Patents by Inventor Wen Lo

Wen Lo 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).

  • Microresistor
    Patent number: 9704623
    Abstract: A micro-resistor includes a resistor material layer, an electrode set and a first protective layer. The electrode set includes a first electrode and a second electrode to define an opening which exposes the resistor material layer. A space between the first electrode and the second electrode represents an opening size. The first protective layer covers the opening completely and has a coverage size along a direction parallel with the space. The micro-resistor has a resistance of less than 5 milliohm and the difference of the opening size and the coverage size is less than 3100 micrometer to make the temperature coefficient of electrical resistance of the micro-resistor not greater than 150 ppm/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huang-Chou Chen, Ta-Wen Lo, Chun-Cheng Yao
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING ENCODING OF STREAMING DATA
    Publication number: 20170134729
    Abstract: A method for scheduling encoding of streaming data by a scheduling apparatus includes: when there is at least one idle hardware encoder and there is no full GOF in any one of the at least one streaming buffer, but there is at least one non-full GOF in any one of the at least one streaming buffer, then, calculating a reception rate of each of the at least one non-full GOF, and starting encoding already-received frames of the one of the at least one non-full GOF with a highest reception rate using one of the at least one idle hardware encoder; and if there is at least one idle hardware encoder and there is at least one full GOF in any one of the at least one streaming buffer, encoding one of the at least one full GOF using one of the at least one idle hardware encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chi-Wen LO, Hao-Ping KANG
  • MICRORESISTOR
    Publication number: 20170018340
    Abstract: A micro-resistor includes a resistor material layer, an electrode set and a first protective layer. The electrode set includes a first electrode and a second electrode to define an opening which exposes the resistor material layer. A space between the first electrode and the second electrode represents an opening size. The first protective layer covers the opening completely and has a coverage size along a direction parallel with the space. The micro-resistor has a resistance of less than 5 milliohm and the difference of the opening size and the coverage size is less than 3100 micrometer to make the temperature coefficient of electrical resistance of the micro-resistor not greater than 150 ppm/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Huang-Chou Chen, Ta-Wen Lo, Chun-Cheng Yao
  • Method for fast manufacturing of organic fertilizer
    Patent number: 9475736
    Abstract: A method for fast manufacturing of organic fertilizer is a method utilizing the capability of super water soul of the quick deodorization, sterilization, catalysis, decomposition and transformation of natural plant stem fiber to generate abundant organic, and matters such as minerals and trace elements, and the characteristics of zeolite of the fast absorption and decomposition of harmful matters, the elimination of the sour and odor of corruptive organic matters and removal of toxic heavy metals, containing a composition formed of abundant minerals, extremely scarce trace elements in the cultivated soil of the surface of the earth at present and broken particles of kilned bricks together, and heating, stirring organic waste, decomposing, catalyzing it fast to become organic fertilizer containing a large content of trace elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Wen Lo Chen
  • ACTION RECOGNIZITION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160305875
    Abstract: An action recognition system is illustrated. The action recognition system has an annular body, at least one light emitting unit, at least one light sensing unit and an action recognition module. The annular body is worn on a movable part of a user. One end of the light emitting unit is exposed on an inner side of the annular body, wherein the light emitting unit emits a first light beam illuminating at least a portion of the movable part. One end of the light sensing unit is exposed on the inner side of the annular body. The light sensing unit operatively senses a second light beam reflected by the at least portion of the movable part and generates a light sensing signal. The action recognition module is configured to operatively determine an action of the user according to the light sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: REN-HAU GU, CHUNG-WEN LO
  • Method For Fast Manufacturing Of Organic Fertilizer
    Publication number: 20160272552
    Abstract: A method for fast manufacturing of organic fertilizer is a method utilizing the capability of super water soul of the quick deodorization, sterilization, catalysis, decomposition and transformation of natural plant stem fiber to generate abundant organic, and matters such as minerals and trace elements, and the characteristics of zeolite of the fast absorption and decomposition of harmful matters, the elimination of the sour and odor of corruptive organic matters and removal of toxic heavy metals, containing a composition formed of abundant minerals, extremely scarce trace elements in the cultivated soil of the surface of the earth at present and broken particles of kilned bricks together, and heating, stirring organic waste, decomposing, catalyzing it fast to become organic fertilizer containing a large content of trace elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Wen Lo Chen
  • Pharmaceutical composition
    Patent number: 9408917
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition includes a chitosan with palmitoyl groups and an active agent. According to another embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition can further include a gelling accelerating agent. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the active agent of the disclosure can be administered in the form of a nano-drug, liposome, micelle, or microparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Maggie J. M. Lu, Yu-Wen Lo, Chih-Peng Liu, Chia-Wen Huang, Shuen-Hsiang Chou, Po-Hung Lai, Tsan-Lin Hu, Min-Ying Lin, Chia-Mu Tu
  • Capacitive finger navigation device with hybrid mode and operating method thereof
    Patent number: 9395858
    Abstract: There is provided an operating method of a capacitive finger navigation device including the steps of: calculating a touch coordinate according to a predetermined position coordinate and associated detected variation of each of a plurality of detecting cells when the associated detected variations of the detecting cells exceed a threshold; mapping the touch coordinate to a touch position associated with a touch surface; entering a relative motion mode when the touch position is in a first area; and entering an absolute coordinate mode when the touch position is in a second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Lo, Tom Murphy, Hsin-Chia Chen
  • Capacitive touch device, capacitive communication device and communication system
    Patent number: 9389742
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel, a detection circuit and a processing unit. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with an external touch panel, and the receiving electrodes are respectively configured to output a detection signal. The detection circuit is coupled to one of the receiving electrodes and configured to modulate the detection signal with two signals to generate two detection components. The processing unit is configured to obtain a phase value according to the two detection components to accordingly decode transmission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Crandall, Chung-Wen Lo, David Touney, Tom Murphy, Hsin-Chia Chen
  • CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE, CAPACITIVE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160170516
    Abstract: There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel, a detection circuit and a processing unit. The touch panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with an external touch panel, and the receiving electrodes are respectively configured to output a detection signal. The detection circuit is coupled to one of the receiving electrodes and configured to modulate the detection signal with two signals to generate two detection components. The processing unit is configured to obtain a phase value according to the two detection components to accordingly decode transmission data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: KEN CRANDALL, CHUNG-WEN LO, DAVID TOUNEY, TOM MURPHY, HSIN-CHIA CHEN
  • Spatial semiconductor structure
    Patent number: 9362358
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a spatial semiconductor structure includes steps as follows. Firstly, a semiconductor substrate is provided. Then, a first mask layer is formed above the semiconductor substrate. Then, at least a first opening is formed in the first mask layer and exposes a portion of a surface of the semiconductor substrate. Then, a first semiconductor pattern is formed in the first opening. Then, a second mask layer is formed over the first semiconductor pattern and the first mask layer. Then, at least a second opening is formed through the second mask layer to the first mask layer and exposes another portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate. And, a second semiconductor pattern is formed in the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Lin Shih, Chih-Chien Liu, Jei-Ming Chen, Wen-Yi Teng, Chieh-Wen Lo
  • Current sensing resistor
    Patent number: 9305687
    Abstract: A resistor device includes a resistor plate having opposite first and second surfaces; a first metal layer including first and second portions which are disposed on the first surface of the resistor plate at opposite first and second sides, respectively; and a second metal layer including a first sensing pad, a second sensing pad, a first current pad and a second current pad, separate from one another, wherein the first sensing pad and the first current pad are disposed on the first portion of the first metal layer and the second sensing pad and the second current pad are disposed on the second portion of the first metal layer. A protective layer is preferably provided, overlying the resistor plate and the first metal layer uncovered by the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsing-Kai Cheng, Yu-Jen Lin, Yen-Ting Lin, Ta-Wen Lo
  • Concurrent driving capacitive touch sensing device capable of resending drive signals
    Patent number: 9256332
    Abstract: There is provided a concurrent driving capacitive touch sensing device including a drive end, a capacitive sensing matrix and a detection end. The capacitive sensing matrix includes a plurality of drive electrodes and sense electrodes crossing to each other. The drive end is configured to concurrently input cycle data of encoded and modulated drive signals into the drive electrodes. The detection end is coupled to one of the sense electrodes and configured to acquire a predetermined number of sampled values corresponding to the cycle data associated with the coupled sense electrode and generate a response signal to the drive end according to the sampled values, wherein the drive end resends the cycle data according to the response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chung-Wen Lo, Ken Crandall, Hsin-Chia Chen, Raman Sahgal
  • FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY ANALYZING AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160033409
    Abstract: A fluorescence intensity analyzing and fluorescence image synthesizing system and method are disclosed. The first fluorescence intensity detection device successively detects the plurality of first fluorescence intensities according to the first timing and the second fluorescence intensity detection device successively detects the plurality of second fluorescence intensities according to the second timing, and then the picture processing device analyzes the first and second timings and synthesizes the first and second fluorescence intensity ranges into the synthesized picture according to the fluorescence intensities, whereby the image processing technology may be used to calculate the fluorescence target range and thus mark the fluorescence target range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rui-Cian WENG, Min-Yu LIN, Chi-Hung HUANG, Yen-Pei LU, Wen-Shiang CHEN, Chia-Wen LO
  • CAPACITIVE FINGER NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH HYBRID MODE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160026283
    Abstract: There is provided an operating method of a capacitive finger navigation device including the steps of: calculating a touch coordinate according to a predetermined position coordinate and associated detected variation of each of a plurality of detecting cells when the associated detected variations of the detecting cells exceed a threshold; mapping the touch coordinate to a touch position associated with a touch surface; entering a relative motion mode when the touch position is in a first area; and entering an absolute coordinate mode when the touch position is in a second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: CHUNG-WEN LO, TOM MURPHY, HSIN-CHIA CHEN
  • GAP-FILLING DIELECTRIC LAYER METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160020139
    Abstract: A gap-filling dielectric layer, method for fabricating the same and applications thereof are disclosed. A silicon-containing dielectric layer is firstly deposited on a substrate. The silicon-containing dielectric layer is then subjected to a curing process, an in-situ wetting treatment and an annealing process in sequence, whereby a gap-filling dielectric layer with a nitrogen atom density less than 1×1022 atoms/cm3 is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wen-Yi Teng, Yuh-Min Lin, Chih-Chien Liu, Chieh-Wen Lo
  • SPATIAL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20150311284
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a spatial semiconductor structure includes steps as follows. Firstly, a semiconductor substrate is provided. Then, a first mask layer is formed above the semiconductor substrate. Then, at least a first opening is formed in the first mask layer and exposes a portion of a surface of the semiconductor substrate. Then, a first semiconductor pattern is formed in the first opening. Then, a second mask layer is formed over the first semiconductor pattern and the first mask layer. Then, at least a second opening is formed through the second mask layer to the first mask layer and exposes another portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate. And, a second semiconductor pattern is formed in the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hung-Lin SHIH, Chih-Chien LIU, Jei-Ming CHEN, Wen-Yi TENG, Chieh-Wen LO
  • ANCILLARY DEVICE FOR ENHANCING ENERGY SAVING AND CARBON REDUCTION EFFICIENCY OF ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150308333
    Abstract: An ancillary device is provided for enhancing energy saving and carbon reduction efficiency of an engine and includes an electrolytic bath mounted in an automobile to receive a supply of pure water. The electrolytic bath is electrically connected to an automobile battery, such that when the battery supplies an electrical current to the electrolytic bath, the electrolytic bath electrolyzes the pure water supplied thereto into hydrogen and oxygen, which are respectively conveyed through the first gas conveyance tube and the second gas conveyance tube into an intake manifold of the engine and a fuel pipe to allow hydrogen, after being mixed with fuel, to be supplied into a cylinder of the engine for combustion, while oxygen is fed through the intake manifold into the cylinder of the engine to support the combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Wen Lo Chen
  • Sustained release composition and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9161943
    Abstract: A sustained release composition comprising a polymer and manufacturing method thereof. The sustained release composition comprises a polymer, a bioactive agent, and a release rate determined agent, wherein the release rate determined agent is dispersed in the sustained release composition to control the release rate of the bioactive agent. The method comprises providing an oil phase comprising a bioactive agent, a polymer, and a release rate determined agent; providing an aqueous phase comprising a surfactant; mixing the oil phase with the aqueous phase to form the sustained release composition having a controlled release effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jui-Mei Lu, Chia-Wen Liu, Po Hong Lai, John Jianghann Lin, Chiao Pin Li, Sung En Chen, Yo Wen Lo, Ming-Thau Sheu, Min-Ying Lin
  • CONCURRENT DRIVING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF RESENDING DRIVE SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20150268758
    Abstract: There is provided a concurrent driving capacitive touch sensing device including a drive end, a capacitive sensing matrix and a detection end. The capacitive sensing matrix includes a plurality of drive electrodes and sense electrodes crossing to each other. The drive end is configured to concurrently input cycle data of encoded and modulated drive signals into the drive electrodes. The detection end is coupled to one of the sense electrodes and configured to acquire a predetermined number of sampled values corresponding to the cycle data associated with the coupled sense electrode and generate a response signal to the drive end according to the sampled values, wherein the drive end resends the cycle data according to the response signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: CHUNG-WEN LO, KEN CRANDALL, HSIN-CHIA CHEN, RAMAN SAHGAL