Patents by Inventor Yen-Nung Lai

Yen-Nung Lai 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).

  • Patent number: 9718650
    Abstract: A control device using image tracking technology for controlling overhead crane system is disclosed, in which a plurality of image capturers are used to monitor a operating space and a position of the hoisted load, a respective image of two of which are used to establish a 3D coordinate data, so that an image processor calculates parameters including a hoisted load position (P), a swing angle (?) and a cable length (l) by referring to the images received, and generates a feedback signal to a crane controller. The crane controller issues a drive signal according to the feedback signal to drive the overhead crane system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Lun-Hui Lee, Yen-Nung Lai, Chung-Hao Huang, Cheng-Yuan Chang, Sung-Chih Ku
  • Patent number: 9650266
    Abstract: A method of treating suspended solids and heavy metal ions in sewage includes (step 1) adding an iron sulfate reagent to a portion of sewage to be treated such that suspended solids therein undergo preliminary precipitation, and then separating the portion of sewage into primarily treated sewage with low turbidity and low density sludge (LDS); (step 2) filling a tank with the LDS, wherein the tank comprises a first inlet and a first outlet above the first inlet; and (step 3) conveying the other portion of sewage to be treated or the preliminarily treated sewage to the tank through the first inlet such that the sewage percolates though the LDS in the tank to fluidize the LDS and bind the suspended solid to the LDS, and in consequence, after percolating through the sludge, the treated sewage exits the tank through the outlet effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Chun-Ping Huang, Yi-Jing Li, Yen-Nung Lai
  • Publication number: 20160101999
    Abstract: A method of treating suspended solids and heavy metal ions in sewage includes (step 1) adding an iron sulfate reagent to a portion of sewage to be treated such that suspended solids therein undergo preliminary precipitation, and then separating the portion of sewage into primarily treated sewage with low turbidity and low density sludge (LDS); (step 2) filling a tank with the LDS, wherein the tank comprises a first inlet and a first outlet above the first inlet; and (step 3) conveying the other portion of sewage to be treated or the preliminarily treated sewage to the tank through the first inlet such that the sewage percolates though the LDS in the tank to fluidize the LDS and bind the suspended solid to the LDS, and in consequence, after percolating through the sludge, the treated sewage exits the tank through the outlet effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: CHUN-PING HUANG, YI-JING LI, YEN-NUNG LAI
  • Patent number: 9278832
    Abstract: A method of reducing computational demand for image tracking includes first receiving a plurality of images of a load hoisted with hanging wire in a preset transitional space, setting at least one monitoring point each at the load and the hanging wire, respectively, providing a tracking frame at the outer periphery of each monitoring point, allowing each tracking frame to track on its corresponding monitoring point that each monitoring point is kept on a relative location within each corresponding tracking frame, and producing the same displacement as that of the monitoring point, and lastly computing the displacement of each tracking frame thus obtaining the displacement of each monitoring point in correspondence to the tracking frame to calculate various displacement of the hanging wire and the load, respectively. With this image tracking method, the processing quantity of whole image data is effectively decreased and computational demand of equipments is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NECLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Lun-Hui Lee, Yen-Nung Lai, Chung-Hao Huang, Cheng-Yuan Chang, Sung-Chih Ku
  • Publication number: 20160016763
    Abstract: A control device using image tracking technology for controlling overhead crane system is disclosed, in which a plurality of image capturers are used to monitor a operating space and a position of the hoisted load, a respective image of two of which are used to establish a 3D coordinate data, so that an image processor calculates parameters including a hoisted load position (P), a swing angle (?) and a cable length (I) by referring to the images received, and generates a feedback signal to a crane controller. The crane controller issues a drive signal according to the feedback signal to drive the overhead crane system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Lun-Hui Lee, Yen-Nung Lai, Chung-Hao Huang, Cheng-Yuan Chang, Sung-Chih Ku
  • Publication number: 20150146916
    Abstract: A method of reducing computational demand for image tracking includes first receiving a plurality of images of a load hoisted with hanging wire in a preset transitional space, setting at least one monitoring point each at the load and the hanging wire, respectively, providing a tracking frame at the outer periphery of each monitoring point, allowing each tracking frame to track on its corresponding monitoring point that each monitoring point is kept on a relative location within each corresponding tracking frame, and producing the same displacement as that of the monitoring point, and lastly computing the displacement of each tracking frame thus obtaining the displacement of each monitoring point in correspondence to the tracking frame to calculate various displacement of the hanging wire and the load, respectively. With this image tracking method, the processing quantity of whole image data is effectively decreased and computational demand of equipments is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Lun-Hui Lee, Yen-Nung Lai, Chung-Hao Huang, Cheng-Yuan Chang, Sung-Chih Ku