Patents Assigned to Acer Incorporated
  • Patent number: 11657990
    Abstract: An input module includes a base, a keycap assembly and an identification unit. The base includes a magnetic sensor. The keycap assembly is assembled on the base, and the keycap assembly includes a magnetic element. The identification unit is electrically coupled to the magnetic sensor, and the identification unit determines the type of the keycap assembly according to the characteristics of magnetic field lines of the magnetic element sensed by the magnetic sensor. An electronic device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Hung-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 11656696
    Abstract: A touch pad structure includes a touch module, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a plurality of linkage rods. The touch module is disposed on the first bracket. The second bracket is surrounding the first bracket and the touch module. A plurality of outer edges of the first bracket faces to a plurality of inner edges of the second bracket respectively. Each of the linkage rods is pivotally connected the outer edge and the inner edge facing to each other, so that the touch module is moved together with the first bracket and relative to the second bracket when the touch module is pressed or released, and the linkage rods have synchronized seesaw motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Shih Wang, Wen-Chieh Tai, Cheng-Nan Ling, Chih-Chun Liu
  • Publication number: 20230155477
    Abstract: A resonance conversion device including an LLC synchronous resonance converter, a synchronous rectification controller, and a dead time adjustment circuit is provided. The LLC synchronous resonance converter includes a resonance tank and multiple synchronous rectification switches. The synchronous rectification controller controls the synchronous rectification switches, which are turned on with a delay based on a dead time length. The dead time adjustment circuit inductively couples electric energy at an output of the LLC synchronous resonance converter to the resonance tank, and provides a dead time control signal according to a resonance voltage variation of the resonance tank so that the synchronous rectification controller adjusts the dead time length according to the dead time control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Tzu-Tseng Chan
  • Publication number: 20230156534
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a recovery of a radio resource control (RRC) connection of a non-terrestrial network (NTN) includes at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: establishing an RRC connection with a first cell of the NTN; receiving a collaborator cell configuration message from the first cell, wherein the collaborator cell configuration message comprises at least one collaborator cell configuration associated with at least one cell of the NTN; initiating a RRC connection recovery procedure, after receiving the collaborator cell configuration message; selecting a second cell for the RRC connection recovery procedure, when initiating the RRC connection recovery procedure; and performing the RRC connection recovery procedure with the second cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Ching-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230152870
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a load adjusting method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. Powering of an external power supply is detected. A self-power consumption time of the battery from a full capacity to a preset capacity is calculated and recorded when the powering of the external power supply is detected. A first average value of multiple self-power consumption times recorded within a preset period from a current time is calculated, and the first average value is compared with a second average value of the self-power consumption times of a previous preset period of the preset period. A value of a power limit for controlling the electronic apparatus to enter a load adjusting state is adjusted according to a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Shuo-Jung Chou, Chuan-Jung Wang, Chih-Chiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20230153535
    Abstract: A device and method for generating article markup information are provided. The method for generating article markup information includes the following. Segmentation processing is performed on an article to generate a segmentation result. Name entity recognition is performed on the segmentation result to generate a first recognition result. Whether the segmentation result includes any word in an expansion list is determined. Expanded entity classification conversion is performed on the first recognition result to generate a second recognition result. The second recognition result and the segmentation result are used as markup information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Lin, Yueh-Yarng Tsai, Pin-Cyuan Lin, Ke-Han Pan, Sheng-Wei Chu
  • Patent number: 11650680
    Abstract: A touch pad structure includes a base, a guiding component rotatably disposed on the base, a touch pad disposed above the base, and a switch. The guiding component is located between the base and the touch pad. The touch pad has an inner surface facing the base. Here, the switch is disposed on the inner surface, and a guiding structure is disposed on the inner surface. The guiding structure is slidably connected to the guiding component. The touch pad moving toward the base drives the guiding component to rotate relative to the base through the guiding structure, and the touch pad moves along a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Chin Huang, Cheng-Mao Chang
  • Patent number: 11652277
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including at least one body, an antenna module, and a rotation mechanism is provided. The antenna module includes an antenna unit, a driving member, and a linking rod. The antenna unit is rotatably disposed on the body, the driving member is slidably disposed on the body and abuts the antenna unit, and a portion of the antenna unit blocks on a sliding path of the driving member, to drive the antenna unit to rotate to open and close relative to the body when the driving member slides. The linking rod has opposite first and second ends. The first end is pivotally connected to the driving member. The rotation mechanism is disposed on the body, the second end is pivotally connected to the rotation mechanism and eccentric to a rotating axis of the rotation mechanism, to slide the driving member when the rotation mechanism rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Huang, Wu-Chen Lee, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wen-Chieh Tai
  • Publication number: 20230142323
    Abstract: An identifying method of a sound watermark and a sound watermark identifying apparatus are provided. The method includes the following. A synthesized sound signal is received through a network. Noise interference transferred through the network in the synthesized sound signal is determined according to a reflection-cancelling sound signal. A coding threshold is determined according to the noise interference. A sound watermark signal in the synthesized sound signal is identified according to the coding threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11644866
    Abstract: A foldable display including a first bracket, a second bracket, a rotating shaft connecting the first and the second brackets, at least one third bracket screwed to the rotating shaft, a fourth bracket movably coupled to the second and the third brackets, a flexible display disposed on the first and the fourth brackets, and a flexible supporting member disposed on the flexible display to be bent or flattened along with the flexible display is provided. The rotation of the rotating shaft drives the fourth bracket via the third bracket to move relative to the second bracket. The flexible supporting member is filled in a space composed of the fourth bracket, the second bracket, the first bracket, and the flexible display. A portable electronic device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hsien Chen, Chi-Tai Ho, Chih-Heng Tsou, Chun-Hung Wen
  • Patent number: 11647507
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a physical uplink (UL) control channel (PUCCH) collision, comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit, coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of transmitting a first PUCCH in at least one first physical resource block (PRB) of at least one first slot to a network; dropping a second PUCCH in at least one second PRB of at least one second slot, wherein the at least one second slot is overlapped with the at least one first slot; and transmitting the second PUCCH in at least one third PRB of at least one third slot to the network, wherein the at least one third slot is after the at least one first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chien-Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20230139383
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a host, a main display, an auxiliary display, and a hinge mechanism. The auxiliary display is located between the host and the main display and includes a sliding part and a lifting part. The sliding part is slidably connected to the host. The hinge mechanism includes a first bracket, a second bracket pivotally connected to the first bracket, and a third bracket pivotally connected to the second bracket. The first bracket is secured to the host, and the second bracket is secured to the main display. The third bracket is secured to the lifting part of the auxiliary display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chia-Bo Chen, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wu-Chen Lee, Yi-Hsuan Yang
  • Publication number: 20230133557
    Abstract: A power supply device is provided. The power supply device includes a housing, a power converter, a controller, multiple humidity sensitive capacitors, and a feedback circuit. The housing has multiple joints. The controller controls the power converter to provide an output voltage. The humidity sensitive capacitors are respectively configured in the housing and adjacent to a corresponding joint of the joints. The humidity sensitive capacitors jointly provide a sensing capacitance value. The feedback circuit changes a gain value and a compensation bandwidth of the output voltage in response to the change of the sensing capacitance value. When the humidity of at least one of the joints increases, the sensing capacitance value is reduced, so that the gain value and the compensation bandwidth are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Tzu-Tseng Chan, Chih-Chiang Chen, Chuan-Jung Wang
  • Publication number: 20230138678
    Abstract: A processing method of a sound watermark and a sound watermark processing apparatus are provided. In the method, an inserted position of a reference code in an initial watermark sequence is determined according to signal power of a main sound signal to generate an extended watermark sequence. The main sound signal and the extended watermark sequence are synthesized to generate a watermark-embedded sound signal. In this way, noise interference may be overcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11640187
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a host, a display, a sliding plate, and a keyboard. The host has an operating surface. The display is pivoted to the host. The sliding plate is slidably disposed in the host, where the display is mechanically coupled to the sliding plate, and the sliding plate includes a plat portion and a recess portion that are arranged side by side. The keyboard is integrated to the host. The keyboard includes a key structure, where the key structure includes a key cap and a reciprocating element, and the key cap is exposed from the operating surface of the host. The reciprocating element is disposed between the key cap and the sliding plate and has a first end connected to the key cap and a second end contacting the sliding plate. The second end is located on a sliding path of the plat portion and the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Shun-Bin Chen, Huei-Ting Chuang, Yen-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Wen Lin, Yen-Chou Chueh, Po-Yi Lee
  • Patent number: 11641545
    Abstract: A conference terminal and a feedback suppression method are provided. In the method, a transmitting sound signal is divided into sub sound signals of multiple frequency bands. Different sub sound signals correspond to different frequency bands. An interfered frequency band corresponding to the howling interference is detected according to the sub sound signals of those frequency bands. The power of the sub sound signal of the interfered frequency band increases along with time. The interfered frequency band is affected by the howling interference. An interference direction is determined according to multiple input sound signals received by the microphone array and merely pass through the interfered frequency band. A sound from the interference direction leads to the howling interference. A beam pattern of the microphone array is determined according to the interference direction. The gain of the beam pattern in the interference direction is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20230130892
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an eye tracking method and an eye tracking device. The method includes obtaining a reference interpupillary distance value; taking images of a user of a 3D display, and finding a first eye pixel coordinate corresponding to a first eye of the user and a second eye pixel coordinate corresponding to a second eye of the user in each image; detecting a first and a second eye spatial coordinates of the first and the second eyes, and determining projection coordinates based on the first eye spatial coordinate, the second eye spatial coordinate, and optical parameters of image capturing elements; determining an optimization condition related to the first and second eye spatial coordinates based on the first and second eye pixel coordinates, the projection coordinates, and the reference interpupillary distance value of each image; and optimizing the first and second eye spatial coordinates based on the optimization condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yen-Hsien Li, Shih-Ting Huang, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Publication number: 20230125225
    Abstract: A keyboard including an electronic paper display module, a front light module, a supporting member, a light-transmitting keycap, and an elevating support is provided. The front light module is disposed on the electronic paper display module. The supporting member is disposed on the front light module. The supporting member includes an elastic supporting protrusion and a light guide part embedded in the elastic supporting protrusion, and the elastic supporting protrusion has an opening exposing a portion of the front light module. The light guide part is located in the opening of the elastic supporting protrusion. The light-transmitting keycap is disposed on the elastic supporting protrusion and covers the opening of the elastic supporting protrusion. The elevating support is disposed between the light-transmitting keycap and the front light module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Cheng-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20230127164
    Abstract: A key structure, including a base plate, a thin film circuit, a dome switch, a scissor structure, an elastic piece, and a keycap, is provided. The thin film circuit is disposed on the base plate. The dome switch is disposed on the thin film circuit. The scissor structure is disposed on the base plate, wherein the scissor structure includes a first support and a second support pivotally connected to the first support, and the second support surrounds the first support. The first support has a trigger part, and the second support has a chamber disposed corresponding to the trigger part. The elastic piece is engaged inside the chamber, wherein the elastic piece has an interfering part located outside the chamber, and the interfering part is located on a moving path of the trigger part. The keycap is disposed on the scissor structure and the dome switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Cheng-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 11637443
    Abstract: An operation method for a backup power supply of an electronic system is provided. The backup power supply includes a fuse. The operation method includes: estimating a reading voltage error and a resistance of the fuse; reading a real-time battery discharging current; reading and calculating a voltage difference between two terminals of the fuse; and determining whether to send a fuse replacement message to the electronic system according to the voltage difference between the two terminals of the fuse, the reading voltage error, the resistance of the fuse and the real-time battery discharging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Shang-Hui Chen