Patents by Inventor Ying Ko

Ying Ko 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: 8120575
    Abstract: An interactive pointing device having pointing function in space and game control is provided in the present invention. The interactive pointing device comprises an accelerometer module and a gyroscope device. The accelerometer module functions as sensing the movement of the operator and generates at least one axis of accelerating signal corresponding to the sensed movement. The gyroscope device disposed on a turning mechanism functions as sensing rotation status of the interactive pointing device about at least one axis and generate a corresponding rotating signal. The turning mechanism can be operated to adjust the axis of the gyroscope device so that the gyroscope device is capable of sensing rotation status about different axes. The at least one accelerating signal and the rotating signal are then processed for controlling cursor movement of the electrical device and interacting with multimedia gaming programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shih-Ching Huang, Ying-Ko Lu, Chin-Lin Hsieh, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
  • Publication number: 20110285623
    Abstract: A motion sensing system includes a hand-held device and a receiver device. The hand-held device includes a microcontroller, a G-sensor (one 3-axis accelerometer), only one 2-axis gyroscope, and a wireless transmitter. The receiver device is preferably a dongle and includes a microcontroller and a wireless receiver. A first axis of the 2-axis gyroscope is parallel to the Z axis of the hand-held device and the second axis of the 2-axis gyroscope forms an acute angle ? with the X axis of the hand-held device. The acute angle ? allows the microcontroller of the receiver device to calculate rotational data around each of the three axis of the hand-held device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: CYWEE GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhou Ye, Shun-Nan Liou, Ying-Ko Lu, Ching-Lin Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110271018
    Abstract: A method for producing a mapping tool, a video game system for a stand-alone computer having the mapping tool and operation method thereof is disclosed. The mapping tool is created by means of linking a remote motion signal generated from a remote device which is operated by user with an input source signal from a conventional input source motion mapping table. User may operate the video game system for the stand-alone computer through the mapping tool. The present invention employs the mapping tool to replace conventional input source motion mapping table, thereby providing natural ergonomic and consistent usage of existing PC games or games for stand-alone computer having the input source motion mapping table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Zhou Ye, Shun-Nan Liou, Ying-Ko Lu, Ching-Lin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8041860
    Abstract: A method for producing a mapping tool, a PC game having the mapping tool and operation method therefore is disclosed. The mapping tool is created by means of linking a remote motion signal generated from a remote device which is operated by user with a keyboard signal from the inside of the conventional keyboard mapping table. User may operate the PC game through the mapping tool. The present invention employs the said mapping tool to replace the conventional keyboard motion mapping table, thereby achieving the objectives of providing natural ergonomic and consistently using the existing PC game having the keyboard motion mapping table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: CyWee Group Limited
    Inventors: Zhou Ye, Shun-Nan Liou, Ying-Ko Lu, Ching-Lin Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110248915
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a motion library, adapted to a service end device to provide a customized motion library supporting recognition of at least one motion pattern for a user end device. At least one sensing component disposed on the user end device is determined. At least one motion group is determined according to the determined sensing components, wherein each motion group comprises at least one motion pattern. The at least one motion pattern is selected and a motion database to is queried to display a list of the motion groups corresponding to the selected motion patterns and the motion groups are selected from the list. The motion patterns belonging to the motion groups are selected to re-compile the customized motion library, which is provided for the user end device, so as to enable the user end device to recognize the selected motion patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: CYWEE GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhou Ye, Chin-Lung Li
  • Publication number: 20110157231
    Abstract: An electronic control apparatus including motion sensors is integrated in a portable electronic device to responsively control a media content stored in the portable electronic device, in response to motion sensor signals to flip, zoom, displace images/pages of the media content displayed on a display field of a display thereof. Accordingly, a responsive control method includes the steps of: presetting a first threshold angle; sensing an first rotation angle of the portable electronic device to send out a first rotation sensing signal as a rotation of a yaw, pitch or roll of a portable electronic device detected by a sensing module including motion sensors; and receiving the first rotation sensing signal to calculate and determine whether the first rotation angle is greater than the first threshold angle to responsively control a media content stored in an electronic control apparatus be flipped, zoomed or displaced when the first rotation angle is greater than the first threshold angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: ZHOU YE, SHAN-NAN LIOU, YING-KO LU, WEN-HAO CHANG, TIGRAN TADEVOSYAN
  • Publication number: 20110012827
    Abstract: A motion mapping system includes a motion sensing device and a receiving device. The motion sensing device may include an accelerometer, a rotational sensor, a microcontroller, and an RF transmitter. The microcontroller may output processed motion data to the receiving device. The receiving device may include an RF receiver, a microprocessor, and a Universal Serial Bus interface for connection to a computer. The receiving device's microprocessor may output the processed motion data to motion mapping software. The motion mapping software may map the motion data to a corresponding predetermined input event defined by the motion mapping software and transmit a control signal back to the receiving device's microprocessor indicating the corresponding predetermined input event. Upon reception of the control signal from the mapping software, the receiving device's microprocessor may generate a hardware input event according to the control signal and transmits the generated hardware input event back to the computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Zhou Ye, Shun-Nan Liou, Ying-Ko Lu, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Pai-Sung Chen
  • Patent number: 7843425
    Abstract: A motion recognition system and method for controlling electronic devices are disclosed, in which at least a micro inertial sensor, each being arranged at a specific location of a human body, is used to detect and measure a motion of the body so as to correspondently obtain a plurality of gesture parameters, such as angular velocity and acceleration, etc., and then the detected parameters are analyzed and converted into an input gesture sequence by a specific algorithm to be compared with a predefined motion information sequence so as to enable any of the controlled electronic devices to perform a specific operation according to the result of the comparison. In addition, a momentum can be obtained by performing a calculation upon the detected gestured parameters with respect to time, which can be used for controlling the interaction of the controlled electric devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Zhi-Wei Lian, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
  • Publication number: 20090058799
    Abstract: An interactive pointing device having pointing function in space and game control is provided in the present invention. The interactive pointing device comprises an accelerometer module and a gyroscope device. The accelerometer module functions as sensing the movement of the operator and generates at least one axis of accelerating signal corresponding to the sensed movement. The gyroscope device disposed on a turning mechanism functions as sensing rotation status of the interactive pointing device about at least one axis and generate a corresponding rotating signal. The turning mechanism can be operated to adjust the axis of the gyroscope device so that the gyroscope device is capable of sensing rotation status about different axes. The at least one accelerating signal and the rotating signal are then processed for controlling cursor movement of the electrical device and interacting with multimedia gaming programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shih-Ching Huang, Ying-Ko Lu, Chin-Lin Hsieh, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
  • Publication number: 20090062005
    Abstract: The present invention provides an architecture of a method, apparatus and system for user adjusting the sensing range and sensitivity dynamically according to various user statuses so as to obtain an appropriate interactive effect regardless of different age group of users. In the present invention, a way of adjusting sensing range according to a switch signal, or a ratio for adjusting magnitude of a processed signal, or changing the threshold of the application program directly are illustrated as embodiments respectively for adjusting the sensing range and sensitivity dynamically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Yi-Chia Hsu, Ching-Hsiang Tu, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
  • Patent number: 7426878
    Abstract: A sensing device for measuring movement along linear/arc path, being adapted to adhere to a body, is capable of determining specific movements of the body, which comprises: at least a two-axis accelerometer, for detecting accelerations measured along a first direction and a second direction and thus issuing a sensing signal corresponding to the detection; a signal processor, for processing the sensing signal received thereby and thus providing a data of acceleration; and a means of measurement, capable of determining and measuring a linear/arc movement of the body with respect to the data of acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Ying-Ko Lu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
  • Publication number: 20070244607
    Abstract: A multifunctional automotive remote control unit includes a housing and a bilateral control circuit positioned within the housing. The housing includes a plurality of operating keys and a LCD display that are electrically coupled to the bilateral control circuit, and one of the operating keys serves as a control key for choosing a desired function. In addition to the circuit required by the automotive remote control unit, the bilateral control circuit further includes a signal-receiving unit for receiving signals transmitted by the tire pressure detector on the tire and then transmitting the received signals to a microprocessor for further processing, thereby displaying the tire pressure value on the LCD display 13 and giving out a warning signal in case of abnormal tire pressure so that a tire pressure displaying and warning unit is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Yueh-Ying Ko
  • Publication number: 20070149282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive gaming method and apparatus with emotion perception ability, by which not only gestures of a user can be detected and used as inputs for controlling a game, but also physiological attributes of the user such as heart beats, galvanic skin response (GSR), etc., can be sensed and used as emotional feedbacks of the game affecting the user. According to the disclosed method, the present invention further provides an interactive gaming apparatus that will interpret the signals detected by the inertial sensing module and the bio sensing module and use the interpretation as a basis for evaluating the movements and emotions of a user immediately, and then the evaluation obtained by the interactive gaming apparatus is sent to the gaming platform to be used as feedbacks for controlling the game to interact with the user accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Cheng-Hung Chang
  • Publication number: 20070137301
    Abstract: A sensing device for measuring movement of linear/arc path, being adapted to adhere to a body, is capable of determining specific movements of the body, which comprises: at least a two-axis accelerometer, for detecting accelerations measured along a first direction and a second direction and thus issuing a sensing signal corresponding to the detection; a signal processor, for processing the sensing signal received thereby and thus providing a data of acceleration; and a means of measurement, capable of determining and measuring a linear/arc movement of the body with respect to the data of acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Ying-Ko Lu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
  • Publication number: 20070139370
    Abstract: A motion recognition system and method for controlling electronic devices are disclosed, in which at least a micro inertial sensor, each being arranged at a specific location of a human body, is used to detect and measure a motion of the body so as to correspondently obtain a plurality of gesture parameters, such as angular velocity and acceleration, etc., and then the detected parameters are analyzed and converted into an input gesture sequence by a specific algorithm to be compared with a predefined motion information sequence so as to enable any of the controlled electronic devices to perform a specific operation according to the result of the comparison. In addition, a momentum can be obtained by performing a calculation upon the detected gestured parameters with respect to time, which can be used for controlling the interaction of the controlled electric devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Zhi-Wei Lian, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
  • Publication number: 20070131031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless inertial input device of low power consumption. The wireless inertial input device uses an inertial sensing cell, being arranged therein, to generate a sensing signal to be received and processed by a processor for enabling the processor to generate a response signal to be applied by an electric device, whereas the inertial sensing cell is communicating with the processor wirelessly as the processor is not physically connected to the inertial sensing cell and is electrically connected to the electric device. By separating the high power consuming processor from the wireless inertial input device as the sensing signal generated by the inertial sensing cell arranged inside the wireless inertial input device is transmitted wirelessly to the processor to be processed, the power consumption of the wireless inertial input device is reduced and thus the duration of batteries used thereby can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Chieh-Shiung Chang, Ying-Ko Lu
  • Publication number: 20070104189
    Abstract: A network system includes a client device (10), a central office (50), and a network device (30) connected to the client and the central office. The network device includes a first control card (300), a second control card (400), and a plurality of line cards (100) connected to the first control card, the second control card, and the client. Connections between the first control card and one part of the line cards are designated as primary connections, and connections between the second control card and the same part of the line cards are designated as redundant connections. Meanwhile, connections between the second control card and a remaining part of the line cards are designated as primary connections, and connections between the first control card and the remaining part of the line cards are designated as redundant connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUAN-CHENG HSU, KAI-YING KO
  • Patent number: 7198800
    Abstract: Non-aerosol spray-on skin patch compositions as described comprising at least one substantially water insoluble film forming agent, at least one film plasticizer agent, at least one water soluble compound, and at least one organic solvent, the composition forming a flexible, porous and physiologically compatible skin patch when sprayed on to skin and allowed to dry. Also described are methods of improving wound healing by administering a physiologically active ingredient to a patient in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Sai Ying Ko
  • Publication number: 20060256076
    Abstract: An interactive system with movement sensing capability, comprising: an inertial sensing unit disposed on a movable object so as to sense a movement of the movable object and generate a corresponding signal; a control unit connected to the inertial sensing unit so as to transmit the signal; and a multi-media unit receiving the signal so as to display a corresponding first image and a second image interacted with the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai, Yu-Hung Cheng, Ying-Ko Lu, Hsiang-Yu Huang, Yung-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20060125613
    Abstract: A tire pressure detector and alarm system is disclosed to include a battery-operated tire pressure detector installed in the air valve of a vehicle wheel and controlled by a control switch formed of a metal probe and a diaphragm held metal conductor member for providing a radio alarm signal when tire pressure low, a locking device installed in the air valve of the vehicle wheel to lock the tire pressure detector to the air valve, and a receiver and alarm unit directly connectable to the socket for cigarette lighter for receiving radio alarm signal from the tire pressure detector and display the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Yueh-Ying Ko