Patents by Inventor Tung-Yi Chiang

Tung-Yi Chiang 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: 7278224
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a casing, a display unit, a roller, an encoder and a controller. The casing has a casing surface. The display unit is disposed on the casing surface. The roller is rotatably disposed on the casing surface with a portion of the roller being exposed outside the casing. The roller is for adjusting the voice of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device works at a voice-adjusting mode. The roller is for touching a surface and rotating on the surface to measure a length when the portable electronic device works at a length-measuring mode. The encoder disposed inside the casing is for outputting a pulse number. The controller receives the pulse number and determines a length value accordingly, and then controls the display unit to display the length value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventors: Tung-Yi Chiang, Po-Fu Wu, Chao-Ho Wang
  • Publication number: 20060267791
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a casing, a display unit, a roller, an encoder and a controller. The casing has a casing surface. The display unit is disposed on the casing surface. The roller is rotatably disposed on the casing surface with a portion of the roller being exposed outside the casing. The roller is for adjusting the voice of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device works at a voice-adjusting mode. The roller is for touching a surface and rotating on the surface to measure a length when the portable electronic device works at a length-measuring mode. The encoder disposed inside the casing is for outputting a pulse number. The controller receives the pulse number and determines a length value accordingly, and then controls the display unit to display the length value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Tung-Yi Chiang, Po-Fu Wu, Chao-Ho Wang