Patents by Inventor Tzyy-Sheng Horng
Tzyy-Sheng Horng 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).
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Publication number: 20190365244Abstract: In non-contact pulse transit time measurement system of the present invention, two continuous-wave radars are provided to detect movements at two positions on a subject for use in measuring pulse transit time. The measurement of the pulse transit time can be continuous and last for a long time because there is no contact to skin necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Mu-Cyun Tang, Chien-Min Liao
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Patent number: 10413210Abstract: A non-contact vital sign monitoring system transmits wireless signals to the same side of a biological subject via two antennas with different gains, and the two antennas receive two reflected signals from the biological subject with random body movement. Under a proper setup of the two antennas, the two reflected signals can be adjusted by an amplitude and phase adjusting unit to have the Doppler shift components caused by body movement with equal magnitude and out of phase and the Doppler shift components caused by vital signs with different magnitude. Therefore, the random body movement effect can be cancelled based on the relation between the two reflected signals in using the system to monitor the vital signs of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Mu-Cyun Tang, Chao-Yun Kuo
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Patent number: 10281561Abstract: A quadrature self-injection-locked radar utilizes a phase shifter to make a oscillation signal operating in two phase modes, and utilizes a frequency demodulator for frequency demodulation and a signal processor for signal processing to eliminate the nonlinear distortion caused by self-injection locked phenomenon. Therefore, the self-injection locked radar can be applied to more cases for detecting displacement variations with any range.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Fu-Kang Wang, Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Mu-Cyun Tang
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Publication number: 20180357474Abstract: A 3-D path detection system includes an image capture device, a radar device and a computing module. The image capture device is provided to produce a dynamic image for calculating the x- and y-direction (transverse) pixel-value displacements according to a captured moving object image. The radar device is configured to transmit an input wireless signal to a moving object and receive a reflection signal from the moving object, and is configured to calculate a z-direction (longitudinal) displacement of the moving object according to a Doppler shift in the reflection signal. The computing module is configured to construct a 3-D path of the moving object according to the x- and y-direction pixel-value displacements of the moving object image and the z-direction displacement of the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Chia-Hung Yeh, Fu-Kang Wang, Mu-Cyun Tang, Chien-Lun Chen, Min-Hui Lin
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Publication number: 20180338730Abstract: A vital sign detection system includes a radar device, a nonreciprocal network, a first antenna and a second antenna. An output signal from the radar device is delivered to the first antenna via the nonreciprocal network and then transmitted to a first side of a biological subject via the first antenna. A first reflection signal from the first side of the biological subject is received by the first antenna and then delivered to the second antenna via the nonreciprocal network and then transmitted to a second side of the biological subject via the second antenna. A second reflection signal from the second side of the biological subject is received by the second antenna and then delivered to the radar device via the nonreciprocal network for vital sign detection with random body movement cancellation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Mu-Cyun Tang
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Publication number: 20180224526Abstract: A quadrature self-injection-locked radar utilizes a phase shifter to make a oscillation signal operating in two phase modes, and utilizes a frequency demodulator for frequency demodulation and a signal processor for signal processing to eliminate the nonlinear distortion caused by self-injection locked phenomenon. Therefore, the self-injection locked radar can be applied to more cases for detecting displacement variations with any range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Fu-Kang Wang, Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Mu-Cyun Tang
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Publication number: 20180078166Abstract: A non-contact vital sign monitoring system transmits wireless signals to the same side of a biological subject via two antennas with different gains, and the two antennas receive two reflected signals from the biological subject with random body movement. Under a proper setup of the two antennas, the two reflected signals can be adjusted by an amplitude and phase adjusting unit to have the Doppler shift components caused by body movement with equal magnitude and out of phase and the Doppler shift components caused by vital signs with different magnitude. Therefore, the random body movement effect can be cancelled based on the relation between the two reflected signals in using the system to monitor the vital signs of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Mu-Cyun Tang, Chao-Yun Kuo
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Publication number: 20180083358Abstract: An active phase switchable array includes a plurality of antenna elements and a bias circuit. Each of the radar elements includes an antenna, a power coupling network and an injection-locked oscillator (ILO), and each of the antenna elements is coupled with each other through the power coupling networks for operating the ILO of each of the antenna elements in self- and mutual-injection-locked states. The antenna elements in self-injection-locked state are utilized to detect the vital signs of subjects, and the antenna elements in mutual-injection-locked state are utilized to produce phase difference between the radiating signals of the antenna elements for forming a beam. As a result, the active phase switchable array can simultaneously detect the vital signs of multiple subjects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Fu-Kang Wang, Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Lih-Tynh Hwang, Chung-Yi Hsu, Cho-Ying Chuang
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Patent number: 9846226Abstract: A motion detection device is provided. The motion detection device includes a first antenna, a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase detector and a signal processing unit. The first antenna receives a first signal generated by a second signal reflected by a target object, so as to output the first signal to the phase detector or the voltage-controlled oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator receives first signal or the second signal and receives a frequency adjustment signal, so as to generate an oscillating signal according to the frequency adjustment signal and the one of the first signal and the second signal. The phase detector receives the oscillating signal and another one of the first signal and the second signal, and generates a first phase output signal and a second phase output signal. The signal processing unit estimates motion parameters of the target object according to the first and the second phase output signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: National Sun Yat-sen UniversityInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Yen-Chen Chiu
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Patent number: 9603555Abstract: A motion/vibration detection system and method therefore are provided. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a transmit/receive antenna unit and a first oscillator. The receiver includes a receiving unit and a demodulation unit. The transmit/receive antenna unit receives an output signal from the first oscillator and transmits a detection signal. The detection signal is reflected from at least one object under detection into a reflected detection signal, which is received by the transmit/receive antenna unit. The transmit/receive antenna unit injects the reflected detection signal into the first oscillator and accordingly the first oscillator is under a self-injection locking mode. The receiving unit receives the detection signal. The demodulation unit demodulates the detection signal received by the receiving unit into a baseband output signal, to extract at least one motion/vibration information of the objection under detection.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignees: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Kang-Chun Peng
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Patent number: 9529027Abstract: A method for estimating PCB radiated emissions includes providing a BCI probe and a vector network analyzer; performing a calibration step; performing a measurement step; and performing an estimation step. A transfer impedance of the BCI probe is measured via a clamping device in the procedure of performing a calibration step. A measurement-input transfer function of an object and an output-input transfer function of the object are measured via the BCI probe in the procedure of performing a measurement step. Eventually, radiated emissions of the object can be estimated according to the measurement-input transfer function, the output-input transfer function and the transfer impedance in the procedure of performing an estimation step. The present invention accurately estimates radiated emissions of the object with low cost and high speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Cheng-Yu Ho, Kai-Syuan Chen
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Patent number: 9423496Abstract: A wireless detection device is provided, comprising a voltage control oscillation unit, a transceiving unit, demodulation unit and processing unit. The voltage control oscillation unit generates different oscillation signals according to analog control voltages and corresponding injection signals. The transceiving unit outputs first wireless signals to a predetermined area according to the oscillation signals and receives second wireless signals generated by reflection of the first wireless signals to generate the injection signal. The demodulation unit demodulates the oscillation signals into first voltage signals. The processing unit subtracts the corresponding analog control voltages from the first voltage signals to generate second voltage signals, and when the variation of the second voltage signals exceeds a predetermined value on a target frequency in frequency domain, the processing unit calculates a real distance between an object and the transceiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Kang-Chun Peng
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Publication number: 20160187475Abstract: A motion detection device is provided. The motion detection device includes a first antenna, a voltage-controlled oscillator, a phase detector and a signal processing unit. The first antenna receives a first signal generated by a second signal reflected by a target object, so as to output the first signal to the phase detector or the voltage-controlled oscillator. The voltage-controlled oscillator receives first signal or the second signal and receives a frequency adjustment signal, so as to generate an oscillating signal according to the frequency adjustment signal and the one of the first signal and the second signal. The phase detector receives the oscillating signal and another one of the first signal and the second signal, and generates a first phase output signal and a second phase output signal. The signal processing unit estimates motion parameters of the target object according to the first and the second phase output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Yen-Chen Chiu
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Patent number: 9375153Abstract: A motion/vibration sensor includes a transmit/receive antenna unit, an oscillation unit and a frequency-mixing unit. The transmit/receive antenna unit receives an output signal from the oscillation unit and transmits a detection signal toward at least one object. The detection signal is reflected by the object as a reflected detection signal and received by the transmit/receive antenna unit. The oscillation unit receives the reflected detection signal from the transmit/receive antenna unit for self-injection locking; and the frequency-mixing unit receives the reflected detection signal from the transmit/receive antenna unit for frequency demodulation. The frequency-mixing unit mixes and demodulates the reflected detection signal from the transmit/receive antenna unit with the output signal from the oscillation unit into a baseband output signal which represents a motion/vibration information.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Fu-Kang Wang, Kang-Chun Peng
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Patent number: 9369091Abstract: A dual feedback low noise amplifier includes a negative-feedback capacitive mutual-coupled common-gate amplifier of parallel-input parallel-output (PIPO) composed of a first transistor, a second transistor, a first coupling capacitor and a second coupling capacitor and a positive-feedback common-gate amplifier of parallel-input parallel-output (PIPO) composed of the first transistor, the second transistor, a first transformer and a second transformer. By means of dual feedback, the transconductance gain of the dual feedback low noise amplifier is increased, and the noise figure of the dual feedback low noise amplifier is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
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Patent number: 9276548Abstract: Provided are a stacked LC resonator and a band pass filter using the same. The stacked LC resonator includes a flat metal base layer; a plurality of spiral inductors disposed layer by layer, corresponding to the flat metal base layer; and a plurality of dielectric layers, formed between the spiral inductors, and between the flat metal base layer and the spiral inductor corresponding to the flat metal base layer. The band pass filter includes two resonators with symmetrical structures, wherein the spiral inductors of the two resonators are disposed corresponding to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Chien-Hsun Chen, Chien-Hsiang Huang, Sung-Mao Wu
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Publication number: 20150214900Abstract: A dual feedback low noise amplifier includes a negative-feedback capacitive mutual-coupled common-gate amplifier of parallel-input parallel-output (PIPO) composed of a first transistor, a second transistor, a first coupling capacitor and a second coupling capacitor and a positive-feedback common-gate amplifier of parallel-input parallel-output (PIPO) composed of the first transistor, the second transistor, a first transformer and a second transformer. By means of dual feedback, the transconductance gain of the dual feedback low noise amplifier is increased, and the noise figure of the dual feedback low noise amplifier is decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
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Publication number: 20150207499Abstract: A frequency shift-keying reader circuit includes a band-pass filter, a low noise amplifier, a first balun, an injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider, a sub-harmonic mixer and a low-pass filter. The band-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to a radio frequency signal, wherein the filtered radio-frequency signal is received by the low noise amplifier to provide an injection signal, and the injection signal is received by the first balun to generate a first differential signal and a second differential signal. The injection signal is received by the injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider to provide a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal, wherein the first differential signal, the second differential signal, the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal are received by the sub-harmonic mixer for performing a mixing procedure and thereafter generating an output signal, the low-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
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Patent number: 9088272Abstract: A frequency shift-keying reader circuit includes a band-pass filter, a low noise amplifier, a first balun, an injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider, a sub-harmonic mixer and a low-pass filter. The band-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to a radio frequency signal, wherein the filtered radio-frequency signal is received by the low noise amplifier to provide an injection signal, and the injection signal is received by the first balun to generate a first differential signal and a second differential signal. The injection signal is received by the injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider to provide a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal, wherein the first differential signal, the second differential signal, the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal are received by the sub-harmonic mixer for performing a mixing procedure and thereafter generating an output signal, the low-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
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Patent number: 9059519Abstract: A multi-input and multi-output antenna device is disclosed. The MIMO antenna device comprises two antennas symmetrically disposed on a substrate. Each antenna comprises a T-shaped feeding unit, a radiation unit and a ground unit. The T-shaped feeding unit and the radiation unit are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The T-shaped feeding unit forms a strip portion and a top portion. The radiation unit has first and second ends. The radiation unit extends from the first end to the second end to form a rectangular region and a spacing. The first end extends parallel to the top portion. The ground unit is disposed along two sides of the strip portion and electrically coupled to the second end. The two strip portions of the two T-shaped feeding units are parallel to and aligned with each other. The two ground units are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Ken-Huang Lin, Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Tzu-Chun Tang