Patents by Inventor MIN SHIH
MIN SHIH 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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Patent number: 11283702Abstract: A vehicle status detecting apparatus and a vehicle status detecting method thereof are provided. The vehicle status detecting apparatus stores a piece of decode-related information and a plurality of reference data, and decodes a network packet retrieved on a controller area network (CAN) to obtain a packet data according to the decode-related information. The vehicle status detecting apparatus detects pieces of electronic control unit (ECU) information which correspond to a plurality of bytes of the packet data, and transmits a warning message to the ECU when a detecting result exceeds a standard value of the plurality of reference data.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Institute For Information IndustryInventors: I-Chou Hong, Chih-Min Shih, Hsing-Yu Chen, Wen-Kai Liu
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Patent number: 11224458Abstract: An actuated telescoping system for navigation within a vascular lumen and thrombectomy of a thrombus. The system includes a tubular catheter member having an open distal end defining a catheter lumen, a vacuum source, a rotational drive system, a flexible shaft having a channel coupled to the rotational drive system for rotational movement in response thereto, and an optional guidewire selectively inserted at least partially within the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is at least partially disposed within the tubular catheter member configured for uncoupled rotational and translational motion therein and to optionally define a corkscrew motion in response to rotational driving force by the drive system that results in formation of hydrodynamic vortices within the catheter lumen.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Luis Emilio Savastano, Jeffrey Stephen Plott, Yang Liu, Yihao Zheng, Albert Jau-Min Shih
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Patent number: 11191563Abstract: An actuated telescoping system for navigation within a vascular lumen and thrombectomy of a thrombus. The system includes a tubular catheter member having an open distal end defining a catheter lumen, a vacuum source, a rotational drive system, a flexible shaft having a channel coupled to the rotational drive system for rotational movement in response thereto, and an optional guidewire selectively inserted at least partially within the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is at least partially disposed within the tubular catheter member configured for uncoupled rotational and translational motion therein and to optionally define a corkscrew motion in response to rotational driving force by the drive system that results in formation of hydrodynamic vortices within the catheter lumen.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Luis Emilio Savastano, Jeffrey Stephen Plott, Yang Liu, Yihao Zheng, Albert Jau-Min Shih
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Patent number: 11081079Abstract: A display device includes an output circuit, a multiplexer, and a controller. The output circuit is configured to output a data voltage to an output pin. The multiplexer is configured to sequentially output the data voltage to different data lines according to a first multiplexing signal and a second multiplexing signal. The controller is configured to generate a control signal according to a variation of the data voltage to make the output pin output a default voltage level different from the data voltage corresponding to the data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Kuei Wen, Chun-Yu Chen, Hung-Min Shih, Jie-Chuan Huang
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Publication number: 20210143664Abstract: A battery device includes a battery unit, a temperature port, a temperature sensitive component, a switch component and a battery management unit. The temperature sensitive component senses a temperature of the battery unit, and provides a temperature indication signal at the temperature port. The switch component is electrically connected to the temperature sensitive component. When the battery device operates abnormally, the battery management unit controls the switch component to make the switch component stop provision of the temperature indication signal at the temperature port.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: BASSO INDUSTRY CORP.Inventors: Cheng-En TSAI, Chun-Min SHIH
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Patent number: 10984693Abstract: A display device and a shutdown control method thereof are provided. In the display device, a display panel has multiple pixels. A power supply circuit generates a power supply voltage, a gate high voltage and a common voltage according to an input power. A gate driver generates gate scan signals, and a source driver provides source driving signals to drive the display panel. A shutdown detection circuit detects a variation state of voltages values of the power supply voltage, the input voltage and the gate high voltage, and starts a shutdown process when the variation state is a decreasing state. In the shutdown process, the source driver makes the source driving signals to be equal to a reference ground voltage, the gate driver generates the gate scan signals with a high voltage pulse, and the power supply circuit makes the common voltage to be equal to the reference ground voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Kuei Wen, Hung-Min Shih
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Publication number: 20210103655Abstract: A security monitoring apparatus and method for a vehicle network are provided. The apparatus transmits an indicator and an encryption key to a plurality of electronic control units via the controller area network interface. The apparatus receives a response code from each electronic control unit via the controller area network interface, wherein each of the response codes is generated by a serial number of each electronic control unit and the encryption key via a hash algorithm. The apparatus compares the response code returned by each electronic control unit according to a list, the encryption key and the hash algorithm to determine whether each electronic control unit correctly returns the response code. The apparatus determines to generate an alert signal when one of the electronic control units does not correctly return the response code.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: I-Chou HUNG, Chih-Min SHIH, Hsing-Yu CHEN, Wen-Kai LIU
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Patent number: 10960178Abstract: An actuated telescoping system for navigation within a vascular lumen and thrombectomy of a thrombus. The system includes a tubular catheter member having an open distal end defining a catheter lumen, a vacuum source, a rotational drive system, a flexible shaft having a channel coupled to the rotational drive system for rotational movement in response thereto, and an optional guidewire selectively inserted at least partially within the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is at least partially disposed within the tubular catheter member configured for uncoupled rotational and translational motion therein and to optionally define a corkscrew motion in response to rotational driving force by the drive system that results in formation of hydrodynamic vortices within the catheter lumen.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Luis Emilio Savastano, Jeffrey Stephen Plott, Yang Liu, Yihao Zheng, Albert Jau-Min Shih
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Publication number: 20210045770Abstract: An actuated telescoping system for navigation within a vascular lumen and thrombectomy of a thrombus. The system includes a tubular catheter member having an open distal end defining a catheter lumen, a vacuum source, a rotational drive system, a flexible shaft having a channel coupled to the rotational drive system for rotational movement in response thereto, and an optional guidewire selectively inserted at least partially within the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is at least partially disposed within the tubular catheter member configured for uncoupled rotational and translational motion therein and to optionally define a corkscrew motion in response to rotational driving force by the drive system that results in formation of hydrodynamic vortices within the catheter lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Luis Emilio SAVASTANO, Jeffrey Stephen PLOTT, Yang LIU, Yihao ZHENG, Albert Jau-Min SHIH
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Publication number: 20210043842Abstract: An electrode interface layer material is generated by using a modifier to react with polyethyleneimine, and the amine group on the polyethyleneimine is converted into an ammonium group by reacting with the modifier to form a zwitterionic polyethyleneimine. When an active layer containing a non-fullerene material is formed on the surface of the electrode interface layer, or when the surface of the electrode interface layer is contacted with a non-fullerene material, the possibility that the non-fullerene material is destroyed by the amine groups in the electrode interface layer can be reduced. In addition, the aforementioned electrode interface layer material or zwitterionic polymer is used for an organic photovoltaic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Hung-Min SHIH, I-CHENG PAN, Hsin-Feng CHANG, Chung-Wen KO
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Publication number: 20210021215Abstract: Provided is a control system and method for a power-driven nail gun, which includes a battery, a motor, a flywheel rotating along with the motor, an impacting member receiving kinetic energy of the flywheel and a nail channel providing a channel for a nail to move along therewith when hit by the impacting member. The method includes utilizing a microcontroller to provide a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for a driving circuit to drive the motor based on the PWM signal; and in response to reaching a target rotation speed by the motor, utilizing the microcontroller to output a corresponding PWM duty to the driving circuit based on the voltage of the battery, to make the motor maintain at the target rotation speed. The nails obtain stable and consistent kinetic energy and stability of nail firing is effectively improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: CHENG-EN TSAI, CHUN-MIN SHIH
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Publication number: 20200391367Abstract: A method for controlling a nail-striking operation of an electric nail gun is proposed. The electric nail gun includes a control module and at least one switch. The at least one switch outputs a first switch signal that has a first voltage and a second switch signal that has a second voltage when triggered. The control module set a flag that corresponds to the at least one switch to a predetermined state upon determining that a striking condition is met. The striking condition includes that, for each of the at least one switch, the first switch signal has the first voltage and the second switch signal has the second voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: BASSO INDUSTRY CORP.Inventors: Cheng-En TSAI, Chun-Min SHIH
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Patent number: 10691114Abstract: A method for dynamic intelligent scheduling includes following steps: collecting and recording resource constraints of multiple schedules on a production line and decision data of changes made to the schedules by a scheduler; cross-enumerating schedule combinations by using multiple production goals as penalty conditions; establishing a mathematical model based on the resource constraints and multi-objective weights corresponding to each schedule combination and importing the resource constraints to calculate schedule results; recording the penalty condition corresponding to the schedule combination matching the decision data as a valid penalty; using values of parameters corresponding to the valid penalty and values of the penalty conditions respectively as inputs and outputs to train a learning model; and responding to a scheduling request, finding a weight of each schedule combination by using the learning model according to the resource constraint of the current schedule and the production goals, and geneType: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Pang-Min Shih, Shan-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20200109950Abstract: A ship navigation system includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores instructions. The processor is configured to access the instructions to perform the following: receiving a start point and a terminal point of a target ship in a marine area; receiving real-time environmental information of the marine area; receiving historical shipping lanes of the marine area and historical environmental information corresponding to the historical shipping lanes and; comparing historical environmental information and real-time environmental information to select a target lane leading from a location near the start point to a location near the terminal point; and connecting the start point and the terminal point with the target lane to generate an recommended lane for the target ship in the marine area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Shih-Sian JHUANG, Jui-Yang TSAI, Chih-Min SHIH, Wen-Kai LIU
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Publication number: 20190333467Abstract: A display device includes an output circuit, a multiplexer, and a controller. The output circuit is configured to output a data voltage to an output pin. The multiplexer is configured to sequentially output the data voltage to different data lines according to a first multiplexing signal and a second multiplexing signal. The controller is configured to generate a control signal according to a variation of the data voltage to make the output pin output a default voltage level different from the data voltage corresponding to the data voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: CHUN-KUEI WEN, CHUN-YU CHEN, HUNG-MIN SHIH, JIE-CHUAN HUANG
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Patent number: 10446073Abstract: A driving method for a display panel is provided, including the following steps: providing a first control signal, and providing a second control signal, where a voltage change of the second control signal compensates for a voltage change of the first control signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Kuei Wen, Chun-Yu Chen, Yi-Hao Wang, Jie-Chuan Huang, Hung-Min Shih
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Publication number: 20190295451Abstract: A display device and a shutdown control method thereof are provided. In the display device, a display panel has multiple pixels. A power supply circuit generates a power supply voltage, a gate high voltage and a common voltage according to an input power. A gate driver generates gate scan signals, and a source driver provides source driving signals to drive the display panel. A shutdown detection circuit detects a variation state of voltages values of the power supply voltage, the input voltage and the gate high voltage, and starts a shutdown process when the variation state is a decreasing state. In the shutdown process, the source driver makes the source driving signals to be equal to a reference ground voltage, the gate driver generates the gate scan signals with a high voltage pulse, and the power supply circuit makes the common voltage to be equal to the reference ground voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Kuei Wen, Hung-Min Shih
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Patent number: 10403223Abstract: A display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. A data driving chip provides a plurality of data voltages to a plurality of multiplexers through a plurality of output lines. When the display apparatus displays a pure gray pattern, the data voltages are alternately provided to a first data line group and a second data line group during a scan line driving period of each of the scan lines to make two adjacent pixels have different polarities. During a blank period, a plurality of data lines corresponding to a plurality of pixels having the same color and the same polarity on two adjacent scan lines are electrically coupled to each other through the data driving chip to share charges.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Kuei Wen, Hung-Min Shih
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Publication number: 20190227533Abstract: A method for dynamic intelligent scheduling includes following steps: collecting and recording resource constraints of multiple schedules on a production line and decision data of changes made to the schedules by a scheduler; cross-enumerating schedule combinations by using multiple production goals as penalty conditions; establishing a mathematical model based on the resource constraints and multi-objective weights corresponding to each schedule combination and importing the resource constraints to calculate schedule results; recording the penalty condition corresponding to the schedule combination matching the decision data as a valid penalty; using values of parameters corresponding to the valid penalty and values of the penalty conditions respectively as inputs and outputs to train a learning model; and responding to a scheduling request, finding a weight of each schedule combination by using the learning model according to the resource constraint of the current schedule and the production goals, and geneType: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Pang-Min Shih, Shan-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20190038300Abstract: An actuated telescoping system for navigation within a vascular lumen and thrombectomy of a thrombus. The system includes a tubular catheter member having an open distal end defining a catheter lumen, a vacuum source, a rotational drive system, a flexible shaft having a channel coupled to the rotational drive system for rotational movement in response thereto, and an optional guidewire selectively inserted at least partially within the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is at least partially disposed within the tubular catheter member configured for uncoupled rotational and translational motion therein and to optionally define a corkscrew motion in response to rotational driving force by the drive system that results in formation of hydrodynamic vortices within the catheter lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Luis Emilio SAVASTANO, Jeffrey Stephen PLOTT, Yang LIU, Yihao ZHENG, Albert Jau-Min SHIH