Patents by Inventor Jia-Ren Chang

Jia-Ren Chang 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: 10802126
    Abstract: An electronic device including a sound receiver and a processor is provided. The sound receiver receives a sound signal provided by a sound generator. When the processor determines that an obstacle is blocked between the electronic device and the fixed device, the processor estimates a virtual position of the electronic device at a current time according to previous movement information and a previous position of the electronic device. The virtual position has a shortest path between a boundary position of the obstacle and the sound generator. The processor obtains a first relative distance between the electronic device and the boundary position according to the sound signal received by the sound receiver and the boundary position. The processor calculates a relative velocity and a relative acceleration of the electronic device relative to the fixed device at the current time according to the sound signal and the first relative distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Hsing-Chu Wu
  • Patent number: 10805755
    Abstract: A speaker adjustment method applicable to an electronic device including two microphones and two speakers is provided. The speaker adjustment method includes the following steps: obtaining two first frequency responses corresponding the two speakers by using one microphone, and obtaining two second frequency responses corresponding the two speakers by using another microphone; calculating a sensitivity difference between the two microphones according to the two first frequency responses and the two second frequency responses, where a distance ratio of distances from the two microphones to one speaker equals to a distance ratio of distances from the two microphones to another speaker; and adjusting outputs of the two speakers according to the sensitivity difference, at least one of the first frequency responses and at least one of the second frequency responses. In addition, an electronic device using the speaker adjustment method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 10735883
    Abstract: A sound effect controlling method and a sound outputting device with orthogonal base correction are provided. The sound effect controlling method includes the following steps. Firstly, 6 or 8 initial sound signals are generated according to an original left sound signal and an original right sound signal. Next, a first gain is calculated according to a rotation angle and a first axial angle, and a second gain is calculated according to the rotation angle and a second axial angle, wherein the first axial angle and the second axial angle are orthogonal. Lastly, a modified left sound signal and a modified right sound signal are obtained according to the first gain and the second gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 10659905
    Abstract: A method and a system for correcting energy distributions of audio signal are proposed. The method is applicable to a head-mounted device having a motion sensor, a left speaker, and a right speaker and includes the following steps. A rotation angle of the head-mounted device is detected by the motion sensor. Dual-channel audio signals corresponding to the left and right speakers are obtained. The dual-channel audio signals are converted to multi-channel audio signals with the number of channels greater than or equal to 5. Four acoustic source positions of the left and right speakers are defined to convert the multi-channel audio signals to four-channel audio signals of the left and right speakers. Energy distributions of the four-channel audio signals of the left and right speakers are corrected according to the rotation angle and the four acoustic source positions to respectively generate a left output signal and a right output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 10645485
    Abstract: An extension system of a woofer suited for a portable electronic device is provided. The extension system of woofer includes the woofer, a front channel, and a rear channel disposed in a body of the portable electronic device. The rear channel is a sealed space, a volume of the front channel is greater than a volume of the rear channel, and the front channel has a bass hole formed on a surface the body. A design method of an extension system of a woofer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jia-Ren Chang
  • Patent number: 10615761
    Abstract: A signal gain control method for an electronic device including an alternating-current (AC) impedance detector and a direct-current (DC) impedance detector is provided. An electronic device may implement the method and may be coupled to an external device. The method includes: detecting an AC impedance of the external device by the AC impedance detector; detecting a DC impedance of the external device by the DC impedance detector; obtaining a gain adjustment value according to the AC impedance and the DC impedance; and adjusting a signal gain of an audio signal output to the external device according to the gain adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kuei-Ting Tai, Jia-Ren Chang, Ming-Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20200084565
    Abstract: A sound effect controlling method and a sound outputting device with dynamic gain adjustment are disclosed. The sound effect controlling method includes the following steps. An original left sound signal and an original right sound signal are transformed to a virtual center sound signal, a virtual left sound signal, a virtual left surrounding sound signal, a virtual right surrounding sound signal and a virtual right sound signal according to a center gain, a left gain, a left surrounding gain, a right surrounding gain and a right gain, which are calculated according to a rotation angle and a dual sound relationship. An updated left sound signal and an updated right sound signal are obtained according to the virtual center sound signal, the virtual left sound signal, the virtual left surrounding sound signal, the virtual right surrounding sound signal and the virtual right sound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen TU, Jia-Ren CHANG, Kai-Meng TZENG
  • Publication number: 20200084563
    Abstract: A sound effect controlling method and a sound outputting device with orthogonal base correction are provided. The sound effect controlling method includes the following steps. Firstly, 6 or 8 initial sound signals are generated according to an original left sound signal and an original right sound signal. Next, a first gain is calculated according to a rotation angle and a first axial angle, and a second gain is calculated according to the rotation angle and a second axial angle, wherein the first axial angle and the second axial angle are orthogonal. Lastly, a modified left sound signal and a modified right sound signal are obtained according to the first gain and the second gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20200077181
    Abstract: A head-mounted display apparatus and an acoustic device disposed in the head-mounted display apparatus are provided. The acoustic device includes a speaker, a resonance box, and a waveguide. The resonance box is connected to the speaker. The waveguide is connected to the resonance box. The volume of the waveguide is greater than twice the volume of the speaker, and the length of the waveguide is greater than 5 times the thickness of the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kuei-Ting TAI, Jia-Ren CHANG, Chun-Hung WEN
  • Publication number: 20200021261
    Abstract: A signal gain control method for an electronic device including an alternating-current (AC) impedance detector and a direct-current (DC) impedance detector is provided. An electronic device may implement the method and may be coupled to an external device. The method includes: detecting an AC impedance of the external device by the AC impedance detector; detecting a DC impedance of the external device by the DC impedance detector; obtaining a gain adjustment value according to the AC impedance and the DC impedance; and adjusting a signal gain of an audio signal output to the external device according to the gain adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kuei-Ting TAI, Jia-Ren CHANG, Ming-Chun YU
  • Publication number: 20200021938
    Abstract: A sound outputting device, a processing device and a sound controlling method thereof are provided. The sound controlling method includes the following steps. An original left sound signal and an original right sound signal are received. The original left sound signal and the original right sound signal are transformed to be a virtual left sound signal and a virtual right sound signal of a virtual sound source. A rotation degree of a user is detected. The virtual left sound signal and the virtual right sound signal are transformed to be an updated left sound signal and an updated right sound signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen TU, Jia-Ren CHANG, Kai-Meng TZENG
  • Patent number: 10440466
    Abstract: A speaker module including a speaker box, a diaphragm and a plurality of porous grains is provided. The diaphragm is disposed on the speaker box and adapted to receive a signal to vibrate. The porous grains are disposed in the speaker box and adapted to absorb energy of air in the speaker box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jia-Ren Chang, Wan-Chi Lin
  • Publication number: 20190250260
    Abstract: An electronic device including a sound receiver and a processor is provided. The sound receiver receives a sound signal provided by a sound generator. When the processor determines that an obstacle is blocked between the electronic device and the fixed device, the processor estimates a virtual position of the electronic device at a current time according to previous movement information and a previous position of the electronic device. The virtual position has a shortest path between a boundary position of the obstacle and the sound generator. The processor obtains a first relative distance between the electronic device and the boundary position according to the sound signal received by the sound receiver and the boundary position. The processor calculates a relative velocity and a relative acceleration of the electronic device relative to the fixed device at the current time according to the sound signal and the first relative distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Hsing-Chu Wu
  • Publication number: 20190246200
    Abstract: An extension system of a woofer suited for a portable electronic device is provided. The extension system of woofer includes the woofer, a front channel, and a rear channel disposed in a body of the portable electronic device. The rear channel is a sealed space, a volume of the front channel is greater than a volume of the rear channel, and the front channel has a bass hole formed on a surface the body. A design method of an extension system of a woofer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Jia-Ren Chang
  • Patent number: 10368161
    Abstract: An amplifier and an electronic device using the same are provided. The amplifier includes a first speaker, a second speaker, an acoustic box and at least one partition. The first speaker and the second speaker are disposed on a continuous surface inside the acoustic box. The partition is disposed on the continuous surface and interposed between the first speaker and the second speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Feng-Ming Liu, Jia-Ren Chang, Chien-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20190182581
    Abstract: A speaker module including a speaker box, a diaphragm and a plurality of porous grains is provided. The diaphragm is disposed on the speaker box and adapted to receive a signal to vibrate. The porous grains are disposed in the speaker box and adapted to absorb energy of air in the speaker box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jia-Ren Chang, Wan-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10297268
    Abstract: A voice signal processing apparatus and a voice signal processing method are provided. Adjust a consonant signal judgment condition of a target voice frame according to whether an original voice sampling signal corresponding to a previous voice frame adjacent to the target voice frame is a consonant signal, so as to improve comfort of listening to the sound and recognition of a voice signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20190141452
    Abstract: A speaker module including a diaphragm structure, a rear sound box and a cavity is provided. The diaphragm structure has a front end and a rear end that are opposite to each other. The rear sound box connects to the rear end of the diaphragm structure. The cavity connects to the front end of the diaphragm structure and has a sound output opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jia-Ren Chang, Wan-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10264366
    Abstract: A method for dynamically adjusting recovery time in wide dynamic range compression (WDRC) for use in a hearing aid is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving an input signal via the hearing aid; applying a band-pass filter on the input acoustic signal to calculate a high-energy ratio; calculating an over-zero rate ratio corresponding to the input acoustic signal; calculating a consonant occurring probability according to the high-frequency energy ratio and the over-zero rate ratio; applying a consonant determination mechanism on the input acoustic signal, and adjusting the consonant occurring probability according to the results of the consonant determination mechanism; calculating a recovery time factor corresponding to the input acoustic signal according to the adjusted consonant occurring probability; and performing a WDRC process on the input acoustic signal according to the recovery time factor to generate an output acoustic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Kai-Meng Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20190069114
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an audio processing device including a positioning unit and a digital signal processor. The positioning unit detects the original position and the up-to-date position and calculates an offset between the up-to-date position and the original position. The digital signal processor, electrically connected to the positioning unit, receives audio data to generate a surround sound field having a plurality of virtual speaker sound effects and receives the offset to adjust the virtual speaker sound effects of the surround sound field according to the offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kuei-Ting TAI, Jia-Ren CHANG, Ming-Chun YU