Patents by Inventor Li-An Chu

Li-An Chu 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: 20240390667
    Abstract: An electrode set for making a biological tissue transparent includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to provide an electric field for the biological tissue. The first electrode has a carrier metal and a coating metal at least partially coated on the carrier metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: LI-AN CHU, ANN-SHYN CHIANG, TSU-CHIN CHOU, WEI-KUN CHANG, YA-HUI LIN, PEI-YUN LU
  • Patent number: 11073477
    Abstract: An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Li-An Chu, Wei-Kun Chang, Yen-Yin Lin
  • Publication number: 20200284729
    Abstract: An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ann-Shyn CHIANG, Li-An CHU, Wei-Kun CHANG, Yen-Yin LIN
  • Publication number: 20160270378
    Abstract: A system for classifying tiny insects includes a cultivation tank, a detecting container, a detector, a gathering device, and a control unit. The cultivation tank is connected to the detecting container, so that the hatched tiny insects can enter the detecting area of the detecting container from the cultivation tank. The detector is used for detecting the characteristics of the tiny insects in the detecting area, and then the control unit controls the switching unit of the gathering device to switch the gathering containers for gathering the tiny insects according to the detecting results. The system of the present invention is capable of automatically classifying the tiny insects and then gathering them to different gathering containers according to their characteristics, so as to decrease the man power and time necessary for factitious classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: RONG-SHUN CHEN, HUNG-YIN TSAI, CHIEN-HUNG LIN, HONG HOCHENG, WEI-LEUN FANG, ANN-SHYN CHIANG, YU-CHING LIN, JHIH-SHUN YANG, YU-CHENG WU, LI-AN CHU, CHIA-LIN WU
  • Patent number: 8985056
    Abstract: A detecting platform for holding a tiny insect includes a main body forming a containing space, which passes through the main body and is surrounded by side walls of the main body. A first side wall and a second side wall of the side walls are opposite to each other, and the area of the second side wall is smaller than that of the first side wall. The main body forms a first opening and a second opening passing through the first side wall and the second side wall respectively for the tiny insects entering and leaving the containing space. A bottom plate covers a first through surface of the containing space to form a bottom surface and a detecting area is configured thereon to holding the tiny insects. Accordingly, the tiny insects can stay on the detecting area so as to detect the characteristics of the tiny insects expediently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Rong-Shun Chen, Jhih-Shun Yang, Yu-Ching Lin, Hung-Yin Tsai, Chien-Hung Lin, Hong Hocheng, Li-An Chu
  • Patent number: 8755571
    Abstract: An image method for classifying insects includes the following steps: obtaining detecting images of the insects in a detecting area; obtaining a first foreground image related to the insects by background subtraction; extracting the saturation from the first foreground image and eliminating the non-characteristic objects therein to obtain a second foreground image; extracting the characteristics related to the insects from the second foreground image according to a threshold; and, determining the classifications or the sexes of the insects according to the characteristics. Accordingly, the image method for classifying insects can be used for automatically classifying the insects so as to save the manpower and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Hung-Yin Tsai, Yu-Ching Lin, Yu-Cheng Wu, Rong-Shun Chen, Hong Hocheng, Li-An Chu
  • Publication number: 20130081572
    Abstract: A detecting platform for holding a tiny insect includes a main body forming a containing space, which passes through the main body and is surrounded by side walls of the main body. A first side wall and a second side wall of the side walls are opposite to each other, and the area of the second side wall is smaller than that of the first side wall. The main body forms a first opening and a second opening passing through the first side wall and the second side wall respectively for the tiny insects entering and leaving the containing space. A bottom plate covers a first through surface of the containing space to form a bottom surface and a detecting area is configured thereon to holding the tiny insects. Accordingly, the tiny insects can stay on the detecting area so as to detect the characteristics of the tiny insects expediently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rong-Shun Chen, Jhih-Shun Yang, Yu-Ching Lin, Hung-Yin Tsai, Chien-Hung Lin, Hong Hocheng, Li-An Chu
  • Publication number: 20130081573
    Abstract: A system for classifying tiny insects includes a cultivation tank, a detecting container, a detector, a gathering device, and a control unit. The cultivation tank is connected to the detecting container, so that the hatched tiny insects can enter the detecting area of the detecting container from the cultivation tank. The detector is used for detecting the characteristics of the tiny insects in the detecting area, and then the control unit controls the switching unit of the gathering device to switch the gathering containers for gathering the tiny insects according to the detecting results. The system of the present invention is capable of automatically classifying the tiny insects and then gathering them to different gathering containers according to their characteristics, so as to decrease the man power and time necessary for factitious classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rong-Shun Chen, Hung-Yin Tsai, Chien-Hung Lin, Hong Hocheng, Wei-Leun Fang, Ann-Shyn Chiang, Yu-Ching Lin, Jhih-Shun Yang, Yu-Cheng Wu, Li-An Chu, Chia-Lin Wu
  • Publication number: 20130083974
    Abstract: An image method for classifying insects includes the following steps: obtaining detecting images of the insects in a detecting area; obtaining a first foreground image related to the insects by background subtraction; extracting the saturation from the first foreground image and eliminating the non-characteristic objects therein to obtain a second foreground image; extracting the characteristics related to the insects from the second foreground image according to a threshold; and, determining the classifications or the sexes of the insects according to the characteristics. Accordingly, the image method for classifying insects can be used for automatically classifying the insects so as to save the manpower and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yin Tsai, Yu-Ching Lin, Yu-Cheng Wu, Rong-Shun Chen, Hong Hocheng, Li-An Chu