Patents by Inventor Ping-Hung Chen

Ping-Hung Chen 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: 20170039730
    Abstract: An image processing method is provided. A first image is obtained at a first time point, the first image includes a first object image and a first background image, the first object image corresponds to the position of an object at the first time point. A second image is obtained at a second time point, the second image includes a second object image and a second background image, the second object image corresponds to the position of the object at the second time point, and the first and the second images are shot within substantially the same shooting range. A sum motion vector of the object is obtained according to the first and the second object images. The second object image is kept, and a process is applied to each pixel of the second background image in the second image to generate a third image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Chu-Chia Tsai, Ping-Hung Chen, Chih-Yang Hung, I-Chun Wu
  • Publication number: 20170041533
    Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The method includes following steps. Firstly, a first image is obtained by shooting photo at a first shutter speed, wherein the first image includes a first object image and a first background image, and the first object image and the first background image are clear. Next, a second image is obtained by shooting photo at a second shutter speed lower than the first shutter speed, wherein the second shutter speed is lower than the first shutter speed, the first image and the second image are obtained by shooting photo within substantially the same shooting range, the second image includes a second object image and a second background image, the second object image is blurry but the second background image is clear. After that, a third image is generated from at least the first image and the second object image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Chu-Chia Tsai, Ping-Hung Chen, I-Chun Wu, Chih-Yang Hung
  • Patent number: 9432615
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit; a memory unit; and a processing unit electrically connected to the display unit and the memory unit, the processing unit capturing (N+M) frames displayed by the display unit, N and M being positive integers, the N frames having a first resolution, the M frames having a second resolution, the first resolution being larger than the second resolution, the processing unit converting a color space of the (N+M) frames and encoding the (N+M) frames, the processing unit magnifying a size of each of the M frames to be equal to a size of each of the N frames, the processing unit encapsulating and outputting the (N+M) frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Pen-Tai Miao, Ping-Hung Chen, Fang-Wen Liao, Li-Yu Yang
  • Publication number: 20160188170
    Abstract: A method of connecting device adapted to an interactive whiteboard system and a host device thereof are provided. The host device has an interactive display device. The method includes the following steps. A scanning process is executed to receive a notification signal which is continuously broadcast by a first client device. A representative icon is obtained from an icon base, and the representative icon is set according to device information of the first client device in the notification signal, such that the representative icon is related to the first client device. The representative icon is displayed on the interactive display device, and then a broadcast termination signal is transmitted back to the first client device after the representative icon is displayed. After receiving the broadcast termination signal, the first client device stops broadcasting the notification signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Pen-Tai Miao, Ping-Hung Chen, Fang-Wen Liao
  • Publication number: 20160182634
    Abstract: A method and system of sharing data and a server apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes following steps. When a first operation command is detected, first operation information is transmitted from a server apparatus to a first client apparatus. The first operation information is received by the first client apparatus to execute a first operation, and data information related to a data object is generated and transmitted to the server apparatus. The data information is received and transmitted to other client apparatuses by the server apparatus, so as to enable a second operation related to the data object. When a second operation command is detected, second operation information is transmitted to a second client apparatus by the server apparatus. In response to the second operation information, the second client apparatus is connected to the first client apparatus to obtain the data object according to the data information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Fang-Wen Liao, Ping-Hung Chen, Pen-Tai Miao
  • Publication number: 20160173545
    Abstract: A method for sharing a control right and a host device are provided. The method of sharing the control right is adapted to the host device of an interactive whiteboard system. The method includes the following steps. A scanning process is executed to receive an online notification signal broadcast by a first client device, wherein the online notification signal includes a weight value and device information of the first client device; it is determined whether the control right of the interactive whiteboard system is released or not, and when the control right of the interactive whiteboard system is not released, it is determined whether to share the control right of the interactive whiteboard system to the first client device according to the weight value. When the control right is determined to be shared to the first client device, a control right notification signal is transmitted to the first client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Pen-Tai Miao, Ping-Hung Chen, Fang-Wen Liao
  • Publication number: 20160098181
    Abstract: The invention introduces a method for operating interactive whiteboards, performed by a processing unit of a control node, which contains at least the following steps. A connected-device display region, a multi-screen layout region and a whiteboard display region are provided on an interactive display device. After detecting that an icon of the connected-device display region is dragged and dropped into a block of the multi-screen layout region, a network address associated with the icon is obtained. A TCP port number associated with the block of the connected-device display region, which contains the dropped icon, is obtained. A ready notification containing the TCP port number is transmitted to the network address. Screen data with the TCP port number is received. The screen data is displayed on a block of the whiteboard display region, which is associated with the block of the connected-device display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Fang-Wen LIAO, Pen-Tai MIAO, Ping-Hung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160094603
    Abstract: An audio and video sharing method and system is provided. The audio and video sharing method includes initializing a plurality of audio capturing modules in response to a plurality of applications, capturing the first audio data from the first application and the second audio data from the second application, generating the first audio and video stream based on the first audio data, and transmitting the first audio and video stream in response to the first audio and video sharing request. Accordingly, the system separately captures the audio stream from the different applications, and after appropriately coding, transmits the corresponding audio stream to the corresponding user, thereby sharing the corresponding audio stream individually in response to the request of each user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Fang-Wen Liao, Ping-Hung Chen, Pen-Tai Miao
  • Publication number: 20160072859
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention introduces a method for sharing applications, executed by a processing unit of a sharing apparatus, which contains at least the following steps. Application-sharing information is sent to a control node, wherein the application-sharing information regarding an application to be shared and a control-filtering policy of the application, thereby enabling the control node to search sharing apparatuses capable of providing services for a requesting apparatus and determine whether to transfer a control signal to the sharing apparatus according to the application-sharing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Pen-Tai MIAO, Ping-Hung CHEN, Fang-Wen LIAO
  • Publication number: 20160014168
    Abstract: The invention introduces a method for sharing applications between apparatuses, which contains at least the following steps. A processing unit of a first electronic apparatus discovers local applications to generate an application list, and sends the application list to a second electronic apparatus in a formatted message, wherein the application list contains at least paths storing the applications. After receiving an application path from the second electronic apparatus, the processing unit launches one corresponding application, generates an application window, and sends screen data containing at least the application window to the second electronic apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Fang-Wen LIAO, Pen-Tai MIAO, Ping-Hung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150373066
    Abstract: The invention introduces a screen-sharing method, executed by a processing unit of a screen-sharing source, which contains at least the following steps. Application windows being opened on a display unit are obtained. For each application window, screen-sharing receivers, which are connected to the screen-sharing source, are detected and items are appended to a system menu instance of the application window, where each item corresponds to one screen-sharing receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Pen-Tai MIAO, Ping-Hung CHEN, Yu-Ping LIN, Fang-Wen LIAO
  • Publication number: 20150373389
    Abstract: The invention introduces a screencasting method, executed by a processing unit of a screencasting source, which contains at least the following steps. After the screencasting source connects to a screencasting receiver, a first screen image displayed on a display unit of the screencasting source is captured. Then, the first screen image and display area information of a first input component of the first screen image is transmitted to the screencasting receiver, thereby enabling the screencasting receiver to render a second screen image according to the first screen image and the display area information, where the second screen image contains at least a second input component including at least an input string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Fang-Wen LIAO, Ping-Hung CHEN, Pen-Tai MIAO
  • Publication number: 20150334381
    Abstract: A method for judging in a 3D environment includes: receiving a first image and a second image of a displayed 3D image, the first image being captured without the aid of 3D glasses, the second image being captured with the 3D glasses arranged in front of an image capturing unit; processing each of the first and second images so as to obtain a respective one of a processed first image and a processed second image; and determining whether a number of enclosed areas contained in the processed first image is equal to a predetermined value, and whether a number of enclosed areas contained in the processed second image is equal to another predetermined value. The 3D environment is normal when results of determinations are affirmative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Pen-Tai Miao, Ping-Hung Chen, Shih-Ming Hsu, Li-Yu Yang
  • Publication number: 20150271431
    Abstract: An information transmission method is utilized in a wireless display system and the wireless display system includes a source terminal and a sink terminal establishing a wireless connection with each other. The information transmission method includes the sink terminal receiving and displaying frame information transmitted from the source terminal by a data channel and obtaining an operation information; the sink terminal generating a control information according to the operation information and transmitting the control information to the source terminal by a user input back channel; the source terminal performing a command in the control information to output a result information; and the source terminal determining whether to adjust the result information to a display information with a smaller amount of information according to a transmission setting corresponding to the command in the control information and transmitting the display information to the sink terminal by the data channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Pen-Tai Miao, Ping-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20150256791
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit; a memory unit; and a processing unit electrically connected to the display unit and the memory unit, the processing unit capturing (N+M) frames displayed by the display unit, N and M being positive integers, the N frames having a first resolution, the M frames having a second resolution, the first resolution being larger than the second resolution, the processing unit converting a color space of the (N+M) frames and encoding the (N+M) frames, the processing unit magnifying a size of each of the M frames to be equal to a size of each of the N frames, the processing unit encapsulating and outputting the (N+M) frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Pen-Tai Miao, Ping-Hung Chen, Fang-Wen Liao, Li-Yu Yang
  • Publication number: 20150227339
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-media extension method. The multi-media extension method includes capturing a multi-media file in a first format from a mobile device when a first wireless link is established between the mobile device and a computer system, converting the multi-media file with the first format to a multi-media file with a second format, compressing the multi-media with the second format into a plurality of data packets, and sending and receiving the data packets via the first wireless link, de-compressing the packets to the multi-media file with the second format, converting the multi-media file with the second format back to the multi-media file with the first format and playing the multi-media file with the first format on the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Hung Chen, Fang-Wen Liao
  • Patent number: 8369093
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting an expansion card to an electronic device includes a panel, a fixing bracket, and two locking members. The panel includes a rectangular plate and a frame. The fixing bracket is pivotably secured to the frame. The fixing bracket includes a contact portion and two pivot portions. The contact portion includes a first latching plate and a second latching plate. The first latching plate and the second latching plate cooperatively define a receiving space therebetween. Each of the two pivot portions includes a main plate, a stop plate, and a resilient portion. The two locking members are received in the two pivot portions. The top surface and a block plate of the expansion card are received in the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Chang Chen, Chia-Ming Chang, Ping-Hung Chen
  • Publication number: 20120311119
    Abstract: A remote management method includes steps of executing an operating system in a host device, wherein the operating system is a Microsoft Windows operating system with a remote desktop protocol, and a remote management program and a main application are installed in the host device; M of N user devices communicating with the host device by the remote desktop protocol and executing the main application in the host device, wherein N is a positive integer and M is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N; and a manager device communicating with the host device and executing the remote management program in the host device so as to manage using status of the M user devices while the M user devices execute the main application in the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Ping-Hung Chen, Li-Yu Yang, Fang-Wen Liao
  • Patent number: 8306770
    Abstract: A method for testing output of an electrical device includes the following steps: a device being tested transmits a first signal to a test platform through a channel being tested. A signal received through the channel being tested by the test platform is compared with the first signal to determine if the received signal corresponds to the first signal. The channel being tested is determined to be normal if the received signal corresponds to the first signal. The channel being tested is determined to be abnormal if the received signal does not correspond to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Ping-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8246129
    Abstract: A carrier includes a tray for accommodating a data storage device, a bracket fixed to the tray, a retaining member pivotably attached to the bracket at a first end of the retaining member, a lever member pivotably mounted to the bracket, and a first resilient member located between the retaining member and the lever member. A latch protrudes out from the lever member. When the retaining member is pivoted to engage with the bracket, the first resilient member urges the lever member to pivot, thereby the latch of the lever member engaging with a chassis of an electronic device. A second end of the retaining member releasably engages with the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chen Wang, Ping-Hung Chen, Wen-Tang Peng