Patents by Inventor Chih-Kung Lee
Chih-Kung Lee 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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Patent number: 11258378Abstract: A piezoelectric motorization system has a mechanically flexible body that has one or more surfaces for placing piezoelectric actuators. The system has groups of piezoelectric actuators each positioned on one of the surfaces of the mechanically flexible body that is connected to the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry controls the driving of the mechanical loads by the mechanically flexible body by injecting sets of control signals into different groups of actuators positioned on the mechanically flexible body. Each control signal operates groups of driving frequencies with an adjustable amplitude ratio and an adjustable phase difference among driving frequencies. And, under a set of boundary conditions exhibited by a set of structural dimensions of the mechanically flexible body, each control signal induces multi-mode resonance of the mechanically flexible body for driving the mechanical loads multi-dimensionally.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Yu-Hsiang Hsu, Wen-Jong Wu, Tsung-Yu Chu, Yu-Min Lin
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Publication number: 20190372483Abstract: A piezoelectric motorization system for driving mechanical loads multi-dimensionally by an electronic circuitry is disclosed. The piezoelectric motorization system has a piezoelectric apparatus that is constructed by a mechanically flexible body that has multiple piezoelectric actuators attached its surfaces, where these actuators are controlled by an electronic circuitry. The mechanically flexible body has a finite structure with a sets of boundary conditions to determine its out-of-plane resonant modes. The electronic circuitry inject at least two sets of control signals into different groups of actuators at or near different resonant frequencies. Using these control signals, traveling waves can be generated on the piezoelectric apparatus to move mechanical loads placed on its surface. Or, the traveling waves are used to propel the piezoelectric apparatus for motorization.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: CHIH-KUNG LEE, YU-HSIANG HSU, WEN-JONG WU, TSUNG-YU CHU, YU-MIN LIN
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Publication number: 20160357108Abstract: A photoconductive layer with electrical property adjustable via control of intensity or location of illumination by a light source is provided. The photoconductive layer has at least one charge generation material and at least one binder for distributing the charge generation material within the body of the layer. The localized change of electrical property in the photoconductive layer arises on and beneath the surface area of the layer illuminated by the light source via actuated bulk change in electrical charge contributed by the charge generation material in the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Yu-Hsiang HSU, Jen Tau Gu, Shih-Jue LIN, Hsin-Hu WANG, Ting-Jui WU, I-Chun CHENG, Cheng-che HSU, Jian-Zhang CHEN, Tsun-Hsu CHEN, Chih-Kung LEE
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Patent number: 8855339Abstract: An electret loudspeaker device including a diaphragm, a first perforated electrode and a first spacer is provided. The diaphragm includes a first electret, a second electret, a polymer layer and an electrode layer. At least one layer of the first electret or the second electret is formed by expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The second electret is stacked on one side of the first electret, while the electrode layer is stacked on the opposite side of the first electret. The polymer layer is made of a hydrophobic material and is disposed on the second electret. The first perforated electrode is stacked on a first spacer and close to the polymer layer. The first spacer disposed between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode supports the first perforated electrode over the diaphragm and defines a first chamber. A fabrication method of the electret loudspeaker device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Yu-Chi Chen, Han-Lung Chen, Hsu-Ching Liao, Wen-Hsin Hsiao
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Patent number: 8776367Abstract: A method of making a nonfluoropolymer electret film is provided. The method may include: providing a polymer-containing solution, the polymer-containing solution comprising at least one polymer material, at least one solvent, and at least one surfactant, spreading the polymer-containing solution to provide a wetting polymer film, removing at least a portion of the solvent in the wetting polymer film to provide a polymer film, and conducting a Corona charging to the polymer film to form the electret film.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Shih-Yuan Lee, Chih-Kung Lee, Wen-Ching Ko, Jia-Lun Chen, Ing Yih Leu, Wen-Hsin Hsiao, Wen-Jong Wu
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Publication number: 20140134418Abstract: A piezoelectric membrane and a forming method thereof are provided, wherein the method of forming the piezoelectric membrane includes providing a porous substrate film, which is a membrane structure formed by a plurality of fibers and has two main surfaces. Then, piezoelectric material solution is permeated into the porous substrate film and then hardened, such that the fibers are partially covered with the piezoelectric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Han-Lung Chen, Hsu-Ching Liao
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Patent number: 8699730Abstract: An electret loudspeaker device including a diaphragm, a first perforated electrode and a first spacer is provided. The diaphragm has an electret layer and an electrode layer. The first perforated electrode is stacked on a side of the diaphragm near the electret layer, and has multiple holes. The first spacer is stacked between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode, and includes a first distribution area and plural second distribution areas. The first distribution area has first openings penetrating through the first spacer, and each first opening has a first opening space volume between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode. Each second distribution area has second openings penetrating through the first spacer, and each second opening has a second opening space volume between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode. A difference between the first and the second opening space volumes is greater than 10%.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Yu-Chi Chen, Han-Lung Chen, Hsu-Ching Liao, Wen-Hsin Hsiao
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Publication number: 20140062903Abstract: A screen unlocking method with time information, a screen unlocking system with time information, and a recording medium are provided, and the method is applicable to an electronic device. The unlocking method includes the following steps: first, obtaining unlocking information through a detection module, where the unlocking information includes an unlocking instruction set and an unlocking time series; judging, by using an operation processing module, whether the unlocking instruction set and the unlocking time series in the unlocking information conform to a preset unlocking instruction set and a preset unlocking time series in preset unlocking information respectively; and if the unlocking instruction set and the unlocking time series conform to the preset unlocking instruction set and the preset unlocking time series respectively, enabling a touch display module to be unlocked and to correspondingly enter an operation picture with an application function.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRYInventors: Chih-Kung LEE, Chia-Hsiang CHANG, Yung-Chieh HUNG, Emery JOU, Kun-Hung LEE, Jing-Fung CHEN, Pei-Wen HUANG, Yueh-Ying CHANG
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Patent number: 8663451Abstract: The present invention provides a linker for joining an electrode and a capture probe on a biochip, and a biochip comprising the linker. The impedance baseline of the linker of the present invention is three orders lower than the conventional long chain thiol linker when adopting in a fadaraic impedance biochip construction. With lower impedance baseline, the device designed to measure the signal of the biochip of the present invention could be further simplied on the electrical circuit design and be made in lower cost, compacter size and get the potential to be used in point-of-care applications. The present invention also provides a method of quantitatively detecting a concentration of a target analyte in a fluid sample by adopting the biochip and the linker of present invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Adam Shih-Yuan Lee, Ching-Sung Chen, Ku-Ning Chang, Ying-Hua Chen, Bryan Yong-Jay Lee
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Patent number: 8625949Abstract: Disclosed is an optical head, including a hollow micro-pipe and a stuffing member, the micro-pipe having a diameter-extended portion and a diameter-diminishing portion adapted allowing the incident light to transmit from the diameter-extended portion to the diameter-diminishing portion to emerge from its tip, and the stuffing member being disposed inside of the micro-pipe compared to prior techniques. The optical head of the invention is easier to be made, and it has a better focus for achieving optical exposure of sub-wave length focal spot and deep depth of focus.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Chih-Jen Chien, Yu-Hsun Lee, Chun-Yen Chen, Yuh-Yan Yu, Te-Hsun Chen
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Patent number: 8600082Abstract: A sound-generating device comprises at least two first enclosures and a thin film. The at least two first enclosures with at least one first bendable element coupled between two neighboring first enclosures. The thin film comprising at least one electrode and at least one piezoelectric layer, the at least one electrode being coupled with a terminal of an audio signal output, wherein the at least one piezoelectric layer is configured to respond to a signal supplied by the audio signal output and to generate sound waves. The thin film and the at least two first enclosures are coupled together forming at least two first cavities between the thin film and the first enclosure, and the first bendable element is attached to the thin film.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Wen-Ching Ko, Jia-Lun Chen, Wen-Hsin Hsiao, Wen-Jong Wu
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Patent number: 8531082Abstract: An actuator and a method for using the same are provided. The actuator includes a flexible element and a photoelectric layer. The flexible element includes an elastic layer or a piezoelectric layer. The photoelectric layer is disposed on a side of the flexible element. An electrical characteristic of the photoelectric layer is determined according to an irradiation condition of the photoelectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Yen Tjing Ling Industrial Research Institute, National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Chin-Kai Chang, Kuan-Ting Chen, Hui-Lung Kuo, Wen-Jong Wu
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Patent number: 8503702Abstract: An electret diaphragm and a speaker using the same are provided. The electret diaphragm includes an electret layer, a bonding layer adhered to a surface of the electret layer, and an aluminum (Al) electrode layer adhered on the bonding layer. The electret layer at least includes ethylene group polymer. A material of the bonding layer is ethylene-ethyl-acrylate (EEA) or ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Che-I Kao, Chih-Kung Lee, Wen-Ching Ko, Chang-Ho Liou, Ing-Yih Leu, Ming-Daw Chen, Yi-Jen Chan, Chien-Kai Tseng
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Patent number: 8498696Abstract: A health monitoring device is provided and includes a detecting unit for detecting a first electric signal from a human body and a processing unit for performing the following steps: receiving the first electric signal; performing wavelet transform on the first electric signal, to filter frequency bands thereof which include undesired noises, and then perform a reverse wavelet transform to obtain a second electric signal; combining frequency bands of the first electric signal which include primary characteristics and then perform a reverse wavelet transform on the combined frequency bands to obtain a fourth electric signal; and comparing the fourth electric signal with a plurality of electric signal patterns of a database to determine whether the fourth electric signal is an electric signal for healthiness.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Jia-Yush Yen, Fan-Che Yen, Chih-Kung Lee, Chii-Wann Lin, Kuang-Chong Wu, Ching-En Tseng
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Patent number: 8492647Abstract: The invention provides an organic solar cell, including: a substrate having a first electrode formed thereon; a hole transport layer overlying the first electrode; a metal layer having a first pattern in the hole transport layer; a photoactive layer, including: a first organic semiconductor film having a second pattern complementary to the first pattern and overlying the metal layer and the hole transport layer; a second organic semiconductor film having a first pattern substantially aligned to the first pattern of the metal layer and overlying the first organic semiconductor film, wherein the first organic semiconductor film and the second organic semiconductor film have opposite conductive types; a second electrode overlying the photoactive layer. The invention further provides a method for forming the organic solar cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Pin-Han Kuo, Chih-Kung Lee, Min-Hua Yang, Dong-Sheng Wu, Kang-Chuang Lee, Shu-Ming Hsieh, Po-Cheng Lai
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Publication number: 20130115454Abstract: Disclosed is an optical head, including a hollow micro-pipe and a stuffing member, the micro-pipe having a diameter-extended portion and a diameter-diminishing portion adapted allowing the incident light to transmit from the diameter-extended portion to the diameter-diminishing portion to emerge from its tip, and the stuffing member being disposed inside of the micro-pipe compared to prior techniques. The optical head of the invention is easier to be made, and it has a better focus for achieving optical exposure of sub-wave length focal spot and deep depth of focus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Chih-Jen Chien, Yu-Hsun Lee, Chun-Yen Chen, Yuh-Yan Yu, Te-Hsun Chen
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Publication number: 20130044906Abstract: An electret loudspeaker device including a diaphragm, a first perforated electrode and a first spacer is provided. The diaphragm includes a first electret, a second electret, a polymer layer and an electrode layer. At least one layer of the first electret or the second electret is formed by expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The second electret is stacked on one side of the first electret, while the electrode layer is stacked on the opposite side of the first electret. The polymer layer is made of a hydrophobic material and is disposed on the second electret. The first perforated electrode is stacked on a first spacer and close to the polymer layer. The first spacer disposed to between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode supports the first perforated electrode over the diaphragm and defines a first chamber. A fabrication method of the electret loudspeaker device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Yu-Chi Chen, Han-Lung Chen, Hsu-Ching Liao, Wen-Hsin Hsiao
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Publication number: 20130044905Abstract: An electret loudspeaker device including a diaphragm, a first perforated electrode and a first spacer is provided. The diaphragm has an electret layer and an electrode layer. The first perforated electrode is stacked on a side of the diaphragm near the electret layer, and has multiple holes. The first spacer is stacked between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode, and includes a first distribution area and plural second distribution areas. The first distribution area has first openings penetrating through the first spacer, and each first opening has a first opening space volume between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode. Each second distribution area has second openings penetrating through the first spacer, and each second opening has a second opening space volume between the diaphragm and the first perforated electrode. A difference between the first and the second opening space volumes is greater than 10%.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Yu-Chi Chen, Han-Lung Chen, Hsu-Ching Liao, Wen-Hsin Hsiao
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Patent number: 8379888Abstract: A sound-generating device comprises a first enclosure having at least one first electrode and a first piezoelectric layer, a first terminal of an audio signal output being coupled to the at least one first electrode of the first enclosure, a second enclosure having at least one first electrode and a first piezoelectric layer, and a first bendable element coupled between the first and second enclosures. The at least one first electrode is coupled with the first terminal of the audio signal output. The first piezoelectric layer of the first enclosure and the first piezoelectric layer of the second enclosure are configured to respond to the signal supplied by the audio signal output and to generate sound waves.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chih-Kung Lee, Wen-Ching Ko, Jia-Lun Chen, Wen-Hsin Hsiao, Wen-Jong Wu
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Patent number: 8164981Abstract: An ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor assembly and an ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor thereof are disclosed. The ultrasonic distance-measuring sensor includes at least two piezoelectric actuators and a member. The member includes a side wall, at least two vibration generating/receiving surfaces and a partition. The vibration generating/receiving surfaces accommodate the piezoelectric actuators as sources. The side wall surrounds the vibration generating/receiving surfaces. The partition is disposed between the vibration generating/receiving surfaces and includes a slot. The slot is disposed between the vibration sending/receiving surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Chia-Yu Lin, Chih-Chiang Cheng, Chih-Kung Lee, Wen-Jong Wu, Chuin-Shan Chen, Pei-Zen Chang