Patents by Inventor Tian-Fu Pan

Tian-Fu Pan 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: 8830166
    Abstract: A sleeve of control device is provided for controlling a cursor motion of an electronic device. A touch-feel enhancing mechanism is formed on an outer surface of the sleeve. The touch-feel enhancing mechanism is not related to the function of operating the control device to detect the rotating action or the moving action by the user. The touch-feel enhancing mechanism is only used to enhance comfort and touch feel of operating the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ergzon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Yueh Nien, Tian-Fu Pan, Cheng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20130033420
    Abstract: A sleeve of control device is provided for controlling a cursor motion of an electronic device. A touch-feel enhancing mechanism is formed on an outer surface of the sleeve. The touch-feel enhancing mechanism is not related to the function of operating the control device to detect the rotating action or the moving action by the user. The touch-feel enhancing mechanism is only used to enhance comfort and touch feel of operating the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: ERGZON Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: CHUNG-YUEH NIEN, TIAN-FU PAN, CHENG-YI HUANG
  • Patent number: 8184095
    Abstract: A control device includes a housing, a control module having a movable member mounted in the housing and movable by the user and having a magnet located on each of the two distal ends thereof, and a circuit module that includes a microprocessor, a rotation sensor module electrically connected to the microprocessor and adapted for sensing rotation of the movable member or a sleeve on the movable member and producing a respective control signal, and a magnetic sensor module electrically connected to the microprocessor and adapted for sensing the strength of the magnetic field emitted by each magnet indicative of the direction and amount of a linear displacement of the movable member and producing a respective control signal. Subject to non-contact sensing design, the control device avoids any mechanical fatigue or contact failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: Tian-Fu Pan, Chung-Yueh Nien, Shiau-Chung Kao
  • Publication number: 20120063114
    Abstract: A control device includes a housing, a control module having a movable member mounted in the housing and movable by the user and having a magnet located on each of the two distal ends thereof, and a circuit module that includes a microprocessor, a rotation sensor module electrically connected to the microprocessor and adapted for sensing rotation of the movable member or a sleeve on the movable member and producing a respective control signal, and a magnetic sensor module electrically connected to the microprocessor and adapted for sensing the strength of the magnetic field emitted by each magnet indicative of the direction and amount of a linear displacement of the movable member and producing a respective control signal. Subject to non-contact sensing design, the control device avoids any mechanical fatigue or contact failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Tian-Fu PAN, Chung-Yueh Nien, Shiau-Chung Kao
  • Publication number: 20120062458
    Abstract: A control device for use in a cursor positing device is provided. The control device includes a housing, a control module, a sensing module and a circuit module. The housing defines an accommodation chamber. The control module is positioned on the housing and includes a movable member. The circuit module positioned within the accommodation chamber includes a microprocessor electrically coupled with the sensing module. The sensing module generates a first sensing signal in response to a first displacement variance in case of the first displacement variance achieved by moving the movable member in a major axis direction and transmits the first sensing signal to the microprocessor to reset the cursor to a first reset point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: LIANG HSU
    Inventors: Tian-Fu Pan, Chung-Yueh Nien, Shiau-Chung Kao
  • Publication number: 20110199306
    Abstract: A control device includes a base frame, a bearing board hinged to the base frame at the top for holding an electronic device, a bracket hinged to the bearing board for supporting the bearing board on the base frame in a sloping position, a trackball device mounted in a front recess of the base frame in front of the bearing board and carrying a rolling bar in a rolling chamber thereof for rotating or moving by the user and a circuit module with a sensor module for sensing the direction and amount of rotation or displacement of the rolling bar and outputting a corresponding signal and a connection interface module for transmitting the output signal from the sensor module to the electronic device to control the cursor on the display screen of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: EKTOUCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tian-Fu Pan