Patents by Inventor Chou

Chou 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: 12031849
    Abstract: An illuminated sensor target includes a light source. Actuating the light source illuminates the sensor target. The illuminated sensor target is recognized by one or more sensors of a vehicle during a calibration process, and is used to calibrate the one or more sensors of the vehicle during the calibration process. The illuminated sensor target is illuminated during at least part of the calibration process, which may involve rotation of the vehicle about a turntable, with the illuminated sensor target positioned within a range of the turntable along with other sensors targets, which may also be illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Yuan Sherwin Lau, Daniel Chou, Kayla Holman, Derek Wu
  • Patent number: 12034054
    Abstract: A method includes forming a gate dielectric layer and a dummy gate layer; forming a mask over the dummy gate layer; patterning the gate dielectric layer and the dummy gate layer to form a dummy gate structure, the dummy gate structure including a remaining portion of the gate dielectric layer and a remaining portion of the dummy gate layer; epitaxially growing a first spacer layer on the dummy gate structure and the substrate, in which the first spacer layer has a higher growth rate on the exposed surfaces of the dummy gate structure and the substrate than on exposed surfaces of the mask; doping the first spacer layer to form a doped spacer layer having a different lattice constant than the substrate; depositing a second spacer layer over the doped spacer layer; and etching the second spacer layer and the doped spacer layer to form a gate spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Ting Chou
  • Patent number: 12033285
    Abstract: A virtual window configuration method includes the following steps. A processor generates a virtual window. A depth detection sensor generates depth information based on an image. The processor analyzes the depth information to generate a depth matrix. The processor finds a depth configuration block in the image using the depth matrix. A feature point detection sensor generates feature point information for the image. The processor analyzes the feature point information to generate a feature point matrix. The processor finds a feature point configuration block in the image using the feature point matrix. The processor moves the virtual window to the depth configuration block or the feature point configuration block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Chou Chen, Ming-Fong Yeh, Yu-Chi Chang, Lee-Chun Ko
  • Patent number: 12033850
    Abstract: A device includes a conductive feature, a first dielectric layer, a via, an etch stop layer, a second dielectric layer, and a conductive line. The first dielectric layer is above the conductive feature. The via is in the first dielectric layer and above the conductive feature. The etch stop layer is above the first dielectric layer. A side surface of the etch stop layer is coterminous with a sidewall of the via. The second dielectric layer is above the etch stop layer. The conductive line is in the second dielectric layer and over the via. The conductive line is in contact with the side surface of the etch stop layer and a top surface of the etch stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Chou, Po-Hsien Cheng, Tse-An Chen, Miin-Jang Chen
  • Patent number: 12034002
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a first insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and an electronic assembly. The first insulating layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first metal layer has an opening and is formed on the first surface. The second metal layer is formed on the second surface and a projection of the opening on the second surface is overlapped with a projection of the second metal layer on the second surface. The electronic assembly is electrically connected with the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tang Chin Hung, Chin-Lung Ting, Chung-Kuang Wei, Ker-Yih Kao, Tong-Jung Wang, Chih-Yung Hsieh, Hao Jung Huang, I-Yin Li, Chia-Chi Ho, Yi Hung Lin, Cheng-Hsu Chou, Chia-Ping Tseng
  • Publication number: 20240223730
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a call interaction method and apparatus, a computer device, a storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes displaying virtual space and maintaining a call between at least two call parties in response to a virtual space entry event; displaying one or more virtual avatars with a virtual avatar corresponding to at least one of the call parties in the virtual space, the displayed one or more virtual avatars comprising a virtual avatar of the call party that enters the virtual space based on the virtual space entry event; and triggering a virtual avatar among the one or more virtual avatars to perform an interactive action in the virtual space in response to an interaction triggering event for the virtual avatar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Shu-Hui CHOU, Shengxi CAI, Xianyang XU, Chunxia HAO, Guoxiong LIN, Zurong XIONG
  • Publication number: 20240223980
    Abstract: In general, various aspects of the techniques are directed to transducer excursion correction. A computing device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store voltage measurements representative of voltage across a transducer and current measurements representative of current through the transducer. The processor may identify a first voltage measurement of the voltage measurements and a first current measurement of the current measurements associated with nonlinear vibration of the transducer. The processor may perform a principal component analysis with respect to the first voltage measurement and the first current measurement to obtain a principal component representative of variation of the voltage across and the current through the transducer. The processor may modify, based on the principal component, an input voltage to be applied across the transducer to reduce the nonlinear vibration of the transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Yahsin Chou, Shin-Horng Chen
  • Publication number: 20240223393
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques related to an edge application server (EAS) lifecycle management (LCM) entity. Specifically, in embodiments, a logic such as a charging enablement function (CEF) may generate charging data related to the EAS LCM entity and transmit, based on the charging data, a charging data request to a charging function (CHF). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yizhi YAO, Joey CHOU
  • Publication number: 20240223836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an on-line streaming light control system and method. The on-line streaming light control system includes a first unit, a second unit and a light unit. The first unit includes a file conversion module and an embedding module. The file conversion module converts a light control file into a light signal control file. The embedding module embeds the light signal control file into an audio-video file. The second unit includes an application program, and the application program includes a playing module and a first communication module. The playing module plays the audio-video file. The light unit includes a second communication module, a control module and a light-emitting module. The second communication module receives the light signal control file from the first communication module. The control module controls the light-emitting module to emit light according to the light signal control file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: B’IN LIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-YANG CHOU, YU-HSUAN WU
  • Publication number: 20240221169
    Abstract: An image cropping processing method includes calculating a human body area ratio of the human covering area occupying an original size of an initial image, and defining a cropping area in the initial image according to a cropping ratio corresponding to the human body area ratio. Then, coinciding the center points according to the focal coordinate of the human body coverage area and the focal coordinate of the cropping area, and when the human body coverage area is covered within the cropping area in the initial image, the cropping area is selected to crop a cropped image with the proportion and position of the characters that meet the expectations of users. An electronic device of image cropping processing and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are utilized to perform the image cropping processing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: HUI-MEI HUNG, PIN-YU CHOU, YUEH-HUA LEE, MING-HSIEN WU
  • Publication number: 20240219679
    Abstract: Provided is a lens assembly driving module including a photographing lens assembly, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism. The photographing lens assembly includes N lens elements and has an optical axis passing through the N lens elements. The first driving mechanism drives at least N/2 said lens elements to move along the optical axis of the photographing lens assembly. The second driving mechanism enables a relative distance along the optical axis of two adjacent ones of the N lens elements to vary. Therefore, any specific one of the lens elements is capable of being driven to optimize optical imaging resolution of various fields of view independently within a real shot at different object distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Su, Hao-Jan Chen, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng
  • Publication number: 20240218310
    Abstract: A cell culture device configured for activating, transducing, isolating and/or expanding cells. The cell culture device includes a mixing tank and a rotary control platform. The mixing tank includes a first support, a hollow tank and a cover. The hollow tank is disposed on the first support and has a first opening, a second opening and an accommodating space. The cover covers the second opening and has a first hole, an inlet end and an outlet end. The rotary control platform includes a base, a second support, a rotating gear, an inclination control member and a micro injector. The second support is disposed on the base. The rotating gear is fixed on the first support. The inclination control member has a first part, a second part and a third part. The first part is connected to the rotating gear, and the second part is connected to the first part and the third part. The micro injector extends to the accommodating space through the first hole of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Li-An Wu, Ting-Hsuan Chen, Chih-Hung Lee, Nien-Jen Chou, Kuo-Hsing Wen, Wen-Ting Chiang
  • Publication number: 20240218395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of molecular virology, including nucleic acid molecules comprising modified viral genomes or replicons (e.g., self-replicating RNAs), pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and the use of such nucleic acid molecules and compositions for production of desired products in cell cultures or in a living body. Also provided are methods for modulating an immune response in a subject in need thereof, as well as methods for preventing and/or treating various health conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nathaniel Stephen WANG, Shigeki Joseph MIYAKE-STONER, Annie Chia-Zong CHOU
  • Publication number: 20240223052
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a magnetic assembly winding includes the following steps: providing a winding frame; and then winding a plurality of turns of basic coils on the winding frame with a wire, wherein lengths of two ends of the wire to a segment of the wire wound into the basic coils is longer than a length of the wire wound with a plurality of turns of coils; and then, continuing winding of the plurality of turns of coils by two wire segments of the wire connected with two ends of each basic coil to complete a magnetic assembly winding, respectively. The magnetic assembly winding comprises two tail segments; and the two tail segments are formed by extending outermost ones of the plurality of coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sheng-Chien CHOU, Chi-Hao CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240219730
    Abstract: A wearable projection device includes a main body, an optical-mechanical module, a waveguide module, a first thermally conductive plate, and a control module. The main body has a display portion and a support portion connected to each other. The optical-mechanical module is disposed at the display portion and includes at least one light source. The waveguide module is disposed at the display portion. The first thermally conductive plate is connected to the light source and extends from the display portion to the support portion. The control module is electrically connected to the optical-mechanical module, so that an image generated by the optical-mechanical module is displayed on the display portion by the waveguide module. The wearable projection device is able to increase a heat dissipation area through the first thermally conductive plate, so that the wearable projection device may achieve an improved heat dissipation effect and have an improved display quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Min Chien, Tung-Chou Hu
  • Publication number: 20240219269
    Abstract: A biological sample pretreatment device includes a base body and a moveable part. The base body is formed with an elongated accommodation space configured to accommodate a sampling tube and a reaction tube aligned with each other. The moveable part moveably connects to the base body for ejecting the reaction tube from the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tseng-Huang LIU, Nien-Jen CHOU, Yuh-Tyng TSAI, Yi-Yun YUAN, Chia-Ying TANG
  • Publication number: 20240220262
    Abstract: Techniques for conditional test or comparison using a single instruction are described. An example instruction includes one or more fields to identify a first source operand location, one or more fields to identify a first source operand location, and an opcode to indicate execution circuitry is to conditionally perform a comparison of data from the identified first source operand to the identified second source operand based at least in part on an evaluation of a source condition code and update a flags register, wherein a payload of the prefix is to provide most significant bits to identify at least one of the first and second source operand locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jason AGRON, Ching-Tsun CHOU, Sebastian WINKEL, Tyler SONDAG, David SHEFFIELD, Leela Kamalesh YADLAPALLI, Yipeng WANG
  • Publication number: 20240216759
    Abstract: A training session scheduling method, device, and non-volatile computer readable medium are provided. The method includes: sensing a maximum ability value of a test exercise item; estimating a fitness score of the user according to the maximum ability value; arranging a training exercise item schedule of a training session according to the fitness score; sensing a training intensity value of the training exercise item performed by the user during the training time; estimating a unit intensity value of the training exercise item in the unit time according to the training intensity value; comparing the unit intensity value with a preset intensity value corresponding to the training exercise item; updating the preset intensity value of the training exercise item and updating the maximum ability value of the training exercise item; and estimating the fitness score according to the updated maximum ability value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: TSENG-YUN CHOU, SZU-HONG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240223247
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) with N transmit (Tx) antenna elements in a wireless network receives precoding information from a base station. The UE constructs a full-rank complex Hadamard matrix (CHM) of order N using the precoding information. The UE then precodes uplink signal using a precoding matrix composed of one or more columns of the full-rank CHM, and transmits the precoded uplink signal to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tzu-Han CHOU, Jiann-Ching GUEY
  • Publication number: 20240217884
    Abstract: A core-shell particle includes a core and a shell that is wrapped around the core. The core includes aluminum nitride. The shell includes aluminum and a dopant, and the dopant is yttrium, calcium, magnesium, lanthanum, niobium, titanium, copper, or a combination thereof. The aluminum and the dopant in the shell have a weight ratio of 90:10 to 99.9:0.1. The core-shell particle can be sintered to form a ceramic bulk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Min YU, Ming-Hui CHANG, Yu-Ming CHEN, Tzu-Chi CHOU, Ying-Hsuan LEE