Patents by Inventor Chih-Neng Tseng

Chih-Neng Tseng 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: 20240005799
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Patent number: 11798423
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Patent number: 11376974
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Publication number: 20210175755
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Publication number: 20210170891
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Publication number: 20210097868
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Kuan-Chou Ko
  • Publication number: 20210009266
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Cheng-Shen Lee
  • Publication number: 20200209893
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng, Cheng-Shen Lee
  • Publication number: 20190377253
    Abstract: A writable projection screen includes a substrate, a reflective layer and a writing layer. The reflective layer is disposed on the substrate, and the writing layer has a light receiving surface. The light receiving surface is adapted to receive a projection light beam. A roughness of the light receiving surface is between 5 ?m and 30 ?m. The substrate is disposed between the reflective layer and the writing layer, or the reflective layer is disposed between the substrate and the writing layer. The writable projection screen has good quality for displaying an image and can be used for being written by a variety of pens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: FANG-HSUAN SU, CHIA-HUA CHEN, FU-CHIANG HSU, CHIH-NENG TSENG, CHI-TANG HSIEH
  • Patent number: 10379675
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Lien-Fu Cheng, Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20180356938
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20180356937
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20180129308
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: CHENG-SHEN LEE, CHIH-NENG TSENG
  • Patent number: 9268205
    Abstract: A projector and a light source controlling method thereof are provided. The light source controlling method includes the following steps. The light source module is controlled to adjust a luminance of a projection light generated by a light source module starting from a low luminance. A power source voltage from an electronic device is detected to be equal to a threshold voltage or not. A power of the power source voltage is detected to be equal to a threshold power or not. When the power source voltage is equal to the threshold voltage and the power of the power source voltage is less than or equal to the threshold power, or when the power source voltage is greater than or equal to the threshold voltage and the power of the power source voltage is equal to the threshold power, the adjustment of the luminance of the projection light is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Shun-Tai Chen, Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20150339000
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen LEE, Chih-Neng TSENG, Shu-Yu LIN
  • Publication number: 20150261383
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Shen Lee, Lien-Fu Cheng, Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Patent number: 8550634
    Abstract: A light source module, a projection apparatus, and a method of controlling the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus has the light source module. The light source module has a first light source, a wavelength transforming unit, and a driver. The first light source generates a first light beam having a first wavelength according to a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. The wavelength transforming unit transforms the first light beam into a second light beam having a second wavelength. The driver drives the wavelength transforming unit, such that the first light beam irradiates a start position on the wavelength transforming unit when a rising edge of the first PWM signal is detected. The start position is determined by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20130083299
    Abstract: A projector and a light source controlling method thereof are provided. The light source controlling method includes the following steps. The light source module is controlled to adjust a luminance of a projection light generated by a light source module starting from a low luminance. A power source voltage from an electronic device is detected to be equal to a threshold voltage or not. A power of the power source voltage is detected to be equal to a threshold power or not. When the power source voltage is equal to the threshold voltage and the power of the power source voltage is less than or equal to the threshold power, or when the power source voltage is greater than or equal to the threshold voltage and the power of the power source voltage is equal to the threshold power, the adjustment of the luminance of the projection light is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Tai Chen, Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20130083294
    Abstract: An illumination system is provided, including a blue incoherent light source, a coherent light source, a phosphor module and a beam combining unit. The blue incoherent light source is capable of emitting a blue incoherent light beam. The coherent light source is capable of emitting a coherent light beam. The phosphor module has a first color phosphor zone and a second color phosphor zone. The first color phosphor zone and the second color phosphor zone move into a transmission path of the coherent light beam in turn, to convert the coherent light beam to a first color light beam and a second color light beam respectively. The beam combining unit is disposed on transmission paths of the blue incoherent light beam, the first color light beam and the second color light beam. A projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chih-Neng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20120019785
    Abstract: A light source module, a projection apparatus, and a method of controlling the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus has the light source module. The light source module has a first light source, a wavelength transforming unit, and a driver. The first light source generates a first light beam having a first wavelength according to a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. The wavelength transforming unit transforms the first light beam into a second light beam having a second wavelength. The driver drives the wavelength transforming unit, such that the first light beam irradiates a start position on the wavelength transforming unit when a rising edge of the first PWM signal is detected. The start position is determined by a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chih-Neng Tseng