Patents by Inventor KUO-CHEN KAO

KUO-CHEN KAO 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: 9399463
    Abstract: An automatic tracking collision avoidance method has following steps: taking images in front of an origin vehicle by at least two photograph units; the images delivering to a calculation assembly, to transform the images from three primary colors images to grey images; having a relative vehicle speed of the front vehicle corresponded to the original vehicle according to the grey images; and according to the grey images the calculation assembly having a relative vehicle speed that the front vehicle corresponded to the original vehicle; the calculation assembly having a safe distance according to the relative vehicle speed, if the safe distance is great than a distance that between the original vehicle and the front vehicle, an alarm module generating an alert signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Long-Der Chen, Dau-Chen Huang, Pai-Wei Cheng, Ke-Horng Chen, Shin-Chi Lai, Kuo-Chen Kao, Sheau-Fang Lei
  • Publication number: 20160129906
    Abstract: An automatic tracking collision avoidance method has following steps: taking images in front of an origin vehicle by at least two photograph units; the images delivering to a calculation assembly, to transform the images from three primary colors images to grey images; having a relative vehicle speed of the front vehicle corresponded to the original vehicle according to the grey images; and according to the grey images the calculation assembly having a relative vehicle speed that the front vehicle corresponded to the original vehicle; the calculation assembly having a safe distance according to the relative vehicle speed, if the safe distance is great than a distance that between the original vehicle and the front vehicle, an alarm module generating an alert signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: LONG-DER CHEN, DAU-CHEN HUANG, PAI-WEI CHENG, KE-HORNG CHEN, SHIN-CHI LAI, KUO-CHEN KAO, SHEAU-FANG LEI