Patents by Inventor Ming-lu Lai

Ming-lu Lai 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: 9069357
    Abstract: A robot device includes a base station and a robot. The base station transmits guiding signals. The robot receives the guiding signal by three receivers. A receiver is disposed at the robot, and the other two receivers are disposed at the right and left of the receiver at different angles. The robot bypasses toward right or left according to the guiding signal received by the receivers. When the strength of the guiding signal received by the central receiver decreases, the robot stops bypassing to spin and searches the guiding signal again till the strength of the guiding signal received by the central receiver is a maximum value. The robot has a fine tuning to return to the base station to have a charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Hsu, Ming-lu Lai
  • Patent number: 8914139
    Abstract: A Robot includes a main body, a Portable device and a supporting structure. The supporting structure is disposed at the main body for detachably connecting the Portable device. The Portable device reads digital media data from the main body or the Portable device itself, and plays the digital media data as video. After the Portable device is detached from the supporting structure, the main body and the Portable device operate independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Nilay C Badavne, Ming-Lu Lai, Tai-Ming Parng
  • Patent number: 7924237
    Abstract: An antenna device including a substrate, a ground layer, a first feeding element, a second feeding element, a first control circuit and a second control circuit is provided. The substrate has a top surface and a lower surface. The ground layer disposed on the lower surface includes a first, a second and a third ground portions. The third ground portion is separated from the first and the second ground portions by a first and a second slots, respectively. The first and the second feeding elements include a first and a second conductive feeding lines, respectively. The first and the second conductive feeding lines cross over the first and the second slots and are electrically connected to the first and the second ground portions, respectively. The radiation pattern of the antenna device is variable by selectively operating the first, the second, the third and the fourth control circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-lu Lai, Tzung-Yu Wu, Yung-Chi Fan, Chun-Hsiung Wang
  • Publication number: 20090115681
    Abstract: An antenna device including a substrate, a ground layer, a first feeding element, a second feeding element, a first control circuit and a second control circuit is provided. The substrate has a top surface and a lower surface. The ground layer disposed on the lower surface includes a first, a second and a third ground portions. The third ground portion is separated from the first and the second ground portions by a first and a second slots, respectively. The first and the second feeding elements include a first and a second conductive feeding lines, respectively. The first and the second conductive feeding lines cross over the first and the second slots and are electrically connected to the first and the second ground portions, respectively. The radiation pattern of the antenna device is variable by selectively operating the first, the second, the third and the fourth control circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Ming-lu Lai, Tzung-Yu Wu, Yung-Chi Fan, Chun-Hsiung Wang