Patents by Inventor Wen-Ming Cheng

Wen-Ming Cheng 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: 20240167149
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multifunction chamber having a multifunctional shutter disk. The shutter disk includes a lamp device, a DC/RF power device, and a gas line on one surface of the shutter disk. With this configuration, simplifying the chamber type is possible as the various specific, dedicated chambers such as a degas chamber, a pre-clean chamber, a CVD/PVD chamber are not required. By using the multifunctional shutter disk, the degassing function and the pre-cleaning function are provided within a single chamber. Accordingly, a separate degas chamber and a pre-clean chamber are no longer required and the overall transfer time between chambers is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-Hao Cheng, Yen-Yu Chen, Yi-Ming Dai
  • Publication number: 20240095868
    Abstract: A watermark embedding method includes the following steps. The input video signal is received by a processing circuit. Grayscale information of a watermark signal is generated by the processing circuit according to a time series data and a predetermined plane. During a dark sate and a bright state in each of a plurality of consecutive periods, phases of the time series data are opposite and integral values of the grayscales of the predetermined plane are the same. The processing circuit embeds the watermark signal into the input video signal to generate an output video signal with the watermark information. The display panel displays an image according to the output video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yang-En WU, Wen-Rei GUO, Wei-Ming CHENG, Chao-Wei LI
  • Patent number: 11931187
    Abstract: A method for predicting clinical severity of a neurological disorder includes steps of: a) identifying, according to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a brain, brain image regions each of which contains a respective portion of diffusion index values of a diffusion index, which results from image processing performed on the MRI image; b) for one of the brain image regions, calculating a characteristic parameter based on the respective portion of the diffusion index values; and c) calculating a severity score that represents the clinical severity of the neurological disorder of the brain based on the characteristic parameter of the one of the brain image regions via a prediction model associated with the neurological disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Chang Gung Medical Foundation Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University
    Inventors: Jiun-Jie Wang, Yi-Hsin Weng, Shu-Hang Ng, Jur-Shan Cheng, Yi-Ming Wu, Yao-Liang Chen, Wey-Yil Lin, Chin-Song Lu, Wen-Chuin Hsu, Chia-Ling Chen, Yi-Chun Chen, Sung-Han Lin, Chih-Chien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20240090230
    Abstract: A memory array and an operation method of the memory array are provided. The memory array includes first and second ferroelectric memory devices formed along a gate electrode, a channel layer and a ferroelectric layer between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The ferroelectric memory devices include: a common source/drain electrode and two respective source/drain electrodes, separately in contact with a side of the channel layer opposite to the ferroelectric layer, wherein the common source/drain electrode is disposed between the respective source/drain electrodes; and first and second auxiliary gates, capacitively coupled to the channel layer, wherein the first auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and one of the respective source/drain electrodes, and the second auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and the other respective source/drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Ling Lu, Chen-Jun Wu, Ya-Yun Cheng, Sheng-Chih Lai, Yi-Ching Liu, Yu-Ming Lin, Feng-Cheng Yang, Chung-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 11920237
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multifunction chamber having a multifunctional shutter disk. The shutter disk includes a lamp device, a DC/RF power device, and a gas line on one surface of the shutter disk. With this configuration, simplifying the chamber type is possible as the various specific, dedicated chambers such as a degas chamber, a pre-clean chamber, a CVD/PVD chamber are not required. By using the multifunctional shutter disk, the degassing function and the pre-cleaning function are provided within a single chamber. Accordingly, a separate degas chamber and a pre-clean chamber are no longer required and the overall transfer time between chambers is reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Hao Cheng, Yen-Yu Chen, Yi-Ming Dai
  • Patent number: 11921001
    Abstract: A method and system for inspecting deviation in dynamic characteristics of a feeding system are provided, and the method includes: exciting the feeding system and detecting vibrations of a subcomponent of a component to be inspected of the feeding system to generate a monitoring excitation signal in a monitoring mode; calculating, by a modal analysis method, monitoring eigenvalues and monitoring eigenvectors of the monitoring excitation signal; determining, by a modal verification method, similarity between the monitoring eigenvalues and standard eigenvalues of a digital twin model and similarity between the monitoring eigenvectors and standard eigenvectors of the digital twin model; determining that the dynamic characteristics of the subcomponent are deviated, when the monitoring eigenvalues and monitoring eigenvectors are not similar to the standard eigenvalues and standard eigenvectors. Therefore, the subcomponent whose dynamic characteristics are deviated can be sensed remotely and precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Hsien-Yu Chen, Yu-Sheng Chiu, Chih-Chun Cheng, Wen-Nan Cheng, Chi-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 6930766
    Abstract: A fiber measurement system for obtaining a fiber bending loss data of a moving fiber when compared with a static fiber is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Walsin Lihwa Corp.
    Inventors: Shyh-Lin Tsao, Wen-Ming Cheng, Pin-Chun Lin, Chin-Jen Leu
  • Patent number: 6724962
    Abstract: A wavelength to optical power converter and a method for converter a wavelength into an optical power are provided. The wavelength to optical power converter includes an input fiber pigtail for inputting an optical wavelength signal, a spiral fiber connected to the input fiber pigtail, a cylinder for fixing the spiral fiber, an output fiber pigtail extended from the spiral fiber, and an optical detector connected to the output fiber pigtail for reading a signal from the output fiber pigtail to generate the optical power, wherein the spiral fiber outputs the optical power in response to the optical wavelength signal, thereby performing a conversion from the wavelength into the optical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Yuan Ze University
    Inventors: Shyh-Lin Tsao, Wen-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20030138195
    Abstract: A wavelength to optical power converter and a method for converter a wavelength into an optical power are provided. The wavelength to optical power converter includes an input fiber pigtail for inputting an optical wavelength signal, a spiral fiber connected to the input fiber pigtail, a cylinder for fixing the spiral fiber, an output fiber pigtail extended from the spiral fiber, and an optical detector connected to the output fiber pigtail for reading a signal from the output fiber pigtail to generate the optical power, wherein the spiral fiber outputs the optical power in response to the optical wavelength signal, thereby performing a conversion from the wavelength into the optical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Shyh-Lin Tsao, Wen-Ming Cheng
  • Publication number: 20030126892
    Abstract: A fiber measurement system for obtaining a fiber bending loss data of a moving fiber when compared with a static fiber is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Walsin Lihwa Corp.
    Inventors: Shyh-Lin Tsao, Wen-Ming Cheng, Pin-Chun Lin, Chin-Jen Leu
  • Publication number: 20030128934
    Abstract: A dynamic optical coupling device for coupling an optical signal from a static optical fiber to a dynamic optical fiber is provided. The device includes: a static element for inputting the optical signal, a static ferrule adaptor for mounting the static element therein to pass therethrough, a dynamic element for outputting the optical signal, a dynamic ferrule adaptor for mounting the dynamic ferrule element therein to pass therethrough, wherein a free space is formed between the static ferrule adaptor and the dynamic ferrule adaptor, a ferrule adaptor connector for connecting the static ferrule adaptor and the dynamic ferrule adaptor, and a supporting frame mounting the ferrule adaptor connector therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Walsin Lihwa Corporation
    Inventors: Shyh-Lin Tsao, Wen-Ming Cheng, Pin-Chun Lin, Chin-Jen Leu