Patents by Inventor Chueh-Pin Ko
Chueh-Pin Ko 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).
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Patent number: 11539938Abstract: A floating image-type control device, an interactive display system and a floating control method are provided. The floating image-type control device includes a rotation component and a control component. The rotation component includes a fixing portion, a bearing body and a rotation shaft. The rotation shaft is connected to the bearing body. The rotation shaft rotates relative to the fixing portion to drive the bearing body to rotate. The control component includes an image capturing unit, a zero-point calibration unit and an image analysis unit. The image capturing unit is disposed on the bearing body. The image capturing unit rotates with the bearing body and continuously captures several images. The zero-point calibration unit is used to send a zero-point signal when the bearing body rotates to a predetermined angle. The image analysis unit is used to obtain an operation signal based on the images and the zero-point signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 11537176Abstract: An electric device is provided. The electric device includes a first housing, a second housing, a touch panel, a flexible printed circuit board, a control chip, and a main circuit board. The touch panel is disposed in the first housing. The flexible printed circuit board includes a substrate, a plurality of first connecting lines, a plurality of second connecting lines and a plurality of third connecting lines. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The first connecting lines are connected to a first peripheral line on the first surface. The second connecting lines are connected to a second peripheral line on the first surface. The third connecting lines are connected to a third peripheral line on the second surface, and are arranged from the second surface to the first surface through a plurality of first through holes.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 11503106Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method is adapted to the electronic apparatus including a touch screen, and the data transmission method includes the following steps. An image frame is displayed through the touch screen. A connection with another electronic apparatus placed on the touch screen is established. Position information of said another electronic apparatus on the touch screen is detected through the touch screen, to capture a partial frame from the image frame according to the position information of said another electronic apparatus. Feature information of data to be transmitted is obtained from the partial frame. The data to be transmitted is sent to said another electronic apparatus via the connection according to the feature information.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: 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, Yu-Chieh Huang
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Patent number: 11494045Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an object information recognition method by using touch data thereof are provided. Touch sensing is performed in the case where no object touches a touch panel to obtain a specific background frame through the touch panel. A current touch sensing frame is obtained through the touch panel. Touch background data of a plurality of first frame cells in the specific background frame is respectively subtracted from touch raw data of a plurality of second frame cells in the current touch sensing frame to obtain a background removal frame including a plurality of cell values. The background removal frame is transformed into a touch sensing image. The touch sensing image is inputted to a trained neural network model to recognize object information of a touch object.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Wen Huang, Eric Choi, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Yen-Shuo Huang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju
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Patent number: 11489944Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20220096694Abstract: An electronic device with antibacterial effect detection and a portable device are provided. The electronic device includes an antibacterial housing, a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit and a processing unit. The antibacterial housing has a concave hole, which gradually shrinks from the inside to the outside. The light emitting unit is arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing. The light emitting unit is used for emitting a detection light toward an inclined side wall of the concave hole. The light receiving unit is arranged under the concave hole of the antibacterial housing. The light receiving unit is used for receiving a detection light reflected from the inclined side wall of the concave hole. The processing unit is used for analyzing the antibacterial effect of the antibacterial housing according to the detection light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chueh-Pin KO, Chih-Chiang CHEN
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Patent number: 11287689Abstract: A display apparatus including a display element, a frame body, and an optical lens is provided. The display element has a central zone and at least one edge zone located around the central zone. The central zone forms a display surface with at least one edge zone. The frame body has a bezel portion and an accommodating space. The display element is disposed in the accommodating space and the bezel portion surrounds the display element. The optical lens is disposed on the display element and includes a body. The body has a flat portion and at least one extending portion around the flat portion, wherein the at least one extending portion has a feature surface, and the feature surface overlaps the at least one edge zone and the bezel portion in the direction perpendicular to the frame body, so that users can experience a bezel-less visual effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20220066576Abstract: An active stylus and a charging method thereof and a mobile computing device using the same are provided. The charging method of an active stylus includes the following steps. A wireless signal is emitted to a touch device of a mobile computing device by an active stylus to obtain an attitude or a position of the active stylus relative to the mobile computing device, wherein the active stylus includes a solar panel. A light-emitting area of the mobile computing device is determined according to the attitude or the position of the active stylus relative to the mobile computing device. A light is emitted in the light-emitting area by a light-emitting unit of the mobile computing device, such that the solar panel of the active stylus receives the light for charging a battery of the active stylus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin KO
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Patent number: 11249583Abstract: A touch system and a touch method for adjusting a spacing between ink objects and a computer-readable medium are provided. The touch system includes a stylus device and a touch device. The stylus device is configured to emit a hover signal. The touch device includes a touch panel and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the touch panel to detect and determine whether the hover signal is located in at least one junction area between the ink objects on the touch panel. When the hover signal is located in the junction area between two adjacent ink objects in the ink objects, the processing circuit obtains hover data of the stylus device and adjusts a size of the junction area between the two adjacent ink objects according to the hover data.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20210357092Abstract: A touch system and a touch method for adjusting a spacing between ink objects and a computer-readable medium are provided. The touch system includes a stylus device and a touch device. The stylus device is configured to emit a hover signal. The touch device includes a touch panel and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the touch panel to detect and determine whether the hover signal is located in at least one junction area between the ink objects on the touch panel. When the hover signal is located in the junction area between two adjacent ink objects in the ink objects, the processing circuit obtains hover data of the stylus device and adjusts a size of the junction area between the two adjacent ink objects according to the hover data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 11176855Abstract: A floating control device, an operation method of a floating control device, and an interactive display system are provided. The floating control device includes a motor, a rotating shaft, a rotating component, a plurality of distance sensors and a signal processing unit. The rotating shaft is connected to the motor. The motor drives the rotating component to rotate around the rotating shaft. The distance sensors are disposed on the rotating component. The signal processing unit is configured to receive a plurality of sensing signals from the distance sensors to obtain an operation signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 11163414Abstract: A flexible touch panel electrode structure is provided, which includes: a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of drive electrodes disposed on the substrate respectively; a plurality of compensation electrodes which are staggered with the drive electrodes in position and compensate for at least one of the drive electrodes; and a control part coupled to the sensing electrodes, the drive electrodes, and the compensation electrodes. The compensation electrodes are grounded, and when the drive electrode malfunctions, the control part performs a switching operation to replace the drive electrode with the compensation electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Patent number: 11159237Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20210329099Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11138951Abstract: An electronic device including a non-flat display surface and an image display method thereof are provided. The method is adapted for the electronic device having the non-flat display surface, and a display device of the electronic device is disposed under a non-flat cover. A plurality of edge display pixels in an edge display region of the display device is grouped into at least one pixel group according to a tilt state of an edge of the non-flat cover. Image data is adjusted according to a quantity of the at least one pixel group, to drive a display panel to display according to the adjusted image data. The edge display pixels in the pixel group are configured to display a same image pixel.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 11112885Abstract: A rotary input device includes a base, a cover, a column, one or more first magnets, one or more second magnets, a plurality of magnetic sensors, and a signal processing circuit. The cover includes a cap portion and a side wall vertically extending from the cap portion. The column surrounded by the side wall includes a first end for connecting to the base and a second end for connecting to the cover. The first magnet surrounds the column and is configured on the cover. The second magnet surrounds the first magnet and is configured on the base. The magnetic sensors are configured on a lateral surface of the column and coupled to the signal processing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Patent number: 11087714Abstract: A display device and an operation method thereof are provided. The display device includes a backlight panel and a backlight control circuit. The backlight panel provides backlight to a display panel. The backlight control circuit is coupled to the backlight panel. The backlight control circuit receives prompt area information. The prompt area information is configured to indicate a prompt area in a display area of the display panel. The backlight control circuit controls the backlight panel according to the prompt area information to adjust the backlight corresponding to the prompt area. In this way, a backlight effect of the prompt area is different from a backlight effect of one of other areas in the display area.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20210201842Abstract: An electronic device including a non-flat display surface and an image display method thereof are provided. The method is adapted for the electronic device having the non-flat display surface, and a display device of the electronic device is disposed under a non-flat cover. A plurality of edge display pixels in an edge display region of the display device is grouped into at least one pixel group according to a tilt state of an edge of the non-flat cover. Image data is adjusted according to a quantity of the at least one pixel group, to drive a display panel to display according to the adjusted image data. The edge display pixels in the pixel group are configured to display a same image pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20210203916Abstract: A floating image-type control device, an interactive display system and a floating control method are provided. The floating image-type control device includes a rotation component and a control component. The rotation component includes a fixing portion, a bearing body and a rotation shaft. The rotation shaft is connected to the bearing body. The rotation shaft rotates relative to the fixing portion to drive the bearing body to rotate. The control component includes an image capturing unit, a zero-point calibration unit and an image analysis unit. The image capturing unit is disposed on the bearing body. The image capturing unit rotates with the bearing body and continuously captures several images. The zero-point calibration unit is used to send a zero-point signal when the bearing body rotates to a predetermined angle. The image analysis unit is used to obtain an operation signal based on the images and the zero-point signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin KO
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Publication number: 20210184766Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: 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