IP Library Granted Patent US 12,282,093
Granted Patent B2
US 12,282,093 · App. 17/960,159 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Object position determining system and chair position determining system

Inventors: Ming Shun Manson Fei (Hsin-Chu, TW); Sen-Huang Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
G01S17/06B60N2/0272B64D47/02B60N2/90B64D11/0638B64D11/064
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Patent No.
US 12,282,093
App. No.
17/960,159
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object position determining system, applied to a vehicle, comprising: at least one light source, configured to emit light; at least one optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated based on reflected light of the light; and a processing circuit, configured to compute distance information between the optical sensor and at least one object which generates the reflected light, and real time vehicle orientation data; wherein the processing circuit determines at least one position of the object according to the distance information and the real time vehicle orientation data.

Claims (31)

1. An object position determining system, applied to a vehicle, comprising:

a first object position determining device, comprising:

at least one first light source, configured to emit first light;

a first optical sensor, configured to sense first optical data generated based on first reflected light of the first light;

a first processing circuit, configured to receive real time vehicle orientation data and configured to compute at least one set of first distance information between the first optical sensor and a human body or a chair, which generates the first reflected light;

a second object position determining device, comprising:

at least one second light source, configured to emit second light;

a second optical sensor, configured to sense second optical data generated based on reflected light of the second light; and

a second processing circuit, configured to receive the real time vehicle orientation data and configured to compute at least one set of second distance information between the second optical sensor and a tray table, which generates the second reflected light;

wherein the first object position determining device is located above the tray table, and the second object position determining device located below the tray table;

wherein the first processing circuit determines an inclining state of the human body or the chair according to the first distance information and the real time vehicle orientation data;

wherein the second processing circuit further determines the inclining state of the tray table according to the second distance information and the real time vehicle orientation data.

2. The object position determining system of claim 1 , wherein the first distance information and the second distance information respectively comprises at least one distance value, and the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit determine the inclining state according to the distance value and the real time vehicle orientation data.

3. The object position determining system of claim 2 , wherein the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit determine the inclining state by computing multi axes distances and the real time vehicle orientation data.

4. The object position determining system of claim 1 , wherein the first distance information and the second distance information respectively comprises a relative distance variation, and the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit determine the inclining state according to the relative distance variation and the real time vehicle orientation data.

5. The object position determining system of claim 1 , wherein first light source and the second light source respectively comprises at least one line light source, a plane light source, or a plurality of point light sources.

6. The object position determining system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a prompt message generation device, configured to generate a prompt message according to the inclining state.

7. The object position determining system of claim 1 , wherein the second object position determining device is located on the chair.

8. The object position determining system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an airplane.

9. The object position determining system of claim 8 , wherein the real time vehicle orientation data comprises roll, pitch and yaw.

10. A chair position determining system, applied to a vehicle, comprising:

at least one light source, configured to emit light;

at least one optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated based on reflected light of the light; and

at least one processing circuit, configured to compute distance information between the optical sensor and at least one chair which generates the reflected light, and configured to receive real time vehicle orientation data;

wherein the processing circuit determines at least one position of the chair according to the distance information and the real time vehicle orientation data.

11. The chair position determining system of claim 10 , wherein the distance information comprises at least one distance value, and the processing circuit determines the position according to the distance value and the real time vehicle orientation data.

12. The chair position determining system of claim 11 , wherein the processing circuit determines the position by computing multi axes distances between the optical sensor and the chair, and the real time vehicle orientation data.

13. The chair position determining system of claim 10 , wherein the distance information comprises a relative distance variation, and the processing circuit determines the position according to the relative distance variation and the real time vehicle orientation data.

14. The chair position determining system of claim 10 , wherein the light source is at least one line light source, a plane light source, or a plurality of point light sources.

15. The chair position determining system of claim 10 , wherein the position is an inclining state of the chair.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: FEI, MING SHUN MANSON; HUANG, SEN-HUANG
To: PIXART IMAGING INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 17579529 · Jan 19, 2022
Provisional Application 63230068 · Aug 6, 2021
Related Publication 20230037645A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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