Patents by Inventor Chuan Chou

Chuan 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).

  • Multi-Purpose Self-Cleaning Brush
    Publication number: 20130284201
    Abstract: A multi-purpose self-cleaning brush is disclosed which comprises: a base, a brush body optionally installed with a handgrip and a top cover, the top cover has a hollow area, and the base is installed with a handgrip seat capable of being folded with the handgrip; a bristle unit combined with the brush body and including a bottom layer formed on one surface of the base, and plural bristles disposed on the bottom layer and extended out of the hollow area; a propel unit installed between the base and the top cover; and a hairstyling unit moveably combined between the base and the top cover, wherein the hairstyling unit and each bristle are driven by the propel unit. As such, the multi-purpose self-cleaning brush of the present invention is capable of brushing hairs and purposing of hair styling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Chuan Chou
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130259486
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first light sensor adjacent to the first antenna, a second light sensor adjacent to the second antenna, a controller, and a magnetic member movably located between the first antenna and the second antenna. When one of the first and second antennas in a state of receiving/transmitting wireless signals is covered by a user's hand, the nearby light sensor sends a pulse signal to the controller. The controller receiving the pulse signal controls the first and second antennas to change their magnetic polarity, enabling the magnetic member to be separated from one of the first and second antennas and attached to the another one, thereby choosing one of the first and second antennas, or a combination of one of the two antennas and the magnetic member to receive/transmit the wireless signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: CHUAN-CHOU CHI, CHIH-YANG TSAI, PAI-CHENG HUANG, HAO-YING CHANG
  • Object Tracking method and apparatus for a non-overlapping-sensor network
    Patent number: 8542276
    Abstract: An object tracking method for a non-overlapping-sensor network works in a sensor network. The method may comprise a training phase and a detection phase. In the training phase, a plurality of sensor information measured by the sensors in the sensor network is used as training samples. At least an entrance/exit is marked out within the measurement range of each sensor. At least three characteristic functions including sensor spatial relation among the sensors in the sensor network, difference of movement time and similarity in appearance, are estimated by an automatically learning method. The at least three characteristic functions are used as the principles for object tracking and relationship linking in the detection phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Huang, Cheng-Chuan Chou, Ruei-Cheng Wu
  • ANTENNA MODULE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE EMPLOYING SAME
    Publication number: 20130229312
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an antenna, a connecting member attached to the antenna, a sliding board configured for sliding relative to connecting member, and a radiation member attached to the sliding board. When the sliding board is slid by a user, the radiation member makes contact with or separates from the connecting member, enabling one antenna module to receive and transmit wireless signals of different wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHUAN-CHOU CHI, CHIH-YANG TSAI, CHI-SHENG LIU, HAO-YING CHANG
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH SENSOR-BASED ANTENNA SELECTION
    Publication number: 20130169507
    Abstract: An exemplary wireless communication device includes a housing, a first antenna, a second antenna, a switch, and a radio frequency (RF) circuit. The housing includes a first holding portion corresponding to the second holding portion and a second holding portion corresponding to the first holding portion. The RF circuit is selectively connectable to the first antenna or the second antenna via the switch. The sensor is electrically connected to the switch. The sensor senses a state of the housing, wherein the state of the housing is one of position of the housing and proximity of a user's hand to one of the first antenna and the second antenna, and the sensor controls the switch to select the first antenna or the second antenna to connect to the RF circuit to transmit and receive signals wirelessly according to the sensed state of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHENG-HUNG KO, HAO-YING CHANG, CHUAN-CHOU CHI
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING METAL END PORTION OF HOUSING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130154900
    Abstract: An exemplary wireless communication device includes a circuit board, a metal end portion, an antenna, and a connecting member. The antenna is positioned on the circuit board. The connecting member interconnects the circuit board and the end portion. The connecting member serves as a feeding point of the antenna. The end portion is a portion of a housing of the wireless communication device and further serves as a radiating portion of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: CHIH-YANG TSAI, HAO-YING CHANG, CHUAN-CHOU CHI
  • OXYGENATE ADDITIVE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FUEL, FUEL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME AND IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGHLY METHYLATED GLYCEROL ETHERS
    Publication number: 20130133245
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oxygenate additive for an internal combustion engine fuel, comprising glycerol dimethyl ethers (GDMEs) and glycerol trimethyl ether (GTME); a fuel composition comprising the oxygenate additive; an improved process for methylation of glycerol with dimethyl sulfate to produce highly methylated glycerol ethers; and uses of ethers produced from the process for diesel fuel, for gasoline and for aviation turbine fuel, or as a green solvent or as an antifreezer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Jyh-Shyong CHANG, Tzong-Rong Ling, Tse-Chuan Chou, Lawrence Chao-Shan Chou
  • Apparatus and method for moving object detection
    Patent number: 8447069
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for moving object detection computes a corresponding frame difference for every two successive image frames of a moving object, and segments a current image frame of the two successive image frames into a plurality of homogeneous regions. At least a candidate region is further detected from the plurality of homogeneous regions. The system gradually merges the computed frame differences via a morphing-based technology and fuses the merged frame difference with the at least a candidate region, thereby obtaining the location and a complete outline of the moving object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Huang, Cheng-Chuan Chou, Yi-Ta Wu, Chao-Hung Kao, Ming-Yu Shih
  • Ion concentration measurement system and methods thereof
    Patent number: 8333876
    Abstract: An ion concentration measurement system is provided. The ion concentration measurement system has: at least an end system having a sensing unit for measuring the ion concentration of a test solution to generate at least a sensing signal; a control unit for controlling the acquisition of the sensing signal; a display unit for displaying the sensing signal in real time; and an end wireless transmission interface for transmitting the sensing signal wirelessly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Chang-Chi Lee
  • Backlight module and liquid crystal display using same
    Patent number: 8259255
    Abstract: An exemplary backlight module includes a light guide plate (210), a light source (211), and a retardation layer (214). The light guide plate includes a light incident surface (2120) and a light emitting surface (2121) adjacent to the light incident surface. The light source is configured to emit polarized light with a first polarization orientation, and is located at a side of the light incident surface. The retardation layer is disposed at a side of the light emitting surface, and is configured to rotate the first polarization orientation of the polarized light to a second polarization orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chuan-Pei Yu, Ming-Chuan Chou
  • Pedal-driven scooter
    Patent number: 8220813
    Abstract: A pedal-driven scooter includes a frame, a head tube, a driving mechanism and two pedals. The pedals can move alternatingly to power the driving mechanism and making the rear wheels to roll. Therefore, a user can standing on the pedals to operate the scooter without kicking the floor as the conventional scooter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Shui-Chuan Chou
  • Automatic wire cutting and twisting apparatus
    Patent number: 8176946
    Abstract: An automatic wire cutting and twisting apparatus includes a chassis board on which a start-terminal mounting rack, an end-terminal mounting rack, and a mounting track are mounted. The start-terminal mounting rack opposes a start terminal of the mounting track. The end-terminal mounting rack is position-adjustably coupled to an end terminal of the mounting track. A wire cutting mechanism is mounted on the start-terminal mounting rack and forms ingress and egress for wires. A wire twisting mechanism includes start-terminal and end-terminal rotation sections respectively mounted on the start-terminal and end-terminal mounting racks. A wire dragging mechanism includes a start-terminal dragging section mounted on the chassis board and a slidable dragging section movable above the mounting track. A wire pick-up mechanism is position-adjustably mounted on the mounting track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shao-bo Zhang, Lung-chuan Chou, Sung-lin Chen, Xiao-lin Wu, Zai-wei Zou
  • Separative extended gate field effect transistor based uric acid sensing device, system and method for forming thereof
    Patent number: 8148756
    Abstract: A separative extended gate field effect transistor based uric acid sensing device is provided, including: a substrate; a conductive layer including a silver paste layer on the substrate and a graphite-based paste layer on the silver paste layer; a conductive wire extended from the conductive layer; a titanium dioxide layer on the conductive layer; and a uric acid enzyme sensing film on the titanium dioxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Chih-Yu Lin, Wei-Chuan Chen, Cheng-Wei Chen
  • Method for forming extended gate field effect transistor (EGFET) based sensor and the sensor therefrom
    Patent number: 8133750
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming an extended gate field effect transistor (EGFET) based sensor, including: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a sensing film including titanium dioxide, ruthenium doped titanium dioxide or ruthenium oxide on the substrate; and (c) forming a conductive wire extended from the sensing film for external contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Cheng-Wei Chen, Yu-Huei Jiang
  • Multi-electrode measuring system
    Patent number: 8134357
    Abstract: The invention provides a multi-electrode measuring system including a front end device which is a sensing device including a multi-electrode sensing device having a plurality of electrodes; a multi-channel fixture coupled to the multi-electrode sensing device; and a reference electrode. A back-end device as a virtual instrumentation is an electronic device including a read out circuit device coupled to the multi-channel fixture and the reference electrode for receiving each original signal from each electrode of the multi-electrode sensing device and the reference electrode determining a sample solution; a data acquisition device coupled to the read out circuit device for digitizing each original signal to form a digital signal and for array sampling; and a signal processing device coupled to the data acquisition device for processing each signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Wei-Chuan Chen, Cheng-Wei Chen, Chien-Cheng Chen
  • AUTOMATIC WIRE CUTTING AND TWISTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120042984
    Abstract: An automatic wire cutting and twisting apparatus includes a chassis board on which a start-terminal mounting rack, an end-terminal mounting rack, and a mounting track are mounted. The start-terminal mounting rack opposes a start terminal of the mounting track. The end-terminal mounting rack is position-adjustably coupled to an end terminal of the mounting track. A wire cutting mechanism is mounted on the start-terminal mounting rack and forms ingress and egress for wires. A wire twisting mechanism includes start-terminal and end-terminal rotation sections respectively mounted on the start-terminal and end-terminal mounting racks. A wire dragging mechanism includes a start-terminal dragging section mounted on the chassis board and a slidable dragging section movable above the mounting track. A wire pick-up mechanism is position-adjustably mounted on the mounting track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shao-bo ZHANG, Lung-chuan CHOU, Sung-lin CHEN, Xiao-lin WU, Zai--wei ZOU
  • WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER
    Publication number: 20120034883
    Abstract: A wireless transceiver comprises an antenna, a switch, a first receiver amplifier, a second receiver amplifier, a transmitter, a receiver, and a signal processor. The switch connects to the antenna and the transmitter respectively. The second receiver amplifier connects to the first receiver amplifier via the receiver. The signal processor connects to the first receiver amplifier and the second receiver amplifier respectively and controls working modes of the first receiver amplifier and the second receiver amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUAN-CHUAN CHOU, HSUAN-TA CHOU
  • Endovascular stent insertion method
    Patent number: 8097009
    Abstract: Endovascular stent insertion methods are provided. In one embodiment for end-to-side anastomosis the method includes disposing an endovascular stent in a transparent sheath; inserting a guide wire through a guide needle into first and second blood vessels; sliding the endovascular stent into both the first and second blood vessels along the guide wire and the guide needle to dispose in a position between spaced first and second blood vessels; and pulling the sheath when an intermediate annular marker band of the endovascular stent seen through the transparent sheath is substantially disposed between the first blood vessel and the second blood vessel to release the endovascular stent so that the endovascular stent is adapted to expand to securely hold the facing ends of the first and second blood vessel together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Inventors: Mao-Tsun Wu, Chen Yang, Yen-Ni Hung, Chin-Chuan Chou
  • Measurement Device and Method Utilizing the Same
    Publication number: 20120000796
    Abstract: A measurement device measuring a solution and including a reference voltage generating unit, a plurality of sensing units, a reading unit and a processing unit is disclosed. The reference voltage generating unit is disposed in the solution to generate a reference voltage. The sensing units are disposed in the solution to generate a plurality of output signals relating to the reference voltage. The reading unit outputs a reading signal according to one of the output signals. The processing unit generates a measuring signal according to the reading signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Wei-Lun Hsia, Chien-Cheng Chen
  • Biosensor containing ruthenium, measurement using the same and the application thereof
    Patent number: 8062488
    Abstract: A biosensor containing ruthenium, measurement using the same, and the application thereof. The biosensor comprises an extended gate field effect transistor (EGFET) structure, including a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a sensing unit comprising a substrate, a layer comprising ruthenium on the substrate, and a metal wire connecting the MOSFET and the sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Shih-I Liu