Patents by Inventor Wen Huang

Wen Huang 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: 20150048035
    Abstract: A liquid supply system includes a container containing a liquid, a tank coupled to the container to receive the liquid from the container, and a dispensing mechanism coupled to the tank to receive the liquid to be dispensed. The dispensing mechanism comprises a filter configured to filter the liquid before dispensing. The filter comprises a first gas collection space configured to collect gas accompanying the liquid. The tank is controllably coupled to the first gas collection space of the filter to vent the collected gas from the filter to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Huang LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150031110
    Abstract: A phytase having improved enzymaic activity is disclosed. The phytase has a modified amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the modification is a substitution of Valine at position 90 with Threonine. Alternatively, the phytase has a modified amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, wherein the modification is a substitution of Asparagine at position 204 with Alanine or a substitution of Serine at position 206 with Alanine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Rey-Ting Guo, Tzu-Hui Wu, Ya-Shan Cheng, Jian-Wen Huang, Hui-Lin Lai, Cheng-Yen Lin, Ting-Yung Huang
  • Patent number: 8941460
    Abstract: A rolled-up transformer structure comprises a multilayer sheet having a rolled configuration comprising multiple turns about a longitudinal axis. The multilayer sheet comprises more than one conductive pattern layer on a strain-relieved layer, including a first conductive film and a second conductive film separated from the first conductive film in a thickness direction. The first conductive film comprises an even number of primary conductive strips, where each primary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction, and the second conductive film comprises an even number of secondary conductive strips, where each secondary conductive strip has a length extending in the rolling direction. In the rolled configuration, turns of the primary conductive strips and turns of the secondary conductive strips wrap around the longitudinal axis. The primary conductive strips serve as a primary winding and the secondary conductive strips serve as a secondary winding of the rolled-up transformer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Xiuling Li, Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20150025297
    Abstract: Described herein are magnetic neural stimulation systems for the treatment of neurological disorders. One variation of a magnetic neural stimulation system includes magnetic stimulators shaped as helical or ramped coils, where each turn of the coil has an acute turning angle of less than 90 degrees. Also described herein are magnetic neural stimulation systems that include an array of stimulators and one or more shielding components. The shielding components modulate the density profile of the induced eddy currents to increase stimulation to targeted neural tissue regions while decreasing stimulation to non-targeted neural regions. Other variations of magnetic stimulation systems include one or more stimulators and a shield in which some of the induced eddy currents in the shield may act to attenuate the magnetic field in certain regions of the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hong-tsz PAN, Zhaoyin WU, Hsiu-Wen HUANG
  • Patent number: 8937463
    Abstract: A common-core power factor correction resonant converter includes an energy-transforming circuit. The energy-transforming circuit receives an input line voltage and generates an output power. The energy-transforming circuit includes a coupling inductor and a charge-storage capacitor. The coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are charged by the input line voltage in response to a control signal, so as to generate a charge-storage capacitor voltage. When the charge-storage capacitor voltage is charged to a preset voltage level, the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are discharged according to the control signal. Then, the energy in the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor is transformed to the output load and provide the output voltage or current regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Macroblock, Inc.
    Inventors: Lon-Kou Chang, Yi-Wen Huang, Han-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20150016506
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop filter processing of video data in a video encoder or decoder are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention conditionally allow sharing of loop filter parameters. In one embodiment, sharing of loop filter information between the current block and a neighboring block is determined according to a condition. If the condition indicates that sharing of loop filter information is allowed, a merge flag is coded and incorporated in the video bitstream in an encoder, and a merge flag is parsed from the video bitstream and decoded in a decoder. In one embodiment, the condition depends on region partitioning of the picture, where region partitioning partitions the picture into regions and the region may correspond to a slice or a tile. The condition is set to indicate that sharing of loop filter information is allowed if the block and the neighboring block are in a same slice/tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Fu, Chia-Yang Tsai, Chih-Wei Hsu, Ching-Yeh Chen, Yu-Wen Huang, Shaw-Min Lei
  • Patent number: 8933467
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) system includes a substrate, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and at least one light emitting diode (LED) that includes a Group-III nitride based material such as GaN, InGaN, AlGaN, AlInGaN or other (Ga, In or Al) N-based materials. The light emitting diode (LED) system can also include a polymer lens, and a phosphor layer on the lens or light emitting diode (LED) for producing white light. In addition, multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) can be mounted on the substrate, and can have different colors for smart color control lighting. The substrate and the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) are configured to provide an integrated LED circuit having smart functionality. In addition, the substrate is configured to compliment and expand the functions of the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and can also include built in integrated circuits for performing additional electrical functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: SemiLEDS Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Trung Tri Doan, Tien Wei Tan, Wen-Huang Liu, Chen-Fu Chu, Yung Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20150010055
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for significance map coding for 4×4 TUs (transform units) and 8×8 TUs of video data are disclosed. The method comprises receiving at least one context selection table for a first TU associated with a first color component and generating a derived context selection table for a second TU associated with a second color component from said at least one context selection table. The first TU has a first size comprising of 4×4 and 8×8. The second TU has a second size comprising of 4×4 and 8×8. The second size is different from the first size, the second color component is different from the first color component, or both the second size is different from the first size and the second color component is different from the first color component. The derived context selection table is then used for significance map processing of the second TU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsu, Tzu-Der Chuang, Yu-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20150010091
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for loop filter processing of boundary pixels across a block boundary aligned with a slice or tile boundary is disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention use a parameter of a neighboring slice or tile for loop filter processing across slice or tile boundaries according to a flag indicating whether cross slice or tile loop filter processing is allowed not. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the parameter is a quantization parameter corresponding to a neighboring slice or tile, and the quantization parameter is used for filter decision in deblocking filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsu, Chia-Yang Tsai, Yu-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20150009363
    Abstract: A video tagging method for use in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has an image capturing device and a processor. The method has the following steps of: recording a video via the image capturing device of the electronic device; and adding a tag to the recorded video automatically by the processor when a specific condition occurs during the recording of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Kuan-Wei LI, Hsien-Wen HUANG
  • Publication number: 20150010072
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing 2N×2N transform units (TUs) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a first-layer scanning order among four N×N sub-blocks of the 2N×2N TU; determining a second-layer scanning pattern for said four N×N sub-blocks; and providing scanned 2N×2N transform coefficients of the intra-coded or the inter-coded 2N×2N TU using double scanning based on the first-layer scanning order and the second-layer scanning pattern. In another embodiment, said determining the first-layer scanning order is dependent on the second-layer scanning pattern. The second-layer scanning pattern can be diagonal, horizontal or vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsu, Tzu-Der Chuang, Yu-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20150002017
    Abstract: A gas diffuser unit for a process chamber includes at least one controllable diffuser, a power source, and a controller. The at least one controllable diffuser is configured to generate controllable forces acting in various directions on a gaseous material in a flow of the gaseous material introduced into the process chamber, to spread the gaseous material inside the process chamber. The power source is coupled to the at least one controllable diffuser, and configured to supply power to the at least one controllable diffuser to generate the controllable forces. The controller is coupled to the power source and configured to control the power supplied by the power source to the at least one controllable diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Chien Kuo HUANG, Shih-Wen HUANG, Joung-Wei LIOU, Chia-I SHEN, Fei-Fan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150007069
    Abstract: A touch method is provided for reconfiguring icons displayed on an electronic device including a touch screen. The method includes determining which hand the user is using to operate the electronic device if the user operates the electronic device in a one-handed manner. Determining which icons displayed on the touch screen are preferred by the user. Moving the determined icons to a first area of the touch screen if the user operates the electronic device using a left hand. Moving the determined icons to a second area of the touch screen if the user operates the electronic device using a right hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: REN-WEN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20150003514
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for significance map context selection are disclosed. According to the present invention, the TUs are divided into sub-blocks and at least two context sets are used. Non-DC transform coefficients in each sub-block are coded based on the same context, context set, or context formation. The context, context set, or context formation for each sub- block can be determined based on sub-block index in scan order, horizontal sub-block index, vertical sub-block index, video component type, TU width, TU height, or any combination of the above. In one embodiment, the sum of the horizontal and the vertical sub-block indexes is used to classify each sub-block into a class and the context, context set, or context formation is then determined according to the class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsu, Tzu-Der Chuang, Ching-Yeh Chen, Yu-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 8915416
    Abstract: A nail guiding device for nailers includes a guide plate located between the opening of the casing of the nailer and the magazine. The guide plate has a guide slot and two flanges on two sides of the guide slot. The end of the cover contacts the flanges and the strike plate is movable within the guide slot. The guide plate has at least one guide block on a face facing the opening. An adjustment plate is located in the casing and has at least one adjustment block. A resilient member located in the casing and biases the guide plate to make the at least one guide block contact the at least one adjustment block or move over the at least one guide block to adjust the distance between the guide plate and the magazine, such that the nails of different sizes can be used in the nailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Tsung-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20140368761
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover glass, a flexible substrate, and a touch-sensing electrode structure. The flexible substrate is connected to the cover glass via a bonding layer, and the touch-sensing electrode structure is formed on the flexible substrate. The cover glass, the bonding layer, the flexible substrate and the touch-sensing electrode structure are arranged in order, with the flexible substrate being located between the touch-sensing electrode structure and the bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yi-Chun LIN, Ming-Kung WU, Hsiao-Ping LI, Ping-Wen HUANG, Cheng-Yi CHOU, Yu-Hua WU, Xuan-Chang SHIU, Chih-Yuan WANG, Ching-Fu HSU, Hsiao-Hui LIAO, Ting-Yu CHANG, Fa-Cheng WU, Wen-Chun WANG
  • Publication number: 20140369663
    Abstract: A multimedia playback system includes a multimedia device, for generating a control interface according to a request and performing an operation according to a control signal; a server, coupled to the multimedia device for storing the control interface generated by the multimedia device and generating the control signal according to an instruction signal; and a hand-held device, coupled to the server for accessing the control interface stored in the server and generating the instruction signal according to the control interface and an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Yiu Lin, Chih-Wen Huang, Bor-Lun Chang
  • Patent number: 8913656
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for in-loop processing of reconstructed video are disclosed. The reconstructed video data is partitioned into image units. The image unit corresponds to a Largest Coding Unit (LCU), a slice, or a tile. Horizontal deblocking is applied to the reconstructed video data across vertical image-unit boundaries and then vertical deblocking operates on n pixels of horizontal-deblocked video data on each side of horizontal image-unit boundaries. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the horizontal deblocking is applied to at least one of said n reconstructed lines to generate at least a horizontal-deblocked line for line pn?1. Sample adaptive offset (SAO) processing is then applied to at least a horizontal-deblocked line for line pn based on the horizontal-deblocked line for line pn?1. The above steps are performed before a neighboring image unit below the current image unit arrives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hsu, Yu-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20140365895
    Abstract: An electronic device is configured to receive a first request to display a user interface of a first third-party application on a respective display that is in communication with the device. The device is further configured to, in response to receiving the request, obtain a first user-interface template configured to be used by a plurality of third-party applications, and request, from the first application, one or more values for populating the first template. The device is also configured to receive, from the first application, while the first application is running on the device, a first set of values for populating the first template; populate the first template with the first set of values; generate a first user interface for the first application using the first template populated with the first set of values; and send information to the respective display that enables the first user interface to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Charles MAGAHERN, Szu Wen HUANG, Nicholas J. PAULSON, Thomas ALSINA
  • Patent number: D721697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Jen Chung, Po-Wen Huang