Patents by Inventor Sheng-Min Chou

Sheng-Min Chou 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: 20090244018
    Abstract: A touch panel module includes a surface panel, a band splitter, an optical unit and a control unit. Retro-reflectors are respectively positioned on three peripheral sides of the surface panel, and the band splitter is positioned on the retro-reflector positioned at one peripheral side of the surface panel, where the band splitter totally reflects a light beam within a first band while a light beam with a second band transmits through the band splitter. The optical unit is utilized for generating a first band beam within the first band and for receiving a reflected first band beam from one of the retro-reflectors to generate a first signal, and the control unit performs touch point detection according to the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Ching-Chang Lin, Sheng-Min Chou