Patents by Inventor Jing-Lung Wu

Jing-Lung Wu 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: 20240027770
    Abstract: A head-mounted display, content loading method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof are provided. The head-mounted display selects a first multimedia content from a plurality of multimedia contents in response to receiving a switching signal, and the switching signal is generated based on determining that a user chooses to execute a new application program, and a playing content of the first multimedia content corresponds to the new application program. The head-mounted display transmits the first multimedia content to a display to play the first multimedia content on a plurality of pixels of a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ying-Jing WANG, Fang-Ju LIN, Yun-Jung LEE, Yu-Chien HUANG, Kuan-Yi LIEN, Meng Ru YANG, Jing-Lung WU
  • Patent number: 11762460
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for dynamically adjusting user interface, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying a user interface, wherein the user interface partially displays a first block, and the first block includes at least one layer; monitoring a first moving direction of a first specific object; in response to determining that the first specific object moves toward the first block, moving at least one of the at least one layer in the first block toward a reference point in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jing-Lung Wu, Ya-Chih Hsiao, Ching-Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 11574436
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mixed rendering system and a mixed rendering method. The mixed rendering system includes a client device configured to perform: determining at least one user-interactable object of a virtual environment; rendering the at least one user-interactable object; receiving a background scene frame of the virtual environment; blending the at least one rendered user-interactable object with the background scene frame as a visual content of the virtual environment; and providing the visual content of the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Sen Yang, Jing-Lung Wu, Cheng-Wei Tsai, Jiun-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11514875
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for mitigating dizziness, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium. The method includes: providing a first visual content of a first reality mode in a field of view; and adding a specific mask to the first visual content, wherein the specific mask shows a specific part of a second visual content of a second reality mode, and a location of the specific mask in the first visual content is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jing-Lung Wu, Jin-Jia Lin
  • Publication number: 20220091666
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for dynamically adjusting user interface, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: displaying a user interface, wherein the user interface partially displays a first block, and the first block includes at least one layer; monitoring a first moving direction of a first specific object; in response to determining that the first specific object moves toward the first block, moving at least one of the at least one layer in the first block toward a reference point in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jing-Lung Wu, Ya-Chih Hsiao, Ching-Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 11205310
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a background skybox constructing method and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a first content frame and re-projecting the first content frame, wherein the re-projected first content frame corresponds to a first visual angle and includes a plurality of first objects; in response to determining that the first content frame has a first depth map characterizing a depth of each first object, dividing the first objects into N first groups based on the depth of each first object, wherein N is a positive integer; constructing a first part of each of N skybox layers based on the N first groups, wherein the first part of each skybox layer corresponds to the first visual angle; and combining the re-projected first content frame with the N skybox layers to generate a first visual content and outputting the first visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jiun-Lin Chen, Jing-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20210390769
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mixed rendering system and a mixed rendering method. The mixed rendering system includes a client device configured to perform: determining at least one user-interactable object of a virtual environment; rendering the at least one user-interactable object; receiving a background scene frame of the virtual environment; blending the at least one rendered user-interactable object with the background scene frame as a visual content of the virtual environment; and providing the visual content of the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Sen Yang, Jing-Lung Wu, Cheng-Wei Tsai, Jiun-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11068078
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a system for detecting hand gesture and a method thereof. The system comprises a hand-held controller and a computing application. The hand-held controller includes a plurality of finger detectors. The finger detectors are configured to obtain finger positions. The computing application, executed by a processor, is configured to retrieve a spatial vector of the hand-held controller. The computing application is also configured to retrieve the finger positions from the hand-held controller. The spatial vector of the hand-held controller and the finger positions are provided to illustrate a simulated hand gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lo-Chien Lee, Jing-Lung Wu, Jung-Sen Yang
  • Publication number: 20200301520
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a system for detecting hand gesture and a method thereof. The system comprises a hand-held controller and a computing application. The hand-held controller includes a plurality of finger detectors. The finger detectors are configured to obtain finger positions. The computing application, executed by a processor, is configured to retrieve a spatial vector of the hand-held controller. The computing application is also configured to retrieve the finger positions from the hand-held controller. The spatial vector of the hand-held controller and the finger positions are provided to illustrate a simulated hand gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Lo-Chien LEE, Jing-Lung WU, Jung-Sen YANG
  • Patent number: 10720183
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device for generating a multiple point of view (MPOV) video and the method thereof. The present disclosure involves the electronic device to obtain a plurality of media contents. The electronic device would identify a first media content relating to a second media content in time and location according to time information, audio information, and location information including a geographic tag and a surrounding signal information. Then, the first media content and the second media content are provided as relevant media contents for generating the MPOV video of the event having the relevant media content captured from different point of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Ping Ying, Yuan-Kang Wang, Hira Singh Verick, Jing-Lung Wu, Wen-Chuan Lee, Chia-Wei Chen, Kenneth Todd Culos, Wei-Chih Kuo, Ming-Han Tsai, Hsin-Ti Chueh, Tai Ito
  • Patent number: 10712835
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a system for detecting hand gesture and a method thereof. The system comprises a hand-held controller and a computing application. The hand-held controller includes a plurality of finger detectors. The finger detectors are configured to obtain finger positions. The computing application, executed by a processor, is configured to retrieve a spatial vector of the hand-held controller. The computing application is also configured to retrieve the finger positions from the hand-held controller. The spatial vector of the hand-held controller and the finger positions are provided to illustrate a simulated hand gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Lo-Chien Lee, Jing-Lung Wu, Jung-Sen Yang
  • Publication number: 20190057721
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device for generating a multiple point of view (MPOV) video and the method thereof. The present disclosure involves the electronic device to obtain a plurality of media contents. The electronic device would identify a first media content relating to a second media content in time and location according to time information, audio information, and location information including a geographic tag and a surrounding signal information. Then, the first media content and the second media content are provided as relevant media contents for generating the MPOV video of the event having the relevant media content captured from different point of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Ping Ying, Yuan-Kang Wang, Hira Singh Verick, Jing-Lung Wu, Wen-Chuan Lee, Chia-Wei Chen, Kenneth Todd Culos, Wei-Chih Kuo, Ming-Han Tsai, Hsin-Ti Chueh, Tai Ito
  • Patent number: 10152119
    Abstract: A head mounted display apparatus and a calibrating method thereof are provided. The HMD apparatus has a dual camera unit. The method includes: disposing a reference object in front of the dual camera unit, wherein the reference object has at least one physical feature; capturing a plurality of images of the reference object by the dual camera unit, and generating a distance information of the reference object according to the images; determining whether the dual camera unit being deformed or not by analyzing the distance information; and calibrating the HMD apparatus if the dual camera unit being deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wan-Ju Tseng, Jing-Lung Wu
  • Patent number: 10141022
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device for generating a multiple point of view (MPOV) video and the method thereof. The present disclosure involves the electronic device to obtain a plurality of media contents. The electronic device would identify a first media content relating to a second media content in time and location according to time information, audio information, and location information including a geographic tag and a surrounding signal information. Then, the first media content and the second media content are provided as relevant media contents for generating the MPOV video of the event having the relevant media content captured from different point of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Ping Ying, Yuan-Kang Wang, Hira Singh Verick, Jing-Lung Wu, Wen-Chuan Lee, Chia-Wei Chen, Kenneth Todd Culos, Wei-Chih Kuo, Ming-Han Tsai, Hsin-Ti Chueh, Tai Ito
  • Patent number: 10034323
    Abstract: A control method, suitable for a host device including a Bluetooth low energy communication circuit, includes following operations. A high priority list is obtained. The high priority list includes information about at least one first peripheral device. The BLE communication circuit is triggered to perform a first scan to search for any peripheral device around the host device. A first search result of the first scan is compared with the high priority list. In response to that the first search result covers all of the at least one first peripheral device in the high priority list, the BLE communication circuit is triggered to stop the first scan. The BLE communication circuit is triggered to communicate with the at least one first peripheral device found in the first scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jing-Lung Wu, Cheng-Yu Chung, Kai-Hsiu Chen
  • Patent number: 10013739
    Abstract: An embodiment of an image enhancement method is introduced for use in an electronic device. An image composed of a plurality of pixel values is first received, and each pixel therein is separated into two channels. The image is further divided into a plurality of blocks. A distribution of a selected channel is determined for each block, which is selected from the two channels. For each pixel, the pixel value of the selected channel is adjusted according to at least one distribution corresponding to at least one neighboring block. For each pixel, the pixel value of the other channel is adjusted according to the adjusted pixel value of the selected channel. As a result, the adjusted image is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia Yen Michael Lin, Chia-Ho Pan, Jing-Lung Wu, Hsin-Ti Chueh
  • Patent number: 10015370
    Abstract: A method for audio-video synchronization in a virtual reality (VR) system is provided. The VR system includes a VR device and a host device. The method includes the steps of: connecting the VR device to a host device via a data transmission interface; transmitting an audio signal and a video signal from the host device to the VR device; estimating time delay information in an audio transmission path and a video transmission path of the VR device; transmitting a feedback signal recording the time delay information from the VR device to the host device; and adjusting timing of the audio signal or the video signal transmitted from the host device to the VR device according to the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mong-Yu Tseng, Iok-Kan Choi, Jing-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20180101247
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a system for detecting hand gesture and a method thereof. The system comprises a hand-held controller and a computing application. The hand-held controller includes a plurality of finger detectors. The finger detectors are configured to obtain finger positions. The computing application, executed by a processor, is configured to retrieve a spatial vector of the hand-held controller. The computing application is also configured to retrieve the finger positions from the hand-held controller. The spatial vector of the hand-held controller and the finger positions are provided to illustrate a simulated hand gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Lo-Chien LEE, Jing-Lung WU, Jung-Sen YANG
  • Publication number: 20180098368
    Abstract: A control method, suitable for a host device including a Bluetooth low energy communication circuit, includes following operations. A high priority list is obtained. The high priority list includes information about at least one first peripheral device. The BLE communication circuit is triggered to perform a first scan to search for any peripheral device around the host device. A first search result of the first scan is compared with the high priority list. In response to that the first search result covers all of the at least one first peripheral device in the high priority list, the BLE communication circuit is triggered to stop the first scan. The BLE communication circuit is triggered to communicate with the at least one first peripheral device found in the first scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Jing-Lung WU, Cheng-Yu CHUNG, Kai-Hsiu CHEN
  • Patent number: 9883118
    Abstract: A method for an image capturing device is disclosed. The method includes capturing a first image and a second image; adjusting a first resolution of the first image to a second resolution of the second image; cropping a first image part corresponding to the second image in the first image via comparing feature points between the first image and the second image, for generating a third image; detecting non-ideal effects between the second image and the third image; compensating the non-ideal effects, for generating a first corrected image and a second corrected image; and calculating a depth information based on the first corrected image and the second corrected image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Ti Chueh, Jing-Lung Wu, Fu-Chang Tseng, Wei-Chih Kuo