Patents by Inventor Wei-An HSIEH

Wei-An HSIEH 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).

  • Publication number: 20120076169
    Abstract: This present invention discloses a detachable probe cover for an ear thermometer and a manufacturing method thereof. The detachable probe cover for the ear thermometer is for being mounted onto a measuring probe of the ear thermometer, wherein a combining mechanism is provided at a bottom of the measuring probe and the detachable probe cover comprises a main body of a hollow structure and a base, in which the main body has an open end and a closed end opposite to the open end, and the hollow structure has a diameter gradually reducing from the open end toward the closed end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Chih-Wei HSIEH
  • Patent number: 8133718
    Abstract: An analytical strip and a detecting method using the analytical strip are provided. The analytical strip includes a substrate having a channel thereon. The channel has a first region, a second region and a third region, which are arranged successively. A first antibody is localized in the first region. A saccharide and a peroxidase are localized in the first or second region. A second antibody for recognizing a different epitope of an identical antigen with the first antibody is immobilized in the second region. A substrate reagent including a saccharide oxidase is localized in the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Actherm Inc
    Inventors: Yi-Jen Wu, Chih-Wei Hsieh, Wen-Pin Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120056919
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a plurality of display panels and a time controller electrically coupled to each of the display panels respectively. The time controller is configured for sending out at least two priority control signals to each of the display panels according to an image data, to select at least one of the display panels to displaying the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Tung-Liang LIN, Sung-Kon Kim, Chun-Wei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120038516
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an amplifier, an antenna and a short element. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, wherein the circuit board includes a first edge and a second edge, and the first edge is opposite to the second edge. The amplifier is disposed on the circuit board and adjacent to the first edge. The antenna is disposed on the second edge of the circuit board, wherein the antenna transmits a wireless signal. The short element is disposed on the second edge of the circuit board, wherein the short element is separated from the antenna, and the short element couples with the antenna to reduce Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value around the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Hsieh, Shyh-Tirng Fang
  • Publication number: 20120039531
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for object color correction are provided. Two images of the same target provided by two image capturing devices are introduced into an image conversion model constructed by an image conversion algorithm, and a color coefficient and a luminance coefficient for color space conversion are found, so as to convert the two images to a target color space. Then, the two images in the target color space are introduced into an image color distribution space model constructed by the image conversion algorithm, so as to obtain two different image color distribution space principal axes. The two image color distribution space principal axes are compared and adjusted to be parallel, thereby adjusting a color difference between the two images. The two images that are adjusted are converted back to an original color space, so as to obtain the two corrected images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Chun-Wei HSIEH, I-Ju Tsai
  • Patent number: 8092082
    Abstract: This present invention discloses a detachable probe cover for an ear thermometer and a manufacturing method thereof. The detachable probe cover for the ear thermometer is for being mounted onto a measuring probe of the ear thermometer, wherein a combining mechanism is provided at a bottom of the measuring probe and the detachable probe cover comprises a main body of a hollow structure and a base, in which the main body has an open end and a closed end opposite to the open end, and the hollow structure has a diameter gradually reducing from the open end toward the closed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Actherm Inc
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110318822
    Abstract: This invention discloses an analytical strip comprising a substrate. The substrate has a channel provided concavely on the upper surface thereof. The channel comprises a first area for receiving a fluid sample, a second area for delivering the fluid sample, and a third area where the fluid sample reacts. These three areas are connected sequentially. Nitrocellulose layers are formed at the bottoms of both the second area and the third area. Each of the nitrocellulose layers comprises a hollow-matrix conformation. In addition, the nitrocellulose layer of the second area has an average thickness that is not greater than that of the nitrocellulose layer of the third area. The strip also comprises a reaction material formed in the hollow-matrix conformation of each of the nitrocellulose layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsieh, Wen-Pin Hsieh, Yi-Jen Wu
  • Patent number: 8038346
    Abstract: An electronic pacifier thermometer is provided. The electronic pacifier thermometer is composed of a pacifier device and a measurement device. The pacifier device has a built-in temperature sensing element (e.g., a temperature sensor) and a connector element. The measurement device contains a display, a circuit board mainly which is controlled by an integrated circuit, and a cable element. The circuit board contains an incomplete temperature measurement circuit that would be made complete through connection to the temperature sensing element. The temperature measurement circuit has a reference resistor (could also be installed inside the pacifier device) whose resistance difference is relative to the temperature sensing element in the pacifier device which is linearly corresponds to the temperature difference between the measured temperature and a pre-determined temperature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Actherm Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8021040
    Abstract: A disposable thermometer probe sheath includes a bottom piece and a plastic cover film sealed onto the bottom piece. The plastic cover film comprising an upper plastic sheet film and a lower plastic sheet film, each of which has a front edge provided with an opening, a rear edge provided with a tip, and a sealed peripheral edge except for the opening, so as to receive a thermometer probe. The plastic cover film is made of a flexible and deformable material, while the plastic cover film is provided with two notches respectively formed on two side edges adjacent to the tip. The upper plastic sheet film is provided with a first flap attached to the opening thereof, while the lower plastic sheet film is provided with a second flap attached to the opening. When the thermometer probe is inserted into the plastic cover film, the notches are tightly engaged with the thermometer probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Actherm Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Wei Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8010876
    Abstract: A method of facilitating reliably accessing flash memory is provided. During the write-in process, the present invention utilizes the steps of coding write-in data to generate extra data, and then generating the first error correction code by performing an error-correcting operation on the write-in data and the extra data. Finally, store the N write-in data and the generated K extra data into the data area and the first ECC into the spare area. During read process, the present invention utilizes the steps of reading data from the data area of the target flash-memory page to generate the second ECC, counting with the counter a number of bit differences between the first ECC and the second ECC, and selecting M data from the N write-in data and the K extra data as decoding factors to retrieve the N write-in data. The higher the counter values, the lower the likelihood the corresponding bit is selected to be retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Genesys Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-wei Hsieh, Tei-wei Kuo, Hsiang-chi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7975095
    Abstract: A cache device comprises a hard disk, cache control unit and at least one flash memory, whereby the cache control unit controlling and regulating the flash memory as the hard disk cache device. The present invention method is defined by setting up a management table to manage each corresponding logical block address of the flash memory through a cache data read-out step and cache data write-in step in order to manage the cache read or write action of the flash memory on the hard disk. In addition, the step of recycling a cache space and replacing cache temporary data storage is to remove and replace temporary cache and storage space within the flash memory on the hard disk. Moreover, the step of reconstruction management table is provided to reconstruct management table loss or damage caused by power outage or irregular shut-down of the computer and will be able to provide flash memory on the hard disk cache control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Genesys Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-Wei Hsieh, Po-Liang Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang, Tei-Wei Kuo, Cheng-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 7964370
    Abstract: An analytical strip and a detecting method using the analytical strip are provided. The analytical strip includes a substrate having a channel thereon. The channel has a first region, a second region and a third region, which are connected sequentially. A first antibody is localized in the first region. A saccharide and a peroxidase are localized in the first or second region. A second antibody for recognizing a different epitope of an identical antigen with the first antibody is immobilized in the second region. An optical substrate and a substrate reagent including a saccharide oxidase are localized in the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Actherm Inc
    Inventors: Yi-Jen Wu, Wen-Pin Hsieh, Chih-Wei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110084941
    Abstract: Described is a sensing device of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) touch panel having a new reflector columns and rows arrangement. As compared to the conventional design in the art where each of the reflector columns and rows are arranged from thinness to thickness, each of the arrangements of the reflector columns and rows herein is composed of a plurality of uniformly disposed reflectors having several sub-reflectors isolated with a gap or gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: SHANG-TAI YEH, Teng-Wei Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7917832
    Abstract: An apparatus for improving the data access reliability of flash memory is provided, including an instruction register, an address register, a flash memory control circuit, a data register, an encoder, an error correction code (ECC) generator, a signal converter, a comparator, an arbitrator, and a decoder. The instruction register and the address register are connected to a flash memory respectively for storing the access instructions and the addresses. The flash memory control circuit is connected to both instruction register and address register for controlling the access to the flash memory. The data register is connected to flash memory control circuit for loading data to be written to the flash memory. The encoder encodes the written data, and the ECC generator generates an ECC, which is written to the flash memory through the signal converter. The comparator and the arbitrator provide the comparison with ECC and informing decoder f suspicious bit values when data is read from the flash memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Genesys Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-Wei Hsieh, Tei-Wei Kuo, Hsiang-Chi Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110050561
    Abstract: A color electrophoretic display and a display method thereof are provided. First, three primary color display data is generated according to a color image data, and whether or not to display a color image is determined. When it is determined not to display the color image, the three primary color display data is converted into gray display data according to a gray gamut look up table to display a gray picture on the electrophoretic display. When it is determined to display the color image, the color gamut of the three primary color display data is adjusted according to a color gamut look up table to display a color picture on the electrophoretic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Su-Cheng Liu, Ted-Hong Shinn, Sung-Kon Kim, Chun-Wei Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110043421
    Abstract: An antenna is provided. The antenna includes a radiator, a feed conductor and a ground conductor. The radiator includes a body and a parasitic element. An aperture is formed on the body, and the body encloses the aperture. The parasitic element is connected to the body and extended into the aperture, wherein the parasitic element is connected to the body at a parasitic location. The feed conductor is connected to the body, wherein a signal, fed to the body by the feed conductor, travels on the body, and passes the parasitic location to the parasitic element. The ground conductor is connected to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Hsieh, Shyh-Tirng Fang
  • Publication number: 20110034310
    Abstract: A disposable thermometer probe sheath includes a bottom piece and a plastic cover film sealed onto the bottom piece. The plastic cover film comprising an upper plastic sheet film and a lower plastic sheet film, each of which has a front edge provided with an opening, a rear edge provided with a tip, and a sealed peripheral edge except for the opening, so as to receive a thermometer probe. The plastic cover film is made of a flexible and deformable material, while the plastic cover film is provided with two notches respectively formed on two side edges adjacent to the tip. The upper plastic sheet film is provided with a first flap attached to the opening thereof, while the lower plastic sheet film is provided with a second flap attached to the opening. When the thermometer probe is inserted into the plastic cover film, the notches are tightly engaged with the thermometer probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Chih-Wei HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20110032970
    Abstract: A disposable thermometer probe sheath includes a bottom piece and a plastic cover film sealed onto the bottom piece. The plastic cover film comprising an upper plastic sheet film and a lower plastic sheet film, each of which has a front edge provided with an opening, a rear edge provided with a tip, and a sealed peripheral edge except for the opening, so as to receive a thermometer probe. The plastic cover film is made of a flexible and deformable material, while the plastic cover film is provided with two notches respectively formed on two side edges adjacent to the tip. The upper plastic sheet film is provided with a first flap attached to the opening thereof, while the lower plastic sheet film is provided with a second flap attached to the opening. When the thermometer probe is inserted into the plastic cover film, the notches are tightly engaged with the thermometer probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Chih-Wei HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20110019496
    Abstract: An emulsification equipment is revealed. The emulsification equipment includes an atmospheric pressure container, a stirring unit arranged over the atmospheric pressure container, a temperature control unit disposed outside the atmospheric pressure container, and an ultrasonic vibrating unit set on the bottom of the atmospheric pressure container. Thereby, through the ultrasonic vibration energy generated by the ultrasonic vibrating unit being transferred to liquid, together with stirring of the stirring unit as well as temperature control by the temperature control unit, an emulsion formed by the emulsification equipment is with better refinement and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Chang-Wei Hsieh, Man-Hua Liao
  • Patent number: RE43206
    Abstract: A method and system of merging a pair of images to form a seamless panoramic image including the following steps. A set of feature points are extracted along the edges of the images, each feature point defining an edge orientation. A set of registration parameters is obtained by determining an initial set of feature points from a first one of the images which matches a set of feature points of a second one of the images. A seamless panoramic image is rendered using the first and second images with the set of registration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: TransPacific IP Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Wei Hsieh, Cheng-Chin Chiang, Der-Lor Way