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).

  • Patent number: 7841236
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhi-Wei Lian, Chin-Lin Hsieh
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7839386
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Chih-Kai Chiu, Shun-Nan Lou, 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: 20080111790
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Zhi-Wei Lian, Chih-Kai Chiu, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
  • Publication number: 20070190506
    Abstract: 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 a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Sheng-Wen Jeng, Zhi-Wei Lian, Shun-Nan Liou, Ming-Jye Tsai
  • 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: 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: 20070131029
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhi-Wei Lian, Chin-Lin Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20070129152
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shyang-Jye Chang, Shun-Nan Liou, Zhi-Wei Lian