Patents by Inventor Chung-Yen Lu

Chung-Yen 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: 20240153843
    Abstract: A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a semiconductor die and a thermoelectric structure disposed on the semiconductor die. The thermoelectric structure includes P-type semiconductor blocks, N-type semiconductor blocks and metal pads. The P-type semiconductor blocks and the N-type semiconductor blocks are arranged in alternation with the metal pads connecting the P-type semiconductor blocks and the N-type semiconductor blocks. When a current flowing through one of the N-type semiconductor block, one of the metal pad, and one of the P-type semiconductor block in order, the metal pad between the N-type semiconductor block and the P-type semiconductor block forms a cold junction which absorbs heat generated by the semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yen Hsieh, Chih-Horng Chang, Chung-Yu Lu
  • Publication number: 20240092662
    Abstract: A method for removing a heavy metal from water includes subjecting a microbial solution containing a liquid culture of a urease-producing bacterial strain and a reaction solution containing a manganese compound and urea to a microbial-induced precipitation reaction, so as to obtain biomineralized manganese carbonate (MnCO3) particles, admixing the biomineralized MnCO3 particles with water containing a heavy metal, so that the biomineralized MnCO3 particles adsorb the heavy metal in the water to form a precipitate, and removing the precipitate from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chien-Yen CHEN, Yi-Hsun HUANG, Pin-Yun LIN, Anggraeni Kumala DEWI, Koyeli DAS, Uttara SUKUL, Tsung-Hsien CHEN, Raju Kumar SHARMA, Cheng-Kang LU, Chung-Ming LU
  • Patent number: 11926909
    Abstract: To provide a gas-liquid separator of a water electrolysis system, comprising: a liquid feeding atomizer and a gas-liquid separation chamber, wherein the liquid feeding atomizer includes a liquid feeding pressurized tube; and an atomizing spray head, in which the atomizing spray head converts a gas-liquid mixed liquor after pressurized by the liquid feeding pressurized tube into a mist droplet gas-liquid mixture. The gas-liquid separation chamber comprises a spiral flowing way, and the spiral flowing way extends the time that the mist droplet gas-liquid mixture spraying into the gas-liquid separation chamber flows downwards to the bottom of the gas-liquid separation chamber; an ultrasonic oscillation mechanism; a stirrer; an internal reservoir; and a filter mechanism, which performs the gas-liquid separation for unbroken bubbles in the mist droplet gas-liquid mixture through the pore difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chia-Kan Hao, Kuan-Ting Lai, Chung-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 11915994
    Abstract: A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a semiconductor die and a thermoelectric structure disposed on the semiconductor die. The thermoelectric structure includes P-type semiconductor blocks, N-type semiconductor blocks and metal pads. The P-type semiconductor blocks and the N-type semiconductor blocks are arranged in alternation with the metal pads connecting the P-type semiconductor blocks and the N-type semiconductor blocks. When a current flowing through one of the N-type semiconductor block, one of the metal pad, and one of the P-type semiconductor block in order, the metal pad between the N-type semiconductor block and the P-type semiconductor block forms a cold junction which absorbs heat generated by the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yen Hsieh, Chih-Horng Chang, Chung-Yu Lu
  • Patent number: 11875473
    Abstract: An image processing method for receiving M lens images and generating a projection image is disclosed. The method comprises: determining P optimal warping coefficients of P control regions in the projection image according to a 2D error table and the M lens images from an image capture module; generating M projection images according to the M lens images, a first vertex list and the P optimal warping coefficients; determining a seam for each of N seam regions; and, stitching two overlapping seam images to generate a stitched seam image for each seam region according to its corresponding seam. The 2D error table comprises multiple test warping coefficients and multiple accumulation pixel value differences in the P control regions. The P control regions are respectively located in the N seam regions respectively located in N overlap regions, where M>=2, N>=1 and P>=3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chung-Yen Lu
  • Publication number: 20230394622
    Abstract: An image processing system is disclosed, comprising a multiple-lens camera, a vertex list generator and an image processing apparatus. The multiple-lens camera captures a X-degree horizontal field of view (FOV) and a Y-degree vertical FOV to generate multiple lens images, where X<=360, Y<=180. The vertex list generator generates a first main vertex list according to a correspondence table, and generates a first region of interest (ROI) vertex list according to the first main vertex list and a position information of the ROI when the ROI overlaps at least one measuring region inside an overlap region in a projection image. The image processing apparatus generates the projection image according to the multiple lens images and a second main vertex list related to first main vertex list in a rendering mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: CHUNG-YEN LU
  • Patent number: 11743600
    Abstract: A multiple-processor system for a multiple-lens camera is disclosed. The system comprises multiple processor components (PCs) and multiple links. Each PC comprises multiple I/O ports and a processing unit. The multiple-lens camera captures a X-degree horizontal field of view and a Y-degree vertical field of view, where X<=360 and Y<180. Each link conjects one of the I/O ports of one of the PCs to one of the I/O ports of another one of the PCs such that each PC is conjected by two or more respective links to one or two neighboring PCs. Each link is configured to transfer data in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chung-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 11668861
    Abstract: A polyhedron lens architecture is disposed in a virtual sphere. The virtual sphere has a horizontal plane, an upper hemisphere above the horizontal plane and a lower hemisphere below the horizontal plane. The polyhedron lens architecture has an upper half part above the horizontal plane, and a lower half part below the horizontal plane. The polyhedron lens architecture includes: multiple bases, which are respectively disposed on the upper half part and the lower half part; and multiple lenses respectively disposed on surfaces of the bases. Optical axes of the lenses intersect at a central point, which is located at the horizontal plane and is a structural center of the polyhedron lens architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Yen Lu, Hsin-Yu Chen, Bing-Chia Peng
  • Patent number: 11616909
    Abstract: A method of compensating for color differences between adjacent lens images in a panoramic image is disclosed. The method comprises: calculating color differences of each pair of character regions between any two adjacent lens images out of multiple lens images from a multiple-lens camera according to average color values of the character regions, each character region having a character point; determining color adjustment amounts of character points in each lens image according to the color differences of each pair of character regions; calculating a color adjustment amount of an element according to positions of the element and its two adjacent character points and the color adjustment amounts of the two adjacent character points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chung-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 11595574
    Abstract: An image processing system is disclosed, comprising: an M-lens camera, a compensation device and a correspondence generator. The M-lens camera generates M lens images. The compensation device generates a projection image according to a first vertex list and the M lens images. The correspondence generator is configured to conduct calibration for vertices to define vertex mappings, horizontally and vertically scan each lens image to determine texture coordinates of its image center, determine texture coordinates of control points according to the vertex mappings, and P1 control points in each overlap region in the projection image; and, determine two adjacent control points and a coefficient blending weight for each vertex in each lens image according to the texture coordinates of the control points and the image center in each lens image to generate the first vertex list, where M>=2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chung-Yen Lu
  • Publication number: 20230056183
    Abstract: A multiple-processor system for a multiple-lens camera is disclosed. The system comprises multiple processor components (PCs) and multiple links. Each PC comprises multiple I/O ports and a processing unit. The multiple-lens camera captures a X-degree horizontal field of view and a Y-degree vertical field of view, where X<=360 and Y<180. Each link connects one of the I/O ports of one of the PCs to one of the I/O ports of another one of the PCs such that each PC is connected by two or more respective links to one or two neighboring PCs. Each link is configured to transfer data in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Chung-Yen LU
  • Publication number: 20220414822
    Abstract: An image processing method for receiving M lens images and generating a projection image is disclosed. The method comprises: determining P optimal warping coefficients of P control regions in the projection image according to a 2D error table and the M lens images from an image capture module; generating M projection images according to the M lens images, a first vertex list and the P optimal warping coefficients; determining a seam for each of N seam regions; and, stitching two overlapping seam images to generate a stitched seam image for each seam region according to its corresponding seam. The 2D error table comprises multiple test warping coefficients and multiple accumulation pixel value differences in the P control regions. The P control regions are respectively located in the N seam regions respectively located in N overlap regions, where M>=2, N>=1 and P>=3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: CHUNG-YEN LU
  • Publication number: 20220186391
    Abstract: To provide a gas-liquid separator of a water electrolysis system, comprising: a liquid feeding atomizer and a gas-liquid separation chamber, wherein the liquid feeding atomizer includes a liquid feeding pressurized tube; and an atomizing spray head, in which the atomizing spray head converts a gas-liquid mixed liquor after pressurized by the liquid feeding pressurized tube into a mist droplet gas-liquid mixture. The gas-liquid separation chamber comprises a spiral flowing way, and the spiral flowing way extends the time that the mist droplet gas-liquid mixture spraying into the gas-liquid separation chamber flows downwards to the bottom of the gas-liquid separation chamber; an ultrasonic oscillation mechanism; a stirrer; an internal reservoir; and a filter mechanism, which performs the gas-liquid separation for unbroken bubbles in the mist droplet gas-liquid mixture through the pore difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: CHIA-KAN HAO, KUAN-TING LAI, CHUNG-YEN LU
  • Publication number: 20220182541
    Abstract: A method of compensating for color differences between adjacent lens images in a panoramic image is disclosed. The method comprises: calculating color differences of each pair of character regions between any two adjacent lens images out of multiple lens images from a multiple-lens camera according to average color values of the character regions, each character region having a character point; determining color adjustment amounts of character points in each lens image according to the color differences of each pair of character regions; calculating a color adjustment amount of an element according to positions of the element and its two adjacent character points and the color adjustment amounts of the two adjacent character points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventor: Chung-Yen LU
  • Patent number: 11210840
    Abstract: A transform method applied in an image processing system is disclosed, comprising: when the image capture module is rotated, respectively performing inverse rotation operations over post-rotation space coordinates of three first vertices from a integral vertex stream according to rotation angles of the image capture module to obtain their pre-rotation space coordinates; calculating pre-rotation longitudes and latitudes of the three first vertices according to their pre-rotation space coordinates; selecting one from a pre-rotation panoramic image, a south polar image and a north polar image as a texture image to determine a texture ID for the three first vertices according to their pre-rotation latitudes; and, calculating pre-rotation texture coordinates according to the texture ID and the pre-rotation longitudes and latitudes to form a first complete data structure for each of the three first vertices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Aspeed Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Chung-Yen Lu
  • Publication number: 20210202782
    Abstract: The present invention adopts an aluminum nitride substrate with great heat dissipation, great thermal conductivity, high electrical insulation, long service life, corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, and stable physical characteristics. A high-quality zinc oxide film with a wide energy gap is fabricated on the aluminum nitride substrate by magnetron radio frequency (RF) sputtering. Compared with general vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition and hydrothermal, the magnetron RF sputtering grows the high-quality zinc oxide film with few defects. The zinc oxide film with few defects concentration is an important key technology for short-wavelength optoelectronic devices, which decrease leakage currents of the optoelectronic devices, reduces flicker noise, and further improves its UV-visible rejection ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yung-Han Huang, Chung-Yen Lu, Jian-Long Ruan
  • Patent number: 11049993
    Abstract: The present invention adopts an aluminum nitride substrate with great heat dissipation, great thermal conductivity, high electrical insulation, long service life, corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, and stable physical characteristics. A high-quality zinc oxide film with a wide energy gap is fabricated on the aluminum nitride substrate by magnetron radio frequency (RF) sputtering. Compared with general vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition and hydrothermal, the magnetron RF sputtering grows the high-quality zinc oxide film with few defects. The zinc oxide film with few defects concentration is an important key technology for short-wavelength optoelectronic devices, which decrease leakage currents of the optoelectronic devices, reduces flicker noise, and further improves its UV-visible rejection ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yung-Han Huang, Chung-Yen Lu, Jian-Long Ruan
  • Publication number: 20210123152
    Abstract: A method for preparing a large-area catalyst electrode includes the following steps: (A) providing an iron compound, a cobalt compound and a nickel compound, and dissolving these metal compounds in a solvent to form a mixed metal compound solution, and (B) providing a cathode and an anode, and performing a cathodic electrochemical deposition to the cathode, the anode and the mixed metal compound solution in a condition of constant voltage or constant current through a two-electrode method, followed by obtaining a catalyst electrode from the cathode. In the method for preparing the large-area catalyst electrode of the present invention, the large-area catalyst electrode having good dual-function water electrolysis catalytic property can be prepared by the steps of preparing the electrolyte, the electrochemical deposition, and the like. The process is simple and energy-saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Lai, Chung-Yen Lu, Chia-Kan Hao
  • Publication number: 20210003747
    Abstract: A polyhedron lens architecture is disposed in a virtual sphere. The virtual sphere has a horizontal plane, an upper hemisphere above the horizontal plane and a lower hemisphere below the horizontal plane. The polyhedron lens architecture has an upper half part above the horizontal plane, and a lower half part below the horizontal plane. The polyhedron lens architecture includes: multiple bases, which are respectively disposed on the upper half part and the lower half part; and multiple lenses respectively disposed on surfaces of the bases. Optical axes of the lenses intersect at a central point, which is located at the horizontal plane and is a structural center of the polyhedron lens architecture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Chung-Yen LU, Hsin-Yu CHEN, Bing-Chia PENG
  • Patent number: 10832377
    Abstract: A calibration method for linking spherical coordinates to texture coordinates is provided. The method comprises: installing a plurality of lamps forming a horizontal semicircle arc and a rotation equipment located at its circle center; mounting a N-lens camera on the rotation equipment; causing the N-lens camera to spin about a spin axis passing through two ends of the horizontal semicircle arc and capture a plurality of lens images for different spin angles by the rotation equipment; and, determining longitude and latitude coordinates of a plurality of calibration points according to the different spin angles and the texture coordinates of the calibration points in the lens images to create a link between the spherical coordinates and the texture coordinates. Different positions of the lamps respectively represent different latitudes and different spin angles respectively represent different longitudes. Heights of the camera and the lamps are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ASPEED TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Yen Lu, Cheng-Yi Hsu, Hsin-Yu Chen