Patents by Inventor Liang-Yu Shyu

Liang-Yu Shyu 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: 9022943
    Abstract: A method for detecting vascular sclerosis is revealed. Firstly set a cuff on a human hand. Then inflate the cuff and later deflate the cuff. Next measure a pressure of the cuff and generate a pressure sensing signal. Process the pressure sensing signal to generate a processed signal and convert the processed signal. Then calculate a systolic pressure and a diastolic pressure according to the converted processed signal and also obtain a vasodilation constant. Thus a hardening of blood vessels is detected according to the vasodilation constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Hu, Liang-Yu Shyu, Yuan-Ta Shih, Yi-Jung Sun, Chen-Huan Chen, Hao-Min Cheng
  • Publication number: 20120108985
    Abstract: A cuffless blood pressure monitor is revealed. The cuffless blood pressure monitor includes a pressure detection module, a signal processing module and a display module. The pressure detection module detects blood pressure to generate a blood pressure pulse signal. The signal processing module processes the blood pressure pulse signal to generate a measurement result that is displayed by the display module. The cuffless blood pressure monitor measures continuous blood pressure pulse signals, processes the blood pressure pulse signals by the signal processing module, and calculates the measurement result for real-time measurement of blood pressure. A measurement point on the user is pressed by a soft pressure-transferring medium so that the user won't feel uncomfortable. Moreover, the cuffless blood pressure monitor is compact and portable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: LIANG-YU SHYU, YAO Lin KAO, WEN Ya TSAI, WEI-CHIH HU, CHING-SUNG WENG
  • Publication number: 20110092827
    Abstract: A blood pressure monitor and a method for calculating blood pressure thereof are revealed. The blood pressure monitor includes a cuff, an air pump, an air escape valve, a pressure sensor, a processing circuit, and an arithmetic circuit. The cuff is arranged a a body to be detected while and the air pump inflates the cuff and the air escape valve is for releasing air from the cuff. The pressure sensor is disposed on the cuff for detecting cuff pressure to generate analog pressures sensing signals. The processing circuit processes the analog pressure sensing signals and generates digital pressure sensing signals. A slope of each digital pressure sensing signal is calculated by the arithmetic circuit. A pressure value of the digital pressure sensing signal corresponding to a maximum slope is an average blood pressure. Then find a second derivative of each digital pressure sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: WEI-CHIH HU, LIANG-YU SHYU, YUAN-TA SHIH, YI-JUNG SUN, CHEN-HUAN CHEN, HAO-MIN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20110092829
    Abstract: A blood pressure monitor and a method for detecting vascular sclerosis thereof are revealed. The blood pressure monitor includes a cuff, an air pump, an air escape valve, a pressure sensor, a processing circuit, and an arithmetic circuit. The cuff is arranged at a body to be detected and the air pump inflates the cuff. The air escape valve is for releasing air from the cuff while the pressure sensor arranged at the cuff measures a cuff pressure to generate an analog pressure sensing signal. The processing circuit processes the pressure sensing analog signal and generates a digital pressure sensing signal. Then a systolic pressure and a diastolic pressure of the detected body are calculated according to the digital pressure sensing signal. The degree of blood vessel hardening is checked according to a systolic area of the calculated systolic pressure and a diastolic area of the calculated diastolic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: WEI-CHIH HU, LIANG-YU SHYU, YUAN-TA SHIH, YI-JUNG SUN, CHEN-HUAN CHEN, HAO-MIN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20110071408
    Abstract: A method for detecting vascular sclerosis is revealed. Firstly set a cuff on a human hand. Then inflate the cuff and later deflate the cuff. Next measure a pressure of the cuff and generate a pressure sensing signal. Process the pressure sensing signal to generate a processed signal and convert the processed signal. Then calculate a systolic pressure and a diastolic pressure according to the converted processed signal and also obtain a vasodilation constant. Thus a hardening of blood vessels is detected according to the vasodilation constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: WEI-CHIH HU, LIANG-YU SHYU, YUAN-TA SHIH, YI-JUNG SUN, CHEN-HUAN CHEN, HAO-MIN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20110071409
    Abstract: A blood pressure monitor that detects vascular sclerosis is revealed. The blood pressure monitor includes a cuff, an air pump, an air escape valve, a pressure sensor, a processing circuit, a first conversion circuit, and an arithmetic circuit. The cuff is arranged at a user's hand and is pumped up and inflated by the air pump while the air escape valve is used to release air from the cuff. The pressure sensor is disposed on the cuff to detect a pressure of the cuff and generate a pressure sensing signal. The processing circuit processes the pressure sensing signal and generates a processed signal that is converted by the first conversion circuit, According to the converted processed signal, the arithmetic circuit calculates a systolic pressure, a diastolic pressure of a user and obtains a vasodilation constant so as to check vascular sclerosis of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: WEI-CHIH HU, LIANG-YU SHYU, YUAN-TA SHIH, YI-JUNG SUN, CHEN-HUAN CHEN, HAO-MIN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20100313643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood flow simulation system, which comprises a first container, a phantom, and a second container. The blood flow simulation system according to the present invention contains a fluid by the first container. Then the phantom is used for transporting the fluid. Afterwards, the second container is used for containing the fluid output by the phantom, and transporting the fluid to the first container by way of the phantom. Thereby, the blood-vessel characteristics, the blood-flow characteristics, and the human muscle characteristics can be simulated effectively and hence facilitating experimental convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Liang-Yu Shyu, Wei-Chih Hu, Wen-Yao Chung
  • Publication number: 20090171232
    Abstract: A drowsiness detection system is disclosed. The way of detection is by an EEG detection circuit to detect brain waves of a human brain for getting an EEG signal. The EEG signal is sent to a micro-controller circuit to generate a control signal. In accordance with the control signal, a processing circuit processes the EEG signal so as to learn the drowsiness state of the user in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Wei-Chih HU, Liang-Yu Shyu, Pai-Yuan Tsai, Hsin-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20090156949
    Abstract: A medical device with real-time physiological signal analysis function is disclosed. An ECG signal is generated by detection of detection circuit to the human heart while conversion circuit receives the ECG signal and converts it into an ECG data. The ECG data is sent to a process control unit for being processed to generate a HRV parameter. The ECG data and the HRV parameter are shown by a display unit for real-time analysis of changes of HRV in time domain and frequency domain. Thus doctors can make diagnosis according to these data. Moreover, The process control unit is coupled to the memory module so as to save the ECG data and the HRV parameter. Thus after long-term data collection of the ECG and HRV, doctors can make diagnosis by means of these data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Wei-Chih HU, Liang-Yu Shyu, Yong Tai Lin, Shih Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20090134887
    Abstract: A contact sensor is disclosed. The contact sensor includes a main body and at least one conductor. At least one end of the conductor is disposed on the main body and a contact surface is on one side of the conductor for contact the body surface. The surface of the conductor is in the shape of arc. By the contact surface of the conductor, the contact sensor contacts the human body easily without tangling hair. Moreover, there is not need for the present invention to apply any conductive gel on the body surface so that the measurement of physiological signals is easily and conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Hu, Liang-Yu Shyu, Pai-Yuan Tsai, Hsin-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20090124869
    Abstract: The present invention related to a medical apparatus capable of recording physiological signals, which uses a EEG detecting circuit to detect the human brain and produce a EEG signal, a ECG detecting circuit to detect the human heart and produce a ECG signal, a microcontroller circuit to receive the EEG and ECG signals and produce a control signal, and a storage unit to receive the control signal and store the EEG and ECG signals. The EEG and ECG signals are correlated. Accordingly, physicians can analyze diseases conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Wei-Chih HU, Liang-Yu Shyu, Yiu-Tong Chu, Ai-Hsien Li, Jenn-Lung Su, Yuh-Show Tsai, Shaou-Gang Miaou, Shao-Tien Chen