Patents by Inventor Wei-Cheng Lien

Wei-Cheng Lien 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: 12391410
    Abstract: A magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system is applied to at least one external cathode and includes a plurality of magnetic multi-pole thrusters connected adjacent to each other. Each magnetic multi-pole thruster includes a propellant provider, a discharge chamber, an anode and a plurality of magnetic components. The propellant provider outputs propellant. The discharge chamber is connected with the propellant provider to accommodate the propellant. The anode is disposed inside the discharge chamber to generate an electric field. The plurality of magnetic components is respectively disposed on several sides of the discharge chamber. One of the several sides of the discharge chamber of the magnetic multi-pole thruster is applied for one side of a discharge chamber of another magnetic multi-pole thruster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Yueh-Heng Li, Yu-Ting Wu, Chao-Wei Huang, Wei-Cheng Lo, Hsun-Chen Hsieh, Ping-Han Huang, Yi-Long Huang, Sheng-Wen Liu, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Publication number: 20250139978
    Abstract: A vehicle violation detection method and vehicle violation detection system are provided. The method includes the following steps. A video clip including a plurality of consecutive frames is obtained, wherein the video clip is generated through photographing an intersection by an image capture device. A traffic sign object corresponding to a traffic sign and a license plate object corresponding to a license plate are detected from each of the frames. According to a sign position of the traffic sign object and a plate position of the license plate object in each of the frames, vehicle behavior information of each of the frames is obtained. By conducting regression analysis to the vehicle behavior information of each of the frames, whether a vehicle violation event has occurred is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: National Chengchi University
    Inventors: Yan-Tsung Peng, Chen-Yu Liu, He-Hao Liao, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Publication number: 20240124163
    Abstract: A magnetic multi-pole propulsion array system is applied to at least one external cathode and includes a plurality of magnetic multi-pole thrusters connected adjacent to each other. Each magnetic multi-pole thruster includes a propellant provider, a discharge chamber, an anode and a plurality of magnetic components. The propellant provider outputs propellant. The discharge chamber is connected with the propellant provider to accommodate the propellant. The anode is disposed inside the discharge chamber to generate an electric field. The plurality of magnetic components is respectively disposed on several sides of the discharge chamber. One of the several sides of the discharge chamber of the magnetic multi-pole thruster is applied for one side of a discharge chamber of another magnetic multi-pole thruster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Yueh-Heng Li, Yu-Ting Wu, Chao-Wei Huang, Wei-Cheng Lo, Hsun-Chen Hsieh, Ping-Han Huang, Yi-Long Huang, Sheng-Wen Liu, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Publication number: 20200360969
    Abstract: A coffee bean sorting system has a feeding mechanism, a rotary disk, at least one image capture device, an information processing device, and a removal mechanism. The rotary disk can receive coffee beans transported from the feeding mechanism, and can rotate along an axis thereof, such that the coffee beans are spaced apart from each other and form a succession. The image capture device can capture an initial image of each of the coffee beans. The information processing device can perform machine learning training or deep learning training function, identify each of the initial images, and after determining a coffee bean is non-conforming, make the removal mechanism to remove the non-conforming coffee bean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: AVITONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEI-CHENG LIEN, Yu-Shao Chiu, Chuang-Ming Chiu
  • Patent number: 9766286
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a defect is provided. A first candidate pair comprises a first defect candidate and a second defect candidate. A first pattern is generated to distinguish one or more faults of the first defect candidate from one or more faults of the second defect candidate. The first defect candidate is removed responsive to determining that the first pattern does not detect the first defect candidate and determining that an automatic test equipment (ATE) failure log associates the first pattern with failure. Removing the first candidate pair, as well as additional candidate pairs when possible, promotes diagnosis efficiency by reducing a number of computations required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Kuen-Jong Lee, Cheng-Hung Wu, Wei-Cheng Lien, Hui-Ling Lin, Yen-Ling Liu, Ji-Jan Chen
  • Patent number: 9704595
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for non-volatile storage self-detecting that a heating event has occurred to the non-volatile storage. One example of the heating event is an Infrared (IR) reflow process. In one aspect, a block of memory cells in a memory device are put through a number of program/erase cycles. A group of the memory cells in the cycled block are programmed to a reference threshold voltage distribution. Some time may pass after programming the cycled block. The memory device self-detects that there has been a heating event in response to a shift in the reference VT distribution being more than an allowed amount. The memory device may switch from a first programming mode to a second programming mode in response to detecting that the heating event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alon Eyal, Idan Alrod, Eran Sharon, Ishai Ilani, Mark Murin, David Rozman, Wei-Cheng Lien, Deepanshu Dutta, Changyuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20160055631
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a defect is provided. A first candidate pair comprises a first defect candidate and a second defect candidate. A first pattern is generated to distinguish one or more faults of the first defect candidate from one or more faults of the second defect candidate. The first defect candidate is removed responsive to determining that the first pattern does not detect the first defect candidate and determining that an automatic test equipment (ATE) failure log associates the first pattern with failure. Removing the first candidate pair, as well as additional candidate pairs when possible, promotes diagnosis efficiency by reducing a number of computations required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Kuen-Jong Lee, Cheng-Hung Wu, Wei-Cheng Lien, Hui-Ling Lin, Yen-Ling Liu, Ji-Jan Chen
  • Patent number: 8263432
    Abstract: A material composition having a core-shell microstructure suitable for manufacturing a varistor having outstanding electrical properties, the core-shell microstructure of the material composition at least comprising a cored-structure made of a conductive or semi-conductive material and a shelled-structure made from a glass material to wrap the cored-structure, and electrical properties of the varistors during low temperature of sintering process can be decided and designated by precisely controlling the size of the grain of the cored-structure and the thickness and insulation resistance of the insulating layer of the shelled-structure of material composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Bee Fund Biotechnology Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Hohn Lien, Cheng-Tsung Kuo, Jun-Nan Lin, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Patent number: 7724124
    Abstract: A low-capacitance multilayer chip varistor has capacitance lower than 0.5 pF at 1 MHz and has a characteristic of resisting more than thousands of times of 8 KV electrostatic shock, which comprises a ceramic main body, outer electrodes disposed at two ends of the ceramic main body and inner electrodes disposed therein; the ceramic main body comprises inorganic glass of 3˜50 wt % and semi-conductive or conductive particles of 50˜97 wt % with particle size of more than 0.1 ?m, and a layer of inorganic glass film covers the surface of semi-conductive or conductive particles, wherein the inorganic glass film contains semi-conductive or conductive particles of submicron or nanometer which is smaller than 1 micron, and the quantity contained of semi-conductive or conductive particles is less than 20 wt % of that of inorganic glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: SFI Electronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Hohn Lien, Cheng-Tsung Kuo, Jun-Nun Lin, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang, Xing-Guang Huang, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Patent number: 7541910
    Abstract: A multilayer zinc oxide varistor without bismuth oxide system ingredients, and having variable breakdown voltages by controlling the thickness of the ceramic material; the varistor is bismuth-free and composed of zinc oxide as the primary constituent with alkaline earth element (Ba) as first additive, at least one of transition elements of Mn, Co, Cr, or Ni as second additives, at least one of rare earth elements of Pr, La, Ce, Nd or Tb as third additives and at least one of B, Si, Se, Al, Ti, W, Sn, Sb, Na, or K as rest additives, and the bismuth-free and zinc oxide based varistor exhibits an excellent ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) withstanding characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: SFI Electronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Lien, Cheng-Tsung Kuo, Jun-Nun Lin, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080286898
    Abstract: A material composition having a core-shell microstructure suitable for manufacturing a varistor having outstanding electrical properties, the core-shell microstructure of the material composition at least comprising a cored-structure made of a conductive or semi-conductive material and a shelled-structure made from a glass material to wrap the cored-structure, and electrical properties of the varistors during low temperature of sintering process can be decided and designated by precisely controlling the size of the grain of the cored-structure and the thickness and insulation resistance of the insulating layer of the shelled-structure of material composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: BEE FUND BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Hohn Lien, Cheng-Tsung Kuo, Jun Nan Lin, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Publication number: 20080191834
    Abstract: A low-capacitance multilayer chip varistor has capacitance lower than 0.5 pF at 1 MHz and has a characteristic of resisting more than thousands of times of 8 KV electrostatic shock, which comprises a ceramic main body, outer electrodes disposed at two ends of the ceramic main body and inner electrodes disposed therein; the ceramic main body comprises inorganic glass of 3˜50 wt % and semi-conductive or conductive particles of 50˜97 wt % with particle size of more than 0.1 ?m, and a layer of inorganic glass film covers the surface of semi-conductive or conductive particles, wherein the inorganic glass film contains semi-conductive or conductive particles of submicron or nanometer which is smaller than 1 micron, and the quantity contained of semi-conductive or conductive particles is less than 20 wt % of that of inorganic glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: SFI Electronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Hohn Lien, Cheng-Tsung Kuo, Jun-Nun Lin, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang, Xing-Guang Huang, Wei-Cheng Lien
  • Publication number: 20070273469
    Abstract: A multilayer zinc oxide varistor without bismuth oxide system ingredients, and having variable breakdown voltages by controlling the thickness of the ceramic material; the varistor is bismuth-free and composed of zinc oxide as the primary constituent with alkaline earth element (Ba) as first additive, at least one of transition elements of Mn, Co, Cr, or Ni as second additives, at least one of rare earth elements of Pr, La, Ce, Nd or Tb as third additives and at least one of B, Si, Se, Al, Ti, W, Sn, Sb, Na, or K as rest additives, and the bismuth-free and zinc oxide based varistor exhibits an excellent ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) withstanding characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: SFI Electronics Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Cheng Lien, Cheng-Tsung Kuo, Jun-Nun Lin, Jie-An Zhu, Li-Yun Zhang