Patents by Inventor Chien-Fa Tang
Chien-Fa Tang 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: 20240066285Abstract: An electrode structure for electronic muscle stimulation (EMS) includes a conductive fabric layer, a water retention fabric layer, and an insulation cover. The conductive fabric layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The water retention fabric layer is connected to the first surface of the conductive fabric layer, in which the EMS points of the electrode structure are consisted of the water retention fabric layer. The insulation cover is disposed on the first surface of the conductive fabric layer and surrounding the edges of the water retention fabric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Chieh YIN, Chien-Lung SHEN, Chien-Fa TANG, Ching YEH
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Publication number: 20240066286Abstract: An upper extremity wearable device includes a pressure sleeve configure to wrap a forearm, a middle finger stimulating electrode and a ring finger stimulating electrode disposed on an inner surface of the pressure sleeve. The middle finger stimulating electrode covers a middle finger stimulating point which is measured from an ulnar styloid process, moving two lateral units, and moving four longitudinal units. The ring finger stimulating electrode covers a ring finger stimulating point which is measured from the ulnar styloid process, moving one lateral unit, and moving five longitudinal units. The lateral unit is a distance from the position of the pressure sleeve corresponding to the ulnar styloid process to a radial styloid process dividing four. The longitudinal unit is a distance from the position of the pressure sleeve corresponding to the ulnar styloid process to an olecranon process dividing twelve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Chieh YIN, Chien-Lung SHEN, Szu-Yu LIAO, Mei-Chuan TSENG, Chien-Fa TANG
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Patent number: 11166644Abstract: A stereoscopic conductive fabric includes a basement yarn layer, a conductive yarn, and a support yarn. The basement yarn layer includes plural warp yarns arranged coursewise and parallel to each other and plural course yarns arranged warpwise and parallel to each other. The course yarns are interwoven with the warp yarns to form the basement yarn layer. The conductive yarn is arranged coursewise and interwoven with the course yarns in a skip manner to form plural conductive structures protruding from a surface of the basement yarn layer. The support yarn is arranged coursewise and interwoven with the course yarns in a skip manner to form plural pressing structures protruding from another surface of the basement yarn layer. A module for detecting electrical signals from body skin applying the stereoscopic conductive fabric is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chien-Lung Shen, Chien-Fa Tang, Kun-Chuan Tsai, Fen-Ling Chen, Ya-Chi Ko
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Publication number: 20190029558Abstract: A stereoscopic conductive fabric includes a basement yarn layer, a conductive yarn, and a support yarn. The basement yarn layer includes plural warp yarns arranged coursewise and parallel to each other and plural course yarns arranged warpwise and parallel to each other. The course yarns are interwoven with the warp yarns to form the basement yarn layer. The conductive yarn is arranged coursewise and interwoven with the course yarns in a skip manner to form plural conductive structures protruding from a surface of the basement yarn layer. The support yarn is arranged coursewise and interwoven with the course yarns in a skip manner to form plural pressing structures protruding from another surface of the basement yarn layer. A module for detecting electrical signals from body skin applying the stereoscopic conductive fabric is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Chien-Lung Shen, Chien-Fa Tang, Kun-Chuan Tsai, Fen-Ling Chen, Ya-Chi Ko
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Publication number: 20180338544Abstract: A fabric module includes a first textile, a first elastic waterproof film, a second elastic waterproof film, a first conductive pattern, a control module, and a second textile. The first elastic waterproof film is disposed on the first textile. The second elastic waterproof film is disposed on the first elastic waterproof film. The first conductive pattern is enclosed between the first and second elastic waterproof films and adheres to a surface of one of the first and second elastic waterproof films. The control module is disposed on the first textile and electrically connected to the first conductive pattern. The second textile is opposite to the first textile, in which the first elastic waterproof film, the second elastic waterproof film, the first conductive pattern, and the control module are present between the first and second textiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Tzu-Hao HUANG, Chien-Lung SHEN, Po-Chun HSU, Hou-Sheng HUANG, Wen-Kai TU, Chien-Fa TANG
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Patent number: 10132013Abstract: A conductive textile is provided, including warp and weft, and the warp and the weft are interwoven. The warp includes a signal-transmitting unit, an electrical connecting unit, and at least a first warp conductive fiber. The signal-transmitting unit consists of a first signal-transmitting cable and a second signal-transmitting cable, which are intertwined. Each of the first signal-transmitting cable and the second signal-transmitting cable includes a central conductive fiber and an outer insulating layer. The electrical connecting unit consists of a first power cable and a second power cable. The first warp conductive fiber is disposed between the signal-transmitting unit and the electrical connecting unit. The weft includes a weft conductive fiber.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chien-Lung Shen, Kun-Chuan Tsai, Chien-Fa Tang, Fen-Ling Chen
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Publication number: 20160333503Abstract: A conductive textile is provided, including warp and weft, and the warp and the weft are interwoven. The warp includes a signal-transmitting unit, an electrical connecting unit, and at least a first warp conductive fiber. The signal-transmitting unit consists of a first signal-transmitting cable and a second signal-transmitting cable, which are intertwined. Each of the first signal-transmitting cable and the second signal-transmitting cable includes a central conductive fiber and an outer insulating layer. The electrical connecting unit consists of a first power cable and a second power cable. The first warp conductive fiber is disposed between the signal-transmitting unit and the electrical connecting unit. The weft includes a weft conductive fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Chien-Lung Shen, Kun-Chuan Tsai, Chien-Fa Tang, Fen-Ling Chen
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Publication number: 20160324439Abstract: A stereoscopic conductive fabric includes a basement yarn layer, a conductive yarn, and a support yarn. The basement yarn layer includes plural warp yarns arranged coursewise and parallel to each other and plural course yarns arranged warpwise and parallel to each other. The course yarns are interwoven with the warp yarns to form the basement yarn layer. The conductive yarn is arranged coursewise and interwoven with the course yarns in a skip manner to form plural conductive structures protruding from a surface of the basement yarn layer. The support yarn is arranged coursewise and interwoven with the course yarns in a skip manner to form plural pressing structures protruding from another surface of the basement yarn layer. A module for detecting electrical signals from body skin applying the stereoscopic conductive fabric is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Chien-Lung Shen, Chien-Fa Tang, Kun-Chuan Tsai, Fen-Ling Chen, Ya-Chi Ko
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Patent number: 9048013Abstract: A pressure sensible textile has at least a high-resistance conducting area and two groups of low-resistance conducting wefts or warps contacting the high-resistance area directly. The two groups of low-resistance conducting wefts or warps cross each other and do not contact with each other directly. Furthermore, two scanning circuits can be electrically connected to the two groups of low-resistance conducting wefts or warps. Then, a controller is added to the two scanning circuits to obtain a pressure sensible device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Ching-Tang Huang
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Patent number: 8351184Abstract: An assembled flexible textile capacitor module including a plurality of flexible textile capacitors and at least one flexible connecting board is provided. The flexible connecting board is connected electrically between two adjacent flexible textile capacitors, so that the flexible textile capacitors are connected in series, in parallel, or in series-parallel.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research InstituteInventor: Chien-Fa Tang
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Patent number: 8165654Abstract: A textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human is provided. The textile structure includes a non-conductive textile, a conductive textile, and a plurality of test terminals. The non-conductive textile covers the human body. The conductive textile has a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is interdigitated into but not electrically coupled to the third region. The first to third test terminals are respectively coupled to the first to third regions of the conductive textile. The first and second test terminals are used for detecting ECG signals. The first and third test terminals are used for detecting respiratory signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research InstituteInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Chien-Lung Shen, Kun-Chuan Tsai
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Patent number: 8052612Abstract: The present invention provides a sleep respiration monitoring system for monitoring sleep quality of a user. The sleep respiration monitoring system has a sensing fabric, a detecting circuit and a judging and analysis circuit. The electrical characteristics of the sensing fabric vary with respiration status or extent of body movement of a user. The detecting circuit detects the electrical characteristics of the sensing fabric. The judging and analysis circuit performs signal processing, signal collection, signal classification and signal determination on output signals of the detecting circuit, so as to determine whether the user lies on the sensing fabric and the sleep quality of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Taiwan Textile Research InstituteInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Ching-Tang Huang
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Publication number: 20110080688Abstract: An assembled flexible textile capacitor module including a plurality of flexible textile capacitors and at least one flexible connecting board is provided. The flexible connecting board is connected electrically between two adjacent flexible textile capacitors, so that the flexible textile capacitors are connected in series, in parallel, or in series-parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: Chien-Fa Tang
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Publication number: 20080228097Abstract: The present invention provides a sleep respiration monitoring system for monitoring sleep quality of a user. The sleep respiration monitoring system has a sensing fabric, a detecting circuit and a judging and analysis circuit. The electrical characteristics of the sensing fabric vary with respiration status or extent of body movement of a user. The detecting circuit detects the electrical characteristics of the sensing fabric. The judging and analysis circuit performs signal processing, signal collection, signal classification and signal determination on output signals of the detecting circuit, so as to determine whether the user lies on the sensing fabric and the sleep quality of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Taiwan Textile Research InstituteInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Ching-Tang Huang
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Publication number: 20080183063Abstract: A textile structure for detecting body surface electrical signals of human is provided. The textile structure includes a non-conductive textile, a conductive textile, and a plurality of test terminals. The non-conductive textile covers the human body. The conductive textile has a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is interdigitated into but not electrically coupled to the third region. The first to third test terminals are respectively coupled to the first to third regions of the conductive textile. The first and second test terminals are used for detecting ECG signals. The first and third test terminals are used for detecting respiratory signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Chien-Lung Shen, Kun-Chuan Tsai
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Publication number: 20070080773Abstract: A pressure sensible textile has at least a high-resistance conducting area and two groups of low-resistance conducting wefts or warps contacting the high-resistance area directly. The two groups of low-resistance conducting wefts or warps cross each other and do not contact with each other directly. Furthermore, two scanning circuits can be electrically connected to the two groups of low-resistance conducting wefts or warps. Then, a controller is added to the two scanning circuits to obtain a pressure sensible device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2006Publication date: April 12, 2007Applicant: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Ching-Tang Huang
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Patent number: 6745597Abstract: A positive or active yarn feeding method and apparatus is provided which synchronizes the feeding of textile materials and provides encoding. The device includes a motor connected to an axle, on which a coupling spins the wheel and activates the belt. The motor receives signals from the positive or active feeding controller to adjust its speed. Connected with the main motor, the encoder outputs reference signals that incorporate production data derived with computers.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2001Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: China Textile InstituteInventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Chin-Huang Chiang
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Publication number: 20030122019Abstract: The invention refers to a positive yarn feeding method and apparatus, which controls and adjusts the speed of feeding to go with the encoder, thus synchronizes feeding and encoding. The device includes a motor connected to an axle, on which a coupling spins the wheel and activates the belt. The motor receives signals from the positive feeding controller to manipulate its speed. Jointed with the main motor, the encoder outputs reference signals combining the production data with computers, therefore, enhances the production efficiency, shortens the intervals of stop for adjustment, and achieves the practical value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2001Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Chien-Fa Tang, Chin-Huang Chiang