Patents by Inventor Chao Chien

Chao Chien 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).

  • Publication number: 20240144098
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an automated labeling system. For example, the automated labeling system can include an automated labeling module (ALM) configured to receive wireless signals and ground truth of learning object and label the wireless signals with the ground truth when receiving the ground truth to generate labeled training data. The automated labeling system can also include a training database coupled to the ALM. The training database can be configured to store the labeled training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chao Peng WANG, Chia-Da LEE, Po-Yu CHEN, Hsiao-Chien CHIU, Yi-Cheng LU
  • Publication number: 20240147139
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes a first sound producing component and a back cavity structure. The first sound producing component has a first front side and a first back side, wherein the first sound producing component is a high frequency sound unit, and the first front side faces a sound propagating opening of the acoustic device. The back cavity structure is connected to the first back side of the first sound producing component. The first sound producing component produces a first acoustic wave from the first front side towards the sound propagating opening, and the first sound producing component produces a second acoustic wave from the first back side towards a back cavity of the back cavity structure. The back cavity structure is configured to flatten a peak or a dip of a frequency response of the first sound producing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: xMEMS Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Chao-Yu Chen, Chiung C. Lo, Jemm Yue Liang, Wen-Chien Chen, Jye Ren
  • Publication number: 20240135553
    Abstract: A movement detection method, applied to a navigation input device with a navigation pattern comprising a center pattern and a radial pattern. The movement detection method comprises: (a)capturing a sensing image comprising a center pattern image and at least portion of a radial pattern image by an image sensor, wherein the center pattern image corresponds to the center pattern and the radial pattern image corresponding to the radial pattern; (b)computing a translation of the navigation input device according to shift of the center pattern image; and (c)computing a rotation angle of the navigation input device according to a first pattern relation between the center pattern image and a first portion of the radial pattern image. The translation and the rotation angle can be precisely and sensitively detected even if the joystick device is miniaturized, since the translation and the rotation angle are computed according to the navigation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Chen, Chao-Chien Huang, Chung-Yuo Wu
  • Patent number: 11903907
    Abstract: The invention provides a soluble honokiol derivative (such as a water soluble honokiol derivative) and its application in antagonizing glycoprotein VI receptor and providing antioxidant and neuroprotective effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Joen-Rong Sheu, Fa-Kung Lee, Chih-Cheng Chien, Chih-Ming Ho, Chao-Chien Chang, Cheng-Ying Hsieh, Jing-Ping Liou
  • Publication number: 20240046601
    Abstract: A deep recognition model training method applied to an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining a ground plane area by segmenting a first image using a ground plane segmentation network. A projection image of the first image is generated based on the first image, an initial depth image corresponding to the first image, and a pose matrix. A target height loss of a depth recognition network is generated, and a depth loss of the depth recognition network is obtained according to a gradient loss between the initial depth image and the first image and a photometric loss between the projection image and the first image. A depth recognition model is obtained by adjusting the depth recognition network based on the depth loss and the target height loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20240046495
    Abstract: A method for training a depth recognition model implemented in an electronic device includes determining test objects from test images, and obtaining a first image and a second image; calculating a test projection slope of each test object according to coordinates of each pixel point of each test object in the test images; generating a threshold range according to the plurality of test projection slopes; recognizing a type of terrain corresponding to a position of each initial object; adjusting an initial ground area in the first image, and obtaining a target ground area in the first image; generating a target height loss of a preset depth recognition network, an initial depth image corresponding to the first image, and the target ground area; and adjusting the preset depth recognition network according to the target height loss and a depth loss, and obtaining a depth recognition model for recognizing depth of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20240009849
    Abstract: A hand-eye calibration method and a hand-eye calibration device for a robot arm are provided. The method includes following steps. A first mapping relationship between a base of the robot arm and a terminal of the robot arm and a second mapping relationship between a camera and a target object are obtained. Based on a scale, a third mapping relationship between the terminal of the robot arm and a tool set mounted on the terminal and a fourth mapping relationship between the camera and the base in each dimension are updated to minimize an error between a position of the target object in an image captured by the camera and a position of the tool set. In response to the error being convergent and the scale being less than or equal to a scale threshold, the third mapping relationship and the fourth mapping relationship calibrated by the scale are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ke-Jung Huang, Chao-Chien Lee, Jen-Hui Wang, Chun-Hsi Wu
  • Patent number: 11869270
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a first substrate, a first sensing element, a first light-shielding layer, a second light-shielding layer and an insulating layer. The first sensing element is disposed on the first substrate. The first light-shielding layer is disposed on the first sensing element and has a first opening, wherein the first opening is completely overlapped with the first sensing element. The second light-shielding layer is disposed on the first light-shielding layer and includes an upper light-shielding part and a lateral light-shielding part, wherein the upper light-shielding part is overlapped with the first light-shielding layer and has a second opening, and the lateral light-shielding part is separated from the upper light-shielding part. The insulating layer is disposed between the first light-shielding layer and the second light-shielding layer, and the lateral light-shielding part covers a sidewall of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Shuo-Hong Wang, Yang-En Wu, Shih-Hsing Hung, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230415779
    Abstract: An assistance method of safe driving applied in a vehicle-mounted electronic device obtains RGB images of scene in front of a vehicle, processes the RGB images by a trained depth estimation model, obtains depth images and converts the depth images into three-dimensional (3D) point cloud maps, determines 3D regions of interest therein, and obtains position and size information of objects in the 3D regions of interest. When the position information satisfies a first preset condition and/or the size information satisfies a second preset condition, the presence of obstacles in the 3D regions of interest is determined and controls the vehicle to issue an alarm. When the position information does not satisfy the first preset condition and/or the size information does not satisfy the second preset condition, the 3D regions of interest are determined as obstacle-free, and permitting the vehicle to continue driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO, CHIEH LEE
  • Publication number: 20230419682
    Abstract: A method for managing driving applied in an electronic device which assesses distances to objects in a path of autonomous driving obtains RGB images of a scene in front of a vehicle, processes the RGB images based on a trained depth estimation model, and obtain depth images corresponding to the RGB images. The depth images are converted to 3D point cloud maps, 3D regions of interest from the 3D point cloud maps are determined according to a size of the vehicle, and the 3D regions of interest are converted into 2D regions of interest according to internal parameters of a camera. The 2D regions of interest are analyzed for obstacles. Driving continues when the 2D regions of interest have no obstacles, the vehicle is controlled to issue an alarm when obstacles are discovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: CHIEH LEE, JUNG-HAO YANG, SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20230419653
    Abstract: A method for detecting defect of images applied in an electronic device inputs flawless sample training images into an autoencoder, and calculates first latent feature by a coding layer of the autoencoder, and calculates first reconstructed images by a decoding layer, and calculates a first reconstruction error by a first preset error function. The electronic device trains the discriminator according to the flawless sample training images and first reconstructed images, and calculates an adversarial learning error, and calculates a sample error, determines an error threshold based on the sample error, and obtains testing sample images, and calculates second latent feature of the testing sample images by the coding layer, and calculates the second reconstructed images of the testing sample images by the decoding layer, and calculate a difference between the testing sample images and the second reconstructed images, thus a detection result of the testing sample images is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20230401875
    Abstract: A vehicle-borne method for recognizing the illumination state of traffic lights even against a backlighting of strong sunlight or other light source obtains a first image of a set of traffic lights in a road traffic environment. A segmentation map is acquired by dividing a first region from the first image, and an illumination region in the segmentation map is extracted by marking RGB pixels in the region which are of a preset threshold in brightness according to a training model. A lit color of the set of traffic lights is recognized according to a position of the illumination region in the segmentation map. By utilizing the method, accuracy of recognition of illumination state of traffic lights is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Patent number: 11836321
    Abstract: An optical sensing device includes a substrate, sensing elements, a planarization layer, and a light-shielding layer. The sensing elements are located on the substrate. Each sensing element includes a first net-shaped electrode, a second net-shaped electrode, and a sensing layer. The first net-shaped electrode is located between the sensing layer and the substrate. The sensing layer is located between the first net-shaped electrode and the second net-shaped electrode. The planarization layer is located on the sensing elements and the substrate and has via holes. The light-shielding layer is located on the planarization layer and includes net-shaped light-shielding patterns. The net-shaped light-shielding patterns are overlapped with the second net-shaped electrodes of the sensing elements, respectively, and the net-shaped light-shielding patterns are electrically connected to the second net-shaped electrodes of the sensing elements via the via holes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Xiang-Rui Chang, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230386221
    Abstract: A method for detecting road conditions applied in an electronic device obtains images of a scene in front of a vehicle, and inputs the images into a trained semantic segmentation model. The electronic device inputs the images into a backbone network for feature extraction and obtains a plurality of feature maps, inputs the feature maps into the head network, processes the feature maps by a first segmentation network of the head network, and outputs a first recognition result. The electronic device further processes the feature maps by a second segmentation network of the head network, and outputs a second recognition result, and determines whether the vehicle can continue to drive on safely according to the first recognition result and the second recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: SHIH-CHAO CHIEN, CHIN-PIN KUO
  • Patent number: 11829180
    Abstract: A pressure detection device of detecting a forced state of a deformable object includes a body, an image sensor and a processor. The body is a deformable hollow structure. The body has an inner surface and an outer surface, and an identifiable vision feature is disposed on the inner surface. The image sensor is disposed inside the body and faces the inner surface of the body, and is adapted to capture a frame containing the identifiable vision feature on the inner surface. The processor is electrically connected with the image sensor, and adapted to analyze position variation of the identifiable vision feature within the captured frame for identifying a motion type of a gesture applied to the outer surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chung Wang, Hsin-Chia Chen, Hui-Hsuan Chen, Chao-Chien Huang, Chu-Hung Nien
  • Publication number: 20230346187
    Abstract: There is provided a cleaning robot system including a charging station and a cleaning robot. The charging station includes multiple positioning beacons. The cleaning robot includes an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor is used to acquire light generated by the multiple positioning beacons on the charging station and generate an image frame. The processor is electrically connected to the image sensor, and used to calculate a relative position with respect to the charging station according to beacon images of the multiple positioning beacons in the image frame to determine a recharge path accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chu-Hung NIEN, Chao-Chien HUANG, Shu-Sian YANG, Wei-Feng WEI
  • Publication number: 20230351799
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a first substrate, a first sensing element, a first light-shielding layer, a second light-shielding layer and an insulating layer. The first sensing element is disposed on the first substrate. The first light-shielding layer is disposed on the first sensing element and has a first opening, wherein the first opening is completely overlapped with the first sensing element. The second light-shielding layer is disposed on the first light-shielding layer and includes an upper light-shielding part and a lateral light-shielding part, wherein the upper light-shielding part is overlapped with the first light-shielding layer and has a second opening, and the lateral light-shielding part is separated from the upper light-shielding part. The insulating layer is disposed between the first light-shielding layer and the second light-shielding layer, and the lateral light-shielding part covers a sidewall of the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Shuo-Hong Wang, Yang-En Wu, Shih-Hsing Hung, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230352504
    Abstract: A light-sensing device comprises a substrate, multiple first working light-sensing elements, multiple second working light-sensing elements, multiple third working light-sensing elements, multiple first reference light-sensing elements, multiple second reference light-sensing elements, multiple third reference light-sensing elements, a first processing element, and a second processing element. The substrate has a first working area, a second working area, a third working area, a first reference area, a second reference area, and a third reference area. The multiple first working light-sensing elements, the multiple second working light-sensing elements, and the multiple third working light-sensing elements are respectively disposed in the first working area, the second working area, and the third working area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Nung Mao, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Publication number: 20230326914
    Abstract: A sensing device, including a first substrate, a first sensing element, a light-emitting element, and a light-shielding layer, is provided. The first sensing element is located on the first substrate. The light-emitting element is located on the first sensing element. The light-shielding layer is located between the light-emitting element and the first sensing element, and is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Shuo-Hong Wang, Yang-En Wu, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • Patent number: 11781905
    Abstract: An optical sensing device includes a substrate, a sensing element layer, a light-shielding layer, and a light absorbing layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The sensing element layer is disposed on the first surface and includes multiple sensing elements. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the sensing element layer and has multiple openings. An orthogonal projection of the opening on the substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the sensing element on the substrate. The light absorbing layer is disposed on the second surface. An electronic apparatus including the optical sensing device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Hua Lu, Shang-Wei Hsieh, Chao-Chien Chiu