Patents Assigned to Awind Inc.
  • Patent number: 9671996
    Abstract: A mirror display system and a mirror display method are present. The mirror display system comprises a transporting device and a receiving device. The mirror display method comprises following steps of: establishing a network connection with a receiving device at the transporting device; loading a plurality of contents; transforming the plurality of contents into a plurality of display data; transporting the plurality of display data to the receiving device via network; merging the plurality of display data into an output display data at the receiving device; transporting the output display data to a display unit for displaying. This application allows user to watch current screens of execution of the contents of the transporting device via a single display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AWIND INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Hsiang Wang, Kuan-Yu Chou, Cheng-Hsiung Chang, Shih-Pin Liu
  • Patent number: 9185448
    Abstract: A remote control method comprises: providing a receiving device electrically connected with a display device; the receiving device establishing wireless communication connections respectively with a mobile internet device and a computer; a user inputting a control instruction to the mobile internet device to transmit the control instruction to the receiving device therefrom; the receiving device forwarding the control instruction to the computer; and the computer responding to the control instruction and transmitting a screen frame to the receiving device for the display device to output the screen frame. The remote control method may simplify the operating procedures for switching computers and enhance the communication quality between the mobile internet device and the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AWIND Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Chao-Cheng Lin, Hsing-Yung Wang, Meng-Chung Hung, Kuan-Yu Chou, Cheng-Hsiung Chang, Shih-Pin Liu
  • Publication number: 20140012999
    Abstract: A method of establishing a paid connection using a screen mirroring application between multi-platforms is disclosed. A transmitting end application is installed in a transmitting end apparatus of a sharing source. A receiving end application is installed in a receiving end apparatus of a sharing target. If the transmitting end application is a paid version, an unlimited connection is established for performing screen mirroring between the transmitting end apparatus and any receiving end apparatus. If the transmitting end application is a free version, the method further confirms if the receiving end application is a paid version for deciding whether a limited connection or an unlimited connection should be established. Thus, it is assured that either the transmitting end application or the receiving end application is a paid version, the interests of application developers are protected and users are free from paying twice for establishing one connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung CHANG, Hsing-Yung WANG, Meng-Chung HUNG, Kuan-Yu CHOU, Chin-Jung FAN, Shih-Pin LIU, Li-Ger CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130311564
    Abstract: A sender device of sharing screenshots comprises a detection module, a control module and a wireless network interface. The detection module detects in the background whether a user is executing a screenshot activity and outputs a corresponding trigger signal. The control module electrically connects with the detection module and retrieves a latest-taken screenshot according to the trigger signal output by the detection module. The wireless network interface electrically connects the control module for establishing a wireless network link with a receiver device and transmitting the screenshot to the receiver device. The abovementioned sender device is able to simplify the operation to share screenshots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Awind, Inc
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung CHANG, Cheng-Hsiung CHANG, Meng-Chung HUNG, Shih-Ping LIU, Kuan-Yu CHOU, Hsing-Yung WANG
  • Publication number: 20130298011
    Abstract: A presentation method comprises: a sender device capturing screen frames and transmitting the screen frames to a receiver device; the receiver device receiving the screen frames transmitted by the sender device and outputting the screen frames to a display device for displaying the screen frames; establishing a webpage server in the receiver device; and the receiver device storing the screen frames as web pages. Thereby, the audiences can use the browsers of mobile Internet devices to link with the webpage server and browse the web pages containing the presentation contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Awind, Inc
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung CHANG, Jr-Rong FAN, Ping-Yang TU, Hsing-Yung WANG
  • Publication number: 20130294498
    Abstract: A video encoding system applied in a remote desktop system includes a capturing module, an encoding module and an estimating module. The capturing module is configured for capturing a plurality of screen frames of an electronic device at a capture rate. The encoding module is configured for encoding the screen frames captured by the capturing module at an encoding rate. The estimating module is configured for determining whether the current screen frame changes or not and then adjusting the encoding rate of the encoding module according to the estimating result. In this case, the encoding rate is equal to or less than the capture rate. The video encoding system can reduce system resource usage and energy consumption when the screen frame does not change. A video encoding method and a computer readable medium storing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Awind, Inc
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung CHANG, Hsing-Yung WANG, Way LU-CHEN, Kuan-Yu CHOU, Meng-Chung HUNG
  • Patent number: 8560704
    Abstract: A method of establishing a charged connection using a screen sharing application between multi-platforms is disclosed. A transmitting end application is installed in a transmitting end apparatus of a sharing source. A receiving end application is installed in a receiving end apparatus of a sharing target. If the transmitting end application is a charged version, an unlimited connection is established for performing screen sharing between the transmitting end apparatus and any receiving end apparatus. If the transmitting end application is a free version, the method further confirms if the receiving end application is a charged version for deciding whether a limited connection or an unlimited connection should be established. Thus, it is assured that either the transmitting end application or the receiving end application is a charged version, the interests of application developers are protected and users are free from paying twice for establishing one connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Hsing-Yung Wang, Meng-Chung Hung, Kuan-Yu Chou, Shih-Pin Liu, Chin-Jung Fan, Li-Ger Chen
  • Patent number: 8521900
    Abstract: A remote audio-video sharing method and an application program for the same are provided. The method comprises a content provider device capturing screen frames and sounds of the content provider device. First encoding and second encoding are executed on the captured screen frames and sound to transmit to and play on a content displayer device and a content controller device. The content displayer device receives, decodes the data and smoothly plays the received data. The content controller device receives, decodes the data and plays the received data in synch with the content provider device. Additionally, a control command is generated by the content controller device to reply to the content provider device to manipulate operations of the content provider device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Hsing-Yung Wang, Meng-Chung Hung, Kuan-Yu Chou, Chen-Way Lu, Chin-Jung Fan
  • Patent number: 8477842
    Abstract: An encoding method of screen frame and its application of electronic devices, which rapidly detect motion regions and motionless regions from lossless screen frames captured by software, and then encode the motion regions with lower image quality while encode motionless regions with higher quality to display higher quality images and smooth video at a receiving end in real-time. Furthermore, the above-mentioned encoding method is optimized for lossless screen frames which does not need complicated operations of video encoder of prior art, such as motion estimation, motion compensation, etc., so that the method can be implemented with minor system resources and lower latency delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Awind, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Hsing-Yung Wang, Meng-Chung Hung, Way Lu-Chen
  • Publication number: 20130166769
    Abstract: A screen frame transmission method includes a transmitting end capturing screen frame data and audio data and transmitting the same to a receiving end, and detecting for a user's operation and outputting a mode switching signal; a receiving end buffering the screen frame data transmitted by the transmitting end, and according to the mode switching signal, switching to the operating mode or the video mode, wherein during the video mode, a longer playback period of the screen frame data are buffered, and during the operating mode, a shorter playback period of the screen frame data are buffered. According to the aforementioned method, during the video mode, the video may be played back smoothly and the video and the audio are synchronized; during the operating mode, a low latency delay control experience may be provided. A receiving device and screen frame transmission system realizing the above method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Awind, Inc.
    Inventor: Awind, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8378923
    Abstract: A locating and displaying method upon a specific video region of a computer screen comprises the steps of: capturing a plurality of computer screens during a predetermined time period; comparing one computer screen with the following computer screen to locate a plurality of screen differences, in which every single screen difference includes at least one different region; judging a respective position of every individual different region of each screen difference so as to locate an object window containing the different region; determine one object window as a video region by comparing a size or an appearance time of the object window; capturing a film of the video region; forwarding the film to a distant displayer; and then the displayer broadcasting the film on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Hsing-Yung Wang
  • Patent number: 8373616
    Abstract: A locating and displaying method upon a specific video region of a computer screen comprises the steps of: capturing a plurality of computer screens during a predetermined time period; comparing one computer screen with the following computer screen to locate a plurality of screen differences, in which every single screen difference includes at least one different region; judging a respective position of every individual different region of each screen difference so as to locate an object window containing the different region; determine one object window as a video region by comparing a size or an appearance time of the object window; capturing a film of the video region; forwarding the film to a distant displayer; and then the displayer broadcasting the film on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Hsing-Yung Wang
  • Patent number: 8316138
    Abstract: A plug-and-show USB portable disk, applied to a wireless presentation system including a computer, a wireless gateway wireless networking with the computer and a display apparatus connected with the wireless gateway, includes an image capturing and analyzing program and a plug-and-show program. The computer, further having a screen and a USB transmission port, is to transmit at least a presentation frame data to the screen for displaying respective presentation frame image. The image capturing and analyzing program is to capture and analyze the presentation frame data transmitted from the computer to the wireless gateway and to generate and forward an analysis result of the presentation frame data to the wireless gateway through the computer. The plug-and-show program is to control the computer to execute the image capturing and analyzing program as the USB portable disk engages with the USB transmission port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 8307274
    Abstract: A method for converting a computerized briefing file to a PC-less briefing file is disclosed and comprises the steps of: presenting the computerized briefing file via a briefing software, wherein the computerized briefing file has a plurality of pages of briefing data; capturing the plurality of frames of the presented page of briefing data while presenting each page of briefing data, wherein if a difference block is existed between the last frame and the next frame, the difference block being stored in the PC-less file, otherwise, to presenting the next frame; judging whether the pagination of the presented frame is changed or not, if not, continuously capturing, comparing and storing the present page of briefing data, otherwise, capturing, comparing and storing the next page of briefing data; and such steps are not stopped until the last page of briefing data has being done.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Yi-Ju Chen, Hsing-Yung Wang, Li-Chin Lin
  • Patent number: 8297497
    Abstract: A screen frame transmission system includes a receiving device and a transmitting device. The receiving device includes a display unit or an external display device for displaying a 2D bar code containing connection information. The transmitting device includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the 2D bar code. The transmitting device decodes the 2D bar code to obtain the connection information and establishes a communication connection with the receiving device therewith to transmit a screen frame, thereby simplifying operations of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Awind, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Hsing-Yung Wang, Kuan-Yu Chou
  • Patent number: 7849410
    Abstract: A pointing-control system for multipoint conferences includes a plurality of computers, a gateway, a display, a conference-control module and a pointing-control module. The computers are connected through a wired or wireless network with the gateway. The computer with the highest priority number is defined as the host computer having the right to assign any of the computers to be the report computer. The conference-control module can demonstrate a presentation frame of the report computer on the display through the gateway. The pointing-control module is used to capture pointing coordinates of pointing apparatuses of the respective computers, and further to display the pointing coordinates on the presentation frame of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventor: Kuo-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 7627630
    Abstract: A system and a method for controlling a multipoint conference are provided by the present invention. The system comprises a plurality of computers, a presentation gateway, and a projector, wherein the computers are stored presentation frames. The method comprises the steps of connecting a first computer to the presentation gateway via a network; downloading a user list on the network from the presentation gateway; submitting a presentation-request signal to a second computer of the user list; and the first computer having a granted authority to access the presentation frames of the second computer while under the condition of the second computer granting the presentation-request signal, and the first computer transmitting the presentation frames of the second computer to the projector through the presentation gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Awind Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Lung Chang, Po-Wen Cheng, Hsiang-Li Chen