Patents by Inventor Ming-Hung Tsai

Ming-Hung 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).

  • Publication number: 20180321792
    Abstract: A compensation method for an induced amount in a touch sensor and a touch panel thereof are provided. The compensation method uses a fake finger circuit to simulate the situations when a user touches the sensing nodes of the touch sensor with a finger, and obtains the gain coefficient of each of the sensing nodes, which are used to compensate for the induced capacitance generated by the sensing nodes as a result of being touched by an external object. In this way, the extra effects caused by the difference in basic capacitance can be eliminated by the gain coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: SUNG-HAN WU, MING-HUNG TSAI, CHE-CHIA HSU
  • Publication number: 20180164924
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel, a detection circuit and a processing unit. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with an external touch panel, and the receiving electrodes are respectively configured to output a detection signal. The detection circuit is coupled to one of the receiving electrodes and configured to modulate the detection signal with two signals to generate two detection components. The processing unit is configured to obtain a phase value according to the two detection components to accordingly decode transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Han WU, Yu-Han CHEN, Ming-Hung TSAI, Meng-Lin YU, Hsin-Chia CHEN
  • Patent number: 9952732
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel, a detection circuit and a processing unit. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with an external touch panel, and the receiving electrodes are respectively configured to output a detection signal. The detection circuit is coupled to one of the receiving electrodes and configured to modulate the detection signal with two signals to generate two detection components. The processing unit is configured to obtain a phase value according to the two detection components to accordingly decode transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Han Wu, Yu-Han Chen, Ming-Hung Tsai, Meng-Lin Yu, Hsin-Chia Chen
  • Publication number: 20180056039
    Abstract: A method for tracking and positioning a magnetic catheter and a structure of a magnetic catheter are disclosed for facilitating tracking and positioning of catheters in human bodies without using electromagnetic induction as conventionally used. When electromagnetic induction and remote magnetic control are used together, their respective magnetic fields may mutually interfer, increasing the risk of operational errors of the magnetic catheters they are working on. The disclosed magnetic catheter has an elastic unit. While the magnetic catheter bends, inductance variation caused by elastic deformation of the elastic unit is measured for calculating an actual bending angle of the magnetic catheter. Then the motion of the magnetic catheter can be amended accordingly. By using calculation instead of electromagnetic tracking, mutual interference between different magnetic fields can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: CHING-HSING LUO, MENG-DAR SHIEH, CHIEN-CHEN CHANG, MING-HUNG TSAI, HSIN-EN FANG, YI ZHANG, YANG-BEN LIN, WEN-HORNG YANG, MING-CHANG SHIH, CHENG-CHI TAI
  • Publication number: 20180059396
    Abstract: A microscopic image recognition system for detecting a protein-based molecule by presenting a recognition image is provided. The protein-based molecule has a state of a monomer. The microscopic image recognition system includes an image capturing unit, a monomer tracking module and a texture mask. The image capturing unit is configured to capture an original image of the protein-based molecule. The monomer tracking module is configured to capture a monomer image from the original image based on a predetermined size and a predetermined brightness. The predetermined size and the predetermined brightness correspond to the monomer. The texture mask is configured to perform a two-dimensional masking process on the monomer image to form at least two texture images. The recognition image is formed by superimposing the at least two texture images. A microscopic image recognition method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ching-Fen Chiang, Ming-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9898137
    Abstract: An object positioning method for touch panel is disclosed. In the method, an amount of sensing of a sensing signal can be detected and a sensing coordinate of an object can be obtained based on the detection. A positioning coordinate of the object can be locked in a point-locked mode when the amount of sensing of the sensing signal decreases continuously to be larger than a first threshold time and the amount of sensing of the sensing signal is smaller than a first sensing threshold value. Otherwise, the point-locked mode of the positioning coordinate of the object can be unlocked when the amount of sensing of the sensing signal is larger than a first sensing threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Tse Chung Su, Ming Hung Tsai, Chi-Chieh Liao
  • Publication number: 20180028782
    Abstract: A method for controlling a magnetic catheter by using a magnetic-field-generated magnetic annulus is disclosed. The magnetic catheter has a free end provided with a magnetic member. A resultant magnetic field between at least two magnets generates a magnetic annulus. The magnetic catheter is placed into the magnetic annulus, so that the magnetic member is affected by the magnetic force from the magnetic annulus to guide the magnetic catheter to perform a preset motion. The magnetic catheter has a flexible front section, so that the flexible section can perform a bending motion when led by the magnetic member. The resultant magnetic field is generated by arranging the two magnets with their like poles facing each other, so that the magnetic member is thrust when entering the magnetic annulus. This facilitates the bending motion of the flexible section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: CHING-HSING LUO, MENG-DAR SHIEH, CHIEN-CHEN CHANG, MING-HUNG TSAI, HSIN-EN FANG, YI ZHANG, YANG-BEN LIN, WEN-HORNG YANG, MING-CHANG SHIH, CHENG-CHI TAI
  • Patent number: 9844109
    Abstract: An infrared circuit for a single battery and a remote controller using the same are provided. The single battery outputs a battery voltage. The infrared circuit comprises an IR LED circuit, an inductor and a microcontroller. The IR LED circuit is coupled between the battery voltage and a common voltage. The inductor is coupled between the battery voltage and the common voltage. The microcontroller has an I/O port coupled to the inductor and the IR LED circuit. When infrared rays are emitted, the microcontroller controls the battery voltage to charge the inductor through the I/O port, and a continuous current of the inductor forces the IR LED circuit to turn on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Generalplus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin Chou Lee, Ming-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9825628
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission interface and a control circuit. The transmission interface includes a signal reference contact and a signal transmission contact. The control circuit is electrically coupled between the signal reference contact and a ground layer, in which the control circuit is configured to selectively conduct the signal reference contact and the ground layer, and when the signal reference contact and the ground layer are conducted, the signal transmission contact is configured to transmit a first signal, and when the signal reference contact the ground layer are not conducted, the signal reference contact is configured to transmit a second signal. A transmission frequency of the second signal is less than a transmission frequency of the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Synology Incorporated
    Inventors: Yen-Li Hsieh, Ming-Hung Tsai, Hung-Ming Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170255333
    Abstract: An object positioning method for touch panel is disclosed. In the method, an amount of sensing of a sensing signal can be detected and a sensing coordinate of an object can be obtained based on the detection. A positioning coordinate of the object can be locked in a point-locked mode when the amount of sensing of the sensing signal decreases continuously to be larger than a first threshold time and the amount of sensing of the sensing signal is smaller than a first sensing threshold value. Otherwise, the point-locked mode of the positioning coordinate of the object can be unlocked when the amount of sensing of the sensing signal is larger than a first sensing threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: TSE CHUNG SU, MING HUNG TSAI, CHI-CHIEH LIAO
  • Publication number: 20170222330
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a substrate having a first plane and a second plane, a plurality of cascaded antenna sets are arranged on the first plane, and each cascaded antenna set has a plurality of antenna units and a plurality of microstrip lines. Every two antenna units is electrically connected with one microstrip line, whereby the antenna units are cascaded through the microstrip lines. A signal processor is electrically connected with the middle microstrip line of each cascaded antenna set, and at least one input signal is fed into the cascaded antenna sets, and then transmitted to the outside antenna units from the middle antenna unit, thereby improving a gain of them. The present invention changes a fan-beam radiation field pattern of a cascaded antenna set into a multi-point pencil-beam radiation field pattern or a radiation field pattern with different angles, thereby increasing the overall gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: MING-HUNG TSAI
  • Publication number: 20170026038
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission interface and a control circuit. The transmission interface includes a signal reference contact and a signal transmission contact. The control circuit is electrically coupled between the signal reference contact and a ground layer, in which the control circuit is configured to selectively conduct the signal reference contact and the ground layer, and when the signal reference contact and the ground layer are conducted, the signal transmission contact is configured to transmit a first signal, and when the signal reference contact the ground layer are not conducted, the signal reference contact is configured to transmit a second signal. A transmission frequency of the second signal is less than a transmission frequency of the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Yen-Li HSIEH, Ming-Hung TSAI, Hung-Ming TSAI
  • Patent number: 9490799
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a transmission interface, a switch unit and a control unit. The transmission interface includes a signal reference contact and a signal transmission contact. The switch unit is coupled between the signal reference contact and a grounded layer. The control unit is coupled to the switch unit. When the control unit controls the switch unit to connect the signal reference contact and the grounded layer, the signal transmission contact is used to transmit a first signal. When the control unit controls the switch unit to disconnect the signal reference contact from the grounded layer, the signal reference contact is used to transmit a second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Synology Incorporated
    Inventors: Yen-Li Hsieh, Ming-Hung Tsai, Hung-Ming Tsai
  • Publication number: 20160320817
    Abstract: A method for performing power management in an electronic system and associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to at least one electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices of the electronic system. Based on the method, the electronic system utilizes a control electronic device within the plurality of electronic devices to send a first turning on signal to a first electronic device within the plurality of electronic devices to trigger the first electronic device to turn on, wherein the first electronic device is coupled to the control electronic device. The electronic system utilizes the first electronic device to send a second turning on signal to a second electronic device within the plurality of electronic devices to trigger the second electronic device to turn on, wherein the second electronic device is coupled to the control electronic device through the first electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yen-Li Hsieh, Ming-Hung Tsai, Chien-An Lin, Chi-Lei Ho
  • Publication number: 20160299633
    Abstract: An object positioning method for touch panel is disclosed. The method includes steps as follows: obtaining a motion estimation vector according to the operational analysis of a positioning coordinate and a sensing coordinate, and determining whether the length of the motion estimation vector is smaller than a predetermined distance or not, if the length of the motion estimation vector is smaller than the predetermined distance, outputting the positioning coordinate; on the contrary, if the length of the motion estimation vector is larger than the predetermined distance, updating the value of the positioning coordinate and outputting the positioning coordinate updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: TSE CHUNG SU, MING HUNG TSAI, CHI-CHIEH LIAO
  • Publication number: 20160282996
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel, a detection circuit and a processing unit. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with an external touch panel, and the receiving electrodes are respectively configured to output a detection signal. The detection circuit is coupled to one of the receiving electrodes and configured to modulate the detection signal with two signals to generate two detection components. The processing unit is configured to obtain a phase value according to the two detection components to accordingly decode transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sung-Han WU, Yu-Han CHEN, Ming-Hung TSAI, Meng-Lin YU, Hsin-Chia CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160212880
    Abstract: In an air guide heat sink and an air guide cooling module, the air guide heat sink includes a base and a pair of U-shaped air guide members. The base is connected with a plurality of fins. The pair of U-shaped air guide members is detachably connected to the base. The pair of U-shaped air guide members and the base surround and form an air guide channel. Each of the U-shaped air guide members has a vertical plate and two ends of the vertical plate extend towards a direction away from the base and form two horizontal plates. Thereby, the air guide cooling module and the air guide heat sink may be installed on the motherboard with electronic components densely disposed thereon. Additionally, the air guide cooling module and the air guide heat sink may receive maximum airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wei-Te WANG, Ming-Hung TSAI, Yan-Yu LEE
  • Patent number: 9285529
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a back plate, an optical film, a light source and optical microstructures. The back plate has a supporting surface. The optical film is disposed on the back plate. The supporting surface and the optical film have a gap therebetween. The light source disposed on the supporting surface is adapted to emit light toward the optical microstructures. Each optical microstructure includes first and second transparent structures. The first transparent structure connected to the supporting surface has front and rear ends. The front end facing toward the light source has a first concave surface. The rear end facing away from the light source has a convex surface. The second transparent structure connected to the first transparent structure has front and rear surfaces tilted in relative to the supporting surface. The front surface faces toward the light source, and the rear surface faces away from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Yung Liu, Ming-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9280925
    Abstract: A method for power-on sequence and a device with a low current power source are provided in the present invention. The method is used for enabling a device including a low current power source, a first circuit module and a second circuit module, wherein the low current power source is used for providing a power voltage. The method includes: switching a low voltage reset signal from a first logic voltage to a second logic voltage when the power voltage rise to a threshold voltage; enabling the first circuit module after a first preset time from the time when the low voltage reset signal switches from the first logic voltage to the second logic voltage; and enabling the second circuit module after a second preset time from the time when the first circuit module is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: GENERALPLUS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Luo, Ming-Hung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150366439
    Abstract: A method of operating an endoscope by changing a magnetic field and controlling a feeding and a rotation synchronously comprises steps of: providing an endoscope, the endoscope including a magnetic section formed on a front end thereof, the magnetic section having a multi-section bending portion and a magnetic element; and setting a target position in a space. The method of operating the endoscope further comprises steps of: exerting a magnetic field on the magnetic element of the magnetic section, any one of a size, a direction, and a position of the magnetic field is allowed to be changed after exerting the magnetic field on the magnetic element of the magnetic section so that the magnetic element is guided by the magnetic field; and controlling the endoscope to feed or/and rotate based on the target position and a bendable direction of the multi-section bending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: CHING-HSING LUO, MENG-DAR SHIEH, CHIEN-CHEN CHANG, MING-HUNG TSAI, HSIN-EN FANG, YI ZHANG, WEN-HORNG YANG, MING-CHANG SHIH, CHENG-CHI TAI