Patents by Inventor Wen-Huei LIAO

Wen-Huei LIAO 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: 20230109857
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a method for diagnosing a middle ear disease comprising receiving one or more otoscopic image of a subject, pre-processing the one or more otoscopic image to obtain image data, inputting the image data to a trained network model, generating, using the trained network model, an output that characterizes the health of the subject with respect to the middle ear disease, and generating a diagnostic result based on the output, wherein the trained network model is based on a model selected from the group consisting of a MobileNetV2 model, a NASNetMobile model, and a DenseNet201 model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Taipei Veterans General Hospital
    Inventors: Yuan-Chia Chu, Yen-Fu Cheng, Wen-Huei Liao, Yen-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20220125342
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer-implanted method and system for diagnosing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) of an ear in a subject; comprising on one or more processors of the computer the steps of: testing the hearing of two ears of the subject, and calculating the difference between them; and comparing the difference with a threshold to diagnose the subject as SSNHL or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Taipei Veterans General Hospital
    Inventors: Wen-Huei LIAO, Yen-Fu CHENG, Yuan-Chia CHU
  • Publication number: 20100281982
    Abstract: A hearing test and screening system for testing and screening the hearing acuity of a person which includes a computer having built therein a graphic-control program for generating a pure tone signal required for a hearing test, an audio apparatus having a connection port coupled to the computer for receiving the pure tone signal from the computer and outputting a set of test signals, each having 3 frequencies minimum, at a constant sound volume upon receipt of the pure tone signal and a response button for operation by the test person to provide a feedback signal to the computer, and earphones coupled to the audio apparatus for enabling the test person to hear the set of test signals outputted by the audio apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Wen-Huei LIAO