Patents by Inventor Chao-Shih Huang

Chao-Shih Huang 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: 20210350633
    Abstract: An augmented reality system and an anchor display method thereof are provided. An environmental image is captured by an image capturing device disposed on a head-mounted device. A reference image block in the environmental image that matches a display image on a display is detected by performing feature matching between the environmental image and the display image. Position information of the reference image block in the environmental image is obtained. Depth information of the display is obtained according to an actual screen size of the display and a block size of the reference image block in the environmental image. At least one virtual object is displayed by the head-mounted device according to the position information and the depth information. The at least one virtual object is displayed as being anchored to at least one screen bezel of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chao-Shih Huang
  • Publication number: 20210256917
    Abstract: A display device receiving image data generated by an image generator and including a first memory, a second memory, a selection circuit, a timing controller, and a display panel is provided. The first memory is configured to store first display data. The second memory is configured to store second display data. The second memory is disposed independent of the first memory. The selection circuit selects either the first display data or the second display data to serve as specific data based on a first selection signal. The timing controller generates the first selection signal according to the voltage level of a specific pin and provides the specific data to the image generator. The image generator generates the image data according to the specific data. The display panel displays an image based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Yi-Chang LAI, Chih-Chiang CHEN, Hsu-Hsiang TSENG, Chao-Shih HUANG
  • Patent number: 11086394
    Abstract: A gaming cabin includes a display device, an adjustable chair, a degree-of-freedom adjusting device, a situation simulator, and a system end. The degree-of-freedom adjusting device is configured to provide three degrees of freedom for the display device along the vertical axis, along the horizontal axis and yaw, as well as provide automatic view-switching and surround sound control. The system end is configured to adjust the resolution of the display device using foveated rendering technique, thereby increasing system efficiency. The situation simulator is configured to provide visual, olfactory, tactile or impact effect during VR applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jia-Yu Lin, Chao-Shih Huang, Chih-Chiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20210199966
    Abstract: A wearable display device is provided, including a first optical waveguide lens and a first projection assembly. The first optical waveguide lens has a first area and a second area. The first projection assembly disposed on the first optical waveguide lens projects a plurality of lights and includes a first light projector and a second light projector. The first and second light projectors are disposed in different positions on the first optical waveguide lens in the first direction, and the first light projector and the second light projector do not overlap in the second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel. The first light projector projects a first light to the first area, and the second light projector projects a second light to the second area, and the first light does not overlap with the second light in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Chao-Shih HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200164270
    Abstract: A gaming cabin includes a display device, an adjustable chair, a degree-of-freedom adjusting device, a situation simulator, and a system end. The degree-of-freedom adjusting device is configured to provide three degrees of freedom for the display device along the vertical axis, along the horizontal axis and yaw, as well as provide automatic view-switching and surround sound control. The system end is configured to adjust the resolution of the display device using foveated rendering technique, thereby increasing system efficiency. The situation simulator is configured to provide visual, olfactory, tactile or impact effect during VR applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jia-Yu Lin, Chao-Shih Huang, Chih-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: 10616568
    Abstract: A VST-HMD (Video See-Through Head Mounted Display) includes at least one camera, a first display device, a second display device, a first lens, a second lens, a first eye tracker, a second eye tracker, and a processor. The camera captures environmental image information. The first eye tracker detects left-eye motion information of a user. The second eye tracker detects right-eye motion information of the user. The processor determines an eye focus region of the user and depth information of the eye focus region according to the environmental image information, the left-eye motion information, and the right-eye motion information. The processor further monitors a displacement of the eye focus region and a change in the depth information, and accordingly determines whether to adjust image positions of the first display device and the second display device and/or focus of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Lin, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Publication number: 20190361532
    Abstract: A 3D display includes a screen, a depth detecting circuit, and a processing circuit. The depth detecting circuit includes multiple IR sensors. The processing circuit is configured to receive optical signals of the IR sensors for providing data captured within the scan regions of the depth detecting circuit, determine whether a gesture is detected according to the data captured within the scan regions of the depth detecting circuit, calculate the location of one or multiple centroids of the gesture, identify the distance variation between the gesture and the screen according to the mobility information of the one or multiple centroids, and instruct the screen which displays a 3D object to adjust the visual distance between the gesture and the screen, the size of the 3D object and the depth of the 3D object according to the distance variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Sun, Jin-Ting Kuo, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 10444853
    Abstract: A 3D display includes a screen, a first detecting circuit, a second detecting circuit, and a processing circuit. The first detecting circuit includes multiple first IR sensors disposed above the screen. The second detecting circuit includes multiple second IR sensors disposed below the screen. The processing circuit is configured to receive optical signals of the first and second IR sensors for providing data captured within the scan regions of the first and second detecting circuits, determine whether a gesture is detected according to the data captured within the scan regions of the first and second detecting circuits, calculate the location of one or multiple centroids of the gesture, identify the type of the gesture according to the movement of the one or multiple centroids, and instruct the screen to display a 3D object in a way indicated by the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jin-Ting Kuo, Chia-Yu Sun, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 10360829
    Abstract: A chroma aberration compensation method using sub-pixel shifting for use in a head-mounted display is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining image data from a host, wherein the image data includes a left-eye image and a right-eye image; obtaining a refraction characteristics curve corresponding to a left-eye lens and a right-eye lens and calculating a resolution of the image data; calculating a distance and a relative direction between each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data and a center of the image data; adjusting an offset value of each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data according to the calculated distance and relative direction; performing a sub-pixel shifting compensation process to adjust a sub-image corresponding to each color channel to generate an output image according to the offset value of each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh Lin, Chao-Shih Huang, Wei-Kuo Shih
  • Patent number: 10187351
    Abstract: A maintenance method for network connection and a computer system are provided. The method is adapted to a computer system having a timer. The timer is configured to regularly wake up the computer system to check whether a network connection is working normally. In the method, the computer system is waked up at intervals of a first time interval within a predetermined period and a current IP address of the computer system is extracted. The predetermined period is divided into a plurality of periods by the first time interval. Whether a change occurs on the IP address is determined withing each of the periods, and accordingly the computer system is waked up to check the network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Siang-Sheng Jheng, Ching-Ho Tsai, Shu-Chun Liao, Chao-Shih Huang, Yu-Ren Yang
  • Publication number: 20180268751
    Abstract: A chroma aberration compensation method using sub-pixel shifting for use in a head-mounted display is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining image data from a host, wherein the image data includes a left-eye image and a right-eye image; obtaining a refraction characteristics curve corresponding to a left-eye lens and a right-eye lens and calculating a resolution of the image data; calculating a distance and a relative direction between each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data and a center of the image data; adjusting an offset value of each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data according to the calculated distance and relative direction; performing a sub-pixel shifting compensation process to adjust a sub-image corresponding to each color channel to generate an output image according to the offset value of each sub-pixel in each color channel of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Tzu-Chieh LIN, Chao-Shih HUANG, Wei-Kuo SHIH
  • Publication number: 20170289100
    Abstract: A maintenance method for network connection and a computer system are provided. The method is adapted to a computer system having a timer. The timer is configured to regularly wake up the computer system to check whether a network connection is working normally. In the method, the computer system is waked up at intervals of a first time interval within a predetermined period and a current IP address of the computer system is extracted. The predetermined period is divided into a plurality of periods by the first time interval. Whether a change occurs on the IP address is determined withing each of the periods, and accordingly the computer system is waked up to check the network connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Siang-Sheng Jheng, Ching-Ho Tsai, Shu-Chun Liao, Chao-Shih Huang, Yu-Ren Yang
  • Patent number: 9722969
    Abstract: A maintenance method for network connection and a computer system are provided. The method is adapted to a computer system having a timer. The timer is configured to regularly wake up the computer system to check whether a network connection is working normally. In the method, the computer system is waked up at intervals of a first time interval within a predetermined period and a current IP address of the computer system is extracted. The predetermined period is divided into a plurality of periods by the first time interval. Whether a change occurs on the IP address is determined within each of the periods, and accordingly the computer system is waked up to check the network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Siang-Sheng Jheng, Ching-Ho Tsai, Shu-Chun Liao, Chao-Shih Huang, Yu-Ren Yang
  • Publication number: 20170132753
    Abstract: A display method is provided, including: providing a screen, wherein the screen has a first display region and a second display region; detecting a position of a user relative to the screen, wherein a first distance is formed between the user and the first display region, and a second distance is formed between the user and the second display region; when the first distance is substantially the same as the second distance, the first display region displays a first image, and the second display region displays a second image; and when the second distance exceeds the first distance, the first display region displays the first image, and the second display region displays a third image, wherein the third image is the second image enlarged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Jui-Chieh HSIANG, Chao-Shih HUANG, Chih-Chiang CHEN, Hsu-Hsiang TSENG
  • Patent number: 9581882
    Abstract: An image capturing device and an auto-focus method thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. An exposure time is calculated by using an optical sensing element of the first lens. Whether the exposure time exceeds a time threshold is determined. If so, a global maximum search is concurrently performed by the first lens with a first resolution and a first step size as well as by the second lens with a second resolution and a second step size, where the first resolution is higher than the second resolution, and the first step size is less than the second step size. When a focus region in which a focus position is located is obtained by using the second lens, the focus position would be searched out from the focus region by using the first lens so as to obtain a new focus image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Shih-Ting Huang, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Publication number: 20160246160
    Abstract: An image capturing device and an auto-focus method thereof are provided, where the method includes the following steps. An exposure time is calculated by using an optical sensing element of the first lens. Whether the exposure time exceeds a time threshold is determined. If so, a global maximum search is concurrently performed by the first lens with a first resolution and a first step size as well as by the second lens with a second resolution and a second step size, where the first resolution is higher than the second resolution, and the first step size is less than the second step size. When a focus region in which a focus position is located is obtained by using the second lens, the focus position would be searched out from the focus region by using the first lens so as to obtain a new focus image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Shih-Ting Huang, Chao-Shih Huang
  • Patent number: 9417752
    Abstract: A pattern adjusting method of a touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The pattern adjusting method is used for determining a sensor pattern of a plurality of touch sensors on a touch panel and includes the following steps. Panel information of the touch panel is collected. An original layout result of the touch sensors is generated according to the panel information and a predefined sensor information, wherein the predefined sensor information includes an original sensor pattern. A non-covering area of the touch sensors on the touch panel is obtained by analyzing the original layout result. At least one extending area is generated by extending a covering area of the original sensor pattern to the non-covering area in order to obtain a final sensor pattern having at least one extending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hsing-Lung Chung, Chao-Shih Huang, Jian-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20160156542
    Abstract: A maintenance method for network connection and a computer system are provided. The method is adapted to a computer system having a timer. The timer is configured to regularly wake up the computer system to check whether a network connection is working normally. In the method, the computer system is waked up at intervals of a first time interval within a predetermined period and a current IP address of the computer system is extracted. The predetermined period is divided into a plurality of periods by the first time interval. Whether a change occurs on the IP address is determined within each of the periods, and accordingly the computer system is waked up to check the network connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Siang-Sheng Jheng, Ching-Ho Tsai, Shu-Chun Liao, Chao-Shih Huang, Yu-Ren Yang
  • Patent number: 9110526
    Abstract: A driving method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes are coupled to a driving circuit respectively via different electrical paths. The driving method includes: defining a plurality of sub-frame periods in a first frame period; converting a driving configuration for providing the driving configuration that is different from each other respectively to each of the sub-frame periods; the driving circuit drives the electrodes respectively with the driving configuration corresponding to one of the sub-frame periods during the sub-frame periods for obtaining at least one of the sub-frame sensing values from each of the sub-frame periods; and the driving circuit integrates the sub-frame sensing values respectively obtained during the sub-frame periods for obtaining a touch information of the touch panel during the first frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yung-Jen Lin, Chao-Shih Huang, Chih-Chiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20150193079
    Abstract: A pattern adjusting method of a touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The pattern adjusting method is used for determining a sensor pattern of a plurality of touch sensors on a touch panel and includes the following steps. Panel information of the touch panel is collected. An original layout result of the touch sensors is generated according to the panel information and a predefined sensor information, wherein the predefined sensor information includes an original sensor pattern. A non-covering area of the touch sensors on the touch panel is obtained by analyzing the original layout result. At least one extending area is generated by extending a covering area of the original sensor pattern to the non-covering area in order to obtain a final sensor pattern having at least one extending area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hsing-Lung Chung, Chao-Shih Huang, Jian-Wei Lee