Patents by Inventor Richard Tan

Richard Tan 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: 10959298
    Abstract: One example includes a light-emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes an LED array comprising a plurality of LEDs that are each activated via an LED current provided therethrough to provide illumination. The system also includes an LED controller configured to sequentially activate the plurality of LEDs via at least one LED driver system configured to selectively provide the LED current through each sequential one of the plurality of LEDs in an activated state in response to an activation signal. The at least one LED driver system includes a voltage clamp configured to maintain a substantial constant amplitude difference of a driver voltage associated with the LED current from the activated state to a deactivated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Makalo Xie, Feifei Shen, Richard Tan, Alex Ruan
  • Publication number: 20200092963
    Abstract: One example includes a light-emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes an LED array comprising a plurality of LEDs that are each activated via an LED current provided therethrough to provide illumination. The system also includes an LED controller configured to sequentially activate the plurality of LEDs via at least one LED driver system configured to selectively provide the LED current through each sequential one of the plurality of LEDs in an activated state in response to an activation signal. The at least one LED driver system includes a voltage clamp configured to maintain a substantial constant amplitude difference of a driver voltage associated with the LED current from the activated state to a deactivated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Makalo Xie, Feifei Shen, Richard Tan, Alex Ruan
  • Patent number: 10524321
    Abstract: One example includes a light-emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes an LED array comprising a plurality of LEDs that are each activated via an LED current provided therethrough to provide illumination. The system also includes an LED controller configured to sequentially activate the plurality of LEDs via at least one LED driver system configured to selectively provide the LED current through each sequential one of the plurality of LEDs in an activated state in response to an activation signal. The at least one LED driver system includes a voltage clamp configured to maintain a substantial constant amplitude difference of a driver voltage associated with the LED current from the activated state to a deactivated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Makalo Xie, FeiFei Shen, Richard Tan, Alex Ruan
  • Publication number: 20180302966
    Abstract: One example includes a light-emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes an LED array comprising a plurality of LEDs that are each activated via an LED current provided therethrough to provide illumination. The system also includes an LED controller configured to sequentially activate the plurality of LEDs via at least one LED driver system configured to selectively provide the LED current through each sequential one of the plurality of LEDs in an activated state in response to an activation signal. The at least one LED driver system includes a voltage clamp configured to maintain a substantial constant amplitude difference of a driver voltage associated with the LED current from the activated state to a deactivated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Makalo Xie, FeiFei Shen, Richard Tan, Alex Ruan
  • Patent number: 9949327
    Abstract: One example includes a light-emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes an LED array comprising a plurality of LEDs that are each activated via an LED current provided therethrough to provide illumination. The system also includes an LED controller configured to sequentially activate the plurality of LEDs via at least one LED driver system configured to selectively provide the LED current through each sequential one of the plurality of LEDs in an activated state in response to an activation signal. The at least one LED driver system includes a voltage clamp configured to maintain a substantial constant amplitude difference of a driver voltage associated with the LED current from the activated state to a deactivated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Makalo Xie, Feifei Shen, Richard Tan, Alex Ruan
  • Publication number: 20160360584
    Abstract: One example includes a light-emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes an LED array comprising a plurality of LEDs that are each activated via an LED current provided therethrough to provide illumination. The system also includes an LED controller configured to sequentially activate the plurality of LEDs via at least one LED driver system configured to selectively provide the LED current through each sequential one of the plurality of LEDs in an activated state in response to an activation signal. The at least one LED driver system includes a voltage clamp configured to maintain a substantial constant amplitude difference of a driver voltage associated with the LED current from the activated state to a deactivated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: MAKALO XIE, FEIFEI SHEN, RICHARD TAN, ALEX RUAN
  • Patent number: 8985684
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a single arm adjustment mechanism for supporting an object, the single arm adjustment mechanism comprising: a support arm; an upper adjustment assembly coupled to an upper end of said support arm, said upper adjustment assembly capable of being coupled to said object such that said object pivots about a first axis; and a lower adjustment assembly capable of being fixed to a support and pivotally coupled to a lower end of said support arm such that said support arm pivots about a second axis parallel to said first axis in order to maintain said object in a desired angular orientation with respect to said support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd
    Inventors: Guoying Zheng, Soo Siong Richard Tan, Kuan Sheng Tan
  • Publication number: 20140312669
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a single arm adjustment mechanism for supporting an object, the single arm adjustment mechanism comprising: a support arm; an upper adjustment assembly coupled to an upper end of said support arm, said upper adjustment assembly capable of being coupled to said object such that said object pivots about a first axis; and a lower adjustment assembly capable of being fixed to a support and pivotally coupled to a lower end of said support arm such that said support arm pivots about a second axis parallel to said first axis in order to maintain said object in a desired angular orientation with respect to said support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE LTD
    Inventors: Guoying Zheng, Soo Siong Richard Tan, Kuan Sheng Tan
  • Patent number: 5069147
    Abstract: A touring system is provided on a waste processing plant which includes a number of processing stations, including reception, sorting, mixing na pumping, fermentation, pressing, and refining. A housing is provided on each station. A passage is connected between every two adjacent housings. A transparent dome is provided in each housing so that people in the housing may observe a processing or a treatment of the waste without feel disgust and may realize how the waste is reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Inventors: Palatan L. J. Tan, David Tan, Richard Tan
  • Patent number: 3979559
    Abstract: Modems having line verification circuitry for automatically advising that a direct distance dialed network has been connected between the communicating modems with the echo suppressors in the network disabled, is disclosed. The line verification circuitry is either identical for all modems or may be master/slave equipment. The line verification circuitry includes a first tone generator for emitting a unique tone for disablingthe echo suppressors in the telephone line. A communicating modem, upon receiving this unique tone activates a second tone generator that emits a different second tone which is not capable of disabling the echo suppressors but is capable of transmission through the telephone line when the echo suppressors are disabled. (63)disabling the at both modems respond to the first and second tones for automatically verifying the existence of the desired communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Milgo Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Charles William Roedel, Richard Borysiewicz, Richard Tan So, Larry Wayne Swan