Patents by Inventor Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih

Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih 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: 20200093426
    Abstract: A method and system of obstructed area determination for sleep apnea syndrome are disclosed. The method comprising obtaining a snoring signal from an individual; obtaining a spectrogram of the snoring signal based on short-time Fourier Transform; obtaining a snoring signal feature based on a harmonic wave of the spectrogram; and obtaining a collapse index by comparing the snoring signal feature against a snoring signal feature-collapse index correlation database. The present invention enables the diagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome and determination the obstructed area for the sleep apnea syndrome with only the snoring signal of an individual during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Chung CHANG, Leh-Kiong HUON, Van-Truong PHAM, Yunn-Jy CHEN, Tiffany Ting-Fang SHIH, Thi-Thao TRAN, Chen LIN, Men-Tzung LO, Pa-Chun WANG
  • Publication number: 20160331306
    Abstract: A method and system of obstructed area determination for sleep apnea syndrome are disclosed. The method comprising obtaining a snoring signal from an individual; obtaining a spectrogram of the snoring signal based on short-time Fourier Transform; obtaining a snoring signal feature based on a harmonic wave of the spectrogram; and obtaining a collapse index by comparing the snoring signal feature against a snoring signal feature-collapse index correlation database. The present invention enables the diagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome and determination the obstructed area for the sleep apnea syndrome with only the snoring signal of an individual during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yi-Chung CHANG, Leh-Kiong HUON, Van-Truong PHAM, Yunn-Jy CHEN, Tiffany Ting-Fang SHIH, Thi-Thao TRAN, Chen LIN, Men-Tzung LO, Pa-Chun WANG
  • Patent number: 8855741
    Abstract: A method of acquiring an image biomarker suitable for prognosis of a blood-related disease, such as acute myeloid leukemia, includes the steps of: (a) acquiring physical parameter sets, each including at least two parameters, respectively from time-signal intensity curves, these curves being respectively obtained from magnetic resonance image sets of different subjects; each of the image sets being acquired through MRI scanning using one of first and second configuration parameter sets; (b) analyzing the physical parameter sets thus acquired and (c) establishing a risk score function that is a sum of products of each of the physical parameters and the corresponding weight value, wherein a risk score obtained using the risk score function serves as the image biomarker suitable for prognosis of the blood-related disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Tiffany Ting-Fang Shih, Timothy K. Shih