Patents by Inventor Yan-Min Kuo

Yan-Min Kuo 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: 12323710
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device and a control method for an eye-tracking operation are provided. The head-mounted display device includes a frame, a track, a sensor and a controller. The track is disposed on a peripheral region of the frame. The sensor is disposed on the track, and is configured to capture a target image of a target area. The controller is coupled to the sensor, is configured to generate a control signal according to the target image, and adjust a position of the sensor on the peripheral region by moving the sensor according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Jun-Lin Guo, Wei-Chen Chen, Chih-Lin Chang, Wei-Cheng Hsu, Cheng-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12272278
    Abstract: A head-mounted display and a method for image processing based on diopter adjustment are provided. The method includes: receiving a command corresponding to a first diopter setting; in response to the command, rendering an image according to a mapping table to generate a rendered image; and displaying the rendered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Hsin Hsieh, Yan-Min Kuo
  • Patent number: 12235454
    Abstract: A heads mounted display device is provided. The head-mounted display device includes a display, an optical system, and a processor. The display is configured to display a pre-warp image. The optical system is configured to receive the pre-warp image and output an undistorted image. The processor is configured to perform a tolerance enhancement operation on an original image to generate an enhanced image. Further, the processor is configured to apply a software distortion on the enhanced image to generate the pre-warp image. The software distortion is configured to compensate an optical distortion of the optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Hsin Hsieh, Yan-Min Kuo
  • Publication number: 20250047828
    Abstract: A calibration method is disclosed. The calibration method is suitable for an electronic device comprising an HMD device (head-mounted device). The calibration method includes the following operations: obtaining a first eye information of a first eye of a user when the user is gazing at a first calibration gazing point; and calculating at least one of a second eye information of the first eye of the user and a third eye information of a second eye of the user by mirror symmetrizing the first eye information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yan-Min CHEN, Yan-Min KUO
  • Patent number: 12160672
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a main body, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is disposed on a first setting area of the main body. The second sensor is disposed on a second setting area of the main body. The first setting area and the second setting area respectively have a first central point and a second central point, where the first central point and the second central point are disposed on a horizontal axis. There is a first angle between a connection line of the first central point and the first sensor with the horizontal axis, and there is a second angle between a connection line of the second central point and the second sensor with the horizontal axis, where the first angle is different from the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Jun-Lin Guo, Wei-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20240395265
    Abstract: An encoding method for embedding a watermark into an audio is provided. A text watermark and an original audio are obtained. The text watermark is converted to an image watermark. The original audio is converted from a time domain to a frequency domain to generate a pre-process audio. The image watermark is embedded into the pre-processed audio to generate an encoded audio. The encoded audio is converted from the frequency domain to the time domain to generate an watermarked audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Kuan Nien Pan, I Yun Su, Yan-Min Kuo
  • Patent number: 12153735
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device is provided. The head-mounted display device includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to capture an eye image of eyes of a user. The controller is coupled to the sensor and configured to: analyze the eye image to generate an analysis result, wherein the analysis result indicates that whether the eyes in the eye image is clear or not; and in response to the analysis result indicating that the eye in the eye image is not clear, output an issue detected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, I-Chiao Lin
  • Publication number: 20240382088
    Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus and method are provided. The eye tracking apparatus is configured to execute the following operations. The apparatus obtains a first single-eye image of a first eye at a first time point and a first single-eye image of a second eye at a second time point based on a plurality of eye images of a user. The apparatus calculates a first sight direction based on the first single-eye image of the first eye at the first time point and calculates a second sight direction based on the first single-eye image of the second eye at the second time point. The apparatus generates a combined gaze based on the first sight direction and the second sight direction at the second time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Li-Chieh PAI, Yan-Min KUO
  • Publication number: 20240355238
    Abstract: A head-mounted display and a method for image processing based on diopter adjustment are provided. The method includes: receiving a command corresponding to a first diopter setting; in response to the command, rendering an image according to a mapping table to generate a rendered image; and displaying the rendered image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Hsin Hsieh, Yan-Min Kuo
  • Publication number: 20240296820
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide an active audio adjustment method. The active audio adjustment method includes: receiving, by a host, an ambient sound from a sound pickup device; analyzing, by the host, the ambient sound to obtain an ambient parameter of the ambient sound and determine an adjustment strategy; adjusting, by the host, an original parameter of an output audio to determine an optimized parameter based on the ambient parameter of the ambient sound and the adjustment strategy; generating, by the host, an optimized output audio based on the optimized parameter; and outputting, by the host, the optimized output audio to an audio output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, I Yun Su
  • Publication number: 20240094810
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device is provided. The head-mounted display device includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to capture an eye image of eyes of a user. The controller is coupled to the sensor and configured to: analyze the eye image to generate an analysis result, wherein the analysis result indicates that whether the eyes in the eye image is clear or not; and in response to the analysis result indicating that the eye in the eye image is not clear, output an issue detected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, I-Chiao Lin
  • Publication number: 20230319425
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a main body, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is disposed on a first setting area of the main body. The second sensor is disposed on a second setting area of the main body. The first setting area and the second setting area respectively have a first central point and a second central point, where the first central point and the second central point are disposed on a horizontal axis. There is a first angle between a connection line of the first central point and the first sensor with the horizontal axis, and there is a second angle between a connection line of the second central point and the second sensor with the horizontal axis, where the first angle is different from the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Jun-Lin Guo, Wei-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230319418
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device and a control method for an eye-tracking operation are provided. The head-mounted display device includes a frame, a track, a sensor and a controller. The track is disposed on a peripheral region of the frame. The sensor is disposed on the track, and is configured to capture a target image of a target area. The controller is coupled to the sensor, is configured to generate a control signal according to the target image, and adjust a position of the sensor on the peripheral region by moving the sensor according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Jun-Lin Guo, Wei-Chen Chen, Chih-Lin Chang, Wei-Cheng Hsu, Cheng-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20230297165
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for determining a two-eye gaze point and a host. The method includes: obtaining a first gaze point of a first eye on a reference plane and obtaining a second gaze point of a second eye on the reference plane; and determining a two-eye gaze point via combining the first gaze point and the second gaze point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Jun-Lin Guo
  • Patent number: 11438708
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for providing an occluded sound effect and an electronic device. The method includes: providing a virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment comprises a first object, and the first object is approximated as a second object; defining an object detection range of a sound source based on a sound ray originated from the sound source; in response to determining that the first object enters the object detection range, defining a reference plane based on a reference point on the second object and the sound ray, wherein the reference plane has an intersection area with the object detection range; projecting the second object onto the reference plane as a first projection; determining a sound occluding factor based on the intersection area and the first projection; and adjusting a sound signal based on the sound occluding factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Li-Yen Lin
  • Publication number: 20220272463
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for providing an occluded sound effect and an electronic device. The method includes: providing a virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment comprises a first object, and the first object is approximated as a second object; defining an object detection range of a sound source based on a sound ray originated from the sound source; in response to determining that the first object enters the object detection range, defining a reference plane based on a reference point on the second object and the sound ray, wherein the reference plane has an intersection area with the object detection range; projecting the second object onto the reference plane as a first projection; determining a sound occluding factor based on the intersection area and the first projection; and adjusting a sound signal based on the sound occluding factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yan-Min Kuo, Li-Yen Lin
  • Patent number: 11064188
    Abstract: A driving method suitable for a head mounted device (HMD) is provided. The driving method includes the following operations: moving a first image capture unit and a second image capture unit of the HMD to respectively capture two left-eye images and two right-eye images; calculating a first eye relief according to at least one left-eye feature in the two left-eye images; calculating a second eye relief according to at least one right-eye feature in the two right-eye images; calculating an interpupillary distance (IPD) according to the first eye relief and the second eye relief; and adjusting, according to the IPD, a distance between a first lens and a second lens of the HMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Chen Lin, Wen-Ju Chen, Wei-Chen Chen, Kai-Wen Zheng, Yan-Min Kuo
  • Patent number: 11004457
    Abstract: A sound reproducing method used in sound reproducing apparatus that includes the steps outlined below is provided. An input sound signal related to listener data and sound source data is received. An encoding process is performed by multiplying the input sound signal by an encoding function matrix having entries related to a basis function to generate an encoding result. A decoding function matrix is retrieved from the storage and at least one direction parameter is applied to the decoding function matrix, wherein the decoding function matrix compensates a difference between an ideal approximation result and a modeled approximation result of the input sound signal. A decoding process is performed by multiplying the encoding result by the decoding function matrix having the direction parameter applied to generate an output sound signal. The output sound signal is reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Min Liao, Yan-Min Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210037232
    Abstract: A driving method suitable for a head mounted device (HMD) is provided. The driving method includes the following operations: moving a first image capture unit and a second image capture unit of the HMD to respectively capture two left-eye images and two right-eye images; calculating a first eye relief according to at least one left-eye feature in the two left-eye images; calculating a second eye relief according to at least one right-eye feature in the two right-eye images; calculating an interpupillary distance (IPD) according to the first eye relief and the second eye relief; and adjusting, according to the IPD, a distance between a first lens and a second lens of the HMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yung-Chen LIN, Wen-Ju CHEN, Wei-Chen CHEN, Kai-Wen ZHENG, Yan-Min KUO
  • Patent number: 10827293
    Abstract: A sound reproducing method used in sound reproducing apparatus that includes the steps outlined below is provided. A sound signal is generated with a 3D sound generating process according to listener data and sound data. Pre-recorded sound data is retrieved to further generate a target distance function corresponding to the sound distance. A fixed head-related transfer function corresponding to a fixed distance is retrieved. A target head-related transfer function corresponding to the sound distance is generated by adapting the target distance function to the fixed head-related transfer function. The sound signal is reproduced by multiplying the sound signal by the target head-related transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Min Liao, Yan-Min Kuo, Li-Yen Lin, Chi-Tang Ho, Tien-Ming Wang, Tsung-Yu Tsai, Yen-Chieh Wang, Shuo-Yen Lin