Patents by Inventor Yung-Yen Chang

Yung-Yen Chang 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: 11944412
    Abstract: A blood pressure detection device manufactured by a semiconductor process includes a substrate, a microelectromechanical element, a gas-pressure-sensing element, a driving-chip element, an encapsulation layer and a valve layer. The substrate includes inlet apertures. The microelectromechanical element and the gas-pressure-sensing element are stacked and integrally formed on the substrate. The encapsulation layer is encapsulated and positioned on the substrate. A flowing-channel space is formed above the microelectromechanical element and the gas-pressure-sensing element. The encapsulation layer includes an outlet aperture in communication with an airbag. The driving-chip element controls the microelectromechanical element, the gas-pressure-sensing element and valve units to transport gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ying-Lun Chang, Ching-Sung Lin, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Chang-Yen Tsai, Wei-Ming Lee, Chun-Yi Kuo, Tsung-I Lin
  • Patent number: 9992411
    Abstract: An electronic device with photographing function is provided. The electronic device includes a first image-capturing unit, a second image-capturing unit, a touch display screen and a processing unit. The first image-capturing unit includes a straight photosensitive unit. The second image-capturing unit includes a transverse photosensitive unit. The processing unit is coupled to the first image-capturing unit, the second image-capturing unit and the touch display screen. The processing unit determines, according to the user's operation of the electronic device, to use the straight photosensitive unit of the first image-capturing unit to capture a first image from a pickup target or to use the transverse photosensitive unit of the second image-capturing unit to capture a second image from the pickup target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Haiyan Jiang
  • Patent number: 9983662
    Abstract: An electronic device including a physical button, a processing unit and a sensing unit is provided. The processing unit is coupled to the physical button and the sensing unit is coupled to the processing unit. When the electronic device enters a hibernation mode or in a shutdown state, the sensing unit continuously detects a wake-up signal. When receiving the wake-up signal, the sensing unit wakes up the processing unit. The sensing unit further receives an instruction signal externally, generates an instruction information according to the instruction signal, and sends the instruction information to the processing unit. When receiving the instruction information, the processing unit adjusts a corresponding function of the physical button according to the instruction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Chia-Jen Shu
  • Patent number: 9836112
    Abstract: A portable device and a method for enabling the portable device are disclosed. The portable device comprises a power module, a processing module, a sensing module, and an enable control module. The power module is configured to provide electric power. The processing module is configured to run an operating system to drive the portable device when the processing module itself is enabled. The sensing module is configured to sense a gesture to generate a group of touch sensing signals, and to judge whether the group of touch sensing signals conform to a group of predefined signals so as to generate an operating system enabling signal. The enable control module is configured to temporarily enable the sensing module according to a switching signal, and to enable the processing module according to the operating system enabling signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Tsung Yuan Chen, Yung-Yen Chang
  • Patent number: 9672774
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic display device including a backlight module, a light sensor, a storage device, an embedded controller, and a processing unit. The light sensor detects ambient light surrounding the electronic display device. The embedded controller controls intensity of the backlight module according to the ambient light and a brightness table of the storage device. The processing unit performs a basic input/output system to draw a brightness curve diagram according to the brightness table for users to adjust the curve of the brightness curve diagram during a boot process of the electronic display device and update the brightness table in the storage device according to the adjusted brightness curve diagram in response to a storing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Yang, Yung-Yen Chang
  • Patent number: 9536064
    Abstract: An operation method of an electronic apparatus is provided, wherein a setting procedure of safety mechanism is executed first. The procedure includes: receiving a setting operation through a setting interface so as to select plural sensing units from a sensing unit group; creating a unlocking information according to the setting operation, wherein the unlocking information includes an enabling sequence of the selected sensing units; making the unlocking information associated with the operation function. After finishing the setting procedure of safety mechanism, when a trigger event conforming to the unlocking information is received, the operation corresponding to the unlocking information is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Tsung-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20160057344
    Abstract: An electronic device with photographing function is provided. The electronic device includes a first image-capturing unit, a second image-capturing unit, a touch display screen and a processing unit. The first image-capturing unit includes a straight photosensitive unit. The second image-capturing unit includes a transverse photosensitive unit. The processing unit is coupled to the first image-capturing unit, the second image-capturing unit and the touch display screen. The processing unit determines, according to the user's operation of the electronic device, to use the straight photosensitive unit of the first image-capturing unit to capture a first image from a pickup target or to use the transverse photosensitive unit of the second image-capturing unit to capture a second image from the pickup target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yung-Yen CHANG, Haiyan JIANG
  • Patent number: 9137293
    Abstract: A method of transferring a file via a network includes following steps: transmitting a read request packet from a client to a server, the read request packet having multiple-packets-transmission information, wherein the multiple-packets-transmission information is labeled with an amount index, and transmitting a plurality of data packets corresponding to the file from the server to the client continuously according to an amount index of the multiple-packets-transmission information after the server receives the read request packet. The client receives the plurality of data packets from the server without replying any acknowledgement packet to the server within the continuous transmission of the plurality of data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Yung-Yen Chang
  • Publication number: 20150153795
    Abstract: A portable device and a method for enabling the portable device are disclosed. The portable device comprises a power module, a processing module, a sensing module, and an enable control module. The power module is configured to provide electric power. The processing module is configured to run an operating system to drive the portable device when the processing module itself is enabled. The sensing module is configured to sense a gesture to generate a group of touch sensing signals, and to judge whether the group of touch sensing signals conform to a group of predefined signals so as to generate an operating system enabling signal. The enable control module is configured to temporarily enable the sensing module according to a switching signal, and to enable the processing module according to the operating system enabling signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Tsung Yuan CHEN, Yung-Yen CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150113256
    Abstract: An operation method of an electronic apparatus is provided, wherein a setting procedure of safety mechanism is executed first. The procedure includes: receiving a setting operation through a setting interface so as to select plural sensing units from a sensing unit group; creating a locking information according to the setting operation, wherein the locking information includes an enabling sequence of the selected sensing units; making the locking information associated with the operation function. After finishing the setting procedure of safety mechanism, when a trigger event conforming to the locking information is received, the operation corresponding to the locking information is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Tsung-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20150097819
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic display device including a backlight module, a light sensor, a storage device, an embedded controller, and a processing unit. The light sensor detects ambient light surrounding the electronic display device. The embedded controller controls intensity of the backlight module according to the ambient light and a brightness table of the storage device. The processing unit performs a basic input/output system to draw a brightness curve diagram according to the brightness table for users to adjust the curve of the brightness curve diagram during a boot process of the electronic display device and update the brightness table in the storage device according to the adjusted brightness curve diagram in response to a storing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Chia-Chi YANG, Yung-Yen CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150088278
    Abstract: An electronic device including a physical button, a processing unit and a sensing unit is provided. The processing unit is coupled to the physical button and the sensing unit is coupled to the processing unit. When the electronic device enters a hibernation mode or in a shutdown state, the sensing unit continuously detects a wake-up signal. When receiving the wake-up signal, the sensing unit wakes up the processing unit. The sensing unit further receives an instruction signal externally, generates an instruction information according to the instruction signal, and sends the instruction information to the processing unit. When receiving the instruction information, the processing unit adjusts a corresponding function of the physical button according to the instruction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Chia-Jen Shu
  • Publication number: 20150042554
    Abstract: A method for adjusting screen displaying mode and an electronic device suitable for the method are provided; the electronic device has a body sensor. The method includes: determining whether the body sensor has detected a body contact; when the body contact is detected by the body sensor, not adjusting a screen displaying mode of the electronic device; when the body contact is not detected by the body sensor, determining whether to adjust the screen displaying mode of the electronic device according to a tilt status of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Yuan Chen, Yung-Yen Chang, Yen-Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20150033142
    Abstract: A method for managing IM services and an electronic device using the same are provided. The method includes determining whether identification information respectively recorded in a first electronic device and a second electronic device is consistent when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are connected to each other through a network. The method also includes transmitting, by the second electronic device, at least one IM login information stored therein to the first electronic device if the identification information respectively recorded in the first electronic device and the second electronic device is consistent. The method further includes when a function button corresponding to a login function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, executing, by the first electronic device, an IM service login procedure by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Hung-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140373185
    Abstract: An anti-theft method for a computer system including a detection module, a photographing module and a controlling module is disclosed. The anti-theft method includes when the computer system is off, the detection module determines whether a predetermined event occurs for generating a detection signal; the controlling module initiates the computer system according to the detection signal, such that the computer system operates a basic input/output system (BIOS); and when the computer system operates the BIOS, an anti-theft operation is initiated to control the photographing module for capturing a digital information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Yung-Yen Chang
  • Patent number: 8875138
    Abstract: A computer system and a control method thereof are provided, wherein the computer system comprises an embedded controller (EC), a basic input/output system (BIOS), and an operating system (OS). In the method, when the computer system is rotated, the EC makes the BIOS identify a present rotation state of the computer system by an interrupt signal and an internal communication scheme. Then, the BIOS establishes a data structure in accordance with a virtual scan code and the rotation state, and then transmits the data structure to the OS. After that, the OS controls a program installed in the computer system to execute a related operation of the rotation state according to the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Yang, Yung-Yen Chang
  • Patent number: 8665279
    Abstract: An electrical device supporting switchable graphics function, electrically connected with a display unit, includes a first graphic chip, a second graphic chip, a peripheral, an Embedded Controller (EC) and a processing unit. Information of a present graphic chip is stored in an EC RAM of the EC, wherein the present graphic chip is one of the first graphic chip and the second graphic chip. A control unit of the EC obtains the information of the present graphic chip from the EC RAM and controls operation status of the peripheral according to the obtained information of the present graphic chip. The processing unit obtains the information of the present graphic chip from the EC RAM. The processing unit drives the present graphic chip to process an image signal and transmit the processed image signal to the display unit for display according to the obtained information of the present graphic chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Yen Chang, Yuan-Heng Wu
  • Publication number: 20130067477
    Abstract: A computer system and a control method thereof are provided, wherein the computer system comprises an embedded controller (EC), a basic input/output system (BIOS), and an operating system (OS). In the method, when the computer system is rotated, the EC makes the BIOS identify a present rotation state of the computer system by an interrupt signal and an internal communication scheme. Then, the BIOS establishes a data structure in accordance with a virtual scan code and the rotation state, and then transmits the data structure to the OS. After that, the OS controls a program installed in the computer system to execute a related operation of the rotation state according to the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Yang, Yung-Yen Chang
  • Publication number: 20110099221
    Abstract: A method of transferring a file via a network includes following steps: transmitting a read request packet from a client to a server, the read request packet having multiple-packets-transmission information, wherein the multiple-packets-transmission information is labeled with an amount index, and transmitting a plurality of data packets corresponding to the file from the server to the client continuously according to an amount index of the multiple-packets-transmission information after the server receives the read request packet. The client receives the plurality of data packets from the server without replying any acknowledgement packet to the server within the continuous transmission of the plurality of data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Yung-Yen Chang
  • Publication number: 20110074793
    Abstract: An electrical device supporting switchable graphics function, electrically connected with a display unit, includes a first graphic chip, a second graphic chip, a peripheral, an Embedded Controller (EC) and a processing unit. Information of a present graphic chip is stored in an EC RAM of the EC, wherein the present graphic chip is one of the first graphic chip and the second graphic chip. A control unit of the EC obtains the information of the present graphic chip from the EC RAM and controls operation status of the peripheral according to the obtained information of the present graphic chip. The processing unit obtains the information of the present graphic chip from the EC RAM. The processing unit drives the present graphic chip to process an image signal and transmit the processed image signal to the display unit for display according to the obtained information of the present graphic chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yung-Yen CHANG, Yuan-Heng WU