Patents by Inventor Minh-Duc Nguyen

Minh-Duc Nguyen 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: 20240169980
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method and system that converts a procedure document into a smart procedure system capable of voice interfacing. The system of the present invention may include a conversion module that converts the BPMN process model of a procedure expressed in XML, automatically generated via NLP-based technology, into a smart procedure system capable of voice interfacing. The conversion module may be configured as a client-server architecture composed of a mobile application client on a smart device and a server system providing backend services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yongsun Choi, Minh Duc Nguyen, The Kiet Hoang, Ngoc Long Ha
  • Publication number: 20240028826
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for the verification of industrial plant procedures on their compliance to writing manuals. Specific guidelines described in a procedure writing manual are aimed to improve human performance quality of plant personnel. The present invention extracts all significant syntactic and semantic information from procedure documents and verifies each sentence (or phrase) in procedures whether it conforms to all guidelines of the regulated procedure writing manual, utilizing the extracted information. Therefore, the present invention provides procedures free from human error traps to fundamentally prevent an incident incurred from a human error, for the safe and efficient operation of industrial plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, INJE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yongsun CHOI, Minh Duc NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 8807558
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a main body; a cover; a first roller; and a second roller. The main body defines a conveying passage along which a sheet is conveyed. The cover is supported to the main body and movable between a closed position in which the cover covers the main body from above and an open position in which the cover is moved upward from the main body so as to be spaced away from the main body. The first roller is rotatably supported to the cover and configured to discharge the sheet from the conveying passage to an outside of the main body. The second roller is rotatably supported to the main body and disposed in confrontation with the first roller while interposing the conveying passage between the first roller and the second roller when the cover is at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minh Duc Nguyen, Tomoya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130256970
    Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes: a main body; a cover; a first roller; and a second roller. The main body defines a conveying passage along which a sheet is conveyed. The cover is supported to the main body and movable between a closed position in which the cover covers the main body from above and an open position in which the cover is moved upward from the main body so as to be spaced away from the main body. The first roller is rotatably supported to the cover and configured to discharge the sheet from the conveying passage to an outside of the main body. The second roller is rotatably supported to the main body and disposed in confrontation with the first roller while interposing the conveying passage between the first roller and the second roller when the cover is at the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minh Duc Nguyen, Tomoya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020142978
    Abstract: The invention features a polynucleotide vaccine modified to enhance expression of the encoded antigen in host cells. The polynucleotide vaccine comprises an antigen-encoding nucleic acid sequence derived from a non-host species of a first phylum or first kingdom, wherein the native signal sequence of the antigen coding sequence is deleted and, optionally, replaced with a signal sequence of a polypeptide of a second phylum or a second kingdom that is functional in the host to be immunized (e.g., a viral signal sequence with a plant antigen-encoding sequence). In one embodiment, the signal sequence is a hemagglutinin A (HA) signal sequence, and the antigen is an allergen (e.g., plant allergen) or from a pathogen (e.g., a bacterium, virus or parasite). The polynucleotide vaccine of the invention provides a synergistic effect with an immunostimulatory sequence (ISS) adjuvant to not only maintain, but to enhance, the immune response to the encoded antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Eyal Raz, Kenji Takabayashi, Minh-Duc Nguyen