Patents by Inventor Cheng-Wen Liu

Cheng-Wen Liu 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: 20070248259
    Abstract: An apparatus for reconstructing multi-dimensional image data is used for generating a three-dimensional image of an object. An image block-rearranging unit is used for reconstructing the sub-blocks according to a plurality of two-dimensional images. A storage unit is used for storing the sub-blocks and the two-dimensional images. Next, an image-reconstructing unit reads the data of the sub-blocks from the storage unit to reconstruct the three-dimensional image of the object. When the three-dimensional image of the object is reconstructed, the data hit rate is increased so as to enhance the reconstruction speed of the three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Cheng-Wen Liu
  • Patent number: 6142899
    Abstract: An electromotive gear-shift control apparatus for bicycles, which is to be used in a bicycle provided with a gear-shift apparatus; the driving force for such apparatus is furnished with the power of pedals thereof; a motor is used for determining the input of the gear shift; the apparatus comprises a housing, a transmission mechanism, a switch mechanism, and an index mechanism; the housing is a fixed member fastened on the frame of a bicycle; the power source for gear shift is supplied by the driving force of the power shaft between two pedals of bicycle; the switch mechanism is mounted in the housing; the input power form the transmission mechanism is converted, by means of the motor, into a displacement output required by gear shift; the index mechanism is mounted behind the switch mechanism inside the housing, and it is used for converting the vector displacement form the switch mechanism into a step-function output, which is then transmitted, through a cable, into the gear-shift apparatus of the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Wen Liu, Chih-Wen Chang, Pai-Hsiang Hsu, Ching-Huan Tseng