Patents by Inventor Yu-Chun Wu

Yu-Chun Wu 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: 12257612
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a wafer stage and a particle removing assembly. The wafer stage includes a cup adjacent to a wafer chuck. The particle removing assembly is configured to remove contaminant particles from the cup. In some embodiments, the particle removing assembly comprises a flexible ejecting member that includes one or more elongated tubes, a front tip, and a cleaning tip adapter configured to attach the front tip to each of the one or more elongated tubes. The front tip includes front openings and lateral openings from which pressurized cleaning material are introduced onto an unreachable area of the cup to remove the contaminant particles from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsueh Wu, Fang Yu Kuo, Kai Yu Liu, Yu-Chun Wu, Jau-Sheng Huang, Wei-Yi Chen
  • Publication number: 20240218388
    Abstract: Provided is a promoter sequence induced by methyl jasmonate. Also provided are an expression cassette, a recombinant vector and a recombinant cell comprising the promoter sequence. In addition, further provided is a method for producing an exogenous protein using the expression vector, and in particular a method for producing a human elastin in a rice cell using the expression vector. Further provided is a skin care composition comprising the exogenous protein. The composition is not cytotoxic to HaCaT cell lines and CCD966SK cell lines, and can increase the expression levels of water retention-related genes hHAS2, hHAS3, hAQP3 and hFLG in a cell, thereby improving the water retention and barrier functions in the cell as well as having a broad application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chun Chi Hsia, Zhong Liu, Man Mei Li, Chia Wen Li, Pi Hung Liao, Yu Chun Wu
  • Publication number: 20240001414
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a wafer stage and a particle removing assembly. The wafer stage includes a cup adjacent to a wafer chuck. The particle removing assembly is configured to remove contaminant particles from the cup. In some embodiments, the particle removing assembly comprises a flexible ejecting member that includes one or more elongated tubes, a front tip, and a cleaning tip adapter configured to attach the front tip to each of the one or more elongated tubes. The front tip includes front openings and lateral openings from which pressurized cleaning material are introduced onto an unreachable area of the cup to remove the contaminant particles from the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Hsueh WU, Faung Yu Kuo, Kai Yu Liu, Yu-Chun Wu, Jao Huang, Wei-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 11849723
    Abstract: A dispersion includes a zinc oxide component, and an aromatic polyol which is represented by Formula (I) and which has terminal hydroxyl groups that form chelating bonds with zinc atoms of the zinc oxide component, wherein p and q are independently integers ranging from 1 to 40. A method for preparing the dispersion includes heating a composition including the aromatic polyol and a zinc-containing salt, so that the zinc-containing salt undergoes nucleophilic reaction and condensation reaction to form the zinc oxide component. A composition for preparing the dispersion is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Far Eastern New Century Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Tzu Ting, Yu-Chun Wu, Wei-Che Hung
  • Patent number: 11779967
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a wafer stage and a particle removing assembly. The wafer stage includes a cup adjacent to a wafer chuck. The particle removing assembly is configured to remove contaminant particles from the cup. In some embodiments, the particle removing assembly comprises a flexible ejecting member that includes one or more elongated tubes, a front tip, and a cleaning tip adapter configured to attach the front tip to each of the one or more elongated tubes. The front tip includes front openings and lateral openings from which pressurized cleaning material are introduced onto an unreachable area of the cup to remove the contaminant particles from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsueh Wu, Fang Yu Kuo, Kai Yu Liu, Yu-Chun Wu, Jao Huang, Wei-Yi Chen
  • Publication number: 20230056414
    Abstract: A 3D cell culture gel kit and a 3D cell culture method using the same are provided. The 3D cell culture gel kit includes a gel material A, a buffer solution C, and a buffer solution D. The 3D cell culture method includes the steps of adding cells into a mixed solution containing the gel material A and setting the mixed solution at low temperature to get gel containing the cells. Then adding the buffer solution C to the gel for performing crosslinking. Next removing the buffer solution C and adding a growth medium. Let stand until the cells form spheroids in the gel. Moreover, the buffer solution D is used to dissolve the gel and the cells cultured are taken out for analysis. Thereby the 3D cell culture gel kit is convenient to use and suitable for 3D culture of a plurality of cell lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: YU-CHUN WU, CHING-WEN LIU, WEI-YU LIN
  • Patent number: 11583197
    Abstract: A method for detecting cardiac arrhythmia based on a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal is provided. The method includes: receiving a PPG signal and a motion signal corresponding to a motion made by a user; extracting PPG signal segments and motion signal segments corresponding to a time period from the PPG signal and the motion signal, respectively, at every time period; filtering out motion artifact noise in the PPG signal segments according to the PPG signal segments and the motion signal segments, and converting the PPG signal segments and the motion signal segments into PPG spectrum diagrams and motion spectrum diagrams, respectively; obtaining an estimated heart rate according to the PPG spectrum diagrams and the motion spectrum diagrams; and determining whether cardiac arrhythmia is present based on the filtered PPG signal segments and the estimated heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jo-Hua Wu, Hsien-Yang Chiang, Yu-Chun Wu, Pin-Cyuan Lin, Ke-Han Pan, Yueh-Yarng Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210368785
    Abstract: A dispersion includes a zinc oxide component, and an aromatic polyol which is represented by Formula (I) and which has terminal hydroxyl groups that form chelating bonds with zinc atoms of the zinc oxide component, wherein p and q are independently integers ranging from 1 to 40. A method for preparing the dispersion includes heating a composition including the aromatic polyol and a zinc-containing salt, so that the zinc-containing salt undergoes nucleophilic reaction and condensation reaction to form the zinc oxide component. A composition for preparing the dispersion is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Li-Tzu Ting, Yu-Chun Wu, Wei-Che Hung
  • Publication number: 20210371618
    Abstract: A graphene dispersion includes a graphene and a polyol compound selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polyol represented by Formula (I), and a modified aromatic polyol made by subjecting the aromatic polyol represented by Formula (I) and an epoxidized vegetable oil to a ring opening reaction, wherein p and q are independently integers ranging from 1 to 20. A method for preparing the graphene dispersion, a composition for preparing a polyurethane composite material, and a polyurethane composite material made from the composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Wu, Wei-Che Hung, Chun-Chieh Chien
  • Publication number: 20210268558
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a wafer stage and a particle removing assembly. The wafer stage includes a cup adjacent to a wafer chuck. The particle removing assembly is configured to remove contaminant particles from the cup. In some embodiments, the particle removing assembly comprises a flexible ejecting member that includes one or more elongated tubes, a front tip, and a cleaning tip adapter configured to attach the front tip to each of the one or more elongated tubes. The front tip includes front openings and lateral openings from which pressurized cleaning material are introduced onto an unreachable area of the cup to remove the contaminant particles from the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: M.H. WU, Fang-Yu KUO, Kai-Yu LIU, Yu-Chun WU, Jao Sheng HUANG, W.Y. CHEN
  • Patent number: 11095672
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for evaluating domain name and a server using the same method. The method includes: retrieving a raw domain name and dividing the raw domain name into a plurality of parts; retrieving a specific part of the parts, wherein the specific part include characters; encoding the characters into encoded data; padding the encoded data to a specific length; projecting the encoded data being padded as embedded vectors; sequentially inputting the embedded vectors to a plurality cells of a long short term memory model to generate a result vector; and converting the result vector to a prediction probability via a fully-connected layer and a specific function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Cyber Security Incorporated
    Inventors: Pin-Cyuan Lin, Jun-Mein Wu, Yu-Chun Wu, Ming-Kung Sun, Zong-Cyuan Jhang, Yi-Chung Tseng, Chiung-Ying Huang
  • Publication number: 20210100465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heart-rhythm signal-processing method, including the following steps: obtain PPG signals; perform a labeling operation to determine whether inappropriate signal data exist in the PPG signals and label the inappropriate signal data; perform a first separation operation to remove the inappropriate signal data from the PPG signals and separate the PPG signals into continuous signal segments; find peak positions of the continuous signal segments; perform a second separation operation to separate the continuous signal segments into sub-signal segments according to the number of peaks required for interpretation; perform a feature-extraction operation to obtain feature values respectively corresponding to each of the sub-signal segments, wherein the feature values are relative to peak-to-peak intervals (PPI) of the sub-signal segments; perform a judgement operation to judge the feature values using a judgement model and determine whether the heart rhythm of the subject is belong to
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ke-Han PAN, Yu-Chun WU, Yueh-Yarng TSAI, Pin-Cyuan LIN, Hsien-Yang CHIANG, Yen-Bin LIU
  • Patent number: 10931714
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a domain name recognition method and a domain name recognition device. The domain name recognition method includes the following steps. A first string of a first domain name and a second string of a second domain name are obtained. Multiple characters of the first string and the second string are classified into multiple clusters. Multiple vectors corresponding to the clusters are generated, wherein each of the characters corresponds to one of the vectors. A first vector set corresponding to the first string and a second vector set corresponding to the second string are generated. A similarity of the first vector set and the second vector set is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Cyber Security Incorporated
    Inventors: Pin-Cyuan Lin, Yu-Chun Wu, Ming-Kung Sun, Zong-Cyuan Jhang, Yi-Chung Tseng, Chiung-Ying Huang
  • Publication number: 20210032311
    Abstract: A non-human gene-edited mammal, a protein crude extract isolated from a connective tissue of the non-human gene-edited mammal, a method for preparing the protein crude extract, and uses of the protein crude extract are provided. The method includes: microinjecting a deoxyribonucleic acid sequence construct (DNA construct) containing SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 5 into a rat embryo, transplanting the rat embryo into a female rat of the same species to develop into a mature rat, and isolating a protein crude extract from a connective tissue of the mature rat. The protein crude extract includes human type I collagen and a non-native chimeric protein peptide chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Wu, Pi-Hung Liao, Shih-Chieh Tsai
  • Publication number: 20200220897
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a domain name recognition method and a domain name recognition device. The domain name recognition method includes the following steps. A first string of a first domain name and a second string of a second domain name are obtained. Multiple characters of the first string and the second string are classified into multiple clusters. Multiple vectors corresponding to the clusters are generated, wherein each of the characters corresponds to one of the vectors. A first vector set corresponding to the first string and a second vector set corresponding to the second string are generated. A similarity of the first vector set and the second vector set is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Acer Cyber Security Incorporated
    Inventors: Pin-Cyuan Lin, Yu-Chun Wu, Ming-Kung Sun, Zong-Cyuan Jhang, Yi-Chung Tseng, Chiung-Ying Huang
  • Publication number: 20200178821
    Abstract: A method for detecting cardiac arrhythmia based on a photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal is provided. The method includes: receiving a PPG signal and a motion signal corresponding to a motion made by a user; extracting PPG signal segments and motion signal segments corresponding to a time period from the PPG signal and the motion signal, respectively, at every time period; filtering out motion artifact noise in the PPG signal segments according to the PPG signal segments and the motion signal segments, and converting the PPG signal segments and the motion signal segments into PPG spectrum diagrams and motion spectrum diagrams, respectively; obtaining an estimated heart rate according to the PPG spectrum diagrams and the motion spectrum diagrams; and determining whether cardiac arrhythmia is present based on the filtered PPG signal segments and the estimated heart rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jo-Hua WU, Hsien-Yang CHIANG, Yu-Chun WU, Pin-Cyuan LIN, Ke-Han PAN, Yueh-Yarng TSAI
  • Publication number: 20200112575
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for evaluating domain name and a server using the same method. The method includes: retrieving a raw domain name and dividing the raw domain name into a plurality of parts; retrieving a specific part of the parts, wherein the specific part include characters; encoding the characters into encoded data; padding the encoded data to a specific length; projecting the encoded data being padded as embedded vectors; sequentially inputting the embedded vectors to a plurality cells of a long short term memory model to generate a result vector; and converting the result vector to a prediction probability via a fully-connected layer and a specific function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Acer Cyber Security Incorporated
    Inventors: Pin-Cyuan Lin, Jun-Mein Wu, Yu-Chun Wu, Ming-Kung Sun, Zong-Cyuan Jhang, Yi-Chung Tseng, Chiung-Ying Huang
  • Publication number: 20200055982
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyester polyol includes the steps of: (a) preparing a diol composition which includes a C2-C9 short-chain diol component and a diol monomeric component of Formula (I) defined herein in a weight ratio of the C2-C9 short-chain diol component to the diol monomeric component of Formula (I) of larger than 0 and less than 1.6, (b) preparing a dicarbonyl composition which includes one selected from the group consisting of a dicarboxylic acid component, a dicarboxylic anhydride component, and a combination thereof, and (c) subjecting the diol composition and the dicarbonyl composition to a polycondensation reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Wu, Chun-Chieh Chien, Chih-Yuan Tseng
  • Publication number: 20200054231
    Abstract: An analyzing method is to be implemented in an analyzing device, and includes: (A) dividing respective cycle lengths of a plurality of cardiac cycles of a user during sleep into a plurality of groups based on an order of occurrence of the cardiac cycles; (B) for each group, performing Fourier transform on the cycle lengths of the group to generate a respective spectrum; (C) for each group, calculating total power of the respective spectrum; and (D) determining, for each group, whether sleep quality of the user in a time period during which the corresponding cardiac cycles occurred is poor based on the total power of the respective spectrum and a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hsin-Kai LAI, Yu-Chun WU, Wei-Che HUNG
  • Patent number: 10472747
    Abstract: A textile with conductive structures includes a fabric substrate, an outer conductive structure made of polymer and disposed on the fabric substrate, and an inner conductive structure disposed under the outer conductive structure and electrically connected to the outer conductive structure. The sheet resistance of the inner conductive structure is lower than the sheet resistance of the outer conductive structure. The total sheet resistance of the inner and outer conductive structures is less than 100 ohms per square when the textile undergoes a laundery procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Far Eastern New Century Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Kai Lai, Yu-Chun Wu, Wei-Che Hung