三星智能手錶之掃描靜脈驗證身份專利

人：三星(Samsung)

事：讓智能手錶通過掃描靜脈識別穿戴者的身份

時：2016/2

地：SIPO、USPTO、EPO、WIPO

物：當用戶對三星智能手錶進行初始設置時，其內置的紅外感測器能掃描捕獲靜脈圖像並進行存儲，藉此辨識用戶身份。

摘要：

智能穿戴越來越受歡迎，但日前不少智能手錶都很容易遭受黑客的攻擊。當用戶對三星智能手錶進行初始設置時，其內置的紅外感測器能掃描捕獲靜脈圖像並進行存儲。當用戶需要驗證身份時，可通過一感測器掃描一張全新的靜脈圖像並與之前儲存的那張進行對比，來確認用戶是否被允許使用某些特定的功能。

Note:

The international company as Samsung has a plurality of patents for wearable device. The litigation for wearable device patent will be the next battleground.

PS.

WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

EP2980678A1

摘要

Disclosed are a wearable device and a method of controlling the wearable device. The wearable device includes a sensor unit configured to detect at least one movement of the wearable device, and a control unit configured to determine a state of the wearable device based on the at least one detected movement, and to control, based on the determined state, the wearable device to operate in a first mode of performing a preset function of the wearable device or in a second mode of not performing the preset function. 

User authentication based on a wrist veinpattern
US 20140196131 A1

ABSTRACT

Technology is described for authenticating a user based on a wrist vein pattern. A wrist contact sensor device detects a wrist vein pattern. The wrist contact sensor device may be wearable by being positioned by a wearable support structure like a wristband. One or more pattern recognition techniques may be used to identify whether a match exists between a wrist vein pattern being detected by the sensors and data representing a stored wrist vein pattern. A user may be authenticated based on whether a match is identified satisfying matching criteria.

Original Data:

http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20160207/16137326.html

智慧型AIS收發電子海圖系統

人：國立臺灣海洋大學 & 運輸科學系高聖龍助理教授
事：「智慧型AIS收發電子海圖系統」研發成果發表會
時：2016/2
地：台灣
物：目前研究團隊新研發的「智慧型AIS收發電子海圖系統」除了具備傳統的AIS系統功能之外，還可提供客製化服務，透過衛星、wifi、藍芽及無線傳輸，可調整功率、頻率，具有加密、中繼及通訊等功能，是新一代具有多元開發應用的工具。


摘要：
根據國際海事組織的規範，航行於國際水域總噸位在300以上的船舶，都必須安裝AIS(自動識別系統, Automatic Identification System），可發出的訊息包括獨特的識別碼、船名、位置、航向、船速，並顯示在AIS的螢幕或電子海圖上，供船舶交通通管制(VTS)辨識及定位。目前這項「移動式海洋地理資訊海上環境監控方法及其系統」專利技術已經發展出「海上船舶移動中繼系統」、「船舶海上應急通報系統」及「道路行車溝通方法與其裝置」三項專利，未來臺灣除了可以自製國際標準的AIS系統，並透過智慧型AIS收發電子海圖系統建立全臺海域航安監控網路，隨時掌握我國海域船舶交通狀況之外，海可以應用在水文環境資料監測系統、海上風力發電機避碰警戒系統、封閉式水域（湖泊）船舶管理系統、智慧型車輛自動識別與溝通系統、智慧型穿戴式呼救系統（救生衣）、燃料電池安全監測系統等等，對於相關產業發展有相當的助益。


PS.海洋大學之專利號201033951
船舶載具自動避碰安全系統
本發明為一種船舶載具自動避碰安全系統，利用漁船與商船之間最大相對速度及相對方位作為空間參考值，結合各種漁船的各類漁具及漁法之相異脫逃時間為時間參考值，代入模糊理論的輸入與變數，經解算後取得安全警示圈之半徑，再依實際比例顯示於海洋地理資訊系統平台上，經由多次模擬分析後完成建置作業中船舶自動避碰安全系統，並透過地理資訊系統快速解算面積差之能力，作為兩船間危度指標的評量依據。有效提升作業中漁船安全避碰警示的量能，提升漁民在海上作業時的安全，以降低商船與漁船海難事故發生。

Original Data:
http://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/Detail/188127.aspx

3D Touch後，蘋果一新懸空操作專利

人：蘋果

事：獲得一US 9250734 的專利

時：2016/2

地：USPTO

物：「Proximity and multi-touch sensor detection and demodulation（近距離和多點觸摸感測器檢測與解調）」，由 Steven P. Hotelling 和 Christoph H. Krah 發明，蘋果公司於 2015 年 3 月提交專利申請

摘要：

配合著近距離感應硬體，檢測非接觸性手勢，讓使用者可以在螢幕之外用多點觸摸操控手機。也就是說，允許用戶對手機進行懸空操作。此專利建議近距離感應硬體使用紅外線 LED 和光電二極體，如此專利之圖4A。光電二極體能捕獲 LED 產生照射在用戶手指上返回的光。透過使用多個感測器，這項技術可以檢測到懸浮在手機螢幕上空的手指、手掌等。

值得一提的是，早在 2012 年Sony 回歸手機市場時，Xperia Sola MT27i 就已經支持了懸空操作此一功能。到最新的旗艦 Xperia Z5 上市時，Sony 手機的懸空操作被冠上了「手套模式」之名。

說到較早解決用戶在冰天雪地中使用電容式觸控螢幕手機難題的產品，就不能不提到諾基亞 Lumia 920。這款手機推出時獨樹一幟的「超靈敏觸控」功能，可以說貨真價實地解決了戴手套的用戶如何在冬天正常使用電容式觸控螢幕手機這一大難題。

Note:

We still remember the movie from 2002 that Tom Cruise stared in Minority Report. Tom Cruise uses a real life version of the "spatial operating environment" interface. The spatial operating environment interface is a hot topic from 2002 to now.

PS. US 9250734

The use of one or more proximity sensors in combination with one or more touch sensors in a multi-touch panel to detect the presence of a finger, body part or other object and control or trigger one or more functions in accordance with an “image” of touch provided by the sensor outputs is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more infrared (IR) proximity sensors can be driven with a specific stimulation frequency and emit IR light from one or more areas, which can in some embodiments correspond to one or more multi-touch sensor “pixel” locations. The reflected IR signal, if any, can be demodulated using synchronous demodulation. In some embodiments, both physical interfaces (touch and proximity sensors) can be connected to analog channels in the same electrical core.

Original Data: 

http://technews.tw/2016/02/03/apple-patents-hover-sensing-multitouch-display/

GB PATENTS ACT 1977

GB PATENTS ACT 1977

Patentable inventions
1.-(1) A patent may be granted only for an invention in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say -
(a) the invention is new;
(b) it involves an inventive step;
(c) it is capable of industrial application;
(d) the grant of a patent for it is not excluded by subsections (2) and (3) or section 4A below;
and references in this Act to a patentable invention shall be construed accordingly.
(2) It is hereby declared that the following (among other things) are not inventions for the purposes of this Act, that is to say, anything which consists of -
(a) a discovery, scientific theory or mathematical method;
(b) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation whatsoever;
(c) a scheme, rule or method for performing a mental act, playing a game or doing business, or a program for a computer;
(d) the presentation of information;
but the foregoing provision shall prevent anything from being treated as an invention for the purposes of this Act only to the extent that a patent or application for a patent relates to that thing as such.
(3) A patent shall not be granted for an invention the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to public policy or morality.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) above exploitation shall not be regarded as contrary to public policy or morality only because it is prohibited by any law in force in the United Kingdom or any part of it.
(5) The Secretary of State may by order vary the provisions of subsection (2) above for the purpose of maintaining them in conformity with developments in science and technology; and no such order shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.



Making of application
14.-(1) Every application for a patent -
(a) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be filed at the Patent Office in the prescribed manner;
(b) [repealed]
(1A) Where an application for a patent is made, the fee prescribed for the purposes of this subsection (“the application fee”) shall be paid not later than the end of the period prescribed for the purposes of section 15(10)(c) below.
(2) Every application for a patent shall contain -
(a) a request for the grant of a patent;
(b) a specification containing a description of the invention, a claim or claims and any drawing referred to in the description or any claim; and
(c) an abstract;
but the foregoing provision shall not prevent an application being initiated by documents complying with section 15(1) below.
(3) The specification of an application shall disclose the invention in a manner which is clear enough and complete enough for the invention to be performed by a person skilled in the art.
(4) [repealed]
(5) The claim or claims shall -
(a) define the matter for which the applicant seeks protection;
(b) be clear and concise;
(c) be supported by the description; and
(d) relate to one invention or to a group of inventions which are so linked as to form a single inventive concept.
(6) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5)(d) above, rules may provide for treating two or more inventions as being so linked as to form a single inventive concept for the purposes of this Act.
(7) The purpose of the abstract is to give technical information and on publication it shall not form part of the state of the art by virtue of section 2(3) above, and the comptroller may determine whether the abstract adequately fulfils its purpose and, if it does not, may reframe it so that it does.
(8) [repealed]
(9) An application for a patent may be withdrawn at any time before the patent is granted and any withdrawal of such an application may not be revoked.
(10) Subsection (9) above does not affect the power of the comptroller under section 117(1) below to correct an error or mistake in a withdrawal of an application for a patent.

智慧財產權交易所

人：鴻海集團前法務長、賽恩倍吉集團董事長周延鵬

事：2016年計劃成立全球首創的「智慧財產權交易所」，結合互聯網的概念，要打造成為「智慧財產界的淘寶」。

時：2015/10

地：台灣、中國大陸、全球

物：智慧財產交易所就是要讓智慧財產權能系統化運作，如同股票交易，結合互聯網、智慧財產權與投資併購等三大內容，用大數據系統促進智慧財產權的貨幣化。

摘要：

企業、個人、學校或研究機構將自己的智慧財產權登錄交易所後，智財權的售價有兩種方式，第一種是由交易所分析智財權的價值後予以定價。第二種則由賣方自行定價。周延鵬分析近六年台灣大專校院在美國專利的申請及營運現況，台灣學術單位每年投入大量研究經費，並將部分研究成果專利化，但經過中台專利雲的檢索平台分析後，多數專利無法透過授權或技術轉移等運營模式，將成果化為收入。

Original Data:

http://udn.com/news/story/7243/1252227