Patents by Inventor Chia-Pang Chen
Chia-Pang Chen 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: 11897139Abstract: A method for dynamically configuring tasks between a number of manufacturing robots is based on a mechanism for assigning roles for different manufacture requirements. The method includes activating from a library a plurality of roles based on a target manufacturing plan and selecting at least one candidate robot for each activated role based on a plurality of abilities required for each role. The method further assigns activated roles to at least one candidate robot and commands each robot to which one or more roles have been assigned to perform the behaviors corresponding to each activated role, the activated robot then reporting completion of task to their controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FAROBOT INC.Inventors: Chia-Pang Chen, Eduardo Munera Sanchez
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Patent number: 11874651Abstract: A peer-to-peer interaction management system for optimizing flexible manufacturing comprising a plurality of peers and comprises rules for defining the data interaction, operational interaction, environmental interaction and safety interaction. The plurality of peers comprising a robot control server and a plurality of autonomous mobile robots. One peer can exchange data with another peer, the data can comprise planning data, operational data, monitor data, and safety data.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: FAROBOT INC.Inventors: Chia-Pang Chen, Eduardo Munera Sanchez
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Publication number: 20230138725Abstract: A swarm autonomy system and swarm autonomy method for organizing multiple industrial robots to carry out a number of manufacturing tasks comprises a swarm core and at least one swarm fleet, wherein, the swarm core is configured to manage the swarm autonomy system and generate a swarm plan; and the swarm fleet is configured to execute a manufacturing execution according to the swarm plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: CHIA-PANG CHEN, EDUARDO MUNERA SANCHEZ
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Publication number: 20220276645Abstract: A peer-to-peer interaction management system for optimizing flexible manufacturing comprising a plurality of peers and comprises rules for defining the data interaction, operational interaction, environmental interaction and safety interaction. The plurality of peers comprising a robot control server and a plurality of autonomous mobile robots. One peer can exchange data with another peer, the data can comprise planning data, operational data, monitor data, and safety data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: CHIA-PANG CHEN, EDUARDO MUNERA SANCHEZ
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Publication number: 20220253045Abstract: The application provides a meta-data driven management system and interaction method for flexible manufacturing, the system comprising: a management subsystem, an intelligent subsystem, and functional devices. The functional devices comprising devices with specific functions. Wherein, the management subsystem comprises a core module. The core module is configured to manage the meta-data driven management system. And the intelligent subsystem comprises an agent module. The agent module is configured to assist the core module in achieving dynamic operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: CHIA-PANG CHEN, EDUARDO MUNERA SANCHEZ
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Publication number: 20220241967Abstract: A method for dynamically configuring tasks between a number of manufacturing robots is based on a mechanism for assigning roles for different manufacture requirements. The method includes activating from a library a plurality of roles based on a target manufacturing plan and selecting at least one candidate robot for each activated role based on a plurality of abilities required for each role. The method further assigns activated roles to at least one candidate robot and commands each robot to which one or more roles have been assigned to perform the behaviors corresponding to each activated role, the activated robot then reporting completion of task to their controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: CHIA-PANG CHEN, EDUARDO MUNERA SANCHEZ
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Patent number: 9680935Abstract: A grid gateway and a transmission tower management system having a plurality of the grid gateways are disclosed. The grid gateways are connected with one another to form a mesh network. A plurality of sensors are provided within a wireless transmission range of the grid gateways. The sensors collect and send environmental parameters to the corresponding grid gateway within the wireless transmission range, in order to choose an optimal transmission path in the mesh network through grid gateways to transmit. The environmental parameters are transmitted through the optimal transmission path to a server for storage and analysis. A grid gateway and a transmission tower management system having a plurality of the grid gateways have broad and local area wireless transmission ability, so as to overcome restrictions of topography and communication to execute broad area management and monitor tasks.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Cheng-Long Chuang, Chia-Pang Chen, Chien-Hao Wang, Chih-Hao Syue, Xiang-Yao Zheng
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Patent number: 9258476Abstract: An automatic image-capturing system is used for capturing an image and transmitting the image to a remote device. The automatic image-capturing system includes a photography module for capturing the image; a storage module for storing the image captured by the photography module; a transmission module for receiving a control instruction sent by the remote device; a master core module for making the photography module to capture the image based on the control instruction, and segmenting the image into a plurality of files and segmenting the files into a plurality of packets to be transmitted to the remote device by the transmission module, and a slave core module for monitoring the operations of the master core module to turn off and restart the master core module when there is an abnormal operation in the master core module.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Hsiao-Wei Yuan, Chyi-Rong Chiou, Cheng-Long Chuang, Chia-Pang Chen, Chun-Yi Liu, Yu-Sheng Tseng, Chung-Hang Hong, Min-Sheng Liao, Tzu-Shiang Lin
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Publication number: 20160014204Abstract: A grid gateway and a transmission tower management system having a plurality of the grid gateways are disclosed. The grid gateways are connected with one another to form a mesh network. A plurality of sensors are provided within a wireless transmission range of the grid gateways. The sensors collect and send environmental parameters to the corresponding grid gateway within the wireless transmission range, in order to choose an optimal transmission path in the mesh network through grid gateways to transmit. The environmental parameters are transmitted through the optimal transmission path to a server for storage and analysis. A grid gateway and a transmission tower management system having a plurality of the grid gateways have broad and local area wireless transmission ability, so as to overcome restrictions of topography and communication to execute broad area management and monitor tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Cheng-Long Chuang, Chia-Pang Chen, Chien-Hao Wang, Chih-Hao Syue, Xiang-Yao Zheng
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Publication number: 20150036012Abstract: An automatic image-capturing system is used for capturing an image and transmitting the image to a remote device. The automatic image-capturing system includes a photography module for capturing the image; a storage module for storing the image captured by the photography module; a transmission module for receiving a control instruction sent by the remote device; a master core module for making the photography module to capture the image based on the control instruction, and segmenting the image into a plurality of files and segmenting the files into a plurality of packets to be transmitted to the remote device by the transmission module, and a slave core module for monitoring the operations of the master core module to turn off and restart the master core module when there is an abnormal operation in the master core module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Hsiao-Wei Yuan, Chyi-Rong Chiou, Cheng-Long Chuang, Chia-Pang Chen, Chun-Yi Liu, Yu-Sheng Tseng, Chung-Hang Hong, Min-Sheng Liao, Tzu-Shiang Lin
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Patent number: 8549174Abstract: A routing method for a network is provided. The routing method includes the steps of a) selecting one of a plurality of basic nodes as a cluster head; b) broadcasting a first message by the cluster head; c) continuing to broadcast the first message by any of the plurality of basic nodes which receives the first message, until all the plurality of basic nodes receive the first message; and d) selecting a corresponding father node by each of the plurality of basic nodes based on an information associated with the first message.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Jyh-Cherng Shieh, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Fu-Ming Lu, Kuo-Chi Liao, Cheng-Long Chuang, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Chia-Pang Chen
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Patent number: 8365995Abstract: A multi-checkpoint type clustered animal counting device is proposed, which is capable of providing a counting function that can be used for statistically determining the number of animals (such as fruit flies) within a region such as farmland or garden. The proposed animal counting device is characterized by the utilized to at least two object sensors, wherein the first object sensor is disposed at a first checkpoint while the second object sensor is disposed at a second checkpoint, and wherein the first object sensor is initially set to power-on state while the second object sensor is initially set to power-off state and can be switched on only when the first object sensor is triggered. When the second object sensor is triggered, the counting operation will increase the output count number by one. This feature allows a more accurate result and can help save power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Chia-Pang Chen, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Yung-Cheng Wu, Chen-Ying Lin, Chu-Ping Tseng, Shih-Hsiang Lin, Chih-Sheng Liao, Shih-Hao Szu, Chung-Wei Yen, Kuang-Chang Lin, Zong-Siou Wu, Fu-Ming Lu
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Patent number: 8354940Abstract: An automated remote water quality monitoring system with wireless communication capability and the method thereof is provided. A water quality monitoring system is provided, including: a plurality of monitoring apparatuses, each of which has a radio communication module transmitting at least one environmental parameter; a server receiving the at least one environmental parameter via a base station; and a gateway being one selected from a group consisting of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses, being geographically the closest one to the base station, receiving the at least one environmental parameter and transmitting the at least one environmental parameter to the base station.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Jyh-Cherng Shieh, En-Cheng Yang, Fu-Ming Lu, Kuo-Chi Liao, Chih-Hung Hung, Tzu-Yun Lai, Jiing-Yi Wang, Chang-Wang Liu, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Chia-Pang Chen, Yi-Jing Chu
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Patent number: 8164522Abstract: A positioning method for a sensor node is provided, and the method includes steps of: providing a first antenna having a first omnidirectional radiation pattern on a first plane; rotating the first antenna about an axis substantially parallel to the first plane; transmitting a wireless signal while the first antenna rotates about the axis for every a predetermined central angle; receiving the wireless signal at the sensor node; obtaining Received Signal Strength Indications (RSSIs) of the respective wireless signals; and determining a location of the sensor node according to the RSSIs.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Ta-Te Lin, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Fu-Ming Lu, Kuo-Chi Liao, Jyh-Cherng Shieh, Ying-Tung Hsiao, Ping-Lin Fan, Cheng-Long Chuang, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Chia-Pang Chen
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Patent number: 8078711Abstract: A front-end gateway unit is designed for integration to a remote ecological environment monitoring system that is equipped with a wireless sensor network (WSN) system installed at a remote site, such as a farmland or a garden, for the purpose of allowing the WSN system to exchange data with a back-end host server via a wireless communication system. The front-end gateway unit is characterized by the capability of using either the WSN system or a built-in sensing module for collecting ecological data, and the capability of combining geographical location data in the ecological data. This feature allows the collection of a comprehensive set of ecological data (including geographical location, temperature, humidity, sunlight data, wind speed, and pest number) for transfer to the back-end host server, such that research/management personnel at the local site can conveniently browse these ecological data and learn the ecological conditions of the remotely monitored area.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Chia-Pang Chen, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Yung-Cheng Wu, Chen-Ying Lin, Chu-Ping Tseng, Shih-Hsiang Lin, Chih-Sheng Liao, Shih-Hao Szu, Chung-Wei Yen, Kuang-Chang Lin, Zong-Siou Wu, Fu-Ming Lu
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Patent number: 8064387Abstract: A wireless-linked remote ecological environment monitoring system is proposed, which is characterized by the use of a sensor network such as WSN (wireless sensor network) installed at the remote site for collecting ecological data, and the use of a public wireless communication system such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) for transferring all the collected ecological data to a back-end host server unit where the ecological data are compiled into webpages for posting on a website. This feature allows the research/management personnel to browse the ecological data simply by linking a network workstation via a network system such as the Internet to the website, without having to travel to the remote site and collect ecological data by human labor.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Chia-Pang Chen, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Yung-Cheng Wu, Chen-Ying Lin, Chu-Ping Tseng, Shih-Hsiang Lin, Chih-Sheng Liao, Shih-Hao Szu, Chung-Wei Yen, Kuang-Chang Lin, Zong-Siou Wu, Fu-Ming Lu
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Publication number: 20110115640Abstract: An automated remote water quality monitoring system with wireless communication capability and the method thereof is provided. A water quality monitoring system is provided, including: a plurality of monitoring apparatuses, each of which has a radio communication module transmitting at least one environmental parameter; a server receiving the at least one environmental parameter via a base station; and a gateway being one selected from a group consisting of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses, being geographically the closest one to the base station, receiving the at least one environmental parameter and transmitting the at least one environmental parameter to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: JOE-AIR JIANG, Jyh-Cherng Shieh, En-Cheng Yang, Fu-Ming Lu, Kuo-Chi Liao, Chih-Hung Hung, Tzu-Yun Lai, Jiing-Yi Wang, Chang-Wang Liu, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Chia-Pang Chen, Yi-Jing Chu
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Publication number: 20110102265Abstract: A positioning method for a sensor node is provided, and the method includes steps of: providing a first antenna having a first omnidirectional radiation pattern on a first plane; rotating the first antenna about an axis substantially parallel to the first plane; transmitting a wireless signal while the first antenna rotates about the axis for every a predetermined central angle; receiving the wireless signal at the sensor node; obtaining Received Signal Strength Indications (RSSIs) of the respective wireless signals; and determining a location of the sensor node according to the RSSIs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Ta-Te Lin, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Fu-Ming Lu, Kuo-Chi Liao, Jyh-Cherng Shieh, Ying-Tung Hsiao, Ping-Lin Fan, Cheng-Long Chuang, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Chia-Pang Chen
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Publication number: 20110055424Abstract: A routing method for a network is provided. The routing method includes the steps of a) selecting one of a plurality of basic nodes as a cluster head; b) broadcasting a first message by the cluster head; c) continuing to broadcast the first message by any of the plurality of basic nodes which receives the first message, until all the plurality of basic nodes receive the first message; and d) selecting a corresponding father node by each of the plurality of basic nodes based on an information associated with the first message.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, Jyh-Cherng Shieh, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Fu-Ming Lu, Kuo-Chi Liao, Cheng-Long Chuang, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Chia-Pang Chen
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Patent number: 7839764Abstract: A wireless sensor network gateway unit is proposed, which is designed for integration to a wireless sensor network (WSN) for providing a gateway function with a failed link auto-redirecting capability for the wireless sensor network. The proposed WSN gateway unit is characterized by the provision of an failed link auto-redirecting capability, which can respond to the failure of any sensor node in the WSN system by performing a failed link auto-redirecting operation for redirecting the down-linked good sensor nodes for linking to a nearby good sensor node to thereby allow the down-linked good sensor nodes to be nevertheless able to transfer data to the WSN gateway unit of the invention. This feature allows the WSN gateway unit of the invention to maintain good operational reliability for the WSN system.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Joe-Air Jiang, En-Cheng Yang, Chwan-Lu Tseng, Chia-Pang Chen, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Yung-Cheng Wu, Chen-Ying Lin, Chu-Ping Tseng, Shih-Hsiang Lin, Chih-Sheng Liao, Shih-Hao Szu, Chung-Wei Yen, Kuang-Chang Lin, Zong-Siou Wu, Fu-Ming Lu