Patents by Inventor Chih-Ming Liao

Chih-Ming Liao 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).

  • Patent number: 9773190
    Abstract: The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of image displacements, so as to eventually calculate N number of primary variation angles and sub variation angles corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image. Therefore, after the rotary encoding body is rotated by an arbitrary angle, an immediate angle coordinate can be precisely positioned according to the primary variation angles, the secondary variation angles and the N number of image displacements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Chin-Der Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Publication number: 20160110628
    Abstract: The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of image displacements, so as to eventually calculate N number of primary variation angles and sub variation angles corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image. Therefore, after the rotary encoding body is rotated by an arbitrary angle, an immediate angle coordinate can be precisely positioned according to the primary variation angles, the secondary variation angles and the N number of image displacements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Chin-Der Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Publication number: 20150160043
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a high-precision angle positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Chin-Der Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Patent number: 8605294
    Abstract: An actuating apparatus includes a motion driving module rigidly coupled to a platform, a working stage driven by the motion driving module to move relative to the platform, a speckle image capturing module rigidly coupled to the working stage and capable of capturing a speckle image of a sub-region of a reference region of the platform, and a control module operable in a positioning mode, where the control module obtains a current position of the working stage in a coordinate system associated with the platform based on a comparison between the captured speckle image and reference speckle image information that is associated with and unique to the reference region, and controls the motion driving module to drive the working stage toward a target position in the coordinate system based on a difference between the current position and the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments, Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Chin-Der Hwang, Chih-Ming Liao, Ting-Wei Chiang, Wei-Guo Chang, Wen-Cheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20130322069
    Abstract: A lamp structure includes a lamp housing, a light-guiding module, a light source module, and a fastening piece. The lamp housing includes a bottom wall and an annular side wall, where the side wall connects to the bottom wall to define a receiving space. The bottom wall has a positioning portion. The light-guiding module is disposed in the receiving space surrounded by the light source module. The light source module includes a circuit board and a plurality of light source units. The circuit board includes a projection portion engaging with the positioning portion. The fastening piece includes a fastening portion releasably attached to the lamp housing to provide structural stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, CHIH SUNG CHEN, CHI-FU CHUANG, JIH-SHENG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20130235389
    Abstract: An actuating apparatus includes a motion driving module rigidly coupled to a platform, a working stage driven by the motion driving module to move relative to the platform, a speckle image capturing module rigidly coupled to the working stage and capable of capturing a speckle image of a sub-region of a reference region of the platform, and a control module operable in a positioning mode, where the control module obtains a current position of the working stage in a coordinate system associated with the platform based on a comparison between the captured speckle image and reference speckle image information that is associated with and unique to the reference region, and controls the motion driving module to drive the working stage toward a target position in the coordinate system based on a difference between the current position and the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments, Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Chin-Der Hwang, Chih-Ming Liao, Ting-Wei Chiang, Wei-Guo Chang, Wen-Cheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20130128608
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a LED light fixture, which includes a mounting seat, a lighting module, a light guiding assembly, a retainer, and a panel. The mounting seat has a base and an annular side wall cooperatively defining a recess. The lighting module abuts the side wall and is disposed around the light guiding assembly. The retainer abuts the light guiding assembly and retains the light guiding assembly on the mounting seat. The panel is disposed between the light guiding assembly and the base, with the periphery of the panel abutting the engaging shafts. Thereby, the interaction between the retainer and the mounting seat enables the user to assemble or dismantle the light fixture with more ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, CHIH- SUNG CHEN, CHI-FU CHUANG
  • Publication number: 20130107570
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to an LED lamp, which includes a base, a lighting module, a light guiding assembly, and a retainer. A recess having a plurality of flat tabs arranged therein is formed on the base. The lighting module includes an annular member for disposing on the tabs and a plurality of lighting units. The annular member is constructed with a plurality of flat strips. The light guiding assembly is accommodated within the recess. The retainer has a plurality of engaging shafts protruding annularly toward the recess and abutting the respective end-to-end regions between adjacent strips. The lighting module is arranged between the engaging shafts and the tabs. The light guiding assembly is secured to the base by the retainer. Thus, the lamp can be assembled or dismantled by the user with more ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, CHIH SUNG CHEN, CHI-FU CHUANG, JIH-SHENG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20130107529
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a lighting device, which includes a fixture body having a first receiving space formed therein; at least one light-emitting unit disposed on the fixture body and accommodated in the first receiving space; at least one optical unit disposed on the fixture body in the first receiving space configured to receive light emitted by the light-emitting unit; and at least one elastic module arranged between the optical unit and the fixture body, where the elastic module provides the buffering and anti-shock effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, CHIH SUNG CHEN, CHI-FU CHUANG, JIH-SHENG HUANG
  • Patent number: 8419254
    Abstract: A flat fluorescent lamp which includes: a long rectangular shaped light guiding panel, a light-emitting module, a light guiding body, a reflective layer, and at least one light-emitting diode. The light guiding body seamlessly connects between an end surface of the light guiding panel and the light-emitting module. The reflective layer is located exterior of the light guiding panel. A Coupling head is installed on the side of the light-emitting module that is away from the light guiding panel, and the coupling head is connected to the light-emitting module. Thereby, an energy efficient fluorescent lamp that can be thinner and installed on general lamp socket is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Enlight Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Liao, Jih-Sheng Huang, Chi-Fu Chuang
  • Publication number: 20120320591
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a light bulb, which includes a base, a conducting cap arranged on one end of the base, a heat-dissipating member disposed on the opposite end of the base, and a lamp cover. The heat-dissipating member has a wedged structure, and a plurality of inclined surfaces are formed adjacently thereon. A plurality of LEDs is disposed on the inclined surfaces, and the lamp cover is arranged over the wedged structure and the LEDs. The instant disclosure uses the LEDs to replace tungsten filament as the light sources, and arranging the LEDs on the wedged structure of the heat-dissipating member. Thereby, the light bulb can have higher heat-dissipating rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, CHAO-KUN CHAN, JIH-SHENG HUANG, CHI-FU CHUANG
  • Publication number: 20120236597
    Abstract: A frame module includes a frame strip, a light emitting diode (LED) bar, and a fastener. The frame strip has a heat-dissipating portion, two elastic arms extended in one direction from the two edges of the heat-dissipating portion, and two pressing portions inwardly protruded form the two elastic arms. The heat-dissipating portion, the two elastic arms, and the two pressing portions define an accommodating trough. The LED bar has a printed circuit board (PCB) and a plurality of LEDs mounted on the PCB. The PCB is arranged in the accommodating trough of the frame strip and clamped between the heat-dissipating portion and the two pressing portions. The fastener is fixed on the two elastic arms. Thus, the heat generated form the LED bar is conducted by the LED bar directly contacting the frame strip. Besides, the instant disclosure also provides a lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, CHIH-MING TIEN, SZU-MING HUANG, CHAO-KUN CHAN, JIH-SHENG HUANG, CHI-FU CHUANG
  • Publication number: 20120170259
    Abstract: A flat fluorescent lamp which includes: a long rectangular shaped light guiding panel, a light-emitting module, a light guiding body, a reflective layer, and at least one light-emitting diode. The light guiding body seamlessly connects between an end surface of the light guiding panel and the light-emitting module. The reflective layer is located exterior of the light guiding panel. A Coupling head is installed on the side of the light-emitting module that is away from the light guiding panel, and the coupling head is connected to the light-emitting module. Thereby, an energy efficient fluorescent lamp that can be thinner and installed on general lamp socket is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: ENLIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIH-MING LIAO, JIH-SHENG HUANG, CHI-FU CHUANG
  • Patent number: 8144339
    Abstract: A method and system for positioning by using optical speckle are disclosed in this invention. A highly coherent laser light irradiates a positioning template in advance to record optical speckles caused by interference by scattered light beams from the positioning template for establishing a speckle database. Furthermore, a reference point is defined to position each recorded speckle. Therefore, a coordinate with respect to the reference point corresponding to a specified speckle can be used to position a target or applied to distance measurement by the speckle database. The precision of the speckles according to the present invention is within several micrometers. Hence, it can provide high precision positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments Bureau, M.N.D.
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Chih-Ming Liao, Chin-Der Hwang, Shin-I Ma, Ting-Wei Chiang, Chun-Hao Chen, Wen-Cheng Huang, Mau-Ran Wang
  • Patent number: 8125449
    Abstract: A highly sensitive movable touchpad is disclosed in the present invention. It is used for laptop computers and has a slidable template for users to move so that a cursor can be controlled by the touchpad. A resistive or capacitive detecting surface can be applied for detecting users' click, double click, drag, or scroll motion on any point of the surface. Additionally, there is an optical displacement sensor provided under the slidable template for detecting surface information on the back surface of the slidable template. A sequence of images of surface movement are processed by an image processing unit. Then, relative movement information is calculated and sent to an operating system in the computer. The operating system controls the cursor with the relative movement information. The present invention uses edge detectors for dynamically controlling the cursor and calibrating location of the cursor so that positioning of the touchpad is synchronous with the cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments Bureau, M.N.D.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Liao, Ting-Wei Chiang, Chun-Hao Chen, Yi-Yuh Hwang, Shin-I Ma, Wen-Cheng Huang, Chin-Der Hwang, Mau-Ran Wang
  • Patent number: 8102371
    Abstract: The present invention provides a calibration method of projection effect. The calibration method of projection effect according to the invention comprises the following steps. The first, step (a) is performed to make an optical navigation system move along a predetermined trace relative to an object plane. Then, step (b) is performed to sense the predetermined trace by a sensor to obtain a projection trace. The next, step (c) is performed to calculate a projection effect value according to the included angle between a reflected light and the object plane. Finally, step (d) is performed to calibrate the projection trace with the projection effect value to obtain a calibration trace which is in proportion to the predetermined trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Liao
  • Patent number: 8067203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an animal vaccine directed to progressive atrophic rhinitis (PAR), comprising at least two fragments of recombinant subunit Pasteurella multocida toxins (rsPMT) capable of eliciting the production of antibodies against Pasteurella multocida associated with PAR, and to a method for producing the animal vaccine of the invention, said fragments each having an amino acid sequence that substantially corresponds to the 2-486, 486-986 or 986-1281 amino acid residues of Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT), respectively. Also disclosed is a multivalent animal vaccine, comprising said fragments as active components against PAR, and at least a pathogenic antigen or epitope thereof associated with other animal disease(s), such as inactivated gE-deleted Pseudorabies virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: National Chung-Hsing University
    Inventors: Maw-Sheng Chien, Cheng-I Liu, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Publication number: 20110262012
    Abstract: A method for determining whether a to-be-identified individual is a registered individual includes the steps of: a) providing the registered individual with a non-biometric target, which is provided with a to-be-detected surface capable of scattering coherent light that is to be detected by an image sensor so as to obtain a speckle image unique to the non-biometric target, and storing reference speckle image information corresponding to the speckle image associated with the non-biometric target in a database; b) obtaining speckle image information associated with the to-be-identified individual; c) determining whether the speckle image information of the to-be-identified individual has a match with the reference speckle image information stored in the database; and d) determining the to-be-identified individual as the registered individual when it is determined in step c) that there is a match, and determining the to-be-identified individual as a non-registered individual when otherwise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Liao, Chun-Hao Chen, Ting-Wei Chiang, Yi-Yuh Hwang, Shin-I Ma, Chin-Der Hwang, Wen-Cheng Hwang, Mau-Ran Wang
  • Publication number: 20110141014
    Abstract: A highly sensitive movable touchpad is disclosed in the present invention. It is used for laptop computers and has a slidable template for users to move so that a cursor can be controlled by the touchpad. A resistive or capacitive detecting surface can be applied for detecting users' click, double click, drag, or scroll motion on any point of the surface. Additionally, there is an optical displacement sensor provided under the slidable template for detecting surface information on the back surface of the slidable template. A sequence of images of surface movement are processed by an image processing unit. Then, relative movement information is calculated and sent to an operating system in the computer. The operating system controls the cursor with the relative movement information. The present invention uses edge detectors for dynamically controlling the cursor and calibrating location of the cursor so that positioning of the touchpad is synchronous with the cursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ARMAMENTS BUREAU, M.N.D
    Inventors: Chih-Ming LIAO, Ting-Wei CHIANG, Chun-Hao CHEN, Yi-Yuh HWANG, Shin-I MA, Wen-Cheng HUANG, Chin-Der HWANG, Mau-Ran WANG
  • Publication number: 20110134434
    Abstract: A method and system for positioning by using optical speckle are disclosed in this invention. A highly coherent laser light irradiates a positioning template in advance to record optical speckles caused by interference by scattered light beams from the positioning template for establishing a speckle database. Furthermore, a reference point is defined to position each recorded speckle. Therefore, a coordinate with respect to the reference point corresponding to a specified speckle can be used to position a target or applied to distance measurement by the speckle database. The precision of the speckles according to the present invention is within several micrometers. Hence, it can provide high precision positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ARMAMENTS BUREAU, M.N.D
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh HWANG, Chih-Ming Liao, Chin-Der Hwang, Shin-I Ma, Ting-Wei Chiang, Chun-Hao Chen, Wen-Cheng Huang, Mau-Ran Wang