Patents by Inventor Jin-Ting Kuo

Jin-Ting Kuo 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).

  • Patent number: 10942643
    Abstract: An active touch pen includes a pen barrel, a pen head, a pen shaft, a sleeve, a processor, a sensor and a wireless transmission assembly. The pen head is connected to the pen barrel. The pen shaft and the sleeve are respectively disposed in the pen barrel, and the pen shaft penetrates through the sleeve. The processor, the sensor and the wireless transmission assembly are respectively connected to the pen shaft. The sensor is configured to detect variation of a first pattern of the sleeve during the sleeve rotating relative to the pen barrel so as to obtain a first sensing data and transmits the first sensing data to the processor. The processor calculates rotation amount of the sleeve according to the first sensing data and transmits the rotation amount to the touch display device through the wireless transmission assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10775652
    Abstract: A driving method of a privacy apparatus is provided. The privacy apparatus includes a light-transmissive layer and a plurality of electrically switchable optical structures. The light-transmissive layer includes a plurality of trenches not crossing over each other. The electrically switchable optical structures are respectively disposed in the trenches. An extension direction of each of the trenches is inclined relative to an edge of the privacy apparatus on a plane of the privacy apparatus. The driving method of the privacy apparatus includes applying a driving electric field to a part of the trenches to render a part of the electrically switchable optical structures light-transmissive, and maintaining the other part of the electrically switchable optical structures opaque. Besides, a privacy apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200272318
    Abstract: An active touch pen includes a pen barrel, a pen head, a pen shaft, a sleeve, a processor, a sensor and a wireless transmission assembly. The pen head is connected to the pen barrel. The pen shaft and the sleeve are respectively disposed in the pen barrel, and the pen shaft penetrates through the sleeve. The processor, the sensor and the wireless transmission assembly are respectively connected to the pen shaft. The sensor is configured to detect variation of a first pattern of the sleeve during the sleeve rotating relative to the pen barrel so as to obtain a first sensing data and transmits the first sensing data to the processor. The processor calculates rotation amount of the sleeve according to the first sensing data and transmits the rotation amount to the touch display device through the wireless transmission assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10698602
    Abstract: An active touch pen includes a pen barrel, a pen head, a pen shaft, a sleeve, a processor, a sensor and a wireless transmission assembly. The pen head is connected to the pen barrel. The pen shaft and the sleeve are respectively disposed in the pen barrel, and the pen shaft penetrates through the sleeve. The processor, the sensor and the wireless transmission assembly are respectively connected to the pen shaft. The sensor is configured to detect variation of a first pattern of the sleeve during the sleeve rotating relative to the pen ban-el so as to obtain a first sensing data and transmits the first sensing data to the processor. The processor calculates rotation amount of the sleeve according to the first sensing data and transmits the rotation amount to the touch display device through the wireless transmission assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200174292
    Abstract: A driving method of a privacy apparatus is provided. The privacy apparatus includes a light-transmissive layer and a plurality of electrically switchable optical structures. The light-transmissive layer includes a plurality of trenches not crossing over each other. The electrically switchable optical structures are respectively disposed in the trenches. An extension direction of each of the trenches is inclined relative to an edge of the privacy apparatus on a plane of the privacy apparatus. The driving method of the privacy apparatus includes applying a driving electric field to a part of the trenches to render a part of the electrically switchable optical structures light-transmissive, and maintaining the other part of the electrically switchable optical structures opaque. Besides, a privacy apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10670797
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display layer, a light diffusion layer, and a light guide plate. The display layer is used to display an image. The light guide plate is disposed under the display layer. The light guide plate guides a light of a back light source to the display layer. The light diffusion layer is disposed between the display layer and the light guide plate. The light diffusion layer is controlled by at least one control voltage, so as to dynamically change the transparency of the light diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10642357
    Abstract: A hand gesture sensing system includes a glove, five bionic tendons, five optical sensors, and a micro controller unit. The five bionic tendons are disposed in five sheaths of the glove, respectively. The five optical sensors are disposed in the glove and configured to detect the displacement or the deformation of the five bionic tendons, thereby identifying a hand gesture of a user when wearing the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jia-Yu Lin, Chih-Chiang Chen, Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10606105
    Abstract: A driving method of a privacy apparatus is provided. The privacy apparatus includes a light-transmissive layer and a plurality of electrically switchable optical structures. The light-transmissive layer includes a plurality of trenches not crossing over each other. The electrically switchable optical structures are respectively disposed in the trenches. The driving method of the privacy apparatus includes applying a driving electric field to a part of the trenches to render a part of the electrically switchable optical structures light-transmissive, and maintaining the other part of the electrically switchable optical structures opaque. Besides, a privacy apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10592035
    Abstract: A pressure sensor, comprises a first electrode plate; a plurality of second electrode plates; an elastic member, disposed between the first electrode plate and the plurality of second electrode plates; a first switch, comprising a first end coupled to the first electrode plate, and a second end selectively coupled to a first plate receiving end or a ground; and a plurality of second switches, wherein each second switch comprises a first end coupled to one of the plurality of second electrode plates, and a second end selectively coupled to a second plate receiving end, the ground or a driving signal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10552993
    Abstract: Detecting method and system for a touch apparatus are provided. A testing signal is outputted to a power supply apparatus by a signal generator, and a line drawing trajectory, which is generated by an automatic line drawing apparatus drawing lines on the touch apparatus, is collected when power with the testing signal is supplied to the touch apparatus by the power supply apparatus. Next, whether the testing signal passes a frequency interference test is determined based on the line drawing trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Sun, Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200026351
    Abstract: A hand gesture sensing system includes a glove, five bionic tendons, five optical sensors, and a micro controller unit. The five bionic tendons are disposed in five sheaths of the glove, respectively. The five optical sensors are disposed in the glove and configured to detect the displacement or the deformation of the five bionic tendons, thereby identifying a hand gesture of a user when wearing the glove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jia-Yu Lin, Chih-Chiang Chen, Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20190386553
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including an electromagnetic induction generator, a rectifier circuit, and an energy storage is provided. The electromagnetic induction generator includes a magnet and a flexible thin film. The flexible thin film is provided with an induction coil. When a relative position between the magnet and the induction coil changes, a magnetic flux passing through the induction coil changes so that an induced current is generated. The rectifier circuit is electrically connected between the induction coil and the energy storage and is configured to receive the induced current to charge the energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jia-Yu Lin, Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20190361532
    Abstract: A 3D display includes a screen, a depth detecting circuit, and a processing circuit. The depth detecting circuit includes multiple IR sensors. The processing circuit is configured to receive optical signals of the IR sensors for providing data captured within the scan regions of the depth detecting circuit, determine whether a gesture is detected according to the data captured within the scan regions of the depth detecting circuit, calculate the location of one or multiple centroids of the gesture, identify the distance variation between the gesture and the screen according to the mobility information of the one or multiple centroids, and instruct the screen which displays a 3D object to adjust the visual distance between the gesture and the screen, the size of the 3D object and the depth of the 3D object according to the distance variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Sun, Jin-Ting Kuo, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Publication number: 20190361168
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display layer, a light diffusion layer, and a light guide plate. The display layer is used to display an image. The light guide plate is disposed under the display layer. The light guide plate guides a light of a back light source to the display layer. The light diffusion layer is disposed between the display layer and the light guide plate. The light diffusion layer is controlled by at least one control voltage, so as to dynamically change the transparency of the light diffusion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10444853
    Abstract: A 3D display includes a screen, a first detecting circuit, a second detecting circuit, and a processing circuit. The first detecting circuit includes multiple first IR sensors disposed above the screen. The second detecting circuit includes multiple second IR sensors disposed below the screen. The processing circuit is configured to receive optical signals of the first and second IR sensors for providing data captured within the scan regions of the first and second detecting circuits, determine whether a gesture is detected according to the data captured within the scan regions of the first and second detecting circuits, calculate the location of one or multiple centroids of the gesture, identify the type of the gesture according to the movement of the one or multiple centroids, and instruct the screen to display a 3D object in a way indicated by the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jin-Ting Kuo, Chia-Yu Sun, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 10422940
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display layer, a light diffusion layer, and a light guide plate. The display layer is used to display an image. The light guide plate is disposed under the display layer. The light guide plate guides a light of a back light source to the display layer. The light diffusion layer is disposed between the display layer and the light guide plate. The light diffusion layer is controlled by at least one control voltage, so as to dynamically change the transparency of the light diffusion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20190228739
    Abstract: A display device control system including a display device and a control device is provided according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The display device is configured with a setting buffer and is configured to play an image on a display. The control device is configured to generate display setting information according to at least one of image information corresponding to the image and environment information corresponding to the display device and transmit the display setting information to the display device. When the display device plays the image, the display device loads the display setting information to the setting buffer and dynamically adjusts a display setting of the display according to the display setting information. In addition, a control device, a control method and a display device are provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20190227704
    Abstract: An active touch pen includes a pen barrel, a pen head, a pen shaft, a sleeve, a processor, a sensor and a wireless transmission assembly. The pen head is connected to the pen barrel. The pen shaft and the sleeve are respectively disposed in the pen barrel, and the pen shaft penetrates through the sleeve. The processor, the sensor and the wireless transmission assembly are respectively connected to the pen shaft. The sensor is configured to detect variation of a first pattern of the sleeve during the sleeve rotating relative to the pen ban-el so as to obtain a first sensing data and transmits the first sensing data to the processor. The processor calculates rotation amount of the sleeve according to the first sensing data and transmits the rotation amount to the touch display device through the wireless transmission assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10345633
    Abstract: A pixel structure including an element region and a viewing angle adjustment region is provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a first active element, a second active element, a planarization layer, and a reflective electrode. The first active element is electrically connected to the scan line and the first data line. The second active element is electrically connected to the scan line and the second data line. The reflective electrode is disposed on the planarization layer and electrically connected to the second active element. The reflective electrode has a fixed portion located in the element region and a cantilever portion located in the viewing angle adjustment region. The cantilever portion is connected to the fixed portion and is suspended. A display panel and an operation method of the display panel are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jia-Yu Lin, Jin-Ting Kuo
  • Patent number: 10347167
    Abstract: An image driving method is disclosed. The image driving method includes obtaining an output image signal, determining whether an image frame difference exists according to an N image frame and an N+1 image frame of the output image signal, and determining an image frame difference region according to the image frame difference, and driving pixel units corresponding to the image frame difference region with the impulse type driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jin-Ting Kuo, Chih-Chiang Chen