Patents by Inventor Yuan Peng

Yuan Peng 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: 11496660
    Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a depth map calculation method thereof are provided. The dual sensor imaging system includes at least one color sensor, at least one infrared ray (IR) sensor, a storage device, and a processor. The processor is configured to load and execute a computer program stored in the storage device to: control the color sensor and the IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions suitable for an imaging scene, adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that are comparable to each other from the color images and the IR images; and calculate a depth map of the imaging scene by using the selected color image and IR image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Peng, Shu-Chun Cheng, Hsu-Lien Huang, Yun-Chin Li, Kuo-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 11496694
    Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and an imaging method thereof are provided. The dual sensor imaging system includes at least one color sensor, at least one infrared ray (IR) sensor, a storage device, and a processor. The processor is configured to load and execute a computer program stored in the storage device to: identify an imaging scene of the dual sensor imaging system; control the color sensor and the IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions suitable for the imaging scene; adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that can reveal details of the imaging scene; and fuse the selected color image and IR image to generate a scene image with details of the imaging scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Peng, Shu-Chun Cheng, Hsu-Lien Huang, Yun-Chin Li, Kuo-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 11466726
    Abstract: A hinge is provided. The hinge includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a shaft, a first elastic element, and a second elastic element. The second plate is connected to the first plate. The third plate is disposed on the second plate. The shaft is connected to the first plate and the second plate. The first elastic element surrounds the shaft. The second elastic element is connected to the second plate and the third plate. The second plate is rotatable around the shaft via the first elastic element. The second plate is movable relative to the third plate via the second elastic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Yuan-Peng Yu, Ming-Hsueh Tsai, Lieh-Hung Liao, Kun-Hui Chung
  • Patent number: 11418719
    Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a calibration method thereof are provided. The dual sensor imaging system includes at least one color sensor, at least one infrared ray (IR) sensor, a storage device, and a processor. The processor is configured to load and execute a computer program stored in the storage device to: control the color sensor and the IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images of an imaging scene by adopting multiple capturing conditions; calculate multiple color image parameters of the color image captured under each capturing condition and multiple IR image parameters of the IR image captured under each capturing condition to be used to calculate a difference between a brightness of the color image and a brightness of the IR image; and determine an exposure setting suitable for the color sensor and the IR sensor according to the calculated difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Peng, Shu-Chun Cheng, Hsu-Lien Huang, Yun-Chin Li, Kuo-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 11412318
    Abstract: The application discloses a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) device, and the VR HMD is worn on a head of a user, and includes a body and a fixing assembly. The fixing assembly includes a support arm set, two pivot pieces and two audio elements. The support arm set has a first end portion and a second end portion respectively located on two opposite sides of the body. The two pivot pieces are respectively connected to the first end portion and the second end portion, and are respectively pivotally connected to the two opposite sides of the body. The two audio elements are respectively disposed between the first end portion and one of the two pivot pieces and between the second end portion and another of the two pivot pieces. Each of the two audio elements has a sound guide hole facing an ear of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Yuan Peng, Chieh-Chun Kang
  • Patent number: 11317487
    Abstract: A driving device is provided. The driving device includes a signal processing circuit and a driving circuit. The signal processing circuit is configured to generate a current input signal according to a target current signal. The driving circuit is configured to receive the current input signal and generate a current output signal according to the current input signal to drive a light emitting element. In a first time interval, the current input signal gradually rises from a first current value to a target current value in a continuous or segmented manner according to a rising slope. Further, a control method of the driving device and a lighting system including the driving device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Hsin Chang, Shun-Tai Chen, Chung-Lin Ke, Yi-Yuan Peng
  • Patent number: 11262595
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a frame, two feet, and two pivoting modules. Each of the pivoting modules includes a first bracket fixedly connected to the frame, and a second bracket fixedly connected to one of the feet and pivotally coupled to the first bracket. The second bracket includes a positioning member and an inserting member. The positioning member is located in the first bracket, and the positioning member includes a plurality of slots. The inserting member is switchably inserted into one of the slots for adjusting a maximum outreaching volume from the frame to the feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Yuan-Peng Yu, Hung-Chieh Wu, Chang-En Tsai, Yu-Chun Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220056946
    Abstract: A hinge is provided. The hinge includes a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a shaft, a first elastic element, and a second elastic element. The second plate is connected to the first plate. The third plate is disposed on the second plate. The shaft is connected to the first plate and the second plate. The first elastic element surrounds the shaft. The second elastic element is connected to the second plate and the third plate. The second plate is rotatable around the shaft via the first elastic element. The second plate is movable relative to the third plate via the second elastic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Lung CHEN, Yuan-Peng YU, Ming-Hsueh TSAI, Lieh-Hung LIAO, Kun-Hui CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11259229
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic device. The electronic device can include transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry. The transceiver circuitry can be configured to receive signals from wireless service provider networks. The processing circuitry can be configured to detect, from the signals, a high speed rail (HSR) signature of one of the wireless service provider networks. The HSR signature can indicate that the one of the wireless service provider networks is a first network for a high speed rail usage. The processing circuitry can also be configured to determine a mobility of the electronic device based on the signals in a time duration. Further, the processing circuitry can be configured to selectively camp on a first cell of the first network based on the mobility of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhang, Yen-Chen Chen, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yih-Shen Chen, Chi-Yuan Peng
  • Patent number: 11249515
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a display assembly, a rotating assembly, and a fixed assembly. The rotating assembly is connected to the display assembly and includes a motor holder, a motor and a first connecting element. The motor is disposed on the motor holder. The first connecting element has a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion, wherein the first connecting element receives a part of the motor and the second connecting element receives a part of the motor holder. The fixed assembly is connected to the rotating assembly. The rotating assembly rotates the display assembly relative to the fixed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Yuan-Peng Yu, Chun-Wen Wang, Chia-Hsing Shih, Hung-Chieh Wu, Chang-En Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210386123
    Abstract: An electronic-cigarette cartridge and an electronic cigarette are provided. The electronic-cigarette cartridge includes: a first contact point and a second contact point which are connected to a base part of an electronic cigarette, wherein the first contact point is configured to connect a control signal, and the second contact point is configured to input a reference voltage signal; an authentication module, wherein one end of the authentication module is connected to the first contact point, another end is connected to the second contact point, and is configured to interact with the base part of the electronic cigarette to conduct anti-counterfeiting authentication; and a heating module which is connected in parallel with the authentication module and is configured to performing heating after the anti-counterfeiting authentication is passed; wherein a working frequency of the authentication module is at least 10 times that of the heating module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Company Limited
    Inventors: Gang ZHANG, Yaohai SONG, Zhihua SHEN, Yixin SHI, Yuan PENG, Tingsong LUO
  • Patent number: 11172718
    Abstract: A wearable display device includes a wearing device, a linking-lever set, a bracket and an optical imaging device. The linking-lever set includes a first rod and a second rod, and the first rod is pivotally connected to the wearing device and the second rod, respectively. The bracket is fixedly connected to the optical imaging device, and is pivotally connected to the second rod of the at least one linking-lever set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Yuan-Peng Yu, Wei-Jen Chang, Hung-Chieh Wu
  • Publication number: 20210337288
    Abstract: The application discloses a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) device, and the VR HMD is worn on a head of a user, and includes a body and a fixing assembly. The fixing assembly includes a support arm set, two pivot pieces and two audio elements. The support arm set has a first end portion and a second end portion respectively located on two opposite sides of the body. The two pivot pieces are respectively connected to the first end portion and the second end portion, and are respectively pivotally connected to the two opposite sides of the body. The two audio elements are respectively disposed between the first end portion and one of the two pivot pieces and between the second end portion and another of the two pivot pieces. Each of the two audio elements has a sound guide hole facing an ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: TE-YUAN PENG, CHIEH-CHUN KANG
  • Publication number: 20210292413
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel monoclonal antibody exhibiting binding affinity to Siglec-3 receptor. According to the embodiment, the monoclonal antibody is capable of reversing HBV-induced immunosuppression. Accordingly, also disclosed herein are the uses thereof in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Shie-Liang HSIEH, Tsung-Yu TSAI, An-Suei YANG, Chung-Ming YU, Cheng-Yuan PENG
  • Patent number: 11110433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-doped tin oxide which has a BET surface area of at least 30 m 2/g, and comprises at least one metal dopant which is Sb, Nb, Ta, Bi, W, or In, or any mixture thereof, wherein the metal dopant is present in an amount of from 2.5 at % to 25 at %, based on the total amount of tin and metal dopant atoms, and is in a mixed valence state containing atoms of oxidation state OS1 and atoms of oxidation state OS2, wherein the oxidation state OS1 is >0 and the oxidation state OS2 is >OS1 and the atomic ratio of the atoms of OS2 to the atoms of OS1 is from 1.5 to 12.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Xu Yuan Peng, Rosalba Adriana Ricon-Ovalles, Shyam Sundar Venkataraman, Domnik Bayer, Andreas Haas
  • Publication number: 20210255663
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a display assembly, a rotating assembly, and a fixed assembly. The rotating assembly is connected to the display assembly and includes a motor holder, a motor and a first connecting element. The motor is disposed on the motor holder. The first connecting element has a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion, wherein the first connecting element receives a part of the motor and the second connecting element receives a part of the motor holder. The fixed assembly is connected to the rotating assembly. The rotating assembly rotates the display assembly relative to the fixed assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Lung CHEN, Yuan-Peng YU, Chun-Wen WANG, Chia-Hsing SHIH, Hung-Chieh WU, Chang-En TSAI
  • Publication number: 20210243344
    Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a depth map calculation method thereof are provided. The dual sensor imaging system includes at least one color sensor, at least one infrared ray (IR) sensor, a storage device, and a processor. The processor is configured to load and execute a computer program stored in the storage device to: control the color sensor and the IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions suitable for an imaging scene, adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that are comparable to each other from the color images and the IR images; and calculate a depth map of the imaging scene by using the selected color image and IR image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Peng, Shu-Chun Cheng, Hsu-Lien Huang, Yun-Chin Li, Kuo-Ming Lai
  • Publication number: 20210217153
    Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and an imaging method thereof are provided. The method includes: identifying an imaging scene; controlling a color sensor and an IR sensor to respectively capture color images and IR images by adopting capturing conditions suitable for the imaging scene; calculating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) difference between each color image and the IR images, and a luminance mean value of each color image; selecting the color image and IR image captured under capturing conditions of having the SNR difference less than an SNR threshold and the luminance mean value greater than a luminance threshold to execute a feature domain transformation to extract partial details of the imaging scene; and fusing the selected color image and IR image to adjust the partial details of the color image according to a guidance of the partial details of the IR image to obtain a scene image with full details.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Peng, Shu-Chun Cheng, Hsu-Lien Huang, Yun-Chin Li, Kuo-Ming Lai
  • Publication number: 20210218871
    Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a privacy protection imaging method thereof are provided. The system is configured to control at least one color sensor and at least one IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions adapted for an imaging scene, adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that can reveal details of the imaging scene, detect a feature area with features of a target of interest in the color image, and fuse the color image and the IR image to generate a fusion image with the details of the imaging scene, and crop an image of the feature area of the fusion image to be replaced with an image not belonging to the IR image, so as to generate a scene image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Altek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Peng, Shu-Chun Cheng, Hsu-Lien Huang, Yun-Chin Li, Kuo-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 11044960
    Abstract: A wearable display device includes a wearing device, a fixed frame, a sliding member, a bracket and an optical imaging device. The fixed frame is fixedly connected to the wearing device. The sliding member is slidably coupled to the fixed frame. The bracket is pivotally connected to the sliding member and is interlocked with the sliding member. The optical imaging device is fixedly connected to the bracket for sliding and rotating relative to the fixed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Lung Chen, Yuan-Peng Yu, Wei-Jen Chang, Hung-Chieh Wu