Patents by Inventor Chao-Kuang Yang

Chao-Kuang Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20220230403
    Abstract: An augmented reality screen system includes an augmented reality device and a host. The augmented reality device is configured to take a physical mark through a camera. The host is configured to receive the physical mark, determine position information and rotation information of the physical mark, and fetch a virtual image from a storage device through a processor of the host. The processor transmits an adjusted virtual image to the augmented reality device according to the position information and the rotation information, and the augmentation device projects the adjusted virtual image to a display of the augmented reality device. The adjusted virtual image becomes a virtual extended screen, and the virtual extended screen and the physical mark are simultaneously displayed on the display of the augmented reality device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Huei-Ping TZENG, Chao-Kuang YANG, Wen-Cheng HSU, Chih-Wen HUANG, Chih-Haw TAN
  • Publication number: 20220155883
    Abstract: A digital-pointer interaction system is provided, which includes a display apparatus, a host, a wireless receiving device, and a plurality of wireless pointer devices. The host plays a display screen on the display apparatus, and executes a digital-pointer application. The digital-pointer application renders a plurality of pointer cursors on the display screen according to a number of wireless pointer devices connected to the wireless receiving device, and each wireless pointer device corresponds to each pointer cursor. Each wireless pointer device periodically emits an indication signal to the wireless receiving device, and the wireless receiving device transmits the indication signal to the host. The indication signal includes displacement information of each wireless pointer device. The digital-pointer application controls movement of each pointer cursor on the display screen according to the displacement information of each wireless pointer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Wen WANG, Shu-Kuo KAO, Chao-Kuang YANG, Chien-Shan WANG, Shu-Wei YEH, Chi-Hsiu KAO
  • Patent number: 11328493
    Abstract: An augmented reality screen system includes an augmented reality device and a host. The augmented reality device is configured to take a physical mark through a camera. The host is configured to receive the physical mark, determine position information and rotation information of the physical mark, and fetch a virtual image from a storage device through a processor of the host. The processor transmits an adjusted virtual image to the augmented reality device according to the position information and the rotation information, and the augmentation device projects the adjusted virtual image to a display of the augmented reality device. The adjusted virtual image becomes a virtual extended screen, and the virtual extended screen and the physical mark are simultaneously displayed on the display of the augmented reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Huei-Ping Tzeng, Chao-Kuang Yang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chih-Wen Huang, Chih-Haw Tan
  • Publication number: 20220141341
    Abstract: A conference terminal and a multi-device coordinating method for the conference are provided. In the method, multiple conference terminals are allocated to a plurality of areas according to location relationship. Each area includes one or more conference terminals that are close in the location relationship. An input sound signal is obtained from picking up a sound by the conference terminal in each area. The input sound signal of the one or more conference terminals in a first area among the areas is allocated to the one or more conference terminals in a second area among the areas to be played. The input sound signal obtained from picking up the sound by the conference terminal in each area is not played by any conference terminal in the same area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng, Chao-Kuang Yang
  • Publication number: 20220124300
    Abstract: A 3D display system and a 3D display method are provided. The 3D display system includes a 3D display, a memory and one or more processors. The memory records a plurality of modules, and the processor accesses and executes the modules recorded by the memory. The modules include a bridge interface module and a 3D display service module. When an application is executed by the processor, the bridge interface module creates a virtual extend screen, and moves the application to the virtual extend screen. The bridge interface module obtains a 2D content frame of the application from the virtual extend screen by a screenshot function. The 3D display service module converts the 2D content frame into a 3D format frame by communicating with a third-party software development kit, and provides the 3D format frame to the 3D display for displaying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Shih-Hao Lin, Chao-Kuang Yang, Wen-Cheng Hsu
  • Publication number: 20220060679
    Abstract: A display system is provided. The display system includes a virtual reality display apparatus, an autostereoscopic display apparatus, and a host. In response to a processing unit of the host receiving a specific input signal, the processing unit generates a display-mode control signal, executes an image-conversion software development kit of an OpenVR driver to convert a virtual-reality (VR) stereoscopic image, that is generated by a VR application executed by the host, into an autostereoscopic image, and writes the autostereoscopic image to a second image buffer of the host. In response to the display-mode control signal, the autostereoscopic display apparatus is switched to an autostereoscopic display mode, and a multiplexing circuit of the host selects the autostereoscopic image stored in the second image buffer as an output image signal, and sends the output image signal to the autostereoscopic display apparatus for displaying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shih-Hao LIN, Chao-Kuang YANG, Wen-Cheng HSU
  • Publication number: 20220050721
    Abstract: A resource integration method includes the following steps: a receiving module receives access information from a guest operating system on the host device; the access information is used to determine whether the frame rate is lower than a frame rate threshold; when the receiving module determines that the frame rate is lower than the frame rate threshold, the receiving module transmits an external resource request signal to the receiving module; after the receiving module receives the external resource request signal, a resource management module (which is located in the bridge module) selects an optimal external device from a specific category (among a plurality of categories in a candidate list), and a calculation operation or a storage operation corresponding to the specific category is transmitted to the optimal external device for calculation or storage by the bridge module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kuan-Ju CHEN, Wen-Cheng HSU, Hung-Ming CHANG, Chih-Wen HUANG, Chao-Kuang YANG
  • Patent number: 11252505
    Abstract: A method for regulating a sound source of a designated object and an audio processing device using same are provided. The method includes the following steps. An original two-channel signal is obtained. An included angle of the designated object with respect to an ear of a user is detected. A first beam and a second beam are respectively formed in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction according to the included angle to obtain a bidirectional sound signal. A sound rotation process is performed, so that the ear is directed toward sound source of the designated object, and a rotated two-channel sound signal is obtained. A unidirectional sound signal towards the sound source is obtained. A sound signal characteristic of the designated object is obtained according to the bidirectional sound signal and the unidirectional sound signal and then is regulated to synthesize a regulated two-channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng, Chao-Kuang Yang
  • Patent number: 11249517
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and its screen control method adapted to an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first display screen, a second display screen, and a body. The first display screen is pivotally connected to the body along a first rotation axis, and the second display screen is disposed on an upper surface of the body. The method includes following steps. A sight of a user is detected by a sight sensor. In response to the sight projected on the second display screen at a default position, a screen rotation degree is determined according to a direction of the sight. According to the screen rotation degree, the second display screen is controlled to rotate from the default position along the second rotation axis to a display position, so that a view angle at which the user watches the second display screen satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Lin, Wei-Kuo Shih, Chao-Kuang Yang
  • Publication number: 20220044481
    Abstract: An augmented reality screen system includes an augmented reality device and a host. The augmented reality device is configured to take a physical mark through a camera. The host is configured to receive the physical mark, determine position information and rotation information of the physical mark, and fetch a virtual image from a storage device through a processor of the host. The processor transmits an adjusted virtual image to the augmented reality device according to the position information and the rotation information, and the augmentation device projects the adjusted virtual image to a display of the augmented reality device. The adjusted virtual image becomes a virtual extended screen, and the virtual extended screen and the physical mark are simultaneously displayed on the display of the augmented reality device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Huei-Ping TZENG, Chao-Kuang YANG, Wen-Cheng HSU, Chih-Wen HUANG, Chih-Haw TAN
  • Publication number: 20220027206
    Abstract: A resource integration method includes the following steps: allowing a host operating system of a host device to communicate with an external device; using a bridge module to obtain external device information; receiving an access command from a guest operating system to the host device; receiving a hardware processing result from the host device; selectively transmitting the access command to the external device through the bridge module; and receiving the hardware processing result from the external device at a receiving module. The hardware processing result corresponds to the access command. The host device executes the virtual environment on the host operating system. The guest operating system runs in the virtual environment. The guest operating system executes an application program. The application program is used to issue the access command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kuan-Ju CHEN, Wen-Cheng HSU, Hung-Ming CHANG, Chih-Wen HUANG, Chao-Kuang YANG
  • Publication number: 20220020191
    Abstract: The present application provides a method and a computer program product for image style transfer. The method uses an AI algorithm based on convolution to extract the content representation of a content image and the style representation of a style image, and generate a new image according to the extracted content representation and style representation. This new image not only has both the features of the content image and the features of the style image, but it also more aesthetically pleasing than the images generated by the commonly known methods do.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shih-Hao LIN, Chao-Kuang YANG, Liang-Chi CHEN, Shu-Wei YEH
  • Patent number: 11216976
    Abstract: An angle of view calibration method, a virtual reality display system and a computing apparatus are provided. Whether a Head-Mounted-Display (HMD) is worn on the head of a user is detected by a wearing sensor. A current video frame displayed by the HMD is captured in response to the HMD being worn on the head of the user, wherein the current video frame is generated based on an orientation position parameter of the HMD. A frame elevation angle of the current video frame is determined. The orientation position parameter of the HMD is calibrated according to the frame elevation angle, such that the HMD displays a next video frame generated based on the calibrated orientation position parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Huang, Chao-Kuang Yang, Wen-Cheng Hsu
  • Publication number: 20210374908
    Abstract: A method for processing an image that can be played on a virtual device, including obtaining a super-resolution deep learning network model, which is trained to learn to reconstruct an image from low resolution to high resolution; wherein the super-resolution deep learning network model includes a plurality of feature filters to extract features of the image; modifying the resolution of the feature filters from a preset value to an established value, wherein the established value is higher than the preset value; inputting a low-resolution image into the super-resolution deep learning network model; and increasing the resolution of the low-resolution image to become a high-resolution image through the super-resolution deep learning network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Shih-Hao LIN, Chao-Kuang YANG, Wen-Cheng HSU, Liang-Chi CHEN
  • Patent number: 11169603
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a method for recognizing view angle of displayed screen thereof. The method is adapted to the electronic apparatus and includes the following steps. A first person view screen displayed by a display is captured. A specific object in the first person view screen is removed to generate a preprocessed image. The preprocessed image is inputted into a neural network model to recognize a view angle of the first person view screen. A function is performed according to the view angle of the first person view screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Huang, Chao-Kuang Yang, Wen-Cheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 11159237
    Abstract: A data transmission system is provided in the invention. The data transmission system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device encodes data into a color pattern, and displays the color pattern. The receiving device extracts the color pattern and decodes the color pattern to obtain the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yen-Shuo Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan
  • Publication number: 20210329099
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method is adapted to an electronic apparatus including a screen, and the data transmission method includes the following steps. An image frame is displayed through the screen. A selection marquee is displayed on the image frame through the screen, and the selection marquee is configured for selecting a partial image frame from the image frame. Connection information is displayed within the selection marquee through the screen, and feature information of data to be transmitted is recognized from the partial image frame selected by the selection marquee. A connection with another electronic apparatus is established according to the connection information. The data to be transmitted is sent to the another electronic apparatus via the connection according to the feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan
  • Publication number: 20210318725
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and its screen control method adapted to an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first display screen, a second display screen, and a body. The first display screen is pivotally connected to the body along a first rotation axis, and the second display screen is disposed on an upper surface of the body. The method includes following steps. A sight of a user is detected by a sight sensor. In response to the sight projected on the second display screen at a default position, a screen rotation degree is determined according to a direction of the sight. According to the screen rotation degree, the second display screen is controlled to rotate from the default position along the second rotation axis to a display position, so that a view angle at which the user watches the second display screen satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Lin, Wei-Kuo Shih, Chao-Kuang Yang
  • Patent number: 11106278
    Abstract: The invention provides an operation method for multi-monitor applicable to an electronic system including a plurality of monitors. The operation method for multi-monitor includes capturing a current image including a user by using a camera, calculating a current gaze direction of the user according to the current image, and determining a target monitor according to the current gaze direction of the user. After the target monitor is determined, the operation method for multi-monitor further includes moving an object to a display area of the target monitor. In addition to the operation method for multi-monitor, an electronic system using the operation method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Sheng-Lin Chiu, Chao-Kuang Yang, An-Cheng Lee, Ying-Shih Hung, Cheng-Tse Wu
  • Patent number: 11100190
    Abstract: A Chromebook computer and a web virtual reality (WebVR) execution method thereof are provided. The WebVR execution method of Chromebook computer includes the following steps. A Chrome Extension informs a WebVR website that the Chromebook computer has a WebVR execution capability. A Chrome APP obtains an inertial measurement unit (IMU) data of a head-mounted display (HMD). The Chrome APP transmits the IMU data to the Chrome Extension. The Chrome Extension transmits the IMU data to the WebVR website through a WebVR application programming interface (API). The Chrome Extension captures a left eye frame and a right eye frame from the WebVR website through the WebVR API. The Chrome Extension projects the left eye frame and the right eye frame to the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shih-Hao Lin, Chao-Kuang Yang, Wen-Cheng Hsu