Patents by Inventor Ping Hsin Chen

Ping Hsin 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: 11955297
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a base plate and a backlight module. The base plate has a short axis direction and a long axis direction, and the base plate includes at least one long slit. The long slit is disposed on the base plate along the short axis direction. The backlight module is disposed on the base plate. The backlight module includes a shielding sheet, a light guide plate and a reflecting sheet. An upper surface of the shielding sheet faces toward the base plate. The light guide plate is disposed on a lower surface of the shielding sheet. The reflecting sheet is disposed below the light guide plate. The reflecting sheet includes a plurality of first slits. When the length of the base plate is adjusted along the long axis direction, the reflective sheet is adjusted and moved along with the base plate by expansion of the first slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Ping-Ju Kuo
  • Patent number: 11923155
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a base plate, a plurality of keys and a backlight module. The base plate has a short-axis direction and a long-axis direction. The keys are disposed on the base plate. The backlight module is disposed on the base plate and includes a shielding sheet, a light guide plate and a reflecting sheet. The light guide plate is disposed on a lower surface of the shielding sheet. The light guide plate includes a plurality of light guide structures corresponding to the keys respectively. Each of the light guide structures includes a ring portion and at least one bend line portion. The bend line portion connects to the ring portion, and the ring portion is formed by a plurality of bending portions. The reflecting sheet is disposed below the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Ping-Ju Kuo
  • Patent number: 9689703
    Abstract: In one aspect, a map is provided for display by one or more computing devices. The map includes a first set of geographic locations. The one or more computing devices receive a zoom request for viewing the map. The one or more computing devices then determine whether a zoom level cutoff has been traversed. If so the one or more computing devices may select a second set of geographic locations, from a hierarchy of geographic locations, to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Shuangfeng Li, Liyong Chen, Lu Han, Jian Li, Bailiang Zhou, Chase Hensel, Ping Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 9658744
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to allowing users to create their own image navigation experiences. As an example, a set of panoramic images may be identified using manual and/or automated methods. One or more suggested potential paths connecting ones of the panoramic images may be determined. This information may be displayed to a user with an interface that allows the user to create and change relationships between the panoramic images. For example, users may activate the suggested paths and create connections between the panoramic images of the set. Users may also draw their own connecting paths between panoramic images. The panoramic images and the connections between them may be used to provide a navigation experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Donsbach, John Isidoro, Jeffrey Scott Beis, Evan Rapoport, Ping Hsin Chen
  • Publication number: 20160033295
    Abstract: In one aspect, a map is provided for display by one or more computing devices. The map includes a first set of geographic locations. The one or more computing devices receive a zoom request for viewing the map. The one or more computing devices then determine whether a zoom level cutoff has been traversed. If so the one or more computing devices may select a second set of geographic locations, from a hierarchy of geographic locations, to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Shuangfeng Li, Liyong Chen, Lu Han, Jian Li, Bailiang Zhou, Chase Hensel, Ping Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 9244940
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to allowing users to create their own image navigation experiences. As an example, a set of panoramic images may be identified using manual and/or automated methods. One or more suggested potential paths connecting ones of the panoramic images may be determined. This information may be displayed to a user with an interface that allows the user to create and change relationships between the panoramic images. For example, users may activate the suggested paths and create connections between the panoramic images of the set. Users may also draw their own connecting paths between panoramic images. The panoramic images and the connections between them may be used to provide a navigation experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Donsbach, John Isidoro, Jeffrey Scott Beis, Evan Rapoport, Ping Hsin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140304269
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. A first image is received depicting a scene with one or more persons. Face detection information is identified for each person in the first image. Identification information for each face detected is obtained without user intervention. The face detection information and the identification information are associated with the first image. The first image including the associated face detection information and identification information is sent to a server hosting a media sharing service. An access link to an event group is received. The event group includes an album of the first image and a first collection of images that share a set of common features with the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Shoji KIYOHARA, Henry BENJAMIN, Darren DELAYE, Ping Hsin CHEN, Simon HAN, Kevin SMILAK, Brian AXE, Hyduke NOSHADI, Kedar KANITKAR, Evan TSANG
  • Publication number: 20120314917
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. A first image is received depicting a scene with one or more persons. Face detection information is identified for each person in the first image. Identification information for each face detected is obtained without user intervention. The face detection information and the identification information are associated with the first image. The first image including the associated face detection information and identification information is sent to a server hosting a media sharing service. An access link to an event group is received. The event group includes an album of the first image and a first collection of images that share a set of common features with the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Shoji KIYOHARA, Henry BENJAMIN, Darren DELAYE, Ping Hsin CHEN, Simon HAN, Kevin SMILAK, Brian AXE, Hyduke NOSHADI, Kedar KANITKAR, Evan TSANG
  • Patent number: 8270684
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. Collections of images are received from different users, where each collection is associated with a particular user and the users may be associated with each other. The collections are grouped into one or more albums based on the content of the images in the collection, where each album is associated with a particular user. The albums from the different users are grouped into one or more event groups based on the content of the albums. The event groups are then shared automatically, without user intervention, between the different users based on their associations with each other and their individual sharing preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Henry Benjamin, Darren Delaye, Ping Hsin Chen, Simon Han, Kevin Smilak, Brian Axe, Hyduke Noshadi, Kedar Kanitkar, Evan Tsang
  • Patent number: 8194940
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. Collections of images are received from different users, where each collection is associated with a particular user and the users may be associated with each other. The collections are grouped into one or more albums based on the content of the images in the collection, where each album is associated with a particular user. The albums from the different users are grouped into one or more event groups based on the content of the albums. The event groups are then shared automatically, without user intervention, between the different users based on their associations with each other and their individual sharing preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Henry Benjamin, Darren Delaye, Ping Hsin Chen, Simon Han, Kevin Smilak, Brian Axe, Hyduke Noshadi, Kedar Kanitkar, Evan Tsang
  • Publication number: 20120027256
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for automatically sharing media between users is provided. Collections of images are received from different users, where each collection is associated with a particular user and the users may be associated with each other. The collections are grouped into one or more albums based on the content of the images in the collection, where each album is associated with a particular user. The albums from the different users are grouped into one or more event groups based on the content of the albums. The event groups are then shared automatically, without user intervention, between the different users based on their associations with each other and their individual sharing preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Henry Benjamin, Darren Delaye, Ping Hsin Chen, Simon Han, Kevin Smilak, Brian Axe, Hyduke Noshadi, Kedar Kanitkar, Evan Tsang
  • Publication number: 20030095380
    Abstract: An expansion station for a personal digital assistant includes a keyboard module, an internal circuit, an interface port unit, a cover module, and an I/O connector. The internal circuit is mounted in the keyboard module and is connected electrically to a keypad unit of the keyboard module. The interface port unit is mounted on the keyboard module and is connected electrically to the internal circuit. A positioning space is configured in an inner surface of the cover module for positioning removably the personal digital assistant therein. The I/O connector is disposed in the positioning space and is adapted to engage an I/O port of the personal digital assistant so that electrical connection between the personal digital assistant and the interface port unit is established via the I/O connector and the internal circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ping-Hsin Chen, Chuan-Yuan Lee, Shing-Beng Wu