Patents by Inventor Yu-An Kuo
Yu-An Kuo 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).
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Patent number: 12002675Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate and forming a dehydrated film over the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form an exposed portion and an unexposed portion of the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is developed to remove the unexposed portion of the photoresist layer and a first portion of the dehydrated film over the unexposed portion of the photoresist layer. In an embodiment, the method includes etching the substrate by using the exposed portion of the photoresist layer as a mask.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yen-Yu Chen, Chih-Cheng Liu, Yi-Chen Kuo, Jr-Hung Li, Tze-Liang Lee, Ming-Hui Weng, Yahru Cheng
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Patent number: 12002771Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive pad over an interconnect structure, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to an active device. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer over the conductive pad, wherein the dielectric layer has a first conformity. The semiconductor device further includes a passivation layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the passivation layer has a second conformity different from the first conformity.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yu-Lung Shih, Chao-Keng Li, Alan Kuo, C. C. Chang, Yi-An Lin
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Publication number: 20240179699Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of an electronic device, wherein the control method includes the steps of: using a first beacon setting to transmit beacons; if a wireless communication state of the electronic device satisfies a condition, using a second beacon setting to transmit beacons; wherein the first beacon setting and the second beacon setting have different beacon periods or different payload sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Ming-Yen Tsai, Tsung-Hsuan Wu, Ching-Yu Kuo
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Publication number: 20240179314Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding. The method includes: in response to determining that transform skip is disabled, disabling, by a decoder, a presence of a rice parameter for transform skip residual coding. The method may further include adopting a flag of transform skip, sps_transform_skip_enabled_flag, to condition a presence of sps_ts_residual_coding_rice_present_in_sh_flag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong-Jheng JHU, Xiaoyu XIU, Yi-Wen CHEN, Wei CHEN, Che-Wei KUO, Xianglin WANG, Bing YU
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Publication number: 20240178348Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: an epitaxial structure having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and including a first type semiconductor layered unit that includes a first type window layer and a first type ohmic contact layer disposed at one side of the first type window layer; an active layer; and a second type semiconductor layered unit. The first type window layer is disposed between the first type ohmic contact layer and the active layer. The first type ohmic contact layer contains a material represented by Alx1Gay1InP, where 0?x1?1, 0?y1?1. The first type window layer contains a material represented by Alx2Gay2InP, where 0<x2?1, 0?y2?1. The first type ohmic contact layer has an Al content lower than an Al content of the first type window layer. A light-emitting apparatus that includes a light-emitting device according to the disclosure is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Weihuan LI, JInghua CHEN, Peng GAO, Fuyang NING, Xiaofeng LIU, Yu-Ren PENG, Huanshao KUO, Duxiang WANG, Chia-Hung CHANG
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Publication number: 20240178102Abstract: A package includes a frontside redistribution layer (RDL) structure, a semiconductor die on the frontside RDL structure, and a backside RDL structure on the semiconductor die including a first RDL, and a backside connector extending from a distal side of the first RDL and including a tapered portion having a width that decreases in a direction away from the first RDL, wherein the tapered portion includes a contact surface at an end of the tapered portion. A method of forming the package may include forming the backside redistribution layer (RDL) structure, attaching a semiconductor die to the backside RDL structure, forming an encapsulation layer around the semiconductor die on the backside RDL structure, and forming a frontside RDL structure on the semiconductor die and the encapsulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Chun-Ti LU, Hao-Yi TSAI, Chiahung LIU, Ken-Yu CHANG, Tzuan-Horng LIU, Chih-Hao CHANG, Bo-Jiun LIN, Shih-Wei CHEN, Pei-Rong NI, Hsin-Wei HUANG, Zheng GangTsai, Tai-You LIU, Steve SHIH, Yu-Ting HUANG, Steven SONG, Yu-Ching WANG, Tsung-Yuan YU, Hung-Yi KUO, CHung-Shi LIU, Tsung-Hsien CHIANG, Ming Hung TSENG, Yen-Liang LIN, Tzu-Sung HUANG, Chun-Chih CHUANG
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Publication number: 20240179348Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide a video decoding apparatus and method for transform coefficient sign prediction on a video decoder side. The method may include selecting a set of candidate transform coefficients from dequantized transform coefficients. The method may include applying a template-based hypothesis generation scheme to select a hypothesis from a plurality of candidate hypotheses for the set of candidate transform coefficients. The method may include determining a combination of sign candidates associated with the selected hypothesis to be a set of predicted signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients. The method may include estimating original signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients based on the set of predicted signs and a sequence of sign signaling bits received from a video encoder. The method may include updating the dequantized transform coefficients based on the estimated original signs for the set of candidate transform coefficients.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoyu Xiu, Ning YAN, Yi-Wen Chen, Che-Wei KUO, Wei CHEN, Hong-Jheng Jhu, Xianglin Wang, Bing Yu
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Publication number: 20240171735Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide systems and methods for motion compensation prediction. The method may include performing, by a video processor, a geometry partition on a video block of a video frame from a video to obtain a first partition and a second partition. The method may further include applying, by the video processor, a first motion prediction mode to the first partition and a second motion prediction mode to the second partition. At least one of the first motion prediction mode or the second motion prediction mode is an affine motion prediction mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning YAN, Xiaoyu XIU, Che-Wei KUO, Wei CHEN, Yi-Wen CHEN, Hong-Jheng Jhu, Xianglin WANG, Bing YU
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Patent number: 11988866Abstract: A light guide plate including a light emitting surface, a bottom surface, a light incident surface, multiple protrusion structures, and multiple grooves is provided. The light incident surface is connected between the light emitting surface and the bottom surface. The protrusion structures are disposed along a first direction and extend toward a second direction. The protrusion structures have a light condensing angle along the first direction, and the light condensing angle ranges from 10 degrees to 40 degrees. The grooves are disposed in the protrusion structures of the light guide plate. The grooves extend toward the first direction. The protrusion structures have a light receiving surface that defines each groove and is closer to the light incident surface. An angle between the light receiving surface and the bottom surface ranges from 35 degrees to 65 degrees. A display apparatus adopting the light guide plate is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: Nano Precision (SuZhou) CO., LTD., Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ming-Yu Chou, Hsin Huang, Hao-Jan Kuo, Kuan-Wen Liu, Yun-Chao Chen
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Publication number: 20240163488Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide video processing apparatuses and methods. The method receives, by a video processor, a video block of a video for in-loop filtering. The method then performs a wavelet-domain CNN filtering on video data of at least a part of the video block, by performing, by the video processor, a wavelet transform on the video data to obtain data in a wavelet domain comprising a plurality of wavelet subbands; filtering, by the video processor, the data in the wavelet domain by applying respective CNN models on the plurality of wavelet subbands, where the CNN models for the plurality of wavelet subbands are trained in the wavelet domain; and performing, by the video processor, an inverse wavelet transform on the filtered data to obtain reconstructed video data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co. Ltd.Inventors: Ning Yan, Wei Chen, Xiaoyu Xiu, Che-Wei Kuo, Yi-Wen Chen, Hong-Jheng Jhu, Xianglin Wang, Bing Yu
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Publication number: 20240163454Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for video coding with multi-direction intra prediction (MDIP). In one method, a decoder determines a blending parameter for the MDIP based a size of a coding unit. In another method, the decoder may determine a size of each coding block, and in response to determining that the size of the coding block is smaller than or equal to a first preset threshold, the decoder may determine that the MDIP mode is disabled for the coding block.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong-Jheng JHU, Xiaoyu XIU, Yi-Wen CHEN, Wei CHEN, Che-Wei KUO, Ning YAN, Xianglin WANG, Bing YU
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Patent number: 11982866Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Liang-Ting Ho, Chen-Er Hsu, Yi-Liang Chan, Fu-Lai Tseng, Fu-Yuan Wu, Chen-Chi Kuo, Ying-Jen Wang, Wei-Han Hsia, Yi-Hsin Tseng, Wen-Chang Lin, Chun-Chia Liao, Shou-Jen Liu, Chao-Chun Chang, Yi-Chieh Lin, Shang-Yu Hsu, Yu-Huai Liao, Shih-Wei Hung, Sin-Hong Lin, Kun-Shih Lin, Yu-Cheng Lin, Wen-Yen Huang, Wei-Jhe Shen, Chih-Shiang Wu, Sin-Jhong Song, Che-Hsiang Chiu, Sheng-Chang Lin
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Patent number: 11983271Abstract: A processor may generate an enforcement point. The enforcement point may include one or more adversarial detection models. The processor may receive user input data. The processor may analyze, at the enforcement point, the user input data. The processor may determine, from the analyzing, whether there is an adversarial attack in the user input data. The processor may generate an alert based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bruno dos Santos Silva, Cheng-Ta Lee, Ron Williams, Bo-Yu Kuo, Chao-Min Chang, Sridhar Muppidi
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Publication number: 20240149430Abstract: A toolbox is provided, including a main body, an inner tray and a plurality of first connecting mechanisms. The main body includes a box body and a cover body. The box body includes a surface and a receiving groove extending concavely from the surface. The inner tray is disposed on the box body and includes a lip portion and at least one receiving portion. The lip portion is laterally connected with the at least one receiving portion and abutted against the surface. The lip portion has at least two dodge notches extending concavely from a circumferential edge of the lip portion. The plurality of first connecting mechanisms respectively include a first connecting member. In a direction lateral to an opening direction of the receiving groove, each said first connecting member is located in an area corresponding to an opening of one of said dodge notches.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Ying-Chieh Liao, Yu-Kuo Liao
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Publication number: 20240155120Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure provide video processing systems and methods. The video processing method may include receiving, by one or more processors, a video frame of a video for in-loop filtering. For a target pixel of the video frame, the video processing method may further include selecting, by the one or more processors, a bilateral filtering window to perform the in-loop filtering on the target pixel from a group of candidate filtering windows. The group of candidate filtering windows include a plurality of side filtering windows and a full filtering window. The video processing method may also include filtering, by the one or more processors, the target pixel of the video frame using the selected bilateral filtering window.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning YAN, Xiaoyu Xiu, Che-Wei KUO, Wei CHEN, Yi-Wen Chen, Hong-Jheng Jhu, Xianglin Wang, Bing Yu
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Publication number: 20240155106Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for decoding a video block in GPM. The method includes: partitioning the video block into first and second geometric partitions; receiving a first GPM with a motion vector refinement (GPM-MVR) enable flag for the first geometric partition and receiving a second GPM-MVR enable flag for the second geometric partition; receiving a joint template matching (TM) enable flag for the first and second geometric partition that jointly indicates whether a uni-directional motion of the first partition is refined by TM and whether a uni-directional motion of the second partition is refined by the TM; receiving a first merge GPM index for the first geometric partition and a second merge GPM index for the second geometric partition; constructing a uni-directional MV candidate list of the GPM; and generating a uni-directional MV for the first geometric partition and a uni-directional MV for the second geometric partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoyu XIU, Wei CHEN, Che-Wei KUO, Hong-Jheng JHU, Ning YAN, Yi-Wen CHEN, Xianglin WANG, Bing YU
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Patent number: 11977655Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system, and computer program product for associating security events. The method includes obtaining a result of implementation of one or more Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) functions to feature data of a first event detected by a first device. The method also includes mapping the result to one or more positions in a data structure. In response to data elements of the one or more positions indicating first information associating with the one or more positions exists in a storage, the method includes obtaining the first information from the storage. The method further includes sending the first information to the first device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jia-Sian Jhang, Chen-Yu Kuo, Hsiao-Yung Chen, Lu Cheng Lin, Chien Wen Jung
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Patent number: 11978781Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate containing a first active region in a first region of the substrate and a second active region in a second region of the substrate, a plurality of first gate structures over the first active region each including a first gate stack having a first high-k gate dielectric and a first gate electrode and first gate spacers surrounding the first gate stack, and a plurality of second gate structures over the second active region each including a second gate stack having a second high-k gate dielectric and a second gate electrode and second gate spacers surrounding the second gate stack. At least a portion of the second gate electrode comprises dopants.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Anhao Cheng, Fang-Ting Kuo, Yen-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20240143214Abstract: An example method of threshold voltage offset calibration at memory device power up comprises: identifying a set of memory pages that have been programmed within a time window; determining, for each voltage offset bin of a plurality of voltage offset bins, a corresponding value of a data state metric produced by a memory access operation with respect to a memory page of the set of memory pages, wherein the memory access operation utilizes a voltage offset associated with the voltage offset bin; identifying a subset of the plurality of voltage offset bins, such that memory access operations performed using the corresponding voltage offsets produced respective values of the data state metric that satisfy a predefined quality criterion; selecting, among the subset of the plurality of voltage offset bins, a voltage offset bin that is associated with the lowest voltage offset; and associating the set of memory pages with the selected voltage offset bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Steven Michael Kientz, Chia-Yu Kuo
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Patent number: D1028858Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Min-Chi Lin, Yi-Ta Lu, Yi-Zhen Huang, Ssu Yu Kuo, Yu-Hao Hsu, Jyun De Li, Yu Nan Sung, Jyun-Yi Ke