Patents by Inventor Cheng-Nan Tsai

Cheng-Nan Tsai 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: 20240078887
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a first light source, a second light source surface, a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor receives reflected light when the first light source and the second light source emit light, and generates a first detection signal corresponding to light emission of the first light source and a second detection signal corresponding to light emission of the second light source. The processor distinguishes smoke and floating particles according to a similarity between the first detection signal and the second detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: CHENG-NAN TSAI, GUO-ZHEN WANG, CHING-KUN CHEN, YEN-CHANG CHU, CHIH-MING SUN
  • Patent number: 11918329
    Abstract: A physiological detection device includes system including a first array PPG detector, a second array PPG detector, a display and a processing unit. The first array PPG detector is configured to generate a plurality of first PPG signals. The second array PPG detector is configured to generate a plurality of second PPG signals. The display is configured to show a detected result of the physiological detection system. The processing unit is configured to convert the plurality of first PPG signals and the plurality of second PPG signals to a first 3D energy distribution and a second 3D energy distribution, respectively, and control the display to show an alert message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chiung-Wen Lin, Wei-Ru Han, Yang-Ming Chou, Cheng-Nan Tsai, Ren-Hau Gu, Chih-Yuan Chuang
  • Patent number: 11913864
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a substrate, a light source and a light sensor. The light source and the light sensor are arranged adjacently on the substrate. The substrate is arranged with an asymmetric structure to cause an illumination region of the light source to deviate toward the light sensor thereby increasing a ratio of light intensity reflected by smoke with respect to reference light intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chu, Cheng-Nan Tsai, Chih-Ming Sun
  • Publication number: 20240054874
    Abstract: A smoke detector includes a substrate, an optical detection module, a base and a top cover. The substrate has a ring shape region surrounding a central detection region, and a first block structure of the central detection region is protruded from the substrate and higher than an upper surface of the ring shape region. The optical detection module is disposed inside the central detection region. The base is disposed on the substrate and around the optical detection module. The base has a second block structure. The top cover is connected to the base. A lateral wall of the top cover is partly overlapped with the second block structure to form a guiding channel. The optical detection module analyzes variation of scattering parameters resulted from gaseous matter entering the top cover through the guiding channel for determining concentration of the gaseous matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan Tsai, Yen-Chang Chu, Chih-Ming Sun
  • Patent number: 11872014
    Abstract: An optical detection device for physiological characteristic identification includes a substrate, a light source and an optical receiver. The light source includes a plurality of first lighting units and a plurality of second lighting units symmetrically arranged on the substrate. The optical receiver is disposed on the substrate and adapted to analyze optical signals emitted by the light source for acquiring a result of the physiological characteristic identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Nan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11854361
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a light source, a reflective surface, a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor receives reflected light when the light source emits light toward the reflective surface, and generates a reference detection signal when there is no smoke. The processor receives the detection signal from the light sensor, and automatically selects a set of predetermined condition thresholds according to a profile of the detection signal to be compared with the detection signal thereby determining whether to generate an alarm according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan Tsai, Guo-Zhen Wang, Ching-Kun Chen, Yen-Chang Chu, Chih-Ming Sun
  • Publication number: 20230314229
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a case and a temperature sensing device. The case has a first opening. The temperature sensing device is disposed inside the case of the wearable device. The temperature sensing device includes a first substrate, a sensor chip, and a metal shielding structure. The sensor chip is disposed on the first substrate. The metal shielding structure surrounds the sensor chip, and has a second opening. The sensor chip faces towards the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: CHIH-MING SUN, MING-HAN TSAI, CHENG-NAN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20230252871
    Abstract: A smoke detection device includes a housing, a smoke collector, an optical detector and a cover plate. The housing has a piercing hole. The smoker collector has a smoke hole, and position of the smoke hole is close to position of the piercing hole. The optical detector is disposed inside the smoke collector and adapted to detect gaseous concentration inside the smoke collector. The cover plate is disposed between the housing and the smoke collector, and used to set a channel from the piercing hole to the smoke hole, so that gaseous matter flows from outside the smoke detection device into the smoke collector through the piercing hole and the smoke hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Chu, Yen-Po Chen, Chih-Ming Sun, Cheng-Nan Tsai, Ching-Kun Chen
  • Patent number: 11719579
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a case and a far infrared temperature sensing device. The case has a first opening. The far infrared temperature sensing device is disposed inside the case of the wearable device. The far infrared temperature sensing device includes an assembly structure, a sensor chip, a filter structure, and a metal shielding structure. The assembly structure has an accommodating space and a top opening. The sensor chip is disposed in the accommodating space of the assembly structure. The filter structure is disposed above the sensor chip. The metal shielding structure is disposed above the sensor chip, and has a second opening to expose the filter structure. The first and second openings are communicated to cooperatively define a through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Sun, Ming-Han Tsai, Cheng-Nan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20230206743
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a light source, a reflective surface, a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor receives reflected light when the light source emits light toward the reflective surface, and generates a reference detection signal when there is no smoke. The processor receives the detection signal from the light sensor, and automatically selects a set of predetermined condition thresholds according to a profile of the detection signal to be compared with the detection signal thereby determining whether to generate an alarm according to the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan TSAI, Guo-Zhen WANG, Ching-Kun CHEN, Yen-Chang CHU, Chih-Ming SUN
  • Patent number: 11615684
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a light source, a reflective surface, a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor receives reflected light when the light source emits light toward the reflective surface, and generates a reference detection signal when there is no smoke. The processor receives the detection signal from the light sensor, and automatically selects a set of predetermined condition thresholds according to a profile of the detection signal to be compared with the detection signal thereby determining whether to generate an alarm according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan Tsai, Guo-Zhen Wang, Ching-Kun Chen, Yen-Chang Chu, Chih-Ming Sun
  • Publication number: 20230060584
    Abstract: There is provided an optical machine of a smoke detector including a substrate, a light source, a light sensor and a light blocking member. The light source and the light sensor are arranged on the substrate in a first direction. The light blocking member is arranged upon the light source and blocks a part of an emission angle of the light source in the first direction far away from the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan TSAI, Yen-Chang CHU, Chih-Ming SUN, Chi-Chih SHEN, Kuo-Hsiung LI
  • Publication number: 20220268682
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a substrate, a light source and a light sensor. The light source and the light sensor are arranged adjacently on the substrate. The substrate is arranged with an asymmetric structure to cause an illumination region of the light source to deviate toward the light sensor thereby increasing a ratio of light intensity reflected by smoke with respect to reference light intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: YEN-CHANG CHU, CHENG-NAN TSAI, CHIH-MING SUN
  • Publication number: 20220165141
    Abstract: There is provided a smoke detector including a light source, a reflective surface, a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor receives reflected light when the light source emits light toward the reflective surface, and generates a reference detection signal when there is no smoke. The processor receives the detection signal from the light sensor, and automatically selects a set of predetermined condition thresholds according to a profile of the detection signal to be compared with the detection signal thereby determining whether to generate an alarm according to the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan TSAI, Guo-Zhen WANG, Ching-Kun CHEN, Yen-Chang CHU, Chih-Ming SUN
  • Publication number: 20220136905
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a case and a far infrared temperature sensing device. The case has a first opening. The far infrared temperature sensing device is disposed inside the case of the wearable device. The far infrared temperature sensing device includes an assembly structure, a sensor chip, a filter structure, and a metal shielding structure. The assembly structure has an accommodating space and a top opening. The sensor chip is disposed in the accommodating space of the assembly structure. The filter structure is disposed above the sensor chip. The metal shielding structure is disposed above the sensor chip, and has a second opening to expose the filter structure. The first and second openings are communicated to cooperatively define a through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: CHIH-MING SUN, MING-HAN TSAI, CHENG-NAN TSAI
  • Publication number: 20220117490
    Abstract: An optical detection device for physiological characteristic identification includes a substrate, a light source and an optical receiver. The light source includes a plurality of first lighting units and a plurality of second lighting units symmetrically arranged on the substrate. The optical receiver is disposed on the substrate and adapted to analyze optical signals emitted by the light source for acquiring a result of the physiological characteristic identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Nan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11284799
    Abstract: An optical detection device for physiological characteristic identification includes a substrate, a light source and an optical receiver. The light source includes a plurality of first lighting units and a plurality of second lighting units symmetrically arranged on the substrate. The optical receiver is disposed on the substrate and adapted to analyze optical signals emitted by the light source for acquiring a result of the physiological characteristic identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Pix Art Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Nan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11268859
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a case and a far infrared temperature sensing device. The case has a first opening. The far infrared temperature sensing device is disposed inside the case of the wearable device. The far infrared temperature sensing device includes an assembly structure, a sensor chip, a filter structure, and a metal shielding structure. The assembly structure has an accommodating space and a top opening. The sensor chip is disposed in the accommodating space of the assembly structure. The filter structure is disposed above the sensor chip. The metal shielding structure is disposed above the sensor chip, and has a second opening to expose the filter structure. The first and second openings are communicated to cooperatively define a through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Sun, Ming-Han Tsai, Cheng-Nan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11213217
    Abstract: A physiological detection system including an array sensor and a processing unit is provided. The array sensor is configured to output array PPG signals. The processing unit is configured to construct a 3D energy distribution according to the array PPG signals to accordingly identify different microcirculation states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Ru Han, Chih-Yuan Chuang, Cheng-Nan Tsai, Ren-Hau Gu
  • Publication number: 20210236016
    Abstract: A physiological detection device includes system including a first array PPG detector, a second array PPG detector, a display and a processing unit. The first array PPG detector is configured to generate a plurality of first PPG signals. The second array PPG detector is configured to generate a plurality of second PPG signals. The display is configured to show a detected result of the physiological detection system. The processing unit is configured to convert the plurality of first PPG signals and the plurality of second PPG signals to a first 3D energy distribution and a second 3D energy distribution, respectively, and control the display to show an alert message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: CHIUNG-WEN LIN, WEI-RU HAN, YANG-MING CHOU, CHENG-NAN TSAI, REN-HAU GU, CHIH-YUAN CHUANG