Patents by Inventor Nan Chen

Nan Chen 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: 11253228
    Abstract: An ultrasonic scanning method for an ultrasonic scanning device is provided according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The ultrasonic scanning method includes: performing an ultrasonic scanning operation on a human body by an ultrasonic scanner to obtain an ultrasonic image; analyzing the ultrasonic image by an image recognition module to identify an organ pattern in the ultrasonic image; and generating, automatically, a guiding message according to an identification result of the organ pattern, wherein the guiding message is configured to guide a moving of the ultrasonic scanner to scan a target organ of the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Yu, Kuo-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11257858
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a sensor device including at least the following steps is provided. An optical film stack is formed on a sensor substrate, wherein the sensor substrate includes a sensor region and a pad region beside the sensor region, and the optical film stack covers the sensor region while exposes the pad region. A releasing pattern is formed on the pad region. A lens material layer is formed on the sensor substrate to cover the releasing pattern and the optical film stack. The releasing pattern is removed from the sensor substrate to expose the pad region by patterning the lens material layer to form a lens on the optical film stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Jui Hsieh, Po-Nan Chen, Ya-Jing Yang
  • Patent number: 11249245
    Abstract: A patterned light guide structure includes a transparent substrate with a first side and with a second side, an anti-reflective layer directly attached to the first side, a first light-shielding layer directly disposed on the anti-reflective layer, a second light-shielding layer directly disposed on the second side, and a protecting layer directly disposed on the first light-shielding layer to keep the first light-shielding layer from any deteriorating damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Jui Hsieh, Po-Nan Chen, Ya-Jing Yang
  • Patent number: 11230787
    Abstract: Embodiments of nanostructures comprising metal oxide and methods for forming the nanostructure on surfaces are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the nanostructures can be formed on a substrate made of a nickel titanium alloy, resulting in a nanostructure containing both titanium oxide and nickel oxide. The nanostructure can include a lattice layer disposed on top of a nanotube layer. The distal surface of the lattice layer can have a titanium oxide to nickel oxide ratio of greater than 10:1, or about 17:1, resulting in a nanostructure that promotes human endothelial cell migration and proliferation at the interface between the lattice layer and human cells or tissue. The nanostructure may be formed on the outer surface of an implantable medical device, such a stent or an orthopedic implant (e.g. knee implant, bone screw, or bone staple).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California
    Inventors: David Alvin Tyvoll, Nan Chen, Bharat Kumar Menon, Heather Michelle Grandin, Cesar Escobar Blanco
  • Publication number: 20220008351
    Abstract: A multi-layer transdermal drug delivery system containing ibuprofen or a structural analogue thereof, comprising a transdermal patch containing ibuprofen or a structural analogue thereof and a second combined layer. The transdermal patch comprises a polymer matrix layer, the polymer matrix layer comprising an active ingredient, a compound containing at least one amino group, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive. All or some of active ingredient-amino compound salts or all or some of free active ingredients formed in the polymer matrix layer are kept in a uniform dissolution state in the polymer matrix, and can be stably stored before use, without recrystalization. The transdermal drug delivery system can continuously and controllably deliver a therapeutically effective amount of ibuprofen or a structural analogue thereof for 12 to 24 hours in the absence of a transdermal enhancer, has excellent wearing ability, and avoids a cold flow phenomenon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Wenwei Xie, Song Lu, Shuangjiang He, Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11211386
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, bit lines disposed on the dielectric layer, spacers and a contact. The substrate has active areas arranged in parallel with each other. The bit lines are arranged in parallel with each other. Each bit line is partially overlapped with the corresponding active area. Each bit line has first portions and second portions arranged alternately in an extending direction thereof, and a width of the first portions is smaller than that of the second portions. The spacers are disposed on the sidewalls of each bit line. The contact is disposed between the adjacent bit lines and adjacent to the corresponding first portion of at least one of the adjacent bit lines, penetrates through the dielectric layer, and is in contact with the corresponding active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Chih Hsu, Yi-Hao Chien, Huang-Nan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210398820
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a conductive wire structure including following steps is provided. A conductive layer is formed on a substrate. A rectangular ring spacer is formed on the conductive layer by a self-aligned double patterning process. A patterned photoresist layer is formed. The patterned photoresist layer exposes a first portion and a second portion of the rectangular ring spacer. The first and second portions are located at two corners on a diagonal of the rectangular ring spacer. The first and second portions are removed by using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form a first spacer and a second spacer. The first spacer and the second spacer are L-shaped. The patterned photoresist layer is removed. A pattern of the first spacer and a pattern of the second spacer are transferred to the conductive layer to form an L-shaped first conductive wire and an L-shaped second conductive wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Huang-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11197645
    Abstract: A system and method of throat abnormal object recognition is disclosed. The system includes a throat abnormal object recognition device, a data source device, a display device, and an operation device connected to the throat abnormal object recognition device, the data source device, and the display device. The method includes the throat abnormal object recognition device generating operation parameters, the data source device generating an original X-ray image data, the throat abnormal object recognition device reading the original X-ray image data, performing a pre-stage process on the original X-ray image data to generate a pre-stage processed image data, performing a comparison process on the pre-stage processed image data to generate a comparison processed image data with an abnormal object image, employing a frame mark to mark the abnormal object image as a mark X-ray image, and employing the display device to display the mark X-ray image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
    Inventors: Wei-Che Lin, Yueh-Sheng Chen, Sheng-Dean Luo, Jian-Feng Lin, You-Nan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210385415
    Abstract: An image inspection device has a platform, a controlling unit, multiple image capture units, and a discharging unit. The platform has a carrier being capable of rotating for carrying products under inspection. The controlling unit is capable of controlling rotation of the carrier. The image capture units are disposed around the platform and electrically connected to the controlling unit. Each image capture unit has a zoom lens electrically connected to the controlling unit for transmitting digital information of images captured by the zoom lens to the controlling unit. The discharging unit is configured to move the products under inspection away from the carrier and electrically connected to the controlling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: YI-NING LEE, YING-NAN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210379032
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compounds class I HDAC inhibitors, their production and applications. The compounds possess epigenetic immunomodulatory activities in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and thus inhibit growth of tumor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jia-Shiong CHEN, Mu-Hsuan YANG, Yi-Hong WU, Sz-Hao CHU, Cheng-Han CHOU, Ye-Su CHAO, Chia-Nan CHEN
  • Patent number: 11196967
    Abstract: An image inspection device has a platform, a controlling unit, multiple image capture units, and a discharging unit. The platform has a carrier being capable of rotating for carrying products under inspection. The controlling unit is capable of controlling rotation of the carrier. The image capture units are disposed around the platform and electrically connected to the controlling unit. Each image capture unit has a zoom lens electrically connected to the controlling unit for transmitting digital information of images captured by the zoom lens to the controlling unit. The discharging unit is configured to move the products under inspection away from the carrier and electrically connected to the controlling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: He Tong Technology Co., Ltd., Wen Chin Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Ning Lee, Ying-Nan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210374506
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for predicting bearing life based on a hidden Markov model (HMM) and transfer learning, including the following steps: (1) acquiring an original signal of full life of a rolling bearing; and extracting a feature set including a time domain feature, a time-frequency domain feature, and a trigonometric function feature; (2) inputting the feature set into an HMM to predict a hidden state, to obtain a failure occurrence time (FOT); (3) constructing a multilayer perceptron (MLP) model, obtaining a domain invariant feature and an optimal model parameter, and obtaining a neural network life prediction model; and (4) inputting the remaining target domain feature sets into the neural network life prediction model, and predicting the remaining life of the bearing. In the present invention, MLP-based transfer learning is used to resolve distribution differences in a source domain and a target domain caused by different operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jun ZHU, Changqing SHEN, Nan CHEN, Dongmiao SONG, Jianqin ZHOU, Jun WANG, Juanjuan SHI, Weiguo HUANG, Zhongkui ZHU
  • Publication number: 20210373442
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an interference filter, a lithography system incorporating an interference filter, and a method of fabricating an interference filter. The interference filter includes a transparent substrate having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of alternating material layers formed over the front surface of the transparent substrate that form a bandpass filter, and an anti-reflective structure formed over the back surface of the transparent substrate. The alternating material layers alternate between a relatively high refractive index material and a relatively low refractive index material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Wolf Hung, Chung-Nan Chen, Hong-Hsing Chou, Chao-Li Shih, Yeh-Chieh Wang
  • Publication number: 20210366467
    Abstract: A plurality of slang sentences and respective explanations for the plurality of slang sentences are extracted from audio or video data. A set of training samples are generated by clustering the plurality of slang sentences and the explanations. Each of the training samples comprises at least one slang sentence and at least one explanation corresponding to same slang. A model is trained based on the set of training samples, such that the trained model identifies slang from an input sentence and provides at least one explanation for the identified slang. In other embodiments, another method, systems and computer program products are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: June-Ray Lin, Jin Zhang, Ju Ling Liu, Li Bo Zhang, Nan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210367087
    Abstract: A sensor device provided in the disclosure includes a sensor substrate, a first transparent layer, a collimator layer, and a lens. The first transparent layer is disposed on the sensor substrate, wherein the first transparent layer defines an alignment structure. The collimator layer is disposed on the first transparent layer. The lens is disposed on the collimator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Jui Hsieh, Po-Nan Chen, Ya-Jing Yang
  • Patent number: 11182639
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide at least one frame of a content item to a saliency prediction model, the saliency prediction model being trained to identify salient points of interest that appear in content items. Information describing at least a first salient point of interest that appears in the at least one frame can be obtained from the saliency prediction model. The first salient point of interest can be predicted to be of interest to users accessing the content item. A view-based projection can be applied to a region corresponding to the first salient point of interest, wherein the view-based projection enhances a quality in which the region is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Evgeny V. Kuzyakov, Renbin Peng, Chien-Nan Chen
  • Publication number: 20210358989
    Abstract: A process of overlay offset measurement includes providing a substrate; forming a first pattern layer with a predetermined first pattern on the substrate; forming a first photoresist layer on the substrate and the first pattern layer; forming a second photoresist layer on the first photoresist layer; forming a second pattern layer with a predetermined second pattern on the second photoresist layer; patterning the second photoresist layer to form a trench having a predetermined third pattern being substantially aligned with the predetermined first pattern of the first pattern layer; and performing overlay offset measurement according to the second pattern layer and the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ya-Jing Yang, Po Nan Chen, Yu-Jui Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20210332145
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies that recognize the B-Cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA) and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Leyan TANG, Allison SCHULKINS, Kimberly THAN, Chun-Nan CHEN, Jingyun MIAO, Xiaohui ZHANG, Xiaojuan SHI, Lin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210335881
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a sensor device including at least the following steps is provided. An optical film stack is formed on a sensor substrate, wherein the sensor substrate includes a sensor region and a pad region beside the sensor region, and the optical film stack covers the sensor region while exposes the pad region. A releasing pattern is formed on the pad region. A lens material layer is formed on the sensor substrate to cover the releasing pattern and the optical film stack. The releasing pattern is removed from the sensor substrate to expose the pad region by patterning the lens material layer to form a lens on the optical film stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Jui Hsieh, Po-Nan Chen, Ya-Jing Yang
  • Publication number: 20210337694
    Abstract: Information Handling Systems (IHSs), such as rack-mounted servers, may support various types of replaceable components that are installed in bays, such as storage drives and computing nodes. Some servers are constructed using a chassis that includes a front row of bays and an inner row of bays. In embodiments, in a closed position, the front row of bays conceals the inner row of bays until the front row of bays is rotated horizontally to an open position that provides access to the inner row of bays. The front row of bays may be divided into two banks of drive bays. The left and right banks of bays may be opened separately by rotating them horizontally about hinges connecting each bank to the chassis. By opening in this manner, the inner bays can be administered safely and limiting the forces placed on the chassis and the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Meng Ru Tsai, Kun-Nan Chen, Ting Chun Fong