Patents by Inventor Zhi-Hua Sun

Zhi-Hua Sun 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating an entity diagram
    Patent number: 8407262
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an entity diagram include, in one exemplary embodiment, a user using a processor that executes the program code to generate the entity diagram. The process for generating the entity diagram includes generating an entity diagram with one or more entities and one or more relationships, grouping the one or more entities by a first dimension, and grouping the one or more entities by a second dimension. The process further includes rearranging the groups based on the grouping according to the first dimension, rearranging the entities based on the grouping according to the second dimension, and adjusting one or more relationship links corresponding to the one or more relationships. After the one or more entities and relationships are rearranged and adjusted, the user may access an updated entity diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shao-Hsin Hsu, Chih-Ping Sun, Zhi-Hua Sun, Jia-Bin Yian
  • Systems and methods for generating an entity diagram
    Publication number: 20090063545
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating an entity diagram include, in one exemplary embodiment, a user using a processor that executes the program code to generate the entity diagram. The process for generating the entity diagram includes generating an entity diagram with one or more entities and one or more relationships, grouping the one or more entities by a first dimension, and grouping the one or more entities by a second dimension. The process further includes rearranging the groups based on the grouping according to the first dimension, rearranging the entities based on the grouping according to the second dimension, and adjusting one or more relationship links corresponding to the one or more relationships. After the one or more entities and relationships are rearranged and adjusted, the user may access an updated entity diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Shao-Hsin Hsu, Chih-Ping Sun, Zhi-Hua Sun, Jia-Bin Yian