Patents by Inventor Wei-Ting Yen

Wei-Ting Yen 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: 11942814
    Abstract: A smart battery device includes a battery unit, a temperature-sensing unit and a processing unit. The temperature-sensing unit senses the ambient temperature to generate a temperature signal. The processing unit is coupled to the battery unit and the temperature-sensing unit. In a charging mode, the processing unit receives the temperature signal and obtains the power capacity of the battery unit. The processing unit sets full capacity according to the temperature signal and generates an indication flag when the power capacity of the battery unit reaches the full capacity, wherein the indication flag is used to indicate that the battery unit is in a fully charged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Publication number: 20240077540
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery device, a capacity measuring unit, and a microprocessor. The battery device outputs its remaining capacity and fully charged capacity. The capacity measuring unit includes a sensing resistor, measures the battery current of the battery device using the sensing resistor, and integrates the battery current to obtain the actual capacity. The microprocessor stores the fully charged capacity. When the battery device is in a specific state, the microprocessor calculates the capacity difference between the remaining capacity and the actual capacity. The microprocessor calibrates the fully charged capacity according to the ratio of the capacity difference to the remaining capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20230307938
    Abstract: A charging system for a smart battery, including a control device, is provided. The control device includes a processing circuit, configured to receive the charging voltage parameter and the charging current parameter, which were configured by the user, from the bus, and to cause the charging circuit to charge the battery according to the charging voltage parameter and the charging current parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20230120942
    Abstract: A battery device with a C-rate of 1 C includes a battery cell, a protection chip, and a microcontroller. The protection chip is electrically connected to the battery cell, determines whether to activate the protection mechanism of the battery device according to the state of the battery cell. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the protection chip, detects the RSOC of the battery cell. When an external power supply is electrically coupled to the battery device, and the RSOC of the battery cell is lower than 50%, the microcontroller controls the battery cell to perform a fast charging not over 10 minutes. During the 10 minutes of fast charging, the protection chip activates the protection mechanism, or the microcontroller detects that the battery cell has changed from a CC state to a CV state, the microcontroller stops the fast charging and restores the C-rate of the battery cell to 1 C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20230022867
    Abstract: A battery device includes a battery cell and a battery protection circuit. The battery protection circuit includes a microcontroller and a power-supply switch. The microcontroller receives a start signal, a repair signal, and an external-power-indication signal from the outside of the battery device. The power-supply switch is electrically connected to the battery cell. The microcontroller correspondingly outputs an enable signal to the power-supply switch according to the start signal and the repair signal, so that the power-supply switch disconnects the electrical connection between the battery cell and the battery protection circuit. The microcontroller correspondingly outputs a disable signal to the power-supply switch according to the start signal, the repair signal, and the external-power-indication signal, so that the power-supply switch restores the electrical connection between the battery cell and the battery protection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20220285966
    Abstract: A smart battery device includes a battery unit, a temperature-sensing unit and a processing unit. The temperature-sensing unit senses the ambient temperature to generate a temperature signal. The processing unit is coupled to the battery unit and the temperature-sensing unit. In a charging mode, the processing unit receives the temperature signal and obtains the power capacity of the battery unit. The processing unit sets full capacity according to the temperature signal and generates an indication flag when the power capacity of the battery unit reaches the full capacity, wherein the indication flag is used to indicate that the battery unit is in a fully charged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Patent number: 11431183
    Abstract: The battery device includes an energy storage unit, a temperature sensing unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit calculates the internal resistance of the energy storage unit to obtain a first increment corresponding to the internal resistance, and detects the charging voltage that is charging the battery device to obtain a second increment that corresponds to the charging voltage. The processing unit detects the discharging current of the energy storage unit to obtain a third increment corresponding to the discharging current. The processing unit further reads the cycle count from the storage unit to obtain a fourth increment that corresponds to the cycle count, reads the temperature from the temperature sensing unit to obtain a fifth increment that corresponds to the temperature, and determines the swelling rate of the battery device according to the product value of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth increments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Patent number: 11303147
    Abstract: A battery device includes a storage battery unit, a current sensing unit, a temperature sensing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The current sensing unit detects load current. The temperature sensing unit detects the battery temperature of the storage battery unit. The storage unit stores a cycle number, multiple threshold intervals, and multiple charging voltage values. According to the load current, the battery temperature and the cycle number, the depth of discharge of the storage battery is acquired. The storage unit stores the load current, the battery temperature and the cycle number. The processing unit operates a charging procedure. The charging voltage value corresponding to the working threshold interval is selected to be the main charging voltage value, and the DC voltage that is identical to the main charging voltage value is used to perform a constant voltage charge for the battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Publication number: 20220093977
    Abstract: A smart battery device is provided. The smart battery device is applied to an electronic device. The smart battery device provides power for the electronic device. The smart battery device includes a battery pack, a sensing resistor, and a main management chip. The sensing resistor is configured to sense the charging and discharging of the smart battery device. The main management chip is connected to the battery pack, the sensing resistor, and the electronic device. The main management chip is configured to manage the charging and discharging of the smart battery device. When the electronic device is not turned on, if the main management chip detects a leakage event in the electronic device through the sensing resistor, the main management chip will enable the smart battery device to enter a temporary failure state, which will stop the smart battery device from discharging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20210376638
    Abstract: The battery device includes an energy storage unit, a temperature sensing unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit calculates the internal resistance of the energy storage unit to obtain a first increment corresponding to the internal resistance, and detects the charging voltage that is charging the battery device to obtain a second increment that corresponds to the charging voltage. The processing unit detects the discharging current of the energy storage unit to obtain a third increment corresponding to the discharging current. The processing unit further reads the cycle count from the storage unit to obtain a fourth increment that corresponds to the cycle count, reads the temperature from the temperature sensing unit to obtain a fifth increment that corresponds to the temperature, and determines the swelling rate of the battery device according to the product value of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth increments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Patent number: 11171500
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smart battery device and a charging method. The charging method includes: obtaining a battery temperature of a battery unit; determining whether the battery temperature is lower than a first preset temperature; determining whether a current capacity of the battery unit is lower than a preset capacity when the battery temperature is lower than the first preset temperature; and enabling a heating system to increase the battery temperature when the current capacity of the battery unit is lower than the preset capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Publication number: 20210152008
    Abstract: A battery device includes a storage battery unit, a current sensing unit, a temperature sensing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The current sensing unit detects load current. The temperature sensing unit detects the battery temperature of the storage battery unit. The storage unit stores a cycle number, multiple threshold intervals, and multiple charging voltage values. According to the load current, the battery temperature and the cycle number, the depth of discharge of the storage battery is acquired. The storage unit stores the load current, the battery temperature and the cycle number. The processing unit operates a charging procedure. The charging voltage value corresponding to the working threshold interval is selected to be the main charging voltage value, and the DC voltage that is identical to the main charging voltage value is used to perform a constant voltage charge for the battery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20200403416
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smart battery device and a charging method. The charging method includes: obtaining a battery temperature of a battery unit; determining whether the battery temperature is lower than a first preset temperature; determining whether a current capacity of the battery unit is lower than a preset capacity when the battery temperature is lower than the first preset temperature; and enabling a heating system to increase the battery temperature when the current capacity of the battery unit is lower than the preset capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Publication number: 20200142005
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a battery module, a measurement unit and a processing unit. The battery module provides a power signal. The measurement unit coupled to the battery module measures the power signal of the battery module to generate a measurement signal. The processing unit coupled to the battery module and the measurement unit receives the measurement signal to calculate and obtain a power capacity of the battery module, and generates a first controlling signal according to the power capacity of the battery module and the monitoring time, such that the battery module enters a shutdown mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Patent number: 10620647
    Abstract: A regulating device includes a common mode choke, a switch device and a first control unit. The common mode choke includes an input side and an output side, wherein the input side is coupled to a power-supply device. The switch device includes a first input node, a second input node, a first output node, a second output node, and a third output node. The first output node is coupled to a first battery set, and the second output node is coupled to a second battery set, and the third output node is an empty node. The first control unit compares the first terminal voltage to the second terminal voltage for controlling the first input node to selectively connect to the first output node or the second output node and controlling the second input node to selectively connect to the second output node or the third output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Patent number: 10547185
    Abstract: A battery device includes at least a battery cell, a management chip and a bus. The management chip is coupled to the battery cell for detecting voltage or remaining capacity of the battery cell and managing an operation state of the battery device according to the voltage or the remaining capacity of the battery cell. The bus is coupled to the management chip. The management chip communicates with a host device via the bus. The management chip further determines whether the remaining capacity of the battery cell is not increasing while in a charging state. When the remaining capacity of the battery cell is not increasing while in the charging state, the management chip activates a protection mechanism to make the battery device exit the charging state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Patent number: 10523022
    Abstract: A power management circuit for a battery cell is provided. The battery cell is coupled to a load through an output terminal. The power management circuit includes a current detection circuit, a loading determination circuit, and a voltage determination circuit. The current detection circuit detects a discharge current of the battery cell when the battery cell is discharged through the load to generate a discharge-current signal. The loading determination circuit determines a loading value of the load according to the discharge-current signal to generate a loading signal. When the battery voltage of the battery cell drops to the cut-off voltage, the power management circuit terminates the discharge of the battery cell through the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Ting Yen
  • Publication number: 20190363566
    Abstract: A battery device includes at least one battery cell configured to store electricity, and a management chip coupled to the battery cell. The management chip controls the battery cell to discharge at a constant power. A plurality of voltage ranges or battery capacity ranges and a plurality of over-discharge current protection values corresponding to the voltage range or battery capacity range are set in the management chip. After the management chip detects and determines that the voltage or the battery capacity of the battery cell has fallen in one of the voltage ranges or battery capacity ranges, the management chip sets the over-discharge current protection value corresponding to the voltage range or battery capacity range as the present over-discharge current protection value of the battery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN
  • Patent number: 10338001
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for detecting a porous object are provided. The system includes a light emitting module, a detecting module and an analyzing module. The light emitting module emits light onto an object to be measured such that the light passes through a plurality of holes of the object. The detecting module has a porous plate having a plurality of non-circular holes and a plurality of photosensitive units respectively corresponding to the non-circular holes. Each of the non-circular holes corresponds to at most one of the holes at one time point. The light passes through the plurality of non-circular holes corresponding to the plurality of holes. The photosensitive units respectively sense luminous flux of the light passing through the plurality of non-circular holes to produce a luminous flux signal. The analyzing module analyzes a status of the plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of non-circular holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shih-Wen Yang, Chi-Lin Wu, Wei-Ting Yen
  • Publication number: 20190157883
    Abstract: A power management circuit for a battery cell is provided. The battery cell is coupled to a load through an output terminal. The power management circuit includes a current detection circuit, a loading determination circuit, and a voltage determination circuit. The current detection circuit detects a discharge current of the battery cell when the battery cell is discharged through the load to generate a discharge-current signal. The loading determination circuit determines a loading value of the load according to the discharge-current signal to generate a loading signal. When the battery voltage of the battery cell drops to the cut-off voltage, the power management circuit terminates the discharge of the battery cell through the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Wei-Ting YEN