Patents by Inventor Mu Chen

Mu 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: 20150331425
    Abstract: An environment recognition guide system and method for guiding a movable medical equipment are disclosed. The environment recognition guide system includes a depth camera, an environment data storage device, and an object image recognition device. When the object image recognition device compares and determines an environment image pixel depth signal acquired by the depth camera matching predetermined object image pixel depth signals stored in the environment data storage device, the medical equipment is driven to move along a preset guide path. The movable medical equipment is further provided with collision protection function to prevent the medical equipment from collision with a front obstacle during the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: TE MU CHEN, YUN FENG HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20150323756
    Abstract: An optical lens includes a barrel and a protruding boss unit. The barrel defines a receiving space in which a plurality of components are disposed and arranged along an axis, and includes a front wall. Each of the front wall and the components has front and rear confronting surfaces opposite to each other along the axis. The protruding boss unit is formed on and protrudes from one of the adjacent two front and rear confronting surfaces, and abuts against the other one of the adjacent two front and rear confronting surfaces. The other one of the front and rear confronting surfaces abutted by the boss unit is flat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hung-Chang CHO, Yi-Man DENG, Hai-Bin ZHAN, Zhen-Mu CHEN, Qing-Shu YE
  • Patent number: 9164632
    Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate, first connecting pads, circuit units, and ground lines is provided. Each circuit unit includes a signal line, first electrodes, second electrodes, first connecting lines, and second connecting lines. The signal line extends along a first direction and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is located between a first side of the substrate and the second portion. The first electrodes are disposed beside the first portion, and the second electrodes are disposed beside the second portion. The first connecting lines respectively connect the first electrodes to the corresponding first connecting pads. The second connecting lines respectively connect the second electrodes to the corresponding first connecting pads through a trace region located beside the first portion, wherein the trace region and the first electrodes are respectively located at two opposite sides of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Pi-Lin Lo, Yen-Cheng Lin, Te-Mu Chen, Yi-Fan Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20150249024
    Abstract: A method for removing photoresist residue includes etching a photoresist layer disposed over a front side of a semiconductor substrate during fabrication of a semiconductor device, and exposing at least one of the front side and the back side of the semiconductor substrate to an atmosphere comprising active oxygen. The method further includes cleaning at least one of the front side and the back side of the semiconductor substrate with a cleaning fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mu-Chen CHEN, Yi-Tse HUANG, Wei-Fan LIAO, Han-Ti HSIAW, Chia-I SHEN
  • Publication number: 20150244195
    Abstract: A wireless charging device of the disclosure is used for carrying out wireless battery charging for an electronic device. The wireless charging device includes a wireless charger, a positioning seat, and an adjusting seat. The positioning seat is fixed with the wireless charger. The positioning seat and the wireless charger collectively form a sliding space. The adjusting seat supports the electronic device. The adjusting seat extends into the sliding space and slides along the sliding space relatively to the positioning seat, to adjust a location of a transmitter coil center of the wireless charger, which results that the transmitter coil center of the transmitter of the wireless charger aligns to a receptor coil center of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: SHIH CHUNG CHEN, SHU-MU CHEN
  • Patent number: 9107170
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a signal detection module and a power adjustment module. The signal detection module detects a received signal quality of a first wireless communication system. The power adjustment module is coupled to the signal detection module, and adjusts an output power in a second wireless communication system according to the received signal quality, so as to enlarge service coverage of the electronic apparatus in the second wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Yu Wang, Chih-Yu Huang, Te-Mu Chen, Wen-Pin Liao
  • Publication number: 20150207350
    Abstract: A power charging socket according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure is inlaid in a supporting body. The power charging socket includes a power socket module and a panel. The power socket module includes a power port exposed out of the panel. The power charging socket further includes a USB charging module and a baffle plate. The USB charging module includes a charging port exposed out of the panel. A wireless charging transmitter is located inside the baffle plate. One end of the baffle plate is rotatably connected with a bottom of the panel, and another end of the baffle plate is detachably connected with the panel. The baffle plate closes the panel to cover the power port and the charging port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: SHIH CHUNG CHEN, SHU-MU CHEN
  • Patent number: 9048268
    Abstract: A method for removing photoresist residue includes etching a photoresist layer disposed over a front side of a semiconductor substrate during fabrication of a semiconductor device, and exposing at least one of the front side and the back side of the semiconductor substrate to an atmosphere comprising active oxygen. The method further includes cleaning at least one of the front side and the back side of the semiconductor substrate with a cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Chen Chen, Yi-Tse Huang, Wei-Fan Liao, Han-Ti Hsiaw, Chia-I Shen
  • Patent number: 9041763
    Abstract: A method for establishing a video conference is provided. The method is applied in a video conferencing system. The system has a first electronic device, a second electronic device, a third electronic device, a fourth electronic device, and a server. The first and second electronic devices are associated with a first user. The third and fourth electronic devices are associated with a second user. The method is capable of building an audio communication between the first electronic device and the third electronic device over a telecommunications network; and building a video communication between the second electronic device and the fourth electronic device over an IP network simultaneously, wherein the video communication is parallel to the audio communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsueh-Cheng Hsu, Tsai-Mu Chen
  • Patent number: 9041687
    Abstract: A communication system is provided. A first device includes a first capacitive touch panel module. A second device includes a second capacitive touch panel module. A first overlapping area is formed when the second capacitive touch panel module of the second device is near to or contacts with the first capacitive touch panel module of the first device. The second device obtains data from the first device according to an electric field variation of the first overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Te Lai, Te-Mu Chen
  • Patent number: 9035901
    Abstract: A capacitive touch panel and operating and fabrication methods thereof. The capacitive touch panel has a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes. An electric field is formed by the receiver electrodes and the powered one of the transmitter electrodes. The changes, caused by the touch of a user, in the electric field are used in touch recognition. The receiver electrodes are all in a fork shape. For one receiver electrode, the teeth are spaced in a first distance. Note that adjacent teeth from different and adjacent electrodes are spaced apart by another distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Te-Mu Chen, Hsin-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 8988388
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for scanning a touch panel of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel and a control circuitry. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch sensors. The control circuitry is coupled to the touch panel. The control circuitry charges each of the touch sensors according to a preset charge period of the touch sensor and detects the maximum difference in charge characteristics of the touch sensors. The control circuitry adjusts the preset charge periods of the touch sensors according to the charge characteristics of the touch sensors and a preset limit of the preset charge periods of the touch sensors when the maximum difference is higher than a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Fan Hsueh, Te-Mu Chen, Pi-Lin Lo, Kuang-Hua Lee, Cheng-Hsi Liu
  • Patent number: 8974840
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel milk-fermented product comprising a group of peptides. The peptides are composed from no. 1 to no. 7 of the figure that is selected from the group consisting of FIG. 11 to FIG. 18. And the novel milk-fermented product is used for suppressing the reduction of bone mineral density. Therefore, the novel milk-fermented product could be a component of foods, nutrient supplement or medicine for treating or preventing osteoporosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: National Chung Hsing University
    Inventors: Chuan-Mu Chen, Hsiao-Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 8928218
    Abstract: A dielectric barrier discharge lamp includes a lamp tube, a discharge gas, a support member, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The lamp tube has a first and a second sealed end. The discharge gas is filled in the lamp tube. The support member is disposed at the first sealed end and extended toward the inside of the lamp tube. The support member has an accommodating space with its opening facing the inside of the lamp tube. The first electrode is disposed in the lamp tube. A first terminal of the first electrode passes through the opening of the accommodating space. A gap exists between an end of the first terminal of the first electrode and a closed end of the accommodating space. A second terminal of the first electrode penetrates and is closely fitted with the second sealed end. The second electrode is disposed outside the lamp tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Bee-Yu Wei, Jen-Hung Hsu, Ming-Kai Hsu, Chun-Mu Chen
  • Patent number: D735672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Chen, Brian Francis Davies
  • Patent number: D736160
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Chen, Brian Francis Davies
  • Patent number: D736161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Chen, Brian Francis Davies
  • Patent number: D737775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Chen, Brian Francis Davies
  • Patent number: D737776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Chen, Brian Francis Davies
  • Patent number: D746232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mu Chen