Patents by Inventor Chang-An Chou

Chang-An Chou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240071833
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device with a hybrid fin-dielectric region. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a source region and a drain region laterally separated by a hybrid fin-dielectric (HFD) region. A gate electrode is disposed above the HFD region and the HFD region includes a plurality of fins covered by a dielectric and separated from the source region and the drain region by the dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yi-Huan Chen, Huan-Chih Yuan, Yu-Chang Jong, Scott Yeh, Fei-Yun Chen, Yi-Hao Chen, Ting-Wei Chou
  • Publication number: 20240069305
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly module includes an imaging lens element set, a lens carrier and a light blocking structure. The imaging lens element set has an optical axis. At least one lens element of the lens elements is disposed in the lens carrier. The light blocking structure includes a light blocking opening. The optical axis passes through the light blocking opening, and the light blocking opening includes at least two arc portions and a shrinking portion. Each of the arc portions has a first curvature radius for defining a maximum diameter of the light blocking opening. The shrinking portion is connected to the arc portions for forming the light blocking opening into a non-circular shape. The shrinking portion includes at least one protruding arc which extends and shrinks gradually from the shrinking portion to the optical axis, and the protruding arc has a second curvature radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Shu-Yun YANG, Cheng-Feng LIN
  • Publication number: 20240069416
    Abstract: A light path folding element includes a first surface, a second surface, a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. A light travels from the first surface into the light path folding element. The second surface is disposed relative to the first surface along a first direction and is parallel to the first surface, and the first direction is perpendicular to the first surface. The first reflecting surface connects the first surface and the second surface, an acute angle is formed between the first reflecting surface and the first surface, and the light forms an internal reflection via the first reflecting surface. The light forms another internal reflection via the second reflecting surface. The light path folding element further includes a light blocking structure, which extends from at least one of the first surface and the second surface into the light path folding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ssu-Hsin LIU, Wei-Che TUNG, Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Patent number: 11914217
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly has an optical axis, and includes a plastic carrier element and an imaging lens element set. The plastic carrier element includes an object-side surface, an image-side surface, an outer surface and an inner surface. The object-side surface includes an object-side opening. The image-side surface includes an image-side opening. The inner surface is connected to the object-side opening and the image-side opening. The imaging lens element set is disposed in the plastic carrier element, and includes at least three lens elements, each of at least two adjacent lens elements of the lens elements includes a first axial assembling structure, the first axial assembling structures are corresponding to and connected to each other. A solid medium interval is maintained between the adjacent lens elements and the inner surface. The solid medium interval is directly contacted with the adjacent lens elements and the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyun-Jia Cheng, Lin-An Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Cheng-Feng Lin
  • Publication number: 20240018149
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to bivalent compounds (e.g., bi-functional small molecule compounds), compositions comprising one or more of the bivalent compounds, and to methods of use the bivalent compounds for the degrading target proteins associated with a disease or condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chu-Chiang LIN, Hung-Chuan CHEN, Pei-Chin Xizhou, Chih-Chang CHOU
  • Publication number: 20240000396
    Abstract: Sleep physiological system and sleep alarm method are disclosed. The method includes acquiring sleep respiratory information and sleep position related information of a user in a sleep duration; comparing the sleep respiratory information with a predetermined condition for deciding a sleep respiratory event; and comparing the sleep position related information with a predetermined position range; providing an alarm behavior according to a corresponding set of alarming conditions based on a comparison result between the sleep position related information and the predetermined position range so as to influence a sleep position and/or a sleep respiratory state of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Chang-An Chou
  • Publication number: 20230420640
    Abstract: Provided are an electrolytic copper foil, an electrode and a lithium-ion cell comprising the same. The electrolytic copper foil has a first surface and a second surface, which are analyzed by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), and each have an intensity of a characteristic peak of (111) plane denoted by I1, an intensity of a characteristic peak of (200) plane denoted by I2, an intensity of a characteristic peak of (220) plane denoted by I3, an FWHM of the characteristic peak of (111) plane denoted by W1, and an FWHM of the characteristic peak of (200) plane denoted by W2. The first and second surfaces each have a ratio of (I1+I2)/(I1+I2+I3) of 0.83 or more and a value of (W1+W2) of 0.80 or less. By controlling the features, it can improve the corrosion resistance of the electrolytic copper foil and further increase the safety of the lithium-ion cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Chih-Chung WU, Yao-Sheng LAI, Jui-Chang CHOU
  • Publication number: 20230420688
    Abstract: Provided are an electrolytic copper foil, an electrode and a lithium-ion cell comprising the same. The electrolytic copper foil has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An absolute difference of the FWHM of the characteristic peaks of (111) planes of the first surface and the second surface analyzed by GIXRD is less than 0.14, the first and the second surfaces each have a nanoindentation hardness of 0.3 GPa to 3.0 GPa, and the yield strength of the electrolytic copper foil is more than 230 MPa. By controlling the absolute difference of the FWHM of the characteristic peaks of (111) plane of these two surfaces, the nanoindentation hardness of these two surfaces and the yield strength, the electrolytic copper foil can have improved tolerance to the repeated charging and discharging and reduced warpage, thereby improving the yield rate and value of the lithium-ion cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ting-Mu CHUANG, SUNG-SHIUAN LIN, Yao-Sheng LAI, Jui-Chang CHOU
  • Publication number: 20230203415
    Abstract: A cell and tissue sheet forming package includes a container body, a membrane, a sliding door plate and a sealing film. The sliding door plate is disposed slidably on a top of the container body to cover or expose the membrane. The sliding door plate has a hole and a passive magnetic assembly. The cell injection equipment includes a carrier, an injection mechanism and a drive mechanism. The carrier carries the package, and the drive mechanism moves the carrier and the injection mechanism to have the injection mechanism to inject a solution, through the hole, into the package. A heating element of the carrier is introduced to heat the membrane and the solution to transform the solution into a colloid sheet on the membrane. Then, the positive magnetic assembly engages magnetically the passive magnetic assembly to slide the sliding door plate to expose the colloid sheet on the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: HSIN-YI HSU, YANG-CHENG LIN, CHAO-HONG HSU, YU-BING LIOU, LI-HSIN LIN, HSIN-HSIN SHEN, YU-CHI WANG, CHANG-CHOU LI, CHIH-HUNG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230186469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the diagnostic accuracy of an artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose osteoarthritis (OA). The method involves all or some steps of: generating a plurality of feature values from at least one input skeletal image, generating a quantitative Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade based on the plurality of feature values, and generating an explanation plot showing the contributions of each feature. The present invention also relates to a method of constructing a non-transitory computer-readable medium to perform the above tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: CHANG-CHOU YEN, WIN-HOW LEE, QING-ZONG TSENG, CHENG-WEI LIN
  • Publication number: 20230144190
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil includes a bulk copper foil and a first surface treatment layer. The first surface treatment layer is disposed on a first surface of the bulk copper foil and includes a roughening layer, where the outermost surface of the first surface treatment layer is a treating surface of the surface-treated copper foil. The material volume (Vm) of the treating surface is 0.06 to 1.45 ?m3/?m2, and the five-point peak height (S5p) of the treating surface is 0.15 to 2.00 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian-Ming Huang, Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Publication number: 20230083613
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing an antibacterial agent using a mushroom and an antibacterial agent made therefrom. The antibacterial agent is made by using a residue left after preparing health foods from mushrooms, treatment with alcohol to obtain a solid matter, treatment with 1N sodium hydroxide after drying, autoclaving, rinsing with water, filtering for decolorization and treatment with 10N-15N sodium hydroxide as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Well Shine Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Chou LAN
  • Patent number: 11603279
    Abstract: A package structure of a roll-shaped thin film includes a thin film roll and a buffer layer. The thin film roll includes a winding core and a thin film wound around the winding core, and the buffer layer is wound around an outer circumference of the thin film. An end portion of the buffer layer is covered with an inner surface of an end portion of the thin film, and the thickness of the buffer layer is in a range of 1-20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Yang, Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Publication number: 20230019067
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil includes a treated surface, where the peak extreme height (Sxp) of the treating surface is 0.4 to 3.0 ?m. When the surface-treated copper foil is heated at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of the integrated intensity of diffraction peak of (111) plane to the sum of the integrated intensities of diffraction peaks of (111) plane, (200) plane, and (220) plane of the treating surface is at least 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lai, Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Publication number: 20230014153
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil including a treating surface, where the root mean square height (Sq) of the treating surface is in a range of 0.20 to 1.50 ?m and the texture aspect ratio (Str) of the treating surface is not greater than 0.65. When the surface-treated copper foil is heated at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of the integrated intensity of (111) peak to the sum of the integrated intensities of (111) peak, (200) peak, and (220) peak of the treating surface is at least 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lai, Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Patent number: 11540389
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil including a treating surface, where the root mean square height (Sq) of the treating surface is in a range of 0.20 to 1.50 ?m and the texture aspect ratio (Str) of the treating surface is not greater than 0.65. When the surface-treated copper foil is heated at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of the integrated intensity of (111) peak to the sum of the integrated intensities of (111) peak, (200) peak, and (220) peak of the treating surface is at least 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lai, Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Patent number: 11519092
    Abstract: A surface-treated copper foil includes a treating surface, and a peak extreme height (Sxp) of the treating surface being in a range of 0.4-2.5 ?m, where the hysteresis loop of the surface-treated copper foil includes a first magnetization and a second magnetization when the magnetic field strength of the hysteresis loop is zero, and the absolute difference between the value of the first magnetization and the value of the second magnetization is in a range of 20-1200 emu/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Chun Lai, Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Patent number: 11492718
    Abstract: An electrodeposited copper foil includes a bulk copper foil. When a weight of the electrodeposited copper foil is increased to 105.0 wt % during a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) performed on the electrodeposited copper foil at a heating rate of 5° C./min and an air flow rate of 95 mL/min, a heating temperature of the TGA is defined as T105.0 wt % and in a range of 550° C. to 750° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Sheng Lai, Jui-Chang Chou
  • Publication number: 20220218293
    Abstract: Sleep physiological system and sleep alarm method are disclosed. In an embodiment, the sleep physiological system adopts a dispersed deployment framework, so that when evaluating sleep disorders and performing a sleep position training and/or a sleep physiological feedback training, depending on different demands, the user can select to use an appropriate physiological sensor for acquiring appropriate sleep physiological information, and also can select the type and mounting position for alarm provision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Chang-An Chou
  • Patent number: 11365486
    Abstract: Provided are an electrolytic copper foil, an electrode comprising the same, and a lithium ion battery comprising the same. The electrolytic copper foil has a drum side and a deposited side opposing to the drum side, wherein a nanoindentation hardness of the drum side is equal to or larger than 0.5 GPa and equal to or smaller than 3.5 GPa; and a lightness of the drum side is equal to or larger than 25 and equal to or smaller than 75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Sheng Lai, Jian-Ming Huang, Kuei-Sen Cheng, Jui-Chang Chou