Patents by Inventor Ren Chen

Ren 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: 11487293
    Abstract: A map-information obstacle-tracking system and a method thereof are provided. The system is installed in a vehicle. The method includes: using a vehicular dynamic positioning module to acquire a position of a vehicle, and using a map-information module to acquire map-information routes of an area neighboring the position of the vehicle; comparing position of the vehicle with the map-information routes to find out candidate routes in the moving direction of the vehicle; determining one of the candidate routes where said obstacle appears, and predicting a moving trajectory of the obstacle; estimating and outputting a position of the obstacle. The present invention is characterized in using map-information and able to acquire the curvature and slope of the front curved lane. Therefore, the present invention can improve the precision of the obstacle position and stabilizes the accuracy of detecting an obstacle in a curved lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Testing Center
    Inventors: Ying-Ren Chen, Siang-Min Siao
  • Publication number: 20220328720
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, including: providing a substrate structure including a base portion and wherein the base portion includes a surface; performing a patterning step to form a plurality of protrusions, wherein the plurality of protrusions are arranged on the surface of the base portion; forming a buffer layer on the surface of the base portion by physical vapor deposition, wherein the buffer layer covers the protrusions; and forming III-V compound semiconductor layers on the buffer layer; wherein one of the plurality of protrusions has a height not greater than 1.5 ?m; and wherein the light-emitting device has a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of smaller than 250 arcsec in accordance with a (102) XRD rocking curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Peng Ren CHEN, Yu-Shan CHIU, Wen-Hsiang LIN, Shih-Wei WANG, Chen OU
  • Patent number: 11469198
    Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method including: simultaneously forming a plurality of conductive bumps respectively on a plurality of formation sites by adjusting a forming factor in accordance with an environmental density associated with each formation site; wherein the plurality of conductive bumps including an inter-bump height uniformity smaller than a value, and the environmental density is determined by a number of neighboring formation sites around each formation site in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ho Tsai, Jyun-Hong Chen, Chun-Chen Liu, Yu-Nu Hsu, Peng-Ren Chen, Wen-Hao Cheng, Chi-Ming Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220320827
    Abstract: A photonic crystal surface emitting laser device including at least one photonic crystal surface emitting laser unit is provided. The photonic crystal surface emitting laser unit includes a light-emitting layer, a photonic crystal layer, a doped semiconductor layer, and a diffractive grating. The light-emitting layer is configured to emit a light beam. The photonic crystal layer is disposed on one side of the light-emitting layer. The doped layer is disposed on another side of the light-emitting layer. The diffractive grating is disposed on the photonic crystal layer or the doped semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Phosertek Corporation
    Inventors: Lih-Ren Chen, Kuo-Bin Hong, Tien-Chang Lu, Chien-Hung Lin, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Kuan-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 11449927
    Abstract: Device and method for implementing a vehicle sharing reward program. The present invention provides for a cost-sharing plan where two or more constituencies share the rental cost associated with a user who rents a shared vehicle in a vehicle sharing program. This results in a reimbursement of the rental cost to the user. When enrolling in the vehicle sharing reward program, the user is given a health prescription to adhere to on any trip taken while using a shared vehicle. On a selected travel route, the user visits a vehicle sharing station, where the sharing station includes a kiosk that the user uses to check-in and upload relevant information such as distance traveled and locations visited. By complying with the health prescription issued to the user, the user can have its total rental cost reimbursed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Chen, Jian-Ren Chen, Su-Chen Huang, June-Ray Lin
  • Publication number: 20220285224
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a spacer over a side of the gate stack. The semiconductor device structure includes a dielectric layer over the substrate. The dielectric layer has a first recess, the dielectric layer has an upper portion and a first lower portion, the upper portion is over the first recess, the first recess is between the first lower portion and the spacer, and the upper portion has a convex curved sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Heng TSAI, Chun-Sheng LIANG, Pei-Lin WU, Yi-Ren CHEN, Shih-Hsun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220277208
    Abstract: A computer system and computer-implemented techniques for determining crop harvest times during a growing season based upon hybrid seed properties, weather conditions, and geo-location of planted fields is provided. In an embodiment, determining crop harvest times for corn fields may be accomplished using a server computer system that receives over a digital communication network, electronic digital data representing hybrid seed properties, including seed type and relative maturity, and weather data for the specific geo-location of the agricultural field. Weather data includes temperature, humidity, and dew point for a specified period of days. Using digitally programmed equilibrium moisture content logic within the computer system to create and store, in computer memory, an equilibrium moisture content time series for the specific geo-location that is based upon weather data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Climate LLC
    Inventors: Jiunn-Ren CHEN, Ying XU
  • Patent number: 11417588
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of vias and a metal layer. The vias disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The metal layer has a plurality of metal lines and at least one transmission gate line region. The metal lines are connected to the vias. The at least one transmission gate line region is connected to at least one transmission gate corresponding to at least one transmission gate circuit. The transmission gate line region includes at least one different-net via pair. The different-net via pair has two metal lines and each of the two metal lines is connected to a via respectively. The two metal lines extend along a first axis but toward opposite directions. A distance between the two vias of the different-net via pair is within about 1.5 poly pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Ren Chen, Chih-Liang Chen, Wei-Ling Chang, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Li-Chun Tien
  • Patent number: 11409999
    Abstract: A method of labelling features for image recognition and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes inputting an image to be recognized to an image recognition model to obtain a classification result; obtaining a plurality of recognized features and positions of the recognized features from the image to be recognized based on activation maps respectively corresponding to a plurality of preset features in the classification result; and labelling the recognized features and the positions of the recognized features activating the classification result. Accordingly, the features determined by the image recognition model can be showed clearly by the method of labelling features for image recognition and the apparatus thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Guan-An Chen, Jian-Ren Chen
  • Patent number: 11398583
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, includes a substrate structure, including a base portion having a surface and a plurality of protrusions regularly formed on the base portion; a buffer layer covering the plurality of protrusions and the surface; and III-V compound semiconductor layers formed on the buffer layer; wherein one of the plurality of protrusions includes a first portion and a second portion formed on the first portion and the first portion is integrated with the base portion; and wherein the base portion includes a first material and the first portion includes the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peng Ren Chen, Yu-Shan Chiu, Wen-Hsiang Lin, Shih-Wei Wang, Chen Ou
  • Publication number: 20220206516
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling fluid flow, including a temperature sensitive material, having a first physical property at a first temperature and a second physical property at a second temperature, a device for controlling fluid flow, and a device for connecting the temperature sensitive material to the fluid flow control device. The connecting device may be configured so that the fluid flow control device is in a first position at the first temperature and in a second position at a second temperature. The temperature sensitive material may be aluminum wire or stainless steel wire. The temperature sensitive material may have the shape of an Archimedean spiral. The connecting device may be a motion amplifier. The first temperature may be a cryogenic temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Ren Chen, Hai-Da Chen
  • Publication number: 20220192586
    Abstract: A wound multiple sensing method, including: calculating the similarity between the current data sequence and each of the case-data sequences in each of the reference cases; selecting the case-data sequence which has the greatest similarity with the current data sequence, from the case-data sequences in each of the reference cases, to be a similar case-data sequence in each of the reference cases, wherein each similar case-data sequence corresponds to a similar case treatment; performing a multiple regression analysis using the similar case-data sequences and the similar case treatments to calculate a fitness function, wherein the dependent variable of the fitness function is a wound change; performing a parameter optimization algorithm using the current data sequence and the fitness function to calculate an optimal treatment which maximizes the wound change, and to calculate an expected wound change value that corresponds to the optimal treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yue-Min JIANG, Jian-Hong LIU, Shang-Chih HUNG, Ho-Hsin LEE, Jian-Ren CHEN, Min-Yi HSIEH, Ren-Guey LEE
  • Patent number: 11362515
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge protection circuit having false-trigger prevention mechanism. A RC circuit, including an input control terminal, is coupled between an electrostatic discharge input terminal for receiving an input power and a ground terminal. An inverter includes a P-type transistor circuit, including P-type transistors coupled between the electrostatic discharge input terminal and an output control terminal in series and having an internal connection terminal between two of the P-type transistors, and an N-type transistor, coupled between the output control terminal and the ground terminal. Gates of the P-type and N-type transistors are controlled by the input control terminal A switch transistor, having the gate controlled by the input control terminal, is coupled between the internal connection terminal and the ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Hsin Liao, Jyun-Ren Chen, Tay-Her Tsaur, Po-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 11348841
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate, wherein the gate stack has a first portion and a second portion under the first portion, and the first portion is wider than the second portion. The semiconductor device structure includes a first spacer and a second spacer over opposite sides of the gate stack. The first spacer has a first upper portion and a first lower portion, the second spacer has a second upper portion and a second lower portion. The first spacer has a first recess, the first upper portion is between the first recess and the gate stack, the first lower portion is under the first recess, and the first recess has a first inner wall facing away from the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Heng Tsai, Chun-Sheng Liang, Pei-Lin Wu, Yi-Ren Chen, Shih-Hsun Chang
  • Publication number: 20220163970
    Abstract: A map-information obstacle-tracking system and a method thereof are provided. The system is installed in a vehicle. The method includes: using a vehicular dynamic positioning module to acquire a position of a vehicle, and using a map-information module to acquire map-information routes of an area neighboring the position of the vehicle; comparing position of the vehicle with the map-information routes to find out candidate routes in the moving direction of the vehicle; determining one of the candidate routes where said obstacle appears, and predicting a moving trajectory of the obstacle; estimating and outputting a position of the obstacle. The present invention is characterized in using map-information and able to acquire the curvature and slope of the front curved lane. Therefore, the present invention can improve the precision of the obstacle position and stabilizes the accuracy of detecting an obstacle in a curved lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: YING-REN CHEN, SIANG-MIN SIAO
  • Publication number: 20220158445
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge protection circuit having time-extended discharging mechanism. A RC circuit is coupled between an ESD input terminal that receives an ESD input and a ground terminal and includes an input control terminal. An inverter includes a P-type transistor coupled between the ESD input terminal and an output control terminal and an N-type transistor circuit including N-type transistors coupled in series and between the output control terminal and a ground terminal, wherein two of the N-type transistors has an internal connection terminal. Gates of the P-type transistor and N-type transistors are controlled by the input control terminal. A switch transistor is coupled between the ESD input terminal and the internal connection terminal. A discharging transistor is coupled between the ESD input terminal and the ground terminal. The gates of the switch transistor and the discharging transistor are controlled by the output control terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: SHIH-HSIN LIAO, JYUN-REN CHEN, TAY-HER TSAUR, PO-CHING LIN
  • Patent number: 11320710
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate including a substrate, data lines, gate lines, pixels, and transfer lines is provided. The data lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a second direction interlaced with the first direction. The pixels are disposed on the substrate, each of which includes an active device electrically connected to one of the data lines and one of the gate lines and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The transfer lines are arranged in the first direction and electrically connected to the gate lines, respectively. The pixels include first pixels. In a top view of the pixel array substrate, at least one of the pixel electrodes of the first pixels is partially overlapped with one of the transfer lines. A driving method of a pixel array substrate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Tse Lee, Sheng-Yen Cheng, Yueh-Hung Chung, Kuang-Hsiang Liao, Yang-Chun Lee, Yan-Kai Wang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Yi-Ren Chen, Hung-Che Lin, Sheng-Ju Ho, Chien-Huang Liao, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Patent number: 11307795
    Abstract: An electronic processing device including a memory and a Micro Control Unit (MCU) is provided. The memory includes a first memory block and a second memory block. The MCU executes first program code stored in the first memory block to write an update program code into the second memory block, and remaps a base address for a reboot of the electronic processing device from the first memory block to the second memory block in response to successfully writing the update program code into the second memory block. After that, the MCU triggers the reboot of the electronic processing device to execute the update program code stored in the second memory block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pin-Ren Chen, Tzu-Lan Shen
  • Publication number: 20220115865
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrostatic discharge protection circuit having false-trigger prevention mechanism. A RC circuit, including an input control terminal, is coupled between an electrostatic discharge input terminal for receiving an input power and a ground terminal An inverter includes a P-type transistor circuit, including P-type transistors coupled between the electrostatic discharge input terminal and an output control terminal in series and having an internal connection terminal between two of the P-type transistors, and an N-type transistor, coupled between the output control terminal and the ground terminal. Gates of the P-type and N-type transistors are controlled by the input control terminal A switch transistor, having the gate controlled by the input control terminal, is coupled between the internal connection terminal and the ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: SHIH-HSIN LIAO, JYUN-REN CHEN, TAY-HER TSAUR, PO-CHING LIN
  • Patent number: 11260345
    Abstract: A desiccant wheel is provided to be rotatable. Through the body of the wheel or a surface adsorbent, water vapor in humid air flow is adsorbed. By passing a high-temperature air flow through the wheel, the body or surface coating is regenerated with moisture removed. Along a cross-section radial, the wheel is divided into different areas. The body has three-dimensionally inter-connected pores. The pores can be of different types. The wheel is a complete concentric cylinder or a concentric cylinder comprising equal or unequal sectors. The equal or unequal sectors are separated with each other. The wheel can rotate at a fixed speed for continually repeating a process of adsorbing, transiting, and regenerating. Thereby, drying can be carried out without causing physical or chemical change to heat-sensitive material, which also improves drying efficiency, reduces size, lowers power consumption, and helps in carbon reduction for industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Heng Yi Li, Tsair-Fuh Huang, Sheng-Fu Yang, Po-Hsiu Kuo, Yu-Ren Chen, How-Ming Lee, To-Mei Wang