Patents Assigned to National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
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Patent number: 10166717Abstract: A photo-sodification modeling apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: a container, a holding plate, a lifting mechanism, a light source module, and a control unit. The container provides an accommodation space for accommodating a light-curable material, and includes: a base plate and a wall structure. The base plate is transparent or translucent. The wall structure is disposed around the base plate. The lifting mechanism is used for moving the holding plate. The light source module is disposed under the container. During formation of a solidified layer of a three-dimensional object, the base plate provides an electric or magnetic field so that the light-curable material in the container will not solidify on a surface of the base plate, thus resulting in the solidified layer having a reduced viscosity when the solidified layer is closer to the surface of the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Yih-Lin Cheng, Freeman Chen, Han-Hsuan Lee
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Patent number: 10155332Abstract: An in-mold vibratile injection compression molding method and molding apparatus thereof are described. While performing a filling stage, a first piezoelectric actuator and a second piezoelectric actuator are use to vibrate the molding material along at least two directions for precisely filling the molding material into the micro-structure by adjusting the filling flow velocity of the molding material associated with the proper molding material temperature and by maintaining a molding material temperature of a skin solidified layer in the cavity between a glass transition temperature and a melting temperature in order to avoid the form error, to increase the groove filling rate and to improve the residual stress.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Chao-Chang Chen, Feng-Chi Lee, Kun-Lin Wang, Ching-Hsien Yeh
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Patent number: 10156027Abstract: An equipment of manufacturing a bundle of electrospun yarn has a vortex containing device and a bundles collecting device. The vortex containing device has a feeding end, an exporting end and a vortex generator. The vortex generator is mounted in and communicates with the vortex containing device to form a fluid vortex in the vortex containing device to provide a guiding force. The guiding force draws an electrospun fiber into the feeding end of the vortex containing device. The electrospun fiber is wound to form a bundle of electrospun yarn by the fluid vortex. The bundles collecting device is rotated to collect the bundle of electrospun yarn.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Chang-Mou Wu, Kuo-Pin Cheng, Ching-Feng Li
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Publication number: 20180344326Abstract: A method for designing an instrument for orthopedic surgery includes obtaining imaging information associated with a bone segment of a subject and an implant fastened to the bone segment, creating a bone segment model and an implant model based on the imaging information associated with the bone segment and the implant, and generating information regarding a shape of an instrument based on the bone segment model and the implant model. The instrument is to be disposed on the bone segment and the implant. The instrument is formed with a path to align a positioning component with a location of the bone segment which is not covered by the implant and at which the positioning component is to engage the bone segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicants: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yi-Sheng Chan, Chi-Pin Hsu, Shang-Chih Lin, Shih-Sheng Chang
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Patent number: 10145527Abstract: A laser car lamp includes a light guide element, a phosphor element, a first laser diode, a second laser diode, a lens, and a reflector. The light guide element has first and second surfaces opposite to each other. The phosphor element and the lens are disposed at two opposite ends of the light guide element. The reflector is configured to reflect the first laser beam generated by the first laser diode and reflect the second laser beam generated by the second laser diode to the first surface. The first laser beam is scattered by the phosphor element to form a first scattered light, the second laser beam is excited and scattered by the phosphor element to form a second scattered light. The mixed light beam including the first scattered light beam and the second scattered light beam is emitted from the first surface toward the lens.Type: GrantFiled: January 1, 2018Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tsung-Xian Lee, Ching-Chia Chou
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Patent number: 10139067Abstract: A laser car lamp includes a plurality of laser diodes, at least one light guide element, a phosphor element, and a lens. The light guide element has a laser light incident surface and a laser light exit surface. The phosphor element is located adjacent to the laser light exit surface of the light guide element, and the lens is located adjacent to the laser light incident surface of the light guide element. In addition, the laser diodes are arranged around the laser light incident surface of the light guide element.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tsung-Xian Lee, Ching-Chia Chou, Kuei-Chun Liu
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Patent number: 10135072Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite is disclosed. The method includes steps of (a) providing a powder in a first weight ratio, a graphene oxide in a second weight ratio, a first modifying agent having a negative electric charge, and a second modifying agent having a positive electric charge; (b) reacting the first modifying agent with the powder so that a surface of the powder has the negative electric charge; (c) reacting the second modifying agent with the graphene oxide so that a surface of the graphene oxide has the positive electric charge; and (d) mixing the powder having the negative electric charge and the graphene oxide having the positive electric charge to form a composite.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Bing Joe Hwang, Yun Sheng Ye, Wei Nien Su
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Patent number: 10124327Abstract: A method of producing nano-composites has the following steps: providing a solution, with the solution having a substrate and a precursor of a zero-dimensional nanoparticles; and subjecting a surface of the solution to a plasma to activate the precursor to generate the zero-dimensional nanoparticles in the solution. The nanoparticles are self-assembled on the substrate uniformly to generate the nano-composites.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Wei-Hung Chiang, Huin-Ning Huang
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Patent number: 10120196Abstract: An optical device for measuring a distance includes a prism, a beam splitter, a detector and a light source. The prism has a first light-incident surface and a plurality of first light-transmitting surfaces. The first light-incident surface is opposite to the first light-transmitting surfaces. The first light-transmitting surfaces intersect at a vertex. The beam splitter has a light-passing surface, a second light-incident surface and a second light-transmitting surface. The second light-incident surface faces the first light-transmitting surfaces. The light-passing surface is opposite to the second light-incident surface. The beam splitter includes a partially mirror surface facing the light-passing surface and the second light-incident surface. The light-passing surface faces a grating. The detector corresponds to the second light-transmitting surface. The light source emits a light beam to the first light-incident surface. An optical axis of the light beam passes through the vertex and the beam splitter.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Mohammad Hossein Goudarzi Khouygani, Chyan-Chyi Wu
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Publication number: 20180314008Abstract: An optical communication system and multi-channel optical transmission and reception methods are provided. A transmitter of the optical communication system includes N laser source arrays, N sub-channel couplers, and a CWDM multiplexer. Each of the laser source arrays corresponds to a CWDM wavelength channel location and outputs M sub-channel light sources corresponding to M sub-wavelength channel locations at a CWDM wavelength channel location. The N sub-channel couplers are coupled to the N laser source arrays in a one-to-one manner. Each of the sub-channel couplers respectively receives the M sub-channel light sources of the corresponding laser source array and exports the M sub-channel light sources into a same output port. The CWDM multiplexer is coupled to the N sub-channel couplers to receive output signals of the N sub-channel couplers, to combine the N output signals into a light signal, and to output the light signal to an optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventor: San-Liang Lee
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Patent number: 10106665Abstract: A method for producing a polymer nanofoam includes: immersing a polymer material in carbon dioxide at a pressure greater than 5 MPa and a temperature of ?30° C. to 40° C. to obtain a carbon dioxide-saturated polymer material, wherein the melt index of the polymer material measured at 230° C. and 3.8 kg is between 0.1 g/10 min and 8.0 g/10 min. Thereafter, the carbon dioxide-saturated polymer material is depressurized to atmospheric pressure, and then the carbon dioxide-saturated polymer material is heated to form the polymer nanofoam.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Shu-Kai Yeh, Zong-En Liao, Chien-Chia Chu
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Publication number: 20180194092Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical component having micro-structures is described. The method detects a crystallization temperature within a crystallization temperature interval for fully filling the molding material into a mold cavity to rapidly produce the optical element having a micro-structure with a large area.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Chao-Chang Chen, Cheng-Fan Yu, Chang-Shun Lai, Chien-Yu Hou
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Patent number: 10016166Abstract: A contactless detection method with noise elimination is applied to measuring the information of physiological and physical activities. It includes following steps: sensing a human body to generate an image by an image sensor; capturing a physiological signal from the image; tracing a feature point of the human body in the image to generate a physical activity signal; and calculating information of physical activities covering step count, speed and calories according to the physical activity signal and the physiological signal. In particular, the contactless detection method treats the physiological signal cooperated with the physical activity signal to separate a noise from the physiological signal, so as to generate an ideal physiological signal. Therefore, the physiological information is calculated more accurately according to the ideal physiological signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yuan-Hsiang Lin, Yu-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 10011074Abstract: A color three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatus configured for forming a colored 3D object is provided. The color 3D printing apparatus includes a stage, a first printing unit, a second printing unit, a color inkjet printing unit, and a curing unit. The first printing unit is configured for providing the stage with a first material. The second printing unit is configured for providing the stage with a second material, and a gap remains between the first material and the second material. The color inkjet printing unit is configured for providing the gap with a colored pigment. The curing unit is configured for curing the colored pigment to form the colored 3D object, and the colored 3D object is composed of a plurality of colored object units stacked together. A color 3D printing method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yih-Lin Cheng, Freeman Chen, Jun-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 10004998Abstract: A building block includes a connecting part, a head part, and a tail part. The head part and the tail part are respectively connected to the connecting part. The head part is assembled with a head part or a tail part of another building block to form a head assembled structure or a head-tail assembled structure. The tail part is assembled with a head part or a tail part of another building block to form the head-tail assembled structure or a tail assembled structure. The building block forms a cyclic semi-structure or a columnar semi-structure with other building blocks by the three assembling methods. The cyclic semi-structure and the columnar semi-structure are assembled with another corresponding cyclic semi-structure or columnar semi-structure to form an annular column or a column by assembling the head assembled structures, the head-tail assembled structures, and the tail assembled structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Shen-Guan Shih, Jyun-Li Chen
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Patent number: 10003071Abstract: An electrode structure is provided. The electrode structure includes a substrate, a buffer layer, and a nano-material layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the substrate. The nano-material layer is disposed on the buffer layer, wherein the structure of the nano-material layer is nanowall.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yian Tai, Bing-Joe Hwang, Kuei-Hsien Chen, Jian-Ming Chiu, Li-Chyong Chen
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Patent number: 9987839Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for three-dimensional printing which is visible-light curable is provided, comprising a photosensitive prepolymer in a range of 76.5 wt % to 96.8 wt %, a photoinitiator in a range of 0.01 wt % to 5 wt %, an auxiliary photoinitiator in a range of 0.01 wt % to 15 wt %, and a solvent in a range of 0.01 to 10 wt %. A three-dimensional printing system comprises: an accommodation unit, a lifting unit, a formation unit, and a control unit. The accommodation unit is for accommodating a printing material. The formation unit, which is connected to the lifting unit, can be driven by the lifting unit so as to move with respect to a light emission unit. The control unit, coupled to the lifting unit, controls motion of the lifting unit. The light emission unit may be a mobile electronic device, a display device, or a digital television.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Fu-Teng Jhang, Rimma Shafikova, Sarjono Tri
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Patent number: 9988495Abstract: An oligomer additive is provided. The oligomer additive is obtained by a reaction of a maleimide, a barbituric acid and a dibenzyl trithiocarbonate. A lithium battery including an anode, a cathode, a separator, an electrolyte solution and a package structure is also provided, wherein the cathode includes the oligomer additive.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignees: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Fu-Ming Wang, Bing-Joe Hwang, Chorng-Shyan Chern, Jung-Mu Hsu, Jing-Pin Pan, Chang-Rung Yang
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Publication number: 20180145375Abstract: An oligomer and a lithium battery are provided. The oligomer is obtained by a reaction of epoxy acrylate and barbituric acid. The lithium battery includes an anode, a cathode, a separator, an electrolyte solution and a packaging structure, wherein the cathode includes the oligomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Fu-Ming Wang, Chorng-Shyan Chern
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Publication number: 20180145330Abstract: An oligomer and a lithium battery are provided. The oligomer is obtained by reacting a maleimide, a barbituric acid, and a promoter in a solvent. The promoter has the structure represented by formula 1: X—(R)3??formula 1, wherein X is N or P; R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. The lithium battery includes an anode, a cathode, a separator, an electrolyte solution, and a package structure, wherein the cathode includes the oligomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Fu-Ming Wang, Chorng-Shyan Chern, Jung-Mu Hsu