Patents by Inventor Yen-Chen Chiu

Yen-Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 9846226
    Abstract: A motion detection device is provided. The motion detection device includes a first antenna, a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase detector and a signal processing unit. The first antenna receives a first signal generated by a second signal reflected by a target object, so as to output the first signal to the phase detector or the voltage-controlled oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator receives first signal or the second signal and receives a frequency adjustment signal, so as to generate an oscillating signal according to the frequency adjustment signal and the one of the first signal and the second signal. The phase detector receives the oscillating signal and another one of the first signal and the second signal, and generates a first phase output signal and a second phase output signal. The signal processing unit estimates motion parameters of the target object according to the first and the second phase output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: National Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Yen-Chen Chiu
  • Publication number: 20160187475
    Abstract: A motion detection device is provided. The motion detection device includes a first antenna, a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase detector and a signal processing unit. The first antenna receives a first signal generated by a second signal reflected by a target object, so as to output the first signal to the phase detector or the voltage-controlled oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator receives first signal or the second signal and receives a frequency adjustment signal, so as to generate an oscillating signal according to the frequency adjustment signal and the one of the first signal and the second signal. The phase detector receives the oscillating signal and another one of the first signal and the second signal, and generates a first phase output signal and a second phase output signal. The signal processing unit estimates motion parameters of the target object according to the first and the second phase output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Yen-Chen Chiu
  • Patent number: 8462127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch screen and a method for positioning a coordinate. The touch screen includes a sensor array layer and a microprocessor. The sensor array layer includes M×N capacitive sensors, wherein M rows of the capacitive sensors are disposed along a first axis, and N columns of the capacitive sensors are disposed along a second axis. The microprocessor includes a plurality of pins correspondingly coupled to the capacitive sensors. When the touch screen is touched to change at least one of sensing values of the capacitive sensors in the sensor array layer, the microprocessor performs an interpolation calculation to determine a touched coordinate according to the sensing values sensed by the capacitive sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yen-Chen Chiu, Ming Chieh Hsi
  • Patent number: 7720317
    Abstract: Because the back-and-forth movement by hand is slower and more strenuous than the leftward-and-rightward swinging, a handheld image-tracking device, which can be applied to an optical mouse or a handheld scanner, uses a rectangle-shaped sensing array to save area of the sensing array and lower down the production cost for the device by reasonably reducing the back-and-forth sensing area for the sensing array; and, so, an amount and time spent for a data comparison in the device is lessened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chen Chiu, Jin-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20100033449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch screen and a method for positioning a coordinate. The touch screen includes a sensor array layer and a microprocessor. The sensor array layer includes M×N capacitive sensors, wherein M rows of the capacitive sensors are disposed along a first axis, and N columns of the capacitive sensors are disposed along a second axis. The microprocessor includes a plurality of pins correspondingly coupled to the capacitive sensors. When the touch screen is touched to change at least one of sensing values of the capacitive sensors in the sensor array layer, the microprocessor performs an interpolation calculation to determine a touched coordinate according to the sensing values sensed by the capacitive sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yen-Chen CHIU, Ming Chieh Hsi
  • Publication number: 20090160794
    Abstract: A method for scroll control on a window by a touch panel includes detecting the number of objects touching on the touch panel, enabling a scrolling function when the number of the objects is a first predetermined number, and detecting whether at least one of the objects is touching on an edge of the touch panel after the scrolling function is enabled, if at least one of the objects is touching on the edge of the touch panel, automatically performing a corresponding one of a vertical scrolling and a horizontal scrolling toward a positional direction of the edge. The method is more conveniently operative to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Chia-Yi Lee, Yen-Chen Chiu
  • Publication number: 20070029464
    Abstract: Because the back-and-forth movement by hand is slower and more strenuous than the leftward-and-rightward swinging, a handheld image-tracking device, which can be applied to an optical mouse or a handheld scanner, uses a rectangle-shaped sensing array to save area of the sensing array and lower down the production cost for the device by reasonably reducing the back-and-forth sensing area for the sensing array; and, so, an amount and time spent for a data comparison in the device is lessened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yen-Chen Chiu, Jin-Lin Liu