Patents by Inventor Tzung Min Su
Tzung Min Su 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).
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Patent number: 11526195Abstract: An electronic device with a function of detecting a touch state, comprising: at least one first electrode, configured to generate a first capacitance reflecting a distance between the first electrode and an object; at least one second electrode, configured to generate a second capacitance reflecting a distance between the second electrode and the object, and wherein a first distance between the first electrode and the object is smaller than a second distance between the second electrode and the object when the electronic is in a wearing state; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine if the electronic device is in the wearing state based on a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance. Via such structure, the touch state of the electronic device can be precisely acquired.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Ming-Hung Tsai, Tse-Chung Su, Ren-Hau Gu, Tzung-Min Su
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Publication number: 20220245837Abstract: Disclosed in a movement direction determination system comprising a first detection region, a second detection region and a processing circuit. The first detection region and the second detection region respectively comprises an optical sensor. The processing circuit determines a movement direction of an object according to the optical data generated by the first detection region and the second detection region. The present invention also discloses a movement direction determination system using a single detection region. The present invention also discloses an object volume computation system which can compute an object volume according to sensed optical data. The disclosed movement direction determination system can be used for various applications and the object volume computation system can assist product confirmation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Jeng-Yue Weng, Tzung-Min Su, Feng-Chi Liu
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Publication number: 20220179450Abstract: An electronic device with a function of detecting a touch state, comprising: at least one first electrode, configured to generate a first capacitance reflecting a distance between the first electrode and an object; at least one second electrode, configured to generate a second capacitance reflecting a distance between the second electrode and the object, and wherein a first distance between the first electrode and the object is smaller than a second distance between the second electrode and the object when the electronic is in a wearing state; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine if the electronic device is in the wearing state based on a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance. Via such structure, the touch state of the electronic device can be precisely acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Ming-Hung Tsai, Tse-Chung Su, Ren-Hau Gu, Tzung-Min Su
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Patent number: 11294428Abstract: An electronic device which can detect a touch state, comprising: a front surface for showing images; at least one first electrode, provided in a first region; at least one second electrode, provided in a second region, wherein a distance between the first region and the front surface is larger than a distance between the second region and the front surface; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate at least one first capacitance generated by the first electrode and coupled to the second electrode to calculate at least one second capacitance generated by the second electrode, wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine the touch state according to the capacitance difference. Via such structure, the touch state of the electronic device can be precisely acquired.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Pix Art Imaging Inc.Inventors: Ming-Hung Tsai, Tse-Chung Su, Ren-Hau Gu, Tzung-Min Su
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Publication number: 20210240220Abstract: An electronic device which can detect a touch state, comprising: a front surface for showing images; at least one first electrode, provided in a first region; at least one second electrode, provided in a second region, wherein a distance between the first region and the front surface is larger than a distance between the second region and the front surface; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate at least one first capacitance generated by the first electrode and coupled to the second electrode to calculate at least one second capacitance generated by the second electrode, wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine the touch state according to the capacitance difference. Via such structure, the touch state of the electronic device can be precisely acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ming-Hung Tsai, Tse-Chung Su, Ren-Hau Gu, Tzung-Min Su
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Publication number: 20210221648Abstract: In the present invention, an anti-pinch device which uses a simple optical mechanism to prevent the user being hurt by the moving part before the moving part touches the user is disclosed. Also, a space computing device which uses a simple optical mechanism to compute acquired space of a target object is disclosed. Additionally, a hovering control device which uses a simple optical mechanism thereby the user can control the hovering control device without touching the hovering control device is disclosed. The optical mechanism comprises at least one light source and at least one optical sensor, which can arrange in various ways.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Tsung-Fa Wang, Chiung-Wen Lin, Tzung-Min Su, Jeng-Yue Weng, Ting-Yang Chang, Chun-Sheng Lin
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Patent number: 11016535Abstract: A wearable electronic device which can detect a wearing state, comprising: at least one first electrode, provided in a first region of the wearable electronic device; at least one second electrode, provided in a second region of the wearable electronic device; a capacitance calculating circuit, configured to calculate first capacitances generated by the first electrode and configured to calculate second capacitances generated by the second electrode, wherein the capacitance calculating circuit further calculates a capacitance difference between the first capacitance and the second capacitance; and a processing circuit, configured to determine the wearing state according to the capacitance difference. Via such structure, a wearing state, a wearing location, a wearing angle of the electronic device can be automatically detected, thus the problem caused by an improper wearing manner can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Ming-Hung Tsai, Tse-Chung Su, Ren-Hau Gu, Tzung-Min Su
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Patent number: 10891362Abstract: A wearable device including a skin sensor and a processor is provided. The processor is configured to receive an authentication data for authenticating a user when a wearing state of the wearable device is adjacent to a skin surface of the user, execute a predetermined function in response to a request when the authentication data matches a pre-stored data and the skin sensor determines that the wearable device does not leave the skin surface after the authentication data is received, and reject or ignore the request when the skin sensor determines that the wearable device leaves the skin surface before the predetermined function is executed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Ren-Hau Gu, Chih-Hsin Lin, Tzung-Min Su, Yung-Chang Lin, Jian-Cheng Liao, Chun-Chih Chen
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Publication number: 20200242226Abstract: A wearable device including a skin sensor and a processor is provided. The processor is configured to receive an authentication data for authenticating a user when a wearing state of the wearable device is adjacent to a skin surface of the user, execute a predetermined function in response to a request when the authentication data matches a pre-stored data and the skin sensor determines that the wearable device does not leave the skin surface after the authentication data is received, and reject or ignore the request when the skin sensor determines that the wearable device leaves the skin surface before the predetermined function is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: REN-HAU GU, CHIH-HSIN LIN, TZUNG-MIN SU, YUNG-CHANG LIN, JIAN-CHENG LIAO, CHUN-CHIH CHEN
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Patent number: 10698996Abstract: A wearable device including a skin sensor and a processor is provided. The processor is configured to receive an authentication data for authenticating a user when a wearing state of the wearable device is adjacent to a skin surface of the user, execute a predetermined function in response to a request when the authentication data matches a pre-stored data and the skin sensor determines that the wearable device does not leave the skin surface after the authentication data is received, and reject or ignore the request when the skin sensor determines that the wearable device leaves the skin surface before the predetermined function is executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Ren-Hau Gu, Chih-Hsin Lin, Tzung-Min Su, Yung-Chang Lin, Jian-Cheng Liao, Chun-Chih Chen
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Publication number: 20200004943Abstract: A wearable device including a skin sensor and a processor is provided. The processor is configured to receive an authentication data for authenticating a user when a wearing state of the wearable device is adjacent to a skin surface of the user, execute a predetermined function in response to a request when the authentication data matches a pre-stored data and the skin sensor determines that the wearable device does not leave the skin surface after the authentication data is received, and reject or ignore the request when the skin sensor determines that the wearable device leaves the skin surface before the predetermined function is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Ren-Hau GU, Chih-Hsin LIN, Tzung-Min SU, Yung-Chang LIN, Jian-Cheng LIAO, Chun-Chih CHEN
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Patent number: 10282036Abstract: An image processing method includes obtaining a background picture including a first and second pixel, wherein the first pixel has a first intensity value in response to that a first sensing element is operated by a fixed exposure time, and the second pixel has a second intensity value in response to that a second image sensing element is operated by the fixed exposure time; extracting the first and second intensity value from the first and second pixel, respectively; performing a computing operation including computing a first exposure time and a second exposure time; and operating the first image sensing element by the first exposure time and the second image sensing element by the second exposure time after the computing operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Tzung Min Su, Ren Hau Gu, Chih Hsin Lin, Cheng Nan Tsai
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Patent number: 9841846Abstract: An exposure mechanism of an optical touch system, which includes a plurality of image sensors and a plurality of active light sources each irradiating corresponding to the associated image sensor, includes: capturing image frames using the image sensors with a sampling cycle to allow each of the image sensors to capture a bright image, wherein the sampling cycle includes a plurality of working modes and in each of the working modes at least one of the image sensors captures the bright image in a sampling interval; simultaneously capturing a dark image using all the image sensors in a denoising sampling interval; and calculating a differential image between the bright image and the dark image captured by each image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Ming-Tsan Kao, Tzung-Min Su, Chih-Hsin Lin
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Patent number: 9766753Abstract: The present invention discloses embodiments for an optical touch systems and methods. One embodiment of the present invention is directed to an optical touch system that includes at least two image sensors configured to detect a plurality of objects over a touch surface to generate a plurality of object images; a plurality of first light receiving elements, wherein the first light receiving elements are arranged on a side of the touch surface along a first direction and are configured to detect the objects; and a processing unit configured to calculate a plurality of candidate coordinate data, based on the object images, and select the coordinate data that represents coordinate data of the objects from the candidate coordinate data, based on detection data of the first light receiving elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.Inventors: Tzung Min Su, Ming Tsan Kao, Chun-Sheng Lin, Chih Hsin Lin, Yi Hsien Ko
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Patent number: 9582118Abstract: The present invention provides an optical touch system configured to determine an object region according to a brightness information acquired by a brightness sensing unit and to identify a block information of objects within the object region according to an image information acquired by an image sensing unit. The present invention further provides an objection detection method for an optical touch system.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Cheng-Nan Tsai, Tzung-Min Su, Chih-Hsin Lin
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Publication number: 20170052647Abstract: An image processing method includes obtaining a background picture including a first and second pixel, wherein the first pixel has a first intensity value in response to that a first sensing element is operated by a fixed exposure time, and the second pixel has a second intensity value in response to that a second image sensing element is operated by the fixed exposure time; extracting the first and second intensity value from the first and second pixel, respectively; performing a computing operation including computing a first exposure time and a second exposure time; and operating the first image sensing element by the first exposure time and the second image sensing element by the second exposure time after the computing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Tzung Min SU, Ren Hau GU, Chih Hsin LIN, Cheng Nan TSAI
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Patent number: 9489077Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical touch panel system, an optical sensing module, and an operation method using for the same system. The system recognizes a track of an object moving on or above a touch control surface to determine a corresponding gesture function; it includes a touch control surface, at least one image sensor, and a processor. The touch control surface includes at least two touch control areas. The image sensor captures a plurality of continuous pictures including the images of the objects. The processer determines which touch control area the object is moving on or above according to a starting position or a path of the track, and executes a gesture function corresponding to the track and the touch control area.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, R.O.C.Inventors: Tzung-Min Su, Chih-Hsin Lin, Han-Ping Cheng, Ming-Tsan Kao, Yi-Hsien Ko
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Patent number: 9489085Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical touch panel system and a positioning method for positioning an object existing in a touch control area. The system includes: at least one reflective element disposed on a side of the touch control area; at least one light guide module disposed on a side of the touch control area adjacent to or opposite the reflective element and emitting light; an image sensor capturing an image of the object; a plurality of photo detectors arranged on a side of the touch control area adjacent to the image sensor and sensing the object to obtain shade information; and a processor calculating the coordinates of the object according to the image and the shade information.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, R.O.C.Inventors: Chun-Shen Lin, Chun-Yi Lu, Chi-Chieh Liao, Tzung-Min Su, Ming-Tsan Kao
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Patent number: 9471180Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical touch panel system and a positioning method for positioning an object in a touch control area. The system includes: at least two reflective elements respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the touch control area, wherein the sum of lengths of the first side and the second side is larger than the sum of lengths of the two reflective elements; two lighting elements respectively disposed on a third side and a fourth side of the touch control area; an image sensor forming projected images by capturing an image of the object and at least one mirror image of the object formed by the two reflective elements; and a processor calculating the coordinates of the object according to geometric information of the projected images.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATION, R.O.C.Inventors: Ming-Tsan Kao, Chi-Chieh Liao, Chih-Hsin Lin, Tzung-Min Su
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Patent number: 9454257Abstract: An electronic system includes a device having a screen and an optical touch device. The optical touch device monitors the activity of an object on the screen of the device. When the object performs an operation in a first region of the screen, the optical touch device generates first data; and when the object performs an operation outside the first region, the optical touch device generates second data, wherein the first data and the second data are of different data types.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Chun Yi Lu, Tzung Min Su, Yuan Yu Peng, Yi Hsien Ko