Patents by Inventor Tsung-Tyng Tuan

Tsung-Tyng Tuan 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).

  • Adaptive surrounding view monitoring apparatus and method thereof
    Patent number: 8823796
    Abstract: An adaptive surrounding view monitoring apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed, in which the apparatus uses a steerable camera set to take horizontal images while sending the horizontal images to a control unit where they are combined into an image of 180-degree or 360-degree surrounding view. It is noted that the surrounding view image maybe an image of front surrounding view, an image of rear surrounding view or an image of ambient surrounding view relating to a vehicle, and using that, visual blind spot of a driver driving the vehicle can be eliminated and the field of vision is widened, and thereby, the probability of accident occurring is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Liang Shen, Kuo-Hsiang Cheng, Tsung-Tyng Tuan, Yen-Shu Chang
  • ADAPTIVE SURROUNDING VIEW MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120249791
    Abstract: An adaptive surrounding view monitoring apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed, in which the apparatus uses a steerable camera set to take horizontal images while sending the horizontal images to a control unit where they are combined into an image of 180-degree or 360-degree surrounding view. It is noted that the surrounding view image maybe an image of front surrounding view, an image of rear surrounding view or an image of ambient surrounding view relating to a vehicle, and using that, visual blind spot of a driver driving the vehicle can be eliminated and the field of vision is widened, and thereby, the probability of accident occurring is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin-Liang Shen, Kuo-Hsiang Cheng, Tsung-Tyng Tuan, Yen-Shu Chang