Patents by Inventor Shyang-Jye Chang

Shyang-Jye Chang 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: 20140350647
    Abstract: An electromagnetic hyperthermia assembly includes: a substrate; a plurality of hyperthermia needles each having a needle portion that extends through and downwardly from the substrate and that has a needle tip distal from the substrate; and a guiding plate having a plurality of through holes. The needle portions of the hyperthermia needles respectively and removably extend through the through holes such that the guiding plate is movable along the needle portions and between the substrate and the needle tips of the needle portions. The through holes keep the needle tips spaced apart from each other at predetermined positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Yi-San CHANG, Tsung-Chih YU, Xi-Zhang LIN, Sheng-Jye HWANG, Ying-Jui CHAO, Syuan-Fong CHEN, Guan-Cheng CHEN, Tung-Chieh YANG, Shyang-Jye CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140350538
    Abstract: A coil-integrated pad assembly for inductively heating a hyperthermia needle device includes a barrier pad and an electromagnetic unit. The barrier pad is adapted to be inserted into a patient's body and to be placed between the hyperthermia needle device and a non-target tissue of the patient's body when the hyperthermia needle device penetrates a target tissue. The electromagnetic unit has a coil that is at least partially disposed in the barrier pad and that is electrifiable to generate a magnetic field sufficient to inductively heat the hyperthermia needle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Yi-San CHANG, Tsung-Chih YU, Xi-Zhang LIN, Sheng-Jye HWANG, Ying-Jui CHAO, Syuan-Fong CHEN, Guan-Cheng CHEN, Tung-Chieh YANG, Shyang-Jye CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140296838
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) heating device includes a flexible pad, a plurality of electrodes and an RF generator unit. The electrodes are disposed on one side of the flexible pad for emitting an RF energy. The RF generator unit is electrically connected to the electrodes for providing the electrodes with the RF energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: YI-SAN CHANG, SHIH-HUA HUANG, YU-SUNG HSIEH, SHYANG-JYE CHANG, SHEAU-CHIOU CHAO
  • Patent number: 8467963
    Abstract: A map building system, method and computer readable media thereof are provided, which are applied to a movable apparatus or which with a server apparatus. The system includes at least two distance sensing units, a inertial sensing unit, a parameter processing unit, and a display unit. The distance sensing units detect a distance between the movable device and at least one obstacle object and create at least two range data. The inertial sensing unit detects moving mode of the movable device and creates at least one moving data. The parameter processing unit calculates an area map data according the range data and the moving data. The area map data is shown on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chen, Shyang-Jye Chang, Kuo-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20130103016
    Abstract: An automatic beauty therapy equipment contains a displacement driving device including a pedestal to be driven by a displacing mechanism so as to move straightly or curvedly in a first-axis direction, a second-axis direction, and a third-axis direction; a therapy device including a therapy element fixed in the pedestal; a controlling device including a controller electrically connecting with the displacement diving device and the therapy device, the controller being used to control the displacement driving device to urge the therapy element of the therapy device to move straightly or curvedly within a therapy area in the first-axis, the second-axis, and the third-axis directions, and the controller being served to set a therapy area so that the therapy element is driven to move vertically and swing with a curved profile of the therapy area to have a precise and stable beauty therapy in the therapy area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Yi-San CHANG, Che-Chang Hsu, Shyang-Jye Chang, Sheau-Chiou Chao
  • Patent number: 8275141
    Abstract: A noise reduction system and a noise reduction method are provided. The noise reduction system comprises a uni-directional microphone, an omni-directional microphone and a signal processing module. The signal processing module comprises an adaptive noise control (ANC) unit, a main noise reduction unit and an optimizing unit. The uni-directional microphone senses a first audio source to output a first audio signal, and the omni-directional microphone senses a second audio source to output a second audio signal. The ANC unit executes an adaptive noise control to output an estimated signal according to the first audio signal and the second audio signal. The main noise reduction unit executes a main noise reduction process to output a de-noise speech signal according to the estimated signal and the second audio signal. The optimizing unit executes an optimizing process to output an optimized speech signal according to the de-noise speech signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Pan, Min-Qiao Lu, Jiun-Bin Huang, Shyang-Jye Chang
  • Patent number: 8269624
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus is disclosed, which comprises: a position detection module, including an inertial sensor, a magnetometer, and a global positioning device, being used for detection a movement of an object and thus generating a positioning signal accordingly; wherein the positioning signal is transmitted to a control unit and then to a signal processing device where it is being processed and converted into an angular/displacement signal to be transmitted to a monitoring device by way of a signal transmission device for enabling the monitoring device to track the movement of the object. In a preferred embodiment, both of the monitoring device and the signal transmission device are respectively being configured with a displaying unit for displaying the movement of the object. In addition, the positioning apparatus further comprises an identity module, for providing a unique identification code to the object to be used for identifying the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chen, Shyang-Jye Chang, Sheng-Chih Shen, Ren-Yuan Yu, Shih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 8180563
    Abstract: A method for modifying navigation information is provided in the present invention. The method comprises steps of detecting a status information with respect to a moving carrier guiding by a navigating route; comparing the status information with a characteristic information corresponding to a characteristic point on the navigating route; and finally, determining whether the moving carrier is passing the characteristic point according to the comparing result and modifying the coordinate position of the carrier. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides a navigating apparatus comprising a sensing module for detecting the status of the moving carrier, a signal processing unit, and a storage unit for storing a map information. The signal processing unit comparing the status information to the characteristic information with respect to the characteristic point on the navigating route, and modifying the deviation of the moving carrier to the modify location according to the comparing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shyang-Jye Chang, Yung-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20110153196
    Abstract: A map building system, method and computer readable media thereof are provided, which are applied to a movable apparatus or which with a server apparatus. The system includes at least two distance sensing units, a inertial sensing unit, a parameter processing unit, and a display unit. The distance sensing units detect a distance between the movable device and at least one obstacle object and create at least two range data. The inertial sensing unit detects moving mode of the movable device and creates at least one moving data. The parameter processing unit calculates an area map data according the range data and the moving data. The area map data is shown on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chen, Shyang-Jye Chang, Kuo-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20110103603
    Abstract: A noise reduction system and a noise reduction method are provided. The noise reduction system comprises a uni-directional microphone, an omni-directional microphone and a signal processing module. The signal processing module comprises an adaptive noise control (ANC) unit, a main noise reduction unit and an optimizing unit. The uni-directional microphone senses a first audio source to output a first audio signal, and the omni-directional microphone senses a second audio source to output a second audio signal. The ANC unit executes an adaptive noise control to output an estimated signal according to the first audio signal and the second audio signal. The main noise reduction unit executes a main noise reduction process to output a de-noise speech signal according to the estimated signal and the second audio signal. The optimizing unit executes an optimizing process to output an optimized speech signal according to the de-noise speech signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Pan, Min-Qiao Lu, Jiun-Bin Huang, Shyang-Jye Chang
  • Publication number: 20110103612
    Abstract: An indoor sound receiving system and an indoor sound receiving method are provided. The indoor sound receiving system comprises a microphone array, a path function database, a sound tracking unit, a path function selecting unit and a signal processing unit. The microphone array senses at least one primary sound source to output a plurality of microphones sensing signals. The path function database stores a plurality of sets of path functions. The sound tracking unit locates a primary sound source region according to a plurality of microphones sensing signals. The path function selecting unit selects a set of path functions corresponding to the primary sound source region as a set of primary sound source path functions from the path function database. The signal processing unit executes an audio enhancement process to output an enhanced speech signal according to the set of primary sound source path functions and the microphone sensing signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yang-Ming Chou, Shyang-Jye Chang, Yung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 7920335
    Abstract: A movable lens module includes a plate type piezoelectric driving unit, a movable stage, a lens base and a lens group. The movable stage is in contact with the plate type piezoelectric driving unit, and is driven by the plate type piezoelectric driving unit to move. The lens base is disposed on the movable stage. The lens group includes at least one lens installed in the lens base. An optical lens module can be assembled by components of the movable lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Wang, Shyang-Jye Chang, Chien-Shien Yeh
  • Patent number: 7825898
    Abstract: An inertial sensing input apparatus is disclosed in the invention, comprising: a housing; a first inertial part, coupled to a circuit substrate received in the housing, for detecting a motion measured with respect to a second axis and a third axis of a space and also for detecting a motion measured along a first axis of a plane; a second inertial part, coupled to the circuit substrate, for detecting a motion measured with respect to a first axis of the space and also for optionally detecting a motion measured along a second axis of the plane; and a micro-controller, coupled to the circuit substrate, capable of converting electrical signals received from the first and the second inertial parts into a displacement signal while transmitting the displacement signal to an electronic display device by a means of transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Ren-Yuan Yu, Chin-Lin Hsieh, Shyang-Jye Chang, Hsiang-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 7821494
    Abstract: An inertial mouse is disclosed in the invention, comprising: a housing; a first inertial part, coupled to a circuit substrate received in the housing, for detecting a motion measured with respect to a second axis and a third axis of a space and also for detecting a motion measured along a first axis of a plane; a second inertial part, coupled to the circuit substrate, for detecting a motion measured with respect to a first axis of the space and also for optionally detecting a motion measured along a second axis of the plane; and a micro-controller, coupled to the circuit substrate, capable of converting electrical signals received from the first and the second inertial parts or cells into a displacement signal while transmitting the displacement signal to an electronic display device by a means of transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Jye Tsai, Shun-Nan Liou, Ren-Yuan Yu, Chin-Lin Hsieh, Shyang-Jye Chang, Hsiang-Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 7800651
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image-stabilization driving device including a first sliding member connected to an image sensor; a first piezoelectrical element for driving the first sliding member to move linearly along a first direction; a second sliding member connected to the first piezoelectrical element; and a second piezoelectrical element for driving the second sliding member to move linearly along a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The first and second piezoelectrical elements are adapted to drive the image sensor to move in a plane, thereby providing a structurally simple and miniaturized image-stabilization driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shyang-Jye Chang, Yu-Jen Wang, Yi-Cheng Chen, Tai-Feng Wu
  • Publication number: 20100131198
    Abstract: A method for modifying navigation information is provided in the present invention. The method comprises steps of detecting a status information with respect to a moving carrier guiding by a navigating route; comparing the status information with a characteristic information corresponding to a characteristic point on the navigating route; and finally, determining whether the moving carrier is passing the characteristic point according to the comparing result and modifying the coordinate position of the carrier. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides a navigating apparatus comprising a sensing module for detecting the status of the moving carrier, a signal processing unit, and a storage unit for storing a map information. The signal processing unit comparing the status information to the characteristic information with respect to the characteristic point on the navigating route, and modifying the deviation of the moving carrier to the modify location according to the comparing result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shyang-Jye Chang, Yung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 7679601
    Abstract: An input means adapted for an interactive device is disclosed, which comprises: an inertial sensing module, for detecting a gesture movement of a user and thus generating a gesture signal accordingly; a multifunctional keypad, having at least a key to be selected and pressed for generating a selecting signal accordingly; a control unit, for fetching the selecting signal and the gesture signal and thus generating a control signal corresponding thereto; a signal processing unit, for receiving and processing the control signal so as to generate an interactive signal and then sending the interactive signal to the control unit; and a wireless transmission module, being used to transmit the interactive signal of the control unit to the interactive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shyang-Jye Chang, Ming-Jye Tsai, Chi-Liang Chen, Shun-Nan Liou
  • Publication number: 20090279186
    Abstract: A movable lens module includes a plate type piezoelectric driving unit, a movable stage, a lens base and a lens group. The movable stage is in contact with the plate type piezoelectric driving unit, and is driven by the plate type piezoelectric driving unit to move. The lens base is disposed on the movable stage. The lens group includes at least one lens installed in the lens base. An optical lens module can be assembled by components of the movable lens module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Wang, Shyang-Jye Chang, Chien-Shien Yeh
  • Publication number: 20090271113
    Abstract: A method for modifying navigation information for guiding the driver is provided in the present invention, in which attitude angle of a carrier at a specific location is detected and compared with an identifying information for judging whether the carrier is on a correct route or not. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides a navigation apparatus according the foregoing method, which comprises an inertia navigation unit, a satellite signal receiving unit, a database, and signal processing unit. The signal processing unit generates a navigation route in accordance with the start and destination and determines whether the attitude angle is conformed to the identifying information with respect to the specific location on the navigation route. If the attitude angle is not conformed to the identifying information, the signal processing unit remodifies the navigation route for the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: SHYANG-JYE CHANG, Yung-yu Chen, Wei-ting Kuo
  • Publication number: 20080158052
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus is disclosed, which comprises: a position detection module, including an inertial sensor, a magnetometer, and a global positioning device, being used for detection a movement of an object and thus generating a positioning signal accordingly; wherein the positioning signal is transmitted to a control unit and then to a signal processing device where it is being processed and converted into an angular/displacement signal to be transmitted to a monitoring device by way of a signal transmission device for enabling the monitoring device to track the movement of the object. In a preferred embodiment, both of the monitoring device and the signal transmission device are respectively being configured with a displaying unit for displaying the movement of the object. In addition, the positioning apparatus further comprises an identity module, for providing a unique identification code to the object to be used for identifying the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Yung-Yu Chen, Shyang-Jye Chang, Sheng-Chih Shen, Ren-Yuan Yu, Shih-Hao Wang