Patents by Inventor Kuang Yen
Kuang Yen 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).
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Publication number: 20240178002Abstract: A method includes forming a material layer over a substrate, forming a first hard mask (HM) layer over the material layer, forming a first trench, along a first direction, in the first HM layer. The method also includes forming first spacers along sidewalls of the first trench, forming a second trench in the first HM layer parallel to the first trench, by using the first spacers to guard the first trench. The method also includes etching the material layer through the first trench and the second trench, removing the first HM layer and the first spacers, forming a second HM layer over the material layer, forming a third trench in the second HM layer. The third trench extends along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and overlaps with the first trench. The method also includes etching the material layer through the third trench.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Yung-Sung Yen, Chung-Ju Lee, Chun-Kuang Chen, Chia-Tien Wu, Ta-Ching Yu, Kuei-Shun Chen, Ru-Gun Liu, Shau-Lin Shue, Tsai-Sheng Gau, Yung-Hsu Wu
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Publication number: 20240093267Abstract: A high-throughput automated preprocessing method and a system are applied to a nucleic acid preprocessing apparatus including a control system, a sample transfer area, a nucleic acid extraction area, and a reagent setup area. The control system includes a user interface and guides a user to set up on the user interface. In the sample transfer area, the method includes steps of: a user selecting a sampling tube type, a test protocol and an extraction protocol on the user interface, and the control system performing a sample transfer task. In the nucleic acid extraction area, the method includes steps of: the control system performing a nucleic acid extraction task based on the selected extraction protocol. In the reagent setup area, the method includes steps of: the control system performing a reagent deployment task based on the selected test protocol, and the control system performing a nucleic acid transfer task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Wei-Te Hsieh, Chia-Yen Lin, Kuang-An Wang, Keng-Ting Liu, Shu-Hui Huang
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Publication number: 20240088023Abstract: An interconnect structure includes a dielectric layer, a first conductive feature, a hard mask layer, a conductive layer, and a capping layer. The first conductive feature is disposed in the dielectric layer. The hard mask layer is disposed on the first conductive feature. The conductive layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the conductive layer is disposed over at least a first portion of the hard mask layer, and the second portion of the conductive layer is disposed over the dielectric layer. The hard mask layer and the conductive layer are formed by different materials. The capping layer is disposed on the dielectric layer and the conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Shao-Kuan LEE, Kuang-Wei YANG, Cherng-Shiaw TSAI, Cheng-Chin LEE, Ting-Ya LO, Chi-Lin TENG, Hsin-Yen HUANG, Hsiao-Kang CHANG, Shau-Lin SHUE
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Publication number: 20230388670Abstract: An imaging device may include an image sensor that generates frames of image data in response to incident light with an array of image pixels, and processing circuitry that processes the image data. The processing circuitry may include a transformation circuit that applies transforms to subsampled frames of image data that are generated using a subset of the image pixels to produce transform values, and a comparator circuit that compares the transform values. The processing circuitry may determine that motion has occurred between sequential frames if a difference between a first transform value corresponding to a first image frame and a second transform value corresponding to a second image frame exceeds a threshold value. In response to determining that motion has occurred, the image sensor may generate full-frame image data using all of the pixels of the array of image pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Alexander LU, Kuang-Yen LIN
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Patent number: 11812168Abstract: An imaging device may include an image sensor that generates frames of image data in response to incident light with an array of image pixels, and processing circuitry that processes the image data. The processing circuitry may include a transformation circuit that applies transforms to subsampled frames of image data that are generated using a subset of the image pixels to produce transform values, and a comparator circuit that compares the transform values. The processing circuitry may determine that motion has occurred between sequential frames if a difference between a first transform value corresponding to a first image frame and a second transform value corresponding to a second image frame exceeds a threshold value. In response to determining that motion has occurred, the image sensor may generate full-frame image data using all of the pixels of the array of image pixels.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Alexander Lu, Kuang-Yen Lin
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Patent number: 11759760Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for the automated synthesis of at least one chemical compound including: at least one cartridge including at least one first compartment for providing at least one first reagent for the chemical synthesis of the at least one compound; at least one second compartment for providing at least one second reagent for the chemical synthesis of the at least one compound, and at least one third compartment for purifying the at least one synthesized compound; at least one reaction container for providing the compounds to be fed into at least one of the compartments of the cartridge and/or collecting the reaction product from at least one of the compartments of the cartridge; at least one solvent container at least two flow path selecting valves and at least one pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ETH ZurichInventors: Jeffrey William Bode, Benedikt Matthias Wanner, Kuang-Yen Chen, Vijaya Pattabiraman, Paula Louise Nichols
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Publication number: 20230072608Abstract: Provided is an process for the automated synthesis of at least one chemical compound including providing at least one substrate in at least one solvent in the at least one reaction container; automatically passing the at least one substrate through at least one first compartment of the at least one cartridge once or several times and collecting a formed substrate-reagent intermediate product in the at least one reaction container prior to passing the substrate-reagent intermediate product into a subsequent compartment; automatically passing the substrate-reagent intermediate product through at least one second compartment once or several times and collecting a formed reaction product prior to passing the reaction product into a subsequent compartment; automatically passing the reaction product through at least one third compartment for purifying the product once or several times and collecting a purified product in the at least one reaction container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey William Bode, Benedikt Matthias Wanner, Kuang-Yen Chen, Vijaya Pattabiraman, Paula Louise Nichols
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Patent number: 11358673Abstract: A tube for a bicycle has a body, an indented portion, and a machined hole. The indented portion is radially recessed in the body and has an outer bottom surface, an outer annular surface, and a first round corner being a curved surface smoothly connecting an outer tube surface of the body and the outer annular surface. The machined hole is formed through the outer bottom surface of the indented portion and has an area being less than an area of the outer bottom surface. The indented portion formed around the machined hole distributes stress to prevent cracking occurring from an edge of the machined hole. The structural strength of the tube is increased under a same total weight.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Puretek Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuang-Yen Lo, Jonas Mueller
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Publication number: 20210211594Abstract: An imaging device may include an image sensor that generates frames of image data in response to incident light with an array of image pixels, and processing circuitry that processes the image data. The processing circuitry may include a transformation circuit that applies transforms to subsampled frames of image data that are generated using a subset of the image pixels to produce transform values, and a comparator circuit that compares the transform values. The processing circuitry may determine that motion has occurred between sequential frames if a difference between a first transform value corresponding to a first image frame and a second transform value corresponding to a second image frame exceeds a threshold value. In response to determining that motion has occurred, the image sensor may generate full-frame image data using all of the pixels of the array of image pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Alexander LU, Kuang-Yen LIN
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Publication number: 20210200168Abstract: The present invention provides a time series prediction method, wherein the time series prediction method includes the steps of: inputting a time series into a plurality of models to generate a plurality of predicted time series, respectively; using the plurality of models to calculate a plurality of uncertainty parameters, wherein the plurality of uncertainty parameters correspond to the plurality of predicted time series, respectively; determining a weight of each predicted time series according to the plurality of uncertainty parameters; and referring to the weight of each predicted time series to perform a weighting operation upon the plurality of predicted time series to generate a final predicted time series.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Wen-Shan Wang, Kuang-Yen Li
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Patent number: 10775373Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancement of the uniform reaction on the porous materials. Comparing with the conventional Western blotting method, the present invention is successfully demonstrated capability on increasing the immune-detection signal intensity and only needs one order of magnitude less of the processing time by applying two orders of magnitude less dosage usage-amount compared to those operated in the conventional method.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: An-Bang Wang, Shih-Chung Chang, Chao-Yuan Liu, Yi-Wei Jiang, Yi-Kuang Yen
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Publication number: 20200108886Abstract: A tube for a bicycle has a body, an indented portion, and a machined hole. The indented portion is radially recessed in the body and has an outer bottom surface, an outer annular surface, and a first round corner being a curved surface smoothly connecting an outer tube surface of the body and the outer annular surface. The machined hole is formed through the outer bottom surface of the indented portion and has an area being less than an area of the outer bottom surface. The indented portion formed around the machined hole distributes stress to prevent cracking occurring from an edge of the machined hole. The structural strength of the tube is increased under a same total weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Kuang-Yen Lo, Jonas Mueller
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Publication number: 20190209995Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for the automated synthesis of at least one chemical compound including: at least one cartridge including at least one first compartment for providing at least one first reagent for the chemical synthesis of the at least one compound; at least one second compartment for providing at least one second reagent for the chemical synthesis of the at least one compound, and at least one third compartment for purifying the at least one synthesized compound; at least one reaction container for providing the compounds to be fed into at least one of the compartments of the cartridge and/or collecting the reaction product from at least one of the compartments of the cartridge; at least one solvent container; at least two flow patch selecting valve and at least one pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Jeffrey William Bode, Benedikt Matthias Wanner, Kuang-Yen Chen, Vijaya Pattabiraman, Paula Louise Nichols
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Patent number: 10110251Abstract: A method and a system for data transmission are provided. The method includes: determining a size of a first block and a first degree distribution for a first data transmission according to a parameter which is related to a hardware specification of a receiving node; determining a channel loss rate of a channel between a sending note and the receiving node when completing the first data transmission; determining a size of a second block and a second degree distribution for a second data transmission according to the channel loss rate; and performing, by the sending node and the receiving node, the second data transmission according to the size of the second block and the second degree distribution.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Hsie-Chia Chang, Kuo-Kuang Yen, Yen-Chin Liao
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Publication number: 20180156789Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancement of the uniform reaction on the porous materials. Comparing with the conventional Western blotting method, the present invention is successfully demonstrated capability on increasing the immune-detection signal intensity and only needs one order of magnitude less of the processing time by applying two orders of magnitude less dosage usage-amount compared to those operated in the conventional method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: An-Bang WANG, Shih-Chung CHANG, Chao-Yuan LIU, Yi-Wei JIANG, Yi-Kuang YEN
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Publication number: 20180048331Abstract: A method and a system for data transmission are provided. The method includes: determining a size of a first block and a first degree distribution for a first data transmission according to a parameter which is related to a hardware specification of a receiving node; determining a channel loss rate of a channel between a sending note and the receiving node when completing the first data transmission; determining a size of a second block and a second degree distribution for a second data transmission according to the channel loss rate; and performing, by the sending node and the receiving node, the second data transmission according to the size of the second block and the second degree distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Hsie-Chia Chang, Kuo-Kuang Yen, Yen-Chin Liao
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Publication number: 20170332014Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transforming a wide-angle image to a map projection image that includes the steps of: capturing a wide-angle image; choosing an azimuthal coordinate model and introducing the wide-angle image into the chosen azimuthal coordinate model to obtain an azimuthal image; and generating a compensation image by using the azimuthal image to generate the map projection image. The present invention also provides a method for transforming a wide-angle image to a perspective projection image that includes the same steps. The present invention facilitates generation of virtual reality images.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventor: Kuang-Yen Shih
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Patent number: 8419271Abstract: A system for compensating a thermal effect is provided and includes a substrate structure and a microcantilever. The substrate structure includes a first piezoresistor. The first piezoresistor is buried in the substrate structure and has a first piezoresistance having a first relation to a first variable temperature. The microcantilever has the thermal effect and a second piezoresistance having a second relation to the first variable temperature, wherein the thermal effect is compensated based on the first and the second relations.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Long-Sun Huang, Yu-Fu Ku, Yi-Kuang Yen, Shu Kuan, Kuang-Chong Wu, Shiming Lin, Ping-Yen Lin
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Publication number: 20110158288Abstract: A system for compensating a thermal effect is provided and includes a substrate structure and a microcantilever. The substrate structure includes a first piezoresistor. The first piezoresistor is buried in the substrate structure and has a first piezoresistance having a first relation to a first variable temperature. The microcantilever has the thermal effect and a second piezoresistance having a second relation to the first variable temperature, wherein the thermal effect is compensated based on the first and the second relations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Long-Sun Huang, Yu-Fu Ku, Yi-Kuang Yen, Shu Kuan, Kuang-Chong Wu, Shiming Lin, Ping-Yen Lin
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Patent number: 7961980Abstract: A method is disclosed for transforming a wide-angle video image in to a Perspective view or a Cylindrical video image with reduced distortion.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Imay Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kuang-Yen Shih