Patents by Inventor Yung-Lieh Chien

Yung-Lieh Chien 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: 11249577
    Abstract: A touchpad and a sending unit for the same are provided. The sensing unit has two electrode layers and a separation assembly. The separation assembly has multiple deformation rooms and multiple gap assemblies. The deformation rooms communicate with the gap assemblies. The gap assemblies communicate with the exterior environment. When the upper electrode layer is pressed and deforms in the deformation rooms, the air in the deformation rooms is discharged through the gap assemblies so that the air does not accumulate in the remaining unstressed spaces to avoid resistance and to maintain the normal operation of the force sensing function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yung-Lieh Chien, Shu-Wei Huang, Fang-Jin Lin, Tung-Ming Yang, Tien-Wen Pao
  • Publication number: 20210294474
    Abstract: A touchpad and a sending unit for the same are provided. The sensing unit has two electrode layers and a separation assembly. The separation assembly has multiple deformation rooms and multiple gap assemblies. The deformation rooms communicate with the gap assemblies. The gap assemblies communicate with the exterior environment. When the upper electrode layer is pressed and deforms in the deformation rooms, the air in the deformation rooms is discharged through the gap assemblies so that the air does not accumulate in the remaining unstressed spaces to avoid resistance and to maintain the normal operation of the force sensing function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yung-Lieh CHIEN, Shu-Wei HUANG, Fang-Jin LIN, Tung-Ming YANG, Tien-Wen PAO
  • Patent number: 9594497
    Abstract: A touchpad includes a controller connected to a touch sensor. The controller detects the fingers touching on the touch sensor to determine to start up and terminate a scroll bar control function. In the scroll bar control function, the movement of the finger or fingers touching on the touch sensor is detected for scrolling on a window, and the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the movement are evaluated for determining the scrolling amount of a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chiu, Yung-Lieh Chien, Zhi-Long Wu
  • Patent number: 9228939
    Abstract: A refractive fuel concentration detector comprises mainly a light source device and a light-sensing device. The light source device supplies light source incident on the fuel and refracts light source to the light-sensing device such that a plurality of light sensor therein would respectively output a corresponding electrophysical quantity signal based on the light quantity received. Moreover, a circuit means can be used to obtain concentration information of fuel based on the electrophysical quantity signal output by the light sensors and the tag information of those light sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: PRICEPLAY TAIWAN INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Chin Tung, Yung-Lieh Chien
  • Publication number: 20140347316
    Abstract: A touch device and a measuring voltage dynamic adjustment method thereof are provided. The touch device comprises a touch panel, a touch sensing circuit and a processing unit. The touch sensing circuit electrically connected to the touch panel is configured to provide a first measuring voltage to the touch panel and sense capacitance variation of the touch panel to generate a plurality of sensing signals. The processing unit electrically connected to the touch sensing circuit is configured to receive the sensing signals, determine whether a touch is caused by a stylus according to the sensing signals and if yes, enable the touch sensing circuit to provide a second measuring voltage to the touch panel. The second measuring voltage is larger than the first measuring voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Hau YEH, Bo-Syuan HUANG, Hsueh-Wei YANG, Yung Lieh CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20140327646
    Abstract: A touch device and a measuring voltage dynamic adjustment method thereof are provided. The touch device comprises a touch panel, a touch sensing circuit and a processing unit. The touch sensing circuit electrically connected to the touch panel is configured to provide a measuring voltage to the touch panel and sense the touch panel to generate a sensing signal. The processing unit electrically connected to the touch sensing circuit is configured to receive the sensing signal, calculate a first ratio according to the sensing signal and dynamically adjust the measuring voltage according to the first ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: I-Hau YEH, Bo-Syuan HUANG, Hsueh-Wei YANG, Yung Lieh CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20140108999
    Abstract: A touchpad includes a controller connected to a touch sensor. The controller detects the fingers touching on the touch sensor to determine to start up and terminate a scroll bar control function. In the scroll bar control function, the movement of the finger or fingers touching on the touch sensor is detected for scrolling on a window, and the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the movement are evaluated for determining the scrolling amount of a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar of the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Chang CHIU, Yung-Lieh CHIEN, Zhi-Long WU
  • Patent number: 8643606
    Abstract: A touchpad includes a controller connected to a touch sensor. The controller detects the fingers touching on the touch sensor to determine to start up and terminate a scroll bar control function. In the scroll bar control function, the movement of the finger or fingers touching on the touch sensor is detected for scrolling on a window, and the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the movement are evaluated for determining the scrolling amount of a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignees: Elan Microelectronics Corporation, Elan Tech Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chiu, Yung-Lieh Chien, Zhi-Long Wu
  • Patent number: 8378976
    Abstract: In a method for scroll bar control on a touchpad, the fingers touching on the touchpad are detected to start up and terminate a scroll bar control function. In the scroll bar control function, the movement of the finger or fingers touching on the touchpad is detected for scrolling on a window, and the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the movement are evaluated for determining the scrolling amount of a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Elan Microelectronics Corporation, Elan Tech Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chiu, Yung-Lieh Chien, Zhi-Long Wu
  • Patent number: 8378973
    Abstract: In a method for scroll bar control on a touchpad, the fingers touching on the touchpad are detected to start up and terminate a scroll bar control function. In the scroll bar control function, the movement of the finger or fingers touching on the touchpad is detected for scrolling on a window, and the vertical distance and the horizontal distance of the movement are evaluated for determining the scrolling amount of a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Elan Microelectronics Corporation, Elan Tech Devices Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chiu, Yung-Lieh Chien, Zhi-Long Wu
  • Patent number: 8149219
    Abstract: In a touchpad with single-layered PCB structure, a PCB has a bottom layer with a sensor area and a component area thereon, the sensor area includes two directional traces directly connected to the component area, respectively, and carbon film wires in the sensor area for interconnecting one or more of the directional traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Yih Lii, Yen-Chang Chiu, Yung-Lieh Chien
  • Patent number: 8013842
    Abstract: In a gesture detection method for a capacitive touchpad, various gesture operations are determined by detecting the touching on the touchpad, leaving from the touchpad, and moving on the touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Yih Lii, Yung-Lieh Chien
  • Patent number: 7982717
    Abstract: In a gesture detection method for a touchpad, according to the present invention, various gestures such as tap, drag and double tap are determined by operating an object to touch on the touchpad, leave from the touchpad, and move on the touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Lieh Chien, Jia-Yih Lii
  • Publication number: 20100328260
    Abstract: A capacitive touchpad provides multiple operational modes including at least a key input mode, a handwriting input mode, and a mouse control mode. To switch the capacitive touchpad between the operational modes, a first pattern is defined as a mode switch for users to touch thereon. For each operational mode, specific second patterns are defined for indication of their corresponding functions, and several regions are defined corresponding to the positions of the second patterns to receive touch input from the second patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: YEN-CHANG CHIU, YUNG-LIEH CHIEN, I-HAU YEH
  • Patent number: 7804490
    Abstract: In a gesture detection method for a touchpad, various gestures such as tap, drag and double tap are determined by operating an object to touch on the touchpad, leave from the touchpad, and move on the touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Lieh Chien, Jia-Yih Lii
  • Patent number: 7768503
    Abstract: A capacitive touchpad provides operational modes including key input, graphical input, handwriting input, and mouse control. The touchpad comprises a panel having several programmed regions thereon, several patterns in the regions are programmed for the operational modes, and a pattern on the panel is programmed as a mode switch to switch the touchpad between the operational modes. In the graphical input mode, the regions include a graphical input region for graphical input. In the key input mode, the patterns include ones for keys to simulate a keyboard. In the handwriting input mode, the regions include a handwriting region for handwriting input. In the mouse control mode, the regions include a cursor control region as well as horizontal and vertical scroll regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chiu, Yung-Lieh Chien
  • Patent number: 7710404
    Abstract: In a gesture detection method for a touchpad, various gestures such as tap, drag and double tap are determined by operating an object to touch on the touchpad, leave from the touchpad, and move on the touchpad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Lieh Chien, Jia-Yih Lii, Tso-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 7701447
    Abstract: A multiple objects detection method for a capacitive touchpad, through at least one preset time, whether it is noise and interference or an operation of object on touchpad is thus distinguished, actions such as object touches the touchpad, leaves the touchpad are then judged correctly, and different kinds of gesture operations are precisely detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Yih Lii, Yung-Lieh Chien
  • Patent number: 7688053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable voltage regulating device for modulating output voltage, comprising the implementation means of duty cycle modulation and control signal modulation. The duty cycle modulation mechanism entails the use of pulse signals with different duty cycles to produce different voltage signals in the resistor-capacitor network, which are regulated to obtain a control voltage. The original output voltage is then modulated by the control signal and the resistor network based on the Kirchhoff's current law to produce a new output voltage. The control signal modulation mechanism uses the field effect transistor switch to control the resistor network and then uses the resistor network and the Kirchhoff's current law to modulate the original output voltage and deliver a new output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignees: Syspotek Corporation, Antig Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chin Tung, Yung-Lieh Chien, Ming Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20090308154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cartridge structure with sensor apparatus, comprising a main fuel solution tank provided with a casing with accommodation space, the accommodation space being used for storing the fuel solution; and a sensor apparatus mainly having two sensor components, the two sensor components being disposed on exterior surface or in the structure of the casing of the main fuel solution tank for achieving the objective of measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: SYSPOTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming Yao Dong, Yung Lieh Chien, Zhi Cheng Chen, Ming Yi Wang