Patents by Inventor Cheng-An CHIEN

Cheng-An CHIEN 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).

  • Patent number: 11278083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a midsole material composition, a method for producing the midsole material and a shoe sole. The midsole material composition comprises an elastomer, a thermoplastic polymer, a suitable crosslinker and a catalyst, such that the midsole material of the present invention can be fabricated by subjecting the midsole material composition to a phase-inversion crosslinking reaction and a foaming process. The aforementioned thermoplastic polymer, which is a recyclable material, is inverted into a continuous phase after the phase-inversion crosslinking reaction, thereby enhancing a recycling property of the midsole material and improving a reusability of the shoe sole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chuh-Yung Chen, Cheng-Chien Wang, Cheng-Wei Huang, Meng-Heng Wu, Chao-Yu Lai, Yu-Ning Shu
  • Publication number: 20220078943
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stack-type vertical heat dissipation device comprising an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The evaporator unit has a side configured for direct or indirect contact with, and thereby receiving heat from, a high-temperature device in order for the heat to convert a heat conduction medium inside the evaporator unit into a gaseous state. The condenser unit is stacked on a top side of a housing of the evaporator unit, and is provided therein with a flow channel that is in communication with the evaporator unit and allows passage of the heat conduction medium so that the heat conduction medium is able to return to the evaporator unit under a force of gravity after condensing from the gaseous state into a liquid state and thereby complete a thermal cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien WAN, Cheng-Jui WAN, Chun-Hsien SU, Hui-Fen HUANG
  • Patent number: 11255586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a parallel-connected condensation device, comprising a front condensation unit, a rear condensation unit, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins. The front condensation unit is parallel to the rear condensation unit. The heat dissipation fins is inserted into the front condensation unit and the rear condensation unit. The front condensation unit and the rear condensation unit comprise a plurality of confluence chambers. The confluence chambers are connected with each other to form a plurality of flow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAN ZAI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
  • Patent number: 11219841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchange device featuring gas-liquid separation, comprising an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The condenser unit comprises a central main guide tube, a plurality of condensation tubes connected to the two lateral sides of the central main guide tube, and a heat dissipation fin assembly provided on a periphery of each condensation tube. The central main guide tube comprises a gaseous-phase confluence chamber and a liquid-phase confluence chamber. The gaseous-phase confluence chamber is provided in an upper portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the gas outlet through a gaseous-phase connection tube, and the liquid-phase confluence chamber is provided in a lower portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the evaporation chamber through a liquid-phase connection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MAN ZAI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
  • Patent number: 11164293
    Abstract: A level of detail-transformation adaptive enhancement method for image contrast includes: dividing a remote sensing image into a plurality images of different levels of detail, the lowest level of detail defined as L and the highest level of detail defined as H, and gradually transforming an image Imagei of an arbitrary level of detail i between the image ImageH of the highest level of detail H and the image ImageL of the lowest level of detail L from ImageL to ImageH through the following equation: Imagei=Ri×ImageH+(1?Ri)×ImageL. The image ImageH of the highest level of detail H is an image ImageACE produced with adaptive contrast enhancement processing, or an image produced with a contrast enhancement method such as Gaussian or histogram equalization; the image ImageL of the lowest level of detail L is an image ImageLCE produced by common linear contrast enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Cheng-Chien Liu
  • Publication number: 20210318073
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gravity high-efficiency heat dissipation apparatus comprising an evaporator and a condenser. The evaporator comprises a housing, an evaporation chamber arranged at the housing, and a skived structure arranged inside the evaporation chamber. The condenser comprises an upper circulating main pipe, a lower circulating main pipe and one or a plurality of condensation pipes having an upper opening and a lower opening fluidly connected to the upper circulating main pipe and the lower circulating main pipe respectively. The upper circulating main pipe is fluidly connected to an upper side of the evaporator via a first connecting pipe and is fluidly connected to an upper side of the evaporation chamber. The lower circulating main pipe is fluidly connected to one side of the evaporator via a second connecting pipe and is fluidly connected to the evaporation chamber. A circumferential side of each of the condensation pipes has one or a plurality of heat dissipation fins formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
  • Publication number: 20210288151
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor fin, and at least one epitaxy structure. The semiconductor fin is present on the substrate. The semiconductor fin has at least one recess thereon. The epitaxy structure is present in the recess of the semiconductor fin. The epitaxy structure includes a topmost portion, a first portion and a second portion arranged along a direction from the semiconductor fin to the substrate. The first portion has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the topmost portion and a germanium atomic percentage of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Chi-Wen Liu, Cheng-Chien Li, Hsin-Chieh Huang
  • Publication number: 20210280575
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a FinFET component, a plurality of patterned dummy semiconductor fins arranged aside a plurality of fins of the FinFET component, an isolation structure formed on the patterned dummy semiconductor fins, and a tuning component formed on the patterned dummy semiconductor fins and electrically connected to the FinFET component. A height of the patterned dummy semiconductor fins is shorter than that of the fins of the FinFET component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Huang, Chi-Wen Liu, Horng-Huei Tseng, Tsung-Yu Chiang
  • Patent number: 11116047
    Abstract: A heating device is provided. The heating device is installed on a camera device, and includes a thermal sleeve, a thermally conductive elastomer and a heating sheet. The thermal sleeve has an inner-wall surface and an outer-wall surface. The thermally conductive elastomer is configured on the inner-wall surface of the thermal sleeve. The heating sheet is configured on the outer-wall surface of the thermal sleeve. The heat generated by the heating sheet can be transferred to the lens of the camera through the thermal sleeve and the thermally conductive elastomer to defog and defrost the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Liang-Cheng Chien
  • Publication number: 20210264265
    Abstract: A method for optimally promoting decisions and a computer program product thereof are provided to perform a non-linear calculation by a computer to generate optimal information. The method for optimally promoting decisions includes: normalizing original data of a plurality of sources as a characteristic set; selecting a plurality of indicators from the characteristic set to form a decision set; receiving the decision set and determining whether the original data of the sources that corresponds to the indicators has a change, correspondingly adjusting a learning weight vector when it is determined that the change has occurred, and obtaining an optimal solution and a worst solution according to the learning weight vector and the decision set; and generating the optimal information according to the optimal solution and the worst solution. Accordingly, the optimal information can be quickly and accurately provided, as a reference for making decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicants: Taiwan Feibal Technology Corp., Taiwan Data Science Co.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien HSU, Chung-Tsen FAN CHIANG, Ying-Chiang CHO
  • Patent number: 11069341
    Abstract: The speech correction system includes a storage device, an audio receiver and a processing device. The processing device includes a speech recognition engine and a determination module. The storage device is configured to store a database. The audio receiver is configured to receive an audio signal. The speech recognition engine is configured to identify a key speech pattern in the audio signal and generate a candidate vocabulary list and a transcode corresponding to the key speech pattern; wherein the candidate vocabulary list includes a candidate vocabulary corresponding to the key speech pattern and a vocabulary score corresponding to the candidate vocabulary. The determination module is configured to determine whether the vocabulary score is greater than a score threshold. If the vocabulary score is greater than the score threshold, the determination module stores the candidate vocabulary corresponding to the vocabulary score in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ling Chen, Chih-Wei Sung, Yu-Cheng Chien, Kuan-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 11059205
    Abstract: A method for fabricating nanoporous polymer thin film includes steps as follows. A polymer thin film is provided, wherein a polymer solution including a polymer is coated on a substrate to form the polymer thin film. A swelling and annealing process is provided, wherein the polymer thin film is disposed inside a chamber with a vapor of a first solvent, the polymer thin film is swollen and annealed to form a swollen polymer thin film, and the swollen polymer thin film includes the polymer and the first solvent. A freezing process is provided, wherein the swollen polymer thin film is cooled to a temperature less than or equal to a crystallization temperature of the first solvent to crystallize the first solvent. A first solvent removing process is provided, wherein the first solvent is removed with a second solvent, such that a nanoporous polymer thin film is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rong-Ming Ho, Mohan Raj Krishnan, Suhail Kizhakkeveettil Siddique, Yu-Cheng Chien
  • Patent number: 11056392
    Abstract: A method for forming a FinFET device is described. The method includes the following steps. A substrate is patterned to form fins. Dummy gate stack is formed on the substrate and over the fins, wherein the dummy gate stack may be formed by the following steps: a dummy layer is formed; a first etching step is performed on the dummy layer with a bromine containing etching gas to form a dummy strip; a second etching step is performed on the dummy strip with a chlorine containing etching gas to form the dummy gate stack. The dummy gate stack is replaced with a gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Li, Wei-Shuo Ho, Huang-Chao Chang, Wei-Zhe Jhang
  • Patent number: 11049775
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a first fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET). The first FinFET includes a first gate structure over a first semiconductor fin and the first gate structure includes a first work function layer. The first work function layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has a bar-shaped structure, the second layer has a U-shaped structure encapsulating sidewalls and a bottom surface of the first layer, and the first layer and the second layer include different materials. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Huang, Cheng-Chien Li, Wen-Li Chiu
  • Publication number: 20210194261
    Abstract: A battery controller includes an auxiliary measurement energy-storing component, a control unit, a measuring unit and a protection unit. The auxiliary measurement energy-storing component is coupled in series to a battery module outside the controller, and configured to provide an open-circuited voltage. The control unit is configured to output a power value of the battery module according to the open-circuited voltage or a value of current flowing through the battery module. The measuring unit is configured to measure the current flowing through the battery module and transmit the measuring result to the control unit. The protection unit is configured to limit the value of current measured by the measuring unit to a predetermined value. A battery level measurement method of the battery controller is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Chin-Ming Chen, Cheng-Chien Huang, Mu-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11037317
    Abstract: A tooth-position recognition system includes an electronic device and a calculation device. The electronic device includes a first camera. The first camera is configured to capture a plurality of tooth images. The calculation device includes a second camera and a processor. The second camera is configured to capture a user image. The processor is configured to receive the tooth images, compare the corresponding position of each pixel in each tooth image to generate a depth map, and input the tooth images, the depth map, and a plurality of first tooth-region identifiers into a tooth deep-learning model. The tooth deep-learning model outputs a plurality of deep-learning probability values that are the same in number as the first tooth-region identifiers. The processor inputs the user image and the plurality of second tooth-region identifiers into a user-image deep-learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Kuan-Chung Chen, Yu-Cheng Chien, Chung-Sheng Wu, Hao-Ping Lee, Chin-Yuan Ting, Yu-Hsun Chen, Shao-Ang Chen, Jia-Chyi Wang, Chih-Wei Sung
  • Patent number: 11024718
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one semiconductor fin, and at least one epitaxy structure. The semiconductor fin is present on the substrate. The semiconductor fin has at least one recess thereon. The epitaxy structure is present in the recess of the semiconductor fin. The epitaxy structure includes a topmost portion, a first portion and a second portion arranged along a direction from the semiconductor fin to the substrate. The first portion has a germanium atomic percentage higher than a germanium atomic percentage of the topmost portion and a germanium atomic percentage of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Chi-Wen Liu, Cheng-Chien Li, Hsin-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 11018131
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a FinFET component, a plurality of patterned dummy semiconductor fins arranged aside a plurality of fins of the FinFET component, an isolation structure formed on the patterned dummy semiconductor fins, and a tuning component formed on the patterned dummy semiconductor fins and electrically connected to the FinFET component. A height of the patterned dummy semiconductor fins is shorter than that of the fins of the FinFET component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Huang, Chi-Wen Liu, Horng-Huei Tseng, Tsung-Yu Chiang
  • Publication number: 20210113938
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchange device featuring gas-liquid separation, comprising an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The condenser unit comprises a central main guide tube, a plurality of condensation tubes connected to the two lateral sides of the central main guide tube, and a heat dissipation fin assembly provided on a periphery of each condensation tube. The central main guide tube comprises a gaseous-phase confluence chamber and a liquid-phase confluence chamber. The gaseous-phase confluence chamber is provided in an upper portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the gas outlet through a gaseous-phase connection tube, and the liquid-phase confluence chamber is provided in a lower portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the evaporation chamber through a liquid-phase connection tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
  • Publication number: 20210113999
    Abstract: A nickel-iron alloy hydrogenation catalyst and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The nickel-iron alloy hydrogenation catalyst has 65 to 95 atomic percent nickel; and 5 to 35 atomic percent of iron, wherein the nickel-iron alloy hydrogenation catalyst is spherical and has an average particle diameter of 180 to 300 nm. The nickel-iron alloy hydrogenation catalyst is present in a non-carrier form. The nickel-iron alloy hydrogenation catalyst can generate a hydrogenation reaction at a low temperature (about 130˜140° C.) and has a high conversion rate (compared to pure nickel catalyst).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Chuh-Yung CHEN, Cheng-Chien WANG, Po-Wei LAN, Ying-Ji LIN