Patents by Inventor Hsiang-Wen Hou

Hsiang-Wen Hou 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: 20180164804
    Abstract: A tele-operated vehicle (TOV), a vehicle control device of the TOV and a control method of the TOV are provided. The TOV includes a communication circuit, a sensor, a vehicle control device and a driving circuit. The sensor is configured to sense the environment of the TOV. The vehicle control device is coupled to the communication circuit to receive a remote driving command from the remote control platform. The vehicle control device is coupled to the sensor to receive the sensing result. The vehicle control device generates an automatic driving command based on the sensing result. The vehicle control device determines an actual control command based on the remote driving command and the automatic driving command. The driving circuit is coupled to the vehicle control device to receive the actual control command. The driving circuit drives the TOV according to the actual control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsiang-Wen Hou, Keng-Hao Liu, Yu-Shen Tsai, An-Kai Jeng, Kang Li
  • Publication number: 20160247301
    Abstract: A light detection apparatus and an image reconstruction method using the light detection apparatus are provided. The light detection apparatus includes a detection module and a control module. The detection module has a plurality of light detection units to constitute a hexagonal or honeycomb array structure. Each of the light detection units has a light-emitting element and a photosensitive element. The control module has a selector and a multiplexer. The selector selects at least one light-emitting element to produce a light source, so as to emit a plurality of photons to an object-under-test. The multiplexer selects at least one photosensitive element to detect light signals of the photons diffused to the object-under-test. The invention can obtain more light signals from the object-under-test to reconstruct images of the object-under-test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Wai-Chi Fang, Hsiang-Wen Hou, Hao-Jan Sun