Patents by Inventor Chien-Yi Kao

Chien-Yi Kao 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: 20240100553
    Abstract: A sprayer, comprising: a container, configured to contain liquid; a passage, comprising a first opening, a second opening, a resonator and a mesh, when the liquid is passed through the resonator, the liquid is emitted as a gas; a first optical sensor, configured to sense first optical data of at least portion of the mesh or at least portion of a surface of the container; and a processing circuit, configured to compute a foaming level of the mesh or of the surface according to the first optical data, and configured to determine whether the resonator should be turned off or not according to the foaming level. In another aspect, the processing circuit estimates a liquid level of the liquid but does not correspondingly turn off the resonator. By this way, the resonator may be turned on or turned off more properly and the liquid level may be more precisely estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Jen Lu, Yang-Ming Chou, Chih-Hao Wang, Chien-Yi Kao, Hsin-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 11867498
    Abstract: A sprayer includes: a container arranged to contain liquid; a passage including a transparent window, a first opening, a second opening and a resonator, wherein when the liquid in the container is passed through the resonator via the first opening, the liquid is emitted as a gas via the second opening; and a detection unit disposed outside of the passage. The detection unit includes: a light source disposed to emit light through the light transparent window for illuminating the gas in the passage such that the gas will reflect the emitted light; an optical sensor disposed to detect a parameter of the reflected light through the transparent window; and a processor coupled to the optical sensor for stopping the resonator from generating the gas when the parameter of the reflected light is below a first threshold corresponding to a specific level of liquid within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20230218207
    Abstract: A substance concentration measuring device, for measuring a substance concentration for a target substance in blood of a subject, comprising: a processing circuit; and a plurality of electrodes. At least two of the electrodes touches the subject when the subject wears the substance concentration measuring device, thereby the processing circuit can acquire at least one physiological signal caused by an eye of the subject. The processing circuit computes a voltage value or a voltage difference of the physiological signal, and computes the substance concentration according to the voltage value or the voltage difference. A human condition monitoring system comprising the substance concentration measuring device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Chien-Yi Kao, Yang-Ming Chou, Shih-Jen Lu, Hsin-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20220305510
    Abstract: A sprayer includes: a container; a passage including a transparent window, a first opening, a second opening and a resonator, wherein when liquid in the container is passed through the resonator via the first opening, the liquid is emitted as a gas via the second opening; and a removable detection unit disposed outside of the passage. The removable detection unit includes: a light source for illuminating the gas in the passage; an optical sensor disposed to detect a parameter of light reflected by the gas; and a processor coupled to the optical sensor for stopping the resonator from generating the gas when the parameter is below a threshold. The passage further includes a cavity disposed on a bottom surface of the passage in front of the optical sensor, wherein when the gas in the passage contacts the bottom surface, resultant water vapour will enter the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20210290085
    Abstract: An optical medical detection device includes a first physiological sensor and a processor. The first physiological sensor is adapted to continuously output a first photoplethysmography (PPG) signal generated by a first skin area of an object, and further to optionally and continuously output a second photoplethysmography (PPG) signal generated by a second skin area of the object. The second skin area is different from the first skin area. The processor is electrically connected to the first physiological sensor. The processor is adapted to convert the first PPG signal and the second PPG signal into a physiological feature, and the physiological feature is at least one of a blood pressure ratio and a blood flow velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shih-Jen Lu, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Hsin-Yi Lin, Chih-Ming Sun, Chung-Yuo Wu
  • Publication number: 20210220855
    Abstract: A sprayer includes: a container arranged to contain liquid; a passage including a transparent window, a first opening, a second opening and a resonator, wherein when the liquid in the container is passed through the resonator via the first opening, the liquid is emitted as a gas via the second opening; and a detection unit disposed outside of the passage. The detection unit includes: a light source disposed to emit light through the light transparent window for illuminating the gas in the passage such that the gas will reflect the emitted light; an optical sensor disposed to detect a parameter of the reflected light through the transparent window; and a processor coupled to the optical sensor for stopping the resonator from generating the gas when the parameter of the reflected light is below a first threshold corresponding to a specific level of liquid within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 10007049
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum rod backlight module for a liquid crystal display. The quantum rod backlight module includes a quantum rod layer disposing at one side of a backlight source and comprising a plurality of quantum rods, wherein the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods are aligned along a direction parallel to a surface of the quantum rod layer; a first micro-prism layer including a plurality of first parallel strip-shape prisms, and a second micro-prism layer including a plurality of second parallel strip-shape prisms, wherein both of the alignment directions of the first parallel strip-shape prisms and the second parallel strip-shape prisms are perpendicular to the direction of the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods, and the retardations of the first micro-prism layer and the second micro-prism layer are zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ren-Hung Huang, Jian-Hung Wu, Shih-Wei Chao, Po-Tung Lai, Ya-Chun Chang, Yi-Lung Yang, Chung-Hung Chien, Meng-Chia Cheng, Chien-Yi Kao, Chen-Kuan Kuo
  • Publication number: 20170123139
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum rod backlight module for a liquid crystal display. The quantum rod backlight module includes a quantum rod layer disposing at one side of a backlight source and comprising a plurality of quantum rods, wherein the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods are aligned along a direction parallel to a surface of the quantum rod layer; a first micro-prism layer including a plurality of first parallel strip-shape prisms, and a second micro-prism layer including a plurality of second parallel strip-shape prisms, wherein both of the alignment directions of the first parallel strip-shape prisms and the second parallel strip-shape prisms are perpendicular to the direction of the major axes of the plurality of quantum rods, and the retardations of the first micro-prism layer and the second micro-prism layer are zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ren-Hung HUANG, Jian-Hung WU, Shih-Wei CHAO, Po-Tung LAI, Ya-Chun CHANG, Yi-Lung YANG, Chung-Hung CHIEN, Meng-Chia CHENG, Chien-Yi KAO, Chen-Kuan KUO
  • Publication number: 20090039922
    Abstract: A multi-level comparator with fixed power consumption is disclosed. By using the switch character of differential pair and parallelizing single side of common source amplifier with multi-level input, the power of the multi-level comparator can be fixed by the current bias. This result shows that the multi-level comparator is able to heighten input stages at fixed power. Therefore, the multi-level comparator has the functionalities of several different comparators while maintaining fixed power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ying-Hsiang WANG, Wen-Yaw CHUNG, Chiung-Cheng CHUANG, Chien-Yi KAO
  • Publication number: 20050073629
    Abstract: A privacy apparatus has a transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer formed on the transparent substrate. A thickness of the liquid crystal layer determines a range of viewing angles for the privacy apparatus; and when the thickness is greater, the range of viewing angles is smaller. Moreover, an absorption axis of the liquid crystal layer is substantially parallel to the transparent substrate and is substantially perpendicular to the range of viewing angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Jing-Yi Jou, Long-Hai Wu, Chien-Yi Kao, Ta-Wang Lai