Patents by Inventor Pi-Chuan Hung

Pi-Chuan Hung 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: 20090115574
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification tag is provided, comprising: memory, storing at least one item of specific identification data; a logic circuit, connected to the memory, comprising at least a port to receive a trigger signal from an external source, and retrieving one item of the specific identification data from the memory according to the trigger signal; and an antenna, connected to the logic circuit, transmitting the specific identification data retrieved by the logic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yung-Ping TIEN, Hui-Chuan CHEN, Pi-Chuan HUNG, Hsiao-Han CHANG, Wei-Hsuan SHIEH
  • Publication number: 20070162345
    Abstract: A tax refund system and method are disclosed. By the tax refund system of the present invention, a tax refund card embedded with memory is utilized to purchase merchandises in a tax-free shop so that the work of the tax-free shop can record the information relating to those purchased merchandises matching tax-refund regulations into the memory of the tax refund card for enabling the recorded information to be used as refund basis. The tax refund system and method can avoid the trouble of safekeeping many tax-return receipts while purchasing merchandises, and also it can facilitate tax refund procedure and thus enhanced the service convenience. Moreover, the tax refund card can be integrated with passports so that the certification of identity for tax-refund can be facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Pi-Chuan Hung, Chung-En Kao, Hui-Chuan Chen, I-Shinn Tien, Chii-Yah Yuan
  • Publication number: 20060282334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal shopping assistant system applying radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, i.e. an RFID-enabled personal shopping assistant system. The system of the invention is comprised of a plurality of trade articles, each having an RFID tag attached thereon, at least a mobile device, each having an RIFD reader, and a commodity database, by which a custom service program with real-time personal shopping assistant ability is established. By the RFID-enabled personal shopping assistant system of the invention, a relating method can be established for enabling a service provider to successfully acquire the shopping behavior of its customers so as to proceed with a responsive promotion just in time. Moreover, a consumer can also benefit from the method, that is, a consumer is enabled to rapidly query and obtain his favor goods with respect to his personal preference among a great amount of similar goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Chung-En Kao, Pi-Chuan Hung, Bo-Chen Wu, Li-Juen Tseng, Bing-Chen Kuo
  • Publication number: 20030061086
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and means for supporting transportations and distributions, which is the logistic system and means applied on the management of supporting T&D of delivering goods from a place to at least one other place. For system, which has plural systems for distribution plans of goods before distributions, monitoring, control and recording operations of goods in distributions and result evaluation operations of goods after distributions; the plural systems include a supporting T&D system, a distribution and returning process system and a transportation result management system. For means, which has plural modules as following: a basic data module, a distribution cost module, an geographic information system application module, a vehicle-arrangement and path plan module, a vehicle and driver assignment module, a monitoring and recording module, and a result management module. The modules may cooperate with general business enterprises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hui-Chuan Chen, Chih-Teng Chen, Pi-Chuan Hung, Chang-Lin Yang, Chung-En Kao, Jiin-Liuh Huang, Tsai-Sui Weng