Patents by Inventor Chao-Ming Cheng

Chao-Ming Cheng 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).

  • Publication number: 20240130614
    Abstract: An intraocular pressure inspection device includes an intraocular pressure detection unit, a high-precision positioning system and a wide-area positioning system, wherein according to the position of the intraocular pressure detection unit, a set of high-precision coordinates output by the high-precision positioning system and a set of wide-area coordinates output by the wide-area positioning system are integrated in appropriate weights to obtain a set of more precise integrated coordinate. The above-mentioned intraocular pressure inspection device can prevent the intraocular pressure detection unit from failing to operate once it is not in the working area of the high-precision positioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shao Hung HUANG, Chao-Ting CHEN, Fong Hao KUO, Yu-Chung TUNG, Chu-Ming CHENG, Chi-Yuan KANG
  • Publication number: 20240095868
    Abstract: A watermark embedding method includes the following steps. The input video signal is received by a processing circuit. Grayscale information of a watermark signal is generated by the processing circuit according to a time series data and a predetermined plane. During a dark sate and a bright state in each of a plurality of consecutive periods, phases of the time series data are opposite and integral values of the grayscales of the predetermined plane are the same. The processing circuit embeds the watermark signal into the input video signal to generate an output video signal with the watermark information. The display panel displays an image according to the output video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yang-En WU, Wen-Rei GUO, Wei-Ming CHENG, Chao-Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20230359183
    Abstract: A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Yi Wang, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 11726462
    Abstract: A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Yi Wang, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20220326692
    Abstract: A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Yi Wang, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 11402828
    Abstract: A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Yi Wang, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190354089
    Abstract: A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Yi Wang, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 9330956
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided and comprises steps as follows. A Si substrate is provided. The Si substrate includes a first region and a second region. A sacrificial oxide layer is formed on the substrate with respect to the first region. A sacrificial nitride layer is conformally formed on the sacrificial oxide layer and on the substrate with respect to the second region. A photoresist layer is coated over the sacrificial nitride layer. A shallow trench isolation (STI) mask is provided. The STI mask has at least one first STI pattern and at least one second STI pattern to be transferred to the Si substrate to form at least one first trench and at least one second trench in the substrate. A STI oxide layer is deposited. A chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process is performed until the sacrificial oxide layer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jen-Chieh Lo, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110284334
    Abstract: A suitcase includes a case body having a housing and a protective cover covering the housing of the case body. The protective cover has a plurality of air cushions abutting the housing. Thus, the protective cover entirely covers the housing to protect the housing so as to prevent the housing from being scratched, worn or broken due to hit or collision by a foreign object. In addition, the air cushions are located between the protective cover and the housing so that when the protective cover is subjected to an external force, the air cushions of the protective cover provide an elastic buffering effect to the housing of the case body so as to protect the housing of the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110155526
    Abstract: A suitcase includes a luggage case having a housing and a cover member, and a protective shield attached onto the luggage case for covering and shielding the luggage case and for preventing the luggage case from being scraped and damaged by the other objects, the protective shield includes a casing member attached onto the cover member or the housing with a fastener or a frame, such as a slide fastener for covering and shielding the cover member or the housing, the casing member includes a channel for engaging with a retractable handle and for allowing the handle to be extended out of the casing member, and a fastener for selectively opening and closing the channel of the casing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Chao Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 6758070
    Abstract: A door lock with a clutch having a cam-styled axle sleeve comprises mainly of an outer lock part and an inner lock part mutually oppositely connected and respectively mounted on the outside and inside surfaces of a door panel, the door panel is mounted therein with a dead bolt and a spring loaded with latch bolt linked up with a rotation axle of the inner lock part, the housings of the outer and the inner lock parts are provided each with a handle to rotate their rotation axles. The rotation axle of the inner lock part has on one end thereof a second rotation axle, the rotation axle of the outer lock part has thereon the cam-styled axle sleeve. By providing a control device and a rotating ring, positioning or forward moving of the cam-styled axle sleeve to connect with the second rotation axle can be controlled, so that the door can be opened or locked by rotating the handles no matter inside or outside a house.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventors: Jer Ming Yu, Chao-Ming Cheng, Chen-Chien Chen
  • Patent number: 6725693
    Abstract: The door lock with a clutch having a cam-styled axle sleeve comprises mainly of an outer lock part and an inner lock part, both the housings of the outer and the inner lock parts are provided with a handle to rotate the internal rotation axle thereof. The rotation axle of the outer lock part is provided thereon with the cam-styled axle sleeve; the rotation axle of the inner lock part is further connected with a second rotation axle. The axle sleeve of the outer lock part is controlled for positioning and moving by a control device. When the axle sleeve is positioned, the rotation axle of the outer lock part and the second rotation axle of the inner one are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventors: Jer Ming Yu, Chen-Chien Chen, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20040040352
    Abstract: The door lock with a clutch having a cam-styled axle sleeve comprises mainly of an outer lock part and an inner lock part, both the housings of the outer and the inner lock parts are provided with a handle to rotate the internal rotation axle thereof. The rotation axle of the outer lock part is provided thereon with the cam-styled axle sleeve; the rotation axle of the inner lock part is further connected with a second rotation axle. The axle sleeve of the outer lock part is controlled for positioning and moving by a control device. When the axle sleeve is positioned, the rotation axle of the outer lock part and the second rotation axle of the inner one are separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Jer Ming Yu, Chen-Chien Chen, Chao-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20040040353
    Abstract: A door lock with a clutch having a cam-styled axle sleeve comprises mainly of an outer lock part and an inner lock part mutually oppositely connected and respectively mounted on the outside and inside surfaces of a door panel, the door panel is mounted therein with a dead bolt and a spring loaded with latch bolt linked up with a rotation axle of the inner lock part, the housings of the outer and the inner lock parts are provided each with a handle to rotate their rotation axles. The rotation axle of the inner lock part has on one end thereof a second rotation axle, the rotation axle of the outer lock part has thereon the cam-styled axle sleeve. By providing a control device and a rotating ring, positioning or forward moving of the cam-styled axle sleeve to connect with the second rotation axle can be controlled, so that the door can be opened or locked by rotating the handles no matter inside or outside a house.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Jer Ming Yu, Chao-Ming Cheng, Chen-Chien Chen