| NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Patent applications |
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| 20110194727 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSIG SYSTEMS FOR HIDING SECRET INFORMATION AND DATA HIDING METHODS USING THE SAME - An image data processing system includes an image input module, a bit map generation module and an encoding module. The image input module receives an image and secret information and obtains at least one gray-level image according to image. The bit map generation module generates a bit map image according to gray-level image and generates an ordered dithering block truncation coding (ODBTC) image according to bit map image and gray-level image. The encoding module generates an encoded gray-level image according to bit map image and secret information, wherein the encoding module divides gray-level image into image blocks, finds candidate blocks with close black and white pixel numbers among the image blocks, selects high frequency blocks belong to the high frequency region of the image from candidate blocks, and randomly embeds secret information into high frequency blocks to generate encoded gray-level image with secret information embedded therein. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110192718 | ELECTROCHEMISTRY APPARATUS - An electrochemistry apparatus comprises a supporting body and a reaction layer for generating electromotive force. The supporting body is made of a first material. The reaction layer covers the surface of the supporting body and comprises an ion conductive layer, a first film electrode and a second film electrode. The first and the second film electrodes are separately formed on two opposite surfaces of the ion conductive layer. The ion conductive layer is made of a second material having a thermal expansion coefficient approximating to the thermal expansion coefficient of the first material. The second material has an ionic conductivity greater than the ionic conductivity of the first material. The first material has a toughness greater than the second material. The electrochemistry apparatus employs the supporting body with improved toughness and the ion conductive layer with improved ion conductivity, so as to increase sensitivity and thermal shock resistance. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110185425 | NETWORK ATTACK DETECTION DEVICES AND METHODS - A network attack detection device is provided, including a spatial coordinate database for storing spatial coordinate data; a standard time zone database for storing standard time zone data; a domain name system packet collector for collecting a domain name system packet; a spatial snapshot feature extractor for extracting internet protocol address corresponding to the domain name system packet according to the domain name system packet, and generating spatial feature data corresponding to the internet protocol address according to the internet protocol address, the spatial coordinate data and the standard time zone data; and an attack detector for determining whether the domain name system packet is an attack according to the spatial feature data and a spatial snapshot detection model, and when determining that the domain name system packet is an attack, sending a warning to indicate the attack. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110185420 | DETECTION METHODS AND DEVICES OF WEB MIMICRY ATTACKS - A web mimicry attack detection device is provided, including: a first token sequence collector receiving a hypertext transfer protocol request and extracting string content of the hypertext transfer protocol request according to a token collection method to generate a token sequence corresponding to the hypertext transfer protocol request, wherein the token sequence comprises a plurality of the tokens; and a mimicry attack detector generating a label and a confidence score corresponding individually to the tokens according to the tokens and a conditional random field probability model, summing the confidence score individually corresponding to the tokens in the token sequence by a summary rule to generate a summary confidence score, and determining whether the hypertext transfer protocol request is an attack according to the summary confidence score and the label individually corresponding to the tokens. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184926 | EXPERT LIST RECOMMENDATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An expert list recommendation system is provided, including: a domain modeler for establishing an expert knowledge database according to a plurality of expert publications in different domains, receiving an inquired proposal, determining the academic field of the inquired proposal according to keywords of the inquired proposal and keyword sets of the expert publications in different domains stored in the expert knowledge database, and outputting a first domain expert list corresponding to the inquired proposal, wherein the first domain expert list comprises a first group of expert publications and a first group of expert names; and an expertise matcher for receiving the first domain expert list, comparing semantic relatedness between keywords of the inquired proposal and keywords corresponding to the first group of the expert publications of the first domain expert list to output a first expert list to a display device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110173187 | CONFLICT OF INTEREST DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SOCIAL INTERACTION MODELS - A conflict of interest detection system is provided. A data extractor retrieves a document and extracts author, title, and date information. A co-authorship finder finds out co-author relation among documents. A relevant group cluster identifies a key researcher in a particular field, and groups researchers connected to the key researcher as a group. A potential link finder identifies researchers who may have co-author relation. A relation filter filters out couples having weaker relation from the group having co-author relation. The filtered co-author relation data is then stored as a conflict of interest list. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110164345 | METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a metal-insulator-metal capacitor, which includes: a substrate, a copper-based bottom electrode overlying the substrate, wherein the copper based bottom electrode is doped with rhenium nitride or ruthenium nitride, a top electrode overlying the copper based bottom electrode, and a capacitor insulator between and adjoining the copper based bottom electrode and the top electrode. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110161443 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Data management systems and methods for mobile devices are provided. The system includes at least a mobile device and a management system. The mobile device at least includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, and a processing unit for transmitting the image to the management system via a network. The management system at least includes a processing unit for retrieving data corresponding to the image according to the received image, and transmitting the data corresponding to the image to the mobile device via the network. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110156874 | RFID Tags, RFIG Transmission Methods And RFID Devices - A radio frequency identification tag for multi-path transmission is provided, including: a plurality of antennas, receiving a wireless signal transmitted by a reader and generating an antenna signal, respectively, and backscattering an encoded and modulated backscatter signal to the reader, in which the polarizations of the plurality of antennas are different; a demodulator, demodulating the antenna signal, to generate a plurality of demodulated signals corresponding to the antenna signal; a signal processor, selecting one of the plurality of demodulated signals or combining the plurality of demodulated signals for processing according to characteristics of the plurality of the demodulated signals to read data and generating a backscatter signal; and a space-time code encode and modulator, encoding and modulating the backscatter signal according to a space-time code to generate the encoded and modulated backscatter signal. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110142340 | HALFTONE IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A halftone image generation method used in a system including an image input module and a halftoning processing module for generating a halftone image is disclosed. First, an original image is received by the image input module and a dot diffusion process is performed to the original image to generate the halftone image using a first class matrix with a first size and a corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with a first diffused area size, wherein the first class matrix indicates a processing order of the dot diffusion process and the first class matrix with the first size, the first diffused area size and the corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with the first diffused area size are optimized results determined in advance by the halftoning processing module according to class matrixes of different sizes and diffused areas of different sizes. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110097498 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF TIN WHISKERS - A method for inhibiting growth of tin whiskers is provided. The method includes providing a metal substrate, treating the metal substrate by an annealing process, and forming a tin layer to cover a surface of the metal substrate, wherein the surface of the tin layer has no tin whisker. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110094634 | METHOD FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF TIN WHISKERS - A method for inhibiting growth of tin whiskers is provided. The method includes providing a metal substrate, forming a tin layer to cover the surface of the metal substrate, and treating the metal substrate covered the tin layer by an annealing process, wherein the annealing process is performed at 400° C.-600° C. and the surface of the tin layer is subsequently inhibited from growing tin whiskers. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110051995 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR HIDING SECRET INFORMATION AND DATA HIDING METHODS USING THE SAME - A system for hiding secret data in halftone images is disclosed. The system includes an image input module, a halftoning processing module and an image output module. The image input module reads an original image data and a secret image data. The halftoning processing module is coupled to the image input module and receives the original image data and the secret image data, performs a first error diffusion process to the original image to generate a first halftone image and performs a second error diffusion process to the original image data and the secret image data to generate a second halftone image. The image output image module is coupled to the halftoning processing module and outputs the first halftone image and the second halftone image, wherein the second error diffusion process comprises adding or subtracting a variable noise strength to or from each pixel of the secret image. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110035398 | STREAMING QUERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE - A streaming query system for extensible markup language is provided. An XPath query translator receives and analyzes a user-input XPath document. An abstract syntax tree analyzer establishes an abstract syntax tree. A XML parser receives and parses an XML document. An index generator generates an index for the XML document. A computation module performs a format calculation based on the abstract syntax tree and the index, and generates a query result accordingly. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110029528 | CITATION RECORD EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A citation record extraction system is provided. An HTML rendering engine receives a publication list web page, parses the publication list web page to obtain layout information of the web page. A web page sequence builder generates a web page characteristic sequence for the web page according to the layout information. A web page repeated pattern analyzer analyzes repeated pattern presented in the web page characteristic sequence, screens out non-citation record therefrom, and obtains a citation record of the publication list web page. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025183 | COLOR TEMPERATURE TUNABLE WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A color temperature tunable white light emitting device is provided, including a substrate with an ultraviolet light emitting diode, a purple light emitting diode, and a blue light emitting diode provided over the substrate. The UV LED, the purple LED and the blue LED are coated with a phosphor layer. An omnidirectional reflector is disposed over the phosphor layer. A medium layer is disposed between the omni-directional reflector and the phosphor layer. A transparent substrate is disposed over the omnidirectional reflector and an optical diffuser is disposed over the transparent substrate. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110004936 | BOTNET EARLY DETECTION USING HYBRID HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL ALGORITHM - A botnet detection system is provided. A bursty feature extractor receives an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) packet value from a detection object network, and determines a bursty feature accordingly. A Hybrid Hidden Markov Model (HHMM) parameter estimator determines probability parameters for a Hybrid Hidden Markov Model according to the bursty feature. A traffic profile generator establishes a probability sequential model for the Hybrid Hidden Markov Model according to the probability parameters and pre-defined network traffic categories. A dubious state detector determines a traffic state corresponding to a network relaying the IRC packet in response to reception of a new IRC packet, determines whether the IRC packet flow of the object network is dubious by applying the bursty feature to the probability sequential model for the Hybrid Hidden Markov Model, and generates a warning signal when the IRC packet flow is regarded as having a dubious traffic state. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100319031 | HOT VIDEO PREDICTION SYSTEM BASED ON USER INTERESTS SOCIAL NETWORK - A hot video prediction system is provided. A video comments database stores video comments submitted by a plurality of users. A user social network constructor establishes a user social network according to the video comments. When new comments of a new video are received, a hot video predictor uses the user social network to determine a similar theme between the new video and hot videos that have been hot for a period of time, and predicts whether the new video will become popular accordingly. A social network adaptor checks the prediction, and modifies the user social network accordingly. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100305878 | MEASURING SYSTEM - A measuring system for tensile or compressive tests is provided. A set of mirrors includes a first plane mirror and a second plane mirror. The angles between the first plane mirror and the first axis and between the second plane mirror and the first axis are both a specific included angle, such that the first and second plane mirrors are symmetrical to the first axis. An object to be tested is disposed between the set of mirrors and an image capturing apparatus. Two extremities of the object have the first and second labels, respectively. The first and second mirror images of the first and second labels are generated through the first and second plane mirrors, respectively. After the object is tensed or compressed, the image capturing apparatus obtains the displacement of the first and second labels according to the shifting of the first and second mirror images. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295881 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING, FABRICATING, OR DUPLICATING AN OIL PAINTING - A method for simulating, fabricating, or duplicating an oil painting is provided. The oil painting digital image information is acquired by scanning or capturing an oil painting surface image, and/or digitally simulating or rendering an oil painting surface image. A white paint is daubed on a base layer. A stereoscopic oil relief model, forming a stereoscopic oil relief layer, is acquired by topographically scanning the oil painting surface in three dimensions, and simulated or duplicated onto the base layer with a white or colorless transparent composite material. An image receiving layer is daubed on the stereoscopic oil relief layer. The oil image information, forming a printed oil painting surface image, is output and printed onto the image receiving layer with an inkjet printer. A transparent resin layer is daubed on the printed oil painting surface image, protecting the printed oil painting surface image with stereoscopic oil relief layer. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100291468 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) DEVICE HAVING GRADIENT INTERCONNECT - A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) device having a gradient interconnect is provided, including a first gradient interconnect having opposing first and second surfaces, a first trench formed over the first surface of the first gradient interconnect, a second trench formed over the second surface of the first gradient interconnect, and an interconnecting tunnel formed in the first gradient interconnect for connecting the first and second trenches. A first porous conducting disc is placed in the first trench and partially protrudes over the first surface of the first gradient interconnect. A first sealing layer is placed over the first surface of the first gradient interconnect and surrounds the first trench. A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is placed over the first surface of the first gradient interconnect and contacted with the first porous conducting disc and the first sealing layer. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100277887 | POLARIZED WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - A polarized white light emitting diode is provided, including a substrate with an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV LED) chip disposed thereover for emitting ultraviolet (UV) light, a phosphor layer coated around the UV LED chip to be excited by the UV light from the UV LED chip to thereby emit white light, an omni-directional reflector disposed over the phosphor layer, a medium layer disposed between the omni-directional reflector and the phosphor layer, wherein the omni-directional reflector allows the UV light from the UV LED chip to be multiply and omni-directionally reflected in between the phosphor layer and the medium layer, a transparent substrate disposed over the omni-directional reflector, and a metal-containing polarization layer disposed over the transparent substrate for polarizing the white light emitted from the phosphor layer to thereby emit a polarized white light | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100263802 | MOVABLE OFFICE SCREEN SYSTEM - A movable office screen system. A main screen unit has a first end and a second end opposite thereto. A first roller blind screen is disposed in the main screen unit and selectively extends to the exterior thereof. At least one roller is connected to the first end of the main screen unit. The main screen unit is supported by the roller and is moved by rolling of the roller. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100226154 | POWER CONVERTERS - A power converter capable of improving converter's efficiency and achieving zero-voltage-switching is provided, in which a first series circuit is connected in parallel with a direct current (DC) power supply and has a first inductor, a first primary winding, first and second switching elements connected in series. A second series circuit is connected in parallel with the DC power supply and has third and fourth switching elements, a first capacitor, a second primary winding and a second inductor connected in series. A second capacitor is connected between a first node between the first primary winding and the first switching element in the first series circuit and a second node between the fourth switching element and the second primary winding in the second series circuit. A third node between the first and second switching elements is connected to a fourth node within the second series circuit. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100183066 | DIGITAL TO TIME CONVERTER AND DIGITAL TO TIME CONVERTING METHOD - A digital-to-time converter for generating a first and a second output signal separated by a predetermined delay includes first and second periodic signal generators, respectively, generating a first and a second periodic signal, a periodic signal synchronizer detecting a phase difference between the first and the second periodic signals, and first and second output pulse generators, respectively, starting a count of the first and the second periodic signals when a phase of the first periodic signal coincides with a phase of the second periodic signal. When a first value is counted, the first output pulse generator outputs a pulse as the first output signal, and when a second value is counted, the second output pulse generator outputs a pulse as the second output signal. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100173215 | FUEL CELL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell includes a substrate layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first chamber layer and a second chamber layer, and all of which are integrally formed by co-firing. The substrate layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the second surface, and the first electrode, the second electrode are formed on the first and second surfaces, respectively. The first chamber layer, disposed on the first electrode, includes a first flow passage and a first fuel chamber connected thereto, and a first gas passes the first flow passage, enters the first fuel chamber and contacts the first electrode. The second chamber, disposed on the second electrode, includes a second flow passage and a second fuel chamber connected thereto, and a second gas passes the second flow passage, enters the second fuel chamber and contacts the second electrode. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172147 | PRISM ARRAY - A prism array for collecting light is provided. The prism array includes a first prism module and a coupling joint. The first prism module includes a first guiding prism and at least one first reflective prism. The first reflective prism is close to the first guiding prism, wherein light travels from the first guiding prism to the first reflective prism, and is reflected thereby. The coupling joint includes a first light pipe, a second light pipe, a third light pipe and a light transmitting pipe, wherein the first light pipe, the second light pipe and the third light pipe are coupled to an end of the light transmitting pipe, the third light pipe corresponds to the first reflective prism, and the light travels from the first reflective prism, passing through the third light pipe to the light transmitting pipe. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100132978 | WHISKER-FREE COATING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A whisker-free coating structure and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The whisker-free coating structure includes a substrate, a tungsten doped copper layer overlaying the substrate, and a lead-free tin layer overlaying the tungsten doped copper layer. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100102925 | Passive Tag And Radio Frequency Identification System Utilizing The Same - A passive tag receiving a reader signal provided by a reader is disclosed. The passive tag includes an antenna, an oscillator circuit, and an internal chip. The antenna receives the reader signal. The reader signal is within an operation frequency band. The oscillator circuit is coupled to the antenna and generates a frequency signal. The internal chip processes the reader signal according to power provided by the reader signal and the frequency signal when the reader signal is received and the frequency signal is generated. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100045168 | WHITE LIGHT LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES - A white light light-emitting diode is provided. The white light light-emitting diode includes a substrate including an anode and a cathode or a circuit, an ultraviolet light-emitting diode emitting ultraviolet with a peak wavelength between 320-400 nm disposed on the substrate, and a phosphor layer formed by blending blue, yellow and red phosphor grains with transparent resin pervious to ultraviolet and visible light applied on the ultraviolet light-emitting diode, wherein the yellow phosphor grains are excited by blue light with an emission band between about 400-530 nm. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100032915 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND RICKSHAW AND TILTING MECHANISM THEREOF - A motor vehicle is provided. The motor vehicle comprises a vehicle body, a front wheel, a rear wheel and a tilting mechanism. The front wheel, the rear wheel and the tilting mechanism are disposed on the vehicle body. The tilting mechanism comprises a first compensation unit, a first arm, a first wheel, a second compensation unit, a second arm, a second wheel, at least one pipe and a fluid. The first arm is connected to the first compensation unit, and the first wheel. The second arm is connected to the second compensation unit, and the second wheel. The pipe connects the first compensation unit to the second compensation unit. The fluid flows in the first compensation unit, the second compensation unit and the pipe, wherein when the motor vehicle tilts, an extension length of the first compensation unit equals to a compression length of the second compensation unit. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20090289768 | RFID SYSTEM AND RFID TAG THEREOF - An RFID tag is provided. The RFID tag includes an emitting module, a temperature detecting circuit and a tag chip. The temperature detecting circuit produces a time signal according to a surrounding temperature, wherein the time signal changes with the surrounding temperature. The tag chip is electrically connected to the temperature detecting circuit and the emitting module, wherein the time signal is transmitted via the emitting module. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090095756 | RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving method is provided comprising the following steps. First, a receiving device is provided, wherein the receiving device comprises a chamber, a plurality of spacers, a spacer moving module, a first cover unit, a second cover unit, a control unit and an input interface. Then, an order is inputted to the input surface, wherein the input surface sends a control signal according to the order, and the control unit controls movements of the first cover unit, the second cover unit and the spacer moving module according to the control signal. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090072688 | RECEIVING DEVICE - A receiving device is provided, comprising a chamber, a first cover unit and a second cover unit. The chamber has an opening and a plurality of receiving spaces. The first cover unit comprises a first cover element. The second cover unit comprises a second cover element, wherein the opening is closed when the first cover element and the second cover element contact each other, and the opening is opened when the first cover element and the second cover element separate from each other. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090072681 | RECEIVING DEVICE - A receiving device is provided, comprising a chamber, a plurality of spacers, a plurality of positioners and a spacer moving module. The spacers are disposed in the chamber, wherein the spacers define a plurality of receiving spaces. The positioners are disposed in the chamber, wherein the spacers are detachably disposed on the positioners. The spacer moving module is disposed in the chamber, wherein the spacer moving module moves the spacers relative to the positioners to change sizes of the receiving spaces. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090013761 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor is provided. The gas sensor includes a post, an ion conductive layer, a first sensing portion and a second sensing portion. The post includes a first end, a second end, a side surface and a groove, wherein the groove is formed on the side surface of the post, and an opening is formed on the first end connecting with the groove. The ion conductive layer is formed on the side surface of the post, including a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is opposite to the second surface, and the ion conductive layer and the groove compose a chamber. The first sensing portion is formed on the first surface. The second sensing portion is formed on the second surface corresponding to the first sensing portion, wherein the first sensing portion is located in the chamber. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090007637 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor is provided. The gas sensor includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a power source and a current meter. The substrate includes a planar surface, wherein the substrate is made of ion-conductive material, proton-conductive material or electron-conductive material. The first electrode is formed on the planar surface. The second electrode is formed on the planar surface, wherein a gap is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The power source is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the power source provides a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode. The current meter is electrically connected to the first electrode and tie second electrode to measure a limit current passing the first electrode and the second electrode. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080294658 | CLUSTERING TRIZ ANALYSIS METHOD - The TRIZ decision process of the clustering method proposed by this invention uses the characteristics and invention rules from the contradiction matrix table resulting from massive quantities of patent inferences to find a similar or approximate character group and invention rule group of the physical meanings, and also applies statistics to calculate the number of display times of the groups to be the basic foundation. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080276928 | WINDOW STRUCTURE - A window structure is provided, comprising a frame, a solar energy board, a plate and a heat isolation film. The solar energy board is disposed in the frame. The plate is disposed in the frame corresponding to the solar energy board, wherein an isolation chamber is formed between the plate and the solar energy board. The heat isolation film is disposed between the solar energy board and the plate, and divides the isolation chamber. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080273920 | ARCHITECTURE AND COMPONENT STRUCTURE THEREOF - A component structure is provided, which comprises a first connection unit, at least one short rod, a second connection unit and at least one long rod. The short rod is connected to the first connection unit. The long rod is connected to the second connection unit. The main rod connects the first connection unit and the second connection unit. | 11-06-2008 |
