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  • COOLING SYSTEM OF DATA CENTER
    Publication number: 20170112025
    Abstract: A cooling system for a data center includes a cooling module and at least one heating module. The cooling module includes at least one cooling device and at least one airflow control switch. An air inlet is defined in the cooling module. The at least one heating module includes a heating device. When hot air flows into the air inlet, the at least one airflow control switch is closed, the hot air is cooled by the cooling device and passes through the heating device to cool the heating device. When cool air flows into the air inlet, the at least one airflow control switch is open, the cool air passes through the at least one airflow control switch and the heating device to cool the heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: TZE-CHERN MAO, CHIH-HUNG CHANG, YEN-CHUN FU, YAO-TING CHANG, CHAO-KE WEI, HUNG-CHOU CHAN
  • Heat dissipating system for data center
    Patent number: 10028416
    Abstract: A heat dissipating system for a data center includes a data center and an air processing unit. The data center includes an enclosure and an electronic device, and defines a first air vent and a second air vent. The air processing unit includes a case and an air processing device. The case defines a first air inlet, a second air inlet, and a first air outlet. At least one air inlet damper is mounted on the case, and a first return air damper is mounted in the case. The data center can adjust cooling based on ambient temperature through the air inlet damper and the first return air damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Cloud Network Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tze-Chern Mao, Chih-Hung Chang, Yen-Chun Fu, Yao-Ting Chang, Chao-Ke Wei, Hung-Chou Chan
  • Data center and auxiliary power supply unit thereof
    Patent number: 8592671
    Abstract: An auxiliary power supply unit of a data center includes a thermoelectric chip module and a direct current/alternating current (DC/AC) voltage converter connected to the thermoelectric chip module. The thermoelectric chip module includes a number of thermoelectric chips. At least one sidewall of each thermoelectric chip contacts a hot pipe of the data center. The thermoelectric chips generate a direct current (DC) voltage when a temperature difference between the sidewalls of each thermoelectric chip exists. The DC/AC voltage converter converts the DC voltage into an alternating current (DC) voltage to power an air treatment device of the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Ting Chang, Chao-Ke Wei, Hung-Chou Chan
  • COOLING SYSTEM OF DATA CENTER
    Publication number: 20190011966
    Abstract: A cooling system for a data center includes a cooling module and at least one heating module. The cooling module includes at least one cooling device and at least one airflow control switch. An air inlet is defined in the cooling module. The at least one heating module includes a heating device. When hot air flows into the air inlet, the at least one airflow control switch is closed, the hot air is cooled by the cooling device and passes through the heating device to cool the heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: TZE-CHERN MAO, CHIH-HUNG CHANG, YEN-CHUN FU, YAO-TING CHANG, CHAO-KE WEI, HUNG-CHOU CHAN
  • APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20130328964
    Abstract: Disclosure is related to an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional product. Apparatus is configured to print a 3D image onto a flat surface of grating film. The grating film has the flat surface and a grating textural surface. In an exemplary example, the apparatus includes an image capturing unit for generating an object image by photographing an object. A control unit is also included for extracting the object from the object image and regarding it as a foreground object image. Afterward, the foreground object image is combined with a background image, and a 3D picture is formed. The background image is stored in a background image storing unit. A printing unit is included for printing the combined three-dimensional image onto a flat surface of grating film. A bottom-layer forming unit is used to form an opaque layer onto the grating film printed with the three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: J TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: YU-CHOU YEH, TING-CHING LIN, CHAO-YI WANG
  • DATA CENTER COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170127572
    Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a housing and a number of container data centers. The housing includes an enclosure and a roof. The enclosure defines at least one first air inlet. The roof is attached to the top of the enclosure and defines an air vent. The housing defines a vertical exhaust channel and a plurality of receiving spaces within the enclosure. The exhaust channel communicates with the air inlet. The receiving spaces communicate with the exhaust channel and the air inlet. The container data centers are received in the receiving spaces. A gap is formed between the container data center and the receiving space to allow the air from the first air inlet to flow through the exhaust channel through the gap to expel hot air surrounding the container data centers out of the air vent of the exhaust channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: TZE-CHERN MAO, CHAO-KE WEI, YAO-TING CHANG, HUNG-CHOU CHAN, YEN-CHUN FU, CHIH-HUNG CHANG
  • DATA CENTER COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170196126
    Abstract: A data center cooling system utilizing natural elements in the environment includes a housing, a chimney, and a data center. The housing defines a cold air channel and a hot air channel separated by at least one separating piece. The chimney is mounted on the housing and aligned to the hot air channel. The data center is located in the housing. The data center includes an air inlet side and an air outlet side. The air inlet side is located in the cold air channel. The air outlet side is located in the hot air channel. Air from the cold air channel flows in the data center from the air inlet side to absorb heat of the data center, flows out of the data center into the hot air channel via the air outlet side, and is exhausted out of the housing via the chimney.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: TZE-CHERN MAO, CHIH-HUNG CHANG, YEN-CHUN FU, CHAO-KE WEI, YAO-TING CHANG, HUNG-CHOU CHAN
  • CONTAINER DATA CENTER AND COOLING SYSTEM THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120048756
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a first temperature sensor, a pump, a first controller, and a first filtering device. The first temperature sensor senses a temperature of an external water source and outputs a first temperature value. The pump pumps the water from the external water source. The first controller is connected between the first temperature sensor and the pump to receive the first temperature value, and compare the first temperature value with a first predetermined temperature value. If the first temperature value is less than the first predetermined temperature value, the first controller controls the pump to pump the water from the external water source. The first filtering device is connected to the pump to receive and filter the pumped water and output the filtered water to a cold water pipe of the container data center to cool servers of the container data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YAO-TING CHANG, CHAO-KE WEI, HUNG-CHOU CHAN
  • Method of Hard-Limited Packet Size for Video Encoding
    Publication number: 20170064310
    Abstract: A method and system for encoding a group of coding blocks and packetizing the compressed data into slices/packets with hard-limited packet size are disclosed. According to the present invention, a packetization map for at least a portion of a current picture is determined. The packetization map associates coding blocks in at least a portion of the current picture with one or more packets by identifying a corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet of said one or more packets. The corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is then encoded according to the packetization map and the size of each packet is determined. The packet size is checked. If any packet size exceeds a constrained size, a new packetization map is generated and the corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is encoded according to the new packetization map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Chao-Chih HUANG, Ting-An LIN, Shen-Kai CHANG, Han-Liang CHOU
  • CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120153885
    Abstract: A control system may be switched between a Pseudo-Derivative Feedforward (PDFF) control manner and a Proportional Integral (PI) control manner. The control system includes a first operational element, a second operational element, a feedback proportion controller, an integrator, and a feedforward proportion controller. The first operational element and the second operational element are used to perform calculation of addition or subtraction on an input signal, a feedback signal, and a feedforward signal. The integrator generates an integral signal. The feedback proportion controller generates a feedback proportion signal according to a first feedback gain or a second feedback gain. The feedforward proportion controller generates a feedforward proportion signal according to a first feedforward gain or a second feedforward gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chia-Min Ting, Shir-Shing Chao, Hsin-Hung Chou
  • Selective formation of titanium silicide and titanium nitride by hydrogen gas control
    Patent number: 11295956
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a substrate with a gate structure, an insulating structure over the gate structure, and a S/D region; depositing a titanium silicide layer over the S/D region with a first chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The first CVD process includes a first hydrogen gas flow. The method also includes depositing a titanium nitride layer over the insulating structure with a second CVD process. The second CVD process includes a second hydrogen gas flow. The first and second CVD processes are performed in a single reaction chamber and a flow rate of the first hydrogen gas flow is higher than a flow rate of the second hydrogen gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Chang, Kao-Feng Lin, Min-Hsiu Hung, Yi-Hsiang Chao, Huang-Yi Huang, Yu-Ting Lin
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130062009
    Abstract: Disclosed is a three-dimensional image output apparatus. The apparatus is designed to output 3D image product. The apparatus includes an image retrieving unit for retrieving at least one first image, and a lens membrane conveying unit for delivering at least one lens membrane. The lens membrane has a glue layer and a protective membrane is adhered thereon. The apparatus includes a printing unit for printing out a product for appearing 3D first image by looking at a second image through lens membrane. The apparatus includes a membrane removing unit for removing the protective membrane, a paving unit for paving the lens membrane onto the product, and an adhering unit for combining lens membrane with the product. The final product is then formed. A control unit is configured to control those units for achieving the production of 3D image, by which the first image is converted to the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: J TOUCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: YU-CHOU YEH, CHAO-YI WANG, WEN-CHIH LO, TSUNG-HER YEH, TING-CHING LIN, SU-YING CHEN
  • Container data center and cooling system thereof
    Patent number: 8774980
    Abstract: A cooling system includes a first temperature sensor, a pump, a first controller, and a first filtering device. The first temperature sensor senses a temperature of an external water source and outputs a first temperature value. The pump pumps the water from the external water source. The first controller is connected between the first temperature sensor and the pump to receive the first temperature value, and compare the first temperature value with a first predetermined temperature value. If the first temperature value is less than the first predetermined temperature value, the first controller controls the pump to pump the water from the external water source. The first filtering device is connected to the pump to receive and filter the pumped water and output the filtered water to a cold water pipe of the container data center to cool servers of the container data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Ting Chang, Chao-Ke Wei, Hung-Chou Chan
  • Control system
    Patent number: 9287817
    Abstract: A control system may be switched between a Pseudo-Derivative Feedforward (PDFF) control manner and a Proportional Integral (PI) control manner. The control system includes a first operational element, a second operational element, a feedback proportion controller, an integrator, and a feedforward proportion controller. The first operational element and the second operational element are used to perform calculation of addition or subtraction on an input signal, a feedback signal, and a feedforward signal. The integrator generates an integral signal. The feedback proportion controller generates a feedback proportion signal according to a first feedback gain or a second feedback gain. The feedforward proportion controller generates a feedforward proportion signal according to a first feedforward gain or a second feedforward gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chia-Min Ting, Shir-Shing Chao, Hsin-Hung Chou
  • STRUCTURE FOR HOLDING BATTERY PERMITTING RAPID REPLACEMENT AND AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE USING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20230113630
    Abstract: A structure for holding a battery on an automated guided vehicle (AGV) so as to allow easy and convenient battery replacement includes two fixed supports and a bracket. The bracket is connected between the two supports and each support defines a vertical groove and two horizontal grooves. Two sliders at the ends of the bracket are insertable into either horizontal groove. The two sliders can move down along the vertical groove together until the bracket makes contact with the battery and holds it in place. The two sliders can move up along the vertical groove and sideways into the horizontal grooves, thereby unlatching and releasing the battery for rapid replacement. An AGV using the structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: HUN-YI CHOU, CHIH-CHENG LEE, YU-SHENG CHANG, YU-CHENG ZHANG, HSIU-FU LI, CHANG-JU HSIEH, TSUNG-HSIN WU, CHIUNG-HSIANG WU, CHEN CHAO, CHEN-TING KAO, CHI-CHENG WEN, SHENG-LI YEN
  • Selective formation of titanium silicide and titanium nitride by hydrogen gas control
    Patent number: 10685842
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a substrate with a gate structure, an insulating structure over the gate structure, and a S/D region; depositing a titanium silicide layer over the S/D region with a first chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The first CVD process includes a first hydrogen gas flow. The method also includes depositing a titanium nitride layer over the insulating structure with a second CVD process. The second CVD process includes a second hydrogen gas flow. The first and second CVD processes are performed in a single reaction chamber and a flow rate of the first hydrogen gas flow is higher than a flow rate of the second hydrogen gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Chang, Kao-Feng Lin, Min-Hsiu Hung, Yi-Hsiang Chao, Huang-Yi Huang, Yu-Ting Lin
  • EMOTION ANALYZING METHOD, EMOTION ANALYZING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE AND WRITABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND EMOTION ANALYZING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110087483
    Abstract: A system for analyzing a sentence emotion is provided. The system comprises a case repository, an input module, a sentence structure analyzing module, a similarity analyzing module and an emotion detection module. The case repository stores several case sentences and each case sentence comprises at least one major term and is corresponding to at least one emotion annotation. The input module receives an input sentence and the sentence structure analyzing module analyzes a sentence structure of the input sentence. The similarity analyzing module performs a semantic analysis and a syntax analysis according to the sentence structure to obtain a similarity level between the input sentence and each of the case sentences. The emotion detection module detects at least one emotion of the input sentence according to the similarity level between the input sentence and each of the case sentences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Chang-Tai Hsieh, Von-Wun Soo, Chao-Chun Kao, Ting-Hao Yang, Chun-Chieh Liu, Shih-Chun Chou
  • Method of hard-limited packet size for video encoding
    Patent number: 10187640
    Abstract: A method and system for encoding a group of coding blocks and packetizing the compressed data into slices/packets with hard-limited packet size are disclosed. According to the present invention, a packetization map for at least a portion of a current picture is determined. The packetization map associates coding blocks in at least a portion of the current picture with one or more packets by identifying a corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet of said one or more packets. The corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is then encoded according to the packetization map and the size of each packet is determined. The packet size is checked. If any packet size exceeds a constrained size, a new packetization map is generated and the corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is encoded according to the new packetization map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chih Huang, Ting-An Lin, Shen-Kai Chang, Han-Liang Chou
  • Method and apparatus using software engine and hardware engine collaborated with each other to achieve hybrid video encoding
    Patent number: 10057590
    Abstract: A hybrid video encoding method and system using a software engine and a hardware engine. The software engine receives coding unit data associated with a current picture, and performs a first part of the video encoding operation by executing instructions. The first part of the video encoding operation generates an inter predictor and control information corresponding to the coding unit data of the current picture. The first part of the video encoding operation stores the inter predictor into an off-chip memory. The hardware engine performs a second part of the video encoding operation according to the control information. The second part of the video encoding operation receives the inter predictor, and subtracts the inter predictor from the coding unit data to generate a residual signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chih Huang, Ting-An Lin, Shen-Kai Chang, Han-Liang Chou
  • MERGED ACCESS UNITS IN FRAME BUFFER COMPRESSION
    Publication number: 20180108331
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for merging compressed access units according to compression rates and/or positions of the respective compressed access units. The method can include receiving a sequence of compressed access units corresponding to a sequence of raw access units partitioned from an image or a video frame and corresponding to a sequence of memory spaces in a frame buffer, determining a merged access unit including at least two consecutive compressed access units based on compression rates and/or positions of the sequence of compressed access units. The merged access unit is to be stored in the frame buffer with a reduced gap between the at least two consecutive compressed access units compared with storing the at least two consecutive compressed access units in corresponding memory spaces in the sequence of memory spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ping CHAO, Ting-An LIN, Tung-Hsing WU, Kung-Tsun YANG, Wan-Yu CHEN, Chuang-Chi CHIOU, Ping-yao WANG, Wei-Gen WU, Hsin-Hao CHUNG, Chih-Ming WANG, Han-Liang CHOU, Chung Hsien LEE, Yung-Chang CHANG, Chi-Cheng JU
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