Patents by Inventor Cheng-Shen Lee
Cheng-Shen Lee 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).
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Patent number: 12107440Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a power supply control method and a monitor system capable of executing the power supply control method. The monitor system includes a base station, an image capture apparatus, and a processor. The base station includes a charging apparatus including a power supply connector and a power source coupled to the power supply connector and outputting power through the power supply connector. The image capture apparatus shoots the power supply connector to obtain a shot image. The processor determines a foreign object distribution on the power supply connector according to the shot image and sends a warning message according to the foreign object distribution. The foreign object distribution relates to foreign objects formed on the power supply connector. Accordingly, whether a charging mechanism fails can be automatically determined and notification and/or compensation may be performed when the charging mechanism fails.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Publication number: 20240005799Abstract: A drone communication system and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method of the drone communication system is applicable for obtaining a plurality of base station coordinates corresponding to a plurality of base stations in a flight field. The operation method includes the following steps: communicating with at least three base stations adjacent to a parking apron apparatus to obtain at least three base station coordinates of the at least three base stations; communicating with another base station adjacent to the at least three base stations through the at least three base stations; estimating another base station coordinate of the another base station according to the at least three base station coordinates of the at least three base stations; and storing the plurality of base station coordinates and providing the plurality of base station coordinates to a drone parked on the parking apron apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Patent number: 11798423Abstract: A drone and a positioning method thereof, a drone communication system and an operation method thereof are provided. The positioning method of the drone is applicable for a drone to cruise in a flight field. The positioning method includes the following steps: flying according to a destination coordinate in the flight field; sensing a plurality of base stations via a first wireless communication module to obtain a plurality of first radio wave signals of the plurality of base stations; positioning according to the plurality of first radio wave signals to determine a current coordinate of the drone; and flying toward the destination coordinate in the flight field according to the current coordinate. In this way, the drone is capable of reliably positioning to effectively perform automatic flight missions.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Patent number: 11376974Abstract: A power supply control method and a monitoring system configured to implement the power supply control method are provided. The monitoring system includes a base station, a drone, and a processor. The base station includes a charging device. The charging device includes a power supply connector and a power source coupled to the power supply connector and outputting electric power through the power supply connector. The drone includes a battery configured to provide electric power to the drone and a charging connector configured to connect the battery and the power supply connector. When the charging connector is connected to the power supply connector, the processor determines an abnormal situation on the power supply connector or the drone according to an electrical characteristic during charging the battery by the power source. The abnormal situation is associated with a foreign object formed on the power supply connector or the drone.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Publication number: 20210175755Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a power supply control method and a monitor system capable of executing the power supply control method. The monitor system includes a base station, an image capture apparatus, and a processor. The base station includes a charging apparatus including a power supply connector and a power source coupled to the power supply connector and outputting power through the power supply connector. The image capture apparatus shoots the power supply connector to obtain a shot image. The processor determines a foreign object distribution on the power supply connector according to the shot image and sends a warning message according to the foreign object distribution. The foreign object distribution relates to foreign objects formed on the power supply connector. Accordingly, whether a charging mechanism fails can be automatically determined and notification and/or compensation may be performed when the charging mechanism fails.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Publication number: 20210170891Abstract: A power supply control method and a monitoring system configured to implement the power supply control method are provided. The monitoring system includes a base station, a drone, and a processor. The base station includes a charging device. The charging device includes a power supply connector and a power source coupled to the power supply connector and outputting electric power through the power supply connector. The drone includes a battery configured to provide electric power to the drone and a charging connector configured to connect the battery and the power supply connector. When the charging connector is connected to the power supply connector, the processor determines an abnormal situation on the power supply connector or the drone according to an electrical characteristic during charging the battery by the power source. The abnormal situation is associated with a foreign object formed on the power supply connector or the drone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Publication number: 20210097868Abstract: A drone and a positioning method thereof, a drone communication system and an operation method thereof are provided. The positioning method of the drone is applicable for a drone to cruise in a flight field. The positioning method includes the following steps: flying according to a destination coordinate in the flight field; sensing a plurality of base stations via a first wireless communication module to obtain a plurality of first radio wave signals of the plurality of base stations; positioning according to the plurality of first radio wave signals to determine a current coordinate of the drone; and flying toward the destination coordinate in the flight field according to the current coordinate. In this way, the drone is capable of reliably positioning to effectively perform automatic flight missions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
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Publication number: 20210009266Abstract: A UAV patrol system and a UAV patrol method are provided. A UAV receives a patrol instruction from a base station to perform a patrol task to the target area. The patrol task includes: flying along a cruise path in a first height, and acquiring a first thermal sensing image in a first FOV; in response to determining that the first thermal sensing image has a abnormal point with a temperature higher than a temperature threshold and located on one of multiple object targets, suspending flying along the cruise path and changing to fly in the second height to capture an abnormal image of the abnormal point in a second FOV, and storing and marking the abnormal image. The UAV patrol system and method may effectively use the UAV to determine the abnormal target object in the target area, and capture the abnormal image of the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Kuo-Chang Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Cheng-Shen Lee
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Publication number: 20200209893Abstract: A UAV obstacle avoidance system and a control method thereof are provided. The UAV obstacle avoidance system comprises a cover, at least two obstacle avoidance lens modules and an infrared light source. The infrared light source is located between the at least two obstacle avoidance lens modules. Each obstacle avoidance lens module comprises a sensing unit and an infrared shutter. The sensing unit comprises a filter layer and a sensing element. The filter layer is located between the cover and the sensing element, and the filter layer has at least one filter region, wherein one of the filter regions is an infrared filter region. The infrared shutter is located between the cover and the sensing unit and configured to switch an infrared cut-off filter to a turn-on state or a turn-off state. The UAV obstacle avoidance system and the control method thereof can be used for day and night environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Kuo-Chang Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Cheng-Shen Lee
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Patent number: 10379675Abstract: An interactive projection apparatus and a touch position determining method thereof are provided. The invention adopts such a scheme of defining the effective touch area according to the coordinate information of the positioning pattern and judging whether or not the light spot is located in the effective touch area. If the light spot is located in the effective touch area, the position of the light spot is taken as the touch position of an input tool.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Lien-Fu Cheng, Chih-Neng Tseng
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Publication number: 20180356938Abstract: A projection touch system including a processing device, a projection device, a touch film, and an image capturing device is provided. The processing device pre-stores a first coordinate transformation equation. The touch film is configured with a plurality of light sources. The image capturing device captures a first image frame on the touch film, where the first image frame includes images of the light sources. The processing device analyzes the first image frame to determine positions of the light sources in the first image frame, and establishes a second coordinate transformation equation. The processing device establishes a third coordinate transformation equation related to the touch film and the projection device according to the first coordinate transformation equation and the second coordinate transformation equation. Moreover, a correction method adapted to the projection touch system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng
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Publication number: 20180356937Abstract: A projection touch system including a processing device, a touch film, a projection device and an image capturing device is provided. The projection device projects a first correction image to the touch film. The touch film generates a touch signal in response to a touch operation performed by a touch object touching the touch film according to the first correction image. The processing device generates a first coordinate transformation equation according to the first correction image and the touch signal. The image capturing device captures a first image frame of the touch film. The processing device analyzes the first image frame to establish a second coordinate transformation equation, and establishes a third coordinate transformation equation according to the first coordinate transformation equation and the second coordinate transformation equation. A correction method adapted to the projection touch system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng
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Publication number: 20180129308Abstract: An interactive display apparatus includes a display device, an operation device and an image capture device. The display device displays image frames according to image signals from the host. The operation device includes a light source, a shutter and a plurality of function keys. The light source emits a light beam on the image frame. The shutter having a plurality of light transmissive areas with different shapes is located on a transmission path of the first light beam. The first light beam passes through the shutter to form an operation indicator on the image frame. When one of the function keys is triggered, the light transmissive area corresponding to the triggered function key is switched to be located on a transmission path of the light beam, thereby changing a shape of the operation indicator. The image capture device captures the image frame and the operation indicator on the image frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: CHENG-SHEN LEE, CHIH-NENG TSENG
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Publication number: 20180121003Abstract: A touch system and a touch method thereof are provided. A signal receiving apparatus of the touch system receives a first light signal and a pressure sensing signal sent by a touch apparatus. A computing apparatus of the touch system judges a touch position of the touch apparatus according to the first light signal, and decides an expected size of a touch trajectory according to the pressure sensing signal, so as to produce a corresponding touch effect in response to a magnitude of a pressing force, and improve applicability of the touch system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ming-Te Lin, Cheng-Shen Lee, Yung-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 9544553Abstract: The invention provides a projector, a color wheel protection circuit, and a color wheel protection method. The projector includes a color wheel, a light source, a controller, and a protection circuit. The light source is controlled by a light source control signal to provide an illumination beam to the color wheel. The controller is used for providing the light source control signal to the light source. The protection circuit includes a resetting signal generator and a logic operator. The resetting signal generator is used for generating a resetting trigger signal according to the rotation speed of the color wheel, and generating a resetting output signal according to the resetting trigger signal. The logic operator is used for receiving the light source control signal and the resetting output signal, and resetting the light source control signal according to the resetting output signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Ming-Te Lin
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Publication number: 20150339000Abstract: An optical touch device configured to cause a display surface to from a touch surface. The optical touch device includes a non-visible lighting element, a non-visible sensing element, and a correction element. The non-visible lighting element is adjacent to the display surface and forms a non-visible light curtain in front of the display surface. The non-visible lighting element is disposed in front of the display surface and has a sensing area covering the display surface. The correction element is disposed on the display surface and includes a bottom layer placed on the display surface and a plurality of reflecting blocks disposed on the top surface of the bottom layer. The correction element of the optical touch device has long-life. A correction method for an optical touch device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen LEE, Chih-Neng TSENG, Shu-Yu LIN
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Publication number: 20150261383Abstract: An interactive projection apparatus and a touch position determining method thereof are provided. The invention adopts such a scheme of defining the effective touch area according to the coordinate information of the positioning pattern and judging whether or not the light spot is located in the effective touch area. If the light spot is located in the effective touch area, the position of the light spot is taken as the touch position of an input tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Lien-Fu Cheng, Chih-Neng Tseng
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Publication number: 20140204346Abstract: The invention provides a projector, a color wheel protection circuit, and a color wheel protection method. The projector includes a color wheel, a light source, a controller, and a protection circuit. The light source is controlled by a light source control signal to provide an illumination beam to the color wheel. The controller is used for providing the light source control signal to the light source. The protection circuit includes a resetting signal generator and a logic operator. The resetting signal generator is used for generating a resetting trigger signal according to the rotation speed of the color wheel, and generating a resetting output signal according to the resetting trigger signal. The logic operator is used for receiving the light source control signal and the resetting output signal, and resetting the light source control signal according to the resetting output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Ming-Te Lin