Patents by Inventor Ming-Hsui Tsai

Ming-Hsui Tsai 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: 10390705
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device which includes the following features: a light source illuminates a target to generate an optical inspection signal; a probe head provides an optical path for the optical inspection signal; a probe tube arranged at a front end of the probe head; at least one switched filter module arranged in the optical path, allowing the optical inspection signal to pass therethrough to generate a corresponding spectral signal; and an image sensor arranged behind the switched filter module, receiving the spectral signal and generating a spectral image. The spectral image can be transmitted to an external device, wherefrom the user can use the spectral image to examine the target in further detail. The present invention features a rotary-type or movable-type switched filter module, which facilitates the user to switch filters easily during optical inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Mang Ou-Yang, Ting-Wei Huang, Chin-Siang Yang, Yao-Fang Hsieh, Sing-Tsung Li, Jin-Chern Chiou, Ming-Hsui Tsai, Jeng-Ren Duann, Yung-Jiun Lin, Shuen-De Wu, Yung-Jhe Yan, Zheng-Lin He
  • Publication number: 20160249809
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable noninvasive inspection device, which comprises a light source illuminates a target to generate an optical inspection signal; a probe head provides an optical path for light source to receive optical inspection signal; a probe tube arranged at a front end of probe head; at least one switched filter module arranged in the optical path, allowing the optical inspection signal to pass there through to generate a corresponding spectral signal; and an image sensor arranged behind the switched filter module, receiving the spectral signal and generating a spectral image. The spectral image can be transmitted to an external device, wherefrom the user can use the spectral image to examine the target in further detail. The present invention features a rotary-type or movable-type switched filter module, which facilitates the user to switch filters easily during optical inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: MANG OU-YANG, TING-WEI HUANG, CHIN-SIANG YANG, YAO-FANG HSIEH, SING-TSUNG LI, JIN-CHERN CHIOU, MING-HSUI TSAI, JENG-REN DUANN, YUNG-JIUN LIN, SHUEN-DE WU, YUNG-JHE YAN, ZHENG-LIN HE
  • Publication number: 20150118637
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable noninvasive inspection device, which comprises a light source illuminates an target to generate an optical inspection signal; a probe head provides an optical path for said light source to receive said optical inspection signal; at least one switched filter module arranged in the optical path, allowing the optical inspection signal to pass therethrough to generate a corresponding spectral signal; and an image sensor arranged behind the switched filter module, receiving the spectral signal and generating a spectral image. The spectral image can be transmitted to an external device, wherefrom the user can use the spectral image to examine the target in further detail. The present invention features a rotary-type or movable-type switched filter module, which facilitates the user to switch filters easily during optical inspection and expands the application of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: MANG OU-YANG, TING-WEI HUANG, CHIN-SIANG YANG, YAO-FANG HSIEH, SING-TSUNG LI, JIN-CHERN CHIOU, MING-HSUI TSAI, JENG-REN DUANN, YUNG-JIUN LIN, SHUEN-DE WU
  • Publication number: 20150003713
    Abstract: A method and system are used to analyze the components of a tissue sample by using hyperspectral imaging. The system comprises an image capture module and a hyperspectral image analysis module. The image capture module generates an excitation light beam to illuminate the tissue sample, receives a spectral image induced by the excitation light beam, and converts the spectral image into hyperspectral image data containing continuous spectrum waveforms. The hyperspectral image analysis module performs a linear transformation on the hyperspectral image data to obtain a plurality of linearly-independent continuous spectrum curves and compares the linearly-independent continuous spectrum curves with continuous spectrum data of known components in a database to identify the components in the tissue sample and obtain the types, proportions, and spatial distributions thereof, whereby the physician can diagnose the lesion more accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: China Medical University
    Inventors: Jeng-Ren DUANN, Jin-Chern CHIOU, Yung-Jiun LIN, Ming-Hsui Tsai
  • Patent number: 8760647
    Abstract: A microscanning system including a microscope, a relay lens device, a stepping motor and a hyper-spectrometer is disclosed. The microscope is adapted to acquire and enlarge an image of an object to generate an enlarged image which is a 2D image distributed along the first direction and second direction. The relay lenses device disposed behind the microscope receives and transfers the enlarged image outputted by the microscope. The stepping motor electrically connected to the relay lens device reciprocates the relay lens linearly in the first direction device in a stepwise manner along the second direction. The hyper-spectrometer disposed behind the rely lens device receives the partial enlarged images of the object along the first direction that are transferred by the relay lens device sequentially along the second direction, and transform the partially enlarged images into the corresponding spectrum information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: China Medical University
    Inventors: Jin-Chern Chiou, Ming-Hsui Tsai, Mang Ou-Yang, Shuen-De Wu, Yao-Fang Hsieh, Ting-Wei Huang, Yung-Jiun Lin