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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Publication number: 20210185110Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20210149528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Publication number: 20210141270Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20210117025Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: 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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Publication number: 20210110788Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 10972100Abstract: A dial device includes a base, a cover, a column, a magnet, a magnetic sensor 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 wall includes a first end for connecting to the base and a second end for connecting to the cover. The magnet surrounds the column and is disposed on the base or the cover. The magnetic sensor is disposed on a side surface of the column and coupled to the signal processing circuit. When the cover rotates relative to the base, the magnet rotates around the magnetic sensor, and the magnetic field strengths sensed by the magnetic sensor vary. The signal processing circuit determines the relative rotation direction between the cover and the base according to the difference of the magnetic field strengths sensed by the magnetic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Publication number: 20210082325Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin KO
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Patent number: 10935840Abstract: 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: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 10924728Abstract: The disclosure provides a head mounted display (HMD) and a light adjusting method thereof. The HMD includes a housing, a first chamber, a second chamber, and a light source. The first chamber is disposed in the housing and disposed with a display, wherein the display plays a video content. The second chamber is disposed in the housing and adjacent to the first chamber, wherein a through hole is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, and the video content propagates from the first chamber to the second chamber via the through hole. The light source is disposed on at least one side of at least one of the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the light source provides a light in response to the video content or a system state of the HMD.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Patent number: 10884521Abstract: A dial device including an upper case and a bottom base disposed with an electrode pattern having a directional pattern corresponding to a direction, wherein an interactive display device utilizes the dial device as an input device (such as a mouse or a rocker capable of instructing an index displayed by a screen to move toward the direction) according to moving signals transmitted by the dial device and sensing signals generated by a touch circuit of the interactive display device. Thus, the interactive display device is capable of mapping a direction caused by relative motions between the upper case and the bottom base to a moving direction of an object displayed by the interactive display device, so as to increase an operation of the dial device.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Patent number: 10877569Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch device and an operating method thereof. The touch device includes a touch panel, a positioning structure, and a detecting module. The touch panel bears a detachable keyboard module. The positioning structure fixes the detachable keyboard module on the touch panel, wherein the detachable keyboard module fixed on the touch panel partially covers the touch panel. The detecting module detects the detachable keyboard module fixed on the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20200348733Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Tai JU, Chueh-Pin KO
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Patent number: 10817113Abstract: A touch apparatus includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes, and a plurality of third sensing electrodes. The first sensing electrodes extend along a first direction. The second sensing electrodes are electrically isolated from the first sensing electrodes, and extend along a second direction. The plurality of third sensing electrodes are electrically isolated from the second sensing electrodes, and extend along the first direction. At least some of the first sensing electrodes, at least some of the second sensing electrodes, and at least some of the third sensing electrodes are formed at different film layers respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Patent number: 10810848Abstract: An electronic device equipped with an anti-theft function may include a touch-sensitive panel and a processing circuit. The touch-sensitive panel may perform sensing of a first electrode of an input device and multiple fingers of a user, to detect a first detection point corresponding to the first electrode and multiple other detection points respectively corresponding to the multiple fingers, wherein when the input device is put on the touch-sensitive panel, the first detection point corresponds to a first location of the first electrode on the touch-sensitive panel, and when the multiple fingers touch the touch-sensitive panel, the multiple other detection points correspond to multiple other locations of the multiple fingers on the touch-sensitive panel, respectively. When at least one predetermined condition is satisfied, the processing circuit enables the anti-theft function. When at least one release condition is satisfied, the processing circuit disables the anti-theft function.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Chia-Lun Chang, Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20200250414Abstract: An electronic device having a communication unit, a storage unit, an image obtaining unit and a processing unit is provided. The input unit receives a plurality of handwriting files. The storage stores a plurality of original document files. The image obtaining unit obtains a document image. The handwriting files and the original document files include a document handwriting file and an original document file corresponding to the document image respectively. The processing unit is connected to the communication unit, the storage unit and the image obtaining unit and recognizes a content of the document image to integrate the document image, the document handwriting file and the original document file into a document grouping file according to the content of the document image. A handwriting board system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20200202692Abstract: An electronic device equipped with an anti-theft function may include a touch-sensitive panel and a processing circuit. The touch-sensitive panel may perform sensing of a first electrode of an input device and multiple fingers of a user, to detect a first detection point corresponding to the first electrode and multiple other detection points respectively corresponding to the multiple fingers, wherein when the input device is put on the touch-sensitive panel, the first detection point corresponds to a first location of the first electrode on the touch-sensitive panel, and when the multiple fingers touch the touch-sensitive panel, the multiple other detection points correspond to multiple other locations of the multiple fingers on the touch-sensitive panel, respectively. When at least one predetermined condition is satisfied, the processing circuit enables the anti-theft function. When at least one release condition is satisfied, the processing circuit disables the anti-theft function.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Chia-Lun Chang, Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20200201115Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20200174585Abstract: A dial device including an upper case and a bottom base disposed with an electrode pattern having a directional pattern corresponding to a direction, wherein an interactive display device utilizes the dial device as an input device (such as a mouse or a rocker capable of instructing an index displayed by a screen to move toward the direction) according to moving signals transmitted by the dial device and sensing signals generated by a touch circuit of the interactive display device. Thus, the interactive display device is capable of mapping a direction caused by relative motions between the upper case and the bottom base to a moving direction of an object displayed by the interactive display device, so as to increase an operation of the dial device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Tai Ju, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen
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Patent number: 10664086Abstract: Electronic devices applicable to interaction control are provided. A first electronic device includes a first force-sensitive component, a camera module, and a processing circuit, and a second electronic device includes a second force-sensitive component, a display module, and a processing circuit. At least one component within the first force-sensitive component and the second force-sensitive component is arranged to detect a contact event between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
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Publication number: 20200150778Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch device and an operating method thereof. The touch device includes a touch panel, a positioning structure, and a detecting module. The touch panel bears a detachable keyboard module. The positioning structure fixes the detachable keyboard module on the touch panel, wherein the detachable keyboard module fixed on the touch panel partially covers the touch panel. The detecting module detects the detachable keyboard module fixed on the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Chueh-Pin Ko