Patents by Inventor Kuo-Rong Chen
Kuo-Rong Chen 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).
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Publication number: 20040257210Abstract: A personal rescue system in which the car driver can double-click the emergency button of a personal remote control secretly to send an emergency signal to an on-board movable alert device when extorted by evil fellows, causing the controller of the movable alert device to turn the audio/video output device of the movable alert device into a background mode and then to drive the wireless communication device of the movable alert device to send a rescuing message to a remote side wirelessly under the background mode without infuriating the evil fellows.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040220730Abstract: An off-road navigation system in which an off-road route database is installed in a remote control center and having stored therein a plurality of off-road routes, each off-road route having a starting point and an off-road destination located at a place where no accomplished road can reach. When a vehicle wirelessly sent to the remote control center an off-road navigating request including the data of the desired off-road destination, the server of the remote control center searches the off-road route database for a specific off-road route corresponding to the off-road destination, and wirelessly sends the data of the specific off-road route to the vehicle in response to the navigating request for guiding the driver to the off-road destination through turning points in the specific off-road route.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040204806Abstract: An active rescue-asking alarm system used in a motor vehicle is constructed to include an alarm, a plurality of sensors, and a wireless communication apparatus, and adapted to send an abnormal signal to the alarm when the sensors detect an abnormal motor vehicle condition while the motor vehicle is turned off. The alarm has an electric connection line connected to the wireless communication apparatus and is adapted for providing a control signal to initiate the wireless communication apparatus when the alarm receives an abnormal signal from the sensors, allowing the wireless communication apparatus to dial up the motor vehicle owner or a call-center, informing the owner of the occurrence of an abnormal motor vehicle condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040203731Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle computer system, and the vehicle computer system's method of receiving messages from a control center. The vehicle computer system includes a pager and a mobile telephone. In order to save the communication fee between the mobile telephone and the control center, the vehicle computer system uses the pager to receive the pre-message and the mobile telephone to receive the post-message, if the message contains large amounts of data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 6792349Abstract: A remote consumer service center calculates traveling routes for a car and selects a geo area that covers the traveling routes. The geo area is defined by two boundary points, and divided by a pair of 2D grid number into multiple geo zones each respectively defined with a pair of 2D index. The remote consumer service center sends the boundary points, the pair of 2D grid number, and multiple pairs of 2D indexes of traveling zones corresponding to the traveling routes to an On-Board Unit of the car wirelessly. The On-Board Unit rebuilds a 2D grillwork according to the boundary points and the pair of 2D grid number, and then displays on a display together with multiple traveling grids and a current grid, enabling the driver to find the forward direction himself. The remote consumer service center can synchronously display a monitoring 2D grillwork to guide the car moving.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040167711Abstract: A simple navigation system is disclosed in which a remote customer service center calculates an optimal route and selects a geo area covering all traveling routes of the optimal route. The geo area is defined by two boundary points, and equally divided by a pair of 2D grid number into multiple geo zones each defined with a respective pair of 2D index. The remote customer service center sends the two boundary points, the pair of 2D grid number, and multiple pairs of 2D indexes of traveling zones arranged orderly from a starting point to a destination to a car wirelessly. The car reconstructs a 2D grillwork with two boundary points, divides the 2D grillwork subject to the 2D grid number, defines each grid a pair of 2D index, and fines a guiding direction by comparing the pairs of 2D indexes of the current grid and the next traveling grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040082350Abstract: An inter-vehicle message disseminating method in which every vehicle carries a blue-tooth device (or 802.11 device) to actively login to or to passively accept a login from the respective blue-tooth device (or 802.11 devices) of other vehicles with a common authorization key to make a wireless connection for mutual transmitting message. When a message provided to one first vehicle, the first vehicle transmits the message to a number of second vehicles through the respective blue-tooth device, and then the second vehicles again transmit the message with their respective blue-tooth devices to another third vehicles. To transmit the message generation to generation repeatedly within these vehicles, forming a virus infectious frame to wirelessly disseminate kinds of message of update, advertising/promoting, searching, rescuing, socializing information to everywhere without geographic limitations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040024650Abstract: A mobile take-out goods transaction system is disclosed, which uses a wireless ordering device on board to order goods wirelessly from a specific store through a customer service center, which customer service center in turns transmits the order data containing the personal identification number (PIN) of the motor vehicle owner to a specific store, enabling the specific store to prepare the ordered merchandise in advance, so that the motor vehicle can order when driving and then the car directly drive to the unique outlet counter of the specific store next to the side of a street to pick up the ordered merchandise without wasting time, and saving the purchase lane investment cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20040019416Abstract: A customerized driving environment setting system in which a portable memory card having multiple setting data stored therein is insertable into a card reader/writer on a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle wireless download device is controlled to download updated data from a remote customs service center wirelessly for updating the setting data of the portable memory card. Accessing of the card reader/writer to the portable memory card enables the user to set the accessories of the motor vehicle subject to the setting data of the portable memory card quickly, and to update the setting data of the portable memory card wirelessly. The user can carry the portable memory card to the repair shop, information station, and home computer to update the setting data anytime and anywhere.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 6684155Abstract: A vehicle management system is disclosed to have GPS coordinates of a plurality of checkpoints of entrance gateways and exit gateways of a freeway stored in the memory of a vehicle. When a driver drives in an entrance gateway (or out of an exit gateway) of the freeway and an on-vehicle processor of the vehicle compares the current GPS coordinates of the vehicle to be matched with GPS coordinates of one entrance (exit) checkpoint stored in the memory, the on-vehicle processor controls a wireless communication device to wirelessly send the code number of the corresponding entrance (exit) and the license number of the vehicle to a remote control center for log-in (log-out). According to the log-in/log-out data, the control center can control the traffic volume, electronic toll collection, stolen car tracking, or motorcade, . . . and etc. of the freeway.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 6671621Abstract: A GPS control system is disclosed, which is installed in a vehicle. The GPS control system will select a proper base station to provide communications, so the communication quality is improved and the communication costs are reduced. A current location coordinate of the vehicle, and an information database for the base stations are two factors for selecting the proper base station.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030222768Abstract: An on-vehicle flood alarm system is disclosed to install a water level sensor in the bottom side of the floor of the motor vehicle, which water level sensor works when the motor vehicle's ignition switch turned off, and sends a control signal to a microprocessor when the distance between the water level sensor and the level of water accumulated on the ground became shorter than a predetermined distance, which microprocessor drives a GSM communication device to give a flood alarm short message to the owner of the motor vehicle when continuously received the control signal ten times within two minutes. By means of the aforesaid performance, the on-vehicle flood alarm system informs the owner of the motor vehicle to take the necessary action at an early stage, preventing soaking of the motor vehicle in water and reducing the cost of repairing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 6650244Abstract: An on-vehicle flood alarm system is disclosed to install a water level sensor in the bottom side of the floor of the motor vehicle, which water level sensor works when the motor vehicle's ignition switch turned off, and sends a control signal to a microprocessor when the distance between the water level sensor and the level of water accumulated on the ground became shorter than a predetermined distance, which microprocessor drives a GSM communication device to give a flood alarm short message to the owner of the motor vehicle when continuously received the control signal ten times within two minutes. By means of the aforesaid performance, the on-vehicle flood alarm system informs the owner of the motor vehicle to take the necessary action at an early stage, preventing soaking of the motor vehicle in water and reducing the cost of repairing.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030195819Abstract: A moving value chain system is disclosed, which uses a remote ordering apparatus to order merchandise and/or service from a customer service center server wirelessly, which customer service center server in turn transmits the order data from the remote ordering apparatus to a contracted store through a network system, enabling the contracted store to provide merchandise and/or service subject to the order data. The system further includes an issuing bank, which provides an approval code to the customer service center server after verified the credit status of the credit card number corresponding to an addressed communication access number received from the customer service center server, enabling the user to use the credit card to order merchandise and to complete the transaction wirelessly on the real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030182058Abstract: A GPS control system is disclosed, which is installed in a vehicle. The GPS control system will select a proper base station to provide communications, so the communication quality is improved and the communication costs are reduced. A current location coordinate of the vehicle, and an information database for the base stations are two factors for selecting the proper base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co, LtdInventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030100339Abstract: The invention uses a microprocessor to compare current geometric location information computed by a global positioning unit with geometric location information of traffic condition locations received from a traffic condition control center through a radio transmitting receiving unit, and to select geometric location information of traffic condition locations and corresponding traffic condition information subject to a predetermined condition for output through an output unit. Therefore, the invention provides real time traffic condition information dynamically subject to the current geometric location of the user to fit individual needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., LtdInventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030092449Abstract: A vehicle communication system is disclosed, which includes a voice output device for voice output, a voice pick-up device for voice input, a packet assembler/disassembler unit adapted for assembling different vehicle supplementary system data into respective packet data or disassembling demodulated packet data into corresponding vehicle supplementary system data, a GSM module adapted for transmitting data-carrying voice signal to a remote side or receiving data-carrying voice signal from a remote side, a carrier wave modulator circuit adapted for modulating packet data into analog signal and adding the modulated analog signal to the voice signal from the voice pick-up device to form a data-carrying voice signal for transmitting to a remote side through the GSM module, and a demodulator circuit adapted for demodulating data-carrying voice signal and discriminating the signal into packet data and voice signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030092429Abstract: A method of transferring facility information by radio in which the user uses a radio communication device (for example, cellular telephone) to connect to a control center through a base station, requesting the control center to transfer the information of facilities in the area around the location of the radio communication device. The computer system of the control center has a facility information database from which the control center searches the desired facility information subject to the target of the location of the base station or the location of the radio communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 6564147Abstract: A GPS traveling control system includes a GPS global positioning device, a memory device, and a microprocessor. The GPS global positioning device receives signals from the global positioning satellites and then derives global positioning data. The memory device stores at least one corresponding control condition and one instruction. The microprocessor determines whether the global positioning data is matched to the control condition, and then controls the corresponding component to execute the corresponding instruction. The present invention can monitor the track of a vehicle automatically, and can automatically control one of the components in the vehicle to execute a corresponding instruction according to a matched control condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang
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Publication number: 20030050095Abstract: An On-Board wireless transaction system including a card reader/writer and a GSM modem, and adapted for use in a motor vehicle to directly order commodities wirelessly and complete the transaction on the real time. The card reader/writer reads value-added points from a fare card. An On-Board Unit deducts the transaction points from the value-added points and writes the balance points into the fare card upon an ordering demand, and wirelessly transmits the PIN of the fare card and the data of the transaction points with the GSM modem through a GSM wireless network to a shop-end computer for enabling the contracted shop to provide the commodity and to complete the transaction. The shop-end computer has the function of calculating the accumulated transaction points corresponding every PIN (personal identification number) of the fare card for providing a bonus accumulated points promotion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: Sin Etke Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuo-Rong Chen, Chun-Chung Lee, Cheng-Hung Huang