Patents by Inventor Yuan-Shin Huang

Yuan-Shin Huang 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: 11598766
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical sensor comprising a substrate, a first colorimetric sensor array exposed and arranged in a first accommodating space of the substrate and a second colorimetric sensor array arranged in a second accommodating space of the substrate. The second accommodating space is covered with an isolating layer to isolates liquid molecules but allows gas molecules to pass through. The first colorimetric sensor array changes from a first initial color to a first indicating color according to a volatile part and a non-volatile part of an analyte, and the second colorimetric sensor array changes from a second initial color to a second indicating color according to the volatile part of the analyte, so that information of the volatile part and the non-volatile part of the analyte can be obtained simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN CARBON NANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Tung Hsu, Chao-Chieh Lin, Yuan-Shin Huang, Chun-Wei Shih, Chia-Hung Li, Chun-Hsien Tsai, Chun-Jung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11340204
    Abstract: A system and a method for managing and trading fresh foods according to a flavor thereof, comprising a plurality of fresh foods, an image capturing module, a processing module and a classification module. The fresh food is attached with a product label including a code and a colorimetric transducer array that comprises at least one sensing material for sensing the fresh food. The sensing material undergoes a chemical reaction with at least one metabolic molecule of the fresh food to change the sensing material from an initial color to an indication color. The image capturing module captures an image comprising an appearance of the fresh food, the code and the indication color. The processing module provides a real-time information according to a comparison result between the image and a database. The classification module receives the real-time information and classifies the fresh food according to the real-time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN CARBON NANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Tung Hsu, Chun-Wei Shih, Chao-Chieh Lin, Yuan-Shin Huang, Chia-Hung Li, Chun-Hsien Tsai, Chun-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220065794
    Abstract: A system for logistics management based on odor molecules is provided. The system includes a sensor, an information device and a server. The sensor is arranged on an item to be tracked, and includes a colorimetric sensor array and a material which stores and releases molecules, wherein the material releases an odor molecule. The colorimetric sensor array includes a plurality of sensing materials. The plurality of sensing materials reacts with at least one metabolic molecule of the odor molecule to enable the colorimetric sensor array to present a color pattern. The information processing device includes an image capturing element for obtaining the color pattern and a transceiver for transmitting the color pattern. The server stores a database. The color pattern and the database are compared to generate a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ching-Tung HSU, Chao-Chieh LIN, Yuan-Shin HUANG, Chia-Hung LI, Wen-Hui LIU, Chun-Hsien TSAI, Ting-Chuan LEE, Chun-Jung TSAI
  • Patent number: 11227133
    Abstract: The present invention provides a product label with a colorimetric sensor array and a code, and the system and the method of the present invention are mainly that the product label is attached to a fresh food, so that at least one sensing material of the colorimetric sensor array undergoes a chemical reaction with at least one metabolic molecule of the fresh food to change from an initial color to an indicating color. The present invention, by obtaining an image comprising an appearance, the code and the indicating color of the fresh food through an image acquisition device, also provides an instant information associated with the fresh food by a processing device according to a comparison result of the image and a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN CARBON NANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Tung Hsu, Chao-Chieh Lin, Yuan-Shin Huang, Chun-Wei Shih, Chia-Hung Li, Chun-Hsien Tsai, Chun-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210223223
    Abstract: A system and a method for managing and trading fresh foods according to a flavor thereof, comprising a plurality of fresh foods, an image capturing module, a processing module and a classification module. The fresh food is attached with a product label including a code and a colorimetric transducer array that comprises at least one sensing material for sensing the fresh food. The sensing material undergoes a chemical reaction with at least one metabolic molecule of the fresh food to change the sensing material from an initial color to an indication color. The image capturing module captures an image comprising an appearance of the fresh food, the code and the indication color. The processing module provides a real-time information according to a comparison result between the image and a database. The classification module receives the real-time information and classifies the fresh food according to the real-time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ching-Tung HSU, Chun-Wei SHIH, Chao-Chieh LIN, Yuan-Shin HUANG, Chia-Hung LI, Chun-Hsien TSAI, Chun-Jung TSAI
  • Publication number: 20210174400
    Abstract: A device for providing a food advertisement based on food flavors to market a food product, including a carrier and a plurality of color patches provided on the carrier and combined into a color pattern. The color patches are generated according to a colorimetric sensor array sensing the food product, and the colorimetric sensor array includes a plurality of sensing materials for sensing the food product. The sensing materials respectively react with at least one metabolic molecule of the food to change from an initial color to an indication color corresponding to the color patches respectively, so that the color pattern is visually associated with flavor information of the food product correspondingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ching-Tung HSU, Chun-Wei SHIH, Chia-Hung LI, Chao-Chieh LIN, Yuan-Shin HUANG, Chun-Hsien TSAI, Chun-Jung TSAI
  • Publication number: 20210148897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical sensor comprising a substrate, a first colorimetric sensor array exposed and arranged in a first accommodating space of the substrate and a second colorimetric sensor array arranged in a second accommodating space of the substrate. The second accommodating space is covered with an isolating layer to isolates liquid molecules but allows gas molecules to pass through. The first colorimetric sensor array changes from a first initial color to a first indicating color according to a volatile part and a non-volatile part of an analyte, and the second colorimetric sensor array changes from a second initial color to a second indicating color according to the volatile part of the analyte, so that information of the volatile part and the non-volatile part of the analyte can be obtained simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ching-Tung HSU, Chao-Chieh LIN, Yuan-Shin HUANG, Chun-Wei SHIH, Chia-Hung LI, Chun-Hsien TSAI, Chun-Jung TSAI
  • Publication number: 20210150168
    Abstract: The present invention provides a product label with a colorimetric sensor array and a code, and the system and the method of the present invention are mainly that the product label is attached to a fresh food, so that at least one sensing material of the colorimetric sensor array undergoes a chemical reaction with at least one metabolic molecule of the fresh food to change from an initial color to an indicating color. The present invention, by obtaining an image comprising an appearance, the code and the indicating color of the fresh food through an image acquisition device, also provides an instant information associated with the fresh food by a processing device according to a comparison result of the image and a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ching-Tung HSU, Chao-Chieh LIN, Yuan-Shin HUANG, Chun-Wei SHIH, Chia-Hung LI, Chun-Hsien TSAI, Chun-Jung TSAI
  • Patent number: 9859549
    Abstract: A stepwise-stacked seawater battery assembly comprises a first battery chamber, a second battery chamber, a seawater electrolytic liquid, and an electric-conduction set. The first battery chamber includes a first accommodation room and a first electrode group. The second battery chamber is disposed above the first battery chamber and includes an opening, a second accommodation room interconnecting with the opening, and a second electrode group disposed in the second accommodation room. The seawater electrolytic liquid includes a first electrolytic liquid received by the first accommodation room and a second electrolytic liquid received by the second accommodation room. The electric-conduction set electrically connects the first electrode group and the second electrode group. The structural design that the first battery chamber receives the first electrode group and the second battery chamber receives the second electrode group can simplify the structure of the seawater battery assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Carbon Nano Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Tsai, Kuang-Che Lee, Chun-Jung Tsai, Ting-Chuan Lee, Yuan-Shin Huang
  • Patent number: 9502720
    Abstract: A seawater power generation system is installed beside an ocean and comprises a seawater processing apparatus, a precipitation apparatus, a separation apparatus and a power generation apparatus. The seawater processing apparatus obtains seawater from the ocean and concentrates the seawater into concentrated seawater. The precipitation apparatus heats the concentrated seawater to form a precipitate of a metal oxide. The separation apparatus heats the metal oxide and reduces the metal oxide into a metal. The power generation apparatus uses the metal as a first electrode and includes a second electrode and an electrolyte contacting the first electrode and the second electrode. Thereby, the seawater is continuously fabricated into the first electrode. The electrolyte respectively reacts with the first electrode and the second electrode in an electrochemical reaction fashion to form a potential difference between the first and second electrode and generate stable electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN CARBON NANOTUBE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Tsai, Kuang-Che Lee, Chun-Jung Tsai, Ting-Chuan Lee, Yuan-Shin Huang
  • Patent number: 9496564
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a metal electrode from seawater and generating electric power with the metal electrode comprises steps: using a seawater treatment apparatus to heat seawater to a first temperature of 100-120° C. to obtain concentrated seawater; guiding the concentrated seawater to a precipitation apparatus, and adding a precipitation agent to the concentrated seawater to obtain a first crystalline material comprising magnesium hydroxide; heating the first crystalline material to a second temperature of 600-1100° C. to obtain a second crystalline material comprising magnesium oxide; transporting the second crystalline material to a separation apparatus, adding a reducing agent to the second crystalline material, heating the second crystalline material to a third temperature of 1200-2400° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN CARBON NANO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Tsai, Kuang-Che Lee, Chun-Jung Tsai, Ting-Chuan Lee, Yuan-Shin Huang
  • Publication number: 20160240837
    Abstract: A stepwise-stacked seawater battery assembly comprises a first battery chamber, a second battery chamber, a seawater electrolytic liquid, and an electric-conduction set. The first battery chamber includes a first accommodation room and a first electrode group. The second battery chamber is disposed above the first battery chamber and includes an opening, a second accommodation room interconnecting with the opening, and a second electrode group disposed in the second accommodation room. The seawater electrolytic liquid includes a first electrolytic liquid received by the first accommodation room and a second electrolytic liquid received by the second accommodation room. The electric-conduction set electrically connects the first electrode group and the second electrode group. The structural design that the first battery chamber receives the first electrode group and the second battery chamber receives the second electrode group can simplify the structure of the seawater battery assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: CHUN-HSIEN TSAI, KUANG-CHE LEE, CHUN-JUNG TSAI, TING-CHUAN LEE, YUAN-SHIN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20160172689
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a metal electrode from seawater and generating electric power with the metal electrode comprises steps: using a seawater treatment apparatus to heat seawater to a first temperature of 100-120° C. to obtain concentrated seawater; guiding the concentrated seawater to a precipitation apparatus, and adding a precipitation agent to the concentrated seawater to obtain a first crystalline material comprising magnesium hydroxide; heating the first crystalline material to a second temperature of 600-1100° C. to obtain a second crystalline material comprising magnesium oxide; transporting the second crystalline material to a separation apparatus, adding a reducing agent to the second crystalline material, heating the second crystalline material to a third temperature of 1200-2400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Tsai, Kuang-Che Lee, Chun-Jung Tsai, Ting-Chuan Lee, Yuan-Shin Huang
  • Publication number: 20150079476
    Abstract: A seawater power generation system is installed beside an ocean and comprises a seawater processing apparatus, a precipitation apparatus, a separation apparatus and a power generation apparatus. The seawater processing apparatus obtains seawater from the ocean and concentrates the seawater into concentrated seawater. The precipitation apparatus heats the concentrated seawater to form a precipitate of a metal oxide. The separation apparatus heats the metal oxide and reduces the metal oxide into a metal. The power generation apparatus uses the metal as a first electrode and includes a second electrode and an electrolyte contacting the first electrode and the second electrode. Thereby, the seawater is continuously fabricated into the first electrode. The electrolyte respectively reacts with the first electrode and the second electrode in an electrochemical reaction fashion to form a potential difference between the first and second electrode and generate stable electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Chun-Hsien Tsai, Kuang-Che LEE, Chun-Jung Tsai, Ting-Chuan Lee, Yuan-Shin Huang