Patents by Inventor Jia-Yu Liu

Jia-Yu 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).

  • Patent number: 12135702
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system, and computer program product for comparison of database data. According to the method, a first tree structure corresponding to first data segments of first database data and a second tree structure corresponding to second data segments of second database data are at least partially obtained. Each node of the first or second tree structure indicating a characteristic value of at least one of the first or second data segments, and nodes of the first or second tree structure are divided into a first or second plurality of branches from a first or second root node based on update frequencies of the first or second data segments. A difference between the first data segments and the second data segments is determined by at least comparing characteristic values indicated by nodes in the obtained parts of the first and second tree structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jia Tian Zhong, Xing Xing Shen, Peng Hui Jiang, Cai Zhou, Dong Hui Liu, Jia Yu, Yong Yin
  • Patent number: 12135501
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, including combining a first precursor and a second precursor in a vapor state to form a photoresist material, and depositing the photoresist material over the substrate. A protective layer is formed over the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation through the protective layer to form a latent pattern in the photoresist layer. The protective layer is removed, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Weng, Chen-Yu Liu, Chih-Cheng Liu, Yi-Chen Kuo, Jia-Lin Wei, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20240361609
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to fabricate a multifunctional collimator structure In one embodiment, an optical collimator, includes: a dielectric layer; a substrate; and a plurality of via holes, wherein the dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, wherein the plurality of via holes are configured as an array along a lateral direction of a first surface of the dielectric layer, wherein each of the plurality of via holes extends through the dielectric layer and the substrate from the first surface of the dielectric layer to a second surface of the substrate in a vertical direction, wherein the substrate has a bulk impurity doping concentration equal to or greater than 1×1019 per cubic centimeter (cm?3) and a first thickness, and wherein the bulk impurity doping concentration and the first thickness of the substrate are configured so as to allow the optical collimator to filter light in a range of wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Hsin-Yu CHEN, Chun-Peng LI, Chia-Chun HUNG, Ching-Hsiang HU, Wei-Ding WU, Jui-Chun WENG, Ji-Hong CHIANG, Yen Chiang LIU, Jiun-Jie CHIOU, Li-Yang TU, Jia-Syuan LI, You-Cheng JHANG, Shin-Hua CHEN, Lavanya SANAGAVARAPU, Han-Zong PAN, Hsi-Cheng HSU
  • Publication number: 20240355623
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern in a photoresist layer includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, and reducing moisture or oxygen absorption characteristics of the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Chen KUO, Chih-Cheng LIU, Ming-Hui WENG, Jia-Lin WEI, Yen-Yu CHEN, Jr-Hung LI, Yahru CHENG, Chi-Ming YANG, Tze-Liang LEE, Ching-Yu CHANG
  • Patent number: 12112230
    Abstract: An electronic paper display, comprising a carrier device, a memory, a display panel, a sensing device and a processing device. The carrier device is arranged on a logistics box. The memory is arranged on the carrier device, and is configured to store a logistics data. The display panel is arranged on the carrier device, and is configured to generate a control voltage according to the logistics data to adjust a plurality of positions of a plurality of electrophoretic particles. The sensing device comprises at least one sensor, and is configured to sense at least one state parameter of the logistics box to generate at least one sensing signal. The processing device is coupled to the memory, the display panel and the sensing device, and is configured to send the at least one sensing signal through wireless transmission technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chuen Jen Liu, Liang Yu Yan, Jia Hong Xu, Zhone Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 12092839
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method to fabricate a multifunctional collimator structure In one embodiment, an optical collimator, includes: a dielectric layer; a substrate; and a plurality of via holes, wherein the dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, wherein the plurality of via holes are configured as an array along a lateral direction of a first surface of the dielectric layer, wherein each of the plurality of via holes extends through the dielectric layer and the substrate from the first surface of the dielectric layer to a second surface of the substrate in a vertical direction, wherein the substrate has a bulk impurity doping concentration equal to or greater than 1×1019 per cubic centimeter (cm?3) and a first thickness, and wherein the bulk impurity doping concentration and the first thickness of the substrate are configured so as to allow the optical collimator to filter light in a range of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yu Chen, Chun-Peng Li, Chia-Chun Hung, Ching-Hsiang Hu, Wei-Ding Wu, Jui-Chun Weng, Ji-Hong Chiang, Yen Chiang Liu, Jiun-Jie Chiou, Li-Yang Tu, Jia-Syuan Li, You-Cheng Jhang, Shin-Hua Chen, Lavanya Sanagavarapu, Han-Zong Pan, Hsi-Cheng Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240273434
    Abstract: A set of tasks is extracted from workflow data of a system. A set of keywords is extracted from a task in the set of tasks. The set of keywords is expanded into an expanded set of keywords, the expanded set of keywords comprising a new keyword with a semantic relationship to a keyword in the set of keywords. A new task is generated using the expanded set of keywords. Based on a result of execution of the new task, a model of the system is adjusted, the model comprising the workflow data, the set of tasks, and the expanded set of keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Hui Jiang, Dong Hui Liu, Jia Tian Zhong, Xing Xing Shen, Jing Lu, Jia Yu, Yong Yin, Xiao Yan Tang
  • Patent number: 12057315
    Abstract: A method of forming a pattern in a photoresist layer includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, and reducing moisture or oxygen absorption characteristics of the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern, and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Kuo, Chih-Cheng Liu, Ming-Hui Weng, Jia-Lin Wei, Yen-Yu Chen, Jr-Hung Li, Yahru Cheng, Chi-Ming Yang, Tze-Liang Lee, Ching-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 10313302
    Abstract: The invention introduces a method for NAT (Network Address Translation) traversal, performed by a processing unit of a node, which contains at least the following steps: issuing an initial packet to an intermediate server through a router, in which the initial packet at least contains ID (identity) information of the node; and periodically sending packets to a black hole through the router, so that the router maintains session information between the node and the black hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SYNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Tsung-Wei Wang, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20190155615
    Abstract: A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided. The method receives device information of a network device by a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent, wherein the WOL agent and the network device are positioned in a same LAN. The method further receives a request, from a client device, to access the network device. Finally, the method sends a WOL packet, by the WOL agent, to the network device if the device information indicates that the network device is in a non-operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh CHEN, Ping-Che HSIAO, Jia-Yu LIU
  • Patent number: 10235186
    Abstract: A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to at least one portion of a network system, and the network system includes a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to receive device information of a network device, where the WOL agent device and the network device are positioned in the LAN, and the network device broadcasts the device information according to a predetermined communications protocol; utilizing the WOL agent device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device according to the device information, where the wake-up management list includes the device information; and utilizing the WOL agent device to perform a WOL operation on the network device according to the wake-up management list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SYNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 10003630
    Abstract: A method for managing static Uniform Resource Locator (URL) access, an associated apparatus, and an associated computer program product are provided, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving a URL request from a browser running on another electronic device, wherein the URL request includes a static URL, and the static URL is utilized for accessing a specific web page on a specific web server; sending request information representing the URL request to a control server, wherein the control server stores registered information of each web server of at least one web server, and the at least one web server includes the specific web server; receiving response information corresponding to the request information from the control server; and controlling the browser to perform a test operation according to the registered information of the specific web server, in order to selectively control web page access of the browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SYNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tsung-Wei Wang, Jia-Yu Liu, Kan-Yueh Chen
  • Publication number: 20180062960
    Abstract: A method and associated control apparatus for controlling a client device to access a network device in a network system are provided, where the method includes: performing at least one preparation operation regarding the network device to obtain network connection reference information of the network device; based on the network connection reference information, performing a plurality of network connection test operations on the network device according to a plurality of network connection strategies, respectively, to generate a plurality of test results respectively corresponding to the network connection strategies, wherein at least one test result of the test results indicates feasibility of at least one of the network connection strategies; and providing the client device with at least one portion of the network connection reference information to allow the client device to establish a network connection between the client device and the network device according to an optimal strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180041433
    Abstract: A method for relaying packets in a network system with the aid of network address translation and an associated apparatus are provided. The method includes: controlling a relay server to receive a first packet from a client device, wherein the first packet carries a source Internet Protocol (IP) address and a destination IP address; controlling the relay server to change the destination IP address carried by the first packet in order to relay the first packet to a peer device, wherein the peer device obtains the source IP address from the first packet; and controlling the relay server to receive a second packet from the peer device and relay the second packet to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yu-Chung Chen, Kan-Yueh Chen, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180026831
    Abstract: A method for accessing a web server and an associated apparatus are provided, where the web server is in a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to obtain web server information of the web server and send the web server information to a reverse proxy server. When the reverse proxy server receives a request from a client device, the method utilizes the reverse proxy server to determine whether to assign a WOL task to the WOL agent device according to at least one state of the web server, in which the WOL task includes waking the web server. The client device then sends the request to the reverse proxy server, in order to access the web server through the reverse proxy server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180024843
    Abstract: A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to at least one portion of a network system, and the network system includes a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to receive device information of a network device, where the WOL agent device and the network device are positioned in the LAN, and the network device broadcasts the device information according to a predetermined communications protocol; utilizing the WOL agent device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device according to the device information, where the wake-up management list includes the device information; and utilizing the WOL agent device to perform a WOL operation on the network device according to the wake-up management list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 9647966
    Abstract: An instant message communication device that includes a database, a data transmission module, a processing module, and a memory is provided. When commands stored in the memory are performed by the processing module, the following operations are performed. User information that includes a user account is received through the data transmission module. An instant message software robot is driven to add the user account into a robot contact list of a robot account. An account pair relation corresponding to the user account and the robot account is stored in the database. A request is transmitted to a user device having the user account through the data transmission module. The robot account is determined being added to a user contact list. The instant message software robot is controlled to perform an instant message communication with the user device through the data transmission device according to the account pair relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Synology Incorporated
    Inventors: Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20170085523
    Abstract: The invention introduces a method for NAT (Network Address Translation) traversal, performed by a processing unit of a node, which contains at least the following steps: issuing an initial packet to an intermediate server through a router, in which the initial packet at least contains ID (identity) information of the node; and periodically sending packets to a black hole through the router, so that the router maintains session information between the node and the black hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh CHEN, Tsung-Wei WANG, Jia-Yu LIU
  • Patent number: 9415011
    Abstract: Provided is a method for treatment of liver cancer and inhibition of metastasis with CXCR4-targeted nanoparticle. A CXCR4 antagonist is used as a targeting molecule to modify a lipid carrier for the formation of nanoparticle carrying an anti-angiogenesis drug or an anti-angiogenic nucleotide. Such nanoparticle can enhance the accumulation and uptake of the drug and nucleotide in liver cancer cells as well as sensitize the liver cancer cells to treatment of said drug and nucleotide, providing a synergistic suppression of angiogenesis and tumor progression. Furthermore, the CXCR4-targeted nanoparticle can effectively inhibit metastasis of liver cancer. The pharmaceutical composition is an injectable composition; hence, is suitable for clinical application for the treatment of liver cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yun-Ching Chen, Jia-Yu Liu, Dong-Yu Gao
  • Patent number: 9354995
    Abstract: A server cluster has a plurality of application servers. During failover of a failed node of the application servers, right to use of internet protocol (IP) address of the failed node is transferred to a surviving node of the server cluster according to a failed-link index of the failed node, the total number of surviving nodes of the server cluster, and successful link indexes of the surviving nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Synology Incorporated
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Jia-Yu Liu