Patents by Inventor Tzu-Chen Lin
Tzu-Chen Lin 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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Patent number: 11977274Abstract: An optical photographing lens assembly includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements of the optical photographing lens assembly has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the first lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the first lens element is aspheric and has at least one critical point in an off-axis region thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Yu-Tai Tseng, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
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Publication number: 20240142544Abstract: A testing system includes: a dividing circuit configured to receive a testing signal and provide a plurality of input signals according to the testing signal; and a plurality of integrated power-amplifiers coupled to the dividing circuit, each of the plurality of integrated power-amplifiers being configured to be tested by receiving a respective input signal of the plurality of input signals and generating a respective output signal for a predetermined testing time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: HSIEH-HUNG HSIEH, WU-CHEN LIN, YEN-JEN CHEN, TZU-JIN YEH
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Patent number: 11972562Abstract: A method for determining a plant growth curve includes obtaining color images and depth images of a plant to be detected at different time points, performing alignment processing on each color image and each depth image to obtain an alignment image, detecting the color image through a pre-trained target detection model to obtain a target bounding box, calculating an area ratio of the target bounding box in the color image, determining a depth value of all pixel points in the target boundary frame according to the aligned image, performing denoising processing on each depth value to obtain a target depth value, generating a first growth curve of the plant to be detected according to the target depth values and corresponding time points, and generating a second growth curve of the plant to be detected according to the area ratios and the corresponding time points.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chih-Te Lu, Chin-Pin Kuo, Tzu-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 11954875Abstract: A method for determining a height of a plant, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. In the method, a target image is obtained by mapping an obtained color image with an obtained depth image. The electronic device processes the color image by using a pre-trained mobilenet-ssd network, obtains a detection box appearance of the plant, and extracts target contours of the plant to be detected from the detection box. The electronic device determines a depth value of each of pixel points in the target contour according to the target image. Target depth values are obtained by performing a de-noising on depth values of the pixel points, and a height of the plant to be detected is determined according to the target depth value. The method improves accuracy of height determination of a plant.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tzu-Chen Lin, Chih-Te Lu, Chin-Pin Kuo
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Publication number: 20240113166Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor devices includes forming channel regions over a substrate. The channel regions, in parallel with one another, extend along a first lateral direction. Each channel region includes at least a respective pair of epitaxial structures. The method includes forming a gate structure over the channel regions, wherein the gate structure extends along a second lateral direction. The method includes removing, through a first etching process, a portion of the gate structure that was disposed over a first one of the channel regions. The method includes removing, through a second etching process, a portion of the first channel region. The second etching process includes one silicon etching process and one silicon oxide deposition process. The method includes removing, through a third etching process controlled based on a pulse signal, a portion of the substrate that was disposed below the removed portion of the first channel region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Ging Lin, Chun-Liang Lai, Yun-Chen Wu, Ya-Yi Tsai, Shu-Yuan Ku, Shun-Hui Yang
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Publication number: 20240097661Abstract: A scan flip-flop circuit includes a selection circuit including first and second input terminals coupled to first and second I/O nodes, a flip-flop circuit coupled to the selection circuit, a first driver coupled between the flip-flop circuit and the first I/O node, and a second driver coupled between the flip-flop circuit and the second I/O node. The selection circuit and drivers receive a scan direction signal. In response to a first logic level of the scan direction signal, the selection circuit responds to a first signal received at the first input terminal, and the second driver outputs a second signal responsive to a flip-flop circuit output signal. In response to a second logic level of the scan direction signal, the selection circuit responds to a third signal received at the second input terminal, and the first driver outputs a fourth signal responsive to the flip-flop circuit output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Huaixin XIAN, Tzu-Ying LIN, Liu HAN, Jerry Chang Jui KAO, Qingchao MENG, Xiangdong CHEN
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Publication number: 20240097067Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electronic element module is provided. The method includes: disposing a plurality of first micro-light-emitting diodes on a first temporary substrate; and replacing at least one defective micro-light-emitting diode of the first micro-light-emitting diodes with at least one second micro-light-emitting diode. The first micro-light-emitting diodes and at least one second micro-light-emitting diode are distributed on the first temporary substrate. The first micro-light-emitting diodes and at least one second micro-light-emitting diode have same properties, and at least one of the appearance difference, the height difference and the orientation difference exists between the first micro-light-emitting diodes and at least one second micro-light-emitting diode. A semiconductor structure and a display panel are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: PlayNitride Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo-Wei Wu, Yu-Yun Lo, Chien-Chen Kuo, Chang-Feng Tsai, Tzu-Yang Lin
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Patent number: 11915158Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for cross-domain action prediction are provided. Action sequence embeddings are generated based upon a textual embedding and a graph embedding utilizing past user action sequences corresponding to sequences of past actions performed by users across a plurality of domains. An autoencoder is trained to utilize the action sequence embeddings to project the action sequence embeddings to obtain intent space vectors. A service switch classifier is trained using the intent space vectors. In response to the service switch classifier predicting that a current user will switch from a current domain to a next domain, the current user is provided with a recommendation of an action corresponding to the next domain.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Su-Chen Lin, Zhungxun Liao, Jian-Chih Ou, Tzu-Chiang Liou
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Patent number: 11914582Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for generating a list of suggested queries associated with one or more keywords are provided. For example, one or more keywords may be received via a search interface. A plurality of queries associated with the one or more keywords may be determined based upon the one or more keywords and a historical query database. A plurality of relationship scores associated with the plurality of queries may be generated based upon a plurality of search sessions associated with the historical query database. The historical query database may be analyzed to determine a plurality of click rates associated with the plurality of queries. A list of suggested queries may be generated based upon the plurality of relationship scores and the plurality of click rates.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLCInventors: Su-Chen Lin, Jian-Chih Ou, Tzu-Chiang Liou, Wei-Lun Su
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Publication number: 20240030823Abstract: A package applied to a flyback power converter includes a first lead frame and a second lead frame. The first lead frame connects to at least one component of a primary side of the flyback power converter. An isolation distance exists between the first lead frame and the second lead frame. The primary side of the flyback power converter is galvanically isolated from and communicates with a secondary side of the flyback power converter through capacitive coupling effect between the first lead frame and the second lead frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Leadtrend Technology Corp.Inventors: Tzu-Chen Lin, Chu-Jui Chen, Ming-Chang Tsou
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Publication number: 20230401733Abstract: A method for training an autoencoder implemented in an electronic device includes obtaining a stereoscopic image as the vehicle is in motion, the stereoscopic image includes a left image and a right image; generating a stereo disparity map according to the left image; generating a predicted right image according to the left image and the stereo disparity map; and calculating a first mean square error between the predicted right image and the right image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: CHIN-PIN KUO, CHIH-TE LU, TZU-CHEN LIN, JUNG-HAO YANG
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Publication number: 20230386023Abstract: A method for detecting medical images implemented in an electronic device includes obtaining at least one image to be detected; obtaining a reconstructed image by inputting the at least one image to be detected as a target image into a pre-trained variational autoencoder model; determining a target area according to pixel values of pixels in the reconstructed image and the target image; obtaining a feature area and a lesion category of the feature area by inputting the target image into a pre-trained convolutional neural network model; when there is a feature area corresponding to the target area in the target image, determining a lesion area and a corresponding lesion category based on the target area and the feature area, and generating a detection result of the image to be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventor: TZU-CHEN LIN
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Publication number: 20230299682Abstract: A secondary-side control method of a flyback power converter includes a primary controller included in the flyback power converter generating a first gate control signal to turn on a power switch at a first predetermined valley of a first voltage after the primary controller enters a start-up mode; and a secondary controller included in the flyback power converter generating a trigger pulse to a synchronous switch at a second predetermined valley of a second voltage to make the primary controller enter a secondary-side control mode from the start-up mode after the secondary controller detects a first coupling voltage corresponding to the first gate control signal on the second voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Leadtrend Technology Corp.Inventors: Chung-Wei Lin, Hung-Ching Lee, Tzu-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 11544568Abstract: A method for optimizing a data model is used in a device. The device acquires data information and selecting at least two data models according to the data information, and utilizes the data information to train the at least two data models. The device acquires each accuracy of the at least two data models, determines a target data model which has greatest accuracy between the at least two data models, and optimizes the target data model.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chin-Pin Kuo, Tung-Tso Tsai, Guo-Chin Sun, Tzu-Chen Lin, Wan-Jhen Lee
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Patent number: 11545909Abstract: A flyback power converter includes: a power transformer, a primary side control circuit, a secondary side control circuit, and an active clamp snubber including a snubber switch and a control signal generation circuit. The control signal generation circuit controls the snubber switch to be conductive during a soft switching period in an OFF period of a primary side switch within a switching period of the switching signal, whereby the primary side switch achieves soft switching. A starting time point of the soft switching period is determined by a current threshold, so that a secondary side current is not lower than the current threshold at the starting time point, whereby the secondary side control circuit keeps the SR switch conductive at the starting time point. The secondary side control circuit turns OFF the SR switch when the secondary side current is lower than the current threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Tzu-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 11545908Abstract: A flyback power converter circuit includes a transformer, a blocking switch, a primary side switch, a primary side controller circuit and a secondary side controller circuit. The transformer is coupled between an input voltage and an internal output voltage in an isolated manner. The blocking switch controls the electric connection between the internal output voltage and an external output voltage. In a standby mode, the internal output voltage is regulated to a standby voltage, and the blocking switch is controlled to be OFF; in an operation mode, the internal output voltage is regulated to an operating voltage, and the blocking switch is controlled to be ON, such that the external output voltage has the operating voltage. The standby voltage is smaller than the operating voltage, so that the power consumption of the flyback power converter circuit is reduced in the standby mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Wei-Hsu Chang, Kun-Yu Lin, Tzu-Chen Lin, Ta-Yung Yang
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Publication number: 20220398716Abstract: A method of detecting product defects obtains an image of a product and sets a region of interest (ROI) of the image. A first contour of a first target object is detected in the region of interest. The image is detected according to the first contour to obtain a corrected image. A position difference between the first contour and a second target object in the region of interest is obtained. A second contour of the second target object is detected in the corrected image according to the position difference. A first image area corresponding to the first contour and a second image area corresponding to the second contour are segmented and input into an autoencoder. According to outputs of the autoencoder, whether the product is defective is determined. A detection result of the product is output. The method can detect defects on products quickly and accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: CHIH-TE LU, TZU-CHEN LIN, CHIN-PIN KUO
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Publication number: 20220383479Abstract: A method for detecting defects in images, is employed in a computer device, and stored in a storage medium. The method trains an autoencoder model using unblemished images, inputting an image to be detected into the autoencoder model, and obtaining a reconstructed image. An image error is calculated between the image to be detected and the reconstructed image, and the image error is inputted into a student's t-distribution and a calculation result is obtained. In response that the calculation result falls within a preset defect determination criterion range, the image to be detected is determined to be an unblemished image. In response that the calculation result does not fall within the preset defect determination criterion range, the image to be detected is determined to be a defective image. The method improves the efficiency and accuracy of defect detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: TZU-CHEN LIN, TUNG-TSO TSAI, CHIN-PIN KUO
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Publication number: 20220375240Abstract: A method for detecting cells in images using an autoencoder, a computer device, and a storage medium extracts a first feature vector from each of a plurality of sample medical images. The first feature vector is inputted into an autoencoder, and a first latent feature of each of the plurality of sample medical images is extracted. A first predicted value of a number of cells in each of the plurality of sample medical images is generated based on the first latent feature. The first latent feature is inputted into the autoencoder, and a plurality of reconstructed images are obtained. The autoencoder is optimized based on the plurality of reconstructed images and the first predicted value. This method can be run in the computer device to improve efficiency of detection from images.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: CHIH-TE LU, TZU-CHEN LIN, CHIN-PIN KUO
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Patent number: 11507774Abstract: A method for selecting a deep learning network which is optimal for solving an image processing task obtaining a type of the image processing task, selecting a data set according to the type of problem, and dividing selected data set into training data and test data. Similarities between different training data are calculated, and a batch size of the training data is adjusted according to the similarities of the training data. A plurality of deep learning networks is selected according to the type of problem, and the plurality of deep learning networks is trained through the training data to obtain network models. Each of the network models is tested through the test data, and the optimal deep learning network with the best test result is selected from the plurality of deep learning networks appropriate for image processing.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tung-Tso Tsai, Chin-Pin Kuo, Guo-Chin Sun, Tzu-Chen Lin, Wan-Jhen Lee