Patents by Inventor Chia-Liang YEH
Chia-Liang YEH 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).
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Patent number: 12237228Abstract: An improved work function layer and a method of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a semiconductor fin extending from a substrate; depositing a dielectric layer over the semiconductor fin; depositing a first work function layer over the dielectric layer; and exposing the first work function layer to a metastable plasma of a first reaction gas, a metastable plasma of a generation gas, and a metastable plasma of a second reaction gas, the first reaction gas being different from the second reaction gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shao-Jyun Wu, Hung-Chi Wu, Chia-Ching Lee, Pin-Hsuan Yeh, Hung-Chin Chung, Hsien-Ming Lee, Chien-Hao Chen, Sheng-Liang Pan, Huan-Just Lin
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Patent number: 12211897Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with a plurality of semiconductor channel layers. The semiconductor channel layers include a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed over the first semiconductor layer. A strain in the second semiconductor layer is different from a strain in the first semiconductor layer. A gate is disposed over the plurality of semiconductor channel layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chung-En Tsai, Chia-Che Chung, Chee-Wee Liu, Fang-Liang Lu, Yu-Shiang Huang, Hung-Yu Yeh, Chien-Te Tu, Yi-Chun Liu
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Publication number: 20240110968Abstract: An inspection system includes an excitation light source, a voltage-sensing film, an illumination light source, an image capture device. The excitation light source provides an excitation beam to light-emitting diodes to generate open-circuit voltages. The voltage-sensing film is at a top side of the light-emitting diodes and includes a voltage-sensing medium layer and a first electrode layer. The first electrode layer is in the voltage-sensing medium layer to provide a gain effect of the open-circuit voltages, so that the voltage-sensing medium layer senses the open-circuit voltages, and a display of the voltage-sensing medium layer is changed with a portion or all of the open-circuit voltages. The illumination light source provides an illumination beam to the voltage-sensing film to generate a sensing image according to a display change. The image capture device is on a transmission path of the sensing image and receives the sensing image to generate an inspection result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yan-Rung Lin, Chung-Lun Kuo, Chia-Liang Yeh
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Patent number: 11069084Abstract: An object identification method includes: establishing a training data base including a photographing distance of a training image and a training camera parameter; in photographing a target test object, obtaining a test image, a depth image, an RGB image and a test camera parameter; and based on the training database, the depth image and the test camera parameter, adjusting the RGB image wherein the adjusted RGB image having a size equivalent to the training image of the training database.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hsin-Yi Chen, Chia-Liang Yeh, Hsin-Cheng Lin, Sen-Yih Chou
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Publication number: 20200167952Abstract: An object identification method includes: establishing a training data base including a photographing distance of a training image and a training camera parameter; in photographing a target test object, obtaining a test image, a depth image, an RGB image and a test camera parameter; and based on the training database, the depth image and the test camera parameter, adjusting the RGB image wherein the adjusted RGB image having a size equivalent to the training image of the training database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hsin-Yi CHEN, Chia-Liang YEH, Hsin-Cheng LIN, Sen-Yih CHOU
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Patent number: 10552474Abstract: An image recognition method adapted to recognize a target image is provided. The method includes: providing the target image; training a learning database based on a plurality of feature blocks of the target image; randomly obtaining a plurality of incomplete feature blocks of the target image; adding the plurality of incomplete feature blocks into the learning database to form an enhancement learning database; and recognizing the target image based on the enhancement learning database. In addition, an image recognition device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsin-Yi Chen, Chia-Liang Yeh, Sen-Yih Chou
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Patent number: 10474231Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus and an eye tracking method for the eye tracking apparatus are provided. The eye tracking apparatus includes an image capture device and a computing device. The image capture device is adapted to capture at least one face image. The computing device is coupled to the image capture device. The computing device receives the face image to obtain an eye image and identifies at least one iris region of the eye image. The computing device chooses the largest iris region from the iris regions to obtain a fitting pattern of the largest iris region and obtains a gaze point of the eye image based on the fitting pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsiao-Wei Liu, Yu-Ying Lan, Hsin-Cheng Lin, Chung-Lun Kuo, Chia-Liang Yeh
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Publication number: 20190057112Abstract: An image recognition method adapted to recognize a target image is provided. The method includes: providing the target image; training a learning database based on a plurality of feature blocks of the target image; randomly obtaining a plurality of incomplete feature blocks of the target image; adding the plurality of incomplete feature blocks into the learning database to form an enhancement learning database; and recognizing the target image based on the enhancement learning database. In addition, an image recognition device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsin-Yi Chen, Chia-Liang Yeh, Sen-Yih Chou
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Publication number: 20190056781Abstract: An eye tracking apparatus and an eye tracking method for the eye tracking apparatus are provided. The eye tracking apparatus includes an image capture device and a computing device. The image capture device is adapted to capture at least one face image. The computing device is coupled to the image capture device. The computing device receives the face image to obtain an eye image and identifies at least one iris region of the eye image. The computing device chooses the largest iris region from the iris regions to obtain a fitting pattern of the largest iris region and obtains a gaze point of the eye image based on the fitting pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Hsiao-Wei Liu, Yu-Ying Lan, Hsin-Cheng Lin, Chung-Lun Kuo, Chia-Liang Yeh
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Patent number: 10094774Abstract: A scattering measurement system is provided, including: a light source generator for generating a detection light beam with discontinuous multi-wavelengths, and generating a multi-order diffraction light beam with three-dimensional feature information when the detection light beam is incident on an object; a detector having a photosensitive array for receiving and converting the multi-order diffraction light beam into multi-order diffraction signals with the three-dimensional feature information; and a processing module for receiving the multi-order diffraction signals and comparing the multi-order diffraction signals with multi-order diffraction feature patterns in a database so as to analyze the three-dimensional feature information of the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chia-Liang Yeh, Yi-Chang Chen, Yi-Sha Ku, Chun-Wei Lo
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Patent number: 9948868Abstract: A multi-point spectral system includes an imaging lens, an image capturing module and a multiwavelength filter (MWF) disposed between the imaging lens and the image capturing module. The MWF has a plurality of narrow-bandpass filter (NBPF) units arranged in an array, and each of the plurality of NBPF units has a respective predetermined central transmitted wavelength. The multi-point spectral system is provided to capture plural spectral images of a scene, which contain spectral or color information of the scene. The multi-point spectral system may utilize the information of the plural spectral images to recognize features revealed at the scene.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yan-Rung Lin, Hsin-Yi Chen, Chia-Liang Yeh, Yi-Chen Hsieh
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Patent number: 9857314Abstract: A device and method for detecting crystal quality of a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) backplane are provided, the method including: projecting narrowband light to the LTPS backplane; performing image capturing of each position on a surface of the LTPS backplane at a first angle in a first axial direction to obtain a first diffraction image, the first angle being an angle of maximum diffraction light intensity in the first axial direction; performing another image capturing of each position on the surface of the LTPS backplane at a second angle in a second axial direction to obtain a second diffraction image, the second angle being an angle of maximum diffraction light intensity in the second axial direction; and determining the crystal quality of the LTPS backplane based on a diffraction light intensity distribution obtained from the first and second diffraction images.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Fu-Cheng Yang, Chia-Liang Yeh, Wei-Hsiung Tsai, Keng-Li Lin, Yeou-Sung Lin, Mao-Sheng Huang
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Publication number: 20170163901Abstract: A multi-point spectral system includes an imaging lens, an image capturing module and a multiwavelength filter (MWF) disposed between the imaging lens and the image capturing module. The MWF has a plurality of narrow-bandpass filter (NBPF) units arranged in an array, and each of the plurality of NBPF units has a respective predetermined central transmitted wavelength. The multi-point spectral system is provided to capture plural spectral images of a scene, which contain spectral or color information of the scene. The multi-point spectral system may utilize the information of the plural spectral images to recognize features revealed at the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Yan-Rung Lin, Hsin-Yi Chen, Chia-Liang Yeh, Yi-Chen Hsieh
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Publication number: 20170082536Abstract: A scattering measurement system is provided, including: a light source generator for generating a detection light beam with discontinuous multi-wavelengths, and generating a multi-order diffraction light beam with three-dimensional feature information when the detection light beam is incident on an object; a detector having a photosensitive array for receiving and converting the multi-order diffraction light beam into multi-order diffraction signals with the three-dimensional feature information; and a processing module for receiving the multi-order diffraction signals and comparing the multi-order diffraction signals with multi-order diffraction feature patterns in a database so as to analyze the three-dimensional feature information of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Chia-Liang YEH, Yi-Chang CHEN, Yi-Sha KU, Chun-Wei LO
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Publication number: 20170045355Abstract: A scattering measurement system is provided, including: a light source generator for generating a detection light beam with multi-wavelengths, wherein the detection light beam is incident on an object so as to generate a plurality of multi-order diffraction light beams with three-dimensional feature information; a spatial filter for filtering out zero-order light beams from the plurality of multi-order diffraction light beams; and a detector having a photosensitive array for receiving the plurality of multi-order diffraction light beams filtered out by the spatial filter and converting the filtered plurality of multi-order diffraction light beams into multi-order diffraction signals with the three-dimensional feature information. As such, the three-dimensional structure of the object can be obtained by comparing the multi-order diffraction signals with a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Yi-Chen HSIEH, Chia-Liang YEH, Chia-Hung CHO, Yi-Chang CHEN, Yi-Sha KU, Chun-Wei LO