Tzu-Nan Chen
Tzu-Nan Chen, Taiwan CN
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20100264833 | CONTINUOUS CONTROL OF LED LIGHT BEAM POSITION AND FOCUS BASED ON SELECTION AND INTENSITY CONTROL - A lighting system comprising a plurality of light units, wherein said light units are arranged in an array, wherein the light beams of substantially each pair of adjacent light units overlap each other, and wherein the light system comprises a light control means which is arranged to adjust the intensity of each one of said plurality of light units individually, wherein said light control means is further arranged to maintain the total combined luminous flux incident of said plurality of light units on a predefined imaginary flat surface substantially equal when adapting the intensity of the individual light units. | 10-21-2010 |
20110018447 | ULTRASONIC APPARATUS WITH AN ADJUSTABLE HORN - The present invention discloses an ultrasonic apparatus with an adjustable horn. The ultrasonic apparatus comprises a transmission device, a horn and an ultrasonic transceiver device. The horn and the transmission device are geared by a helical gear. The ultrasonic transceiver device is connected to the end of the helical gear. When the transmission device moves the horn to a first position, the ultrasonic transceiver device is applied for on/off control; while the transmission device moves the horn to a second position, the ultrasonic sensor is applied for digital control. | 01-27-2011 |
Tzu-Nan Chen, Taipei TW
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20100244752 | LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM - A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; an ultrasonic receiver arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; wherein said ultrasonic transmitter and/or receiver are mounted on a rotatable carrier, wherein driving means are present to rotate said carrier; and a processing means arranged to send an ultrasonic pulse repeatedly through said transmitter during rotation at a multitude of angular positions of said carrier and to determine after each pulse is sent if said receiver receives a reflected ultrasonic signal with an amplitude exceeding a predetermined threshold within a predetermined period, and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said determination. | 09-30-2010 |
20100259174 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHTING SYSTEM - A control method for use with a lighting system is provided. The lighting system includes a light source and an ultrasonic transceiver. The control method includes steps of: measuring the time of an ultrasonic signal emitted from the ultrasonic transceiver and reflected by the object to reach the ultrasonic sensor to obtain a time of flight; calculating a distance between the object and the ultrasonic transceiver according to the time of flight; defining at least one control region according to the distance; and moving the object to the control region, thereby performing a controlling operation corresponding to the control region and adjusting an optical characteristic. | 10-14-2010 |
20100264830 | LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM - A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; a plurality of ultrasonic transmitters arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; a plurality of ultrasonic receivers arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and a processing means arranged to send an ultrasonic pulse sequentially through each of said transmitters and to determine after each pulse is sent which ones of said receivers receive a reflected ultrasonic signal with an amplitude exceeding a predetermined threshold within a predetermined period, and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said determination. | 10-21-2010 |
20100265083 | LIGHTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - A lighting-system control method applied to the lighting-system including a light source and an ultrasonic transmitting-and-receiving device is provided. The method comprises steps of: determining a distance between an object and the ultrasonic transmitting-and-receiving device by the ultrasonic transmitting-and-receiving device according to a flight time of an ultrasonic-wave; changing a first light property of the light source when the object is detected moving toward the ultrasonic transmitting-and-receiving device; and changing a second light property of the light source when the object is detected moving away from the ultrasonic transmitting-and-receiving device. | 10-21-2010 |
20100277074 | LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM - A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; at least one ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; a plurality of spaced apart ultrasonic receivers arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and a processing means arranged to determine for each of said receivers time-of-flight signals representing the time differences between said transmitted signals from said at least one transmitter and the associated received reflected ultrasonic signals from said receiver, and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of the combination of said time-of-flight signals for each of said receivers. Said ultrasonic transmitter and one of said ultrasonic receivers are arranged on a rotating means for moving along the circumference of said lamp. | 11-04-2010 |
Tzu-Nan Chen, Taipei City TW
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20090109353 | Lighting Device with Indicator - A lighting device includes a light-emitting element, an ultrasonic member, a signal processing unit, a light control unit, an indicator and an indicator control unit. The light-emitting element emits a light. The ultrasonic member emits an ultrasonic signal and receives the ultrasonic signal reflected from an object. The signal processing unit is communicated with the ultrasonic member for converting the reflected ultrasonic signal into a control signal. The light control unit is interconnected between the signal processing unit and the light-emitting element for controlling the light-emitting element to emit light in a selected operating mode in response to the control signal. The indicator control unit is interconnected between the signal processing unit and the indicator for controlling the indicator to assert a notification signal indicative of the operating mode in response to the control signal. | 04-30-2009 |
20090195166 | Light Output Control Method and Lighting System Using the Same - A light output control method for a lighting system is provided. The lighting system includes a plurality of sensors and a light-emitting unit. The light output control method includes steps of: sensing a motion of an object within the sensing ranges of the sensors at different time spots, thereby generating multiple sensing values; obtaining a sensing sequence data according to the sensing values indicating the motion of the object sensed by the sensors; controlling the light-emitting unit to perform a light output control operation if the sensing sequence data complies with a predetermined condition. | 08-06-2009 |
Tzu-Nan Chen, Hsinchu TW
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20090108762 | Lighting System - A lighting system is provided. Users can independently switch an ultrasonic detecting device in the lighting system between a disable mode and an enable mode. The lighting system, comprises: a light source for emitting a light; a detecting device for executing a detecting action to an object within a detectable zone of the detecting device; a control circuit, connected between the light source and the detecting device, for controlling the light source to emit the light according to the detecting action; and a trigger device, connected to the control circuit, for stopping the detecting device executing the detecting action in response to a trigger action when the detecting device is operating in an enable mode; or starting the detecting device to execute the detecting action in response to the trigger action when the detecting device is operating in a disable mode. | 04-30-2009 |
20110122728 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AN ULTRA-SOUND SENSOR - An operating method adapted in an ultra-sound sensor is provided. The method includes the steps of emitting an ultra-sound wave, receiving a crosstalk signal within a crosstalk measuring window, determining whether the crosstalk signal is larger than a crosstalk threshold and triggering a crosstalk application if the crosstalk signal is smaller than the crosstalk threshold. | 05-26-2011 |
Tzu-Nan Chen, Hsinchu CN
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20130009554 | Light Programmable Apparatus with Light Programmable Lamp, Setting Device, and Main Structure - The invention relates to a light programmable apparatus comprising a light programmable lamp, a setting device and a main structure. The light programmable lamp is selectively electrically connected to the setting device for retrieving a light property setting such as intensity, saturation or color from the setting device. The light programmable lamp comprises: a programmable unit for retrieving and storing the light property setting while the light programmable lamp is selectively electrically connected to the setting device; and a LED module, electrically connected to the programmable unit, for emitting light corresponding to the light property setting. | 01-10-2013 |