Patents by Inventor To-Po Wang

To-Po Wang 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: 20180352208
    Abstract: A method and system of converting stereo video content to multi-view video content combines an Eulerian approach with a Lagrangian approach. The method comprises generating a disparity map for each of the left and right views of a received stereoscopic frame. For each corresponding pair of left and right scanlines of the received stereoscopic frame, the method further comprises decomposing the left and right scanlines into a left sum of wavelets or other basis functions, and a right sum wavelets or other basis functions. The method further comprises establishing an initial disparity correspondence between left wavelets and right wavelets based on the generated disparity maps, and refining the initial disparity between the left wavelet and the right wavelet using a phase difference between the corresponding wavelets. The method further comprises reconstructing at least one novel view based on the left and right wavelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Wojciech Matusik, Piotr K. Didyk, Ph.D., William T. Freeman, Petr Kellnhofer, Pitchaya Sitthi-Amorn, Frederic Durand, Szu-Po Wang
  • Patent number: 10147163
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention automatically crop images based upon the location of one or more regions of interest (ROIs) identified within the cropped image. In one embodiment, an image cropping application configures a processor to utilize at least one object detector to identify at least one region of interest within an image. A plurality of candidate cropped images within the image are selected and for each candidate cropped image, an output is generated by weighting each of the at least one region of interest contained within the candidate cropped image as a function of its position within the candidate cropped image. A crop location can then be selected based upon the candidate cropped image having the largest output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Peter Welinder, Szu-Po Wang
  • Publication number: 20180289877
    Abstract: The application relates to an external drive unit (7) for an implantable heart assist pump. The proposed drive unit (7) comprises a motor (35) for driving the heart assist pump, wherein the motor (35) is connectable to the heart assist pump via a transcutaneous drive shaft (3). The drive unit (7) further comprises a heat spreader (19) comprising a contact surface configured to contact and/or directly contact and/or lie flat against a skin of a patient. The contact surface is connected or connectable with the motor (35) in a thermally-conductive manner to transfer heat generated by the motor (35) to tissue of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jörg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier, Thorsten Siess, Maxim Daschewski, Jim-Po Wang
  • Patent number: 10083539
    Abstract: In a control system for navigating in a virtual reality environment, a user may select a virtual feature in the virtual environment, and set an anchor point on the selected feature. The user may then move, or adjust position, relative to the feature, and/or move and/or scale the feature in the virtual environment, maintaining the portions of the feature at the set anchor point within the user's field of view of the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Chun-Po Wang, Matthew Seegmiller, Evan Hardesty Parker
  • Publication number: 20180188843
    Abstract: A stretchable sensing device includes at least one first unit structure, at least one second unit structure and a stretchable material layer. The first unit structure includes a first substrate and a first sensing element layer, wherein the first substrate includes multiple first slits and multiple first distribution regions defined by the first slits. The first sensing element layer includes multiple first sensing electrodes being electrically isolated to each other and located on the first substrate. The second unit structure is located on the first unit structure and includes a second substrate and a second sensing element layer located on the second substrate. The stretchable material layer is located between the first unit structure and the second unit structure, and provides a changeable spacing between at least two of the first sensing electrodes located on adjacent first distribution regions. A sensing method of the stretchable sensing device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Wang, Chih-Chia Chang, Chao-Jen Wang
  • Publication number: 20180181257
    Abstract: A method for a user interface of a foldable display apparatus. Detect a device status of the foldable display apparatus, and read at least one touch point report data. Determine a region, where a touch event occurs, according to the device status and the touch point report data. Trigger the user interface according to the device status and the touch point report data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Po WANG, Heng-Yin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180165857
    Abstract: A transparent display device, a control method thereof and a controller thereof are provided. The transparent display device includes a transparent display, a first sensor set, a second sensor set and a controller. The first sensor set senses user information in a first side. The second sensor set senses scene information in a second side. The controller analyzes and determines a location and a gaze direction of a user according to the user information, calculates a first fixation point in the scene information and a second fixation point on the transparent display according to the location and the gaze direction of the user, determines a target object corresponding to the first fixation point according to the scene information, inquires target object information corresponding to the target object, and presents the target object information according to the second fixation point by the transparent display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Intellectual Property Innovation Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung Lee, Kuang-Jung Chen, Sheng-Po Wang, Heng-Yin Chen
  • Publication number: 20180136816
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include triggering display of a virtual environment in a head mounted display (HMD) device operating in a physical environment, triggering display of a first virtual object representing a second virtual object, the first virtual object having a size smaller than a size of the second virtual object, receiving an indication of an interaction of a user with the first virtual object, the user having a first size larger than the size of the first virtual object, and triggering an interaction with the second virtual object in response to an interaction with the first virtual object, the user having a second size larger than the first size when interacting with the second virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ran Tao, Tarik Abdel-Gawad, Adam Glazier, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Matthew Seegmiller, Andre Le, Nadav Ashkenazi, Han-Wei Chu, Joanna Kim, Michael Podwal, Robert Carl Jagnow, Chun-Po Wang
  • Publication number: 20180136743
    Abstract: In a system for moving, or dragging, a virtual reality environment, a user wearing a head mounted display (HMD) device may be at a first physical position in a physical space, corresponding to a first virtual position in the virtual environment. The user may select a second virtual position in the virtual environment by, for example, manipulation of a handheld electronic device operably coupled to the HMD. The system may construct a three dimensional complex proxy surface based on the first and second virtual positions, and may move the virtual elements of the virtual environment along the proxy surface. This movement of the virtual environment may be perceived by the user as a move from the first virtual position to the second virtual position, although the user may remain at the first physical position within the physical space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Seegmiller, Adam Glazier, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Per Karlsson, Evan Hardesty Parker, Chun-Po Wang, Matthias Buhlmann
  • Patent number: 9860976
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a flexible electronic device may include a unit structure including a substrate unit and a wiring structure. The substrate unit has slits to divide connecting portions between respective ends of two slits and wiring regions arranged outwardly from at least one unit center sequentially. The wiring structure is disposed on the substrate unit and includes wirings distributed in the wiring regions. Each wiring includes circumferential portions and radial portions connected between the circumferential portions. The radial portion connected to a first end of each circumferential portion extends toward the unit center from the first end. Each circumferential portion includes a first section and a second section. The first section is closer to the first end and has greater anti-stretching ability than the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Wang, Chih-Chia Chang, Chao-Jen Wang, Jui-Chang Chuang
  • Publication number: 20170228921
    Abstract: In a control system for navigating in a virtual reality environment, a user may select a virtual feature in the virtual environment, and set an anchor point on the selected feature. The user may then move, or adjust position, relative to the feature, and/or move and/or scale the feature in the virtual environment, maintaining the portions of the feature at the set anchor point within the user's field of view of the virtual environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Buhlmann, Dominik Philemon Kaeser, Chun-Po Wang, Matthew Seegmiller, Evan Hardesty Parker
  • Patent number: 9727203
    Abstract: A foldable display, a flexible display and an icon controlling method are provided. The icon controlling method may include the following steps. A detecting unit detects a displaying area of a display panel. A controlling unit changes a grouping level of multiple icons according to the displaying area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wei-Yen Lee, Sheng-Po Wang, Chang-An Ho
  • Patent number: 9696377
    Abstract: A broadcaster, system, and method for reducing test data volume and test application time in an ATE (automatic test equipment) in a scan-based integrated circuit. The scan-based integrated circuit contains multiple scan chains, each scan chain comprising multiple scan cells coupled in series. The broadcaster is a combinational logic network coupled to an optional virtual scan controller and an optional scan connector. The virtual scan controller controls the operation of the broadcaster. The system transmits virtual scan patterns stored in the ATE and generates broadcast scan patterns through the broadcaster for testing manufacturing faults in the scan-based integrated circuit. The number of scan chains that can be supported by the ATE is significantly increased. Methods are further proposed to reorder scan cells in selected scan chains, to generate the broadcast scan patterns and virtual scan patterns, and to synthesize the broadcaster and a compactor in the scan-based integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Laung-Terng Wang, Hsin-Po Wang, Xiaoqing Wen, Meng-Chyi Lin, Shyh-Horng Lin, Ta-Chia Yeh, Sen-Wei Tsai, Khader S. Abdel-Hafez
  • Patent number: 9613558
    Abstract: A pixel driving method comprises the following steps: receiving a display image comprising a plurality of image points, wherein each image point corresponds a display color; producing a first sub-image and a second sub-image according to the display image, wherein the first sub-image displays a part of the image points, while the second sub-image displays the other part of the image points; and displaying at least one of the first sub-image and the second sub-image on the color display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Heng-Yin Chen, Sheng-Po Wang, Tsen-Yeh Lin
  • Publication number: 20170020002
    Abstract: A flexible electronic device including a first flexible substrate, an electronic component, and a control device is provided. The electronic component includes a conductive layer. The control device includes at least one integrated circuit and a circuit layer set. The circuit layer set includes a plurality of circuit layers and at least one first dielectric layer, and at least a portion of the first dielectric layer is interposed between two adjacent circuit layers. The integrated circuit is electrically connected to the electronic component through the circuit layer set and the conductive layer. At least a portion of the conductive layer and at least a portion of one circuit layer are integrally formed, and the conductive layer and the circuit layer are both disposed on the first flexible substrate. A fabricating method of a flexible electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Wang, Heng-Yin Chen, Cheng-Chung Lee, Jia-Chong Ho, Yung-Hui Yeh, Tai-Jui Wang
  • Publication number: 20160232827
    Abstract: A pixel driving method comprises the following steps: receiving a display image comprising a plurality of image points, wherein each image point corresponds a display color; producing a first sub-image and a second sub-image according to the display image, wherein the first sub-image displays a part of the image points, while the second sub-image displays the other part of the image points; and displaying at least one of the first sub-image and the second sub-image on the color display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Heng-Yin CHEN, Sheng-Po WANG, Tsen-Yeh LIN
  • Patent number: 9410346
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle includes a case, a first detector and a second detector. The first detector includes a core and a coil that is wound around the core. The second detector is disposed side by side with the first detector, and includes a sensor electrode that has a wavy geometry and that has an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the core. The sensor electrode includes a first wavy segment and a second wavy segment. The first wavy segment corresponds in position to the coil and has a first linear density, and the second wavy segment has a second linear density that is greater than the first linear density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, HU SHAN AUTO PARTS INC.
    Inventors: To-Po Wang, Ying-Chih Chen, Shih-You Wang, Yaon-Ming Yan
  • Publication number: 20160203585
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention automatically crop images based upon the location of one or more regions of interest (ROIs) identified within the cropped image. In one embodiment, an image cropping application configures a processor to utilize at least one object detector to identify at least one region of interest within an image. A plurality of candidate cropped images within the image are selected and for each candidate cropped image, an output is generated by weighting each of the at least one region of interest contained within the candidate cropped image as a function of its position within the candidate cropped image. A crop location can then be selected based upon the candidate cropped image having the largest output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Peter Welinder, Szu-Po Wang
  • Publication number: 20160187249
    Abstract: A detective method for detecting a condition of a biochemical sample is provided. A first reference value and a second reference value are obtained. A biochemical sample may be irradiated with a first wavelength light, and the first wavelength light that has passed through the biochemical sample is received by a light sensor, so that a first measured value is obtained. The biochemical sample may be irradiated with a second wavelength light, and the light sensor receives the second wavelength light that has passed through the biochemical sample, so that a second measured value is obtained. The first measured value may be compared with the first reference value so that a first treatment is performed, and the second measured value may be compared with the second reference value so that a second treatment is performed. A detective device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Sheng-Po Wang, Heng-Yin Chen, Chien-Ju Lee, Pai-Chien Chou
  • Patent number: 9357955
    Abstract: A portable analytical device including at least one optical unit and optionally an adapting device are provided. The optical unit includes a light beam receiving area, a sample holder, a light beam exiting area, and a lens component. The adapting device holds the optical unit and an external hand-held computing device (EHCD), such that the optical unit is coupled to the EHCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hui-Hsin Lu, Sheng-Po Wang, Mao-Yin Wang, Kuan-Hung Chou, Ching-Kai Peng, Wei-Chin Huang, Yu-Hsuan Liao, Louis Lu-Chen Hsu