Patents by Inventor En-Feng Hsu

En-Feng Hsu 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: 20200143757
    Abstract: There is provided a portable electronic device including a backlight module, an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor and a processing unit. The backlight module illuminates with backlight brightness. The ambient light sensor is configured to detect ambient light intensity. The proximity sensor is configured to detect an object. The processing unit is configured to activate the proximity sensor when the ambient light intensity detected by the ambient light sensor is lower than a predetermined value or decreases more than a predetermined range, and to maintain or reduce the backlight brightness according to a detection result of the proximity sensor. There is further provided an automatic detection method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: EN-FENG HSU, MENG-HUAN HSIEH
  • Patent number: 10616506
    Abstract: An imaging device including a condenser lens and an image sensor is provided. The image sensor is configured to sense light penetrating the condenser lens and includes a pixel matrix, an opaque layer, a plurality of microlenses and an infrared filter layer. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of infrared pixels, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels. The opaque layer covers upon a first region of the first pixels and a second region of the second pixels, wherein the first region and the second region are mirror-symmetrically arranged in a first direction. The plurality of microlenses is arranged upon the pixel matrix. The infrared filter layer covers upon the infrared pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Jung-Tai Lin, En-Feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 10616467
    Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel matrix and a processor is provided. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of phase detection pixels and a plurality of regular pixels. The processor performs autofocusing according to pixel data of the phase detection pixels, and determines an operating resolution of the regular pixels according to autofocused pixel data of the phase detection pixels, wherein the phase detection pixels are always-on pixels and the regular pixels are selectively turned on after the autofocusing is accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Guo-Zhen Wang, Ren-Hau Gu, En-Feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 10600196
    Abstract: A distance measurement device including a pixel array and a cover layer is provided. The cover layer is covered on the pixel array. The cover layer includes a first cover pattern covering on a first area of a plurality of first pixels and a second cover pattern covering on a second area of a plurality of second pixels. The first area and the second area are rectangles of mirror symmetry along a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Chia-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 10592003
    Abstract: Glasses with gesture recognition function include a glasses frame and a gesture recognition system. The gesture recognition system is disposed on the glasses frame and configured to detect hand gestures in front of the glasses thereby generating a control command. The gesture recognition system transmits the control command to an electronic device to correspondingly control the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Horng-Goung Lai, En-Feng Hsu, Meng-Huan Hsieh, Yu-Hao Huang, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 10595116
    Abstract: A headset controller takes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, a first pressure sensor, and a second pressure sensor as a control medium for users. The headset controller can generate four different output instructions by the users touching or pressing the operating interface. The headset controller integrates various sensing methods to generate the needed output instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Jung-Tai Lin, En-Feng Hsu, Han-Chang Lin
  • Publication number: 20200081151
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package structure of an optical apparatus which includes a substrate, a light emitting device, a light sensing device, and a light barrier member. The light emitting device is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate. The light emitting device is for emitting light. The light sensing device is disposed on the substrate and is a chip scale package (CSP) device. The light sensing device is for receiving light reflected by an object. The light barrier member is disposed around a periphery of the light sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Publication number: 20200072603
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes at least two optical sensing pixels and at least two different grating elements. These grating elements are disposed above these optical sensing pixels correspondingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: EN-FENG HSU, CHIA-YU LIU
  • Patent number: 10578431
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes at least two optical sensing pixels and at least two different grating elements. These grating elements are disposed above these optical sensing pixels correspondingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Chia-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 10580363
    Abstract: There is provided a portable electronic device including a backlight module, an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor and a processing unit. The backlight module illuminates with backlight brightness. The ambient light sensor is configured to detect ambient light intensity. The proximity sensor is configured to detect an object. The processing unit is configured to activate the proximity sensor when the ambient light intensity detected by the ambient light sensor is lower than a predetermined value or decreases more than a predetermined range, and to maintain or reduce the backlight brightness according to a detection result of the proximity sensor. There is further provided an automatic detection method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Meng-Huan Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20200065579
    Abstract: There is provided a pupil tracking device including an active light source, an image sensor and a processing unit. The active light source emits light toward an eyeball alternatively in a first brightness value and a second brightness value. The image sensor captures a first brightness image corresponding to the first brightness value and a second brightness image corresponding to the second brightness value. The processing unit identifies a brightest region at corresponding positions of the first brightness image and the second brightness image as an active light image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: YU-HAO HUANG, MING-TSAN KAO, YI-FANG LEE, EN-FENG HSU, MENG-HUAN HSIEH, NIEN-TSE CHEN
  • Patent number: 10551499
    Abstract: An optical detecting device capable of increasing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and economizing power consumption is installed on a wearable device. The optical detecting device includes a base, an optical detecting component and a light emitting module. The optical detecting component is disposed on the base and has a detecting surface normal vector. The light emitting module is disposed on the base and outputs a sampling signal to project onto an external object, and the optical detecting component can receive the sampling signal reflected from the external object. The light emitting module is slanted toward the optical detecting component, and an optical axis of spatial distribution of the sampling signal and the detecting surface normal vector are crossed to form a deviated angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Yung-Song Hou, Hsin-Chi Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200033934
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a sensing system having a first sensing device, for selectively detecting an object to generate a first detection result at a first frequency, wherein the first detection result indicates a state of motion of the object; a second sensing device for selectively detecting the object to generate a second detection result at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, wherein the second detection result indicates whether the object is in a specific space; a light emitting device, for illuminating the object to make the first sensing device able to detect the state of motion of the object; and a control unit, coupled to the first sensing device and the second sensing device, for controlling operating states of the first sensing device and the second sensing device according to the first and the second detection results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: En-Feng Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200021334
    Abstract: A charging system comprising: a charging apparatus; and at least one guiding apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting device provided in at least one target apparatus. The charging apparatus moves to a charging location according a light emitting state of the light emitting device, to charge the target apparatus. The charging apparatus further receives battery power information from the target apparatus via wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Ting-Yang Chang
  • Patent number: 10514477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package structure of an optical apparatus which includes a substrate, a light emitting device, a light sensing device, and a light barrier member. The light emitting device is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate. The light emitting device is for emitting light. The light sensing device is disposed on the substrate and is a chip scale package (CSP) device. The light sensing device is for receiving light reflected by an object. The light barrier member is disposed around a periphery of the light sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 10503973
    Abstract: There is provided a pupil tracking device including an active light source, an image sensor and a processing unit. The active light source emits light toward an eyeball alternatively in a first brightness value and a second brightness value. The image sensor captures a first brightness image corresponding to the first brightness value and a second brightness image corresponding to the second brightness value. The processing unit identifies a brightest region at corresponding positions of the first brightness image and the second brightness image as an active light image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Huang, Ming-Tsan Kao, Yi-Fang Lee, En-Feng Hsu, Meng-Huan Hsieh, Nien-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 10481670
    Abstract: There is provided a method of reducing power consumption of a gesture sensor. The method utilizes an auxiliary sensing device to detect whether an object exists in a sensing covering range of the gesture sensor, thereby determining operating states and power consumptions of the gesture sensor and the auxiliary sensing device. If the auxiliary sensing device does not detect that the object exists in the sensing covering range of the gesture sensor or the object moves, the gesture sensor is allowed to be in a low power consumption operating state, thereby reducing the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventor: En-Feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 10457152
    Abstract: A charging system, comprising: a charging apparatus; and at least one guiding apparatus, comprising at least one light emitting device provided in at least one target apparatus. The charging apparatus moves to a charging location according a light emitting state of the light emitting device, to charge the target apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: En-Feng Hsu, Ting-Yang Chang
  • Publication number: 20190281234
    Abstract: An imaging device including a condenser lens and an image sensor is provided. The image sensor is configured to sense light penetrating the condenser lens and includes a pixel matrix, an opaque layer, a plurality of microlenses and an infrared filter layer. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of infrared pixels, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels. The opaque layer covers upon a first region of the first pixels and a second region of the second pixels, wherein the first region and the second region are mirror-symmetrically arranged in a first direction. The plurality of microlenses is arranged upon the pixel matrix. The infrared filter layer covers upon the infrared pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: JUNG-TAI LIN, EN-FENG HSU
  • Publication number: 20190273981
    Abstract: A headset controller takes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, a first pressure sensor, and a second pressure sensor as a control medium for users. The headset controller can generate four different output instructions by the users touching or pressing the operating interface. The headset controller integrates various sensing methods to generate the needed output instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: JUNG-TAI LIN, EN-FENG HSU, HAN-CHANG LIN