Patents Assigned to National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • Patent number: 9223400
    Abstract: A performing method of a device capable of adjusting images according to a body motion of a user, the device comprising a display unit, at least one camera unit, and a control unit electrically coupled to the display unit and the camera unit, the performing method comprising: capturing at least one motion image of the user by the at least one camera unit; receiving the at least one motion image of the user by the control unit; and adjusting the display unit according to the least one motion image of the user by the control unit, whereby the images displayed by the display unit moving as does the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chyi-Yeu Lin, Koichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9218545
    Abstract: A method and a system for human action recognition are provided. In the method, a plurality of training data corresponding to a plurality of gestures are received and clustered into at least one group according to similarity between the training data, where the training data represent the gestures, and a corresponding relationship between the training data and the gestures may be one-to-one or many-to-one. An image sequence of human action is captured, and a data representing the human action to be identified is obtained there from. Then, a specific group having the highest similarity with the data to be identified is selected from the groups, and a ranking result of all the training data within the specific group is obtained through a rank classifier and the data to be identified. Finally, the human action is identified as the gesture represented by the first training data in the ranking result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chin-Shyurng Fahn, Chang-Yi Kao
  • Patent number: 9206322
    Abstract: The present application relates to an anti-fingerprint coating material. a method for evaluating a surface property. More particularly, the present application relates to a non-fluorinated coating materials with anti-fingerprint property, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, and evaluating an anti-fingerprint properties of the coating materials surface and non-fluorinated coating materials with anti-fingerprint property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toyoko Imae, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun
  • Patent number: 9208560
    Abstract: An image registration method for registering images into a coordinate system includes the following steps: (a) performing image normalization on a source image and generating a normalized image; (b) retrieving at least one color-deconvoluted image from color-deconvoluting the source image; (c) determining at least one image feature from the at least one color-deconvoluted image; (d) comparing the at least one image feature of the at least one color-deconvoluted image with a target image, and generating a relative matching structural feature result; and (e) transforming the normalized image into a registered image according to the matching structural feature result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Ching-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 9209896
    Abstract: An active network monitoring system for detecting an abnormality at a position between a communication office and a client includes a first monitoring module disposed on the communication office, a second monitoring module disposed on the client and an optical splitter. The first monitoring module has a first processor and a first laser diode. The second monitoring module has a second processor and a second laser diode. The first processor sends a digital signal to the first laser diode. The first laser diode modulates the digital signal into an optical signal and sends the optical signal to the second monitoring module via the optical splitter. The second laser diode converts the optical signal back to the digital signal, and sends the digital signal to the second processor to generate an identification signal of the client. The identification signal is transmitted to the communication office via the second laser diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chang-Chia Chi, Chen-Wen Tarn, Hong-Mao Lin
  • Publication number: 20150338107
    Abstract: A soot-exhausting device is provided with a left and a right upright plate. A front end of the left upright plate is bended and extended to form a first upright plate and a left deflection plate. The upper part of the free end of the left deflection plate is bended rightwardly to form a left top plate. A front end of the right upright plate is bended and extended to form a second upright plate and a right deflection plate. The upper part of the free end of the right deflection plate is bended leftwardly to form a right top plate. The bottom of the air-extraction hood is provided with a left and a right air blow groove that are respectively in elongate shape and parallel to top side of the left and the right top plate and located at the rear end of each top side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Rong Fung HUANG
  • Patent number: 9193032
    Abstract: A supplying system of adding gas into the polishing slurry and method thereof are described. The supplying system includes a slurry container, a gas-mixed container, an adjusting device, a first flow controller, and a second flow controller. The supplying system utilizes the adjusting device to mix the polishing slurry with gas for forming the gas-mixed polishing slurry. The supplying system of adding the gas into the polishing slurry and method thereof are capable of increasing the material removal rate of the surface of the substrate in order to improve the processing quality of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Chen, Ping-Shen Chou, Wei-Kang Tu
  • Patent number: 9173230
    Abstract: A method for scheduling data burst is provided. The method is adapted for a mobile apparatus. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a data burst is generated, and a maximum delay time is calculated according to a delay constraint of the data burst. Next, whether to receive a downlink data burst before the maximum delay time is determined. If yes, a base station is requested to schedule the data burst to at least one available scheduling time near the downlink data burst. Afterwards, the data burst is sent according to the at least one available scheduling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Feng-Ming Yang, Wei-Mei Chen, Han-Peng Jiang
  • Patent number: 9172492
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a time/wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network (TWPON), which has an optical splitter (21) and a waveguide grating router (WGR) (22) disposed at a remote node (RN) (20). The optical splitter (21) and the WGR (22) can be connected in a cascade or in a parallel such that the present invention can use less number of wavelengths to increase transmission capacity or increase the number of users. A channel fault monitoring (CFM) module provided at an optical line terminal (OLT) is utilized to locate fiber breaks among distribution fibers. The TWPON of the present invention can provide TDM-PON, WDM-PON, and Hybrid PON co-existing platform with less wavelengths channel fault monitoring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: San-Liang Lee
  • Patent number: 9165684
    Abstract: A fault bits scrambling memory and method thereof relate to a memory including at least one memory bank. The memory bank includes a memory module, a scrambling-logic unit, a self-testing unit and a scrambling code generating unit. The memory module includes a plurality of pages. Each page has a plurality of memory cells, and each memory cell has a physical address. The scrambling logic unit receives a scrambling code and the physical address to generate a mapping address by logical calculation, and outputs the mapping address to the memory module. The self-testing unit detects the faulty memory cells of each page. The scrambling code generating unit is applied to generate the scrambling code to maintain the number of the faulty memory cells corresponding to the mapping address of the same page is up to a maximum tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shyue-Kung Lu, Hao-Cheng Jheng
  • Patent number: 9162287
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing gold nanoparticles using hydroxyl peroxide in an aqueous alkaline condition in the presence of a biocompatible protecting agent. The method of the invention does not involve toxic reagents and therefore are environmentally friendly. The gold nanoparticles thus produced can be used in biomedical applications including cancer therapy and drug delivery without purification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae
  • Patent number: 9153389
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon nanotube-graphene composite comprising a substrate, a graphene layer disposed on the substrate, and a patterned layer of aligned carbon nanotubes disposed on the graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Shih, Ying-Sheng Huang, Kuei-Yi Lee
  • Patent number: 9139098
    Abstract: A collector device of an electric train and a collector method thereof are provided. The collector device includes a collector unit and a magnetic unit. The collector unit has a first side, a second side and a graphite skateboard. The first side and the second side are the two opposite sides of the collector unit, and the graphite skateboard is disposed on the first side, wherein the first side of the collector unit is in contact with a power source having a magnetically permeable capacity via the graphite skateboard, so as to draw an operation voltage. The magnetic unit has an electromagnetic coil body. The magnetic unit is configured on the second side of the collector unit, for providing an attractive force between the collector unit with the power source, so as to reduce a contact loss rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ming-Tse Kuo, Wen-Yi Lo, Yao-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 9143074
    Abstract: A method is for controlling a synchronous motor includes a stator, a rotor with a position and a speed, a direct axis and a quadrant axis. The method includes: providing a position control, a speed control and a current control programs; executing either the position control program or the speed control program to produce a quadrant axis current; executing the current control program; detecting the synchronous motor to obtain a first, a second and a third phase currents, and digitizing the three phase currents; using the three phase currents and the quadrant axis current to calculate a direct axis current; converting the direct axis current and quadrant axis current to a direct axis voltage command and quadrant axis voltage command; executing a pulse width modulation for the direct axis and the quadrant axis voltage commands, to get a trigger signal for controlling the synchronous motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tian-Hua Liu, Ming-Yen Wei
  • Patent number: 9119237
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a lighting lamp (10), is used for emitting a plurality of lights with different color temperatures, and color rendering indexes of all the lights are larger than 90. The lighting lamp (10) includes a combination (100) of light sources and a driving module (200). The combination (100) of the light sources includes four LEDs with specific wavelengths. The driving module (200) is utilized to drive the LEDs to illuminate and to control energy distribution of luminous energy for the first, second, third and fourth LEDs, thereby dynamically adjusting to show the light with 9000K, 12000K and eight color temperatures defined by the ENERGY STAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Neng-chung Hu, Chin-chuan Wu, Wei-zhen Wu
  • Patent number: 9106838
    Abstract: An automatic photographing method, adapted to automatically photograph an image based on aesthetics, includes the following steps. First, view finding is performed on a pre-capture region so as to generate an image view. It is determined whether the image view satisfies an image composite template. When the image view satisfies the image composite template, the view image is set as a pre-capture image. When the image view does not satisfy the image composite template, a moving distance between the pre-capture region and a focus region mapping to the image composite template is calculated, and it is determined whether to set the image of the pre-capture region as the pre-capture image according to the moving distance. The pre-capture image is evaluated according to personal information of the user so as to decide whether or not to capture the pre-capture image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chin-Shyurng Fahn, Meng-Luen Wu
  • Patent number: 9082528
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for fabricating a carbon nanotube-loaded electrode enabling that hybrid carbon nanotubes comprising dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles covalently immobilized on carbon nanotubes via a first covalent bond are made and such hybrid carbon nanotubes are then covalently immobilized on a metal electrode coated with a self-assembled monolayer via a second covalent bond. Also provided is a carbon nanotube-loaded electrode made by the method. The electrode thus made possesses high durability, reactivity and stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toyoko Imae, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun
  • Publication number: 20150189186
    Abstract: An automatic photographing method, adapted to automatically photograph an image based on aesthetics, includes the following steps. First, view finding is performed on a pre-capture region so as to generate an image view. It is determined whether the image view satisfies an image composite template. When the image view satisfies the image composite template, the view image is set as a pre-capture image. When the image view does not satisfy the image composite template, a moving distance between the pre-capture region and a focus region mapping to the image composite template is calculated, and it is determined whether to set the image of the pre-capture region as the pre-capture image according to the moving distance. The pre-capture image is evaluated according to personal information of the user so as to decide whether or not to capture the pre-capture image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chin-Shyurng Fahn, Meng-Luen Wu
  • Patent number: 9052396
    Abstract: An apparatus for ultrasound harmonic imaging and method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a signal transmitting unit, a signal receiving unit and an image processing unit. The signal transmitting unit transmits a linearly or non-linearly frequency modulated up-sweep signal and a linearly or non-linearly frequency modulated down-sweep signal to a reflective body. The signal receiving unit receives an inter-modulation component generated through coupling between the up-sweep and the down-sweep signal and a second harmonic component of the up-sweep or the down-sweep signal reflected by the reflective body. The image processing unit is connected to the signal receiving unit, and performs ultrasound harmonic imaging to obtain an ultrasound harmonic image according to the inter-modulation component and the second harmonic component of the up-sweep or down-sweep signal, so as to improve image quality of harmonic imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Che-Chou Shen
  • Publication number: 20150154755
    Abstract: An image registration method for registering images into a coordinate system includes the following steps: (a) performing image normalization on a source image and generating a normalized image; (b) retrieving at least one color-deconvoluted image from color-deconvoluting the source image; (c) determining at least one image feature from the at least one color-deconvoluted image; (d) comparing the at least one image feature of the at least one color-deconvoluted image with a target image, and generating a relative matching structural feature result; and (e) transforming the normalized image into a registered image according to the matching structural feature result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Ching-Wei WANG