Patents by Inventor Wei-Kuo Kan

Wei-Kuo Kan 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).

  • Patent number: 10101856
    Abstract: An optical touch apparatus configured to sense a touch operation of a touch object is provided. The optical touch apparatus includes a touch operation surface, a plurality of optical sensors and a touch controller. The touch operation surface includes a plurality of reference points. The touch object performs the touch operation on the touch operation surface. The optical sensors are disposed on a side of the touch operation surface and configured to obtain a plurality of images from different angles. The touch controller is electrically connected to the optical sensors and configured to determine a plurality of orientation points according to the images obtained by the optical sensors. The touch controller compares the orientation points to the reference points and determines a touch position of the touch object on the touch operation surface according to a comparison result. Furthermore, a method for determining a touch position is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yu-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 10073561
    Abstract: A touch apparatus and a correction method thereof are provided. Whether to divide a correction block is determined by calculating distortion error quantity of the correction block, so as to make the distortion error quantity of each divided correction block is less than or equal to a preset threshold. A correction parameter set of each correction block is obtained. Accordingly, in an operation procedure, correction for a touch behavior of a user is executed based on the correction parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Kuo-Ting Huang, Yu-Yen Chen, Chia-Ta Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10037107
    Abstract: An optical touch device and a sensing method thereof are provided. The optical touch device includes a plurality of optical sensors and a processing unit. The optical sensors are arranged around a touch plane and are spaced from each other. The two adjacent optical sensors located at one side of the touch plane are defined as one set of an optical sensing module, such that the optical sensors are paired to form multiple sets of the optical sensing modules. The processing unit generates a plurality of touch coordinates data corresponding to the plurality sets of the optical sensing modules according to the optical touch data, and determines whether the touch coordinates data corresponding to each set of the optical sensing modules is in at least one touch-excluded area corresponding to each set of the optical sensing modules, and respectively excludes the touch coordinates data in the touch-excluded area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Bo-Yi Wu, Yu-Yen Chen, Kuo-Hsien Lu, Wei-Kuo Kan, Kuo-Ting Huang, Ching-An Cho, Chih-Hao Chiu, Chan-Hsuan Yu, You-Jyun Syu
  • Publication number: 20170083162
    Abstract: An optical touch apparatus configured to sense a touch operation of a touch object is provided. The optical touch apparatus includes a touch operation surface, a plurality of optical sensors and a touch controller. The touch operation surface includes a plurality of reference points. The touch object performs the touch operation on the touch operation surface. The optical sensors are disposed on a side of the touch operation surface and configured to obtain a plurality of images from different angles. The touch controller is electrically connected to the optical sensors and configured to determine a plurality of orientation points according to the images obtained by the optical sensors. The touch controller compares the orientation points to the reference points and determines a touch position of the touch object on the touch operation surface according to a comparison result. Furthermore, a method for determining a touch position is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yu-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 9524058
    Abstract: A calibration method suitable for calibrating a light transceiver module includes: disposing a plurality of reflective regions, a plurality of light-absorbing regions and a feature region beside the light transceiver module; making the light transceiver module emit light toward the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region and sensing the images of the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region; comparing the actual orientations of the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region with the positions of the images formed by the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region on an image sensing surface of the light transceiver module so as to calibrate the actual orientations corresponding to the positions on the image sensing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yen-Ting Lin, Yu-Yen Chen, Po-Liang Huang
  • Publication number: 20160342281
    Abstract: A calibration method suitable for calibrating a light transceiver module includes: disposing a plurality of reflective regions, a plurality of light-absorbing regions and a feature region beside the light transceiver module; making the light transceiver module emit light toward the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region and sensing the images of the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region; comparing the actual orientations of the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region with the positions of the images formed by the reflective regions, the light-absorbing regions and the feature region on an image sensing surface of the light transceiver module so as to calibrate the actual orientations corresponding to the positions on the image sensing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yen-Ting Lin, Yu-Yen Chen, Po-Liang Huang
  • Publication number: 20160334937
    Abstract: An optical touch device and a sensing method thereof are provided. The optical touch device includes a plurality of optical sensors and a processing unit. The optical sensors are arranged around a touch plane and are spaced from each other. The two adjacent optical sensors located at one side of the touch plane are defined as one set of an optical sensing module, such that the optical sensors are paired to form multiple sets of the optical sensing modules. The processing unit generates a plurality of touch coordinates data corresponding to the plurality sets of the optical sensing modules according to the optical touch data, and determines whether the touch coordinates data corresponding to each set of the optical sensing modules is in at least one touch-excluded area corresponding to each set of the optical sensing modules, and respectively excludes the touch coordinates data in the touch-excluded area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bo-Yi Wu, Yu-Yen Chen, Kuo-Hsien Lu, Wei-Kuo Kan, Kuo-Ting Huang, Ching-An Cho, Chih-Hao Chiu, Chan-Hsuan Yu, You-Jyun Syu
  • Patent number: 9436316
    Abstract: A jig for calibrating a light transceiver module includes a disposition region for the light transceiver module on which the light transceiver module is suitably disposed and an arc structure, which takes the position of the disposition region for the light transceiver module as a circle center thereof and includes reflective regions, light-absorbing regions and a feature region. The reflective regions and light-absorbing regions are alternately arranged, and the feature region is a region for reflection or for absorbing light. When the feature region is the region for reflection, the width of the region for reflection is different from the width of each the reflective region, and when the feature region is the region for absorbing light, the width of the region for absorbing light is different from width of each of the light-absorbing regions. A calibration method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yen-Ting Lin, Yu-Yen Chen, Po-Liang Huang
  • Publication number: 20160110019
    Abstract: A touch apparatus and a correction method thereof are provided. Whether to divide a correction block is determined by calculating distortion error quantity of the correction block, so as to make the distortion error quantity of each divided correction block is less than or equal to a preset threshold. A correction parameter set of each correction block is obtained. Accordingly, in an operation procedure, correction for a touch behavior of a user is executed based on the correction parameter set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Kuo-Ting Huang, Yu-Yen Chen, Chia-Ta Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9146640
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system for correcting touch signal and a method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A beam is emitted to obtain a detective beam by reflecting the beam with a reflective element, and a detective signal distribution graph is generated. A plurality of intersections, a covered region and a pixel position corresponding to the covered region are obtained according to the detective signal distribution graph and a threshold value distribution graph. A first area occupied by the covered region is calculated according to the detective signal distribution graph and the plurality of intersections. Whether an overexposure is occurred in the covered region is determined according to the first area corresponding to the covered region. If the overexposure is occurred in the covered region, the covered region being overexposed and the pixel position corresponding to the covered region being overexposed are corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yu-Yen Chen, Shang-Chin Su
  • Publication number: 20150153899
    Abstract: A jig for calibrating a light transceiver module includes a disposition region for the light transceiver module on which the light transceiver module is suitably disposed and an arc structure, which takes the position of the disposition region for the light transceiver module as a circle center thereof and includes reflective regions, light-absorbing regions and a feature region. The reflective regions and light-absorbing regions are alternately arranged, and the feature region is a region for reflection or for absorbing light. When the feature region is the region for reflection, the width of the region for reflection is different from the width of each the reflective region, and when the feature region is the region for absorbing light, the width of the region for absorbing light is different from width of each of the light-absorbing regions. A calibration method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yen-Ting Lin, Yu-Yen Chen, Po-Liang Huang
  • Publication number: 20150015541
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system for correcting touch signal and a method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A beam is emitted to obtain a detective beam by reflecting the beam with a reflective element, and a detective signal distribution graph is generated. A plurality of intersections, a covered region and a pixel position corresponding to the covered region are obtained according to the detective signal distribution graph and a threshold value distribution graph. A first area occupied by the covered region is calculated according to the detective signal distribution graph and the plurality of intersections. Whether an overexposure is occurred in the covered region is determined according to the first area corresponding to the covered region. If the overexposure is occurred in the covered region, the covered region being overexposed and the pixel position corresponding to the covered region being overexposed are corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kuo Kan, Yu-Yen Chen, Shang-Chin Su