Patents by Inventor Ming-Yu Hua

Ming-Yu Hua 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: 20090065335
    Abstract: A multi-functional keypad module for a mobile phone includes a circuit board, a light-emitting element, a soft light-guiding rubber layer, an optical touch layer, and a key layer. The soft light-guiding rubber layer is provided on the circuit board and has a plurality of protrusions each corresponding to the circuit board; thereby a feedback feeling from a pressing action and a light-guiding effect can be obtained. The optical touch layer is provided on the soft light-guiding rubber layer, in order to continue the optically enhanced touch-control and the feedback feeling. The key layer is provided on the optical touch layer, with a plurality of keys respectively corresponding to one of the protrusion, thereby completes and achieves the optically enhanced touch-control effect and feedback feeling. Via the above arrangement, the keypad module of a mobile phone has multiple functions of light guiding, touch-control, and feedback feeling from a pressing action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Wen-Chin Yao, Ming-Yu Hua, Hsien-Kuo Kao
  • Publication number: 20080205082
    Abstract: A super-thin light-guiding module with a side light-projecting function includes: a transparent elastic element, at least one light-emitting element, a displaying layer, and an elastic filling layer. The transparent elastic element has a plurality of light-guiding microstructures formed on a bottom thereof. The light-emitting element is disposed beside one side of the transparent elastic element. The displaying layer is disposed on a top side of the transparent elastic element, and the displaying layer has a plurality of transparent portions. The elastic filling layer is disposed between the transparent elastic element and the displaying layer. Therefore, when the light-emitting element projects a light to the transparent elastic element, the light is guided upward via the light-guiding microstructures of the transparent elastic element for making the light pass through the elastic filling layer and the transparent portions of the displaying layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Chen, Ming-Yu Hua