Patents by Inventor Yu-Sheng Liao

Yu-Sheng 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: 20240133716
    Abstract: A reading device for capacitive sensing element comprises a differential capacitive sensing element, a modulator, a charge-voltage conversion circuit, a phase adjustment circuit, a demodulator and a low-pass filter. The modulator outputs a modulation signal to the common node of the capacitive sensing element and modulates the output signal of the capacitive sensing element. The two input terminals of the charge-to-voltage conversion circuit are connected to two non-common nodes of the capacitive sensing element. The charge-to-voltage converter read the output charge of the capacitive sensing element and convert it into a voltage signal. The modulator generates a demodulation signal through the phase adjustment circuit. The demodulator receives the demodulation signal from the phase adjustment circuit and demodulates the output of the charge-to-voltage conversion circuit. The low-pass filter is connected to the output of the demodulator for filtering the demodulated voltage signal to output the read signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Lu-Pu LIAO, Yu-Sheng LIN, Liang-Ying LIU, Chin-Fu KUO
  • Publication number: 20240136420
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate, a source and a drain. The semiconductor layer is located above the substrate. The gate insulating layer is located above the semiconductor layer. The gate is located above the gate insulating layer and overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The gate includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is extending along the surface of the gate insulating layer and directly in contact with the gate insulating layer. The second portion is separated from the gate insulating layer. Taking the surface of the gate insulating layer as a reference, the top surface of the second portion is higher than the top surface of the first portion. The third portion connects the first portion to the second portion. The source and the drain are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Kuo-Jui Chang, Wen-Tai Chen, Chi-Sheng Chiang, Yu-Chuan Liao, Chien-Sen Weng, Ming-Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20240128626
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a daisy chain structure composed of at least three daisy chain units arranged periodically and continuously. Each of the daisy chain units includes first, second and third conductive lines, and first and second conductive pillars. The first and second conductive lines at a first layer extend along a first direction and are discontinuously arranged. The third conductive line at a second layer extends along the first direction and is substantially parallel to the first and second conductive lines. The first conductive pillar extends in a second direction. The second direction is different from the first direction. A first part of the first conductive pillar is connected to the first and third conductive lines. The second conductive pillar extends in the second direction. A first part of the second conductive pillar is connected to the second and third conductive lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP., National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Yu-Kuang WANG, Ruey-Beei Wu, Ching-Sheng Chen, Chun-Jui Huang, Wei-Yu Liao, Chi-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20240123434
    Abstract: A multifunctional catalyst, a method for producing the same, and a method for using the same are provided. The multifunctional catalyst is applicable for recycling a polyester fabric. The multifunctional catalyst includes a carrier, and a first functional ionic liquid and a second functional ionic liquid that are grafted on the carrier. The carrier is an inorganic composite powder material, and is composed of following chemical components: C: Na—Ni/Al2O3. In a process of recycling the polyester fabric, the multifunctional catalyst simultaneously decolorizes and depolymerizes the polyester fabric. The first functional ionic liquid is used to decolorize the polyester fabric, and the second functional ionic liquid is used to depolymerize the polyester fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: TE-CHAO LIAO, WEI-SHENG CHENG, YU-LIN LI
  • Patent number: 11952467
    Abstract: A method for processing a polyalkylene benzenedicarboxylate material includes subjecting a polyalkylene benzenedicarboxylate material to an immersion treatment with an immersion liquid including ethylene glycol, so as to obtain an immersed polyester material, and subjecting the immersed polyester material to a disintegration treatment to obtain a disintegrated polyester material. The immersed polyester material has crystallinity higher than that of the polyalkylene benzenedicarboxylate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Wu, Wei-Sheng Liao, Yu-Wen Chiao
  • Publication number: 20240111210
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A photoresist layer is formed over a material layer on a substrate. The photoresist layer has a composition including a solvent and a first photo-active compound dissolved in the solvent. The first photo-active compound is represented by the following formula (A1) or formula (A2): Zr12O8(OH)14(RCO2)18 ??Formula (A1); or Hf6O4(OH)6(RCO2)10 ??Formula (A2). R in the formula (A1) and R in the formula (A2) each include one of the following formulae (1) to (6): The photoresist layer is patterned. The material layer is etched using the photoresist layer as an etch mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jui-Hsiung LIU, Pin-Chia LIAO, Ting-An LIN, Ting-An SHIH, Yu-Fang TSENG, Burn Jeng LIN, Tsai-Sheng GAU, Po-Hsiung CHEN, Po-Wen CHIU
  • Publication number: 20240112912
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the following steps. A photoresist layer is formed over a material layer on a substrate. The photoresist layer has a composition including a solvent and a first photo-active compound dissolved in the solvent. The first photo-active compound is represented by the following formula (Al) or formula (A2): Zr12O8(OH)14(RCO2)18??Formula (A1); or Hf6O4(OH)6(RCO2)10??Formula (A2). R in the formula (A1) and R in the formula (A2) each include one of the following formulae (1) to (6): The photoresist layer is patterned. The material layer is etched using the photoresist layer as an etch mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jui-Hsiung LIU, Yu-Fang TSENG, Pin-Chia LIAO, Burn Jeng LIN, Tsai-Sheng GAU, Po-Hsiung CHEN, Po-Wen CHIU
  • Publication number: 20240089611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of image fusion, which uses the brightness difference of the current frame and the previous frame to determine whether the pixel in a frame image is static or dynamic. If the current pixel is static, the previous corresponding pixel is superimposed onto the current pixel; if the current pixel is dynamic, the previous corresponding pixel is replaced with the current pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ping-Hung Yin, Yung-Ming Chou, Bo-Jia Lin, Yu-Sheng Liao
  • Publication number: 20170273574
    Abstract: A wearable physiological measuring device has a torso-worn module and a limb-worn module configured to communicate in a wireless way with each other. The torso-worn module is configured to be coupled with a torso of a user to obtain an R-peak from an electrocardiac signal. The limb-worn module is configured to be coupled with at least one limb of four limbs of the user to obtain a pulse wave peak from a plethysmograph signal. There are no physical connections (neither wire nor cable) between the torso-worn module and the limb-worn module. The wearable physiological measuring device is configured to use the R-peak time and the pulse wave peak time to generate a pulse transit time data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Hong Yue Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Sheng Wu, Yu-Sheng Liao, Mei-Hua Liao
  • Patent number: 9727780
    Abstract: A pedestrian detecting system includes a depth capturing unit, an image capturing unit and a composite processing unit. The depth capturing unit is configured to detect and obtain spatial information of a target object. The image capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the target object and recognize the image, thereby obtaining image feature information of the target object. The composite processing unit is electrically connected to the depth capturing unit and the image capturing unit, wherein the composite processing unit is configured to receive the spatial information and the image feature information and to perform a scoring scheme to detect and determine if the target object is a pedestrian. The scoring scheme performs weighted scoring on a spatial confidence and an appearance confidence to obtain a composite scoring value to determine if the target object is the pedestrian.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Testing Center
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Chang, Yu-Sheng Liao, Pang-Ting Huang, Yi-Ming Chan, Li-Chen Fu, Pei-Yung Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20170127966
    Abstract: An electrode device has a conductive body, a silver layer situated above the conductive body, a silver compound layer situated above the silver layer, a liquid absorbing and releasing element situated above the silver compound layer, a shielding element configured to cover an upper surface and a portion of a side surface of the liquid absorbing and releasing element, and a moving mechanism configured to move the shielding element reciprocally between at least two positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Hong Yue Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Sheng Wu, Yu-Sheng Liao, Mei-Hua Liao
  • Publication number: 20160188967
    Abstract: A pedestrian detecting system includes a depth capturing unit, an image capturing unit and a composite processing unit. The depth capturing unit is configured to detect and obtain spatial information of a target object. The image capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the target object and recognize the image, thereby obtaining image feature information of the target object. The composite processing unit is electrically connected to the depth capturing unit and the image capturing unit, wherein the composite processing unit is configured to receive the spatial information and the image feature information and to perform a scoring scheme to detect and determine if the target object is a pedestrian. The scoring scheme performs weighted scoring on a spatial confidence and an appearance confidence to obtain a composite scoring value to determine if the target object is the pedestrian.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching CHANG, Yu-Sheng LIAO, Pang-Ting HUANG, Yi-Ming CHAN, Li-Chen FU, Pei-Yung HSIAO
  • Patent number: 9336573
    Abstract: A self-adaptive image edge correction device and method thereof, including an image fetching unit, an image processing unit, and an image output unit. Wherein, the image fetching unit is used to provide an original image, and is connected electrically to the image processing unit, that includes a sharpening filter, a superimposer, and an edge detector. The sharpening filter converts the original image into a sharpened edge image, and the superimposer superimposes the original image to the sharpened edge image, to form an enhanced image. The edge detector fetches the edge of the enhanced image, to obtain a differential edge image. The image processing unit then utilizes selectively the horizontal correction or vertical correction to correct the differential edge image, based on s deviation direction of the differential edge image, to form a corrected image, and provide it to the image output unit to output as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TEST CENTER
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Yang, Yu-Sheng Liao, Li-You Hsu
  • Patent number: 9207770
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an information display system automatically adjusting the projection area and a method thereof. The method comprises steps: using a detection module to capture images of a driver and measure a distance between the detection module and the driver; recognize facial features of a driver (including a position of the driver's eye, a rotation angle of the driver's face, and a direction the driver fixates) to estimate a required displacement of the projection area on the windshield (i.e. the region inside the visual field of the driver); moving or rotating the projection device according to the required displacement of the projection area to make the projection device project images of driving information onto a correct region on the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Test Center
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Liao, Yu-Sung Chen, Chih-Bin Chiang
  • Patent number: 9087374
    Abstract: An automatic airview correction method comprises steps: moving a vehicle to an airview alignment pattern; capturing a plurality of airview alignment images of the surroundings of the vehicle; correcting distortion of the airview alignment images to obtain a plurality of corrected images; performing alignment compensation on the corrected images; searching for corner points of the corrected images and converting view points to obtain a plurality of view angle-converted images; and searching for corner points of the view angle-converted images, and seaming the view angle-converted images to form a panoramic airview and obtain parameters corresponding to the panoramic airview. The present invention can automatically align images and can also automatically detect corner points to seam the images of the surroundings of a vehicle, whereby to form a panoramic airview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Test Center
    Inventors: Li-You Hsu, Yu-Sheng Liao, Tzu-Chien Hsu
  • Publication number: 20150145761
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an information display system automatically adjusting the projection area and a method thereof. The method comprises steps: using a detection module to capture images of a driver and measure a distance between the detection module and the driver; recognize facial features of a driver (including a position of the driver's eye, a rotation angle of the driver's face, and a direction the driver fixates) to estimate a required displacement of the projection area on the windshield (i.e. the region inside the visual field of the driver); moving or rotating the projection device according to the required displacement of the projection area to make the projection device project images of driving information onto a correct region on the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TEST CENTER
    Inventors: YU-SHENG LIAO, YU-SUNG CHEN, CHIH-BIN CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20140294319
    Abstract: A self-adaptive image edge correction device and method thereof, including an image fetching unit, an image processing unit, and an image output unit. Wherein, the image fetching unit is used to provide an original image, and is connected electrically to the image processing unit, that includes a sharpening filter, a processor, and an edge detector. The sharpening filter converts the original image into a sharpened edge image, and the processor superimposes the original image to the sharpened edge image, to form an enhanced image. The edge detector fetches the edge of the enhanced image, to obtain a differential edge image. The processor then utilizes selectively the horizontal correction or vertical correction to correct the differential edge image, based on s deviation direction of the differential edge image, to form a corrected image, and provide it to the image output unit to output as required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Automotive Research & Test Center
    Inventors: Chih-Hung YANG, Yu-Sheng LIAO, Li-You HSU
  • Publication number: 20140071240
    Abstract: In free space detection system and method for a vehicle, left and right images captured from the vehicle environment in a direction of travel of the vehicle are transformed to obtain a depth image with disparity values. The depth image is transformed to obtain a road function and an occupancy grid map. A cost estimation value corresponding to each disparity value on the same image column in a detecting area of the occupancy grid map is estimated using a cost function and the road function such that initial boundary disparity values each defined by one disparity value on the same image column whose the cost estimation value is maximum are optimized to obtain optimized boundary disparity values by which a free space is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Automotive Research & Testing Center
    Inventors: Yu-Sung Chen, Yu-Sheng Liao, Jia-Xiu Liu
  • Publication number: 20140010411
    Abstract: An automatic airview correction method comprises steps: moving a vehicle to an airview alignment pattern; capturing a plurality of airview alignment images of the surroundings of the vehicle; correcting distortion of the airview alignment images to obtain a plurality of corrected images; performing alignment compensation on the corrected images; searching for corner points of the corrected images and converting view point s to obtain a plurality of view angle-converted images; and searching for corner points of the view angle-converted images, and seaming the view angle-converted images to form a panoramic airview and obtain parameters corresponding to the panoramic airview. The present invention can automatically align images and can also automatically detect corner points to seam the images of the surroundings of a vehicle, whereby to form a panoramic airview.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Li-You HSU, Yu-Sheng Liao, Tzu-Chien Hsu
  • Patent number: 8587440
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a driver is disclosed. Firstly, an inner cabin image of a vehicle's cabin is continuously captured. Next, a face detection of a driver for the inner cabin image is performed to obtain a face detection result. Next, the inner cabin image and the face detection result corresponding to the inner cabin image are stored. When the system observes that either the face of the driver is not detected or the face is not shown within a reasonable face region of at least two continuous inner cabin images according to each face detection result, the system outputs a warning signal to alert the driver. The invention determines a driving state of a driver in a cabin with a method of analyzing a position of a face or a head and using an image extractor having large capture range and a low resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Test Center
    Inventors: Ming-Cong Weng, Yu-Sheng Liao, Yu-Song Chen