Patents by Inventor Chin-Shen Yeh

Chin-Shen Yeh 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).

  • Lane departure warning method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7583182
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a lane departure warning method, which functions to choose the data acquiring source according to brightness of the environment surrounding a vehicle and weather status so as to reduce the erroneous judgment of lane departure during image processing and analyzing. In addition, the present invention also presents a lane departure warning apparatus using the foregoing method, which comprises at least a first information acquisition unit, at least a second information acquisition and a information processing/information processing/controlling unit. The first information acquisition unit disposed on the vehicle is capable of capturing the image around the vehicle while the second information acquisition unit disposed on the bottom of the vehicle is capable of capturing image under the bottom of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Long Wang, Yung-Sheng Liao, Chin-Shen Yeh, Sian-Chiang Liu
  • LANE DEPARTURE WARNING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080143509
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a lane departure warning method, which functions to choose the data acquiring source according to brightness of the environment surrounding a vehicle and weather status so as to reduce the erroneous judgment of lane departure during image processing and analyzing. In addition, the present invention also presents a lane departure warning apparatus using the foregoing method, which comprises at least a first information acquisition unit, at least a second information acquisition and a information processing/information processing/controlling unit. The first information acquisition unit disposed on the vehicle is capable of capturing the image around the vehicle while the second information acquisition unit disposed on the bottom of the vehicle is capable of capturing image under the bottom of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yu-Long Wang, Yung-Sheng Liao, Chin-Shen Yeh, Sian-Chiang Liu