Patents by Inventor Po-Jen Tu

Po-Jen Tu 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: 20140294184
    Abstract: A detection circuit is disclosed, in which the first and second pins are arranged to connect to at least one signal transduction area of the plug, such that a voltage division circuit generates first and second division voltages accordingly. A processing unit determines the signal transduction area(s) connected by the first and second pins by the first and second division voltages. When detecting that the first and second pins separately connect the microphone area and the ground area of the plug, the processing unit controls a microphone switch to connect the first pin to the microphone output node and the second pin to the ground. When detecting that the first pin and the second pin separately connect the ground area and the microphone area, the processing unit controls the microphone switch to connect the first pin to the ground and the second pin to the microphone output node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Tzu-Chun Chang, Jia-Ren Chang, Ming-Chun Yu, Kuei-Ting Tai
  • Patent number: 8804990
    Abstract: A portable apparatus including a main body and a receiver is provided. The main body has a surface, an active sound hole and a passive sound hole. The active sound hole and the passive sound hole are both disposed at the surface of the main body. The receiver is disposed inside the main body and arranged for emitting a first sound wave and a second sound wave with the same amplitude and frequency but opposite transmission directions. The first sound wave is transmitted out of the main body via the active sound hole and the second sound wave is guided in the main body and transmitted out of the main body via the passive sound hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Jia-Ren Chang, Po-Jen Tu, Kuei-Ting Tai
  • Publication number: 20140121796
    Abstract: An audio processing device including a main processing unit, an audio processing unit and a codec is provided. The main processing unit includes a first audio interface. The audio processing unit having a second audio interface is controlled by the main processing unit to receive an audio signal from external and process the same. The codec is coupled to the main processing unit and the audio processing unit, respectively via the first and the second audio interfaces. The codec converts the audio signal complying with the second audio interface into the audio signal complying with the first audio interface for transferring the audio signal to the main processing unit, and the main processing unit processes audio data by using the codec and the audio processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jia-Ren Chang, Ming-Chun Yu, Kuei-Ting Tai
  • Publication number: 20140098982
    Abstract: A portable apparatus including a main body and a receiver is provided. The main body has a surface, an active sound hole and a passive sound hole. The active sound hole and the passive sound hole are both disposed at the surface of the main body. The receiver is disposed inside the main body and arranged for emitting a first sound wave and a second sound wave with the same amplitude and frequency but opposite transmission directions. The first sound wave is transmitted out of the main body via the active sound hole and the second sound wave is guided in the main body and transmitted out of the main body via the passive sound hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jia-Ren Chang, Po-Jen Tu, Kuei-Ting Tai
  • Patent number: 8285477
    Abstract: A detection method for preventing an automobile from colliding is applied to an automobile. The detection method includes the following steps: step (a): providing at least two detection devices, each detection device is used to measure a predetermined information of the automobile. A one-stage linear Kalman filter in each device is used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of the predetermined information. In step (b): utilizing the one-stage linear filter to receive the predetermined information and obtain a corrected information from the predetermined information after the signal-to-noise ratio is enhanced. In step (c): calculating the corrected information to obtain a component information having vector components of a first direction and a second direction. In step (d): enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio to enable the component information to be a contrast information. Accordingly, the convergence time of calculating the contrast information can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu Kiang
  • Publication number: 20090171586
    Abstract: A detection method for preventing an automobile from colliding is applied to an automobile. The detection method includes the following steps: step (a): providing at least two detection devices, each detection device is used to measure a predetermined information of the automobile. A one-stage linear Kalman filter in each device is used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of the predetermined information. In step (b): utilizing the one-stage linear filter to receive the predetermined information and obtain a corrected information from the predetermined information after the signal-to-noise ratio is enhanced. In step (c): calculating the corrected information to obtain a component information having vector components of a first direction and a second direction. In step (d): enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio to enable the component information to be a contrast information. Accordingly, the convergence time of calculating the contrast information can be substantially reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu KIANG
  • Patent number: 7545311
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting a trajectory of an air-to-surface target missile is provided, including detecting a plurality of echo wave signals from the target missile through a plurality of sensors deployed at various locations relative to the target missile, extracting at least one range distance and at least one radial velocity, respectively, from the detected echo wave signals from the sensors by using a hybrid FSK/LFM unit, using a two-stage Kalman filter to filter the computed range distance and radial velocity to obtain a relative distance, a relative velocity and a relative acceleration, respectively, of the target missile, and finally applying trilateration on the relative distance, relative velocity and relative acceleration of the target missile from each two-stage Kalman filter to obtain a location, velocity and acceleration along the x, y, z directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu Kiang
  • Patent number: 7545312
    Abstract: This invention relates to a target detection device and its detection method, comprising: a transmitting unit for transmitting a detecting pulse to detect target which then reflects the detecting pulse to generate a reflected pulse; a plurality of measuring units, located at different positions respectively which receive said reflected pulse and generates measured values of distance and measured values of velocity according to the reflected pulse received; a plurality of two-stage linear Kalman filters, corresponding to said plural measuring units respectively, each of said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters proceeds an operation according to the measured values produced by corresponding measuring unit so as to generate respectively the estimation values of distance, velocity and acceleration; an arithmetic unit connecting to said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters, which proceeds a triangulation operation according to said estimation values so as to generate distance component values, velocity compon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jean-Fu Kiang, Po-Jen Tu
  • Publication number: 20090109084
    Abstract: This invention relates to a target detection device and its detection method, comprising: a transmitting unit for transmitting a detecting pulse to detect target which then reflects the detecting pulse to generate a reflected pulse; a plurality of measuring units, located at different positions respectively which receive said reflected pulse and generates measured values of distance and measured values of velocity according to the reflected pulse received; a plurality of two-stage linear Kalman filters, corresponding to said plural measuring units respectively, each of said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters proceeds an operation according to the measured values produced by corresponding measuring unit so as to generate respectively the estimation values of distance, velocity and acceleration; an arithmetic unit connecting to said plural two-stage linear Kalman filters, which proceeds a triangulation operation according to said estimation values so as to generate distance component values, velocity compon
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jean-Fu Kiang, Po-Jen Tu
  • Patent number: 7522094
    Abstract: A method and system is proposed for use by a moving station (such as a jetfighter) for radar tracking of a moving target (such as an air-to-air missile). The proposed method and system involves the use of a hybrid FSK/LFM (Frequency Shift Keying & Linear Frequency Modulation) scheme for acquiring a collection of raw radar data, a first Gaussian-noise filter array of one-stage linear Kalman filters for S/N-enhancement of the raw radar data, a trilateration module, and a second Gaussian-noise filter array of one-stage linear Kalman filters for S/N-enhancement of the trilateration-resulted radar data. These features allow the radar tracking of moving objects to be more fast and accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu Kiang
  • Publication number: 20090091490
    Abstract: A method and system is proposed for use by a moving station (such as a jetfighter) for radar tracking of a moving target (such as an air-to-air missile). The proposed method and system involves the use of a hybrid FSK/LFM (Frequency Shift Keying & Linear Frequency Modulation) scheme for acquiring a collection of raw radar data, a first Gaussian-noise filter array of one-stage linear Kalman filters for S/N-enhancement of the raw radar data, a trilateration module, and a second Gaussian-noise filter array of one-stage linear Kalman filters for S/N-enhancement of the trilateration-resulted radar data. These features allow the radar tracking of moving objects to be more fast and accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu Kiang
  • Publication number: 20090085793
    Abstract: A method and system for predicting a trajectory of an air-to-surface target missile is provided, including detecting a plurality of echo wave signals from the target missile through a plurality of sensors deployed at various locations relative to the target missile, extracting at least one range distance and at least one radial velocity, respectively, from the detected echo wave signals from the sensors by using a hybrid FSK/LFM unit, using a two-stage Kalman filter to filter the computed range distance and radial velocity to obtain a relative distance, a relative velocity and a relative acceleration, respectively, of the target missile, and finally applying trilateration on the relative distance, relative velocity and relative acceleration of the target missile from each two-stage Kalman filter to obtain a location, velocity and acceleration along the x, y, z directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Po-Jen Tu, Jean-Fu Kiang