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).

  • Publication number: 20210074011
    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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    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
  • Publication number: 20210075108
    Abstract: A communication device includes a ground plane and an antenna element. The antenna element includes a first radiation portion and a second radiation portion. The first radiation portion includes a meander section and a rectangular metal section. The meander section has a rectangular hook-shaped structure. A feed point is disposed at a first end of the meander section, and a second end of the meander section is electrically connected to the rectangular metal section. A first end of the second radiation portion of an L-shaped structure is electrically connected to the ground plane. A first end of the rectangular metal section is spaced apart from a second end of the second radiation portion by a first parallel slot. The communication device operates in a first frequency band with the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion, and operates in a second frequency band with the first radiation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: ASKEY COMPUTER CORP., ASKEY TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Chung Lin, Chih-Cheng Chien
  • Patent number: 10897126
    Abstract: A storage device includes a base and a plurality of wire management modules. Each of the wire management modules includes a partition and a pivotal member. The partition is disposed to the base and has a supporting surface and a wire management groove. The supporting surface is located at the partition. The wire management groove is located at the supporting surface for accommodating wire. The pivotal member includes a fastening part and a pivotal part. The pivotal part is pivoted on the partition for a fastening position and a releasing position. When the pivotal member is at the fastening position, the fastening part covers the supporting surface for fastening wire between the surface and the fastening part. When the pivotal member is at the releasing position, the fastening part is spaced apart from the surface for releasing wire. The partitions and the base together form accommodation spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: AVER INFORMATION INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Lee, Yi-Cheng Chien
  • Patent number: 10885914
    Abstract: The speech correction system includes a storage device and a processing device. The storage device stores a first database. The processing device includes an audio receiver, a speech recognition engine, a calculation module, and a determination module. The audio receiver receives multiple voice inputs. The speech recognition engine recognizes the voice inputs, generates multiple candidate vocabularies corresponding to each of the voice inputs, and generates a vocabulary probability corresponding to each of the candidate vocabularies. The calculation module performs a specific operation on the vocabulary probabilities corresponding to the same candidate vocabulary, to generate a plurality of corresponding operation results. The determination module determines whether each of the operation results is greater than a score threshold, and stores at least one output result that is greater than the score threshold to the first database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kuan-Chung Chen, Chih-Wei Sung, Yu-Cheng Chien, Yi-Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 10851209
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of amphiphilic macromolecules is provided. The method includes: reacting the first acrylic acid with N,N?-carbonyldiimidazole to obtain a modified acrylic acid derivative; and reacting the modified acrylic acid derivative with the siloxane derivative to obtain amphiphilic macromolecules. Wherein, the terminal of the first acrylic acid has a hydroxyl group. Wherein, the siloxane derivative is a hydroxyl-terminated, acrylamide-terminated, epoxy-terminated or amine-terminated polysiloxane molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yun-Ru Hsieh, Dean-Mo Liu, Yu-Cheng Chien
  • Publication number: 20200372826
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel methods, tools and systems that provide an individual with the ability to define a personalized portion and evaluate food in real-world situations to offer guidance to the individual on the amount of the food the individual should eat as part of a controlled and consistent diet based on food volume. In particular, the methods, tools and systems of the present invention define food quanta personalized to the user, and further utilizes augmented reality to overlay a selected food quantum on real-world food in order to guide the user to select a definable food quantum, e.g., to achieve a dietary goal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Tso-Cheng Chien
  • Publication number: 20200358554
    Abstract: The invention provides a soluble honokiol derivative (such as a water soluble honokiol derivative) and its application in antagonizing glycoprotein VI receptor and providing antioxidant and neuroprotective effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: JOEN-RONG SHEU, FA-KUNG LEE, CHIH-CHENG CHIEN, CHIH-MING HO, CHAO-CHIEN CHANG, CHENG-YING HSIEH, JING-PING LIOU
  • Publication number: 20200284523
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gravity-driven gas-liquid circulation device, comprising a condensation unit and an evaporation unit. The condensation unit has an end connected to a gaseous phase input tube and another end connected to a liquid phase output tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien WAN, Cheng-Jui WAN, Chun-Hsien SU, Hui-Fen HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200263839
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting diode structure including a substrate, an LED chip and an adhesive material. The LED chip is installed on the substrate, and the adhesive material covers the LED chip to fix the LED chip. A light of the LED chip is emitted to the outside through the adhesive material to form a rectangular light pattern, so that when the light source is lit, a specific rectangular illumination light pattern is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: CHING-HUEI WU, YUNG-CHING HU, CHENG-CHIEN OU, WEI-CHUNG LIN
  • Patent number: 10740916
    Abstract: A method for improving the efficiency of reconstructing a three-dimensional model is provided. The method includes: dividing a series of different Gray code binary illumination patterns into a plurality of groups; converting binary values of Gray code binary illumination patterns in each group to a plurality of sets of two specific values to generate decimal illumination patterns corresponding to the specific values; overlapping the decimal illumination patterns in each group to a grayscale illumination pattern; using a projector to project each grayscale illumination pattern onto an object from a projection direction; using a camera to capture one or more object images of the object; reverting the object images to non-overlapping Gray code binary images corresponding to the object images; and reconstructing the depth of the object according to the non-overlapping Gray code binary images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Kai-Ju Cheng, Yu-Cheng Chien, Yi-Ling Chen, Kuan-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20200242741
    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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Cheng-Chien Liu
  • Publication number: 20200224942
    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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien WAN, Cheng-Jui WAN, Chun-Hsien SU, Hui-Fen HUANG
  • Patent number: 10700101
    Abstract: A pixel of the display panel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern. A first drain of the first transistor is electrically connected with the first electrode pattern. A second drain of the second transistor is electrically connected with the second electrode pattern. The first electrode pattern comprises a first connection portion and a first protrusion. The second electrode pattern comprises a second connection portion and two second protrusions. The second protrusions are respectively connected with two sides of the second connection portion and are extended towards the first connection portion. The first protrusion is connected with the first connection portion and is extended towards the second connection portion and to the location between the second protrusions. The width of the distal end of each of the first protrusion and the second protrusion is smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Meng-Chang Hung, Li-Wei Sung, Chin-Cheng Chien
  • Publication number: 20200158646
    Abstract: A surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection method is provided for detecting a target analyte in a sample. The SERS detection method generally includes the steps of: (a). preparing an extract of the sample; (b). introducing the sample extract onto a SERS substrate, causing the target analyte to be absorbed in the SERS substrate; (c). introducing a volatile organic solvent onto the SERS substrate to have the target analyte of the sample extract dissolved and comes out of the SERS substrate; (d). irradiating the SERS substrate with light to evaporate the volatile organic solvent, leaving a more condensed target analyte on the SERS substrate; (e). irradiating the condensed target analyte with laser light to have the target analyte penetrate deeply into the SERS substrate; and (f). performing Raman measurement with a laser beam focusing on the SERS substrate to analyze the target analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: CHAO-MING TSEN, CHING-WEI YU, WEI-CHUNG CHAO, YUNG-HSIANG WANG, CHENG-CHIEN LI, SHAO-KAI LIN, TZU-HUNG HSU, CHANG-JUNG WEN
  • Publication number: 20200118561
    Abstract: The speech correction system includes a storage device and a processing device. The storage device stores a first database. The processing device includes an audio receiver, a speech recognition engine, a calculation module, and a determination module. The audio receiver receives multiple voice inputs. The speech recognition engine recognizes the voice inputs, generates multiple candidate vocabularies corresponding to each of the voice inputs, and generates a vocabulary probability corresponding to each of the candidate vocabularies. The calculation module performs a specific operation on the vocabulary probabilities corresponding to the same candidate vocabulary, to generate a plurality of corresponding operation results. The determination module determines whether each of the operation results is greater than a score threshold, and stores at least one output result that is greater than the score threshold to the first database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kuan-Chung CHEN, Chih-Wei SUNG, Yu-Cheng CHIEN, Yi-Ling CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200090639
    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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Ling CHEN, Chih-Wei SUNG, Yu-Cheng CHIEN, Kuan-Chung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200064074
    Abstract: A condenser has a main condensing module, an auxiliary condensing module, and a connecting tube. The main condensing module has an input base tube, a first connecting base tube, and a main heat dissipating mechanism, which are series connected. The auxiliary condensing module has a second connecting base tube, an output base tube, and an auxiliary heat dissipating mechanism, which are series connected. The connecting tube is mounted between the main condensing module and the auxiliary condensing module. An interior room of the first connecting base tube communicates with an interior room of the second connecting base tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: CHENG-CHIEN WAN, CHENG-FENG WAN, HAO-HUI LIN, TUNG-HSIN LIU, WEI-CHE HSIAO, HSIAO-CHING CHEN, DHAO-JUNG LIN
  • Publication number: 20200043809
    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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Huang, Cheng-Chien Li, Wen-Li Chiu
  • Publication number: 20200010622
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of amphiphilic macromolecules is provided. The method includes: reacting the first acrylic acid with N,N?-carbonyldiimidazole to obtain a modified acrylic acid derivative; and reacting the modified acrylic acid derivative with the siloxane derivative to obtain amphiphilic macromolecules. Wherein, the terminal of the first acrylic acid has a hydroxyl group. Wherein, the siloxane derivative is a hydroxyl-terminated, acrylamide-terminated, epoxy-terminated or amine-terminated polysiloxane molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: YUN-RU HSIEH, DEAN-MO LIU, YU-CHENG CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20200006498
    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: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Chi-Wen Liu, Cheng-Chien Li, Hsin-Chieh Huang