Patents by Inventor Chueh-Pin Ko

Chueh-Pin Ko 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: 8502833
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus with multiple screens and an image displaying method thereof are provided. The image displaying method is adapted to an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a first display unit and a second display unit. The image displaying method includes following steps. By a processing module, a digital file is read, and a content of the digital file is displayed on the first display unit. Whether the content of the digital file includes at least one dynamic image is detected by the processing module. When the content of the digital file includes the at least one dynamic image, the at least one dynamic image is displayed on the second display unit by the processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chuan-Ming Tsai, Tzu-Lung Chuang, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8421933
    Abstract: A three-dimensional liquid crystal shutter glasses includes a frame and two lenses, where the frame includes two sub-frames, the two lenses can be deposed on the two sub-frames in any one of a plurality of specific angles, respectively, and the plurality of specific angles are for a user to watch a plurality of types of monitors whose images have different polarization directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130083509
    Abstract: An image generating device includes a first light source, a light conversion element, and an image generating element. The first light source is for generating light with a first wavelength. The light conversion element is disposed on a light path of the light with the first wavelength. The light conversion element includes a first quantum dot layer for converting light with wavelengths under a second wavelength to light with the second wavelength, and a second quantum dot layer for converting light with wavelengths under a third wavelength to light with the third wavelength. The first wavelength is smaller than the second wavelength, and the second wavelength is smaller than the third wavelength. The image generating element is for generating images according to light transmitted from the light conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130083293
    Abstract: An image generating device includes a light source, a light filtering element, a light conversion element, and an image generating element. The light source is for generating visible light. The light filtering element is disposed on a light path of the visible light. The light filtering element includes a plurality of light filtering blocks, and each of the light filtering blocks is for allowing light with wavelength within a predetermined range to pass through. The light conversion element is disposed on the light path. The light conversion element includes a first quantum dot layer for converting light with wavelength below a first wavelength to light with the first wavelength. The image generating element is for generating images according to light passed through the light filtering element and the light conversion element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130050193
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus includes a display panel, a display driver, an active polarizing layer, and an active polarizer. The display driver controls the display panel to display input image data categorized into data containing pixels in a first state, a second state, and a third state. The active polarizing layer is located on the display panel. The active polarizer controls the polarization direction of the active polarizing layer to enable the image displayed on the display panel to have the polarization direction after passing through the active polarizing layer. The active polarizing layer has first, second, and third polarization directions respectively corresponding to the pixels in the first state, the second state, and the third state in the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130021324
    Abstract: A method for improving three-dimensional (3D) display quality is provided. A first image data and a second image data for 3D display are associated with a single eye (left eye or right eye). A third state associated with both eyes is generated by analyzing a data difference between the first image data and the second image data. Thereby, the flickering problem can be resolved and image quality, brightness, and resolution can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130002650
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display method is provided. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving stereoscopic information; generating a left-eye image, a right-eye image and a common sub-image according to the stereoscopic information, wherein the common sub-image is a common part of the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and displaying the left-eye image, the right-eye image, and the common sub-image on a stereoscopic image display apparatus according to a predetermined display order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20130003177
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic image display apparatus has a common state generator, a display panel and an active light control layer. The common state generator is arranged for receiving stereoscopic information and generating a left-eye image, a right-eye image, a common sub-image and a corresponding state signal, wherein the common sub-image is a common part of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. The display panel is arranged for displaying the left-eye image, the right-eye image and the common sub-image according to a predetermined display order. The active light control layer is at a first state, a second state, and a third state, respectively, according to the state signal when the display panel displays the left-eye image, the right-eye image, and the common sub-image, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120223976
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus and a driving method are provided. The LCD apparatus includes a LCD panel, an over-driving voltage provider and a backlight module. The LCD panel has a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array. The over-driving voltage provider is arranged for providing a plurality of over-driving voltages to drive the pixel units separately, such that times for liquid crystal of the pixel units rotating to a steady state are the same. A turn-on time of the backlight module is determined according to a number of the pixel units with the liquid crystals rotated to the steady state under the received over-driving voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120194657
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an ambient brightness received by a pair of shutter glasses which are operative under a two-dimensional image viewing mode includes: generating an ambient brightness control signal; and adjusting a shutter-open period of eyeglass (s) of the shutter glasses according to the ambient brightness control signal, for adjusting a length of the shutter-open period of the eyeglass (s) to be longer than an activation time length of a backlight of a display device so as to adjust the received ambient brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120182405
    Abstract: An image display method includes the following steps: transmitting an active data of a full image to a display screen, and after transmitting the active data of the full image is completed and before a driving period for an original vertical blanking interval corresponding to the active data is started, adjusting a display control signal transmitted to the display screen during an extra driving period, wherein a period length of the extra driving period is not equal to a period length of transmitting the active data of the full image to the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Heng Huang, Chao-Shih Huang, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120147158
    Abstract: A control method applied to a video display apparatus collaborating with three-dimensional glasses for presenting stereoscopic images includes sequentially transmitting a first video driving signal and a second video driving signal corresponding to a first video frame to a display screen for respectively driving a first display region and a second display region of the display screen; after transmitting the first video driving signal to the display screen is accomplished, activating a first backlight source of a scanning backlight module during a first period to provide backlight to the first display region driven by the first video driving signal for image display; and after transmitting the second video driving signal to the display screen is accomplished, activating a second backlight source of the scanning backlight module during a second period in order to provide backlight to the second display region driven by the second video driving signal for image display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Patent number: 8189122
    Abstract: In a method for automatic color wheel calibration in a projector, the color wheel includes three primary colors and a non-primary color. The method includes: enabling the projector to project the non-primary color, and measuring first optical physical amounts of the projected non-primary color; enabling the projector to project a combination color of the three primary colors having respective color level values, measuring second optical physical amounts of the projected combination color, and adjusting the respective color level values of the three primary colors according to respective values of differences between the first optical physical amounts and the second optical physical amounts; and repeating the above steps until each of the values of differences approximates zero, thereby obtaining color level values for the three primary colors to produce a combination color matching the non-primary color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Chen-Kang Su
  • Publication number: 20120105608
    Abstract: A method for controlling an environment brightness received by shutter glasses which are used to view images presented by a display device is provided. The method includes the following steps: generating a control signal according to image variations of image content presented by the display device, external environment brightness, or an instruction signal for controlling an operation of the shutter glasses; and adjusting activation time of the shutter glasses to adjust the environment brightness received by shutter glasses according to the controlling signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120081526
    Abstract: An image display method includes increasing a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) data included in a scan line data corresponding to at least a scan line and accordingly generating an adjusted HBI data; and transmitting a non-HBI data included in the scan line data and the adjusted HBI data to a display screen. An image display system includes a display screen, an adjusting circuit, and an output circuit. The adjusting circuit is arranged for increasing an HBI data included in a scan line data corresponding to at least a scan line and accordingly generating an adjusted HBI data. The output circuit is arranged for transmitting a non-HBI data included in the scan line data and the adjusted HBI data to the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Heng Huang, Chao-Shih Huang, Shou-Chih Chen, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120069436
    Abstract: A pair of viewing glasses and an image beam adjustment method are provided, wherein the viewing glasses includes a polarizer. The adjustment method includes the following steps. Detect the transmittance of the image beam from the screen passing through the glasses. Generate an operating signal according to the operating period of the viewing glasses, a corresponding value corresponding to the operating period of the viewing glasses, and the transmittance of the image beam, so as to adjust the polarization direction of the image beam before passing through the polarizer. Maintain the operating signal during the operating period of the viewing glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Dong-Hsing Su
  • Publication number: 20120069160
    Abstract: A method for controlling an ambient brightness perceived via three-dimensional (3D) glasses is provided. The 3D glasses are arranged to view stereo images presented by a video display apparatus. The method includes the following steps: adjusting an ambient brightness setting of the 3D glasses, and controlling the 3D glasses according to the ambient brightness setting in order to adjust the ambient brightness perceived via the 3D glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120033061
    Abstract: Shutter glasses include a frame, two lenses disposed on the frame and a control chip. The control chip is utilized for selecting one of a plurality of operation modes to set the glasses according to a type of the display apparatus, wherein the operation modes are respectively corresponding to a plurality of type of the display apparatuses. In addition, the present invention further provides a shutter glasses system, a method for controlling shutter glasses and a transmitter thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Dong-Hsing Su
  • Publication number: 20120033060
    Abstract: A method for controlling shutter glasses includes controlling each of a first shutter lens and a second shutter lens to be switched between an on-state and an off-state, wherein the first shutter lens stays in the on-state within an image output period corresponding to a secondary first image, and stays in the off-state with an image output period corresponding to a following primary second image, and the second shutter lens stays in the off-state within the image output period corresponding to the primary second image, and stays in the on-state within an image output period corresponding to a following secondary second image. The first shutter lens and the second shutter lens simultaneously stay in the off-state only within a single continuous time period of the image output period corresponding to the primary second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120033145
    Abstract: A pair of viewing glasses, a three-dimensional (3D) display system and an image beam adjustment method are provided. The adjustment method includes determining an adjustment angle according to an image beam emitted by a display screen; detecting a relative spatial orientation of the viewing glasses and the display screen; determining a compensation angle according to the relative spatial orientation; and adjusting the polarization direction of the image beam according to at least one of the adjustment angle and the compensation angle, so as to change the polarization direction of the image beam to a target polarization direction parallel or perpendicular to the polarization axis direction of a polarizer of the viewing glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chueh-Pin Ko, Dong-Hsing Su