Patents by Inventor Xin-Yuan Wu

Xin-Yuan Wu 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).

  • SERVER AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING PART OF PRODUCT WITH REFERENCE OBJECT
    Publication number: 20130108178
    Abstract: In a method for aligning a part of a product (moving object) with a reference object, triangle data of the moving object is acquired, and feature elements of the moving object is fitted according to the triangle data. Feature elements of the reference object which match the feature elements of the moving object are determined, and the moving object is moved from a position of a center point of the feature elements of the moving object to a position of a center point of the matched feature elements of the reference object. A moving-and-rotating matrix of the moving object is obtained according to Quasi-Newton methods, and the moving object and the reference object are aligned by moving and rotating the moving object according to the moving-and-rotating matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, WEI WANG
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MEASUREMENT PROGRAM OF PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20130110461
    Abstract: In a method for generating a measurement program of a product, a CAD file of the product is read and attribute data of the product is obtained from the CAD file. By creating a mesh over the attribute data of the product using a plurality of triangles, the method obtains coordinate information of measuring points of the product from the CAD file, arranges the measuring points of the product into one or more geometrical elements using a curve fitting method, and obtains measuring information of each geometrical element. By integrating the measuring information of each of the one or more geometrical elements into a predefined program model, a measurement program can be generated and displayed on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, JIN-GANG RAO
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20130111437
    Abstract: A computing device is connected to a measurement machine. The measurement machine measures an object to obtain images of measured elements of the object by using a measurement program. The computing device divides the measurement program into two or more program segments. An icon for each program segment is generated according to a type of the program segment. The computing device generates a title state and an opened state for each program segment. If a program segment is in the title state, the icon, a name, and a first line of program codes of the program segment is displayed on an interface provided by the electronic device. If the program segment is in the opened state, the computing device displays all program codes of the program segment on the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, GEN YANG
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PROFILE TOLERANCES OF PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130108143
    Abstract: A computing device reads pixels of an image of a product along an x-direction and a y-direction of the image. In response to reading two neighboring pixels having different color values, the device regards one pixel having a predetermined color value from the two neighboring pixels as a profile point of the image, to generate one or more point-clouds consisting of all profile points of the image. Furthermore, the device reads one or more theoretical profile curves of the product from the storage device, aligns the one or more point-clouds and the one or more theoretical profile curves, and determines a minimum distance from each profile point in the one or more point-clouds to the one or more adjusted theoretical profile curves. A profile tolerance of the product is then determined according to a maximum value and a minimum value of the minimum distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING MARKED NUMBER IN IMAGE OF OBJECT
    Publication number: 20130108144
    Abstract: A method for locating marked numbers in a two dimensional (2D) image of an object, a rectangular frame enclosing the 2D image is determined. The method divides a boundary of the rectangular frame into a plurality of segments, assigns an index number to each segment along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the rectangular frame. The method further obtains a marked number selected from a preset file, and locates a cursor on a first position of the marked number in the 2D image according to coordinates of the marked number, or locates the cursor on a second position of the marked number according to a horizontal index number and a vertical index number of the marked number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, WEI-QUAN WU
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEASURED ELEMENTS OF OBJECT
    Publication number: 20130111383
    Abstract: A computing device is connected to a measurement machine to measure an object to obtain an image of measured elements of the object. The computing device generates a tree structure to display all of the measured elements. Icons at nodes of the tree structure are generated corresponding to the measured elements. If a cursor points to a particular node of the tree structure, the computing device determines a coordinate range in which the cursor falls. An icon corresponding to the node is determined as being the icon selected according to the range. The computing device displays a measurement program corresponding to the icon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, ZONG-TAO YANG, GEN YANG
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING STEP FORMATTED FILE OF MEASUREMENT GRAPHICS
    Publication number: 20130111339
    Abstract: In a method for analyzing a STEP formatted file of a measurement graphics using a computing device, one or more graphic keywords and graphics analysis modes are predefined in a storage device of the computing device. The method extracts a content keyword and a content character string from each line of the STEP formatted file, and analyzes the content keywords and the content character strings to obtain shell data of the graphic elements. The method further draws a geometrical shell of the measurement graphics according to the shell data using a curve meshing method, marks boundaries of the geometrical shell using an indication mark, and displays the measurement graphics with the indication mark on a display device of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, BO NIE
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIMENSION NUMBERS USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130103361
    Abstract: A method for processing dimension numbers using a computing device, a first template of a dimension frame and a plurality of second templates of dimension numbers 0-9, and a numerical text data of each second template are established. A plurality of block objects are obtained by grouping all discontinuous line segments in the engineering drawing. All frame objects in the engineering drawing are obtained by matching each of the block objects with the first template. One or more remainder objects in each bounding box are obtained, and grouped to obtain one or more number objects in each of the frame objects. A matched second template of each of the number objects is obtained by matching each of the number objects with each of the second templates. The number objects in each of the frame objects are replaced by corresponding numerical text data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, JIN-GANG RAO
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING 2D GRAPHIC FILES OF MEASUREMENT PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130100137
    Abstract: In a method for analyzing two-dimensional (2D) graphic files of a measurement product using a computing device, a 2D graphic file of the measurement product is obtained from a storage device. The method analyzes the geometrical data to generate the 2D graphic objects, sets characteristic values of the 2D graphic objects, and parses code values of the 2D graphic objects according to the characteristic codes. The method analyzes a coordinate value of each of the 2D graphic objects according to the geometrical data of the file array, and calculates a normal vector of each of the 2D graphic objects according to the characteristic code and the coordinate value of the 2D graphic object. A 2D drawing is displayed on a display device according to each of the 2D graphic objects and the corresponding normal vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, YI LIU
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING MEASUREMENT CODES
    Publication number: 20130094761
    Abstract: A method for creating measurement codes automatically using an electronic device. In the method, a directory tree is created to display a plurality of feature elements. A selected feature element in the directory tree is determined; and output axes of the selected feature element are determined, according to an attribute type and a measurement type of the selected feature element. A marked number of the selected feature element is received; and a reference value, an upper tolerance, and a lower tolerance of the selected feature element are obtained. Measurement codes of the selected feature element are created according to the above-described obtained information, and the measurement codes are stored in a storage device of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, ZHENG-ZHI ZHANG, JIN-GANG RAO
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO CURVED SURFACES
    Publication number: 20130083019
    Abstract: A computing device reads information in relation to a first curved surface and a second curved surface from a storage device, respectively meshes the first and second curved surfaces into a plurality of first and second triangles, and divides a parametric plane associated into a plurality of first grids, where each first grid corresponds to a small box in 3D space. The device determines associations between the first/second triangles of the two curved surfaces and the small boxes in the 3D space, determines a second triangle that is nearest to each first triangle of the first curved surface, and determines a distance between the first triangle and the second triangle as a minimum distance from the first triangle to the second curved surface. A minimum value from all of the minimum distances is determined as a minimum distance between the first curved surface and the second curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, MIN WANG
  • System and method for fitting feature elements using a point-cloud of an object
    Patent number: 8412492
    Abstract: A system and method for fitting feature elements is provided. The method first receives a point-cloud of an object from a point-cloud obtaining device and constructs a triangular mesh surface of the point-cloud. The method then determines a plurality of uppermost boundary points of the triangular mesh surface, and fits a feature element according to the uppermost boundary points. The method further creates the feature element, and outputs the feature element to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuang Chang, Xin-Yuan Wu, Min Wang
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READING AND PROCESSING POINT-CLOUD DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20130080487
    Abstract: A computing device determines N number of execution units that a CPU has and creates N number of threads, divides a point-cloud document into N number of blocks, and stores data in the N number of blocks into N number of arrays. The computing device determines X, Y, Z coordinate values of each point in each block of the point-cloud document according to separators among data in the block, and stores the X, Y, Z coordinate values of each point into corresponding arrays. The computing device combines all of the N number of arrays into one array, and generates a point-cloud according to the coordinate values of each point in the combined array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, WEI WANG
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DIMENSIONS OF PRODUCT USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130054189
    Abstract: In a method for extracting dimensions of a product using a computing device, an engineering drawing of the product is read from a storage system of the computing device. A first layer of the engineering drawing that includes identifiers and a second layer of the engineering drawing that includes the dimensions are acquired. The identifiers in the first layer are extracted and added into a dimension list. The dimensions corresponding to each identifier in the second layer are extracted and added into the dimension list. Content of the dimension list is inserted into a report file. The report file is displayed on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, JIN-GANG RAO
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DRAWINGS SYNCHRONOUSLY USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130050209
    Abstract: A two-dimensional (2D) drawing and a three-dimensional (3D) drawing of a product are displayed in a 2D view space and a 3D view space of a 3D offline programming software on a display device. A 3D view matrix and a 2D view matrix are calculated. A compensation matrix is calculated. A current view matrix of the 3D view space and a current view matrix of the 2D view space are calculated. A first view space where displays a cursor is defined as a current view space, and a second view space is defined as a synchronous view space. A synchronous matrix of the current view space is calculated. An update matrix that updates the drawing displayed in the synchronous view space is calculated. The drawing displayed in the synchronous view space of the display device is updated by multiplying the update matrix and coordinates of the drawing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, MIN WANG
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANAGING MEASURING PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20130054188
    Abstract: In a computing device having a computerized method and a non-transitory storage medium, one or more highlighting modes are constructed, each of which defines which sections in a measuring program need to be highlighted. One of the highlighting modes is selected to highlight a measuring program in a particular way. Then, the highlighted measuring program is displayed on a display unit of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, GEN YANG
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTING DIMENSION DATA USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130046776
    Abstract: In a method for outputting dimension data using a computing device, a dimension file is read and searched for at least one dimension keyword. If there is the at least one dimension keyword in the dimension file, dimension data from the dimension file is extracted and stored as one or more structure variables into a structure array. Each of the one or more structure variables is added into a dimension field of a preset general list. Each dimension field in the preset general list is output into an output report according an output position of each dimension field, and the output report is displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, JING-JIE SHEN, JIN-GANG RAO
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEASUREMENT DATA OF OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20130041609
    Abstract: A method processes measurement data of an object using a computing device. The method obtains measurement data of preselected feature elements of a measured object, inserts the measurement data of the preselected feature elements into a data list, obtains measured results of the preselected feature elements from a measurement tool, and calculates tolerance values of the preselected feature elements according to the measured results. The method further searches pixel icons of the preselected feature elements according to tolerance values and the measured results, inserts the pixel icons and the measured results into the data list, receives selections of a user and displays the data list in different list modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, WEI-QUAN WU
  • COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE MENUS USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130036379
    Abstract: In a method for managing software menus using a computing device, a template file from a storage system is loaded. A name of an array, names of a plurality of software menus of the array, names of a plurality of buttons of the software menus and separators between the buttons, and parameters comprising an identifier (ID) and an image path of each of the buttons are obtained by parsing each line of instructions in the template file. A toolbar container for storing the obtained data having a predetermined memory frame is created. The software menus are established at a predetermined location in a preset window and the buttons of each of the software menus are added for each of the established software menus by reading data in the toolbar container. The window with the established software menus is displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, FEI WANG, HENG ZHANG
  • Curved surface rendering system and method
    Patent number: 8368714
    Abstract: A curved surface rendering method grids a curved surface to a plurality of triangles, and further divides the plurality of triangles to sub-triangles. Furthermore, the method determines surface triangles and inner triangles from all triangles of the curved surface, and displays the surface triangles on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuang Chang, Xin-Yuan Wu, Xiao-Chao Sun