Patents by Inventor Hsi-Pin Li
Hsi-Pin Li 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).
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Publication number: 20230124377Abstract: A drug scanning and identification system including a spectrometer, a drug holder, a mobile device and a drug identification model is provided. The spectrometer includes a light source, a diffraction grating, a light-absorption element, a wavelength selector, and a single-point photodetector. The drug holder includes a transparent area and a light-absorption area. The drug is disposed on the transparent area. The light-absorption area surrounds the transparent area. The mobile device is adapted to send a control command to trigger the spectrometer scanning the drug so as to obtain spectrum data of the drug. The spectrometer is adapted to transmit the spectrum data of the drug to the drug identification model. The drug identification model is adapted to identify the spectrum data of the drug such that the drug identification model generates an identification result. The identification result is displayed by the mobile device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Hsi-Pin Li, Fei-Peng Chang, He-Yi Hsieh, Pei-Ying Lin, Shu-Ping Chien, Yung-Yu Huang
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Publication number: 20230036675Abstract: A sampling module for providing an illumination beam onto an object and collecting a measurement beam reflected thereby to at least one measurement device is provided. The sampling module includes at least one illumination module, a light collecting element, and at least one light receiving module. The illumination module provides the illumination beam. The light collecting element has a first opening and an internal space. The illumination module is disposed in the first opening. The illumination beam is transmitted to the object in the internal space. The light receiving module is connected to the light collecting element and includes a case and a lens set. A distance between the sampling module and the object is greater than 0 mm. The measurement beam is transmitted by the object through the lens set to be incident onto the measurement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Kuo-Sheng Huang, Hsi-Pin Li
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Patent number: 11513067Abstract: A sample carrier is provided for carrying a liquid sample to be measured by a spectrometer. The sample carrier includes a frame body and a mesh-like carrier body. The frame body has a notch located at the bottom of the frame body. The mesh-like carrier body is fixed to the frame body and located at the notch, the mesh-like carrier body has a plurality of apertures, and the liquid sample is retained in at least some of the apertures. Also provided is a spectrometer including the sample carrier. The sample carrier is capable of carrying the liquid sample and allows simple light path control.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Nan-Yu Chen, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20220128458Abstract: The disclosure provides a spectrometer, which includes a housing and a spectrum measurement module. The housing has an arrangement surface and an opening. The spectrum measurement module is disposed in the housing and has a measurement surface. The measurement surface is exposed from the opening of the housing, and there is a height difference between the measurement surface and the arrangement surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20210293617Abstract: A spectrometer is configured to measure a spectrum of a to-be-measured object and includes a spectrometer body and a sampling module. The spectrometer body has a light-incident port. The sampling module is disposed on the spectrometer body and includes a light source fixing base and at least one light source. The light source fixing base has at least one cup-shaped reflecting curved surface. The light source is disposed on the light source fixing base. The cup-shaped reflecting curved surface surrounds the light source. Illumination light emitted by the light source is reflected and converged by the cup-shaped reflecting curved surface and transmitted to the to-be-measured object. The to-be-measured object diffusely reflects the illumination light into to-be-measured light. The to-be-measured light enters the spectrometer body through the light-incident port and is measured by the spectrometer body. In the invention, high spectrum quality is achieved and a small volume is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Kuo-Sheng Huang, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20210262928Abstract: A sample carrier is provided for carrying a liquid sample to be measured by a spectrometer. The sample carrier includes a frame body and a mesh-like carrier body. The frame body has a notch located at the bottom of the frame body. The mesh-like carrier body is fixed to the frame body and located at the notch, the mesh-like carrier body has a plurality of apertures, and the liquid sample is retained in at least some of the apertures. Also provided is a spectrometer including the sample carrier. The sample carrier is capable of carrying the liquid sample and allows simple light path control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Nan-Yu Chen, Hsi-Pin Li
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Patent number: 11092484Abstract: A transmissive sampling module used to fix a test object to allow a spectrometer body to obtain optical information of the test object and includes a bearing base, a light emitting element, an adapter element and a sample accommodating device. The bearing base includes a first accommodating tank body. The light emitting element is disposed in the bearing base and used to emit an illumination beam. The adapter element is disposed in the first accommodating tank body and further includes a body portion and an abutting rib extending from the body portion. The body portion and the abutting rib jointly form a second accommodating tank body. The sample accommodating device at least partially surface-contacts with a second tank surface through a second light exit. A spectrometer having the transmissive sampling module is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Hsi-Pin Li, Kuo-Sheng Huang
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Patent number: 10859440Abstract: A spectrometer engine and an adjustment method thereof are provided. The spectrometer engine includes a connector, a light sensor, a variable gain amplifier, a variable reference voltage generation circuit, an analog-to-digital converter and a control circuit. The light sensor senses a light to be measured coming from an object to be measured to generate a sensing signal. The variable gain amplifier amplifies the sensing signal according to a first setting parameter to generate an amplified signal. The variable reference voltage generation circuit provides a reference voltage according to a second setting parameter. The analog-to-digital converter converts the amplified signal to a digital signal according to the reference voltage. The control circuit reads the digital signal and adjusts at least one of the first to third setting parameters according to the digital signal for the spectrometer engine to measure the object to be measured again to generate another digital signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Yung-Yu Huang, Ming-Hui Lin, He-Yi Hsieh, Hsi-Pin Li
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Patent number: 10816399Abstract: The transmissive sampling module includes a light emitting element, an accommodation tank, and a lens group having a positive refractive power. The light emitting element is configured to emit an illumination beam. The accommodation tank is configured to accommodate an object to be measured. The lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens and the second lens are respectively located at a first side and a second side of the accommodation tank. The accommodation tank is located between the first lens and the second lens. The illumination beam is transmitted to the object after passing through the first lens. The object converts the illumination beam into a sample beam. The sample beam is transmitted to a main body of the spectrometer after passing through the second lens. A transmissive spectrometer having a transmissive sampling module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Kuo-Sheng Huang, Fei-Peng Chang, Hsi-Pin Li
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Patent number: 10816400Abstract: A spectrometer including an optomechanical module and a control module is provided. The optomechanical module includes an optomechanical engine and a sampling device. The optomechanical engine and the sampling device are disposed in the optomechanical module. The sampling device is coupled to the optomechanical engine. The sampling device is configured to transfer a sampling light to the optomechanical engine. The sampling device includes a memory device. The memory device is disposed in the sampling device. The memory device is configured to pre-store an optomechanical parameter corresponding to the optomechanical engine. The control module is coupled to the optomechanical module. The control module is configured to read the memory device to obtain the optomechanical parameter. The control module calibrates the optomechanical engine according to the optomechanical parameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Yung-Yu Huang, Ming-Hui Lin, He-Yi Hsieh, Hsi-Pin Li
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Patent number: 10816398Abstract: A spectrometer and a spectrum measurement method thereof are provided. An analog-to-digital converter converts an amplified signal into a digital signal according to a reference voltage provided by a variable reference voltage generation circuit and amplifies the digital signal according to a target signal value, thereby approximating a signal value of the amplified digital signal to the target signal value. A control circuit outputs a spectral signal according to the amplified digital signal. A user can obtain spectrum measurement results that can be easily interpreted by the spectrometer and the spectrum measurement method thereof, without changing hardware or software, so as to improve convenience of use of the spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Yung-Yu Huang, Hsi-Pin Li, He-Yi Hsieh, Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Ming-Hui Lin
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Patent number: 10801887Abstract: A transmissive sampling module is provided, which is adapted to a spectrometer main body. The transmissive sampling module includes a light source assembly and a support base. The light source assembly is directly connected to the support base. The support base includes a tube body and at least one fixing member. The tube body surrounds an accommodating groove, and an extending direction of the tube body is not parallel to an optical path of the light source assembly, and the tube body includes a transparent portion, and the optical path of the light source assembly passes through the transparent portion and the accommodating groove. The at least one fixing member is disposed on the tube body and is adjustably protruded out of an inner surface of the tube body. A transmissive spectrometer is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Kuo-Sheng Huang, Chia-Ching Tso, Tsan-Fu Tseng, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20200309596Abstract: A transmissive sampling module used to fix a test object to allow a spectrometer body to obtain optical information of the test object and includes a bearing base, a light emitting element, an adapter element and a sample accommodating device. The bearing base includes a first accommodating tank body. The light emitting element is disposed in the bearing base and used to emit an illumination beam. The adapter element is disposed in the first accommodating tank body and further includes a body portion and an abutting rib extending from the body portion. The body portion and the abutting rib jointly form a second accommodating tank body. The sample accommodating device at least partially surface-contacts with a second tank surface through a second light exit. A spectrometer having the transmissive sampling module is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Fei-Peng Chang, Hsi-Pin Li, Kuo-Sheng Huang
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Publication number: 20200033191Abstract: A spectrometer engine and an adjustment method thereof are provided. The spectrometer engine includes a connector, a light sensor, a variable gain amplifier, a variable reference voltage generation circuit, an analog-to-digital converter and a control circuit. The light sensor senses a light to be measured coming from an object to be measured to generate a sensing signal. The variable gain amplifier amplifies the sensing signal according to a first setting parameter to generate an amplified signal. The variable reference voltage generation circuit provides a reference voltage according to a second setting parameter. The analog-to-digital converter converts the amplified signal to a digital signal according to the reference voltage. The control circuit reads the digital signal and adjusts at least one of the first to third setting parameters according to the digital signal for the spectrometer engine to measure the object to be measured again to generate another digital signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Yung-Yu Huang, Ming-Hui Lin, He-Yi Hsieh, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20190368928Abstract: A spectrometer including an optomechanical module and a control module is provided. The optomechanical module includes an optomechanical engine and a sampling device. The optomechanical engine and the sampling device are disposed in the optomechanical module. The sampling device is coupled to the optomechanical engine. The sampling device is configured to transfer a sampling light to the optomechanical engine. The sampling device includes a memory device. The memory device is disposed in the sampling device. The memory device is configured to pre-store an optomechanical parameter corresponding to the optomechanical engine. The control module is coupled to the optomechanical module. The control module is configured to read the memory device to obtain the optomechanical parameter. The control module calibrates the optomechanical engine according to the optomechanical parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Yung-Yu Huang, Ming-Hui Lin, He-Yi Hsieh, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20190301929Abstract: The transmissive sampling module includes a light emitting element, an accommodation tank, and a lens group having a positive refractive power. The light emitting element is configured to emit an illumination beam. The accommodation tank is configured to accommodate an object to be measured. The lens group includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens and the second lens are respectively located at a first side and a second side of the accommodation tank. The accommodation tank is located between the first lens and the second lens. The illumination beam is transmitted to the object after passing through the first lens. The object converts the illumination beam into a sample beam. The sample beam is transmitted to a main body of the spectrometer after passing through the second lens. A transmissive spectrometer having a transmissive sampling module is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Kuo-Sheng Huang, Fei-Peng Chang, Hsi-Pin Li
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Patent number: 10422692Abstract: A spectrometer system including a spectrometer device, a mobile apparatus and a cloud server is provided. The spectrometer device scans a target object according to one of a plurality of sets of spectral scan setting parameters to generate spectral data. The mobile apparatus sets the spectrometer device to select one set from the plurality of sets spectral scan setting parameters for scanning the target object. The mobile apparatus receives the spectral data from the spectrometer device and outputs the spectral data. The cloud server stores detection models and the spectral data received from the mobile apparatus, and analyzes the spectral data according to one of the detection models to output an analysis result to the mobile apparatus. The spectrometer system can reduce network transmission traffic and prevent object analysis and model building from being affected by unregulated spectral data so correctness of spectral scan can be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Hsi-Pin Li, Ming-Chih Chen, He-Yi Hsieh, Ming-Hui Lin
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Publication number: 20190271590Abstract: A spectrometer system including a spectrometer device, a mobile apparatus and a cloud server is provided. The spectrometer device scans a target object according to one of a plurality of sets of spectral scan setting parameters to generate spectral data. The mobile apparatus sets the spectrometer device to select one set from the plurality of sets spectral scan setting parameters for scanning the target object. The mobile apparatus receives the spectral data from the spectrometer device and outputs the spectral data. The cloud server stores detection models and the spectral data received from the mobile apparatus, and analyzes the spectral data according to one of the detection models to output an analysis result to the mobile apparatus. The spectrometer system can reduce network transmission traffic and prevent object analysis and model building from being affected by unregulated spectral data so correctness of spectral scan can be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Hsi-Pin Li, Ming-Chih Chen, He-Yi Hsieh, Ming-Hui Lin
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Publication number: 20190271591Abstract: A light source measurement monitoring method and system of a spectrometer are provided. The method includes: driving a test light source by a driving parameter; obtaining sensing data related to the test light source through a sensor; comparing the sensing data with a predetermined range to generate a comparison result; starting performing a spectrum measurement to a test object when the sensing data falls within the predetermined range; and sending a warning signal when the sensing data is out of the predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hsiung Chen, Yung-Yu Huang, Ming-Hui Lin, He-Yi Hsieh, Hsi-Pin Li
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Publication number: 20190204149Abstract: A transmissive sampling module is provided, which is adapted to a spectrometer main body. The transmissive sampling module includes a light source assembly and a support base. The light source assembly is directly connected to the support base. The support base includes a tube body and at least one fixing member. The tube body surrounds an accommodating groove, and an extending direction of the tube body is not parallel to an optical path of the light source assembly, and the tube body includes a transparent portion, and the optical path of the light source assembly passes through the transparent portion and the accommodating groove. The at least one fixing member is disposed on the tube body and is adjustably protruded out of an inner surface of the tube body. A transmissive spectrometer is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: InnoSpectra CorporationInventors: Kuo-Sheng Huang, Chia-Ching Tso, Tsan-Fu Tseng, Hsi-Pin Li