Patents by Inventor Kun-Tien Kuo

Kun-Tien Kuo 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).

  • Apparatuses and methods for providing a virtual input key
    Patent number: 11291910
    Abstract: A mobile electronic apparatus including an audio receiver and a controller is provided. The audio receiver receives a reference signal via a first hole and a second hole on a housing of the mobile electronic apparatus. The controller detects a touch event on the second hole according to the received reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Huang, Wen-Kai Chiu, Ya-Ting Tsai, Chia-Hsin Yang, Kun-Tien Kuo
  • APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL INPUT KEY
    Publication number: 20210252385
    Abstract: A mobile electronic apparatus including an audio receiver and a controller is provided. The audio receiver receives a reference signal via a first hole and a second hole on a housing of the mobile electronic apparatus. The controller detects a touch event on the second hole according to the received reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung HUANG, Wen-Kai CHIU, Ya-Ting TSAI, Chia-Hsin YANG, Kun-Tien KUO
  • Method and portable electronic apparatus for adaptively adjusting playback effect of speakers
    Patent number: 10321233
    Abstract: A method and a portable electronic apparatus for adaptively adjusting a playback effect of speakers are provided. The portable electronic apparatus includes a speaker enclosure volume adjusting device and a processor coupled to the speakers and the speaker enclosure volume adjusting device. In the method, the processor detects a usage demand for the portable electronic apparatus and accordingly determines an audio mode. Based on the determined audio mode, the processor selects and activates multiple speakers, and adjusts an enclosure volume of at least one of the activated speakers, so as to change an audio frequency range of the at least one speaker and an overall audio frequency range covered by the activated speakers. Finally, the processor plays an audio through the activated speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Yueh Lan, Chang-Yuan Wu, Yi-Chang Wu, Kun-Tien Kuo, Ya-Hui Tseng, Chen-Yi Huang, Chun-Yi Ho, Hsiao-Ching Hung
  • METHOD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTING PLAYBACK EFFECT OF SPEAKERS
    Publication number: 20170111739
    Abstract: A method and a portable electronic apparatus for adaptively adjusting a playback effect of speakers are provided. The portable electronic apparatus includes a speaker enclosure volume adjusting device and a processor coupled to the speakers and the speaker enclosure volume adjusting device. In the method, the processor detects a usage demand for the portable electronic apparatus and accordingly determines an audio mode. Based on the determined audio mode, the processor selects and activates multiple speakers, and adjusts an enclosure volume of at least one of the activated speakers, so as to change an audio frequency range of the at least one speaker and an overall audio frequency range covered by the activated speakers. Finally, the processor plays an audio through the activated speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Yueh Lan, Chang-Yuan Wu, Yi-Chang Wu, Kun-Tien Kuo, Ya-Hui Tseng, Chen-Yi Huang, Chun-Yi Ho, Hsiao-Ching Hung