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).

  • Publication number: 20150145975
    Abstract: An image display method for use in a display system is provided. The display system includes a display panel, the display panel includes a color filter layer, a lens layer, and a white-light organic light-emitting diode (WOLED) array, wherein the lens layer, placed between the color filter layer and the WOLED array, is configured to refract light emitted from light groups of the WOLED array, so that the lights pass through the color filter layer to form images. The image display method includes: receiving a video signal; analyzing an image format of the video signal; converting the video signal to a light group control signal of each light group of the WOLED array according to a display setting of the display system and the image format of the video signal; and determining whether each light group is activated to display according to the light group control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 9013627
    Abstract: An image capturing device and a capturing method with light assistance are provided, wherein the image capturing device has a multi-directional lighting unit. In the method, at least two areas are defined continuously according to information provided by the image capturing device after the image capturing device enters a capture mode. Before a capture result is obtained, the multi-directional lighting unit is dynamically controlled to project different light beams to at least two latest areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8952957
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display panel, a display driver, an active polarizing layer, and an active polarizer. The display driver controls the display panel to display input image data categorized into data containing pixels in a first state, a second state, and a third state. The active polarizing layer is located on the display panel. The active polarizer controls the polarization direction of the active polarizing layer to enable the image displayed on the display panel to have the polarization direction after passing through the active polarizing layer. The active polarizing layer has first, second, and third polarization directions respectively corresponding to the pixels in the first state, the second state, and the third state in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20140300534
    Abstract: An input device of an electronic device and a setting method thereof are provided. In the setting method, a setting path is displayed on a display unit of the electronic device, and the input device is set according to the setting path depicted by the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Meng-Shih Tsai, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20140292673
    Abstract: An operating system and an operating method thereof are provided. An auxiliary light from an auxiliary light unit is irradiated to coordinate patterns on a display unit of an electronic apparatus, and the coordinate patterns are invisible to naked eyes. The coordinate patterns are converted to corresponding coordinate position information, and the coordinate position information is transmitted to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Meng-Shih Tsai, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20140292671
    Abstract: A data sharing system and a data sharing method thereof are provided. In the data sharing method, a file information corresponding to first coordinate patterns of a first electronic device detected by a input device and a device information of the first electronic device are stored, and when second coordinate patterns of a second electronic device are detected by the input device, the file information is transmitted to the second electronic device according to a data transmission instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Meng-Shih Tsai, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8836870
    Abstract: A pair of viewing glasses, a three-dimensional (3D) display system and an image beam adjustment method are provided. The adjustment method includes determining an adjustment angle according to an image beam emitted by a display screen; detecting a relative spatial orientation of the viewing glasses and the display screen; determining a compensation angle according to the relative spatial orientation; and adjusting the polarization direction of the image beam according to at least one of the adjustment angle and the compensation angle, so as to change the polarization direction of the image beam to a target polarization direction parallel or perpendicular to the polarization axis direction of a polarizer of the viewing glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Dong-Hsing Su
  • Patent number: 8830582
    Abstract: A pair of viewing glasses and an image beam adjustment method are provided, wherein the viewing glasses includes a polarizer. The adjustment method includes the following steps. Detect the transmittance of the image beam from the screen passing through the glasses. Generate an operating signal according to the operating period of the viewing glasses, a corresponding value corresponding to the operating period of the viewing glasses, and the transmittance of the image beam, so as to adjust the polarization direction of the image beam before passing through the polarizer. Maintain the operating signal during the operating period of the viewing glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Dong-Hsing Su
  • Publication number: 20140240249
    Abstract: The system and method of analyzing input on touch panel are provided. The system includes an electrical device, including a touch panel, wherein plurality of patterns on the touch panel are generated by a manufacturing process; and an input device, including a photograph unit and a processing unit and configured to input a message to the electrical device, wherein when the message is inputted to the electrical device, the input device photographs one or more of the patterns by the photograph unit for generating an image data, analyzes a location information included in the image data by the first processing unit for generating a coordinate information, and transmits the coordinate information to the electrical device through a wireless transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Acer Incorporatedtw
    Inventors: Meng-Shih Tsai, Chueh-Pin Ko, Ching-Piao Kuan
  • Patent number: 8760504
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an ambient brightness received by a pair of shutter glasses which are operative under a two-dimensional image viewing mode includes: generating an ambient brightness control signal; and adjusting a shutter-open period of eyeglass (s) of the shutter glasses according to the ambient brightness control signal, for adjusting a length of the shutter-open period of the eyeglass (s) to be longer than an activation time length of a backlight of a display device so as to adjust the received ambient brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20140064517
    Abstract: A multimedia processing system is provided. The system comprises: a depth analyzing unit configured to receive an input image and retrieve a depth image according to the input image; and a audio processing unit configured to receive an input audio signal and the depth image, detect an audio object and position information corresponding to the audio object from the depth image, and retrieve an acoustic frequency range corresponding to the audio object from the input audio signal; wherein when the position information exceeds a predetermined range, the audio processing unit adjusts the acoustic frequency range of the input audio signal according to the position information to generate an output audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin KO
  • Patent number: 8665322
    Abstract: A method for controlling shutter glasses is utilized for viewing stereo images. A video output apparatus respectively outputs a first image and a second image during a plurality of image output periods, alternately. Each image output period includes an image driving period and an image stabilization period. The method includes controlling each of a first shutter lens and a second shutter lens to be switched between an on-state and an off-state. The first shutter lens stays in the on-state within image stabilization periods respectively corresponding to two successive first images, and is switched from the off-state to the on-state and then switched from the on-state to the off-state for at least one time during a time interval between the image stabilization periods respectively corresponding to the two successive first images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Wei-Heng Huang
  • Publication number: 20140009507
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display module and a solar cell module is provided. The display module displays image content and provides a charging light, wherein the energy of the charging light is related to the image content. The solar cell module is disposed at one side of the display module to receive the charging light and proceed to charge, wherein the efficiency of charging for the solar cell module is related to the image content displayed by the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20140002687
    Abstract: An image capturing device and a capturing method with light assistance are provided, wherein the image capturing device has a multi-directional lighting unit. In the method, at least two areas are defined continuously according to information provided by the image capturing device after the image capturing device enters a capture mode. Before a capture result is obtained, the multi-directional lighting unit is dynamically controlled to project different light beams to at least two latest areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130314452
    Abstract: A transparent display device is provided. The thickness of the transparent display device is reduced by using a transparent backlight unit as a backlight source of a transparent display panel, and transparency of the transparent display panel can be changed by adjusting gray scale levels of transparent areas on the transparent display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130314433
    Abstract: A transparent display device and a transparency adjustment method thereof are provided. The transparent display device includes a transparent display unit, a sensing module and a processing unit. The sensing module detects at least one of conditions of the environmental background of the transparent display device and a user's input. The processing unit determines if it is necessary to adjust the transparent degree of a transparent image displayed by the transparent display unit or not according to a sensing result detected by the sensing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130314453
    Abstract: A transparent display device and a transparency adjustment method thereof are provided. The transparent display device includes a transparent display unit, a backlight-penetrating unit and a processing unit. The processing unit control the backlight-penetrating unit to scatter a backlight or to block the backlight irradiated to the transparent display unit, so as to adjust the transparent degree of a transparent image displayed by the transparent display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130285942
    Abstract: A touch detection method and a touch control device using the same are provided. The touch control device has a touch unit. The touch detection method includes following steps. A voice input signal and a touch input signal generated by a touch behavior of an input tool on the touch unit are detected and recorded. The input tool and the touch behavior thereof are identified according to the voice input signal and the touch input signal. Herein the touch input signal indicates a touch property corresponding to the touch behavior of the input tool on the touch unit, and the voice input signal is used for identifying the type of the input tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8564574
    Abstract: An input apparatus with a multi-mode switching function is disclosed. In one embodiment, the input apparatus includes a body, an arc surface touching module and a control module. The arc surface touching module is arranged on surface of the body, and is used to input two-dimensional position data. The control module switches the input mode of said input apparatus based on the two-dimensional position data, and generates a control signal based on switched input mode and the two-dimensional position data. In another embodiment, upon transforming the two-dimensional position data into the three-dimensional position data based on the geometric characteristics of the body, the control module of the input apparatus switches the input mode of the apparatus based on the three-dimensional position data and generates a control signal in accordance with the three-dimensional position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jiann-Jou Chen, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8542241
    Abstract: A method of playing an original 3D content on a 3D enabled monitor, where the 3D enabled monitor does not support the original 3D format type of the original 3D content. The method includes the steps of automatically reading a portion the original 3D content to obtain an identity of the original 3D format type, this portion may or may not be a tag, and reading this portion may include playing multiple frames of the 3D content. The preferred method further includes automatically detecting a monitor and its 3D display format type. If no match is found between the original 3D format type and the display format type, then the method deconstruct the original image content and reconstruct the image content into a 3D format type supported by the 3D display format type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jian-Wei Lee, Chueh-Pin Ko, Hsin-Yu Chen