Patents by Inventor Ling-Fan Tsao
Ling-Fan Tsao 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: 20240070010Abstract: A device for processing an abnormal sleep state of an operating system is provided. The processing device includes a detection unit, an abnormal event determination unit, an event information verification unit and an abnormality notification unit. The detection unit detects whether a screen lid closing event occurs, wherein the operating system is preset to enter a sleep mode when a screen lid is closed, and the operating system is preset to enter a wake-up mode when the screen lid is opened. The abnormal event determination unit determines whether the screen lid is closed and whether an event that the operating system is not entering the sleep mode occurs. The event information verification unit verifies an event information and determines whether the event is classified as an abnormal event. The abnormality notification unit sends an abnormality notification to a system administrator unit, which performs a processing according to power status.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Li-Ju LUO, Ling-Fan TSAO
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Publication number: 20240045563Abstract: A system and a method of configuring a virtual button are provided. The method includes the following. A first virtual button and a first icon corresponding to the first virtual button are displayed by a touch screen on a keyboard. An image of the touch screen is captured by an image capturing device, in which the image includes the first virtual button and the first icon. A first virtual button configuration is generated and output by a first processor according to the first virtual button and the first icon in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Shan Ruan, Ling-Fan Tsao
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Publication number: 20240037169Abstract: A webpage scoring method used with a search engine and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: analyzing a webpage content of a target webpage to obtain environmental rating information corresponding to the target webpage; performing a keyword search by the search engine; and presenting a search result related to the target webpage with the environmental rating information in a window interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Sheng-Hsiung Yao, Ling-Fan Tsao
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Patent number: 11812185Abstract: A video conferencing system and a method of removing an interruption thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A video conference is activated and a video stream is obtained through an image capturing device. A deep learning model is used to detect at least one first image object in a first video frame of the video stream. Whether the at least one first image object is an interruption object is determined. The at least one first image object is removed from the first video frame in response to the at least one first image object being determined to be the interruption object.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Shan Ruan, Ling-Fan Tsao, Shu-Chun Liao, Sheng-Hsin Fan, Yu-Chieh Huang
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Patent number: 11663470Abstract: An accelerating boot time system includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to pre-store a boot process to be performed on the first boot. The processor is configured to directly read the boot process from the memory and execute the boot process when the first boot is performed. Also, the processor executes a monitoring process to monitor a plurality of hardware usage rates of the plurality of devices each time the device is powered up, and inserts the hardware usage rates into a machine learning algorithm to determine whether a particular process supported by the devices is abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Mei-Chun Wu, Ling-Fan Tsao, Shu-Chun Liao
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Patent number: 11503106Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method is adapted to the electronic apparatus including a touch screen, and the data transmission method includes the following steps. An image frame is displayed through the touch screen. A connection with another electronic apparatus placed on the touch screen is established. Position information of said another electronic apparatus on the touch screen is detected through the touch screen, to capture a partial frame from the image frame according to the position information of said another electronic apparatus. Feature information of data to be transmitted is obtained from the partial frame. The data to be transmitted is sent to said another electronic apparatus via the connection according to the feature information.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yen-Shuo Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan, Yu-Chieh Huang
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Patent number: 11494045Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an object information recognition method by using touch data thereof are provided. Touch sensing is performed in the case where no object touches a touch panel to obtain a specific background frame through the touch panel. A current touch sensing frame is obtained through the touch panel. Touch background data of a plurality of first frame cells in the specific background frame is respectively subtracted from touch raw data of a plurality of second frame cells in the current touch sensing frame to obtain a background removal frame including a plurality of cell values. The background removal frame is transformed into a touch sensing image. The touch sensing image is inputted to a trained neural network model to recognize object information of a touch object.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Wen Huang, Eric Choi, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Yen-Shuo Huang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju
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Patent number: 11489944Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method is adapted to an electronic apparatus including a screen, and the data transmission method includes the following steps. An image frame is displayed through the screen. A selection marquee is displayed on the image frame through the screen, and the selection marquee is configured for selecting a partial image frame from the image frame. Connection information is displayed within the selection marquee through the screen, and feature information of data to be transmitted is recognized from the partial image frame selected by the selection marquee. A connection with another electronic apparatus is established according to the connection information. The data to be transmitted is sent to the another electronic apparatus via the connection according to the feature information.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan
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Publication number: 20220141396Abstract: A video conferencing system and a method of removing an interruption thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A video conference is activated and a video stream is obtained through an image capturing device. A deep learning model is used to detect at least one first image object in a first video frame of the video stream. Whether the at least one first image object is an interruption object is determined. The at least one first image object is removed from the first video frame in response to the at least one first image object being determined to be the interruption object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Shan Ruan, Ling-Fan Tsao, Shu-Chun Liao, Sheng-Hsin Fan, Yu-Chieh Huang
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Patent number: 11219827Abstract: A gaming key mode adjusting method and an electronic device are provided. The gaming key mode adjusting method includes: retrieving a display image; determining that the display image corresponds to a gaming scenario; obtain a key mode corresponding to the gaming scenario and process a keyboard input signal according to the key mode. In the key mode, key travels correspond to a plurality of key press values.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chien-Wei Chiu, Ling-Fan Tsao
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Patent number: 11170734Abstract: A color profile adjustment method adapted to an electronic device includes: obtaining a first current color profile of a first screen which is externally connected to the electronic device; determining whether the first current color profile is the same as a second current color profile of a second screen of the electronic device; and when it is determined that the first current color profile is different than the second current color profile, outputting an adjustment command to the first screen, so that the first screen adjusts the first current color profile according to the adjustment command.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Ming-Yu Chien, Ling-Fan Tsao, Hsin-Yu Chen, Jun-Liang Lu
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Patent number: 11159237Abstract: A data transmission system is provided in the invention. The data transmission system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device encodes data into a color pattern, and displays the color pattern. The receiving device extracts the color pattern and decodes the color pattern to obtain the data.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Yen-Shuo Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan
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Publication number: 20210329099Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method is adapted to an electronic apparatus including a screen, and the data transmission method includes the following steps. An image frame is displayed through the screen. A selection marquee is displayed on the image frame through the screen, and the selection marquee is configured for selecting a partial image frame from the image frame. Connection information is displayed within the selection marquee through the screen, and feature information of data to be transmitted is recognized from the partial image frame selected by the selection marquee. A connection with another electronic apparatus is established according to the connection information. The data to be transmitted is sent to the another electronic apparatus via the connection according to the feature information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan
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Patent number: 11132068Abstract: An information display method for a computer having a keyboard. The method includes selecting a first system information among a plurality of system information, wherein the system information is configured to respectively indicate statuses of a plurality of devices of the computer; selecting a first display pattern among a plurality of display patterns according to the first system information; selecting a first keyboard region for applying the first display pattern; and showing the first system information in real-time by a plurality of first buttons corresponding to the first keyboard region of the keyboard according to the selected first display pattern, the first keyboard region and the first system information.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Chuan Cheng, Ling-Fan Tsao, Cheng-Tsung Wu
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Patent number: 11086451Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an object information recognition method by using touch data thereof are provided. A current touch sensing frame is obtained through a touch panel. The current touch sensing frame includes a plurality of frame cells respectively corresponding to a plurality of touch sensing units, and each of the frame cells has touch raw data. The frame cells include a target frame cell. A new cell value corresponding to the target frame cell is generated according to touch raw data of a plurality of adjacent frame cells adjacent to the target frame cell in the current touch sensing frame, so as to generate a transformation frame according to the new cell value. The transformation frame is transformed into a touch sensing image, and the touch sensing image is analyzed to recognize object information of a touch object.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Wen Huang, Eric Choi, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Yen-Shuo Huang, Ling-Fan Tsao
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Publication number: 20210197090Abstract: A gaming key mode adjusting method and an electronic device are provided. The gaming key mode adjusting method includes: retrieving a display image; determining that the display image corresponds to a gaming scenario; obtain a key mode corresponding to the gaming scenario and process a keyboard input signal according to the key mode. In the key mode, key travels correspond to a plurality of key press values.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chien-Wei Chiu, Ling-Fan Tsao
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Publication number: 20210201846Abstract: A color profile adjustment method adapted to an electronic device includes: obtaining a first current color profile of a first screen which is externally connected to the electronic device; determining whether the first current color profile is the same as a second current color profile of a second screen of the electronic device; and when it is determined that the first current color profile is different than the second current color profile, outputting an adjustment command to the first screen, so that the first screen adjusts the first current color profile according to the adjustment command.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Ming-Yu CHIEN, Ling-Fan TSAO, Hsin-Yu CHEN, Jun-Liang LU
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Publication number: 20210184766Abstract: A data transmission system is provided in the invention. The data transmission system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device encodes data into a color pattern, and displays the color pattern. The receiving device extracts the color pattern and decodes the color pattern to obtain the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Yen-Shuo HUANG, Chih-Wen HUANG, Wen-Cheng HSU, Chao-Kuang YANG, Ling-Fan TSAO, Chueh-Pin KO, Chih-Chiang CHEN, Tai JU, Yu-Shan RUAN
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Publication number: 20210185110Abstract: An electronic apparatus and a data transmission method thereof are provided. The data transmission method is adapted to the electronic apparatus including a touch screen, and the data transmission method includes the following steps. An image frame is displayed through the touch screen. A connection with another electronic apparatus placed on the touch screen is established. Position information of said another electronic apparatus on the touch screen is detected through the touch screen, to capture a partial frame from the image frame according to the position information of said another electronic apparatus. Feature information of data to be transmitted is obtained from the partial frame. The data to be transmitted is sent to said another electronic apparatus via the connection according to the feature information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yen-Shuo Huang, Chih-Wen Huang, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju, Yu-Shan Ruan, Yu-Chieh Huang
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Publication number: 20210117025Abstract: An electronic apparatus and an object information recognition method by using touch data thereof are provided. Touch sensing is performed in the case where no object touches a touch panel to obtain a specific background frame through the touch panel. A current touch sensing frame is obtained through the touch panel. Touch background data of a plurality of first frame cells in the specific background frame is respectively subtracted from touch raw data of a plurality of second frame cells in the current touch sensing frame to obtain a background removal frame including a plurality of cell values. The background removal frame is transformed into a touch sensing image. The touch sensing image is inputted to a trained neural network model to recognize object information of a touch object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chih-Wen Huang, Eric Choi, Wen-Cheng Hsu, Chao-Kuang Yang, Yen-Shuo Huang, Ling-Fan Tsao, Chueh-Pin Ko, Chih-Chiang Chen, Tai Ju