Patents by Inventor Ren-Wei Lin

Ren-Wei Lin 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).

  • Lens detection method and lens detection system used for detecting type of externally connected lens
    Patent number: 10630881
    Abstract: A lens detection system includes a system chip, and the system chip includes a first lens selection pin and a protocol path pin. A lens detection method includes performing a reset step by the system chip; enabling the first lens selection pin by the system chip; detecting a first lens identification code via the protocol path pin by the system chip; loading first lens data by the system chip and entering a first lens operation mode for controlling an externally connected first lens if the first lens identification code is detected; and disabling the first lens selection pin by the system chip if the first lens identification code is undetected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: VIVOTEK INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Yeh, Ting-Chia Chang, Ren-Wei Lin, Wen-Yuan Li
  • LENS DETECTION METHOD AND LENS DETECTION SYSTEM USED FOR DETECTING TYPE OF EXTERNALLY CONNECTED LENS
    Publication number: 20190199911
    Abstract: A lens detection system includes a system chip, and the system chip includes a first lens selection pin and a protocol path pin. A lens detection method includes performing a reset step by the system chip; enabling the first lens selection pin by the system chip; detecting a first lens identification code via the protocol path pin by the system chip; loading first lens data by the system chip and entering a first lens operation mode for controlling an externally connected first lens if the first lens identification code is detected; and disabling the first lens selection pin by the system chip if the first lens identification code is undetected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Yeh, Ting-Chia Chang, Ren-Wei Lin, Wen-Yuan Li