Patents by Inventor Ming-Sheng Chen
Ming-Sheng Chen 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).
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Publication number: 20240136420Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate, a source and a drain. The semiconductor layer is located above the substrate. The gate insulating layer is located above the semiconductor layer. The gate is located above the gate insulating layer and overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The gate includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is extending along the surface of the gate insulating layer and directly in contact with the gate insulating layer. The second portion is separated from the gate insulating layer. Taking the surface of the gate insulating layer as a reference, the top surface of the second portion is higher than the top surface of the first portion. The third portion connects the first portion to the second portion. The source and the drain are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: AUO CorporationInventors: Kuo-Jui Chang, Wen-Tai Chen, Chi-Sheng Chiang, Yu-Chuan Liao, Chien-Sen Weng, Ming-Wei Sun
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Patent number: 11960141Abstract: Provided is a lens assembly driving module including a photographing lens assembly, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism. The photographing lens assembly includes N lens elements and has an optical axis passing through the N lens elements. The first driving mechanism drives at least N/2 said lens elements to move along the optical axis of the photographing lens assembly. The second driving mechanism enables a relative distance along the optical axis of two adjacent ones of the N lens elements to vary. Therefore, any specific one of the lens elements is capable of being driven to optimize optical imaging resolution of various fields of view independently within a real shot at different object distances.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Heng-Yi Su, Hao-Jan Chen, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng
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Publication number: 20240094497Abstract: An imaging lens module includes a casing, an imaging lens disposed to the casing, a lens carrier supporting the image lens, an elastic element connected to the lens carrier to provide the lens carrier with a translational degree of freedom along an optical axis, a frame connected to the elastic element such that the lens carrier is movable along the optical axis with respect to the frame, a variable through hole module coupled to the imaging lens and having a light passable hole with a variable aperture size, and a wiring assembly including a fixed wiring part at least partially located closer to the opening than the elastic element and a movable wiring part electrically connected to the fixed wiring part and the variable through hole module. The optical axis passes through lens elements of the imaging lens and the center of the variable through hole module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao-Jan CHEN, Heng Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Te-Sheng TSENG
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Publication number: 20240027895Abstract: A mask inspection apparatus includes a booth, a carrier, two linear scanners, a light source module and a control unit. The booth includes a platform including a slot. The carrier is movable along the slot. The carrier includes a support face for supporting the mask, guiding elements on the support face, and an inspection window in the support face. The support face extends above the platform. The linear image scanners are vertically movable respectively blow and above the platform. The light source module includes two light boxes on the platform. The light boxes are operable to cast light on an upper face of the mask in an upper position. The light boxes are operable to cast light on a lower face of the mask in a lower position. The control unit is electrically connected to the carrier, the linear image scanner and the light source module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20240027922Abstract: A mask inspection machine includes a platform unit for carrying a transparent container. The transparent container includes a lower window and an upper window. The platform unit includes a platform and a carrier. The platform includes a slot. The carrier is movable on the platform along the slot. The carrier includes a plate and guiding elements. The plate includes a support face including an inspection window corresponding to the lower window of the transparent container. The guiding elements are connected to the support face for guiding the transparent container onto the support face.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20230355028Abstract: A drip coffee filter structure in the present disclosure comprises a filter bag and two hanging ear devices designed at two lateral sides of the filter bag, respectively. The hanging ear devices make the filter bag hang on a cup upright or lopsidedly for extraction of coffee as required.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: MING-YANG CHEN, CHAN-LIANG WANG, MING-SHENG CHEN
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Patent number: 11768742Abstract: A data storage device is disclosed. The data storage device comprises a controller and a data storage unit. The controller comprises a firmware. The data storage unit comprises a first system storage sector and a second system storage sector. A state of the first system storage sector is preset as a display state by the firmware, and a state of the second system storage sector is preset as a hidden state by the firmware. The first system storage sector stores an original operating system, and the second system storage sector stores a backup operating system. When the original operating system damages, the firmware will recover the original operating system in the first system storage sector via the backup operating system in the second system storage sector; afterwards, a boot operation can be executed via the original operating system recovered, again.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Innodisk CorporationInventors: Ming-Sheng Chen, Chih-Ching Wu, Chin-Chung Kuo
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Publication number: 20230230867Abstract: A pre-aligner includes a base, a rotating unit, a platform and a sensing unit. The rotating unit includes a motor and an axle. The motor is inserted in the base. The axle is rotated by the motor. The platform is coaxially connected to the axle and includes electrodes for generating an electrostatic field for attracting the substrate. The sensing unit includes a box and a sensor. The box is located on the base. The sensor is movable in the box to sense the orienting portion of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: STEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20230227273Abstract: A loader includes a pre-aligner and a transporter. The pre-aligner includes a base, a moving mechanism, a platform and a sensing unit. The moving mechanism includes an axle inserted in the base. The platform is coaxially connected to the axle and formed with a fetching face operable for generating an electrostatic field to attract a substrate. The sensing unit is located on the base and operable for sensing an orienting portion of the substrate. The transporter includes a fork formed with a fetching face operable for generating an electrostatic field to attract the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: STEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20220255751Abstract: The invention provides a system capable uploading data into a blockchain, which comprises a data storage device and an electronic device. The data storage device comprises a controller, a plurality of flash memories, and a data transmission interface. The electronic device comprises a processor and a network communication component. The controller calculates a specific data stored in the flash memories by a hash algorithm to obtain a hash data corresponding to the specific data, and transmits the hash data to the electronic device. The processor of the electronic device uploads the hash data to the blockchain by a data chaining program so as to chain the hash data into the blockchain. Accordingly, the system chains the hash data corresponding to the specific data into the blockchain to ensure the security of the specific data in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: CHIN-CHUNG KUO, MING-SHENG CHEN
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Publication number: 20220247568Abstract: The invention discloses a digital signature system. The digital signature system comprises an electronic device and a data storage device. The electronic device generates a specific data by executing a specific operation, and calculates the specific data via a hash algorithm to generate a hash data. The data storage device comprises a controller, a plurality of flash memories, and a data transmission interface. The electronic device transmits the hash data to the data storage device via the transmission interface. The controller comprises a firmware. The firmware reads an unclonable function, and generates a private key according to the unclonable function, and encrypts the hash data by the private key to obtain a digital signature. The data storage device transmits the digital signature to the electronic device via the transmission interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: MING-SHENG CHEN, CHIN-CHUNG KUO
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Publication number: 20220244866Abstract: The invention discloses a digital signature system. The digital signature system comprises an electronic device and a data storage device. The electronic device generates a specific data by executing a specific operation, and calculates the specific data via a hash algorithm to generate a hash data. The data storage device comprises a controller, a plurality of flash memories, and a data transmission interface. The electronic device transmits the hash data to the data storage device via the transmission interface. The controller comprises a firmware. The firmware reads an unclonable function, and generates a private key according to the unclonable function, and encrypts the hash data by the private key to obtain a digital signature. The data storage device transmits the digital signature to the electronic device via the transmission interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: MING-SHENG CHEN, CHIN-CHUNG KUO
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Publication number: 20220187998Abstract: The invention provides a data storage device, which comprises a data storage unit having a controller and a plurality of flash memories, a microprocessor, and a network communication component. A data chaining program is configured in the microprocessor or the controller. The data chaining program calculates a specific data stored in the flash memories by a hash algorithm to obtain a hash data corresponding to the specific data, and chains the hash data into a blockchain by the network communication component. Accordingly, the data storage device can chain the hash data corresponding to the specific data into the blockchain to ensure the security of the specific data in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventor: MING-SHENG CHEN
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Publication number: 20220179755Abstract: A data storage device is disclosed. The data storage device comprises a controller and a data storage unit. The controller comprises a firmware. The data storage unit comprises a first system storage sector and a second system storage sector. A state of the first system storage sector is preset as a display state by the firmware, and a state of the second system storage sector is preset as a hidden state by the firmware. The first system storage sector stores an original operating system, and the second system storage sector stores a backup operating system. When the original operating system damages, the firmware will recover the original operating system in the first system storage sector via the backup operating system in the second system storage sector; afterwards, a boot operation can be executed via the original operating system recovered, again.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Ming-Sheng CHEN, Chih-Ching WU, Chin-Chung KUO
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Patent number: 11275591Abstract: The invention provides a data storage device comprising a controller and a data storage unit. The data storage unit comprises a first system storage area and a second system storage area. The first system storage area stores an original operating system, and comprises a first initial sector address. The second system storage area stores a backup operating system, and comprises a second initial sector address. The controller comprises a firmware. A boot pointer offset procedure is defined in the firmware. A boot pointer is preset by the firmware to point to the first initial sector address of the first system storage area, and therefore a boot operation is executed by the original operating system. When the original operating system damages, the firmware executes the boot pointer offset procedure to offset the boot pointer to the second initial sector address, and executes the boot operation by the backup operating system.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Innodisk CorporationInventors: Ming-Sheng Chen, Chih-Ching Wu
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Patent number: 11231880Abstract: The invention provides a data storage device capable of self-accessing data file, which comprises a data storage unit and a microprocessor. The data storage unit includes a controller and a plurality of flash memories. The microprocessor is provided with an operating system, and is connected to the data storage unit through a data transmission interface. The operating system is configured with a file system, and a driver program of the data transmission interface. The operating system of the microprocessor performs a data access operation to the data storage unit via the driver program to obtain a raw data. Then, the file system in the operating system performs a file parsing process to the raw data to parse out a file information of the raw data. Accordingly, the data storage device is capable of self-accessing the data file of the flash memories by the operating system configured in the microprocessor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Innodisk CorporationInventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20210303314Abstract: The invention provides a data storage device comprising a controller and a data storage unit. The data storage unit comprises a first system storage area and a second system storage area. The first system storage area stores an original operating system, and comprises a first initial sector address. The second system storage area stores a backup operating system, and comprises a second initial sector address. The controller comprises a firmware. A boot pointer offset procedure is defined in the firmware. A boot pointer is preset by the firmware to point to the first initial sector address of the first system storage area, and therefore a boot operation is executed by the original operating system. When the original operating system damages, the firmware executes the boot pointer offset procedure to offset the boot pointer to the second initial sector address, and executes the boot operation by the backup operating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: MING-SHENG CHEN, CHIH-CHING WU
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Patent number: 11123775Abstract: A substrate-cleaning apparatus includes a transmission unit, a wet cleaning unit and a dry cleaning unit. The transmission unit includes a movable clamp for clamping a substrate that includes a face without covering the face of the substrate. The wet cleaning unit includes a wiper and a liquid pump. The wiper includes a strip of cleaning cloth and an abutting element for pressing the cleaning cloth against the face of the substrate. The liquid pump sends cleaning liquid to the abutting element that in turn sends the cleaning liquid to the cleaning cloth when the abutting element presses the cleaning cloth against the face of the substrate. The dry cleaning unit includes a wiper comprising a strip of cleaning cloth for wiping dry the face of the substrate without leaving any water mark on the face.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: STEK CO., LTDInventor: Ming-Sheng Chen
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Publication number: 20210141563Abstract: The invention provides a data storage device capable of self-accessing data file, which comprises a data storage unit and a microprocessor. The data storage unit includes a controller and a plurality of flash memories. The microprocessor is provided with an operating system, and is connected to the data storage unit through a data transmission interface. The operating system is configured with a file system, and a driver program of the data transmission interface. The operating system of the microprocessor performs a data access operation to the data storage unit via the driver program to obtain a raw data. Then, the file system in the operating system performs a file parsing process to the raw data to parse out a file information of the raw data. Accordingly, the data storage device is capable of self-accessing the data file of the flash memories by the operating system configured in the microprocessor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventor: MING-SHENG CHEN
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Patent number: D1020713Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yi-Wen Chen, Ming-Sheng Shih