Patents by Inventor Zhi-Wei Lian
Zhi-Wei Lian 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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Patent number: 7841236Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric device, which comprises: a micro inertial sensing module, for detecting a motion of the electric device with respect to the degree of freedom of six axes and thus issuing a sensing signal basing on the detection; a sensing signal processor, for receiving and processing the sensing signal to form a system processing signal; and a display; wherein the displacements and rotations of the motion detection-enabled electric device is sensed and measured by the micro inertial sensing module for enabling the micro inertial sensing module to generate sensing signals corresponding thereto and thus sending the same to the sensing signal processor for processing, and then the result of the processing is adopted as the input of the motion detection-enabled electric device for causing the motion detection-enabled electric device to response in the display accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhi-Wei Lian, Chin-Lin Hsieh
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Patent number: 7843425Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Zhi-Wei Lian, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
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Patent number: 7839386Abstract: A method of signal processing for a sensitive signal generated from a pointing device, which comprises the steps of acquiring an accelerating signal; forming a filtering signal by a first filtering process to filter the accelerating signal; and processing a second filtering process to form a processed signal. By means of the aforesaid method, an inertia pointing device is disclosed in the present invention, which is capable of processing an accelerating signal generated from the movement of the pointing device operated by the user, and transmitting the processed signal to an electrical device. The electrical device is capable of generating a corresponding displacement for moving a cursor on the display or action for controlling an object according to the processed signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Chih-Kai Chiu, Shun-Nan Lou, Ming-Jye Tsai
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Patent number: 7426878Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Ying-Ko Lu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
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Publication number: 20080111790Abstract: A method of signal processing for a sensitive signal generated from a pointing device, which comprises the steps of acquiring an accelerating signal; forming a filtering signal by a first filtering process to filter the accelerating signal; and processing a second filtering process to form a processed signal. By means of the aforesaid method, an inertia pointing device is disclosed in the present invention, which is capable of processing an accelerating signal generated from the movement of the pointing device operated by the user, and transmitting the processed signal to an electrical device. The electrical device is capable of generating a corresponding displacement for moving a cursor on the display or action for controlling an object according to the processed signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Chih-Kai Chiu, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
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Publication number: 20070190506Abstract: The present invention relates to an online interactive multimedia system and the transmission method, that the interactive system is adapted to be applied by users of a plurality of remote ends for enabling users at his/her remote end to interact with each other in an online fashion, and each remote end comprises: a at least a micro inertial sensing module, a micro processing device, an audio/video device, a network device, and a displaying device; wherein each micro inertial sensing module is capable of detecting and measuring motions of a user operating the remote end so as to generate gesture signals accordingly; the micro processing device is used for receiving/transmitting and processing audio/video as well as the gesture signals from/to other remote ends in an online fashion, while using the processed signals to control a software arranged in the online interactive multimedia system for enabling the displaying device to display images accordingly; the audio/video device is used for providing real-time aType: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Sheng-Wen Jeng, Zhi-Wei Lian, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
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Publication number: 20070139370Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Ying-Ko Lu, Zhi-Wei Lian, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
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Publication number: 20070137301Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Ying-Ko Lu, Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou
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Publication number: 20070131029Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric device, which comprises: a micro inertial sensing module, for detecting a motion of the electric device with respect to the degree of freedom of six axes and thus issuing a sensing signal basing on the detection; a sensing signal processor, for receiving and processing the sensing signal to form a system processing signal; and a display; wherein the displacements and rotations of the motion detection-enabled electric device is sensed and measured by the micro inertial sensing module for enabling the micro inertial sensing module to generate sensing signals corresponding thereto and thus sending the same to the sensing signal processor for processing, and then the result of the processing is adopted as the input of the motion detection-enabled electric device for causing the motion detection-enabled electric device to response in the display accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhi-Wei Lian, Chin-Lin Hsieh
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Publication number: 20070129152Abstract: An input device and method for shooting games, which comprises at least an inertial sensing module, for detecting the aiming gesture of an user and issuing a gesture signal according to the detection; a switch unit, capable of issuing an on/off signal for simulating a shooting; a signal processing unit, capable of receiving the gesture signal and the on/off signal and converting those received signals into a target control signal and other control signals in respective; and a wireless transmission module; wherein, the target control signal and other control signals are transmitted to an electronic device interactive to the input device for controlling the aiming and shooting of a target displayed on the interactive electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2006Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shyang-Jye Chang, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhi-Wei Lian