Patents by Inventor Wen Tsui

Wen Tsui 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: 20230124210
    Abstract: An encoded substrate to be filmed by a camera device for generating an image is provided. The encoded substrate includes a plurality of grids arranged in a form of two-dimensional array, wherein each grid includes a first pattern and a second pattern not overlapped with each other. The first pattern corresponds to a first-dimensional encoded value, and the second pattern corresponds to a second-dimensional encoded value. The image is processed by a processor for scanning the plurality of grids. In a first-dimensional direction, the processor outputs a first coordinate according to at least two first patterns corresponding to at least two consecutive grids among the plurality of grids. In a second- dimensional direction, the processor outputs a second coordinate according to at least two second patterns corresponding to at least two consecutive grids among the plurality of grids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tan-Chi HO, Yi-Chun CHEN, Wen TSUI
  • Patent number: 11561323
    Abstract: An intelligent storage device and an intelligent storage method are provided. The intelligent storage device includes a storage space, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a transceiver, and a processor. The storage space is suitable for storing an object. The infrared sensor senses the storage space to generate infrared sensing data. The weight sensor senses the object in the storage space to generate weight sensing data. The processor is coupled to the infrared sensor, the weight sensor, and the transceiver, determines whether the object is placed in or removed from the storage space according to the infrared sensing data and the weight sensing data to generate an event record, and transmits the event record via the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Po-Yuan Hsiao, Chu-An Chung, Wen Tsui, Chi-Chou Chiang
  • Patent number: 11551289
    Abstract: An intelligent store system and an intelligent store method are provided. The method includes: sensing, by a proximity sensor, whether there is a first customer approaching the proximity sensor; sensing, by an image sensor, a movement trajectory of the first customer; and determining whether the first customer is entering or leaving a store in response to the first customer approaching the proximity sensor sensed by the proximity sensor. If the first customer is entering the store, a first virtual identity and a first virtual shopping cart corresponding to the first virtual identity are generated for the first customer, and a first product list of the first virtual shopping cart is updated according to the movement trajectory. If the first customer is leaving the store, a first operation of the first customer is received by a human machine interface, and the first product list according to the first operation is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi-Chou Chiang, Hsin-Chien Huang, Wen Tsui, Yu Cho
  • Publication number: 20220138838
    Abstract: An intelligent store system and an intelligent store method are provided. The method includes: sensing, by a proximity sensor, whether there is a first customer approaching the proximity sensor; sensing, by an image sensor, a movement trajectory of the first customer; and determining whether the first customer is entering or leaving a store in response to the first customer approaching the proximity sensor sensed by the proximity sensor. If the first customer is entering the store, a first virtual identity and a first virtual shopping cart corresponding to the first virtual identity are generated for the first customer, and a first product list of the first virtual shopping cart is updated according to the movement trajectory. If the first customer is leaving the store, a first operation of the first customer is received by a human machine interface, and the first product list according to the first operation is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi-Chou Chiang, Hsin-Chien Huang, Wen Tsui, Yu Cho
  • Publication number: 20220137256
    Abstract: An intelligent storage device and an intelligent storage method are provided. The intelligent storage device includes a storage space, an infrared sensor, a weight sensor, a transceiver, and a processor. The storage space is suitable for storing an object. The infrared sensor senses the storage space to generate infrared sensing data. The weight sensor senses the object in the storage space to generate weight sensing data. The processor is coupled to the infrared sensor, the weight sensor, and the transceiver, determines whether the object is placed in or removed from the storage space according to the infrared sensing data and the weight sensing data to generate an event record, and transmits the event record via the transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Po-Yuan Hsiao, Chu-An Chung, Wen Tsui, Chi-Chou Chiang
  • Patent number: 11086881
    Abstract: A method and a device for analyzing data are provided. The method includes following steps. A plurality of queries for an event stored in a database are integrated to obtain a plurality of features. Each feature is limited at a searching condition. A plurality of items of searched data are obtained from the database according to respective searching condition of each feature. Whether a data volume of the searched data is higher or lower than a predetermined range is determined. If the data volume is higher than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is reduced according to the features. If the data volume is lower than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is increased according to the features. A correlation between the features and the event is analyzed according to the searched data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Hung-Hsuan Chen, Wen Tsui
  • Publication number: 20210182744
    Abstract: A revenue forecasting method, a revenue forecasting system and a graphical user interface are provided. The revenue forecasting system includes a storage device and a processing device. The processing device includes a pricing tree establishing unit, a generalizing unit, a path establishing unit, a simulation data establishing unit and an estimating unit. The pricing tree establishing unit builds a pricing tree comprising several feature hierarchies, a pricing hierarchy and an order hierarchy according to a target product. The generalizing unit generalizes several pricing nodes according to several target historical orders in the order hierarchy. The path establishing unit generates several pricing paths according to several approximate products. The simulation data establishing unit obtains several simulated historical orders according to a correlation between each of the pricing paths and the pricing tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yi-Chun CHEN, Wen TSUI
  • Publication number: 20210182774
    Abstract: An intelligent planogram producing system and a method thereof are provided. The intelligent planogram producing method includes the following steps: obtaining a relevance between each of a plurality of objects and producing a relevance array; re-weighting the relevance array according to the displacing limitation of each object and producing at least one complete graph; obtaining a representing route of the at least one complete graph; outputting a planogram of the disposing location of each object on a shelf according to the representing route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chi-Chou CHIANG, Wen TSUI, Hsin-Chien HUANG
  • Patent number: 10984376
    Abstract: Provided is a storage method including the following. An object is stored in a storage space. The object is sensed to generate sensing data. An identification model is generated according to the sensing data. In addition, the identification model is uploaded to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Wen Tsui, Chu-An Chung, Chun-Chia Lai, Po-Yuan Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20200076893
    Abstract: Provided is a storage method including the following. An object is stored in a storage space. The object is sensed to generate sensing data. An identification model is generated according to the sensing data. In addition, the identification model is uploaded to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Wen Tsui, Chu-An Chung, Chun-Chia Lai, Po-Yuan Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20180150754
    Abstract: A data analysis method is provided. The data analysis method includes collecting a user data; generating a number of situation conditions from the user data; calculating a distribution ratio of each of the situation conditions to obtain a first data; calculating a success ratio of information association of an information association algorithm under each of the situation conditions to obtain a second data; obtaining at least one evaluating parameter of the information association algorithm under the situation conditions according to the first data and the second data; and generating a suggestion information relating to the information association algorithm according to the at least one evaluating parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Wen Tsui, Chu-An Chung, Pei-Hsuan Chiang, Hung-Hsuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20170083583
    Abstract: A method and a device for analyzing data are provided. The method includes following steps. A plurality of queries for an event stored in a database are integrated to obtain a plurality of features. Each feature is limited at a searching condition. A plurality of items of searched data are obtained from the database according to respective searching condition of each feature. Whether a data volume of the searched data is higher or lower than a predetermined range is determined. If the data volume is higher than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is reduced according to the features. If the data volume is lower than the predetermined range, the data volume of the searched data is increased according to the features. A correlation between the features and the event is analyzed according to the searched data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hsin-Chien HUANG, Hung-Hsuan CHEN, Wen TSUI
  • Patent number: 9507866
    Abstract: A geographical location rendering method executed in a geographical location rendering system for identifying at least one semantic region is provided. A density clustering is performed on a plurality of user generated contents of respective geographical location name information to generate a plurality of region candidates. A name extraction is performed on the region candidates to extract and confirm a common region name of the region candidates as a name of the semantic region. A region scope of the region candidates is detected as a location scope of the semantic region according to a spatial density analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen Tsui, Tai-Ting Wu, Shin-Yi Wu, Yu-Hsiang Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9071157
    Abstract: A high-voltage (HV) startup device is disclosed. The HV startup device is connected with a control circuit of a switching power supply and receives a high voltage to provide and increase a triggering voltage received by the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is a pulse width modulator (PWM) or a pulse frequency modulator (PFM). When the triggering voltage reaches to a preset voltage of the control circuit, the control circuit sends out a control signal and the switching power supply uses the control signal to generate a sense signal. The HV startup device receives the control signal or the sense signal to stop providing the triggering voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sync Power Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Wen Tsui
  • Publication number: 20140376277
    Abstract: A high-voltage (HV) startup device is disclosed. The HV startup device is connected with a control circuit of a switching power supply and receives a high voltage to provide and increase a triggering voltage received by the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is a pulse width modulator (PWM) or a pulse frequency modulator (PFM). When the triggering voltage reaches to a preset voltage of the control circuit, the control circuit sends out a control signal and the switching power supply uses the control signal to generate a sense signal. The HV startup device receives the control signal or the sense signal to stop providing the triggering voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Cheng-Wen TSUI
  • Patent number: 8659915
    Abstract: A valley-detection device for quasi-resonance switching and a method using the same is disclosed, which uses first and second capacitors to connect with a comparator, and the comparator connects with an NMOSFET connecting to a transformer. When the NMOSFET is turned off, the energy stored in the transformer is discharged and a resonant signal across the source and the drain is generated, and a first constant current charges the first capacitor at a start time point of the resonant signal until a voltage of the resonant signal first reaches to a crossing voltage. Then, a second constant current charges the second capacitor when the voltage of the resonant signal equals to the crossing voltage while the voltage of the resonant signal varies from high to low. Finally, the comparator turns on the NMOSFET when a voltage of the second capacitor equals to a voltage of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: SYNC Power Corp.
    Inventor: Cheng-Wen Tsui
  • Publication number: 20130182463
    Abstract: A valley-detection device for quasi-resonance switching and a method using the same is disclosed, which uses first and second capacitors to connect with a comparator, and the comparator connects with an NMOSFET connecting to a transformer. When the NMOSFET is turned off, the energy stored in the transformer is discharged and a resonant signal across the source and the drain is generated, and a first constant current charges the first capacitor at a start time point of the resonant signal until a voltage of the resonant signal first reaches to a crossing voltage. Then, a second constant current charges the second capacitor when the voltage of the resonant signal equals to the crossing voltage while the voltage of the resonant signal varies from high to low. Finally, the comparator turns on the NMOSFET when a voltage of the second capacitor equals to a voltage of the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Cheng-Wen TSUI
  • Publication number: 20130156324
    Abstract: A geographical location rendering method executed in a geographical location rendering system for identifying at least one semantic region is provided. A density clustering is performed on a plurality of user generated contents of respective geographical location name information to generate a plurality of region candidates. A name extraction is performed on the region candidates to extract and confirm a common region name of the region candidates as a name of the semantic region. A region scope of the region candidates is detected as a location scope of the semantic region according to a spatial density analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen Tsui, Tai-Ting Wu, Shin-Yi Wu, Yu-Hsiang Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8441813
    Abstract: A maximize efficiency method for resonant converter with self-adjusting switching points is disclosed. The method is operated by a resonant converter, which comprises a transformer and a field effect transistor (FET). When the transistor is turned on, energy is stored in the transformer. When the transistor is turned off, a resonant signal is generated at a drain of the transistor. At this time, a suitable trigger time has to be found to turn on the transistor, so as to reduce switching power loss. The method measures the slope of the resonant signal at the trigger time. This is used as a reference to adjust the next cycle's trigger time. If the slope is negative at the time of trigger, a delta time is added to the trigger time in the next cycle, If the slope is positive, a delta time is subtracted from the trigger time for the next cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Sync Power Corp.
    Inventors: Allen Y. Tan, Hsian-Pei Yee, Cheng-Wen Tsui
  • Publication number: 20120320635
    Abstract: A maximize efficiency method for resonant converter with self-adjusting switching points is disclosed. The method is operated by a resonant converter, which comprises a transformer and a field effect transistor (FET). When the transistor is turned on, energy is stored in the transformer. When the transistor is turned off, a resonant signal is generated at a drain of the transistor. At this time, a suitable trigger time has to be found to turn on the transistor, so as to reduce switching power loss. The method measures the slope of the resonant signal at the trigger time. This is used as a reference to adjust the next cycle's trigger time. If the slope is negative at the time of trigger, a delta time is added to the trigger time in the next cycle, If the slope is positive, a delta time is subtracted from the trigger time for the next cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SYNC Power Corp.
    Inventors: Allen Y. Tan, H.P. Yee, Cheng-Wen Tsui