Patents by Inventor Alex Kuo

Alex Kuo 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).

  • Patent number: 7535510
    Abstract: A focus control apparatus controls a step motor and a piezoelectric material into order to control a focal distance between an electronic imaging device and a lens unit. The focus control apparatus has an image calculating unit for processing an image signal taken by the electronic imaging device into a resolution value, a displacement controlling unit receiving the resolution value in order to determine an optimal focal distance between the electronic imaging device and the lens unit and output a displacement controlling signal, a step motor controller and a piezoelectric material controller. The displacement controlling signal is supplied to the step motor controller or the piezoelectric material controller to control optimally the distance between an electronic imaging device and a lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Starshine Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Kuo, Franklin Lin, Yu-Yao Chang, Der-Jung Chen
  • Publication number: 20050212953
    Abstract: A piezoelectric focusing apparatus and method for the same are proposed to quickly adjust a distance between a lens unit and an electronic imaging device. An expanding table associated with increased voltage and a shrinkage table associated with decreased voltage for the piezoelectric material is constructed. A bi-directional deformation table is then established by associating voltages on the expanding table and the shrinkage table corresponding to the same deformation. A voltage is supplied to the piezoelectric material according to the bi-directional deformation table for generating a desired deformation and controlling a focusing distance between the lens unit and the electronic imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Alex Kuo, Franklin Lin, Yu-Yao Chang, Der-Jung Chen
  • Publication number: 20050179253
    Abstract: A substrate, a layer of UV curable ink and a transparent layer of film, which has holographic images embossed on it. Patterns are printed on the substrate using a UV curable ink in its uncured state. When a hologram film is laminated to the substrate containing the UV curable inked pattern and exposed to UV light, the portion of the hologram film in contact with the UV curable ink adheres to the substrate as part of the curing process. The remaining part of the holographic film is peeled off from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Amagic Holographics, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Rivera, Alex Kuo
  • Publication number: 20050146633
    Abstract: A focus control apparatus controls a step motor and a piezoelectric material into order to control a focal distance between an electronic imaging device and a lens unit. The focus control apparatus has an image calculating unit for processing an image signal taken by the electronic imaging device into a resolution value, a displacement controlling unit receiving the resolution value in order to determine an optimal focal distance between the electronic imaging device and the lens unit and output a displacement controlling signal, a step motor controller and a piezoelectric material controller. The displacement controlling signal is supplied to the step motor controller or the piezoelectric material controller to control optimally the distance between an electronic imaging device and a lens unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Alex Kuo, Franklin Lin, Yu-Yao Chang, Der-Jung Chen
  • Publication number: 20050147014
    Abstract: The present invention uses different materials to produce a stereo lenticular lens replacing the transparent disk of original DVD related products, or adding on CD-R disk in every means to achieve an unprecedented 3D stereo effect on the appearance of DVD related products or CD-R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventor: Alex Kuo