Patents Assigned to National Applied Research Laboratories
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Patent number: 8956009Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling a three-dimensional optical field. The apparatus includes a light-emission device and a set of zoom elements. The light-emission device emits a light. The set of zoom elements are disposed in front of the light-emission device, and focus the light from the light-emission device.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoryInventors: Jerliang Yeh, Ling-Yu Tsai, Min-Wei Hung, Chi-Hung Huang, Yu-Cheng Su
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Patent number: 8929623Abstract: A computer for aiding determination of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) includes a storage device storing with a medical image and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU executes a method for aiding determination of OSA. The method for aiding determination of OSA includes the following steps. The medical image is obtained. An upper airway model is established. A narrowest cross-section and a nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are defined in the airway model. A cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and a cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section are calculated. A stenosis rate is calculated according to the cross-sectional area of the narrowest cross-section and the cross-sectional area of the nasopharyngeal boundary cross-section. The stenosis rate is provided. In addition, in the method for aiding determination of OSA, a respiratory flow field simulation may be further performed to obtain and provide a flow field pressure distribution of the upper airway model.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Hung Ta Hsiao, Sheng Chuan Wang, Franco Lin, Lung Cheng Lee, Chih Min Yao, Ning Hung Chen, Chung Chih Yu
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Patent number: 8919972Abstract: An optical element adjustment mechanism is for loading a reflection optical device, which comprises a base and a loading element. The base is movably assembled to the reflection optical device. The base is a hollow tubular structure, and each side has an opening. The inner edge of one of the opening has a plurality loading surfaces extension to the central side, and two leaning surfaces protruded along a tube wall of the base. The loading element movably assembled to the base has a first surface, a second surface and two datum planes. The first surface is flattened against the plurality loading surfaces. The second surface has a connecting portion connected the optical element. The two datum planes are respectively flattened against the two loading surfaces. Wherein, at least one adjustment gasket is moveably assembled between the base and the loading element for precision adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Po-Hsuan Huang, Yu-Cheng Cheng
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Patent number: 8921075Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nanoparticle chain is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing a single-stranded circular primer with a determined length, and amplifying the single-stranded circular primer into single-stranded DNA nanotemplate by an isothermal nucleotide amplification reaction such that an end of the single-stranded DNA nanotemplate is fixed to a surface of a substrate; and adding a single-stranded DNA probe conjugated with nanoparticle at one end of which, and attaching the single-stranded DNA probe to the corresponding sequence on the single-stranded DNA nanotemplate to form a nanoparticles chain. The method of manufacturing a nanoparticle chain further comprises providing a fluid, and the flowing direction of the fluid controls the aligning direction of the nanoparticle chain. Wherein, the inter-nanoparticle distance of the nanoparticle chain can be adjusted by adjusting a reaction temperature or adding the single-stranded DNA probe without conjugating with nanoparticles.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Yen-Pei Lu, Ming-Yu Lin, Yu-Sheng Lai, Yuh-Shyong Yang, Hsuen-Li Chen, Yu-Cheng Ou
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Patent number: 8911687Abstract: A miniature sieve apparatus is described and includes a first sieve, a separator and a second sieve from top to bottom. The first and second sieves are formed with at least one first mesh and a plurality of second meshes, respectively. The first and second meshes are misaligned with each other in a vertical direction of the first and second sieves. The miniature sieve apparatus is provided to separate or screen microparticles with different sizes, such as target cells, bio-medical particles, organic or inorganic microparticles. Additionally, the invention also provides a manufacturing method of the miniature sieve apparatus, and the same material is applied to manufacture the sieves and the separators. Thus, the problem caused by the residual thermal stress due to different material can be solved. Therefore, the cost of the miniature sieve apparatus can be lowered as the yield rate thereof is improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Chun-ming Huang, Chen-chia Chen, Chi-sheng Lin, Chien-ming Wu
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Patent number: 8908195Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring cracks remotely and the device thereof. First, multiple laser spots with known a shape are projected onto a remote wall and beside a crack. Then, by using geometric calculations, the relative coordinates of the laser spots on the wall and the real distance can be given and used as the reference length of the crack. Next, a camera is used for taking a picture of the remote crack along with the laser spots; the image identification technology is used for calculating the relevant parameters of the crack. Thereby, to acquire the parameters of the crack, a user needs not to be present at the site for measuring at a short distance or placing a reference object, and thus providing safety and convenience.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Wen-Yi Chang, Franco Lin, Lung-Cheng Lee, Hung-Ta Hsiao, Shou-I Chen, Yu-Chi Sung, Tai-Shan Liao, Chih-Yen Chen
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Publication number: 20140352276Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-vortical-flow hybrid rocket engine, including a main body and a nozzle communicating with an end of the main body. The main body includes a plurality of disk-like combustion chambers arranged longitudinally, and a central combustion chamber formed along the axial portion and communicating the disk-like combustion chambers. Each of the disk-like combustion chambers is provided with a plurality of oxidizer injection nozzles at its inner circumference surface. Inside the disk-like combustion chambers, the oxidizer is injected in nearly the tangent directions of the circumference, and the injection directions are opposite for the neighboring disk-like combustion chambers, which creates vortical flows with opposite rotating directions so as to increase the total residence time of the combustion reactions of the oxidizer and the solid-state fuel in the disk-like combustion chambers of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicants: National Chiao Tung University, National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Yen-Sen Chen, Men-Zen Wu, Jong-Shinn Wu, Alfred Lai, Jhe-Wei Lin, Tzu-Hao Chou
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Patent number: 8902952Abstract: A method for acquiring a code phase shift between an input sequence and a reference sequence is provided. The method is to be implemented using an acquisition device that includes a mapping unit configured to transform the input sequence and the reference sequence respectively into an input signal and a reference signal each with a complex phase, a comparison unit configured to compare the input signal with the reference signal so as to obtain a phase coherent indicator, and calculating unit configured to obtain the code phase shift between the input sequence and the reference sequence based on a phase of the phase coherent indicator and a number of bits of the input sequence.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignees: National Chiao Tung University, National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Ming-Seng Kao, Chieh-Fu Chang, Wan-Hsin Hsieh
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Patent number: 8861825Abstract: A computer for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch comprises a storage device for storing a medical image and a central processing unit, the central processing unit carry out a method for assisting in determining the strength of fixing a craniofacial surgery patch. The method includes obtaining a medical image; establishing a skull model according to the medical image; receiving a patch setting command, and disposing a patch model on the skull model according to the patch setting command; generating an internal grid mesh data of the skull model disposed with the patch model; executing a biomechanical simulation of a patch structural strength according to the skull model disposed with the patch model, the internal grid mesh data and a boundary condition; and providing a stress distribution, a strain distribution or a displacement distribution of the patch model to assist in determining.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Shou-I Chen, Sheng-Chuan Wang, Hung-Ta Hsiao, Lung-Cheng Lee, Ming-Hsiao Lee, Chih-Min Yao
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Publication number: 20140292364Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor chip probe for measuring conducted electromagnetic emission (EME) of a bare die and a conducted EME measurement apparatus with the semiconductor chip probe. The semiconductor chip probe comprises a substrate, a dielectric layer, an impedance unit, a measuring unit and a connection unit. The measurement apparatus comprises a semiconductor chip probe, a high frequency probe, a signal cable and a test receiver. The integrated passive component network designed and embedded inside the semiconductor chip probe forms the 1? or 150? impedance network. And the semiconductor chip probe is able to directly couple the EME conducted current or voltage from the test pin of the flipped chip under test to the test receiver for measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Yin-Cheng CHANG, Da-Chiang CHANG
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Publication number: 20140267696Abstract: A glitch-free data fusion method for combining multiple attitude solutions is disclosed, wherein a star camera is set as the master star camera. After acquiring attitude solutions from the star cameras, a rotation difference is calculated between a master attitude solution acquired from the master star camera and a slave attitude solution acquired from other star cameras. Then, a steady difference is acquired from the rotation difference via a low pass filter for correcting the slave attitude solution. When combining the corrected slave attitude solutions with the master attitude solution, the attitude glitches or attitude jumps, which occur while transitioning between data fusion configurations with different number of available attitude solutions, can be eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES (NARL)Inventors: Ming-Yu YEH, Ying-Wen JAN, Chen-Tsung LIN, Yeong-wei Andy WU
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Publication number: 20140264271Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device includes a memory layer, made of a silicon-based ferroelectric memory material. The silicon-based ferroelectric memory material includes a mesoporous silica film with nanopores and atomic polar structures on inner walls of the nanopores. The atomic polar structures are formed by asymmetrically bonding metal ions to silicon-oxygen atoms on the inner walls, and the silicon-based ferroelectric memory material includes semiconductor quantum dots, metal quantum dots and metal-semiconductor alloy quantum dots.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIESInventors: Jia-Min Shieh, Wen-Hsien Huang, Yu-Chung Lien, Chang-Hong Shen, Fu-Ming Pan, Hao-Chung Kuo
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Publication number: 20140264439Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least a first N-type germanium (Ge) structure and at least a first P-type Ge structure. The first N-type Ge structure is formed on the substrate and has two end parts and at least a first central part bonded between the two end parts thereof. The first central part is floated over the substrate, and a side surface of the first central part is a {111} Ge crystallographic surface. The first P-type Ge structure is formed on the substrate and has two end parts and at least a second central part bonded between the two end parts thereof. The side surface of the second central part is a {110} Ge crystallographic surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Chee-Wee Liu, Yen-Ting Chen
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Patent number: 8835894Abstract: The present invention discloses a resistive memory structure and a method for fabricating the same. The memory structure comprises a plurality of memory cells. Each memory cell further comprises two separate upper sub-electrodes fabricated from an upper electrode, two separate lower sub-electrodes fabricated from a lower electrode and intersecting the upper sub-electrodes, and a resistive layer arranged between the upper sub-electrodes and the lower sub-electrodes. Thereby, four sub-memory cells are formed in the intersections of the two upper sub-electrodes, the two lower sub-electrodes, and the resistive layer. Thus is increased the density of a memory structure in an identical area.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Ming-Daou Lee, ChiaHua Ho, Cho-Lun Hsu, Wen-Cheng Chiu
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Publication number: 20140249756Abstract: An earthquake early warning method for an earthquake detecting system includes utilizing support vector regression (SVR) method to build an earthquake detecting model according to the a plurality of vectors, wherein each of the vectors is corresponding to an earthquake information and a ground motion intensity; detecting a new earthquake information of a new earthquake and generating a specific vector according to the new earthquake information when the new earthquake occurs; and predicting a new ground motion intensity of the new earthquake according to the specific vector and the earthquake detecting model.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Ting-Yu Hsu, Shieh-Kung Huang
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Patent number: 8823927Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for nondestructively measuring the refractive index and the central thickness of a lens. The system comprises a radius measurement module arranged for measuring the curvature radius of the first surface of the lens; a focus measurement module arranged for measuring the best focus distance of the first surface of the lens; and a calculation module arranged for performing the first or the second calculation process according to the lensmaker's formula. Wherein, when the central thickness is given, the calculation module performs the first calculation process according to the curvature radius, the best focus distance and the central thickness to calculate the refractive index. On the contrary, when the refractive index is given, the calculation module performs the second calculation process according to the curvature radius, the best focus distance and the refractive index to calculate the central thickness.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Chia-Yen Chan, Shenq-Tsong Chang, Ting-Ming Huang, Po-Han Huang
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Patent number: 8816289Abstract: The present invention discloses a gamma dose rate measurement system comprising a shielding device and an electronic device. The shielding device is arranged for masking a visible light, so that only a light source substantially being a gamma ray passes through the shielding device. The electronic device comprises a sensing module, an image analysis module and a display module. The sensing module generates a current signal after sensing the gamma ray; the image analysis module receives the current signal and generates an analysis result including a total gamma dose rate and a gamma energy spectrum; and the display module is arranged for displaying the analysis result.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Din Ping Tsai, Chih-Chieh Wu, Chih-Chung Chou, Tai-Shan Liao, Chi-Hung Huang
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Patent number: 8808229Abstract: A system of a wireless physiological signal integration is provided. The system includes a wireless transmission sensor chip and a drug delivering system, wherein the wireless transmission sensor chip includes a sensor sensing a physiological signal of a patient, a signal conversion module converting the physiological signal into a converted signal, and a wireless transmission module wirelessly transmitting the converted signal, and the drug delivering system determines a dose of a drug and a timing for providing the drug according to the converted signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Yuh-Shyong Yang, Ming-Yu Lin, Kuei-Shin Tsai, Wen-Ying Chang, Chih-Heng Lin, Jo-Fen Wei
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Patent number: 8803943Abstract: The present disclosure uses at least three cameras to monitor even a large-scale area. Displacement and strain are measured in a fast, convenient and effective way. The present disclosure has advantages on whole field, far distance and convenience.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Chi-Hung Huang, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Wei-Chung Wang, Tai-Shan Liao
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Patent number: 8805135Abstract: This patent disclosure is based on a silicon, instead of LiNbO3, waveguide chip. The disclosed silicon-based multi-function integrated-optic chip comprises a unique design and fabrication features onto it. A unique polarization-diversity coupler is designed and fabricated to couple the external light into the silicon waveguide structure. A unique two-step (vertical and lateral) taper waveguide region is designed and fabricated to bridge the polarization-diversity coupler output with the input of a multi-mode interferometer (MMI) splitter for power loss reduction. At either end of the Y-junction output, there is a phase modulator to achieve optical phase modulation through various physics mechanisms. With this newly-developed silicon-based multi-function integrated optic chip, the size and cost of fiber sensors including FOG's can be greatly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Ming-Chang Lee, Ren-Young Liu