Patents by Inventor Chien-Der Lin
Chien-Der Lin 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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Publication number: 20240146864Abstract: A landmark identification and marking system for a panoramic image is provided. The system includes a storage device and a back-end processor. The storage device stores an initial panoramic image, attitude information, motion tracking information, and a landmark list. The back-end processor performs steps of: adjusting a visual angle of the initial panoramic image to a designated angle according to a difference value between the visual angle and the designated angle; providing the adjusted initial panoramic image to a front-end processor for calculating and generating a panoramic image integrated with landmark objects in the virtual space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRYInventors: Jia-Hao WANG, Zhi-Ying CHEN, Hsun-Hui HUANG, Chien-Der LIN
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Publication number: 20240119843Abstract: A ship navigation display system is set in a ship and includes a communications device, sensing device, first computing device, second computing device and wearable device. The communications device receives first coordinate information corresponding to a ship. The sensing device senses second coordinate information corresponding to a first ship around the ship. The first computing device is communicably connected with the communications device and calculates a collision probability according to the first and second coordinate information. When the collision probability is greater than a threshold value, the first computing device transmits a collision prediction signal. The second computing device receives the collision prediction signal and projects the second coordinate information corresponding to the first ship to a virtual coordinate in a virtual space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Jia Hao Wang, Zhi Ying Chen, Hsun Hui Huang, Chien Der Lin
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Publication number: 20230062311Abstract: A sports injury sensing system and method are provided. The sports injury sensing system includes a sports injury sensing apparatus. The apparatus receives a plurality of inertial sensing data of a user, and each of the inertial sensing data corresponds to a body part of the user. The apparatus determines an exercising body part of the user based on the inertial sensing data. The apparatus receives a thermal image sensing datum corresponding to the exercising body part, wherein the thermal image sensing datum indicates a body temperature state of the user. The apparatus analyzes a temperature change of surrounding muscles of the exercising body part based on the thermal image sensing datum. The apparatus calculates a sports injury assessment based on the inertial sensing data and the temperature change of surrounding muscles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Zhi Ying CHEN, Hsun-Hui HUANG, Chia Hao WANG, Shr Yau JAN, Chien-Der LIN
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Publication number: 20190143356Abstract: The present invention relates to a fertilizer allocation system and fertilizer allocation method. The fertilizer allocation system includes a sprayer, a plurality of solution tanks, a camera, a processor, data storage unit and a controller. The sprayer connects to solution tanks by a flow switch and spray fertilizer, which in solution tanks to crop. The camera takes a picture of a crop and the processor compared the picture with a plurality of identification data stored on the data storage unit, then judges a growing situation of crop and generates an allocation information. The controller receives the allocation information and adjust the flow switch to change the flow of fertilizer so that crop get desired element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Chien-Der LIN, Mao-Yuan CHIN, Yung-Hsing PENG, Po-Cheng HUANG
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Publication number: 20190133143Abstract: A fruit ripening system and a fruit ripening method using the same are provided. The fruit ripening system includes an image capturing device, a ripening gas generator and a controller. The image capturing device is configured to capture an image of a fruit within a closed container. The ripening gas generator is configured to supply a ripening gas to the closed container. The controller is configured to analyze the image of the fruit to determine an initial maturity of the fruit, determine a required ripening gas concentration according to the initial maturity and a target maturity, and control the ripening gas generator to supply the ripening gas to the closed container for controlling a ripening gas concentration within the closed container at the required ripening gas concentration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRYInventor: Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: 10013629Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, portable device, and system for detecting physiological phenotype of crops, which determines a digital color chart according to the distance between a designated crop and the portable device and the present environmental brightness, and then determines that the appearance color of the designated crop belongs to which control color information of the selected digital color chart. It can avoid causing the error result because of the influence of the subjective determination and the environmental light. Therefore, the selected control color information may correspond to physiology information of the designated crop, to provide farmers with an understanding the present physiological phenotype of the designated crop.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Institute For Information IndustryInventors: Chien-Der Lin, Yung-Hsing Peng, Chin-Shun Hsu
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Publication number: 20180157912Abstract: An agricultural product detection device, an agricultural product management system and a method thereof are provided. The agricultural product detection device includes at least one flex sensing unit, at least one color sensing unit and a processing unit. The flex sensing unit is configured to perform shape sensing on an agricultural product, so as to obtain curvature information of the agricultural product. The color sensing unit is configured to perform color sensing on the agricultural product, so as to obtain color information of the agricultural product. The processing unit is configured to perform an operation process on the curvature information and the color information and to generate an operation process result accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Chien-Der LIN, Chin-Shun HSU, Yung-Hsing PENG, Po-Cheng HUANG
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Publication number: 20170148181Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, portable device, and system for detecting physiological phenotype of crops, which determines a digital color chart according to the distance between a designated crop and the portable device and the present environmental brightness, and then determines that the appearance color of the designated crop belongs to which control color information of the selected digital color chart. It can avoid causing the error result because of the influence of the subjective determination and the environmental light. Therefore, the selected control color information may correspond to physiology information of the designated crop, to provide farmers with an understanding the present physiological phenotype of the designated crop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: CHIEN-DER LIN, YUNG-HSING PENG, CHIN-SHUN HSU
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Publication number: 20170121235Abstract: A method and a system for making compost are provided. The method includes following steps. First, a temperature of a compost controlling system is obtained. A heater module is turned on in a first mode. If the temperature is higher than a first predetermined temperature in the first mode, it switches into a second mode and the heater module is turned off. If the temperature is higher than a second predetermined temperature which is higher than the second predetermined temperature in the second mode, it switches into a third mode. If the temperature is lower than a third predetermined which is lower than the second predetermined temperature in the third mode, a compost completion message is generated. Accordingly, a probability of making the compost successfully is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventor: Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: 9578865Abstract: An insect adhesive apparatus capable of automatically renewing an insect adhesive area and a control method thereof. The insect adhesive apparatus includes a roll rack, at least one motor, a camera module and a central control module. The roll rack is configured to equip a roll and unroll the roll to provide a long strip-shaped insect adhesive area. The motor scrolls out the roll on the roll rack according to a first control signal so as to renew the long strip-shaped insect adhesive area. The camera module acquires image information of the insect adhesive area. The central control module analyzes the image information to provide an area occupancy rate of attachments and determine whether the area occupancy rate of attachments is larger than a threshold value. If the area occupancy rate of attachments is larger than the threshold value, the first control signal is output to the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRYInventors: Chien-Der Lin, Yung-Hsing Peng
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Patent number: 8700348Abstract: A contact-type object water content sensing device and method and a computer program product are presented. The device includes a power unit, a sensing unit, and an calculating unit. The sensing unit includes a substrate and a copper foil, and the copper foil is configured on the substrate. The sensing unit is used to contact a target object and a power unit is used to supply power to the copper foil. The copper foil when supplied with power forms an equivalent capacitor, and the equivalent capacitor has different capacitances in correspondence to a water content of the target object. The calculating unit is electrically connected to the sensing unit and is used to analyze the capacitance of the equivalent capacitor, so as to calculate the water content of the target object.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Institute for Information IndustryInventor: Chien-Der Lin
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Publication number: 20120136597Abstract: A contact-type object water content sensing device and method and a computer program product are presented. The device includes a power unit, a sensing unit, and an calculating unit. The sensing unit includes a substrate and a copper foil, and the copper foil is configured on the substrate. The sensing unit is used to contact a target object and a power unit is used to supply power to the copper foil. The copper foil when supplied with power forms an equivalent capacitor, and the equivalent capacitor has different capacitances in correspondence to a water content of the target object. The calculating unit is electrically connected to the sensing unit and is used to analyze the capacitance of the equivalent capacitor, so as to calculate the water content of the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventor: Chien-Der LIN
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Patent number: 7489403Abstract: An electronic testing apparatus is provided. The electronic testing apparatus includes a testing paper having a first reaction line and a second reaction line; a circuit board, having a light source, a first detector, a second detector equipped thereon, the light source being disposed between the first detector and the second detector; and a light shelter, defining a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, in which there is a first slit configured between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a second slit configured between the second chamber and the third chamber. The first chamber, the second chamber, and the third chamber respectively shelter the first detector, the light source, and the second detector. The first detector detects a reflected light of the light projected to the first window through the first slit by the light source, and the second detector detects a reflected light of the light projected to the second window through the second slit by the light source.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Kaiwood Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chien-Der Lin, Wen-Chung Hsu, Tsung-Kai Chuang, Jiann-Hua Wang
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Publication number: 20080304721Abstract: The present invention relates to an image detection method for diagnostic plates, which detects the changes of signal lines in multiple assay regions at the same time, and promotes the detection efficiency remarkably. The diagnostic plates in the present invention may comprise Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and comprise at least one assay region, and at least one signal line within the assay region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Tzu-Chiang WU, Chien-Der Lin
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Publication number: 20040253904Abstract: An improved display device of brown ball comprises: lower body, supporting ring, rotary member and upper body, wherein, lower body has an emitter on the bottom, the emitter has inductive member, emit member, battery and switch member, and further comprises a receive member, the receiver member has rectangular contour and has signal divert member, battery and switch member therein and has display screen thereon. The receive member can be fixed to a band to be convenient for user wear it on the wrist, user rotate the brown ball with another hand, the induce member of emitter induces and measures the rotate speed of brown ball, and the rotate speed be converted into sign by electrical member, and be emitted out with a prearranged frequency by emit member. The sign will be received by receive member and be converted into rotate speed by convert member to display the rotate speed of the brown ball on the display screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2003Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventor: Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: 6186914Abstract: A wrist ball comprises a lower shell and an upper shell which is joined with the top of the lower shell. The lower shell is provided therein with a bracing ring and a rotary member. The upper shell is provided at the top thereof with a round opening. The rotary member is provided in the periphery thereof with a groove which is in turn provided with a first engaging portion. The round opening of the upper shell is sealed off by a cap which is provided with two through holes for receiving a pull member. The pull member has a rod portion which is provided with a second engaging portion that is engaged with the first engaging portion of the rotary member. The rotary member is actuated by the pull member to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1999Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Inventor: Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: 6053846Abstract: A wrist exerciser comprises a lower shell and an upper shell. The lower shell is semispherical and provided therein with a support ring and a rotary member. The upper shell is hollow and semispherical and provided in the top thereof with a round opening. The lower shell is provided with two lower protruded plate members extending therefrom symmetrically and having a first through hole. The upper shell is provided with two upper protruded plate members corresponding to the lower protruded plate members and having a second through hole opposite to the first through hole. The second through hole is provided in the periphery thereof with a plurality of second columnar bodies, each having a hole. The upper protruded plate members and the lower protruded plate members are fastened together by a plurality of screws which are fastened into the holes of the second columnar bodies via the through holes of the first columnar bodies.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Inventor: Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: 5346211Abstract: A game racket has a head frame comprising a network made of a plastic material of excellent elasticity and structural strength by injection molding. The network of the head frame is composed of a wrapping portion and a ball-striking portion. The wrapping portion has a width sufficient to wrap up the head frame while the ball-striking portion is formed by a plurality of horizontal strings and longitudinal strings of the wrapping portion, which interlace vertically one another. The head frame is therefore devoid of the string holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Inventors: Li-Min Ou, Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: 5326098Abstract: A badminton racket comprises a head, a shaft, and a hand grip. The hand grip is provided axially with a receiving hole of an appropriate depth for fastening the shaft with the hand grip. The receiving hole is provided at the bottom thereof with a conical portion becoming gradually smaller in dimension toward the upper end thereof from the lower end thereof. The hand grip is further provided axially with an elongate through hole extending from the upper end of the conical portion through the lower end wall of the hand grip. The adhesive coated on the inner wall of the receiving hole of the hand grip can not be therefore forced out by the shaft being inserted into the receiving hole of the hand grip during the process of fastening the shaft and the hand grip together.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1993Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Inventors: Li-Min Ou, Chien-Der Lin
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Patent number: D431608Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Inventor: Chien-Der Lin