Patents by Inventor Yu-Chou Hu

Yu-Chou Hu 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: 9420651
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) module and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The LED module is supplied through an external voltage source. The LED module includes a bridge rectifying unit, a LED unit, and an integrated circuit (IC) unit. The bridge rectifying unit rectifies the external voltage source into an inner DC voltage source. The LED unit is electrically connected to the bridge rectifying unit and driven through the DC voltage source. The IC unit is electrically connected to the bridge rectifying unit and the LED unit and is supplied through the DC voltage source, thus providing a piecewise constant-current control or a piecewise variant-current control to the LED unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INTERLIGHT OPTOTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Chou Hu, Hsi-Yan Chou
  • Patent number: 9297501
    Abstract: An illuminant device includes a housing, a circuit board, a plurality of LED dies, a light-transmitting layer, a controlling and driving module and a conductive connector. One end of the housing has a carrying part. The circuit board is disposed on the carrying part and has a circuit layer. The LED dies are placed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The light-transmitting layer is circularly disposed on the circuit board and covering the LED dies. The controlling and driving module is placed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The conductive connector is assembled with the other end of the housing and electrically connected to the circuit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: INTERLIGHT OPTOTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsi-Yan Chou, Yu-Chou Hu, Fu-Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 9194569
    Abstract: An illuminant device includes a housing, a illuminant element, a resistor, and an over-temperature protective element. The housing includes an upper portion, a lower portion opposite to the upper portion, and two accommodating spaces, respectively formed in a first tubular configuration arranged between the upper end and the lower end and a second tubular configuration spatially isolated from the first accommodating space. The illuminant element is placed on the upper portion. The resistor is located within one of the accommodating space and electrically connected to the illuminant element. The over-temperature protective element is located within the other accommodating space and electrically connected to the illuminant element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: INTERLIGHT OPTOTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsi-Yan Chou, Yu-Chou Hu, Fu-Chen Liu
  • Publication number: 20150285441
    Abstract: An illuminant device includes a housing, a circuit board, a plurality of LED dies, a light-transmitting layer, a controlling and driving module and a conductive connector. One end of the housing has a carrying part. The circuit board is disposed on the carrying part and has a circuit layer. The LED dies are placed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The light-transmitting layer is circularly disposed on the circuit board and covering the LED dies. The controlling and driving module is placed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The conductive connector is assembled with the other end of the housing and electrically connected to the circuit layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hsi-Yan CHOU, Yu-Chou HU, Fu-Chen LIU
  • Publication number: 20140252947
    Abstract: An illuminant device with over-temperature protection is electrically connected to a power source and includes a housing, a illuminant element, a resistor, and an over-temperature protective element. The housing includes an upper portion, a lower portion opposite to the upper portion, and two accommodating spaces communicating with the upper end and the lower end respectively. The illuminant element is placed on the upper portion. The resistor is located within one of the accommodating space and electrically connected to the illuminant element. The over-temperature protective element is located within the other accommodating space and electrically connected to the illuminant element. The over-temperature protective element senses temperatures of the illuminant element and selectively breaks the power source, such that the illuminant element is switched between conductive and non-conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INTERLIGHT OPTOTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsi-Yan CHOU, Yu-Chou HU, Fu-Chen LIU
  • Publication number: 20130301261
    Abstract: An illuminant device includes a housing, a circuit board, a plurality of LED dies, a light-transmitting layer, a controlling and driving module and a conductive connector. One end of the housing has a carrying part. The circuit board is disposed on the carrying part and has a circuit layer. The LED dies are placed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The light-transmitting layer is circularly disposed on the circuit board and covering the LED dies. The controlling and driving module is placed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The conductive connector is assembled with the other end of the housing and electrically connected to the circuit layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hsi-Yan CHOU, Yu-Chou Hu, Fu-Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 8450748
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises: an LED chip array comprising a plurality of LEDs formed on a single die (monolithic chip array) and at least one discrete LED that is separate from the LED chip array connected in series with the LED chip array. In an AC-drivable device the LED chip array is AC-drivable and two or more discrete LEDs are configured to be AC-drivable. The device can further comprise a package in which the LED chip array and discrete LED(s) are mounted. The discrete LEDs are configured such that positive and negative half wave periods of an AC drive voltage are mapped onto oppositely connected LED such that oppositely connected LED chips are alternately operable on a respective half wave period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: InterLight Optotech Corporation
    Inventors: Hwa Su, Hsi-Yan Chou, Yu-Min Li, Yu-Chou Hu, Chih Wei Huang, Tzu-Chi Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130002155
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) module and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The LED module is supplied through an external voltage source. The LED module includes a bridge rectifying unit, a LED unit, and an integrated circuit (IC) unit. The bridge rectifying unit rectifies the external voltage source into an inner DC voltage source. The LED unit is electrically connected to the bridge rectifying unit and driven through the DC voltage source. The IC unit is electrically connected to the bridge rectifying unit and the LED unit and is supplied through the DC voltage source, thus providing a piecewise constant-current control or a piecewise variant-current control to the LED unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Yu-Chou HU, Hsi-Yan CHOU
  • Publication number: 20110180804
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises: an LED chip array comprising a plurality of LEDs formed on a single die (monolithic chip array) and at least one discrete LED that is separate from the LED chip array connected in series with the LED chip array. In an AC-drivable device the LED chip array is AC-drivable and two or more discrete LEDs are configured to be AC-drivable. The device can further comprise a package in which the LED chip array and discrete LED(s) are mounted. The discrete LEDs are configured such that positive and negative half wave periods of an AC drive voltage are mapped onto oppositely connected LED such that oppositely connected LED chips are alternately operable on a respective half wave period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: INTEMATIX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hwa Su, Hsi-Yan Chou, Yu-Min Li, Yu-Chou Hu, Chih Wei Huang, Tzu-Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 7961090
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling LED with power line carrier are disclosed. The system contains a host controller, an electric power conductor, and at least a luminous device, and the luminous device further containing an environmental data collection module. The method comprises the steps of providing a power line carrier module to both the host controller and the luminous devices; the luminous devices detecting a set of environmental data by the environmental data collection module; the luminous devices transmitting the set of environmental data to the host controller; the host controller recording and analyzing the set of environmental data; and the host controller sending a control signal to the luminous devices according to the analysis. Therein the control signal and the set of environmental data are transmitted by the power line carrier module through the electric power conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Intematix Technology Center Corp.
    Inventor: Yu-Chou Hu
  • Publication number: 20090171510
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling LED with power line carrier are disclosed. The system contains a host controller, an electric power conductor, and at least a luminous device, and the luminous device further containing an environmental data collection module. The method comprises the steps of providing a power line carrier module to both the host controller and the luminous devices; the luminous devices detecting a set of environmental data by the environmental data collection module; the luminous devices transmitting the set of environmental data to the host controller; the host controller recording and analyzing the set of environmental data; and the host controller sending a control signal to the luminous devices according to the analysis. Therein the control signal and the set of environmental data are transmitted by the power line carrier module through the electric power conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: INTEMATIX TECHNOLOGY CENTER CORP.
    Inventor: YU-CHOU HU