Patents Assigned to National Taiwan Normal University
  • Device for automatically generating energy
    Patent number: 10190569
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Hsuan Chen, Chin-Guo Kuo, Chao-Fu Shu
  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180353961
    Abstract: A microfluidic device includes a substrate, a microchannel, a plurality of spaced-apart pillars, and a porous nanofiber structure. The substrate has a substrate top surface. The microchannel is indented downwardly from the substrate top surface. The pillars are disposed in the microchannel. Each of the pillars has a pillar top surface that is lower in level than the substrate top surface. The porous nanofiber web structure is formed in the microchannel, and includes a first web portion residing in a space formed among the pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Tien-Li CHANG, Chi-Huang HUANG, Cheng-Ying CHOU
  • Resilient power device
    Patent number: 10150504
    Abstract: A resilient power device is adapted to drive a transmission rod of a vehicle, and includes a housing, a rotary shaft adapted to extend and be spaced apart from the transmission rod along a first axis, a power release unit including a first rod and a second rod that extend and are spaced apart from each other along a second axis parallel to the first axis, a power storage clutch adapted to be connected between the transmission rod and the rotary shaft, a power release clutch connected between the first and second rods, a first gear unit mounted to the first rod and the transmission rod, a second gear unit mounted to the rotary shaft and said second rod, and at least one resilient member connected between the housing and the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Hung, Hsueh-Chung Han, Ji-Jia Xu, Kai-Chieh Kang
  • LEARNING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180350256
    Abstract: A learning method to be implemented by an electronic device including a processor and a display unit and cooperating with an imaging frame includes: storing a set of image data related to a virtual 3D image of an object, and a total score associated with the object; displaying, by the display unit, image parts respectively on display areas that surround a central area according to the set of image data, in a manner that the virtual 3D image of the object is reconstructed in the imaging frame when the imaging frame is placed on the display unit and corresponds to the central area in position; determining, by the processor, whether a time duration for which the display unit displays the image parts is not smaller than a predetermined time duration; and when affirmative, adding, by the processor, a learning score to the total score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Tzu-Chien LIU, Chao-Ling CHEN
  • Method of noninvasively detecting plant pathogenic virus and electronic apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 10139396
    Abstract: A method of noninvasively detecting plant pathogenic virus and an electronic apparatus thereof are provided. The method is adapted to the electronic apparatus for detecting pathogenic virus in plants. The method includes the following steps. An excitation light beam is projected to the plant, and a reaction light emitted by the plant in response to the excitation light is received. An analytic optical spectrum corresponding to the reaction light is obtained, and whether the plant has the pathogenic virus or not is determined according to the analytic optical spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jen-Jie Chieh, Yen-Hsiang Wang, Shien-Kuei Liaw, Wen-Chun Wei, Ming-Hsien Chiang
  • REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLED DEVICES, AND A REMOTE CONTROL MECHANICAL DEVICE ASSEMBLY COMMUNICABLE WITH A SERVER UNIT
    Publication number: 20180333843
    Abstract: The remote control system includes a server unit and a remote controlling device receiving input of a first action command. The remote controlling device transmits the first action command to a first controlled device so as to enable the first controlled device to perform a first action and to transmit a relevant notice to the server unit. The server unit transmits, when receiving the notice, to each of second controlled devices, a respective one of second action commands that is included in a second action command set corresponding to the first action command, and that enables the second controlled device to perform a second action corresponding to the respective one of the second action commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Jon-Chao HONG, Yi-Hsuan HUNG, Chi-Ruei TSAI, Kai-Wen TAI, Kai-Hsin TAI
  • METHOD FOR COLLECTING A VIRTUAL OBJECT AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180330627
    Abstract: A method for collecting a virtual object includes: displaying a virtual element associated with a specific virtual object; adding the virtual element into a collected-element list upon receiving a collecting instruction to collect the virtual element; upon receiving an answer request corresponding to a target element in the collected-element list that is associated with a target virtual object, displaying different options each corresponding to a distinct virtual object; upon receiving a user answer of a selected option, determining whether the selected option is one of the options that is associated with the target virtual object; and when the determination is affirmative, adding the target virtual object into a collected-object list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Ming-Yueh HWANG, Jon-Chao HONG, Ming-Chi KIU, Kai-Hsin TAI
  • SEAT CUSHION
    Publication number: 20180310713
    Abstract: A seat cushion includes a cushion body, a weight measuring unit coupled to the cushion body, a tilt adjusting unit, a storage unit storing pre-established mapping data, and a controlling unit. The weight measuring unit measures, when a user is sitting on the cushion body, weight of the user applied to the cushion body so as to generate a result of weight measurement. The controlling unit is connected to the weight measuring unit, the tilt adjusting unit and the storage unit, and controls, when the seat cushion is operated in an automatic mode, the tilt adjusting unit to adjust a seat angle of the cushion body with respect to a horizontal reference plane based on the result of weight measurement, a height value and the mapping data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Jon-Chao HONG, Mei-Yung CHEN, Kai-Wen TAI, Kai-Hsin TAI, Chi-Ruei TSAI
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20180309846
    Abstract: A method for providing personal information is proposed. A server unit receives preference information of a user from a terminal device, and matches the preference information with another user's preference information in a database according to a matching condition. The server unit provides the another user's preference information to the terminal device when the matching condition is satisfied by the preference information of the user and the another user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Jon-Chao HONG, Ming-Yueh HWANG, Kai-Hsin TAI, Kai-Wen TAI
  • Measurement tool for a circle area
    Patent number: 10107664
    Abstract: A measurement tool for circle area includes a cylinder, a rectangular container and a pipe. The cylinder is provided with a first opening and filled with a liquid. The rectangular container is provided with a second opening, and at least side surface of the rectangular container is provided with at least scale table. The pipe is arranged on the cylinder and the rectangular container and connected with the first opening and the second opening. When the cylinder is tilted, the liquid flows to the rectangular container through the pipe, and a volume of the liquid in the rectangular container is figured out according to a length, a width and a height of the rectangular container and the scale table. The volume equals an inner-cylinder volume of the cylinder. An inner-circle area of the cylinder is obtained according to the inner-cylinder volume and a height of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Hsuan Chen, Chin-Guo Kuo, Chao-Fu Shu
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING PRODUCT SALES ON MODEL-FREE PREDICTION BASIS
    Publication number: 20180300738
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for forecasting product sales on a model-free prediction basis, the method comprises establishing a database for storing historical sales data and a variety of variates; providing a preprocessing module for finding major characteristics of sales data from the historical sales data of previous similar products and the corresponding variety of variates thereof stored in the database, and optimizing the major characteristics and coefficients thereof; providing a calculation module for calculating forecast data: substituting covariates to calculate coefficients of a product for forecasting and totalizing the sum of the coefficients of the product for forecasting multiplied by the optimized major characteristics to forecast sales data of the product for forecasting; and providing an output module for outputting the sales data of the product for forecasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tse-Ping Dong, Lu-Hung Chen
  • Panoramic viewing system and method thereof
    Patent number: 10095100
    Abstract: The present invention provides a panoramic viewing system, which includes a panoramic reflection mirror, formed in an elliptical conical status, and the conical surface thereof is defined as a curved surface used for reflecting an ambient light source; and an image sensor, disposed at one side of the panoramic reflection mirror and used for receiving a light source from the panoramic reflection mirror so as to generate an image data; wherein the panoramic reflection mirror allows a panoramic image to be formed in a rectangular area when the panoramic image is projected by the panoramic reflection mirror to the image sensor. In addition, the present invention also discloses a method of panoramic viewing, a panoramic projecting system, a method of panoramic projecting and a panoramic image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hong-Fa Ho, Pei-Yung Hsiao, Wen-Jui Chou, Chun-Yu Tsai
  • Modular electric vehicle
    Patent number: 10086891
    Abstract: A modular electric vehicle includes a first body module having a lateral connecting side, a second body module having a lateral connecting side, two first wheels mounted to the first body module, two second wheels mounted to the second body module, and a connection unit. The connection unit includes a first electrical connector disposed at the lateral connecting side of the first body module, and a second electrical connector disposed at the lateral connecting side of the second body module. The first electrical connector is operable to be selectively and electrically coupled to the second electrical connector, so that the first and second body modules can be selectively assembled to form a relatively light electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Hung, Cheng-Sian Li, Min-Chen Cho, Hsueh-Chung Han, Chen-Wei Hu, Shao-Wei Chang
  • Method for treating tau-associated diseases using tetrahydropyranol derivatives
    Patent number: 10064838
    Abstract: A method for treating tau-associated disease by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a tetrahydropyranol derivative to a subject in need is disclosed. Particularly, a method for treating Alzheimer's disease by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a tetrahydropyranol derivative to a subject in need is disclosed. The tetrahydropyranol derivatives have demonstrated their abilities for reducing tau aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Guey-Jen Lee-Chen, Kwun-Min Chen
  • Dynamic tire pressure sensor system for a bike
    Patent number: 10065075
    Abstract: A dynamic tire pressure sensor system for a bike comprises a dynamic tire pressure sensor device and a user receiving carrier wherein the dynamic tire pressure sensor device comprises at least a tire pressure sensor module, a processing module and a transmission module: the tire pressure sensor module transmits tire pressure change data to the processing module; the processing module either performs data operation independently or transmits tire pressure change data to the user receiving carrier from the transmission module for data operation in order to analyze pedaling cadences and pedaling forces during cycling and provide/display real-time sports information on the user receiving carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzyy-Yuang Shiang, Yin-Shin Lee, Chen-Fang Hsieh
  • Image processing method
    Patent number: 10042325
    Abstract: An image processing method for processing a plurality of holograms includes the steps of: performing a Fourier transform operation on the holograms to result in a plurality of corresponding spectra in a spectrum space; calculating a sum of the plurality of spectra to obtain the synthetic spectrum; multiplying the synthetic spectrum by a weight function associated with the spectrum space to obtain a normalized synthetic spectrum, each function value of the weight function corresponding to a respective position in the spectrum space and being associated with distribution of the plurality of spectra in the spectrum space; and performing the inverse Fourier transform operation on the normalized synthetic spectrum to result in a normalized synthetic hologram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Chau-Jern Cheng, Yu-Chih Lin, Xin-Ji Lai
  • RESILIENT POWER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180201313
    Abstract: A resilient power device is adapted to drive a transmission rod of a vehicle, and includes a housing, a rotary shaft adapted to extend and be spaced apart from the transmission rod along a first axis, a power release unit including a first rod and a second rod that extend and are spaced apart from each other along a second axis parallel to the first axis, a power storage clutch adapted to be connected between the transmission rod and the rotary shaft, a power release clutch connected between the first and second rods, a first gear unit mounted to the first rod and the transmission rod, a second gear unit mounted to the rotary shaft and said second rod, and at least one resilient member connected between the housing and the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan HUNG, Hsueh-Chung HAN, Ji-Jia XU, Kai-Chieh KANG
  • Method for manufacturing a nanocarbon material
    Patent number: 10023467
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a nanocarbon material includes the steps of: a) supplying an acetylene-based flammable gas into a torch nozzle at a flow rate such that an ignition at the torch nozzle produces a reducing flame in a cooling zone in a chamber; and b) supplying a cooling medium to a nebulizer disposed upstream of the cooling zone to produce nebulized droplets of the cooling medium such that the nebulized droplets come into contact with the reducing flame in the cooling zone to thereby cause carbon nanoparticles to be entrained in the nebulized droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventor: Tun-Ping Teng
  • Method of power management for saving energy
    Patent number: 10019050
    Abstract: A method of power management to be implemented by an energy-consuming device includes the steps of: while the energy-consuming device is in an operating state, receiving an input associated with a time period; determining first energy consumption for operation in the operating state for the time period; determining second energy consumption for switching to a shutdown state; determining a smaller one between the first and second energy consumptions; maintaining operation in the operating state when it is determined that the first energy consumption is the smaller one; and switching to the shutdown state when it is determined that the second energy consumption is the smaller one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Jon-Chao Hong, Yi-Hsuan Hung, Chi-Ruei Tsai, Kai-Wen Tai
  • Methods for producing biodiesel by recombinant lipase
    Patent number: 9970035
    Abstract: A method for producing biodiesel is provided, which includes providing a recombinant Candida rugosa lipase; reacting the recombinant C. rugosa lipase and a non-edible oil; and isolating the biodiesel from the reacted solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Guan-Chiun Lee, Ting-Chun Kuo