Abstract: A heart rate detection module including a PPG measuring device, a motion sensor and a processing unit is provided. The PPG measuring device is configured to detect a skin surface in a detection period to output a PPG signal. The motion sensor is configured to output an acceleration signal corresponding to the detection period. The processing unit is configured to respectively convert the PPG signal and the acceleration signal to first frequency domain information and second frequency domain information, determine a denoising parameter according to a maximum spectrum peak value of the second frequency domain information to denoise the first frequency domain information, and calculate a heart rate according to a maximum spectrum peak value of the denoised first frequency domain information.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical touch system configured to determine an object region according to a brightness information acquired by a brightness sensing unit and to identify a block information of objects within the object region according to an image information acquired by an image sensing unit. The present invention further provides an objection detection method for an optical touch system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cup lid including a top shield, at least two ring shields, and at least two snap-on components. The ring shields extending from a lower edge of the top shield downward are peripherally spaced from each other. Each snap-on component extends from the lower edge of the top shield downward and is arranged between two adjacent ring shields. Each snap-on component includes a U-shaped border, a tab, and at least one Y-shaped resisting member. The U-shaped border and the top shield define an opening. The tab extends from the U-shaped border outward. The Y-shaped resisting member extends from an interior of the U-shaped border upward and is bendably held in the opening. The cup lid can be fitted on a cup body or separated from the cup body through the Y-shaped resisting members without a further operation step for repeated utilization and environmental effect.

Abstract: An exposure mechanism of an optical touch system, which includes a plurality of image sensors and a plurality of active light sources each irradiating corresponding to the associated image sensor, includes: capturing image frames using the image sensors with a sampling cycle to allow each of the image sensors to capture a bright image, wherein the sampling cycle includes a plurality of working modes and in each of the working modes at least one of the image sensors captures the bright image in a sampling interval; simultaneously capturing a dark image using all the image sensors in a denoising sampling interval; and calculating a differential image between the bright image and the dark image captured by each image sensor.

Abstract: An optical touch system includes an image sensor for detecting at least one object and a processor coupled to the image sensor. The processor is configured to determine the number of pixel clusters created by the at least one object on an image generated from the image sensor and to generate gesture information when the number of pixel clusters is greater than a predetermined pixel cluster number.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of light detecting elements. The plurality of light detecting elements are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein a flat field picture generated by the image sensor, the intensity standard deviation of pixels in each pixel column is greater than that of pixels in any pixel row, or the intensity standard deviation of pixels in each pixel row is greater than that of pixels of any pixel column.

Abstract: An optical touch control method includes steps of: providing a bright background from at least one edge of a touch surface in a first period; providing illumination light to the touch surface in a second period; capturing a first image of an indicator object blocking a portion of the bright background in the first period; and capturing a second image of the indicator object reflecting the illumination light in the second period. An optical touch system is also provided.

Abstract: An optical touch panel system includes: a reflective element disposed on a first side of the touch control area; two lighting elements respectively disposed on a second side and a third side of the touch control area , wherein the second side and the third side are adjacent to each other, and the third side is opposite the first side; a first light projection apparatus including a mirror and a light generator, disposed on the first side and at a location adjacent to a fourth side of the touch control area; an image sensor capturing a first picture and a second picture respectively when the light generator is inactivated and activated; and a processor calculating a coordinate of the object according to geometrical information of an projected object image and a projected mirror image of the object in the first picture and the second picture.

Abstract: An image processing method for an optical touch system includes the steps of obtaining an image and generating a light distribution curve pattern from the image, selecting a target signal of the light distribution curve pattern in accordance with light intensity information of the light distribution curve pattern, determining at least one rising slope and at least one falling slope of the target signal, and selecting the target signal as an object signal when the absolute values of the at least one rising slope and at least one falling slope are greater than a threshold.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image sensing module including an image sensing device and a calculation device. The image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels for acquiring an operation image containing an object image. The calculation device stores a look-up table regarding a temperature related parameter and a position deviation of the object image at each pixel associated with the temperature related parameter, and selects a deformation error from the look-up table according to the temperature related parameter corresponding to the operation image so as to correct a current position of the object image in the operation image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an object detection method including: pre-storing a lookup table of touch reference values, wherein the lookup table of touch reference values records a plurality of touch reference values associated with image positions of a plurality of calibration object images formed in calibration images captured by a first image sensor; capturing a first image, wherein the first image has at least an object image corresponding to a pointer formed therein; generating a first light distribution curve according to the first image; defining a first detection region in the first light distribution curve; obtaining at least one touch reference value associated with the object image using the lookup table of touch reference values; comparing at least one brightness value within the first detection region of the first light distribution curve with the at least one touch reference value obtained.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical touch system and an object analyzation method thereof. The optical touch system includes a panel and an image sensing apparatus installed thereon. The object analyzation method includes the following steps: capturing a first image across a touch surface of the panel with an image sensing apparatus, wherein the first image has an object image formed corresponding to the position of a pointer on the touch surface; defining an image window that corresponds to the image position of the object image in the first image captured; determining whether the pointer is touching the touch surface or hovering over the touch surface by analyzing the brightness difference among the plurality of pixels in the image window.

Abstract: An image brightness information adjusting method, which comprises: computing background brightness information of an image; computing a first brightness information difference between brightness information for at least one pixel of a first image line of the image and background brightness information corresponding to the first image line; and adjusting brightness information for at least one pixel of a second image line according to the first brightness information difference.

Abstract: An optical touch screen system includes a touch screen, an image-sensing device, and a processing device. The image-sensing device generates a plurality of light-shielding information of an object at a plurality of time points. The processing device coupled to the image-sensing device includes a computing unit calculating a projected size difference value according to the plurality of light-shielding information, wherein the projected size difference value is a difference value between the projected sizes of the object on the touch screen at two different time points.

Abstract: There is provided a processing method of an object image for an optical touch system includes the steps of: capturing, using a first image sensor, a first image frame containing a first object image; capturing, using a second image sensor, a second image frame containing a second object image; generating a polygon image according to the first image frame and the second image frame; and determining a short axis of the polygon image and at least one object information accordingly.

Abstract: An optical touch system comprises a first imaging device configured to be directed toward a side surface of a target on a touch surface and a processing device. The first imaging device sequentially generates a first picture having an image of the target and a second picture having an image of the target. The computing device is configured to calculate a first dimension of the target using the first picture and a second dimension of the target using the second picture, and to determine whether the target is formed by one object or two objects by the first and second dimensions.

Abstract: A method of calculating the coordinate data of an object includes the steps of: providing a mirror surface for generating a reflection of an object; providing an image sensor for capturing an image of the object and an image of the reflection; obtaining an individual image of the object when the image of the object and the image of the reflection overlap to form an overlapped image; and calculating the coordinate data of the object based on the overlapped image and the individual image.

Abstract: An image sensing module utilizes an image sensor to sense objects and a mirror image of the objects in a mirror through a plurality of first light filtering components with a first transmission spectrum and a plurality of second light filtering components with a second transmission spectrum for generating an image. A light filtering module substantially having the first transmission spectrum is disposed in front of the mirror. The image includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first sub data and a second sub data. The image sensing module utilizes an image sensing controller to detect real images corresponding to the objects and virtual images correspond to the mirror image of the objects from the image according to the first sub data and the second sub data of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch panel apparatus, system and an operation method using for the same system. The apparatus recognizes a track of an object for executing a corresponding gesture function, and it includes: a touch control surface for the object to move on or above to form the track; at least one image sensor for capturing a plurality of continuous pictures including images of the object; and a processor for obtaining a plurality of displacement vectors according to changes in positions of the images of the object, comparing the displacement vectors with a set of basic vectors to obtain a code or a set of codes, and recognizing the code or the set of codes to execute the corresponding gesture function.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical touch panel system and a positioning method for positioning an object in a touch control area. The system includes: at least two reflective elements respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the touch control area, wherein the sum of lengths of the first side and the second side is larger than the sum of lengths of the two reflective elements; two lighting elements respectively disposed on a third side and a fourth side of the touch control area; an image sensor forming projected images by capturing an image of the object and at least one mirror image of the object formed by the two reflective elements; and a processor calculating the coordinates of the object according to geometric information of the projected images.