Patents by Inventor Pei-Ling Lai

Pei-Ling Lai 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: 11730305
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an extraction device for extracting soluble favors from raw materials that are distributed within liquid. The extraction device includes a first container, a second container, a valve, and an air suction device. The second container is configured for storing the mixture of the raw materials and the liquid. The valve is connected to the second container and the first container. The air suction device is connected to the first container and configured to decrease the internal pressure of the first container to a predetermined value. When the internal pressure of the first container reaches the predetermined value, the valve is activated to connect the first container to the second container. The disclosure also relates to an extracting method for using the extraction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Pei-Ling Lai, Chao Hsuan Chiu, Ying Lun Hsu, Yu-Fang Chen, Chia Ming Liang, Yu-Kai Su
  • Publication number: 20200345169
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an extraction device for extracting soluble favors from raw materials that are distributed within liquid. The extraction device includes a first container, a second container, a valve, and an air suction device. The second container is configured for storing the mixture of the raw materials and the liquid. The valve is connected to the second container and the first container. The air suction device is connected to the first container and configured to decrease the internal pressure of the first container to a predetermined value. When the internal pressure of the first container reaches the predetermined value, the valve is activated to connect the first container to the second container. The disclosure also relates to an extracting method for using the extraction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: PEI-LING LAI, CHAO HSUAN CHIU, YING LUN HSU, YU-FANG CHEN, CHIA MING LIANG, YU-KAI SU
  • Patent number: 9258343
    Abstract: A streaming data downloading method is illustrated, which is adaptive to a video player downloading a video file from a video server via Internet. The method includes dividing the video file into a plurality of time sections by the video player, sending several downloading requests to the video server for simultaneously downloading data corresponding to different time sections based on the number of the downloading requests. Therefore, data of the video file may be downloaded efficiently and waiting time for users may be drastically reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Pei-Ling Lai, Po-Hsu Chen
  • Patent number: 8907890
    Abstract: The present relates to a remote control method and a remote control system capable of switching different pointing modes. The remote control method includes a detecting unit of a remote control detecting a relative position between a first module and a second module of the remote control so as to generate a detecting signal, transmitting a pointing mode code to an electronic device according to the detecting signal by wireless communication technology, and the electronic device performing movement of an icon according to the pointing mode code and pointing mode relation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Pei-Ling Lai, Pin-Hsien Su, Sung-Yu Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Chen, Ming-Hua Hung
  • Patent number: 8745524
    Abstract: A display method is disclosed. The display method includes the following steps. Capture a facial feature of a user to obtain an image. Process the image to obtain a viewing angle of the user. Scroll page content displayed by a display element according to the viewing angle of the user. A display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Young Hsu, Pei-Ling Lai, Chia-Hsien Li, Li-Hsuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140108502
    Abstract: A streaming data downloading method is illustrated, which is adaptive to a video player downloading a video file from a video server via Internet. The method includes dividing the video file into a plurality of time sections by the video player, sending several downloading requests to the video server for simultaneously downloading data corresponding to different time sections based on the number of the downloading requests. Therefore, data of the video file may be downloaded efficiently and waiting time for users may be drastically reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: PEI-LING LAI, PO-HSU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130097623
    Abstract: A TV program recommendation method is provided. The method has the following steps of: collecting TV program information from digital broadcasts, which comprises a TV program table for a following week; querying a daily period record corresponding to a user to obtain a plurality of popular periods; querying a viewing time statistical table corresponding to the user to estimate at least one favorite TV program type and favorite TV program title of the user; determining whether the favorite TV program type or the favorite TV program title exists in the popular periods; adding the favorite TV program type or the favorite TV program title of the TV program table for a following week to a TV program recommendation table when the favorite TV program type or the favorite TV program title exists in the popular periods; and displaying the TV program recommendation table on the TV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: PEI-LING LAI, FANG-WEN KUO
  • Publication number: 20120262374
    Abstract: The present relates to a remote control method and a remote control system capable of switching different pointing modes. The remote control method includes a first wireless transmission module transmitting a first wireless signal with a first pointing mode code to an electronic device, a second wireless transmission module transmitting a second wireless signal with a second pointing mode code to the electronic device, and the electronic device performing movement of an icon at a first pointing mode or at a second pointing mode according to the received first pointing mode code or the received second pointing mode code and pointing mode relation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Pei-Ling Lai, Pin-Hsien Su, Sung-Yu Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Chen
  • Publication number: 20120242907
    Abstract: The present relates to a remote control method and a remote control system capable of switching different pointing modes. The remote control method includes a detecting unit of a remote control detecting a relative position between a first module and a second module of the remote control so as to generate a detecting signal, transmitting a pointing mode code to an electronic device according to the detecting signal by wireless communication technology, and the electronic device performing movement of an icon according to the pointing mode code and pointing mode relation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Pei-Ling Lai, Pin-Hsien Su, Sung-Yu Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Chen, Ming-Hua Hung
  • Publication number: 20120098743
    Abstract: An input method for a software keyboard is disclosed. The input method includes dividing the software keyboard into a plurality of character areas and displaying the software keyboard, generating a first touch signal, generating a first touch operation signal according to the first touch signal, selecting a first character area from the plurality of character areas according to the first touch operation signal, generating a second touch signal, generating a second operation signal according to the second touch signal, selecting a target character key from the first character area according to the second touch operation signal, and transmitting a character control signal corresponding to the target character key to a host for an input of the software keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Pei-Ling Lai, Yang-Peng Chen, Hung-Yang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20110197129
    Abstract: A media file access control method for a digital media player includes a) receiving a mode selection instruction; b) determining whether the mode selection instruction corresponds to a lite mode or a computer file mode; and c) if the mode selection instruction corresponds to the lite mode, performing steps of loading a plurality of multimedia files according to content of a pre-established favorites list recording respective names and storage locations of the multimedia files, and displaying thumbnails of the multimedia files in a first region of a screen of a display element. The thumbnails of the multimedia files are capable of being selected such that the multimedia files can be played directly and instantly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Yang HSU, Pei-Ling Lai, Yang-Peng Chen, Yung-An Fang, Hui-Yeen Chen, Yu-Chi Chang, Li-Hsuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20110084909
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprises a display module, a detecting module, a keyboard module and a processing module. The detecting module is capable of detecting a position of the display module. The keyboard module comprises a key portion and a plurality of light guide structures. The key portion comprises at least one physical key. Each light guide structure comprises a light source and a light guide element having at least one icon corresponding to the at least one physical key formed on a surface of the light guide element. The processing module can select a different light guide structure according to the position of the display module to show the at least one icon on the key portion corresponding to the position of the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Yu Hsieh, Chu-Chieh Chen, Pei-Ling Lai, Pin-Hsien Su, Hsiang-Ling Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100117949
    Abstract: A control method for a backlight module of a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The control method for the backlight module of the LCD includes following steps: capturing an image in front of the LCD by a camera periodically; recording time at which the image is captured when there is no human face detected in the image; calculating elapsed time, which there has been no human face detected in the image for, according to the recorded times; turning off the backlight module of the LCD when the elapsed time is longer than turn-off time for backlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Pei-Ling LAI, Chia-Hsien LI
  • Publication number: 20090271734
    Abstract: A display method is disclosed. The display method includes the following steps. Capture a facial feature of a user to obtain an image. Process the image to obtain a viewing angle of the user. Scroll page content displayed by a display element according to the viewing angle of the user. A display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Hung-Young HSU, Pei-Ling LAI, Chia-Hsien LI, Li-Hsuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20090212949
    Abstract: An alarm and a detection and alarming method thereof are disclosed. The alarm is used to monitor a computer system. The alarm comprises a control module, a motion sensor and a user input interface circuit. The method comprises the following steps: activating an alarming procedure by the user input interface circuit; detecting whether a motion signal is generated or not; if yes, executing an instruction inputting procedure; determining whether a correct instruction is inputted or not; if yes, deactivating the alarming procedure; and if not, executing an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chu-Chia Tsai, Wen-Chin Wu, Pei-Ling Lai, Chia-Hsien Li