Patents Assigned to Acer Incorporated
  • Patent number: 11635787
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a host, a main display, an auxiliary display, and a lifting mechanism, is provided. The main display is pivoted to the host. The auxiliary display is disposed on the host. The lifting mechanism is disposed between the auxiliary display and the host. The lifting mechanism is configured to lift the auxiliary display and maintain a lifting height of the auxiliary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chia-Bo Chen, Yi-Hsuan Yang, Chuan-Hua Wang, Chih-Chun Liu, Wu-Chen Lee
  • Patent number: 11636844
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for audio signal processing evaluation are provided. The audio signal processing is performed on a synthesized audio signal to generate a processed audio signal. The synthesized audio signal is generated by adding a secondary signal into a master signal. The master signal is merely a speech signal. The signal processing is related to removing the secondary signal from the synthesized audio signal. The sound characteristics of the processed audio signal and the master signal are obtained, respectively. The sound characteristics include text content, and the text content is generated by performing speech-to-text on the processed audio signal and the master signal. The audio signal processing is evaluated according to the compared result between the sound characteristics of the processed audio signal and the master signal. The compared result includes the correctness of the text content of the processed audio signal relative to the master signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11628897
    Abstract: An anti-theft method for an electric vehicle is provided. The anti-theft method for an electric vehicle includes the following steps. An electronic anti-theft function is activated. Whether the electric vehicle is moving is determined. Whether the temperature of the motor is greater than a critical value is determined. When the temperature of the motor of the electric vehicle exceeds the critical value, the motor is reversed to generate a reverse resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chu-Hsiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11631391
    Abstract: An electronic system includes a fan module, an embedded controller, a reference microphone, an error microphone, an active noise cancellation controller, and a micro speaker module. The reference microphone outputs a wide-band noise signal associated with the operation of the fan module. The error microphone outputs an error signal by detecting the noise level of the electronic system. According to the wide-band noise signal, the error signal and the fan information provided by the embedded controller, the active noise cancellation controller provides a speaker control signal by calculating narrow-band and wide-band noises of the fan module, and drives the micro speaker module to provide a noise cancellation signal which is adjusted according to the wind pressure under the current fan speed of the fan module. The error signal may be reduced to zero by adaptively adjusting the noise cancellation signal for canceling the noises in the electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Ruey-Ching Shyu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11629725
    Abstract: A centrifugal heat dissipation fan including a housing and an impeller is provided. The housing has at least one flow inlet. The impeller assembled in the housing and rotating about an axial direction includes a hub and a plurality blades disposed around the hub. The flow inlet is located in the axial direction and faces the hub. Each of the blades has a wing tab next to the flow inlet, and the wing tab extends from a main surface of the blade to another blade. The wing tab has an inclined surface facing toward a periphery of the flow inlet along a radial direction of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Tsung-Ting Chen, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ming Lin, Jau-Han Ke, Kuang-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 11631951
    Abstract: A plug electrical connector including a body and a plurality of cable terminals is provided. The body includes a top surface, two side surfaces opposite to each other, at least one locking slot, and a pair of locking protrusions. The top surface is bordered between the two side surfaces, the locking slot is located on the top surface, and the locking protrusions are located on the side surfaces. The cable terminals penetrate through the body and are arranged between the side surfaces in an axial direction. The plug electrical connector is adapted to be butted to a receptacle electrical connector and is engaged with the receptacle electrical connector with the locking slot and the locking protrusions. A receptacle electrical connector is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu-Shih Wang, Hung-Jen Su, Chih-Chun Liu, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wen-Chieh Tai
  • Publication number: 20230113954
    Abstract: A power converter and an operation method of the power converter are provided. The power converter includes a rectifier, a boost circuit, a current sensor, and a processor. The rectifier rectifies an AC power to generate a rectified power. The boost circuit includes a boost inductor. The boost circuit boosts the rectified power to generate an output power. The current sensor senses an inductor current value at the boost inductor to generate a sensed value corresponding to the inductor current value. The processor generates a first reference value according to an output voltage value of the output power, an input impedance value, and a first value. When the sensed value is greater than the first reference value, the processor enters a first operation mode to cause the sensed value to be not less than the first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Tzu-Tseng Chan
  • Patent number: 11626084
    Abstract: An electronic device coupled to a display includes a graphics card and a processor. The graphics card reads the extended display identification data from the display. The processor determines, according to the extended display identification data, that the display is able to display a default resolution at a first refresh rate at most, and determines, according to the extended display identification data, whether the display device is able to display the default resolution at a second refresh rate that exceeds the first refresh rate. When it is determined that the display is able to display the default resolution at the second refresh rate, the processor adds the second refresh rate into the extended display identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jun-Liang Lu, Hsin-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20230109039
    Abstract: A key structure including a base, a light sensing module, a carrier, a magnetic member, a cap, and a scissor structure are provided. The light sensing module is disposed at the base. The carrier is located above the base. The magnetic member is disposed on the carrier. The cap is adapted to be assembled to the carrier via a magnetic attracting force of the magnetic member or adapted to be detached from the carrier via overcoming the magnetic attracting force of the magnetic member. The scissor structure is connected between the base and the carrier. The carrier and the cap disposed thereon move up and down relative to the base via the scissor structure. An orthogonal projection of the magnetic member on the base is not overlapped with an orthogonal projection of the light sensing module on the base. A keyboard is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Shun-Bin Chen, Huei-Ting Chuang, Wen-Chieh Tai, Yi-Hsin Pan
  • Publication number: 20230103870
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cores, a plurality of metal sheets, a circuit board and a solder. The metal sheets are electrically connected to the battery cores. Each of the metal sheets includes a metal bump, and the metal bump has an upper surface. The circuit board is disposed on the metal sheets and has a plurality of openings. The openings respectively expose the metal bump of each of the metal sheets. The metal bump divides each of the openings into a first cavity and a second cavity. The solder covers the upper surface of the metal bump of each of the metal sheets and each of the openings. The solder fills the first cavity, and there is an air gap in the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Shang-Hui Chen
  • Publication number: 20230097723
    Abstract: A pick-and-place mechanism for a stylus, applicable for a portable electronic device, is provided. The portable electronic device has a housing. The pick-and-place mechanism for the stylus includes a moving member, a latch assembly, and a switch element. The moving member is movably disposed in the housing. The stylus is adapted to be inserted into the housing and locked with the moving member to move synchronously. The latch assembly is disposed in the housing and switches between a lock state and an unlock state. In the lock state, the latch assembly locks the stylus in the housing. In the unlock state, the latch assembly moves at least part of the stylus out of the housing. The switch element is electrically connected to the latch assembly to drive the latch assembly to switch between the lock state and the unlock state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Publication number: 20230097355
    Abstract: A three-dimensional gesture detection device and a three-dimensional gesture detection method are provided. The three-dimensional gesture detection device includes a node detection unit, a gesture recognition model and a gesture trajectory detection unit. The node detection unit obtains several nodes according to each of the hand frames of a continuous hand image. The gesture recognition model obtains confidence levels of several gesture categories. The gesture trajectory detection unit includes a weight analyzer, a gesture analyzer, a key point classifier and a trajectory analyzer. The weight analyzer obtains weights of the gesture categories through a user interface. The gesture analyzer performs a weighting calculation on the confidence levels of the gesture categories to analyze a gesture on each of the hand frames. The key point classifier classifies several key points from the nodes. The trajectory analyzer obtains an inertial trajectory of the gesture according to the key points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Shih-Ting HUANG, Chao-Shih HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230099982
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device, including a first body having a first shaft member, at least one second body having a second shaft member, and a latching member, is provided. The first shaft member and the second shaft member are coaxially pivoted together. The first shaft member has a recess. The second shaft member has a locking hole. The latching member is movably disposed in the recess and the locking hole, so that when the latching member leaves the locking hole, the first body and the second body are relatively pivoted through the first shaft member and the second shaft member, or when the latching member moves into the locking hole, the latching member interferes with the first shaft member and the second shaft member to block the first body and the second body from relatively pivoting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hui-Ping Sun, Chun-Hung Wen, Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230090418
    Abstract: An electronic device including a hinge module, a first body, a second body, and a flexible display assembled to the first body and the second body is provided. Each of the first body and the second body is pivoted and slidably connected to the hinge module, and a cover of the hinge module is exposed out of the first body and the second body. The first body and the second body are rotated relatively via the hinge module to bend or flatten the flexible display, when the flexible display is bending from a flat state, a bending portion of the flexible display leans against the cover and pushes the cover away from the first body and the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Huang, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wu-Chen Lee, Wen-Chieh Tai, Kun-You Chuang
  • Publication number: 20230089382
    Abstract: A communication device for handling a reference signal (RS) reporting 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: receiving at least one reference signal (RS) from a network; performing at least one measurement according to the at least one RS, to generate at least one measurement result; selecting an RS from the at least one RS according to the at least one measurement result; and determining whether to report the RS to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Li-Chung Lo, Chien-Min Lee, Jen-Hsien Chen
  • Publication number: 20230092786
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus with multiple screens includes a first screen and a second screen movably coupled to the first screen along an arcuate path to be received in the first screen or moved out of the first screen. The first screen and the second screen face a same side of the portable electronic apparatus. The second screen includes a base, a lifting mechanism disposed on the base, and a display unit. The display unit is disposed on the lifting mechanism to be driven by the lifting mechanism to be lifted or lowered relative to the base. When the second screen is moved out of the first screen and a step is provided between a display surface of the display unit and a display surface of the first screen, the display unit is adapted to be lifted relative to the base through the lifting mechanism to compensate the step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Shun-Bin Chen, Huei-Ting Chuang, Pao-Ching Huang
  • Publication number: 20230093023
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device and a display method thereof are provided. The stereoscopic display device includes a display panel, a lens array, an image sensor, and a processing circuit. The display panel displays a three-dimensional image. The lens array is disposed on a transmission path of the three-dimensional image. The image sensor acquires a sensed image of a viewing field of the display panel. The processing circuit is coupled to the lens array and the image sensor. The processing circuit calculates an actual eye position of a user in the viewing field according to reference coordinates of a reference position in the sensed image and eye coordinates of the user in the sensed image. The processing circuit adjusts a liquid crystal rotation angle of the lens array according to the actual eye position, so that a viewing position of the three-dimensional image matches the actual eye position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jui-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11609615
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a first hinge connected to the first body, a second hinge connected to the second body, and a linking rod is provided. The linking rod has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the first end is pivoted to the first hinge eccentric to a rotation axis of the first hinge, and the second end is pivoted to the second hinge eccentric to a rotation axis of the second hinge. The first and the second bodies are rotated to be closed to or far away from each other by the first hinge, the second hinge, and the linking rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Huang, Wu-Chen Lee, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wen-Chieh Tai, Kun-You Chuang
  • Patent number: 11609048
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module used for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a heat source. The heat dissipation module includes an evaporator, a pipe, and a working fluid. The evaporator has a recess at an exterior surface of the evaporator, and the heat source is thermally contacted with the recess to transfer a heat generated from the heat source to the recess of the evaporator. The pipe is connected to an inner space of the evaporator and forms a loop. The working fluid is filled in the loop, wherein the working fluid in liquid passing through a portion of the inner space of the evaporator corresponding to the recess absorbs the heat and is transformed into vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Jau-Han Ke, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh
  • Patent number: D982577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chien-Yuan Chen, Cheng-Mao Chang, Yu-Chin Huang, Chia-Bo Chen