Patents by Inventor Chien-Min Cheng

Chien-Min Cheng 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: 6252506
    Abstract: A device for finding a position of a human comprises a micro controller, a pyro-electrical infrared sensing unit, a first motor, a rotating speed feed back unit, an ultrasonic sensing unit and a second motor. The infrared sensing unit is fitted to an edge of a disc coupled to the shaft of the first motor. The rotating speed feed back unit has a rotating disc which is also coupled to the shaft of the first motor. The ultrasonic sensing unit is fitted to an edge of a second disc coupled to the shaft of the second motor such that it can move with rotating of the second disc. The micro controller activates the first motor and the infrared sensing unit to search for a human, and figures out the direction of that human by means of the rotating speed feed back unit. At the same time, the controller activates the second motor for the ultrasonic unit to be directed to the found human; thus, the distance from that human to the device is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventors: Yuan-Tai Hsieh, Kun-Huei Chen, Chien-Min Cheng