Patents by Inventor Wei-Guo Chang

Wei-Guo 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).

  • Patent number: 10632622
    Abstract: An error compensation device includes at least one photographing module, a comparison module and a compensation module compensation module. The photographing module establish a space coordinate system relative to the object and comprises a first photographer and a second photographer which respectively photograph a first non-deformed laser speckle image on a first surface and a second non-deformed laser speckle image on a second surface, the first surface differs from the second surface by an azimuth. The comparison module respectively compares the first non-deformed laser speckle image before and after the displacement with the second non-deformed laser speckle image to calculate a displacement value between the two surfaces. The compensation module controls the movement of the object according to the displacement value. The error compensation utilizes the displacement of the non-deformed laser speckle image to obtain the absolute error of the object and compensate the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Li-Chung Liu
  • Publication number: 20190193271
    Abstract: An error compensation device comprises at least one photographing module, a comparison module and a compensation module compensation module. The photographing module establish a space coordinate system relative to the object and comprises a first photographer and a second photographer which respectively photograph a first non-deformed laser speckle image on a first surface and a second non-deformed laser speckle image on a second surface, the first surface differs from the second surface by an azimuth. The comparison module respectively compares the first non-deformed laser speckle image before and after the displacement with the second non-deformed laser speckle image to calculate a displacement value between the two surfaces. The compensation module controls the movement of the object according to the displacement value. The error compensation utilizes the displacement of the non-deformed laser speckle image to obtain the absolute error of the object and compensate the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: YI-YUH HWANG, WEI-GUO CHANG, LI-CHUNG LIU
  • Patent number: 10189133
    Abstract: A measurement, calibration and compensation system for machine tool includes a first positioning base; two first speckle image sensors for sensing speckle positions of an object holding unit at a first XY plane and a first XZ plane of the first positioning base before and after the machine tool is started for machining; a second positioning base; two second speckle image sensors for sensing speckle positions of a cutter holding unit at a second XY plane and a second YZ plane of the second positioning base before and after the machine tool is started for machining. Thus, the thermal expansion at all axes of the machine tool can be measured in a simplified and low-cost way, and the absolute positioning coordinates of all axes of the machine tool can be calibrated in real time to avoid reduced positioning accuracy due to the thermal expansion of the multi-axis machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Li-Chung Liu
  • Publication number: 20180178339
    Abstract: A measurement, calibration and compensation system for machine tool includes a first positioning base; two first speckle image sensors for sensing speckle positions of an object holding unit at a first XY plane and a first XZ plane of the first positioning base before and after the machine tool is started for machining; a second positioning base; two second speckle image sensors for sensing speckle positions of a cutter holding unit at a second XY plane and a second YZ plane of the second positioning base before and after the machine tool is started for machining. Thus, the thermal expansion at all axes of the machine tool can be measured in a simplified and low-cost way, and the absolute positioning coordinates of all axes of the machine tool can be calibrated in real time to avoid reduced positioning accuracy due to the thermal expansion of the multi-axis machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: YI-YUH HWANG, WEI-GUO CHANG, LI-CHUNG LIU
  • Patent number: 9773190
    Abstract: The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of image displacements, so as to eventually calculate N number of primary variation angles and sub variation angles corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image. Therefore, after the rotary encoding body is rotated by an arbitrary angle, an immediate angle coordinate can be precisely positioned according to the primary variation angles, the secondary variation angles and the N number of image displacements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Chin-Der Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Patent number: 9671218
    Abstract: A quick subpixel absolute positioning device and method are introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chin-Der Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Wen-Jen Lin, Ping-Ya Ko
  • Publication number: 20160178347
    Abstract: A quick subpixel absolute positioning device and method are introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: YI-YUH HWANG, WEI-GUO CHANG, CHIN-DER HWANG, GUANG-SHEEN LIU, WEN-JEN LIN, PING-YA KO
  • Publication number: 20160110628
    Abstract: The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of image displacements, so as to eventually calculate N number of primary variation angles and sub variation angles corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image. Therefore, after the rotary encoding body is rotated by an arbitrary angle, an immediate angle coordinate can be precisely positioned according to the primary variation angles, the secondary variation angles and the N number of image displacements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Chin-Der Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Publication number: 20150160043
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a high-precision angle positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Guang-Sheen Liu, Chin-Der Hwang, Wei-Guo Chang, Chih-Ming Liao
  • Patent number: 8605294
    Abstract: An actuating apparatus includes a motion driving module rigidly coupled to a platform, a working stage driven by the motion driving module to move relative to the platform, a speckle image capturing module rigidly coupled to the working stage and capable of capturing a speckle image of a sub-region of a reference region of the platform, and a control module operable in a positioning mode, where the control module obtains a current position of the working stage in a coordinate system associated with the platform based on a comparison between the captured speckle image and reference speckle image information that is associated with and unique to the reference region, and controls the motion driving module to drive the working stage toward a target position in the coordinate system based on a difference between the current position and the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments, Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Chin-Der Hwang, Chih-Ming Liao, Ting-Wei Chiang, Wei-Guo Chang, Wen-Cheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20130235389
    Abstract: An actuating apparatus includes a motion driving module rigidly coupled to a platform, a working stage driven by the motion driving module to move relative to the platform, a speckle image capturing module rigidly coupled to the working stage and capable of capturing a speckle image of a sub-region of a reference region of the platform, and a control module operable in a positioning mode, where the control module obtains a current position of the working stage in a coordinate system associated with the platform based on a comparison between the captured speckle image and reference speckle image information that is associated with and unique to the reference region, and controls the motion driving module to drive the working stage toward a target position in the coordinate system based on a difference between the current position and the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments, Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Yi-Yuh Hwang, Chin-Der Hwang, Chih-Ming Liao, Ting-Wei Chiang, Wei-Guo Chang, Wen-Cheng Huang