Patents by Inventor Sheng-I Hsu

Sheng-I Hsu 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).

  • Interface converting apparatus
    Patent number: 7377432
    Abstract: An interface converting apparatus that converts signals between a Secure Digital (SD) card and a Memory Stick Pro (MS Pro). The apparatus comprises a SD memory card interface, a MS Pro memory card interface, an address decoder and a micro controller. The micro controller is able to convert a memory address from the MS Pro memory card interface into a memory address needed by the SD memory card interface and vice versa, and the address decoder can then be used to access the data via the SD memory card interface or the MS Pro memory card interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Siliconmotion Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Kou, Chang-Lung Lu, Sheng-I Hsu
  • Interface converting apparatus
    Publication number: 20070080224
    Abstract: An interface converting apparatus that converts signals between a Secure Digital (SD) card and a Memory Stick Pro (MS Pro). The apparatus comprises a SD memory card interface, a MS Pro memory card interface, an address decoder and a micro controller. The micro controller is able to convert a memory address from the MS Pro memory card interface into a memory address needed by the SD memory card interface and vice versa, and the address decoder can then be used to access the data via the SD memory card interface or the MS Pro memory card interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Wallace Kou, Chang-Lung Lu, Sheng-I Hsu
  • A METHOD FOR SUPPORTING UNRECOGNIZABLE FLASH MEMORY
    Publication number: 20070050534
    Abstract: A method for supporting an unrecognizable flash memory, at least including steps of sending a parameter table comprising strings for error checking to a specified address, checking if the identification is unknown, reading the specified address in the flash memory to determine its cycle if the identification is unknown, checking if the strings for error checking are correctly read, and accessing the system code of the flash memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: SILICONMOTION INC.
    Inventors: Lung-Yi Kuo, Sheng-I Hsu
  • Hot-swap device applicable to ATA interface
    Publication number: 20030033465
    Abstract: A hot-swap device applicable to the ATA interface comprises at least an integrated drive electronics (IDE) hard disk drive controller for processing IDE instructions transferred from the ATA interface, wherein at least a program code is provided to the IDE hard disk drive controller for the same to execute and respond to the ATA interface “a virtual storage device” in the case of lacking a real storage device connected to the IDE hard disk drive controller directly or via the ATA interface, or if a “real storage device” is connected with the IDE hard disk drive directly or via the ATA interface, the ATA interface will receive response from the “real storage device”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Cheng-Chih Chien, Being-Fei Wu, Jou-Wei Fu, Lung-Yi Kuo, Sheng-I Hsu, Chung-Chi Tien