Patents by Inventor Chun-Nien Liu

Chun-Nien Liu 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: 20220229183
    Abstract: A system and method using a single-minor micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) two-dimensional (2D) scanning mirror assembly, and/or a digital micromirror device (DMD having a plurality of independently steerable minors) for steering a plurality of light beams that include one or more light beam(s) for the headlight beam(s) of a vehicle and/or one or more light beam(s) for LiDAR purposes, along with highly effective associated devices for light-wavelength conversion, light dumping and heatsinking. Some embodiments include a digital camera, wherein image data from the digital camera and distance data from the LiDAR sensor are combined to provide information used to control the size, shape and direction of the smart headlight beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yung Peng Chang, Kenneth Li, Mark Chang, Andy Chen, Wood-Hi Cheng, Chun-Nien Liu, Zing-Way Pei
  • Patent number: 11394918
    Abstract: A solid-state optical phase scanning array component is provided, including: a plurality of optical units, each of the optical units including a high dielectric constant layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode located on two sides of the high dielectric constant layer, the refractive index of each high dielectric constant layer being changeable as the power supply condition supplied to first and second electrodes is changed; and a lens unit, being disposed to face toward a light-exiting side of the plurality of optical units, and including a light-incident face and a light-exiting face, being configured to guide light beam incident from the light incident surface to the plurality of optical units to change the path of the light beam, and then the light beam emitting out from the light exiting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chun-Nien Liu, Tien-Tsorng Shih
  • Publication number: 20220070406
    Abstract: A solid-state optical phase scanning array component is provided, including: a plurality of optical units, each of the optical units including a high dielectric constant layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode located on two sides of the high dielectric constant layer, the refractive index of each high dielectric constant layer being changeable as the power supply condition supplied to first and second electrodes is changed; and a lens unit, being disposed to face toward a light-exiting side of the plurality of optical units, and including a light-incident face and a light-exiting face, being configured to guide light beam incident from the light incident surface to the plurality of optical units to change the path of the light beam, and then the light beam emitting out from the light exiting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Nien Liu, Tien-Tsorng Shih