the method that the top panel attached to the mail body is RF welding or heat sealing. The present invention also provides a trampoline wherein the top panel and the main body are formed as a single piece. The present invention further provides a method of manufacturing trampoline wherein the top panel is attached to the mail body by RF welding or heat sealing, or the top panel and the mail body are formed as a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Ming Fu Tseng
  • Patent number: 10504515
    Abstract: A voice control device includes a microphone module, a voice encoding module, a display and a processing unit. The voice encoding module is electrically connected to the microphone module. The processing unit is electrically connected to the voice encoding module and the display. The microphone module receives a voice signal and transmits the received voice signal to the voice encoding module. One of the voice encoding module and the processing unit analyzes and processes the voice signal to determine a sound source direction of the voice signal and obtains response information according to the voice signal. The processing unit controls the display to rotate to the sound source direction and transmits the response information to the display for displaying the response information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Yang Chih, Ming-Chun Ho, Ming-Fu Tsai, Cheng-Ping Liu, Fu-Bin Wang, Shih-Lun Lin
  • Patent number: 10497522
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard comprises a key assembly, a thin-film switch circuit board assembly, a base plate and a light guide plate. The key assembly is disposed on the thin-film switch circuit board assembly. The thin-film switch circuit board assembly is disposed on the base plate. The base plate is disposed on the light guide plate. The base plate and the light guide plate together form an aperture structure. The thin-film switch circuit board assembly includes a thin-film switch circuit board and a light-emitting unit. The thin-film switch circuit board forms a protrusion protruding toward the aperture structure. The light-emitting unit is disposed at the bottom surface of the protrusion and extends downward such that a lower end of the light-emitting unit is lower than a lower surface of the base plate so that the light-emitting unit emits light into the light guide plate directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Fu Yen, Chen-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 10481201
    Abstract: A multi-turret handler adapted to test a plurality of electronic elements is provided. The multi-turret handler includes a main turret and a test turret. The main turret includes a plurality of pickers. The test turret includes a plurality of movable brackets and a test unit. The test unit includes a plurality of lead pushers and a plurality of sockets. The movable brackets are moveable between a first position and a second position. When the movable bracket is in the first position, the pickers respectively pick and place the electronic elements on the movable brackets. When the movable brackets are in the second position, the movable brackets correspond to the sockets, and the lead pushers are respectively inserted into the movable brackets and the sockets to test the electronic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Ting-Ming Fu