Patents by Inventor Wen Han Yao

Wen Han Yao 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: 20240096135
    Abstract: There is provided a locker with a motion sensor. The motion sensor identifies whether an object is put into or taken out from the locker by calculating coordinates of the object using a motion detection algorithm, by calculating a moving vector of the object using an image time differential algorithm or by comparing a current image frame and a background image frame, and outputs a put-in signal and a taken-out signal to a post control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: CHIH-HUAN WU, Wen-Han Yao, Yl-Hsien Ko
  • Publication number: 20240073359
    Abstract: A motion detection method applied into an image sensor device includes: providing a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) on at least one monitoring image; for each region of interest (ROI): detecting whether at least one motion event occurs within the each ROI; and determining a priority level of the each ROI according to at least one feature information of the at least one motion event; and determining an alarm schedule of the ROIs for a user according to a plurality of priority levels of the ROIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Yi-Hsien Ko, Wen-Han Yao
  • Patent number: 11871157
    Abstract: A method of an optical sensor device includes: automatically entering a calibration mode to automatically define a region of interest as a masking region; and, selectively ignoring a motion detected within the masking region when the optical sensor device is in a normal operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Joon Chok Lee, Kevin Len-Li Lim, Wen-Han Yao
  • Patent number: 11871140
    Abstract: A motion detection method applied into an image sensor device includes: providing a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) on at least one monitoring image; for each region of interest (ROI): detecting whether at least one motion event occurs within the each ROI; and determining a priority level of the each ROI according to at least one feature information of the at least one motion event; and determining an alarm schedule of the ROIs for a user according to a plurality of priority levels of the ROIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Yi-Hsien Ko, Wen-Han Yao
  • Patent number: 11829836
    Abstract: There is provided a barcode detection device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures an image frame of a barcode. The processor calculates a gradient vector of bars of the barcode in the image frame for determining a rotation angle of the image sensor. The rotation angle is used to calibrate a detected bar width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Yao
  • Patent number: 11829832
    Abstract: There is provided a barcode detection device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures an image frame of a color barcode. The processor sequentially processes every row of the image frame to find at least one color segment in each row of the image frame, categorizes color segments of a same color in one cluster according to a position relationship and a color similarity of the color segments in the image frame, and recognize a color of the pixels in one cluster according to color parameters of pixels in said one cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Yao
  • Publication number: 20230325617
    Abstract: There is provided a barcode detection device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures an image frame of a color barcode. The processor sequentially processes every row of the image frame to find at least one color segment in each row of the image frame, categorizes color segments of a same color in one cluster according to a position relationship and a color similarity of the color segments in the image frame, and recognize a color of the pixels in one cluster according to color parameters of pixels in said one cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: WEN-HAN YAO
  • Publication number: 20230299937
    Abstract: A method of an optical sensor device includes: using an oscillator circuit to generate a clock signal; and generating monitoring frames according to the clock signal; wherein the clock signal is calibrated in response to at least one of: a first communication signal, transmitted for multiple times from a monitoring system externally coupled to the optical sensor device, is received by the optical sensor device; a data length of the first communication signal transmitted for only one time from the monitoring system externally coupled to the optical sensor device; and, a data length of an encoded data portion of the first communication signal transmitted for only one time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Han Yao, Ren-Hau Gu
  • Patent number: 11743025
    Abstract: A method of an optical sensor device includes: using an oscillator circuit to generate a clock signal; and generating monitoring frames according to the clock signal; wherein the clock signal is calibrated in response to at least one of: a first communication signal, transmitted for multiple times from a monitoring system externally coupled to the optical sensor device, is received by the optical sensor device; a data length of the first communication signal transmitted for only one time from the monitoring system externally coupled to the optical sensor device; and, a data length of an encoded data portion of the first communication signal transmitted for only one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Han Yao, Ren-Hau Gu
  • Publication number: 20230209021
    Abstract: A method of an image sensor circuit includes: providing an event camera comprising at least one pixel unit; using the event camera to sense at least one current pixel value of the at least one pixel unit to detect whether at least one pixel value changes; when the at least one pixel value changes, using the event camera to trigger the digital processing circuit when the digital processing circuit is in a power saving mode and transmit information of the at least one pixel value to the digital processing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Han Yao
  • Patent number: 11622092
    Abstract: A method of an image sensor circuit includes: providing an event camera comprising at least one pixel unit; using the event camera to sense at least one current pixel value of the at least one pixel unit to detect whether at least one pixel value changes; when the at least one pixel value changes, using the event camera to trigger the digital processing circuit when the digital processing circuit is in a power saving mode and transmit information of the at least one pixel value to the digital processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Han Yao
  • Patent number: 11614322
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging system including a camera and a control host. The camera identifies ambient light intensity and performs trigger event detection in a low power mode. When the camera detects a trigger event in the low power mode, the control host is woken up. The camera also determines an exposure mode according the ambient light intensity and informs the exposure mode to the control host such that an operating mode of the control host after being woken up matches the exposure mode of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Han Yao, Wen-Cheng Yen, Han-Chang Lin
  • Publication number: 20230093565
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging system including a camera and a control host. The camera identifies ambient light intensity and performs trigger event detection in a low power mode. When the camera detects a trigger event in the low power mode, the control host is woken up. The camera also determines an exposure mode according the ambient light intensity and informs the exposure mode to the control host such that an operating mode of the control host after being woken up matches the exposure mode of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: WEN-HAN YAO, WEN-CHENG YEN, HAN-CHANG LIN
  • Patent number: 11595611
    Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is used to output a first voltage associated with exposure intensity. The second circuit is used to output a second voltage associated with exposure time interval. The processor multiples the first voltage to a ratio between a reference voltage and the second voltage to obtain an actual light intensity, wherein the reference voltage is a voltage value outputted by the second circuit of a dummy pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Yao
  • Publication number: 20230011294
    Abstract: There is provided a barcode detection device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures an image frame of a barcode. The processor calculates a gradient vector of bars of the barcode in the image frame for determining a rotation angle of the image sensor. The rotation angle is used to calibrate a detected bar width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Wen-Han YAO
  • Patent number: 11544489
    Abstract: There is provided a barcode detection device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures an image frame of a barcode. The processor calculates a gradient vector of bars of the barcode in the image frame for determining a rotation angle of the image sensor. The rotation angle is used to calibrate a detected bar width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Yao
  • Publication number: 20220383015
    Abstract: There is provided a barcode detection device including an image sensor and a processor. The image sensor captures an image frame of a barcode. The processor calculates a gradient vector of bars of the barcode in the image frame for determining a rotation angle of the image sensor. The rotation angle is used to calibrate a detected bar width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Wen-Han YAO
  • Patent number: 11470264
    Abstract: There is provided an image sensor for exposing a plurality of pixel rows within a frame period using a rolling shutter. The image sensor includes a processor for calculating bright-dark distribution patterns of image frames. The processor further adjusts the frame period to be substantially identical to a predetermined period by changing a total number of exposed line times within the frame period when a difference between the bright-dark distribution patterns of two image frames is larger than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Han Yao
  • Publication number: 20220321828
    Abstract: A motion detection method applied into an image sensor device includes: providing a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) on at least one monitoring image; for each region of interest (ROI): detecting whether at least one motion event occurs within the each ROI; and determining a priority level of the each ROI according to at least one feature information of the at least one motion event; and determining an alarm schedule of the ROIs for a user according to a plurality of priority levels of the ROIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Yi-Hsien Ko, Wen-Han Yao
  • Publication number: 20220321818
    Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit including a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is used to output a first voltage associated with exposure intensity. The second circuit is used to output a second voltage associated with exposure time interval. The processor multiples the first voltage to a ratio between a reference voltage and the second voltage to obtain an actual light intensity, wherein the reference voltage is a voltage value outputted by the second circuit of a dummy pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: WEN-HAN YAO