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).
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Publication number: 20250099031Abstract: There is provided a wearable device including at least one light source, a light sensor and a processor. The processor generates a peak interval plot according to one of at least two light detection signals detected by the light sensor when the at least one light source emits light, and generates an oxygen saturation plot according to two of the one of at least two light detection signals detected by the light sensor when the at least one emits light. The processor further determines an Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) score according to the peak interval plot, determines an Oxygen Desaturation Index (ODI) score according to the oxygen saturation plot and fits an obstructive sleep apnea level index corresponding to the AHI score and the ODI score.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Chih-Hao WANG, Shih-Jen LU, Chien-Yi KAO, Yang-Ming CHOU, Hsin-Yi LIN
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Patent number: 12251722Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20240100553Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Shih-Jen Lu, Yang-Ming Chou, Chih-Hao Wang, Chien-Yi Kao, Hsin-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 11867498Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20230218207Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Chien-Yi Kao, Yang-Ming Chou, Shih-Jen Lu, Hsin-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20220305510Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20210290085Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Shih-Jen Lu, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Hsin-Yi Lin, Chih-Ming Sun, Chung-Yuo Wu
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Publication number: 20210220855Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Chih-Hao Wang, Yang-Ming Chou, Chien-Yi Kao, Shih-Jen Lu, Chih-Ming Sun, Hsin-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 10007049Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: BenQ Materials CorporationInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20170123139Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20090039922Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Ying-Hsiang WANG, Wen-Yaw CHUNG, Chiung-Cheng CHUANG, Chien-Yi KAO
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Publication number: 20050073629Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2004Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Jing-Yi Jou, Long-Hai Wu, Chien-Yi Kao, Ta-Wang Lai