Patents by Inventor Yao-Tsung Chang
Yao-Tsung Chang 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).
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Publication number: 20150176975Abstract: A height measuring apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed method is suitable for an indoor environment. The disclosed method comprises emitting a first laser to a ceil via a first light path, determining whether a first reflective light corresponding to the first laser is received, emitting a second laser to an object via a second light path reflected by the ceil, determining whether a second reflective light corresponding to the second laser is received, calculating a first length according to a first data corresponding to the first reflective light, calculating a second length according to a second data corresponding to the second reflective light, and calculating an object height of the object according to the first length and the second length.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: Wistron Corp.Inventors: Yao-Tsung CHANG, Chia-Hsien LI, Pai-Yang LIN, Shun-Chi CHUNG
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Publication number: 20150153158Abstract: The present invention proposes a length measurement method and a length measurement device. The length measurement method includes steps of emitting the laser via a laser ranging module in a reference direction to order to detect a reference distance between a reference point on a target and the laser ranging module, taking the reference direction as a the measurement direction, taking the reference distance as a first distance, executing a border detecting procedure according to the measurement direction and the first distance in order to detect a border of the target, and calculating measurement distance between the border and the reference point according to border location information of the laser ranging module corresponding to the border, the reference direction and the reference distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Wistron Corp.Inventors: Wen-Chun TSAO, Yao-Tsung CHANG, Chia-Hsien LI
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Publication number: 20150153772Abstract: A hand-held computer apparatus includes a tablet having a first connecter and an accessory docking having a second connecter for connecting to the first connecter. The second connecter has a symmetric structure, which allows the first connecter to be plugged to the second connecter in a first or a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are opposite to each other at an angle of 180 degrees. When the tablet is in a first status, in which the tablet is plugged to the accessory docking in the first direction, the tablet enters a notebook mode. When the tablet is in a second status, in which the tablet is plugged to the accessory docking in the second direction, the tablet enters a tablet mode. When the tablet is in a third status, in which the tablet is unplugged from the accessory docking, the tablet enters a regular mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: WISTRON CORP.Inventors: YAO-TSUNG CHANG, CHU-CHIA TSAI
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Publication number: 20150116377Abstract: A display device for adjusting the gray level of an image frame depending on environment illumination is provided. The display device includes a display-panel, a controller, an optical interface, and an adjusting module. The display-panel displays the image frame with the plurality of pixels. The controller is used to drive the display-panel to display the image frame. The operation interface is used to send an image frame brightening command or an image frame dimming command to the controller. The adjusting module is used to adjust gray-levels of the pixels according to the environment illumination. When the environment illumination is too high, the adjusting module raises the gray-level of partial or all pixels; and when the environment illumination is too low, the adjusting module reduces the gray-level of partial or all pixels; so that visual effect of the display device is enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2015Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventor: Yao-Tsung CHANG
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Publication number: 20150092022Abstract: A method for generating a translation image includes first and second lenses capturing first and second images toward an object respectively, an image processing device calculating a depth of field of a pixel in the first image relative to the first lens according to a first vertical viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens, a second vertical viewing angle between a corresponding pixel in the second image and the second lens, and a distance between the first and second lenses, the image processing device calculating a horizontal viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens according to the depth of field, coordinates of the pixel in the first image, and the distance, and the image processing device generating a translation image according to the coordinates of the pixel, the depth of field, the distance, and the horizontal viewing angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Patent number: 8964299Abstract: A head-mounted display suitable for being disposed in front of at least one human eye is provided. The head-mounted display includes a transmissive type display, a focal length adjusting lens, and a compensation lens. The focal length adjusting lens is located between the human eye and the transmissive type display. The focal length adjusting lens refracts an image displayed by the transmissive type display, so that the image is formed on a retina of the human eye. The transmissive type display is located between the compensation lens and the focal length adjusting lens.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Patent number: 8963901Abstract: A display apparatus and method for adjusting the gray level depending on environment illumination is used to adjust the average-gray-level of an image frame with a plurality of pixels. The display device includes a display-panel, an optical-sensor, a controller, and an adjusting module. The display-panel displays the image frame with the plurality of pixels. The optical-sensor is used to obtain the environment illumination. The controller is used to drive the display-panel to display the image frame. The adjusting module is used to adjust gray-levels of the pixels according to the environment illumination. When the environment illumination is too high, the adjusting module raises the gray-level of partial or all pixels; and when the environment illumination is too low, the adjusting module reduces the gray-level of partial or all pixels; so that visual effect of the display device is enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Wistron Corp.Inventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Patent number: 8934993Abstract: A life management circuit for managing usage rates of a plurality of electronic components includes a storage unit for storing usage information corresponding to each electronic component, a receiving unit, a determining unit and a control unit. Upon receipt of an activation command passed on thereto via the receiving unit, the control unit selects for activation, with reference to the usage information of the electronic components stored in the storage unit, at least one electronic component, the usage information corresponding to which reveals a usage rate that is comparatively lower among the electronic components, controls the determining unit to keep track of the duration of time that the selected at least one electronic component remains activated in response to the activation command, and updates the usage information corresponding to each of the selected at least one electronic component with reference to the duration of time tracked therefor.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Patent number: 8918168Abstract: An electrocardiogram (ECG) signal sensing module is provide. The ECG signal sensing module includes at least one touchpad button, for producing a press signal when being pressed; at least one sensing electrode, mounted on the at least one touchpad button and moving in unison with the at least one touchpad button, for measuring the voltage on the portion thereof touched by a user; an electrocardiogram signal processor, coupled to the at least one sensing electrode, for processing the voltage on the at least one sensing electrode and producing an ECG signal; and a transmission interface, coupled to the at least one touchpad button and the electrocardiogram signal processor, for outputting the press signal and the ECG signal to a computer.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Wistron Corp.Inventors: Brian-Chua Chong, Yao-Tsung Chang, Chia-Hsien Li, Pai-Yang Lin, Shun-Chi Chung
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Patent number: 8872759Abstract: A writing apparatus for performing a writing operation on an electronic paper includes a writing controller and a pixel array writing unit. The writing controller includes a data driving unit for providing a plurality of data signals, and a scan driving unit for providing a plurality of scan signals. The pixel array writing unit is coupled electrically to the data driving unit and the scan driving unit, and is adapted to be disposed to confront a first planar side of the electronic paper for performing the writing operation on the electronic paper as controlled by the writing controller, where the data signals are written into the electronic paper with reference to the scan signals so as to enable the electronic paper to display a corresponding image.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Winstron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Patent number: 8854209Abstract: A warning tag for providing an indication relevant to shelf life of a product is to be disposed on a product. The warning tag includes a storage unit, a clock unit, a control unit and a warning unit. The storage unit stores product information of the product. The product information includes time data associated with end of the shelf life of the product. The clock unit generates a current time. The control unit is electrically coupled to the storage unit and the clock unit, and outputs a warning signal based on the current time and the end of the shelf life of the product. The warning unit is electrically coupled to the control unit, and generates the indication according to the warning signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Publication number: 20140285445Abstract: An operating method for a portable device is provided, wherein the portable device has a touch sensing unit and a display unit coupled to the touch sensing unit. The display unit displays an icon menu comprising a plurality of icons. In the operating method, the touch sensing unit senses a touch action to generate a sensing signal. The sensing signal is analyzed to determine whether the touch action is a holding action. When the touch action is determined to be the holding action, a mis-touch recovering operation is performed on the icon corresponding to a contact region touched by the touch action. When it is determined that the touch action is not the holding action, a function corresponding to the icon corresponding to a contact region touched by the touch action is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Chia-Hsien Li, Hong-Chi Chen, Pai-Yang Lin
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Patent number: 8807420Abstract: A biochip detecting device for detecting a biochip which has identifying information is provided. The biochip detecting device has a controller, a reader, a storage medium and a detecting module. The reader reading the identifying information, the storage medium saving a detecting information, and the detecting module detecting the biochip are electrically connected to the controller. The controller is suitable for determining the record of the identifying information in the detecting information and modifying the setting of the detecting module automatically according to the identifying information. A biochip detecting method is further provided. A biochip detecting device is used to read identifying information of the biochip to determine whether the biochip could be detected. Besides, the setting of a detecting module is automatically adjusted by a controller. The time for adjusting the setting of the detecting module is saved and the possibility of setup mistake could be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Pai-Yang Lin
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Patent number: 8754928Abstract: An electronic apparatus with photographing function is disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprises a central processing unit, a first lens module, and a second lens module. The first lens module and the second lens module are electronically connected to the central processing unit. The first lens module may obtain a first image of a target, and the second lens module may obtain a second image of the target. There is a viewing angle difference between the first image and the second image. The central processing unit may be activated for processing the first image and the second image to form a 3D image by adjusting the second lens module to an acting position.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Wen-Chin Wu, Yao-Tsung Chang
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Publication number: 20140153102Abstract: A head-mounted display suitable for being disposed in front of at least one human eye is provided. The head-mounted display includes a transmissive type display, a focal length adjusting lens, and a compensation lens. The focal length adjusting lens is located between the human eye and the transmissive type display. The focal length adjusting lens refracts an image displayed by the transmissive type display, so that the image is formed on a retina of the human eye. The transmissive type display is located between the compensation lens and the focal length adjusting lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Patent number: 8702009Abstract: The present invention discloses a biochip measuring system. The cytometer system includes a biochip and a biochip measuring apparatus. The biochip includes a substrate, for carrying bio-molecule droplet, and a stamp marking area, for receiving or displaying a stamp for identifying whether the biochip is used. The biochip measuring apparatus includes a controller, a driver circuit, a driver interface, a light, a light detector, and a stamp marking unit, for marking the stamp on the stamp marking area of the biochip after the biochip measuring apparatus completes measurement of the biochip.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Yao-Tsung Chang, Chia-Hsien Li, Ting-Wen Liu, Pai-Yang Lin
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Publication number: 20140091990Abstract: A head-mounted display system for a user to wear is provided. The head-mounted display system comprises a display unit and display pointing unit. The display unit has a display surface facing a face of the user and the display unit is comprised of several pixels. Each of the pixels emits an image beam. The display pointing unit is configured on the display surface of the display unit and the display pointing unit shrinks the image beams from the pixels and directs the image beam towards a pupil of at least one of the eyes of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Publication number: 20140063045Abstract: A device and a method for displaying and adjusting image information are disclosed. The method at least includes steps of: controlling an LCD unit to be transparent, so that an environmental scene is visible, and an image information is displayed on the LCD unit according to a display instruction; executing a first automatic adjustment procedure. The first automatic adjustment procedure includes steps of: detecting the light intensity of the environment by the light-detecting unit to correspondingly generate a first detection value; comparing the first detection value with a determination range of light intensity by the processor to generate an automatic adjustment instruction according to the operation status of the active light source module; automatically adjusting the operation status of the active light source module according to the automatic adjustment instruction to adjust the brightness of the image information and correspondingly adjust the transparency of the LCD unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventor: Yao-Tsung Chang
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Publication number: 20140028643Abstract: A writing apparatus for performing a writing operation on an electronic paper includes a writing controller and a pixel array writing unit. The writing controller includes a data driving unit for providing a plurality of data signals, and a scan driving unit for providing a plurality of scan signals. The pixel array writing unit is coupled electrically to the data driving unit and the scan driving unit, and is adapted to be disposed to confront a first planar side of the electronic paper for performing the writing operation on the electronic paper as controlled by the writing controller, where the data signals are written into the electronic paper with reference to the scan signals so as to enable the electronic paper to display a corresponding image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventor: Yao-Tsung CHANG
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Publication number: 20130309061Abstract: A fan control system and a fan controlling method thereof are disclosed. The fan control system is used to an electronic apparatus for controlling an air pump fan device. The fan controlling method includes following steps: setting a plurality of vibrating working periods of the air pump fan device; setting a plurality of vibrating frequencies of the air pump fan device, wherein each vibrating frequency has a different vibrating frequency value; detecting a temperature of the electronic apparatus; determining whether the temperature of the electronic apparatus exceeding a first setting temperature; and if yes, controlling the air pump fan device to vibrate according to the plurality of vibrating frequencies during the plurality of vibrating working periods, wherein adjacent vibrating working periods of the plurality of vibrating working periods correspond to different vibrating frequency values.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Yao-Tsung CHANG, Ming-Chih CHEN, Al-Tsung LI, Wei-Cheng CHOU