Patents by Inventor Ching-Ting Tsai

Ching-Ting Tsai 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).

  • System and method for assisting fixed-focus image-capturing device to focus
    Patent number: 7880801
    Abstract: A system for assisting fixed-focus image-capturing device to focus, which includes: an image-capturing device with fixed-focus function; a platform for placing objects; a movable structure connected to the image-capturing device or the platform, for adjusting the distance between the image-capturing device and the platform; a notifying unit, which generates a physical quantity to notify a user; and a control unit in communication with the image-capturing device and the notifying unit, for determining the distance between the image-capturing device and the platform, and when the distance is equal to a best-shot distance, sending a signal to the notifying unit to generate the physical quantity. The invention also discloses a method for assisting fixed-focus image-capturing device to focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Newsoft Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Ping Yeh, Tzan-Sheng Yang, Ching-Ting Tsai
  • System and method for assisting fixed-focus image-capturing device to focus
    Publication number: 20080136957
    Abstract: A system for assisting fixed-focus image-capturing device to focus, which includes: an image-capturing device with fixed-focus function; a platform for placing objects; a movable structure connected to the image-capturing device or the platform, for adjusting the distance between the image-capturing device and the platform; a notifying unit, which generates a physical quantity to notify a user; and a control unit in communication with the image-capturing device and the notifying unit, for determining the distance between the image-capturing device and the platform, and when the distance is equal to a best-shot distance, sending a signal to the notifying unit to generate the physical quantity. The invention also discloses a method for assisting fixed-focus image-capturing device to focus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Chi-Ping Yeh, Tzan-Sheng Yang, Ching-Ting Tsai