Patents by Inventor Fu-Kuo Yeh

Fu-Kuo 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).

  • Patent number: 6329978
    Abstract: A cursor control device, the input device thereof may be a mouse, a track ball, a hand writing plate, etc. Since at least two registers are installed on each axis of the input for counting the number of the signals 0 and 1, and presetting the rotary distance of each axis, and by a single operating mode, the movement of the input device may be detected, therefore, by the dedicated two axial mouse input device, the mouse may move in a very small range to generate an effect of an absolute coordinate positioning, and the controlled cursor may wholly correspond to any point on the display screen for accurate positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventors: Fu-Kuo Yeh, Mei-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 6323844
    Abstract: A cursor controlling device and the method thereof, the moving and positioning of the cursor on the computer display are controlled by said cursor controlling device through a controlling circuit, wherein said cursor controlling device is comprised of a case, an information carrier set, a reading set and a sliding bar set, wherein the information carriers are located on the same plane in parallel or are serially connected within the proper position of said case and they are overlapped with each other, another, each of the information carriers has a driving portion for being driven by said sliding bar set, and when said driving portions of the information carriers are serially connected and overlapped with each other, they may be installed internal or external the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventors: Fu-Kuo Yeh, Mei-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 6282798
    Abstract: A finger-controlled device for pushing slide bars, including two sets of data carriers, two slide bars and a finger-controlled section for moving the slide bars. Each data carrier corresponds to a sensor for reading 0, 1 signals. Each data carrier has a central shaft disposed with a gear. A face of each slide bar is formed with a rack facing the central shaft for meshing with the gears. The finger-controlled section is movable relative to a housing having an interior chambers for receiving the data carriers, sensors and slide bars. Four side walls of the chamber are formed with through holes for the slide bars to pass therethrough. The housing restrains the slide bars to move relative to and across each other. In operation, the slide bars are moved relative to each other as the finger-controlled section is moved, whereby the data carriers are rotated by a fixed number of circles for use in absolute coordinate input alignment. The slide bars can be widened and thickened to have greater bending strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventors: Fu-Kuo Yeh, Mei-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 6215478
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high resolution finger controlling input device in an arbitrarily defined range which comprises a finger controlling element having a plurality of thin layered sensing surface, which when closely scribed, can produce 0 and 1 binary signals of displacement; and a formative positioning unit, capable of producing 0 and 1 signals in any defined range divided by the coordinate axes so that the cursor may correspondingly acquire the effective displacement and positioning in absolute coordinate mode. The finger controlling element may be formed with a touch input board with a input medium thereon. The input medium has a stopping end provided on touch input board in a short distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventors: Fu-Kuo Yeh, Mei-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 6091401
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a device for controlling a cursor to rotate rightwards and leftwards and the method thereof, wherein a X axis sliding bar and a Y axis sliding bar are installed between the cover and base of said mouse, and said X axis sliding bar and said Y axis sliding bar are used as the X axis movable optic grid and the Y axis movable optic grid, respectively, said X axis movable optic grid and said Y axis movable optic grid will rotate with said base within a proper angle. When said cover of said mouse is moved or rotated, said X axis movable optic grid and said Y axis movable optic grid will move or rotate synchronously and match the installation of a light emitted diode, a photo transistor, fixing optic grids and a controlling circuit so that the cursor on the computer display may be controlled with a small active range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Inventors: Mei Yun Chen, Fu Kuo Yeh
  • Patent number: 6072469
    Abstract: A cursor control device for controlling the movement and positioning of a cursor on a computer includes a finger controllable member formed on the cursor positioning device. The cursor on the display is controllable either in X-axis or Y-axis direction by means of sliding the finger controllable member on the device. The cursor positioning device includes a displacement detecting structure for detecting the movement of the finger controllable member, and photo encoder detectors for detecting the operating situation of the X-axis and Y-axis photo encoders which are arranged in 90 degrees phase deference in space. In such an arrangement, the displacement of the finger controllable member in X-axis and Y-axis direction may be detected as coordinate date. The detected coordinate data is transmitted to a control circuit for further processes and then sent to a computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventors: Mei-Yun Chen, Fu-Kuo Yeh
  • Patent number: 5990870
    Abstract: A finger rest structure of computer mouse, including a housing having a profile substantially suitable for manual operation of a user and a finger rest unit including at least one rest plate transversely projecting from a lateral side of the housing for a finger to rest thereon. Two rest plates are respectively disposed on left and right sides of the housing near front and rear ends. Alternatively, the rest plate is integrally connected along the rear side and a part of lateral side of the housing. Alternatively, the rest plates are pivotally and foldably connected with the housing or disposed at two ends of a rotary plate which is rotatably disposed under the housing, whereby the rest plate can be selectively extended or retracted. The rest plate serves to bear most of the weight of the hand and reduce the frictional force of the hand against the table face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventors: Mei-Yun Chen, Fu-Kuo Yeh