Patents Assigned to National Taiwan Normal University
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Patent number: 10366626Abstract: A method for facilitating handwriting practice includes: generating handwriting strokes in response to user input of user-writing strokes; generating an input image that includes the handwriting strokes, and that has a shape similar to a shape of a standard image associated with a standard word character; scaling the input image to generate a scaled image with a size that is the same as a size the standard image; overlapping the standard image and the scaled image; comparing an nth handwriting stroke in the scaled image with an nth standard stroke in a standard order of the standard word character; and when the nth handwriting stroke does not correspond in position to the nth standard stroke, displaying a notification of a stroke order error.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hsien-Sheng Hsiao, Chia-Hou Wu, Rong-Long Chang, Yu-Kai Chang
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Publication number: 20190219504Abstract: A molybdenum disulfide-containing biosensing chip includes a transparent substrate; a metal layer disposed on the transparent substrate; and a molybdenum disulfide layer disposed on the metal layer; wherein the molybdenum disulfide layer is carboxyl (—COOH)-modified. The carboxyl (—COOH)-modified molybdenum disulfide layer effectively enhances sensitivity of a detection device having the biosensing chip. The biosensing chip is applicable to detection of various biological molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: NAN-FU CHIU, TING-LI LIN
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Publication number: 20190212890Abstract: A method for displaying a questionnaire includes steps of receiving base data constituting the questionnaire; displaying the questionnaire that includes a plurality of response icons each corresponding to a shared response option, and a plurality of question icons each corresponding with a question; instructing a user to answer the questionnaire; and in response to receipt of an answering gesture indicating association of one of the question icons and one of the response icons, recording one entry of answer log that indicates the user's answer to one of the questions corresponding with the selected one of the question icons being one of the shared response options corresponding with the selected one of the response icons.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Jon-Chao HONG, Chi-Ruei TSAI, Hsien-Sheng HSIAO
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Publication number: 20190212263Abstract: A graphene-containing biosensing chip includes a transparent substrate; a metal layer disposed on the transparent substrate; and a graphene layer disposed on the metal layer; wherein the graphene layer is amino (—NH2)-modified. The amino (—NH2)-modified graphene layer effectively enhances sensitivity of a detection device having the biosensing chip. The biosensing chip is applicable to detection of various biological molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: NAN-FU CHIU, Chia-Tzu KUO
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Patent number: 10336704Abstract: A method for preparing indenoisoquinoline derivatives represented by the following formula (I) is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: (A) providing a first reactant represented by the following formula (II) and a second reactant represented by the following formula (III): and (B) reacting the first reactant represented by the formula (II) and the second reactant represented by the formula (III) in a solvent and selectively adding R2NH2 therein, to obtain the indenoisoquinoline derivatives represented by the formula (I), wherein, R1, R2, R3, A, X, Y, Z, m and n are defined in the specification.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventor: Ching-Fa Yao
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Patent number: 10307461Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating or preventing polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by administration of neutrophil geleatinase-associated lipocalin (Ngal) protein. Also, a transgenic non-human animal model is established to investigate the effect of overexpression of exogenous Ngal on PKD progression.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hsiu-Mei Hsieh, Yi-Ren Wang, Si-Tse Jiang, Wen-Yih Jeng, Yuan-Yow Chiou
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Publication number: 20190162427Abstract: An air conditioning economizer includes a compressor, a condenser, a metering device, an evaporator generating condensed water during operation, a refrigerant pipe and a textile member. The refrigerant pipe is a loop pipe interconnecting the compressor, the condenser, the metering device and the evaporator, and includes a supercooling section interconnecting the condenser and the metering device. The textile member is capable of transferring moisture, is quick drying, covers the supercooling section and the metering device, and is adapted for absorbing the condensed water.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Tun-Ping TENG, Huai-En MO
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Patent number: 10305276Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for providing ESD paths between a signal pad and a first or second power rail includes a first ESD protection module and a second ESD protection module. The first ESD protection module is coupled between the signal pad and the first power rail, and includes at least two first diodes and a first resistor. The first diodes are stacked with each other, and one of the first diodes is electrically connected with the first resistor in parallel. The second ESD protection module is coupled between the signal pad and the second power rail, and includes at least two second diodes and a second resistor. The second diodes are stacked with each other, and one of the second diodes is electrically connected with the second resistor in parallel. The signal pad is coupled between the stacked first diodes and the stacked second diodes.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Chun-Yu Lin, Chun-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20190156695Abstract: A learning system includes signal transmitters disposed respectively at different areas, a portable electronic device, and a server storing various question banks associated respectively with pre-stored location data sets. An operation method of the learning system includes each signal transmitter broadcasting a location identifying data set, the portable electronic device transmitting a question request to the server upon receipt of the location identifying data set, the server transmitting to the portable electronic device a question in the question bank associated with the pre-stored location data set that conforms with the location identifying data set, and the portable electronic device outputting the question.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Ming-Yueh HWANG, Jon-Chao HONG
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Patent number: 10288146Abstract: A dual eccentric shaft driving mechanism comprises a motor, a first eccentric shaft, and a second eccentric shaft. The first eccentric shaft has a first eccentric portion. The second eccentric shaft has a second eccentric portion connected to the first eccentric shaft. The motor is connected to the first eccentric shaft for driving the first and the second eccentric shaft to rotate. Wherein, the first and the second eccentric shaft are connected to have a same rotating direction. A phase difference between the first and the second eccentric portion is maintained at 180 degrees. Compared to the prior art, a second centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the second eccentric shaft is balanced by a first centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the first eccentric shaft in the present invention. Therefore, the vibration generated in the operation of the present invention is drastically reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Shun-Tong Chen, Wei-Yu Chou, Chao-Jung Chiang
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Patent number: 10272292Abstract: An adaptive sport posture sensing system has a sensing device, a sensing signal acquiring unit and a sport posture processing unit. In the determination mode, the sport posture processing unit selects one piece among multiple established pieces of sport posture reference data according to a sport name, a wearing position and one piece of user body information, the sensing signal acquiring unit obtains at least one first sensing signal sensed by the sensing device, and the sport posture processing unit compares a sport posture data generated based upon the at least one first sensing signal with the selected piece of the sport posture reference data, so as to determine whether a sport posture of the user is correct or not.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Yih-Guang Leu, Jon-Chao Hong
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Patent number: 10235416Abstract: A method for controlling a seat is performed by a mobile device in cooperation with a database. The database contains at least one reference data set which contains a physical characteristic data and a seat setting data. The method includes the steps of: a) upon receipt of an input, searching the database to identify which one(s) of the at least one reference data set contains the physical characteristic data that matches the input, the one(s) serving as candidate data set(s); and b) when a total number of the candidate data set(s) identified in step a) is one, outputting, to the seat, the seat setting data contained in the candidate data set for controlling the seat.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jon-Chao Hong, Kai-Hsiang Yang
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Patent number: 10234268Abstract: A method for digital holographic microtomography comprises (a) providing at least one wavefront controlling device for driving a sample to be rotated and/or an incident beam scanning the sample, (b) utilizing a digital holographic access unit for recording the transmitted or reflected wavefronts of the sample, (c) utilizing a digital holography reconstructing method for reconstructing the transmitted or reflected wavefronts of the sample, and (d) utilizing a tomographic reconstruction approach for reconstructing three dimensional image information of the sample.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Chau-Jern Cheng, Yu-Chih Lin, Han-Yen Tu
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Patent number: 10228230Abstract: A measurement tool for circumference includes at least one disk with a circumference thereof provided with a through hole; a straightedge provided with a fixed post and a plurality of scales, and the fixed post penetrates through the through hole to fix the disk to the fixed post; and a hitching line with one end thereof penetrated by the fixed post, and the other end of the hitching line surrounds the disk or straightens along the straightedge. Thus, a string makes a circle around the circumference, whereby the string is marked an index corresponding to the fixed post, and then the string straightens along the straightedge, and a length of the circumference of the disk is obtained according to relative positions of the scales and the index.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Jung-Hsuan Chen, Chin-Guo Kuo, Chao-Fu Shu
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Publication number: 20190066528Abstract: Steps of a method of case matching for a tutor user are implemented by a server that stores a plurality of tutee cases each including a lecturing location and a subject demand, and a tutor user registration corresponding to the tutor user and including a tutor location, a lecturing subject and a commuting distance limit. The server determines whether the tutee cases include a target tutee case of which the subject demand matches the lecturing subject and a commuting distance between the lecturing location of which and the tutor location is not greater than the commuting distance limit. When the determination is affirmative, the server generates a filtered case result indicating the target tutee case.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Ming-Yueh HWANG, Jon-Chao HONG, Chi-Ruei TSAI
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING VIRTUAL-REALITY-BASED ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONDITION
Publication number: 20190066383Abstract: A method for performing an assessment of mental and behavioral condition of a subject includes displaying, by a virtual reality (VR) device, a VR scene; generating, by the VR device, a notification indicating an assignment for the subject in the VR scene; recording, by a recording device, a response of the subject to the assignment; calculating, by a processing device, at least one score based on the response; and comparing, by the processing device, the score with a pre-established normative scale to generate an assessment result for the mental and behavioral condition of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Tzu-Chien LIU, Li-Yu HUNG, Yu-Chen KUO -
Publication number: 20190060744Abstract: A wearable device is configured to be worn by a first user, and to output pressure data indicating an amount of the pressure sensed thereby. An electronic device is communicatively connected to the wearable device for receiving the pressure data. In response to receipt of an initiating signal from a host device, the electronic device, continuously within a predetermined time period, accumulates a first number of exercise movements done by the first user based on the pressure data, receives data related to a second number of exercise movements done by a second user from the host device, and display a dynamic image indicating a relationship between the first number and the second number.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Ming-Yueh HWANG, Jon-Chao HONG, Yu-Feng WU
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Patent number: 10213470Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating spinocerebellar ataxias comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising of therapeutically effective amounts of Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis to a subject in need. The pharmaceutical composition reduces productions of reactive oxygen species and inflammatory factors to suppress polyglutamine aggregation.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Guey-Jen Lee-Chen, Chiung-Mei Chen
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Publication number: 20190051212Abstract: A method for suggesting nutrient intake includes: by a statistical platform, the steps of obtaining a training sample, building a classification model based on physical data, nutrient intake data and effect data of the training sample thus obtained, and providing the classification model to a management platform; and by the management platform, a step of when receiving a to-be-classified sample that includes physical data from a client device, determining suggested nutrient intake data by inputting the physical data of the to-be-classified sample into the classification model to obtain an output of the classification model which serves as the suggested nutrient intake data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: National Taiwan Normal UniversityInventors: Jon-Chao HONG, Kai-Hsiang YANG
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Patent number: 10190569Abstract: A device for automatically generating energy arranged in a water tank includes a buoy sinking in a water tank. Sides of the buoy are provided with a water inlet and a water outlet, which respectively connect with a tube body and a three-way tube. The tube body and the three-way tube are respectively provided with two valves. Each valve connects with a floating ball. When the buoy sinks in the water tank, each floating ball floats to close the valves, so that the liquid within the buoy is drained from a side through hole of the three-way tube to raise the buoy to a water level of the liquid, and each floating ball looses the valves, and the liquid flows into the buoy through the water inlet, and the buoy sinks in the water tank again. The buoy endlessly floats and sinks to generate electricity.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jung-Hsuan Chen, Chin-Guo Kuo, Chao-Fu Shu