Patents by Inventor Ching LU

Ching LU 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: 20240148124
    Abstract: A nail tool for removing tissue in a nail groove is adapted for extending into the nail groove to remove the tissue. The nail tool includes a rod body assembly and a tissue removing member. The rod body assembly extends in a front-rear direction and includes a rod body. The rod body has a front end portion, and a rear end portion that is located opposite to the front end portion. The tissue removing member is connected to the front end portion of the rod body, and includes a seat body and a removing section that is located at a front end of the seat body. The seat body has a groove wall that defines an accommodating groove. The removing section has a rough surface. The groove wall is adapted to widen the nail groove to allow the rough surface to remove the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Ching-Lu CHANG
  • Patent number: 11978947
    Abstract: A Rugged portable device comprises: a base, a cover pivotally connected to the base, a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, and a control unit. The first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are respectively disposed at an edge of the cover and an edge of the base, and the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit respectively have a near-field antenna and a far-field antenna. When the cover pivots relative to the base and is close to the base, the near-field antenna disposed at the cover and the near-field antenna disposed at the base generate a near-field communication (NFC) sensing signal and the near-field communication sensing signal is transmitted to the control unit. Therefore, the control unit sets up one of functions in the rugged portable device. For instance, the control unit switches off and/or switches on the far-field antenna or a peripheral unit (a keyboard or a camera).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Winmate Inc.
    Inventors: Ku-Ching Lu, Wei-Wen Yang, Hsin-Chin Wang, Chun-Yu Huang
  • Publication number: 20240109748
    Abstract: An optical fiber winding machine with full-time tension control function is provided. The machine includes a first wire storage ring, a first tension sensing module, a first revolution plate, a first rotary servo motor, a first moving assembly, a plurality of first docking elements, a plurality of first electrical connection modules, a second wire storage ring, a second tension sensing module, a second revolution plate, a second rotary servo motor, a second moving assembly, a plurality of second docking elements, a plurality of second electrical connection modules, a rotating shaft, an optical fiber winding ring, and a control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: CHING-LU HSIEH, SHIH-JU FAN, HUNG-PIN CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11928971
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a plurality of data sets, where each data set of the plurality of data sets includes multivariate time series data for a respective sample period of a plurality of sample periods. The method also includes, for each data set of the plurality of data sets, determining recurrence data indicative of recurrent states in the data set and determining, based on the recurrence data, determinism values of a determinism metric and laminarity values of a laminarity metric. The method further includes determining that a particular data set of the plurality of data sets includes data representing an anomalous state based on a determinism-laminarity curve representing the particular data set, where the determinism-laminarity curve is based on the determinism values of the particular data set and the laminarity values of the particular data set. The method also includes generating output data indicating the anomalous state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Nigel Stepp, Tsai-Ching Lu, Franz David Betz
  • Patent number: 11929288
    Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jhe-Ching Lu, Bao-Ru Young, Yen-Sen Wang, Tsung-Chieh Tsai
  • Patent number: 11907833
    Abstract: A method includes receiving input data including a plurality of feature vectors and labeling each feature vector based on a temporal proximity of the feature vector to occurrence of a fault. Feature vectors that are within a threshold temporal proximity to the occurrence of the fault are labeled with a first label value and other feature vectors are labeled with a second label value. The method includes determining, for each feature vector of a subset, a probability that the label associated with the feature vector is correct. The subset includes feature vectors having labels that indicate the first label value. The method includes reassigning labels of one or more feature vectors of the subset having a probability that fails to satisfy a probability threshold and, after reassigning the labels, training an aircraft fault prediction classifier using supervised training data including the plurality of feature vectors and the labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Rashmi Sundareswara, Franz David Betz, Tsai-Ching Lu
  • Publication number: 20240023280
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a heat pipe with a first portion residing in a first plane, a second portion residing in the first plane and a third portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion residing in a second plane spaced-apart from the first plane. The apparatus further includes a base plate including an opening and a clip plate having a first region, a second region and a third region positioned between the first and the second regions. The third portion of the heat pipe is positioned within the opening, and the clip plate is coupled to the base plate such that i) the third region of the clip plate is in superimposition with the third portion of the heat pipe and ii) third region of the clip plate resides in the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: CHIN-CHUNG WU, CHUN-HAN LIN, CHE-JUNG CHANG, YUEH CHING LU
  • Patent number: 11847080
    Abstract: An all-in-one computer includes a display, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C port, a plurality of USB Type-A ports, a USB hub, a demultiplexer, and a Power Delivery (PD) controller. The USB hub is coupled to the plurality of USB Type-A ports. The demultiplexer is coupled between the display, the USB Type-C port, and the USB hub. The PD controller is to control the demultiplexer and the USB hub to pass a display signal input to the USB Type-C port to the display and pass signals input to the USB hub from the plurality of USB Type-A ports to the USB Type-C port with a computing device coupled to the USB Type-C port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jui-Hsuan Chang, Chia-Ching Lu, Shih-Chieh Liu, Nam Hoang Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20230394889
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for managing a platform. A computer system generates a training dataset comprising historical metric values from historical sensor information for a set of metrics for a part and historical maintenance events for the part. The computer system trains a machine learning model using the training dataset. The computer system determines different maintenance thresholds for maintenance parameters for a metric in the set of metrics for performing maintenance on the part using the machine learning model trained with the training dataset. The computer system selects maintenance thresholds for the maintenance parameters from the maintenance thresholds meeting an objective to form a maintenance plan. The maintenance plan is used to determine when a maintenance action is needed for the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Waagen, Aruna Jammalamadaka, Alice A. Murphy, Derek S. Fok, Douglas Peter Knapp, Tsai-Ching Lu
  • Publication number: 20230394888
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system and computer program product for managing a platform. A computer system generates a training dataset comprising historical metric values from historical sensor information for a set of metrics for a part and historical maintenance events for the part. The computer system trains a machine learning model using the training dataset. The computer system determines maintenance thresholds for a metric in the set of metrics for performing maintenance on the part using the machine learning model trained with the training dataset. The computer system selects a maintenance threshold from the maintenance thresholds meeting an objective, wherein the maintenance threshold is used to determine when a maintenance action is needed for the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Waagen, Tsai-Ching Lu
  • Patent number: 11836279
    Abstract: An example device includes a physical storage medium, a wireless power circuit, and a portable sealed housing containing the physical storage medium and the wireless power circuit. The physical storage medium stores a first security protocol to activate the wireless power circuit, and a second security protocol to allow data transfer between the physical storage medium and a host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chung-Pao Lu, Chien-Hao Lu, Chia Ching Lu, Po-Cheng Liao
  • Publication number: 20230387946
    Abstract: A button structure of a wireless transceiver and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The button structure includes a housing, a first spring-back button, and a second spring-back button. The first spring-back button are integrally formed by double injection molding respectively. The first spring-back button and the second spring-back button are connected with the housing through insert injection molding. Thus, a manufacturer may produce the first spring-back button and the second spring-back button by a double injection molding machine in advance, and then combine the first spring-back button and the second spring-back button with the housing by the insert injection molding, so as to make the wireless transceiver with buttons of different colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: WINMATE INC.
    Inventors: Ku-Ching LU, Yueh-Tsai WENG, Tsung-Cheng CHU
  • Publication number: 20230388202
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for inferred information propagation for aircraft prognostics. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an original time-series of data points for a component as an input; preprocessing the input to divide the original time-series of data into subsets of data by applying a time-window over the original time-series of data points; and computing, by the processor, a Mutual Information (MI) value for each pair of variables within each subset of data. The method also includes constructing, by the processor, a sequence of relationship graphs using the computed MI values; clustering, by the processor, each relationship graph; and analyzing, by the processor, the time-ordered sequence of clustered relationship graphs to identify features in the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Eugene Martin, Tsai-Ching Lu, Steve Slaughter, Alice A. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20230384098
    Abstract: A spherical multi-axis optical fiber sensing device is formed by a three-axis optical interference sensor composed of a multi-level opto-mechanical integrated unit kit. The opto-mechanical integrated unit kit is composed of three fiber rings, which are respectively a large fiber ring, a medium fiber ring and a small fiber ring. The multi-level opto-mechanical integrated unit kit is combined with the use of the mechanism component technology that can be freely rotated and positioned to achieve the functional purpose of establishing a three-axis orthogonal optical fiber sensing unit in a single sphere volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: HUNG-PIN CHUNG, CHING-LU HSIEH, SHENG-HAN CHANG, CHII-CHANG CHEN, YEN-HUNG CHEN, JANN-YENQ LIU
  • Patent number: 11816590
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for predicting abnormal operation of at least one component of a machine is provided. Real time monitoring data from an operating machine is received and monitoring features that are informative of likely abnormal operation are extracted and/or calculated. The monitoring features are applied to a prediction matrix that outputs probabilities of abnormal operation within one or more prediction time horizons. If the output probabilities exceed a threshold probability, then an alert can be output. Maintenance can be automatically scheduled in response to the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Shahriar Alam, Qin Jiang, Franz D. Betz, Tsai-Ching Lu, John E. Harrison, John L. Ross
  • Patent number: 11801412
    Abstract: An exercise device with controllable training modes includes a base, a first exercise mechanism, a second exercise mechanism, and an operating mechanism. The first exercise mechanism has a first gear member. The second exercise mechanism has a second gear member. The operating mechanism has a third gear member. When the third gear member is at a first position, the third gear member meshes with the first gear member and the second gear member to form a linked state, so that the first exercise mechanism and the second exercise mechanism are operatively linked and coupled and swing in opposite directions. When the third gear member is at a second position, the third gear member is disengaged from either the first gear member or the second gear member or both to form a free state, so that the first exercise mechanism and the second exercise mechanism individually swing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: GEE HOO FITEC CORP.
    Inventor: Ching-Lu Hsu
  • Publication number: 20230252151
    Abstract: An anti-virus chip includes a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, a detection unit and a processing unit. The first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are respectively coupled to a connection port and a system circuit of an electronic device. The detection unit detects whether the connection port is connected to an external device via the first connection terminal. When the detection unit detects that the connection port is connected to the external device, the processing unit performs a virus-scan program on the external device to determine whether a virus exists in the external device. When determining that a virus does not exist in the external device, the processing unit establishes a first transmission path between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. When determining that a virus exists in the external device, the processing unit does not establish the first transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ming-Che HUNG, Chia-Ching LU, Shih-Hsuan YEN, Chih-Wei TSAI
  • Patent number: 11671436
    Abstract: Described is a system for producing indicators and warnings of adversarial activities. The system receives multiple networks of transactional data from different sources. Each node of a network of transactional data represents an entity, and each edge represents a relation between entities. A worldview graph is generated by merging the multiple networks of transactional data. Suspicious subgraph regions related to an adversarial activity are identified in the worldview graph through activity detection. The suspicious subgraph regions are used to generate and transmit an alert of the adversarial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jiejun Xu, Kang-Yu Ni, Alexei Kopylov, Shane M. Roach, Tsai-Ching Lu
  • Patent number: 11663335
    Abstract: An anti-virus chip includes a first connection terminal, a second connection terminal, a detection unit and a processing unit. The first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are respectively coupled to a connection port and a system circuit of an electronic device. The detection unit detects whether the connection port is connected to an external device via the first connection terminal. When the detection unit detects that the connection port is connected to the external device, the processing unit performs a virus-scan program on the external device to determine whether a virus exists in the external device. When determining that a virus does not exist in the external device, the processing unit establishes a first transmission path between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. When determining that a virus exists in the external device, the processing unit does not establish the first transmission path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Che Hung, Chia-Ching Lu, Shih-Hsuan Yen, Chih-Wei Tsai
  • Publication number: 20230153257
    Abstract: An all-in-one computer includes a display, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Type-C port, a plurality of USB Type-A ports, a USB hub, a demultiplexer, and a Power Delivery (PD) controller. The USB hub is coupled to the plurality of USB Type-A ports. The demultiplexer is coupled between the display, the USB Type-C port, and the USB hub. The PD controller is to control the demultiplexer and the USB hub to pass a display signal input to the USB Type-C port to the display and pass signals input to the USB hub from the plurality of USB Type-A ports to the USB Type-C port with a computing device coupled to the USB Type-C port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Jui-Hsuan CHANG, Chia-Ching LU, Shih-Chieh Liu, Nam Hoang Nguyen