Patents by Inventor Ming-Yu Chen

Ming-Yu 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).

  • Patent number: 9132574
    Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate with a microstructure and a method for producing the same. In this method microparticles of a random allocation by means of a natural self-assembly mechanism are used to coat on a master mold. Firstly, hollow micro glass particles within a specific size range are mixed with a UV-curable adhesive to become a mixed solution. Afterwards, the master mold is dip-coated in the mixed solution and the microparticles coated on the master mold are self-assembled. To fix the microparticles on the master mold to form a sphere array microstructure with a three dimensional random allocation, a UV light source is used to radiate the master mold for curing. Afterwards, an inverse mold with the corresponding microstructure is fabricated by electroforming or polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) casting the master mold. Thus, the inverse mold can be applied to the fabrication of a substrate with the corresponding microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Southern Taiwan Unviersity of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsin Chuang, Ming-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20150252187
    Abstract: A multifunctional environmentally protective polyurethane composite material comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane; an environmentally protective additive including recycled polymer, plant fiber, mineral, or metal powder; and a thickening dispersant including natural rubber or synthetic rubber. By the thickening dispersant, the environmentally protective additive is uniformly added into the thermoplastic polyurethane to form the multifunctional environmentally protective polyurethane composite material. The environmentally protective additive can reduce the existing amount of waste or suppress increase of waste. With the use of the thickening dispersant and the environmentally protective additive, the multifunctional environmentally protective polyurethane composite material has advantages of light weight, good flowability, slip resistance, abrasion resistance, formability and low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: SUNKO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Pang Liu, Chien-Chia Chu, Chien-Yuan Chiu, Ming-Yu Chen, Ting-Kai Huang, Yi-Jung HUANG
  • Publication number: 20150180525
    Abstract: A cover case suitable for an electronic device and being detachably attached to the electronic device includes an antenna module, a controller, a display unit, an energy storage unit and a charging circuit. The antenna module receives a wireless signal from the electronic device. The wireless signal includes display data. The controller is coupled to the antenna module and obtains the display data according to the wireless signal. The display unit is coupled to the controller for displaying the display data. The energy storage unit is coupled to the controller and the display unit. The charging circuit is coupled to the antenna module and the energy storage unit. The charging circuit converts the wireless signal into electricity via the antenna module and stores the electricity in the energy storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150049026
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device includes a storage unit, a touch display unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a first program. The touch display unit displays an input interface of a second program, in which the input interface includes virtual keys. The processing unit is electrically connected to the storage unit and the touch display unit. The processing unit determines that a first program activation signal is received when the input interface is displayed on the touch display unit and executes the first program in the storage unit such that the first program to processes the operation input of the input interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Yu CHEN, Hsin-Hao LEE, Tsung-Pao KUAN
  • Publication number: 20150029942
    Abstract: A pairing method for electronic devices is provided and includes the following steps. First, an ordering information is received, in which the ordering information is produced by the user ordering a second electronic device on an online store via a first electronic device. A provider of the second electronic device records pairing information of the second electronic device. The provider of the second electronic device transmits the pairing information to the user's first electronic device via communication network. When the user receives the ordered second electronic device, the first electronic device makes a pair with the second electronic device automatically according to the pairing information, so as to establish a wireless connection between the first and second electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Chen, Fu-Chiang Chou
  • Patent number: 8872787
    Abstract: A handheld apparatus is provided. The handheld apparatus includes a first touch pad, a second touch pad, an impedance unit, and a microprocessor. When an input tool touches the first touch pad and the second touch pad simultaneously, a touch voltage signal is generated on a common contact of the second touch pad and the impedance unit, wherein the resistance of the impedance unit is greater than that of the input tool. The microprocessor executes a specific function according to the touch voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Chen, Fu-Chiang Chou
  • Patent number: 8855349
    Abstract: A portable speaker having a base, a cover, a scissors mechanism, a positioning mechanism, a restoring element, a push-push type mechanism and a speaker module is provided. The scissors mechanism, the positioning mechanism, the restoring element, the push-push type mechanism are disposed between the base and the cover, respectively. The scissors mechanism translates the cover vertically. The positioning mechanism translates the cover to an original position, a first position or a second position. The restoring element repositions the cover from the first position to the original position or the second position. The push-push type mechanism fixes the cover to the original position or the second position. The speaker module is disposed in the base or the cover, wherein the sound from the speaker module is able to be output from the interval between the base and the cover when the cover is at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Shan Yeh, Ming-Yu Chen, Yien-Chun Kuo
  • Patent number: 8739053
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a first display unit, a second display unit, a sensing input unit and a processor. The first display unit and the second display unit are both disposed on the housing. The sensing input unit is coupled to the first display unit and the second display unit, and is used for sensing and receiving a user input. The user input enables a transferring behavior of displaying a second object in the second display unit according to a first object displayed in the first display unit. The processor is coupled to the first display unit, the second display unit and the sensing input unit, and is used for controlling the second display unit according to the user input to display the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Chen, Chao-Yi Chen, Cheng-Chieh Chuang, Chi-Nien Chen
  • Publication number: 20140139443
    Abstract: A touch sensing method and a portable electronic apparatus are disclosed in this invention. The portable electronic apparatus includes a display module, a touch module and a processing unit. The display module is used for displaying a user interface. The user interface includes a plurality of interface layers. Each of the interface layers has a layer depth index respectively. The touch module is used for sensing a touch input. The processing unit is used for mapping the touch input to one of the interface layers according to the touch input and the layer depth indices of the interface layers, so as to select or execute an application function on the one of the interface layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yih-Feng Kao, Ming-Yu Chen, Chin-Chung Shih
  • Patent number: 8625844
    Abstract: A method and a device for adjusting an output frame are provided. The present disclosure is suitable for an electronic device with a display. In the present disclosure, a relative position between a user and the display is obtained first. Then, an output frame which will be outputted by the display later is adjusted according to the relative position. As a result, the output frame is adjusted in advance to fit the present position of the user, so that the user views the output frame more easily and enjoys the best display result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8461801
    Abstract: A wireless charging jacket combined with a battery includes an induction coil, a control circuit, an isolation gasket, at least one conductive terminal, and a package material. The induction coil transforms an electromagnetic wave into an electrical energy. The control circuit performs a wireless charging operation upon the battery by using the electrical energy transformed by the induction coil. The isolation gasket is used for isolating the electromagnetic wave. The conductive terminal is coupled to the control circuit, wherein the wireless charging jacket performs the wireless charging operation upon the battery via the conductive terminal. The package material at least partially covers the battery, such that the battery is installed in the wireless charging jacket. The induction coil, the control circuit, the isolation gasket, and the conductive terminal are disposed on the package material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8406238
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and an image communication method thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display, a processing module and a memory. The processing module provides frame data of a corresponding frame for the display to show, enables the portable electronic device to emulate a virtual storage device under a communication link, and produces image data compliant with a file format according to the frame data of the frame. The memory stores the image data, which can be read through the communication link. The processing module provides a frame data update for the display to show and updates the image data according to the frame data update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20130028457
    Abstract: A portable speaker having a base, a cover, a scissors mechanism, a positioning mechanism, a restoring element, a push-push type mechanism and a speaker module is provided. The scissors mechanism, the positioning mechanism, the restoring element, the push-push type mechanism are disposed between the base and the cover, respectively. The scissors mechanism translates the cover vertically. The positioning mechanism translates the cover to an original position, a first position or a second position. The restoring element repositions the cover from the first position to the original position or the second position. The push-push type mechanism fixes the cover to the original position or the second position. The speaker module is disposed in the base or the cover, wherein the sound from the speaker module is able to be output from the interval between the base and the cover when the cover is at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Shan Yeh, Ming-Yu Chen, Yien-Chun Kuo
  • Patent number: 8284781
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and an image communication method thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display, a processing module and a memory. The processing module provides frame data of a corresponding frame for the display to show, enables the portable electronic device to emulate a virtual storage device under a communication link, and produces image data compliant with a file format according to the frame data of the frame. The memory stores the image data, which can be read through the communication link. The processing module provides a frame data update for the display to show and updates the image data according to the frame data update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20120194533
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and an image communication method thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display, a processing module and a memory. The processing module provides frame data of a corresponding frame for the display to show, enables the portable electronic device to emulate a virtual storage device under a communication link, and produces image data compliant with a file format according to the frame data of the frame. The memory stores the image data, which can be read through the communication link. The processing module provides a frame data update for the display to show and updates the image data according to the frame data update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20120183797
    Abstract: A polymer composite composition includes a polyolefin, a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, and a filler. The filler is in an amount ranging from 40 to 90 wt % based on the weight of the polymer composite composition. The weight ratio of the thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer to the polyolefin ranges from 19:1 to 1:19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: WIN TON PLASTICS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110285347
    Abstract: A wireless charging jacket combined with a battery includes an induction coil, a control circuit, an isolation gasket, at least one conductive terminal, and a package material. The induction coil transforms an electromagnetic wave into an electrical energy. The control circuit performs a wireless charging operation upon the battery by using the electrical energy transformed by the induction coil. The isolation gasket is used for isolating the electromagnetic wave. The conductive terminal is coupled to the control circuit, wherein the wireless charging jacket performs the wireless charging operation upon the battery via the conductive terminal. The package material at least partially covers the battery, such that the battery is installed in the wireless charging jacket. The induction coil, the control circuit, the isolation gasket, and the conductive terminal are disposed on the package material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8054661
    Abstract: An AC adapter including an AC-side plug module and a DC-side connector module coupled to each other is provided. A first voltage-reducing element and a relay are electrically coupled to an AC power supply. An AC-to-DC converter is electrically coupled to the relay. The DC-side connector module has a mechanical switch element electrically coupled to the relay and the first voltage-reducing element. When the DC-side connector module is connected to a device socket, the mechanical switch element is turned on and the relay is enabled, so that the electrical power of the AC power supply is transmitted to the AC-to-DC converter through the enabled relay. When the DC-side connector module is disconnected from the device socket, the mechanical switch element is turned off and the relay is disabled, so that the electrical power of the AC power supply is not transmitted to the AC-to-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Chen, Fu-Chiang Chou
  • Publication number: 20110261004
    Abstract: A handheld apparatus is provided. The handheld apparatus includes a first touch pad, a second touch pad, an impedance unit, and a microprocessor. When an input tool touches the first touch pad and the second touch pad simultaneously, a touch voltage signal is generated on a common contact of the second touch pad and the impedance unit, wherein the resistance of the impedance unit is greater than that of the input tool. The microprocessor executes a specific function according to the touch voltage signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Chen, Fu-Chiang Chou
  • Publication number: 20100271543
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and an image communication method thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a display, a processing module and a memory. The processing module provides frame data of a corresponding frame for the display to show, enables the portable electronic device to emulate a virtual storage device under a communication link, and produces image data compliant with a file format according to the frame data of the frame. The memory stores the image data, which can be read through the communication link. The processing module provides a frame data update for the display to show and updates the image data according to the frame data update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming-Yu Chen