Patents Assigned to The HTC Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240135671
    Abstract: A luminary system is provided. The luminary measurement system includes a processor and a camera. The camera is configured to obtain an object image of an object. The object includes a first luminary and a second luminary. The processor is configured to determine a first position of the first luminary and a second position of the second luminary based on the object image. The processor is configured to determine whether the first position and the second position are correct or not based on standard alignment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chao Shuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20240134451
    Abstract: A ray casting system is provided. The ray casting system include a display, a camera, an interactive sensor, and a processor. The display is configured to display a virtual environment. The camera is configured to obtain a hand image including a hand of the user. The interactive sensor is configured to obtain a user instruction from the user, wherein the interactive sensor is adapted to be mounted on the hand of the user. The processor is configured to generate a control ray in the virtual environment based on the hand image and apply a displacement to the control ray based on the user instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Yau Shiau, Hsin-Yu Ho
  • Publication number: 20240126361
    Abstract: A handheld controller is adapted to control an electronic device. The handheld controller includes a first body, a second body, and a connecting portion. The first body is adapted to be held by a user's hand. The second body is connected to the first body through the connecting portion. The connecting portion is adapted to be clamped between user's fingers. A distance between the first body and at least a portion of the second body is variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Hua Wei, Yu-Ling Huang
  • Publication number: 20240129634
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for dynamically controlling shooting parameters of a camera and a tracking device. The method includes: determining a plurality of time frames, wherein the time frames include a plurality of first time frames and a plurality of second time frames; controlling the camera of the tracking device to shoot a first image with a first exposure parameter in each of the first time frames and accordingly performing an environment detection; controlling the camera of the tracking device to shoot a second image with a second exposure parameter in each of the second time frames and accordingly performing a first specific detection, wherein the second exposure parameter is lower than the first exposure parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Tung Chen, Jyun-Jhong Lin, Chih Chien Chen
  • Patent number: 11960082
    Abstract: An object detection method is suitable for a virtual reality system. The object detection method includes a plurality of first cameras of a head-mounted display (HMD) to capture a plurality of first frames. A plurality of second frames are captured through a plurality of second cameras in a tracker, wherein, the object detector searches for the object position in the first frames and the second frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jyun-Jhong Lin, Chun-Kai Huang, Heng-Li Hsieh, Yun-Jung Chang
  • Publication number: 20240119602
    Abstract: A micro-motion sensing device and a sensing method thereof are provided. The micro-motion sensing device includes a motion sensor, a motion classifier, and a render. The motion sensor receives an input radar signal and receives a video stream information through an image capturer. The motion sensor obtains velocity information and range information of an object according to the input radar signal, and generates a first video stream information by processing the video stream information according to the velocity information. The motion classifier generates a motion prediction information by classifying a motion of the object according to the velocity information, the range information, and the first video stream information. The render adjusts a rendered frequency of the first video stream information according to the velocity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yih Wu, Ta-Chun Pu, Yen-Liang Kuo
  • Patent number: 11954266
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for interacting with a virtual world, a host, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: determining a hand gesture and accordingly determining an indicator in the virtual world; in response to determining that the hand gesture is a pinch gesture, performing a specific function corresponding to a position indicated by the indicator in the virtual world or a specific object indicated by the indicator in the virtual world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Pei Sun
  • Patent number: 11954250
    Abstract: An eye tracking device and an eye tracking method are provided. The eye tracking device includes a sensor and multiple signal transmitting units. The sensor is disposed on an eyeball of a user. The sensor has multiple signal receiving units. The signal transmitting units are disposed around the sensor and surround the sensor. The signal transmitting units respectively transmit multiple transmitting signals. The signal receiving units receive the transmitting signals to respectively generate multiple sensing signals. The eye tracking device calculates a position of the eyeball according to the sensing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lun-Kang Lin, I-Han Tai
  • Publication number: 20240113676
    Abstract: A detection device for detecting an eyeball includes a frame element, a transceiver, and a contact lens element. The transceiver is disposed on the frame element. The transceiver transmits a first RF (Radio Frequency) signal. The contact lens element includes a resonator. The resonator converts the first RF signal into a first ultrasonic signal. The first ultrasonic signal is transmitted to the eyeball. The resonator converts a second ultrasonic signal from the eyeball into a second RF signal. The transceiver receives the second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yih WU, Ta-Chun PU, Yen-Liang KUO, Wei-Chih CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240100418
    Abstract: A control device and a correcting method of a control device with a strength feedback function are disclosed. The control device includes a vibrator, a driver, a strength sensor, and a processor. In correction procedures, the driver provides a driving signal with a plurality of different setting voltage values respectively to the vibrator. In each correction procedure, the driver adjusts a frequency of the driving signal to setting frequency values by time division. In the correction procedures, the strength sensor senses a strength generated by a vibration of the vibrator to obtain strength sensing information respectively corresponding to the setting voltage values. The processor analyzes the strength sensing information, the setting frequency values, and the setting voltage values to obtain relationship information between the setting frequency values and the setting voltage values corresponding to each strength sensing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lun-Kang Lin, I-Han Tai
  • Publication number: 20240104820
    Abstract: A tracking system is provided. A head-mounted display device is adapted to be worn on a head of a user and includes: a display displays a virtual world, a first camera obtains a first image, a first processor generates a first tracking result of the user based on the first image, and a first network module. A self-tracking tracker includes: a tracking sensor detects sensor data, a second camera obtains a second image, a second processor generates a self-tracking result based on the sensor data generates a second tracking result based on the second image and the self-tracking result, and a second network module provides the second tracking result to the first network module. The first processor is further configured to update an avatar of the user in the virtual world based on the first tracking result and the second tracking result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Yu, Chun-Kai Huang
  • Publication number: 20240104033
    Abstract: A signal transceiving device includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller is configured to transmit transmission data. The second controller is coupled to the first controller by a plurality of interrupt signal wires and a data transmission bus. Wherein the second controller respectively transmits a plurality of interrupt signals to the first controller through the plurality of interrupt signal wires, and the first controller determines a size of the transmission data according to the interrupt signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chen-Si Dai
  • Patent number: 11942680
    Abstract: An antenna structure capable of transmitting a WiGig band for a head-mounted wireless transmission display device including a display screen and an overhead device is disclosed. The antenna structure includes at least two body portions, each of the body portions having at least a signal transceiving end, the body portions are respectively arranged at left and right sides of the display screen, and signal transceiving ends of the body portions are extended outward from the left and right sides of the display screen respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng Cherng Lin, Hsiao-Ling Chan, Chen-Hao Chang, Chien-Chih Chen
  • Publication number: 20240095942
    Abstract: A controller is provided. The controller is adapted to determine a position conversion relationship between a predetermined position of a body part of a user and a tracking position of a wearing part of the user. The wearing part is where a wearable device is disposed on the user. The controller is configured to: obtain a camera data of a previous moment from a camera, wherein the camera data comprises an image of a wearable device; obtain a sensor data of the previous moment from a sensor of the wearable device; determine the position conversion relationship based on the camera data of the previous moment and the sensor data of the previous moment; and output a fusion data of the wearing part of a current moment based on the position conversion relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Shan Yang, SyuanYu Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240094810
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device is provided. The head-mounted display device includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to capture an eye image of eyes of a user. The controller is coupled to the sensor and configured to: analyze the eye image to generate an analysis result, wherein the analysis result indicates that whether the eyes in the eye image is clear or not; and in response to the analysis result indicating that the eye in the eye image is not clear, output an issue detected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, I-Chiao Lin
  • Publication number: 20240089607
    Abstract: An image sensing device and a control device of an illumination device thereof are provided. The control device includes a control circuit, an operation circuit, and multiple driving signal generators. The control circuit generates multiple control signals. The operation circuit performs a logical operation on the control signals and an image capturing signal to generate multiple operation results. The driving signal generator respectively provides multiple driving signals to the illumination device according to the operation results, and the driving signals respectively have multiple different output powers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chao Shuan Huang, Sheng-Long Wu, Yu-Jui Hsu, Shih-Yao Tsai, Tun-Hao Chao, Sen-Lin Chung, Chih Pin Chung, Chih-Yuan Chien, Shih Hong Sun
  • Publication number: 20240087224
    Abstract: A remote-control system, a remote-controller, and a remote-control method are provided. The remote-control method includes: obtaining environmental image data by an image capture device of a remote-controller; building a map according to the environmental image data based on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm, and obtaining first location information of a first display in the map according to the environmental image data by the remote-controller; and receiving the first location information from the remote-controller and controlling the first display according to the first location information by a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Kai Huang, Jyun-Jhong Lin
  • Patent number: 11927752
    Abstract: A control method for an immersive system includes following steps. A communication is established between a mobile device and a head-mounted display device. Pose data of the mobile device is captured. A touch event is detected by a touch screen on the mobile device. An interface layout is defined on the touch screen, and the interface layout includes a plurality of functional regions. A target function is selected from candidate functions by mapping a position of the touch event with one of the functional regions in the interface layout. The target function is executed and an immersive content displayed by the head-mounted display device is rendered according to the target function and the pose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsin Chang, Kuan-Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11927303
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a host, a first belt, a second belt, a circuit board, a cable, and an adjustment mechanism. The first belt, one end of which is connected to a first side of the host, has a cable holding part. One end of the second belt is connected to a second side of the host. The circuit board is disposed at an overlap of the first belt and the second belt. A first end and a second end opposite to each other of the cable are connected to the circuit board and the first side respectively, and a holding section of the cable is fixed to the cable holding part. The adjusting mechanism is disposed at an overlap of the first belt and the second belt to adjust an overlapping length of the first belt and the second belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Tsen-Wei Kung, Chung-Ju Wu, Tsung Hua Yang, Chih-Yao Chang, Wei Te Tu
  • Patent number: D1018537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu-Kuen Chang, Natalia Amijo, Ian James McGillivray, Chin-Wei Chou, Yi-Shen Wang, Chih-Sung Fang, Hung-Yu Chen