Patents by Inventor Wen-Yi Chiu

Wen-Yi Chiu 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: 20200103984
    Abstract: An interactive electronic apparatus and an interactive method thereof are provided. The interactive electronic apparatus includes a main device and a casing. The main device is installed in a containing space of the casing. After the main device establishes a connection with the casing, the casing sends at least one of a first distance between the casing and an object to be sensed by a first distance sensor and a second distance between a bottom portion of the casing and a plane detected by a second distance sensor to the main device. The main device determines an interactive state of interaction with the interactive electronic apparatus based on at least one of a movement information sensed by a gravity sensor, the first distance and the second distance, and sends an interactive signal corresponding to the interactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yuan Wei, Kai-Yi Chen, Wen-Yi Chiu, Hsiu-Hang Lin, Sheng-Chieh Tang, Kun-Hsuan Chang
  • Publication number: 20190371261
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a storage medium, an expansion base and an operation method thereof combined with a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device is pre-installed with an application program and includes a touch screen. The expansion base is paired with the portable electronic device and accommodates the portable electronic device. When the portable electronic device is accommodated inside the expansion base, a touch window on the surface of the expansion base exposes at least a portion of the touch screen, and the portable electronic device executes the application program to automatically adjust a size or a display position of a display image of the touch screen to correspond to the touch window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Che-Wei Liang, Xiu-Yu Lin, Yi-Han Liao, Sheng-Chieh Tang, Chieh-Yu Chan, Chiao-Tsu Chiang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Wei-Chih Hsu, Li-Fang Chen, Yi-Jing Lin
  • Patent number: 10481475
    Abstract: A smart lighting device includes a light source module, an image projection module and an ambient light sensing module. The image projection module is pivoted to the light source module, and the ambient light sensing module is electrically connected to the light source module and the image projection module. The ambient light sensing module is configured to sense a brightness value of ambient light. Brightness values of the light source module and the image projection module are adjusted according to the brightness value of the ambient light sensed by the ambient light sensing module. A control method for a smart lighting device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Wu, Wei-Jun Wang, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Po-Hsien Yang, Shi-Kuan Chen, Jui-Tsen Huang, Ming-Che Weng, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Hsin-Chieh Cheng
  • Patent number: 10437140
    Abstract: A projection device includes a projection module and a first camera module. The projection device has a first optical axis and configured to form a projection area, wherein a projection of the first optical axis on an X-Z plane of the projection device is perpendicular to an X-Y plane on which the projection area is formed. The first camera module is disposed on a side of the projection module and includes a second optical axis, wherein the first camera module is configured to form a first shooting area, the second optical axis forms a first angle ??1 with respect to the first optical axis, the projection area at least partially overlaps the first shooting area to form an overlapping area, and the first angle ??1 is a function of a distance between the projection module and the first camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Jui-Tsen Huang
  • Patent number: 10338460
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an image projection module, a lens module and a light emitting module. The image projection module has a first optical axis and forms a projection area on a bearing surface. A projection of the first optical axis on an X-Z plane is perpendicular to an X-Y plane on which the projection area is formed. The lens module comprises N cameras, each having a corresponding second optical axis and being for forming a shooting area. The N second axes are tilted to the first optical axis and have an angle with respect to the X-Z plane. The light emitting module includes M light emitting components, each having a corresponding third optical axis and being for forming a sensing area. The projection area, the N shooting areas and the M sensing areas are at least partially overlapped with each other to form a rectangular shooting sensing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Jui-Tsen Huang
  • Patent number: 10261607
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The method is adapted to a portable electronic device including a rotatable element, a fixed element, a screen, a processor, a switch module with at least two protruding elements, and fixed points. The rotatable element is nearby the fixed element. The protruding elements and the fixed points are facing to each other and configured at one and the other of the rotatable element and the fixed element. The processor is coupled to the switch module and the screen. The method includes to display a default user interface corresponding to a default mode on the screen, to determine a corresponding mode according to all press states of each protruding element in the switch module by the processor when the rotatable element is rotated due to an external force applied thereto, and to display a corresponding user interface on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Lu, Ming-Chung Liu, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Yuan-Li Shen
  • Publication number: 20190091711
    Abstract: A sanitary equipment and a control method thereof are provided. The sanitary equipment includes a main body having an opining, a cover body movably disposed at the main body, an electric motor driving the cover body to move, an auxiliary apparatus disposed at the main body and a control circuit coupled to the electric motor and the auxiliary apparatus. In response to operation or wireless remote control, the control circuit controls the electric motor to drive the cover body to open the opening and turn on the auxiliary apparatus in a first process. In a second process, the control circuit controls the electric motor to drive the cover body to close the opening, and turns off the auxiliary apparatus at the same time. Sequences, numbers of steps of the first process and the second process are different. Accordingly, the sanitary equipment with multiple functions and convenient use is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Ruei-Hong Hong, Wen-Yi Chiu, Po-Chun Liu, Chia-Shin Weng, Shi-Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10175721
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus and an operation method of the portable electronic apparatus are provided. The operation method includes: sensing an angle of a cover relative to a base. The operation method often includes sensing a posture of the cover. In the operation method, a virtual operating function of an optical sensor is enabled based on the angle and the posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Wen Sun, Wei-Han Hu, Wen-Yi Chiu, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Ting-Wei Wu, Chiao-Tsu Chiang, Hui-Fang Huang, Hsin-Chieh Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180120684
    Abstract: A smart lighting device includes an illumination module, an image projection module and a projection mode switching module. The image projection module is pivoted to the illumination module and has a plurality of operation modes. The image projection module rotates relative to the illumination module and is switched among a standby mode and the operation modes. The projection mode switching module is configured to sense a rotation angle of the image projection module with respect to the illumination module. A brightness value of the illumination module and an image frame of the image projection module are adjusted according to the rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting- Wei Wu, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Jui-Tsen Huang
  • Publication number: 20170347007
    Abstract: A smart lighting device includes a light source module, an image projection module and an ambient light sensing module. The image projection module is pivoted to the light source module, and the ambient light sensing module is electrically connected to the light source module and the image projection module. The ambient light sensing module is configured to sense a brightness value of ambient light. Brightness values of the light source module and the image projection module are adjusted according to the brightness value of the ambient light sensed by the ambient light sensing module. A control method for a smart lighting device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Wu, Wei-Jun Wang, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Po-Hsien Yang, Shi-Kuan Chen, Jui-Tsen Huang, Ming-Che Weng, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Hsin-Chieh Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170344189
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an image projection module, a lens module and a light emitting module. The image projection module has a first optical axis and forms a projection area on a bearing surface. A projection of the first optical axis on an X-Z plane is perpendicular to an X-Y plane on which the projection area is formed. The lens module comprises N cameras, each having a corresponding second optical axis and being for forming a shooting area. The N second axes are tilted to the first optical axis and have an angle with respect to the X-Z plane. The light emitting module includes M light emitting components, each having a corresponding third optical axis and being for forming a sensing area. The projection area, the N shooting areas and the M sensing areas are at least partially overlapped with each other to form a rectangular shooting sensing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Jui-Tsen Huang
  • Publication number: 20170344190
    Abstract: A computer system having a sensing function includes a base, a first light emitting assembly and a second light emitting assembly. The base is disposed on a bearing surface. The first light emitting assembly is disposed in the base and has a first optical axis. The second light emitting assembly is disposed in the base and has a second optical axis. A distance between the firs optical axis and the second optical axis is D. An inner edge of a first light source emitted by the first light emitting assembly and an inner edge of a second light source emitted by the second light emitting assembly intersect at a point on the bearing surface, thereby forming an irregular-shaped sensing region having a boundary passing through the point. A length of a shortest side of the irregular-shaped sensing region is less than or equal to 2D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Po-Hsien Yang, Jui-Tsen Huang
  • Publication number: 20170347078
    Abstract: A projection device includes a projection module and a first camera module. The projection device has a first optical axis and configured to form a projection area, wherein a projection of the first optical axis on an X-Z plane of the projection device is perpendicular to an X-Y plane on which the projection area is formed. The first camera module is disposed on a side of the projection module and includes a second optical axis, wherein the first camera module is configured to form a first shooting area, the second optical axis forms a first angle ??1 with respect to the first optical axis, the projection area at least partially overlaps the first shooting area to form an overlapping area, and the first angle ??1 is a function of a distance between the projection module and the first camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Chia-Min Liao, Tse-Hsun Pang, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Hao Tseng, Jui-Tsen Huang
  • Publication number: 20160349927
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus and an operation method of the portable electronic apparatus are provided. The operation method includes: sensing an angle of a cover relative to a base. The operation method often includes sensing a posture of the cover. In the operation method, a virtual operating function of an optical sensor is enabled based on the angle and the posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Wen Sun, Wei-Han Hu, Wen-Yi Chiu, Kun-Hsuan Chang, Ting-Wei Wu, Chiao-Tsu Chiang, Hui-Fang Huang, Hsin-Chieh Cheng
  • Publication number: 20160349861
    Abstract: A portable electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The method is adapted to a portable electronic device including a rotatable element, a fixed element, a screen, a processor, a switch module with at least two protruding elements, and fixed points. The rotatable element is nearby the fixed element. The protruding elements and the fixed points are facing to each other and configured at one and the other of the rotatable element and the fixed element. The processor is coupled to the switch module and the screen. The method includes to display a default user interface corresponding to a default mode on the screen, to determine a corresponding mode according to all press states of each protruding element in the switch module by the processor when the rotatable element is rotated due to an external force applied thereto, and to display a corresponding user interface on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Lu, Ming-Chung Liu, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Yuan-Li Shen
  • Patent number: 9104374
    Abstract: An electronic device including a first body, an input module and a functional element is provided. The input module is movably disposed on the first body and adapted to be moved between a first position and a second position. The functional element is disposed on the input module. When the input module is located at the first position, the functional element is concealed in the first body. When the input module is located at the second position, the functional element is exposed outside the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hui-Jou Tsai, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Wen-Yi Chiu, Kuan-Yu Chou, Chuan-Hao Wen, Chun-Huang Yu, Chao-Tung Hsu, Chih-Yin Lai, Chia-Sheng Liu, Hsiang-Ling Liu
  • Patent number: D740279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Wu, Yuan-Ping Chu, Wen-Yi Chiu, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Shi Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: D847958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Chun Liu, Shi-Kuan Chen, Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ruei-Hong Hong
  • Patent number: D863409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Wen-Yi Chiu, Ting-Wei Wu, Po-Hsien Yang, Shi-Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: D871659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Jun Wang, Ting-Wei Wu, Wen-Yi Chiu, Po-Hsien Yang, Shi-Kuan Chen