Patents by Inventor Yen-Yin Lin
Yen-Yin Lin 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).
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Patent number: 11521317Abstract: Provided is a method for analyzing a tissue specimen, including treating a tissue specimen with an aqueous clearing agent and with at least two fluorescent probes to obtain a cleared and labeled tissue specimen; imaging the cleared and labeled tissue specimen to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image of the tissue specimen; preparing a stained tissue section from the cleared and labeled tissue specimen; capturing a reference two-dimensional (2D) image of the stained tissue section; matching the reference 2D image with the 3D image to extract from the 3D image a series of 2D image slices including a corresponding 2D image slice that corresponds to the reference 2D image; and determining at least one pathological score for each of the series of 2D image slices and reporting the presence or absence and the extent of the disease based on the pathological scores. The method can improve the accuracy of histopathologic diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Dah-Tsyr Chang, Jia-Ling Yang, Yen-Yin Lin, Yu-Chieh Lin
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Publication number: 20220357246Abstract: The disclosure provides a clearing composition and a method utilizing the clearing composition for rendering a biological sample transparent. The clearing composition includes a RI matching material, a permeating agent including a surfactant, at least two labeling materials, and a solvent. The sample rendering method includes the steps of: (a) fixing a biological sample with a fixative solution; (b) embedding the biological sample into an embedding material; (c) immersing a biological sample in the clearing composition so the sample is permeated by the cleaning composition; and (d) mounting, by a mounting solution, the permeated biological sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: CHIA-JUNG LEE, YU-CHIEH LIN, YEN-YIN LIN
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Publication number: 20210231540Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a tissue section, including treating a tissue specimen with a clearing agent and at least one labeling agent to obtain a cleared and labeled tissue specimen; generating a three-dimensional (3D) image of the cleared and labeled tissue specimen; performing an image slicing procedure on the 3D image to generate a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images; identifying a target 2D image among the plurality of 2D images to obtain a distance value of D1, which indicates the distance between the target 2D image and a predetermined surface of the 3D image; preparing a hardened tissue specimen from the cleared and labeled tissue specimen; and cutting the hardened tissue specimen near a predetermined site to obtain a tissue section, wherein the distance between the predetermined site and a surface of the hardened tissue specimen corresponding to the predetermined surface of the 3D image is Dl.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: ANN-SHYN CHIANG, DAH-TSYR CHANG, I-CHING WANG, JIA-LING YANG, SHUN-CHI WU, YEN-YIN LIN, YU-CHIEH LIN
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Patent number: 11073477Abstract: An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Li-An Chu, Wei-Kun Chang, Yen-Yin Lin
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Publication number: 20210025789Abstract: The disclosure provides a tissue sectioning system for direct coupling with a microscope. The tissue sectioning system includes a frame having a blade module, a container containing a solution system, and a movable arm. Specifically, the blade module is used to slice a sample. The solution system in the container includes at least two solutions, which are the first and second solutions. Further, a refractive index of the first and second solutions is identical, and the first and second solution is immiscible with each other. The first moveable arm has two ends, which are the first end and second ends. The first and second ends connect to the container and the frame, respectively. Additionally, the first moveable arm moves the container along the Z-axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: YEN-YIN LIN, YU-CHIEH LIN, CHIA-JUNG LEE
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Publication number: 20200388031Abstract: Provided is a method for analyzing a tissue specimen, including treating a tissue specimen with an aqueous clearing agent and with at least two fluorescent probes to obtain a cleared and labeled tissue specimen; imaging the cleared and labeled tissue specimen to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image of the tissue specimen; preparing a stained tissue section from the cleared and labeled tissue specimen; capturing a reference two-dimensional (2D) image of the stained tissue section; matching the reference 2D image with the 3D image to extract from the 3D image a series of 2D image slices including a corresponding 2D image slice that corresponds to the reference 2D image; and determining at least one pathological score for each of the series of 2D image slices and reporting the presence or absence and the extent of the disease based on the pathological scores. The method can improve the accuracy of histopathologic diagnosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: ANN-SHYN CHIANG, DAH-TSYR CHANG, JIA-LING YANG, YEN-YIN LIN, YU-CHIEH LIN
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Publication number: 20200388032Abstract: The invention provides a 3D histopathology imaging method. The method includes collecting a tissue specimen from a subject, staining the tissue so as to obtain a stained tissue, obtaining, by a microscopy, a 3D image of the stained tissue, and performing an image slicing procedure on the 3D image to generate a plurality of 2D images.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Dah-Tsyr Chang, I-Ching Wang, Jia-Ling Yang, Shun-Chi Wu, Yen-Yin Lin, Yu-Cheih Lin
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Patent number: 10788662Abstract: A portable surface finishing device based on coherent light source includes a cover, a laser source, an optical calibrating module and a laser scanning module. The cover includes a beam output opening. The laser source is disposed in the cover, and is for providing a laser beam. The optical calibrating module is disposed in the cover, and the laser beam passes through the optical calibrating module. The laser scanning module is disposed in the cover, and the laser beam from the optical calibrating module passes through the laser scanning module so as to linearly output on a target surface. The laser scanning module includes a multifaceted reflective structure, a rotation driving mechanism and an F-theta lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: An-Chung Chiang, Yu-Chieh Lin, Yen-Yin Lin, Yuan-Yao Lin
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Publication number: 20200284729Abstract: An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Ann-Shyn CHIANG, Li-An CHU, Wei-Kun CHANG, Yen-Yin LIN
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Publication number: 20190339512Abstract: A portable surface finishing device based on coherent light source includes a cover, a laser source, an optical calibrating module and a laser scanning module. The cover includes a beam output opening. The laser source is disposed in the cover, and is for providing a laser beam. The optical calibrating module is disposed in the cover, and the laser beam passes through the optical calibrating module. The laser scanning module is disposed in the cover, and the laser beam from the optical calibrating module passes through the laser scanning module so as to linearly output on a target surface. The laser scanning module includes a multifaceted reflective structure, a rotation driving mechanism and an F-theta lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: An-Chung CHIANG, Yu-Chieh LIN, Yen-Yin LIN, Yuan-Yao LIN
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Patent number: 10218145Abstract: A vortex laser generation device in a degenerate cavity with a spiral phase element and a vortex laser generation method are provided. The vortex laser generation device has a degenerate cavity, and the degenerate cavity has a resonator mirror, a gain medium, an optical element, and an output coupler. The off-axis beams are formed in multiple pass transverse modes to resonate by disposing an optical element in the degenerate cavity, so that a vortex laser with orbital angular momentum can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYInventors: Yuan-Yao Lin, Yen-Yin Lin, Shou-Tai Lin, An-Chung Chiang
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Publication number: 20180041683Abstract: The present invention provides a high-dynamic-range sensing device and the sensing method thereof. The high-dynamic-range sensing device includes a control unit and sensing units with different sensing ranges. In the sensing method, the sensing units give sensing values, and then the control unit compares the sensing values and the upper sensing limit of the sensing units, respectively. When a sensing value is equal to the upper sensing limit, the control unit rejects the sensing value or interrupts the sensing of the sensing unit thereof. Thereby, the sensing device quickly excludes the sensing units which obtain saturated signals and their sensing values and thus switches between the alternative sensing units with different sensing ranges or picks up the optimum one of the sensing values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: YEN-YIN LIN, ANN-SHYN CHIANG, AN-LUN CHIN, YUAN-YAO LIN
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Publication number: 20160274346Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical system for detecting a sample include a light source, one beam shaper, at least one lens, an image detecting module wherein the light source, one beam shaper, at least one lens are sequentially configured along a light path, wherein one beam shaper moves the focus along the light path back and forth so the light focused on the sample by the light source through one lens is focused onto different depths inside the sample, wherein the light source and the sample are placed at both sides of at least one lens. The image detection module is configured on a light path, and the sample is placed between at least one lens and the image detection module to capture images of different depths inside the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Shi-Wei Chu, Kuo-Jen Hsu, Yen-Yin Lin, Yuan-Yao Lin
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Publication number: 20150369638Abstract: The present invention provides a high-dynamic-range sensing device and the sensing method thereof. The high-dynamic-range sensing device includes a control unit and sensing units with different sensing ranges. In the sensing method, the sensing units give sensing values, and then the control unit compares the sensing values and the upper sensing limit of the sensing units, respectively. When a sensing value is equal to the upper sensing limit, the control unit rejects the sensing value or interrupts the sensing of the sensing unit thereof. Thereby, the sensing device quickly excludes the sensing units which obtain saturated signals and their sensing values and thus switches between the alternative sensing units with different sensing ranges or picks up the optimum one of the sensing values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: YEN-YIN LIN, ANN-SHYN CHIANG, AN-LUN CHIN, YUAN-YAO LIN
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Patent number: 8493571Abstract: A laser-optical position detecting module with a laser as a light source is disclosed, which includes a laser mode conversing assembly, having a laser source capable of emitting a time-modulated laser beam; a laser mode conversing unit, used to expand the time-modulated laser beam to a two-dimension sensing plane; a drive control unit, adopted for driving the laser source to emit the time-modulated laser beam; and a detector matrix. The laser mode conversing unit has a phase delay device and a passive optical device capable of reflecting the light; so that, through the laser mode conversing unit, the laser-optical position detecting module can expand the light emitted by the laser source to the two-dimension sensing plane without using any other mechanical scanning.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Yen-Yin Lin, Yuan-Yao Lin, Shi-Wei Zhu, An-Chung Chiang, Mang-Shiang Lee, Ching-Huei Wu
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Patent number: 8369003Abstract: A single-pass optical parametric amplifier is provided. The single-pass optical parametric amplifier comprises a light source emitting a fundamental wave having a wavelength range; a nonlinear material, which the fundamental wave passes therethrough to form a second harmonic generation wave having a light path; a supercontinuum generator extending the wavelength range of the fundamental wave to form a supercontinuum generation seed; and an optical parametric wavelength transformer transforming the supercontinuum generation seed and the second harmonic generation wave into a signal wave and an idler wave.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Yen-Yin Lin, Yan-Wei Tzeng, Chen-Han Huang, Jian-Ming Liu, Shi-Wei Chu
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Publication number: 20120224188Abstract: The present invention relates to a laser-optical position detecting module with a laser light source, comprising: laser mode conversing assembly, having a laser source capable of emitting a time-modulated laser beam; a laser mode conversing unit, used to expand the time-modulated laser beam to a two-dimension sensing plane; a drive control unit, adopted for driving the laser source to emit the time-modulated laser beam; and a detector matrix, used for detecting the. The laser mode conversing unit has a phase delay device and a passive optical device capable of reflecting the light; so that, through the laser mode conversing unit, the laser-optical position detecting module can expand the light emitted by the laser source to the two-dimension sensing plane without using any other mechanical scanning; moreover, it make the energy of the light emitted by the laser source not easily decays, so as to maintain the accuracy of light detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yen-Yin Lin, Yuan-Yao Lin, Shi-Wei Zhu, An-Chung Chiang, Mang-Shiang Lee, Ching-Huei Wu
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Publication number: 20120195333Abstract: A laser-wavelength conversion system with a broad temperature acceptance bandwidth is provided. The laser system includes a broad-band pump laser driving one or several cascaded laser wavelength converters, wherein the pump laser spectrum is broader than the spectral acceptance bandwidth of at least one of the laser wavelength converters. The broad pump laser spectrum allows some temperature variation in the laser wavelength converters, resulting in a broad temperature acceptance for the whole laser system. The laser system provides stable multi-color laser radiation for applications such as the red-green-blue laser projection TV.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Yen-Chieh Huang, Yen-Yin Lin, Shou-Tai Lin
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Patent number: 8184667Abstract: The configurations of an electro-optic Bragg deflector and the methods of using it as a laser Q-switch in a Q-switched laser and in a Q-switched wavelength-conversion laser are provided. As a first embodiment, the electro-optic Bragg deflector comprises an electrode-coated electro-optic material with one of a 1D and a 2D spatially modulated electro-optic coefficient. When a voltage is supplied to the electrodes, the electro-optic material behaves like a Bragg grating due to the electro-optically induced spatial modulation of the refractive index. The second embodiment relates to an actively Q-switched laser, wherein the electro-optic Bragg deflector functions as a laser Q-switch. The third embodiment of the present invention combines the Q-switched laser and a laser-wavelength converter to form a Q-switched wavelength-conversion laser, wherein the EO Bragg deflector can be monolithically integrated with a quasi-phase-matching wavelength converter in a fabrication process.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: An-Chung Chiang, Shou-Tai Lin, Yen-Chieh Huang, Yen-Yin Lin, Guey-Wu Chang
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Publication number: 20110075688Abstract: The configurations of an electro-optic Bragg deflector and the methods of using it as a laser Q-switch in a Q-switched laser and in a Q-switched wavelength-conversion laser are provided. As a first embodiment, the electro-optic Bragg deflector comprises an electrode-coated electro-optic material with one of a 1D and a 2D spatially modulated electro-optic coefficient. When a voltage is supplied to the electrodes, the electro-optic material behaves like a Bragg grating due to the electro-optically induced spatial modulation of the refractive index. The second embodiment relates to an actively Q-switched laser, wherein the electro-optic Bragg deflector functions as a laser Q-switch. The third embodiment of the present invention combines the Q-switched laser and a laser-wavelength converter to form a Q-switched wavelength-conversion laser, wherein the EO Bragg deflector can be monolithically integrated with a quasi-phase-matching wavelength converter in a fabrication process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: An-Chung Chiang, Shou-Tai Lin, Yen-Chieh Huang, Yen-Yin Lin, Guey-Wu Chang