Patents Assigned to Aten International Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 11875079Abstract: An indication icon sharing method of multi-screens, applied to a first screen and a second screen, comprising: (a) performing a first trigger action by a first control device; (b) displaying a first indication icon at a first location on the first screen corresponding to the first trigger action; and (c) displaying the first indication icon on the second screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Kuo-Feng Kao
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Patent number: 11822735Abstract: An electronic device and a method of controlling multiple pieces of equipment are provided. The electronic device is coupled to an operating device, a first controlled device and a second controlled device. The electronic device includes an operating interface and a controlled interface. The operating interface is coupled to the operating device. The operating device includes a first operating area and a second operating area. The first operating area is configured to deliver a first operating signal. The second operating area is configured to deliver a second operating signal. The controlled interface is coupled to the first controlled device and the second controlled device. The first controlled device is controlled by the first operating signal. The second controlled device is controlled by the second operating signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pei-Chun Lai, Kuo-Feng Kao, Chia-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 11804673Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body portion, a connecting wire, an electrically connecting portion, a locking element and a pressing element. The body portion has a first and a second end portion opposite to the first end. The connecting wire is located at the first end portion. The electrically connecting portion is located at the second end portion. The locking element is located in the electrically connecting portion and has an abutting end and a fastening end. The abutting end is located in the body portion, and the fastening end is located outside of the body portion. The pressing element is movably disposed on the body portion. Two ends of the pressing element are a pressing portion and a driving portion, respectively. The pressing portion is adjacently configured to the first end portion. The driving portion is to contact the abutting end.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsin-Lang Cheng
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Patent number: 11798518Abstract: An image processing device and method for displaying multi-screen are provided. The image processing device includes an image processing circuit, a transmission arrangement circuit, and an image merge circuit. The image processing circuit receives and processes a first image information with a first bandwidth and a second image information with a second bandwidth to generate a first image information package and a second image information package which are transmitted to the transmission arrangement circuit. The image merge circuit receives and restores the first image information package and the second image information package from the transmission arrangement circuit with a third bandwidth, and outputs the first image information package and the second image information package to a display together. When the first image information and the second image information are in a full-screen mode, the third bandwidth is less than a sum of the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yi-Jen Chen
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Patent number: 11703964Abstract: The present disclosure provides a switch, which includes a first input port, a second input port, an output port and a control circuit. The output port outputs image data received by the first input port. The control circuit receives a first electrical characteristic and a second electrical characteristic from the first input port and the second input port respectively, and changes a third electrical characteristic of the output port when the second electrical characteristic is different from the first electrical characteristic, and then the output port outputs image data received by the second input port.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yan-Chan Huang, Yen-Yang Hsieh
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Patent number: 11665437Abstract: An image processing system includes an image source apparatus, an image processing apparatus and a target apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a mode determining unit and an image compression unit. The image capturing unit captures an image provided by the image source apparatus and divides it into blocks. The mode determining unit, coupled to the image capturing unit, includes compression modes. The mode determining unit receives a first block of the blocks, and a classification model in the mode determining unit analyzes the first block, and based on the analysis result, selects a first compression mode for the first block from the compression modes. The image compression unit, coupled to the image capturing unit and the mode determining unit, compresses the first block into a first compressed block according to the first compression mode and transmits the first compressed block to the target apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: ATEN International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Li Ying Wang
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Patent number: 11635930Abstract: An image control device and an image control method are provided. The image control device includes a control command output port, an image input port, a processor and an image output unit. The control command output port transmits a scene switching command to an image source device; the image input port receives an image stream from the image source device; the processor is coupled to the image input port and the control command output port to retrieve a first image and a second image from the image stream, wherein the second image corresponds to the scene switching command; the image output unit is coupled to the processor and outputs the first image and the second image, wherein the first image is displayed in a first display area and the second image is displayed in a second display area.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Yi Chuang, Ding-Yuan Wang, Syuan-You Liao, Chih-Chiang Chang
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Patent number: 11622061Abstract: An image output device, an image receiving device, and an image transmission method are provided. The image transmission method includes the following. A source image is transformed into an augmented image by an image output device. The source image includes M source pixels and the augmented image includes N augmented pixels. The augmented image is received by an image receiving device. The augmented image is transformed into the source image. M is less than N.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsi-Pang Wang
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Publication number: 20230095001Abstract: An electronic device and a method of controlling multiple pieces of equipment are provided. The electronic device is coupled to an operating device, a first controlled device and a second controlled device. The electronic device includes an operating interface and a controlled interface. The operating interface is coupled to the operating device. The operating device includes a first operating area and a second operating area. The first operating area is configured to deliver a first operating signal. The second operating area is configured to deliver a second operating signal. The controlled interface is coupled to the first controlled device and the second controlled device. The first controlled device is controlled by the first operating signal. The second controlled device is controlled by the second operating signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pei-Chun Lai, Kuo-Feng Kao, Chia-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 11610561Abstract: A hub system control method, for controlling a hub which has a maximum bandwidth and is connected to a plurality of monitors, comprising: acquiring resolutions and refresh rates of each one of the monitors by the hub; computing used bandwidths of each one of the monitors according to the resolutions and the refresh rates; and controlling the hub to operate corresponding to at least one relation between the used bandwidths and the maximum bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai-Jui Chan, Chih-Wei Huang, Shang-Yi Yang
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Publication number: 20230073275Abstract: A hub system control method, for controlling a hub which has a maximum bandwidth and is connected to a plurality of monitors, comprising: acquiring resolutions and refresh rates of each one of the monitors by the hub; computing used bandwidths of each one of the monitors according to the resolutions and the refresh rates; and controlling the hub to operate corresponding to at least one relation between the used bandwidths and the maximum bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai-Jui Chan, Chih-Wei Huang, Shang-Yi Yang
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Publication number: 20220391157Abstract: An image control device and an image control method are provided. The image control device includes a control command output port, an image input port, a processor and an image output unit. The control command output port transmits a scene switching command to an image source device; the image input port receives an image stream from the image source device; the processor is coupled to the image input port and the control command output port to retrieve a first image and a second image from the image stream, wherein the second image corresponds to the scene switching command; the image output unit is coupled to the processor and outputs the first image and the second image, wherein the first image is displayed in a first display area and the second image is displayed in a second display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Yi Chuang, Ding-Yuan Wang, Syuan-You Liao, Chih-Chiang Chang
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Patent number: 11523220Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a media broadcasting system, including a first broadcasting device, a second broadcasting device and a processing device. The first broadcasting device and the second broadcasting device are respectively arranged at a first side and a second side of the media broadcasting system. The processing device is electrically coupled to the first broadcasting device and the second broadcasting device, and is configured to receive a media. The processing device is configured to obtain a first channel audio signal and a second channel audio signal from the media according to a first position parameter corresponding to the first broadcasting device and a second position parameter corresponding to the second broadcasting device. The processing device is further configured to transmit the first channel audio signal to the first broadcasting device and the second channel audio signal to the second broadcasting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi-Kang Lee, Yu-Lin Liu, Ding-Yuan Wang, Yu-Yang Lin
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Patent number: 11481084Abstract: A multi-window switching method and a switching system are provided. The multi-window switching method includes following steps: displaying a first window screen provided via a first computer device and a second window screen provided via a second computer device, wherein a first screen boundary of the first window screen is adjacent to a second screen boundary of the second window screen; receiving a control signal provided by an input device to control a position of a cursor on the first window screen or the second window screen; calculating a first moving speed of the input device when the cursor touches the first screen boundary in the first window screen; and determining whether the first moving speed is greater than or equal to a preset speed threshold to decide whether the cursor is displayed in the second window screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hao-Jun Chen, Bo-Jyun Chen
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Patent number: 11409490Abstract: A multi-screen control system is provided. The multi-screen control system includes a plurality of display devices, at least one console device, a video switching device, and a centralized display device. The display device respectively shows output images provided by a plurality of video sources. The console device receives a control operation to the at least one of the output images. The video switching device is connected to the display device and the at least one console device. The video switching device transmits the output images provided by the video sources to the display device, and obtains at least one partial image from the at least one of the output images according to the control operation. The centralized display device is connected to the video switching device. The video switching device outputs the at least one partial image to the centralized display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Li-Jen Chang
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Publication number: 20220244859Abstract: A data transmission method, applied to a data transmission device connected to a first host and a second host, comprising: (a) activating a console of the first host via a trigger operation and acquiring a source path of target data in the first host; (b) acquiring the target data from the source path and copying the target data to a storage circuit inside or outside the data transmission device; and (c) copying the target data from the storage circuit to the second host.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Chia-Chang Hsu, Bo-Jyun Chen
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Patent number: 11393310Abstract: A surveillance system includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device, an image-capturing unit, and a multi-computer switching unit. The image-capturing unit corresponds to the second electronic device, and the image-capturing unit captures an image of a location of the second electronic device. The multi-computer switching unit is coupled to the first electronic device, the second electronic device, and the image-capturing unit, and the multi-computer switching unit receives the image from the image-capturing unit. When the second electronic device sends a connection request for establishing a communication connection with the first electronic device, the communication connection is established through the multi-computer switching unit, and the multi-computer switching unit outputs the image corresponding to the location of the second electronic device to a surveillance terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Tai-Quan Chen
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Publication number: 20220201159Abstract: An image output device, an image receiving device, and an image transmission method are provided. The image transmission method includes the following. A source image is transformed into an augmented image by an image output device. The source image includes M source pixels and the augmented image includes N augmented pixels. The augmented image is received by an image receiving device. The augmented image is transformed into the source image. M is less than N.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsi-Pang Wang
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Publication number: 20220137913Abstract: An indication icon sharing method of multi-screens, applied to a first screen and a second screen, comprising: (a) performing a first trigger action by a first control device; (b) displaying a first indication icon at a first location on the first screen corresponding to the first trigger action; and (c) displaying the first indication icon on the second screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Kuo-Feng Kao
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Publication number: 20220130349Abstract: An image processing device and method for displaying multi-screen are provided. The image processing device includes an image processing circuit, a transmission arrangement circuit, and an image merge circuit. The image processing circuit receives and processes a first image information with a first bandwidth and a second image information with a second bandwidth to generate a first image information package and a second image information package which are transmitted to the transmission arrangement circuit. The image merge circuit receives and restores the first image information package and the second image information package from the transmission arrangement circuit with a third bandwidth, and outputs the first image information package and the second image information package to a display together. When the first image information and the second image information are in a full-screen mode, the third bandwidth is less than a sum of the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yi-Jen Chen