Patents by Inventor Chih-Chung Kuo

Chih-Chung Kuo 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: 20240094094
    Abstract: A pump health analysis method and a pump health analysis device using the same are provided. A standard vibration curve of a standard pump is obtained. The standard vibration curve is converted from a time domain to a frequency domain to obtain a first frequency distribution curve. A sample vibration curve of a sample pump is obtained. The sample vibration curve is converted from the time domain to the frequency domain to obtain a second frequency distribution curve. The first frequency distribution curve is compared with the second frequency distribution curve by using a cosine similarity algorithm to obtain a health index of the sample pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Chen WU, Cheng-Tai PENG, Chih-Chung KUO
  • Publication number: 20240087961
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to a method for reducing fin oxidation during the formation of fin isolation regions. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with an n-doped region and a p-doped region formed on a top portion of the semiconductor substrate; epitaxially growing a first layer on the p-doped region; epitaxially growing a second layer different from the first layer on the n-doped region; epitaxially growing a third layer on top surfaces of the first and second layers, where the third layer is thinner than the first and second layers. The method further includes etching the first, second, and third layers to form fin structures on the semiconductor substrate and forming an isolation region between the fin structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Ju CHOU, Chih-Chung Chang, Jun-Ming Kuo, Che-Yuan Hsu, Pei-Ling Kao, Chen-Hsuan Liao
  • Publication number: 20240079263
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a frame, a door and at least a pair of shelves. The frame has opposite sidewalls. The pair of the shelves are respectively disposed and aligned on the opposite sidewalls of the frame. Various methods and devices are provided for holding at least one wafer to the shelves during transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kai-Hung HSIAO, Chi-Chung JEN, Yu-Chun SHEN, Yuan-Cheng KUO, Chih-Hsiung HUANG, Wen-Chih CHIANG
  • Patent number: 11923250
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to a method for reducing fin oxidation during the formation of fin isolation regions. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate with an n-doped region and a p-doped region formed on a top portion of the semiconductor substrate; epitaxially growing a first layer on the p-doped region; epitaxially growing a second layer different from the first layer on the n-doped region; epitaxially growing a third layer on top surfaces of the first and second layers, where the third layer is thinner than the first and second layers. The method further includes etching the first, second, and third layers to form fin structures on the semiconductor substrate and forming an isolation region between the fin structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Ju Chou, Chih-Chung Chang, Jiun-Ming Kuo, Che-Yuan Hsu, Pei-Ling Gao, Chen-Hsuan Liao
  • Patent number: 11527240
    Abstract: A speech recognition system and method thereof are provided. The speech recognition system connects to an external general-purpose speech recognition system, and including a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a specific application speech recognition module, a comparison module and an enhancement module. The specific application speech recognition module converts a speech signal into a first phonetic text. The general-purpose speech recognition system converts the speech signal into a written text. The comparison module receives the first phonetic text and the written text, converts the written text into a second phonetic text, and aligns the second phonetic text with the first phonetic text according to similarity of pronunciation to output a phonetic text alignment result. The enhancement module receives the phonetic text alignment result, and constructs with the written text and the first phonetic text after path weighting to form an outputting recognized text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi-Yueh Lin, Jiang-Chun Chen, Chih-Chung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20220283217
    Abstract: An equipment sensing circuit board and an operation method thereof are provided. The equipment sensing circuit board equipped on a semiconductor equipment includes a main sensor, a backup sensor, a first electronic fuse, a second electronic fuse, and a multiplexer. The main sensor and the backup sensor are used to monitor the operation of the semiconductor equipment to output a main sensing signal and a backup sensing signal respectively. The first electronic fuse is disposed on the main sensor to output a first status signal. The second electronic fuse is disposed on the backup sensor to output a second status signal. The multiplexer is connected to the main sensor, the backup sensor, the first electronic fuse and the second electronic fuse. The multiplexer selects to output the main sensing signal or the backup sensing signal according to the combination of the first state signal and the second state signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ji-Fu KUNG, Yi-Lin HUNG, Chih-Chung KUO, Wei-Che LIN
  • Patent number: 10784307
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a first light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first light-emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first angle is between the substrate and the first sidewall. A second angle is between the substrate and the second sidewall. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting
  • Publication number: 20200177537
    Abstract: A control system and a control method for a social network are provided. The control method includes following steps. Obtaining detection information. Analyzing status information of at least one social member according to the detection information. Condensing the status information according to a time interval to obtain condensed information. Summarizing the condensed information according to a summary priority score to obtain summary information. Displaying the summary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chieh-Chih CHANG, Chih-Chung KUO, Shih-Chieh CHIEN, Jian-Yung HUNG, Cheng-Hsien LIN
  • Publication number: 20200160850
    Abstract: A speech recognition system and method thereof are provided. The speech recognition system connects to an external general-purpose speech recognition system, and including a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a specific application speech recognition module, a comparison module and an enhancement module. The specific application speech recognition module converts a speech signal into a first phonetic text. The general-purpose speech recognition system converts the speech signal into a written text. The comparison module receives the first phonetic text and the written text, converts the written text into a second phonetic text, and aligns the second phonetic text with the first phonetic text according to similarity of pronunciation to output a phonetic text alignment result. The enhancement module receives the phonetic text alignment result, and constructs with the written text and the first phonetic text after path weighting to form an outputting recognized text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Chi-Yueh Lin, Jiang-Chun Chen, Chih-Chung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200006419
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a first light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first light-emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first angle is between the substrate and the first sidewall. A second angle is between the substrate and the second sidewall. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting
  • Patent number: 10411065
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a first light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first light-emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first angle is between the substrate and the first sidewall. A second angle is between the substrate and the second sidewall. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting
  • Patent number: 10224023
    Abstract: A speech recognition system and method thereof, a vocabulary establishing method and a computer program product are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chien, Chih-Chung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20180374892
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a first light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first light-emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first angle is between the substrate and the first sidewall. A second angle is between the substrate and the second sidewall. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting
  • Patent number: 10050081
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a first light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first light-emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first angle is between the substrate and the first sidewall. A second angle is between the substrate and the second sidewall. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting
  • Publication number: 20180182742
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a high-voltage light-emitting diode (HV LED) and a manufacturing method thereof. A plurality of LED dies connected in series, in parallel, or in series and parallel are formed on a substrate. A side surface of the first semiconductor layer of part of the LED dies is aligned with a side surface of the substrate, such that no space for exposing the substrate is reserved between the LED dies and the edges of the substrate, the ratio of the substrate being covered by the LED dies is increased, that is, light-emitting area per unit area is increased, and the efficiency of light extraction of HV LED is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Yi-Ru Huang, Chih-Ming Shen, Kuan-Chieh Huang, Jing-En Huang
  • Publication number: 20180173694
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and computer systems for named entity verification, named entity verification model training, and phrase expansion. The method for named entity verification includes to receive an unknown type phrase, to generate a query phrase according to the unknown type phrase, to perform auto-completion on the query phrase to receive one or more returned phrases, to extract feature information from the returned phrases, and to determine a named entity type of the unknown type phrase based on the feature information verify whether or not the unknown type phrase belongs to the target named entity type based on the feature information and a target verification model to accordingly output a verification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chao-Hong Liu, Tzi-Cker Chiueh, Chih-Chung Kuo, Chung-Han Lee, Jian-Yung Hung
  • Patent number: 10002609
    Abstract: A recognition network generation device, disposed in an electronic device, comprising: an operation record storage device storing a plurality of operation records of the electronic device, wherein each of the operation records includes operation content executed by the electronic device and device peripheral information detected by the electronic device when the electronic device executes the operation content; an activity model constructor classifying the operation records into a plurality of activity models according to all the device peripheral information of the operation records; an activity predictor selecting at least one selected activity model according to the degree of similarity between each of the activity models and a current device peripheral information detected by the electronic device; and a weight adjustor adjusting the weights of a plurality of recognition vocabularies by taking into account a number of times each recognition vocabulary appears in all operations contents of the activity mod
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Chang Chang, Jiang-Chun Chen, Chih-Chung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20180166069
    Abstract: A speech recognition system and method thereof, a vocabulary establishing method and a computer program product are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chien, Chih-Chung Kuo
  • Patent number: 9691389
    Abstract: In a spoken word generation system for speech recognition, at least one input device receives a plurality of input signals at least including at least one sound signal; a mode detection module detects the plurality of input signals; when a specific sound event is detected in the at least one sound signal or at least one control signal is included in the plurality of input signals, a speech training mode is outputted; when no specific sound event is detected in the at least one sound signal and no control signal is included in the plurality of input signals, a speech recognition mode is outputted; a speech training module receives the speech training mode and performs a training process on the audio segment and outputs a training result; and a speech recognition module receives the speech recognition mode, and performs a speech recognition process and outputs a recognition result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chien, Chih-Chung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20160343910
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate and a first light-emitting unit. The first light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light-emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The first light-emitting layer is disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first angle is between the substrate and the first sidewall. A second angle is between the substrate and the second sidewall. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tsung-Syun Huang, Chih-Chung Kuo, Jing-En Huang, Shao-Ying Ting