Patents Assigned to National Taiwan University
  • Publication number: 20150018661
    Abstract: A method for measuring corneal elastic constant and viscosity constant comprises steps of: ejecting compressed air toward a cornea of a live eye ball and measuring air pressure thereof; emitting infrared rays during an air ejecting period, for measuring corneal deformation caused by the compressed air applied to the cornea; and calculating an elastic constant and a viscosity constant of the cornea based on Kelvin-Voigt model by utilizing the corneal deformation measured via the infrared rays and the measured air pressure during the air ejecting period. One advantage of the present invention is to aid preliminary detection in eye diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jia-Yush YEN, I-Jong WANG, Chun-Ju HUANG, Pei-Yi CHOU
  • Publication number: 20150019924
    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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shyue-Kung LU, Hao-Cheng JHENG
  • Publication number: 20150014171
    Abstract: A microfluidic particle separation device includes a substrate and a plurality of electrode bars formed on the substrate, disposed around as array center, angularly spaced apart from one another, and extending radially with respect to the array center so as to form a radially-extending electrode array that is capable of inducing circular or elliptical shear flow of the liquid through travelling-wave electroosmosis when being applied with a travelling-wave electric potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Shiang-Chi LIN, Chih-Ting LIN, Yi-Chung TUNG, Yu-Lung SUNG
  • Patent number: 8934093
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crystal fiber, a Raman spectrometer using the same and a inspection method thereof. The crystal fiber comprises a sapphire crystal is doped with two transition metals having different concentrations. An excitation light beam at a specific wavelength can propagate along the crystal fiber to generate a narrow-band light beam and a wide-band light beam to project on a specimen. Raman scattered light is emitted from the specimen. The wavelength of the Raman scattered light falls within the wavelength range of the wide-band light beam so that the wide-band light beam is enhanced at some characteristic wavelengths to facilitate Raman spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Pi Ling Huang, Kuang-Yu Hsu, Cheng-Kai Wang, Edmund Sun, Sheng-Lung Huang
  • Publication number: 20150010916
    Abstract: A porous film microfluidic device includes a sample well, a porous film support structure, including a first, second, and third port, wherein the first port is connected to the sample well, a porous film is formed over the bottom of the porous film support structure, and a glass fiber film is formed between the porous film support structure and the porous film, a waste tank connected to the second port of the porous film support structure, wherein a water absorption element is disposed in the waste tank, a buffer solution tank connected to the third port of the porous film support structure and sealed by a sealing film, and a COC plastic prism disposed over the bottom of the porous film support structure. The COC plastic prism includes a metal film in contact with the porous film and a metal oxide layer formed over the COC plastic prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Tsung-Liang CHUANG, Chii-Wann LIN, Chia-Chen CHANG, Shih-Chung WEI
  • Publication number: 20150010769
    Abstract: A method for preparing core-shell and hollow silver particles is provided. In the method silver salts and glycine nitrate or starch are mixed with solvent to form precursor solution. The mole percentage of the silver salts over the silver salts plus glycine nitrate or starch is 5 to 50 mol %. The precursor solution is then atomized to form precursor droplets. The precursor droplets are heated by pyrolysis to form silver particles. The composition of the precursor solution can be adjusted to finely manipulate the structure of the silver particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shao-Ju Shih, I-Chen Chien, Yu-Hsuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8926475
    Abstract: A device capable of adjusting images according to a body motion of a user and a performing method thereof are disclosed. The device includes a display unit, at least one camera unit, and a control unit. The display unit functions for displaying images. The camera unit captures at least one motion image of the user. The control unit is electrically coupled to the display unit and the camera unit. The control unit receives the motion image of the user and adjusts the display unit according to the motion image of the user, whereby the images displayed by or on the display unit move as does the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chyi-yeu Lin, Hashimoto Koichi
  • Patent number: 8927658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent hybrid material of dual functionality. The hybrid material may function as the fluorescence marker and as the attacking drug at the same time for biomedical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Toyoko Imae, Ampornphan Siriviriyanun
  • Patent number: 8928816
    Abstract: An activity recognition method, for recognizing continuous activities of several moving objects in the foreground of a video, includes: capturing and processing a training video to get a contour of a moving object; extracting a minimum bounding box of the contour in order to get parameters then transfer to feature vectors; constructing a decision tree model based on support vector machines (SVMs), for classifying the activities of the moving object according to the parameter and the feature vector of the training video; capturing and processing a testing video to get other parameters and using several formulas to generate feature vectors, and executing an algorithm for recognizing the activities of several moving objects in the foreground of the testing video. Said feature vectors are transformed from the parameters that in the testing and training videos. Via above descriptions, the method can recognize activities of foreground objects in the testing video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chin-Shyurng Fahn, Shih-Min Liu
  • Patent number: 8929166
    Abstract: A fault masking method is applied to a non-volatile memory array which includes a faulty cell and electrically connected to an address register providing a first address. The faulty cell can only output a fixed value. The content of the first address is not equal to the fixed value. The method includes: providing a complementer electrically connected between the address register and the faulty cell; providing a control word; writing the first address and the control word into the complementer; performing a complement operation on the first address and the control word by the complementer to obtain a second address, and storing the content of the second address into the faulty cell, wherein the content of the second address is equal to the fixed value. The method can reduce or eliminate the usage of redundancy in non-volatile memories, so as to reduce the manufacturing costs and improve the fabrication yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shyue-Kung Lu, Tsu-Lin Li
  • Patent number: 8926852
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for transferring a graphene layer. The graphene layer formed on a metal carrier layer is electrostatically adsorbed on a substrate by electrostatic charges, and then the substrate having the graphene layer formed on the metal carrier layer is immersed in an etching solution to remove the metal carrier layer, thereby completing the transfer of the graphene layer. In addition to being able to provide a simple method for transferring the graphene layer, the present invention further solves a problem of retaining organic residues, thus enhancing electrical properties of the transferred graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Chun-wei Chen, Chia-chun Chen, Di-yan Wang, I-sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 8928024
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical device, and the optical device comprises a luminous element and a gradient-index nanoparticle layer and scattering particles composed by particles stack with different refractive indexes and particle sizes. The luminous element has a light emitting surface. The refractive indexes of the nanoparticle layers decrease bottom up. The nanoparticles based gradient-index nanoparticle layer comprises a plurality of dielectric layers with different refractive index, and the dielectric scattering particle layers are stacked upward from the light emitting surface to let the gradient-index nanoparticle layer and scattering particles cover the light emitting surface. The method for manufacturing the abovementioned optical device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hsuen-Li Chen, Cheng-Yi Fang, Yang-Chun Lee, Yu-Lun Liu, De-Hui Wan, Chen-Chieh Yu
  • Publication number: 20140377186
    Abstract: A microbubble ultrasound contrast agent for external use is provided. The microbubble ultrasound contrast agent applied externally can safely and efficiently enhance the permeation and absorption of the drug or small molecules in the local region of the body surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: National Defense Medical Center, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ai-Ho Liao, Chih-Hung Wang
  • Publication number: 20140368625
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) image display device and a method thereof are provided. A first light filtering unit obtains a first RGB color light filtered from a first image, and a second light filtering unit obtains a second RGB color light filtered from a second image, to produce a left-eye image and a right-eye image, respectively, or an active light emitting panel produces a first image and a second image of different wavelengths. When a user is wearing glasses with different light filters on the left and right lenses to filter out the right-eye image and the left-eye image, respectively, the user receives 3D visual effects from the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventor: Ching-Fuh Lin
  • Publication number: 20140371528
    Abstract: An endoscope and a method for chemical modification of the members thereof are provided, on one hand, a transparent isolation film is utilized such that the tissue fluid inside a subject cannot stick to a lens of the endoscope to maintain the optimal image capturing status of the lens of the endoscope without the need to extract the endoscope frequently from the body of the subject, such that not only the time consumed in the examination process may be reduced, but also the uncomfortable feeling of the subject in the examination process may be decreased; on the other hand, a chemical modification method for members of the endoscope is provided to reduce the negative impact on the lens of the endoscope resulted from liquid pollutant or mist, moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Men-Luh YEN, Tai-Homg YOUNG, Hsu-Hsien CHANG, Yu-Shin WANG
  • Publication number: 20140369258
    Abstract: The present application is provided a system and a method of a trigger service, which is applied between an end equipment group and an application service terminal. The end equipment group includes a plurality of end equipment, and the end equipment of the mobile equipment group is configured to sequentially connect to mobile network. Each of the end equipment is configured to keep connection with mobile network in a waiting period and suspended to access mobile network after the waiting time period. The application service terminal is configured to transmit a trigger message to the end equipment group, and the trigger message is repeatedly transmitted in a transmission period of the message arrangement. During the transmission period, each of the end equipment of each end equipment group in mobile network is configured to execute the requested order of the trigger message when it receives the trigger message from the application service terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Phone Lin, Chi-Wei Tseng, Hau Chen
  • Publication number: 20140370328
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tin whisker mitigation material using thin film metallic glass underlayer, which is a thin film metallic glass (TFMG) formed between a metal substrate and a tin layer. Particularly, the TFMG can be a Zr46Ti26Ni28 underlayer or a Zr51.7Cu32.3Al9Ni underlayer, capable of blocking off the interaction occurring in the interface of a copper layer (the metal substrate) and the tin layer, so as to carry out the inhibition of tin whisker growth. Moreover, a variety of experiment data are proposed for proving that the TFMG of the Zr46Ti26Ni28 or the Zr51.7Cu32.3Al9Ni can indeed be used to replace the conventionally used thick tin layer for being the underlayer between the copper layer (the metal substrate) and the tin layer, and then effectively inhibit the interaction occurring in the Cu/Sn interface and the growth of tin whisker by low manufacturing cost way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jinn Chu, I Made Wahyu Diyatmika, Yee-Wen Yen, Wen-Zhi Chang
  • Publication number: 20140364477
    Abstract: Indolyl or indolinyl compounds of formula (I): wherein bond, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating cancer with these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Ohio State University, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ching-Shih Chen, Jing-Ping Liou, Hsing-Jin Liu, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Pei-Wen Shan, Wen-Ta Chiu, Che-Ming Teng
  • Publication number: 20140361396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot-carrier photoelectric conversion method. The method includes a hot-carrier photoelectric conversion device having a P-type semiconductor layer, an N-type semiconductor layer, and an inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer. The inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer is formed between the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer, and an electric field is formed between the P-type semiconductor layer and the N-type semiconductor layer. Moreover, photons are absorbed by the inorganic conducting light-absorbing layer to create electrons and holes. The electrons and holes are respectively shifted by the electric field or diffusion effect to the N-type semiconductor layer and the P-type semiconductor layer, so that the electrons and the holes are respectively conducted outside to create electric energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ching-Fuh Lin, Hsin-Yi Chen, Jiun-Jie Chao, Hong-Jhang Syu
  • Patent number: 8906817
    Abstract: A sintered calcium sulfate ceramic material includes a plurality of major grains of calcium sulfate solid solutions, and a plurality of reaction grains located at boundaries of the major grains. Each of the reaction grains may be selected from the group consisting of calcium silicate and calcium phosphate. A. sinterable calcium sulfate ceramic material consisting of calcium sulfate and a sintering additive is also provided. The sintering additive comprises silica (SiO2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Wei-Hsing Tuan, Shu-Ting Kuo, Hao-Wei Wu