Patents by Inventor Ming-Wen Chen

Ming-Wen 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).

  • Publication number: 20150320346
    Abstract: The application concerns a handheld medical instrument for analyzing a body fluid, comprising a housing having a cassette compartment for receiving an exchangeable tape cassette, a transport mechanism comprising a manual drive which can be actuated by a user for rotating a tape spool of the tape cassette, such that a test tape of the tape cassette is wound forwards and functional elements stored thereon are provided for successive use, a stop device acting on the transport mechanism for a targeted stop of the test tape in a functional position of a functional element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Ming-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 9151742
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are hand-held medical devices, such as blood glucose meters, that include a housing with a cassette compartment for receiving an exchangeable test tape cassette, a drive assembly comprising an electric motor and a gear arrangement adapted for rotating a tape spool of the test tape cassette, where the gear arrangement has a worm drive in which a worm meshes with a worm wheel and a multistage speed-reducing unit comprising a plurality of spur gears arranged between the worm wheel and an output gear that can be directly coupled to the tape spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20130302221
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are hand-held medical devices, such as blood glucose meters, that include a housing with a cassette compartment for receiving an exchangeable test tape cassette, a drive assembly comprising an electric motor and a gear arrangement adapted for rotating a tape spool of the test tape cassette, where the gear arrangement has a worm drive in which a worm meshes with a worm wheel and a multistage speed-reducing unit comprising a plurality of spur gears arranged between the worm wheel and an output gear that can be directly coupled to the tape spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Ming-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20130207891
    Abstract: A projection system includes a pointing sensing apparatus and a projection apparatus. The pointing sensing apparatus senses at least one of a plurality of instruction signals, and outputs a sensing signal accordingly. The projection apparatus displays a pointing pattern according to the sensing signal. The projection apparatus includes a control module, a first storage module and a second storage module coupled to the control module. The control module receives a plurality of image signals of different formats and generates a plurality of shrink-image data according to the image signals, respectively. The first storage module stores one of the image signals. The second storage module stores the shrink-image data. The projection apparatus displays a normal display image according to contents stored in the first storage module or displays a shrink array image according to contents stored in the second storage module in response to a selecting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen-Wei Tsai, Kun-You Wu, Chi-Yu Lee, Ming-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 7980709
    Abstract: An optical projector includes a casing, a partition element, an optical projection module and a main board. The casing includes a main body, a first cover and a second cover. The partition element is disposed at the main body, and the first cover is detachably disposed on the main body. The first cover, the partition element and the main body together define a first accommodating space. The second cover is detachably disposed on the main body. The second cover, the partition element and the main body together define a second accommodating space. The optical projection module is disposed in the first accommodating space and the main board is disposed in the second accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Tse Huang, I-Hsien Liu, Yi-Chang Tsai, Ming-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20090219492
    Abstract: A detection device is mounted in a projector for detecting relations between an object and the projector. The detection device includes a detecting switch, a connector and a detecting circuit. When the object is placed into the detecting switch, the detecting switch is in an off state. When the object is withdrawn from the detecting switch, the detecting switch is in an on state. The connector is electrically connected to the detecting switch. The detecting circuit is electrically connected to the connector for activating the projector to be operated in a first mode in response to the off state of the detecting switch and activating the projector to be operated in a second mode in response to the on state of the detecting switch. The first mode and the second mode are associated with the temperature inside the projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Chang Tsai, Juita Liu, Ming-Wen Chen, Tzu-Tse Huang
  • Publication number: 20090213560
    Abstract: An optical projector includes a casing, a partition element, an optical projection module and a main board. The casing includes a main body, a first cover and a second cover. The partition element is disposed at the main body, and the first cover is detachably disposed on the main body. The first cover, the partition element and the main body together define a first accommodating space. The second cover is detachably disposed on the main body. The second cover, the partition element and the main body together define a second accommodating space. The optical projection module is disposed in the first accommodating space and the main board is disposed in the second accommodating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tzu-Tse Huang, I-Hsien Liu, Yi-Chang Tsai, Ming-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 6769959
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for reducing slurry usage in a chemical mechanical polishing operation utilizing at least one polishing pad thereof. Slurry can be intermittently supplied to a chemical mechanical polishing device. The slurry is generally flushed so that a portion of said slurry is trapped in a plurality of pores of at least one polishing pad associated with said chemical mechanical polishing device, wherein only a minimum amount of said slurry necessary is utilized to perform said chemical mechanical polishing operation, thereby reducing slurry usage and maintaining a consistent level of slurry removal rate performance and a decrease in particle defects thereof. The present invention thus discloses a method and system for intermittently delivering slurry to a chemical mechanical polishing device in a manner that significantly conserves slurry usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kei-Wei Chen, Ting-Chun Wang, Shih-Tzung Chang, Yu-Ku Lin, Ying-Lang Wang, Ming-Wen Chen, Kuo-Hsiu Wei
  • Publication number: 20030143924
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for reducing slurry usage in a chemical mechanical polishing operation utilizing at least one polishing pad thereof. Slurry can be intermittently supplied to a chemical mechanical polishing device. The slurry is generally flushed so that a portion of said slurry is trapped in a plurality of pores of at least one polishing pad associated with said chemical mechanical polishing device, wherein only a minimum amount of said slurry necessary is utilized to perform said chemical mechanical polishing operation, thereby reducing slurry usage and maintaining a consistent level of slurry removal rate performance and a decrease in particle defects thereof. The present invention thus discloses a method and system for intermittently delivering slurry to a chemical mechanical polishing device in a manner that significantly conserves slurry usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei-Wei Chen, Ting-Chun Wang, Shih-Tzung Chang, Yu-Ku Lin, Ying-Lang Wang, Ming-Wen Chen, Kuo-Hsiu Wei