Patents by Inventor Yun-Cheng Liu

Yun-Cheng Liu 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).

  • Publication number: 20150048236
    Abstract: An outer-hanging touch apparatus is hanged on a display apparatus. The display apparatus has a front surface, a top surface, and a rear surface. The outer-hanging touch apparatus includes a touch module and a hanging assembly. The hanging assembly includes a hanging member, an adjusting member, and a driving member. The hanging member is fixed to the touch module and extends to the rear surface. The hanging member includes a guiding structure. The adjusting member is slidably engaged with the guiding structure. The adjusting member abuts against a junction between the top and rear surfaces. The driving member is engaged with the hanging member and the adjusting member for moving the adjusting member relative to the hanging member. When the adjusting member moves toward or away from the touch module along the guiding structure, the hanging member correspondingly moves away from or toward the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng LIU, Wan-Chi LIN, Bo-Chun HSU
  • Publication number: 20150035799
    Abstract: An optical touchscreen includes a transparent panel, a plurality of optical modules, and at least one retro-reflector. The transparent panel includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a plurality of corners, and a plurality of edges. The optical modules are respectively disposed on the corners, and each optical module includes an incident-light unit and a sensor. The incident-light unit is used for emitting an incident light, so that the incident light enters and passes through the transparent panel via total reflection between the first surface and the second surface. The sensor is disposed on one side of the incident-light unit. The retro-reflector is disposed on the edges, and the retro-reflector is used to reflect the incident light, so that the incident light is reflected by the retro-reflector, and the reflected incident light goes in a reversed path within the transparent panel and is captured by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Hung LIN, Yun-Cheng LIU
  • Patent number: 8866882
    Abstract: In a display system, the invention provides a stereoscopic image format transformation method being used for transforming a non-interlace format of a stereoscopic image into an interlace format. When an aspect ratio of the stereoscopic image is not equal to an aspect ratio of a panel, the stereoscopic image format transformation method of the invention is used for interlacing a left-eye image data and a right-eye image data of the stereoscopic image according to a format of the stereoscopic image, the aspect ratio of the panel, and the aspect ratio of the stereoscopic image, to form a completely interlaced stereoscopic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Yao-Shun Tseng
  • Publication number: 20140152569
    Abstract: An input device applied on an electronic device including a keyboard, an image-detection module, and a processing device. There is a selection-operating area, a gesture-operating area, and a key-in area above the keyboard. The image-detection module is embedded in the keyboard for detecting the location of the user's hand. The processing device informs the electronic device to operate in either the selection-operating mode, the gesture-operating mode, or the key-in mode, according to the location of the hand as detected by the image detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Chien-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140078060
    Abstract: An input device is equipped with a cursor pointing unit including a mechanical control stick and an optical sensor. The optical sensor is mounted on the mechanical control stick and has a contact surface for sensing object motion thereon. A cursor signal is generated when the mechanical control stick is inclined by an exerted pressure. When the mechanical control stick is not inclined, a position frame of the object on the contact surface is retrieved as a reference frame. A real-time position frame of the object is retrieved when the object remains on the contact surface. A speed of the object is calculated according to the reference frame and the real-time position frame. When the speed does not exceed a threshold, a cursor position move is generated according to the speed; and when the speed exceeds the threshold, a switch signal is generated to initiate a gesture controlling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yun-Cheng Liu, Kuan-Chun Hsieh, Chien-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140062890
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes an operation surface. One long side of the operation surface is referred to as a proximal side, which nears a user operating the keyboard device; and the other long side is referred to as a distal side. A key unit is positioned on the proximal side, wherein the key unit includes a plurality of keys. A camera module is positioned on the distal side. An angle between a border of a field of view of the light sensor and the operation surface is set at a particular angle thus user's hand lays outside the field of view of the light sensor when the user is manipulating the key unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yun-Cheng Liu, Chien-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20130249865
    Abstract: An optical touch control system is disclosed. A reflector surrounds a monitor. At least one image detection module is adjacent to the monitor and includes an image sensor, a reflective mirror, and a light source. The image sensor is electrically connected to an image processor. The reflective mirror is disposed on the image sensor and inclines to the image sensor by a predetermined angle. The light source outputs light onto the monitor. The reflective mirror reflects the light reflected by the reflector to the image sensor, identifying a touch control operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng LIU, Chien-Hung LIN
  • Publication number: 20130241882
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical touch system for detecting a position of a touch object on a touch area, including an active light source for lightening the touch area, a camera having two lenses and an image sensor to capture two images of the touch object on the image sensor through the two lens, and a processor for calculating the position of the touch object according to the two images of the touch object on the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yun-Cheng Liu, Chien-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20130241883
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical touch system, including a camera having a lens and an image sensor to capture an image of a touch object on the image sensor through the lens, an active light source for lighting the touch object, and a processor for determining the distance between the touch object and the camera according to the size of the image or the brightness of the image on the image sensor, determining the direction of the touch object according to the position of the image on the image sensor, and calculating the position of the touch object
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yun-Cheng Liu, Chien-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 8493341
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical touch display device. The optical touch display device comprises a display module, a first image capturing module, a second image capturing module and a processing module. The display module generates N touch points according to a touch gesture, the touch gesture has a specific moving model, and N is a positive integer. The first image capturing module retrieves a first image relating to N touch points. The second image capturing module retrieves a second image relating to N touch points. The processing module determines correspondingly a specific touch chord of N touch points according to the first image and the second image, and determines correspondingly a specific function of the touch gesture according to the specific touch chord and the specific moving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Huang, Ching-Chun Chiang, Yun-Cheng Liu, Chiou-Tzung Liou, Ting-Hsuan Chang
  • Patent number: 8390567
    Abstract: A coordinate determining system is disclosed. The coordinate determining system comprises an image capturing module, a dividing module, a determining module, and a converting module. The image capturing module is used for capturing a plurality of images corresponding to the screen. The dividing module is used for dividing an overlapping image region of the images into a target image comprising a plurality of sub-regions. The determining module is used for determining a position of the indicating point on the target image. If the indicating point is in a target sub-region among the sub-regions and has an image coordinate relative to an original of the target sub-region, the converting module will convert the image coordinate into the screen coordinate according to a proportional parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: I-Ming Huang, Chin-Kang Chang, Ching-Chun Chiang, Hsin-Hung Lee, Yun-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8275191
    Abstract: The invention provides an image processing apparatus for generating coordination calibration points. The image processing apparatus includes a subtracting module, an edge detection module and an intersection point generation module. The subtracting module subtracts a first image from a second image to generate a first subtracted image, and subtracts the first image from a third image to generate a second subtracted image. The edge detection module performs an edge detection process for the first subtracted image to generate a first edge image, and performs the edge detection process for the second subtracted image to generate a second edge image, wherein the first edge image includes a first edge and the second edge image includes a second edge. The intersection point generation module generates, according to the first and second edges, an intersection point pixel, serving as the coordination calibration point corresponding to the first edge and the second edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Huang, Ching-Chun Chiang, Yun-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8243047
    Abstract: A calibrating apparatus for an image processing apparatus is disclosed. The calibrating apparatus comprises a first operating module and a second operating module. The first operating module determines a third indicating point and a fourth indicating point according to a first indicating point, a second indicating point, and a specific point, and determines a calibration point (i.e. the predetermined position of a sensor) according to a first line through the first indicating point and third indicating point and a second line through the second indicating point and fourth indicating point. The second operating module forms reference lines according to reference points and the calibration point, forms reference angles according to the reference lines and a parallel line, generates reference coordinates of the reference points in an image and generates a calibration function according to the reference coordinates of the reference points and the reference angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Chun Chiang, Yi-Ming Huang, Yun-Cheng Liu, Chin-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 8149215
    Abstract: The invention discloses a cursor control method applied to a presentation system. The presentation system comprises a computer, an imaging plane, an optical pointer, a camera, and a projector. The projector is a mobile or built-in projector of the computer for projecting output from the computer onto the imaging plane, wherein the output of the computer comprises an internal cursor generated by the computer. The optical pointer is used for projecting an external cursor onto the imaging plane. The camera is a mobile or built-in camera of the computer for capturing an image of the imaging plane. After capturing the image, a processor of the computer detects both a first position of the external cursor and a second position of the internal cursor corresponding to the image, calculates a shift vector between the first and second positions, and moves the internal cursor based on the shift vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chee-Chun Leung, Yun-Cheng Liu, Ching-Chun Chiang, Maw-Lin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120075217
    Abstract: An object sensing device includes a display panel, a first image sensing unit, a vibration sensing unit and a control unit. The first image sensing unit is disposed at a periphery of the display panel. The first image sensing unit has a first sensing area related to the display panel. The vibration sensing unit is disposed at the periphery of the display panel. The control unit is electrically connected to the display panel, the first image sensing unit and the vibration sensing unit. When the first image sensing unit senses an object in the first sensing area and the vibration sensing unit senses a vibration acted by the object on the display panel, the control unit controls the display panel to execute a predetermined function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Chung-Sheng Wu
  • Patent number: 8120648
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for displaying a stereoscopic image, wherein the stereoscopic image includes a first-eye image and a second-eye image. The method is to firstly calculate a shift of the first-eye image with respect to the second-eye image. Then, the method moves the first-eye image for a length of a shift. Afterward, the method outputs the moved first-eye image and the second-eye image to display the stereoscopic image. Thereby, the parallax of the stereoscopic image is adjusted, so as to enhance the synthesizing effect of the stereoscopic image created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Tung-Lin Hsieh, Ching-Chun Chiang
  • Patent number: 7948479
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for distinguishing multiple touch points. The system comprises a panel, a first image capturing unit, a second image capturing unit, at least one third image capturing unit, and a processing unit. N touch points are indicated on the panel. A first image and a second image related to the N touch points are captured by the first image capturing unit and the second image capturing unit. At least one third image related to the N touch points is captured by the at least one third image capturing unit. N sets of coordinates corresponding to the N touch points are calculated by the processing unit according to the first image and the second image. And, a set of real coordinates corresponding to the N touch points is determined from the N sets of coordinates according to the at least one third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Chin-Kang Chang, Ching-Chun Chiang
  • Publication number: 20110102375
    Abstract: An optical touch module includes a display panel, an optical sensor and a light emitting unit. The optical sensor is disposed on a corner of the display panel. The light emitting unit is disposed on the optical sensor and includes a light emitting member and a compensating member. The light emitting member emits light with a first light strength along a first direction and light with a second light strength along a second direction, wherein the first light strength is greater than the second light strength. The compensating member is disposed on a side of the light emitting member. After the lights pass through the compensating member, the second light strength is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng Liu, Chien-Hung Lin, Bo-Yi Wu, Chen-Kuan Lin, Kuan-Chun Hsieh, Yi-Chien Lin
  • Publication number: 20100207910
    Abstract: The invention discloses an optical sensing screen for selectively sensing an object and a light pen. A first photo-emitter is disposed in a light pen for emitting a first light. The optical sensing screen includes a panel, an illuminating device, at least two first photo-sensing devices, and a processor. The illuminating device is used to form a background light source. The first photo-sensing devices are used to detect the first light and the background light source. The processor is capable of calculating the coordinate of the object according to the interdicted background light source. When any of the first photo-sensing devices detects the light pen, the processor will drive the illuminating device not to form the background light source and to calculate the coordinate of the first photo-emitter according to the detected first light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Cheng LIU, Ching-Chun CHIANG, Bo-Yi WU
  • Publication number: 20100201639
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical touch display device. The optical touch display device comprises a display module, a first image capturing module, a second image capturing module and a processing module. The display module generates N touch points according to a touch gesture, the touch gesture has a specific moving model, and N is a positive integer. The first image capturing module retrieves a first image relating to N touch points. The second image capturing module retrieves a second image relating to N touch points. The processing module determines correspondingly a specific touch chord of N touch points according to the first image and the second image, and determines correspondingly a specific function of the touch gesture according to the specific touch chord and the specific moving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Huang, Ching-Chun Chiang, Yun-Cheng Liu, Chiou-Tzung Liou, Ting-Hsuan Chang