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Ho, Taipei City

Chao-Chi Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110224205	USE OF CURCUMIN OR ITS ANALOGUES IN CANCER THERAPY UTILIZING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR - Provided is combined use of an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) and curcumin or its analogue in cancer therapy, which reduces side effects resulting from the EGFR-TKI and reduces doses of the EGFR-TKI needed for the therapy, particular in a patient resistant to the treatment with the EGFR-TKI alone.	09-15-2011

Chao Teh Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100175837	PRIVACY DEVICE AND PRIVACY DISPLAY - The invention discloses a privacy device applied in a display. The display includes a screen. The privacy device of the invention includes a privacy film and a driving member. The privacy film is used for covering the screen. The driving member is disposed around the screen and operatively connected to the privacy film for driving the privacy film to move relative to the screen; wherein, the driving member is capable of selectively driving the privacy device to completely cover the screen or completely reveal the screen.	07-15-2010

Chen-Chung Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080198823	METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK LINK - A user can link a station to an access point by triggering buttons of the station and the access point respectively. After the buttons are triggered, the station scans the SSID of the access point. The access point updates SSID and sends out the new SSID to the station in response to the station's request. Then, the station generates a security key according to the new SSID and links the access point according to the new SSID and the security key so as to establish a WLAN link.	08-21-2008

Cheng-Chang Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090281465	REHABILITATION AND TRAINING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A rehabilitation and training apparatus is built based on the empirical law by introducing physical therapists' experiences into the apparatus to simulate the therapy with hands in the course of rehabilitation. The apparatus includes a multi-axis robotic arm, and a high-precision control system. The control system provides three operating modes, including an active, a passive, and an auxiliary mode; receives and computes information about a patient's movements and produced force detected by potentiometers and force sensors provided in the multi-axis robotic arm; and accordingly, drives actuators to apply an aiding force or a resisting force to assist the patient in completing and repeating rehabilitation exercises. The apparatus also includes a humanized operating interface, via which a doctor or a physical therapist may obtain related rehabilitation data for assessment and adjustment of rehabilitation therapeutic courses. A method of controlling the apparatus is also provided.	11-12-2009

Cheng-Che Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100026617	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING SCAN LINES OF A PASSIVE MATRIX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) PANEL - A method for activating scan lines of a passive matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes activating the scan lines of the passive matrix LCD panel in a selected one of an interlaced scanning mode and a progressive scanning mode that is selected based on a select signal. A device that performs the method is also disclosed.	02-04-2010
20100026668	DRIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ACTIVATING SIGNALS THAT SERVE TO ACTIVATE SCAN LINES OF A DISPLAY PANEL, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PULSE DURATIONS OF THE ACTIVATING SIGNALS - A driving method for generating activating signals that serve to activate scan lines of a display panel includes generating the activating signals based on a plurality of recorded pulse duration information to thereby permit a time point at which a pulse duration of a preceding one of the activating signals in a consecutive pair ends occurs prior to a time point at which a pulse duration of a succeeding one of the activating signals in the consecutive pair starts. A driving device that performs the driving method is also disclosed. A method for adjusting pulse durations of the activating signals is further disclosed.	02-04-2010

Cheng En Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080280785	FLUIDIC NANO/MICRO ARRAY CHIP AND CHIPSET THEREOF - A fluidic nano/micro array chipset comprises a microarray filling chip and a nano/micro array stamping chip. There are a plurality of sample containers and a plurality of nano/micro channels on the top of the microarray filling chip, and a plurality of nano/micro-scaled micro filling holes on the bottom of the microarray filling chip. Each nano/micro channel is connected to one of the sample containers and leads the sample solution in that sample container to the corresponding micro filling hole. The nano/micro array stamp chip comprises a plurality of stamping heads arranged in an array pattern, with a body part of the stamp chip and a plurality of space channels forming hydrophobic areas. Each sample solution is stored in the body of the stamp chip, and is transported by the corresponding stamping head to the stamping part of this stamping head.	11-13-2008

Cheng-Yuan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110047382	FAST AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method for preparing for handover of an apparatus from a first wireless network to a second, different wireless network, a master session key (MSK) having been generated during establishment of a connectivity of the apparatus to the first wireless network includes detecting signals of the second wireless network. In response thereto, establishing a connectivity of the apparatus to the second wireless network, using a pairwise master key (PMK) derived from the MSK generated during establishment of the connectivity to the first wireless network, one or more encryption keys being derivable from the PMK to support secure communication over the second wireless network.	02-24-2011

Che Shiun Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100070866	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING PRESENCE - A method for treating presences is performed as follows. A watcher uses “subscribe” in requesting to subscribe presences of contact persons, and the updated presences of the contact persons are transmitted by “notify” to the watchers through a filtering scheme. The filtering scheme is based on GUI display of the watchers, the last accessing time of the contact persons, and/or the auto leave status of the watcher.	03-18-2010

Chia-Hang Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090238059	HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD THEREOF - A holographic recoding medium is provided, having holographic pages. Each page has reference mark (RM) placement areas at fixed locations for placing RM patterns. The reference marks are used to calibrate data images of data areas each of which is enclosed by at least three RM regions. Hidden information of the medium is stored by an specific encoded pattern based on existence, types and arrangements of the RM marks.	09-24-2009
20100061640	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CODE OF HOLOGRAPHIC DATA PAGE - A method and an apparatus for detecting code of a holographic data page are provided. First, image information of at least one special pattern in the holographic data page is captured, and the captured image information is integrated into a characteristic symbol (CS) of the holographic data page. Then, the CS of the holographic data page is compared with a plurality of predetermined characteristic symbols (PCSs) to obtain a similarity between the CS and each of the PCSs. Thereafter, the PCS having the highest similarity to the CS is selected as the code information of the holographic data page.	03-11-2010
20100115153	ADAPTIVE MULTI-CHANNEL CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR STORAGE DEVICE - An adaptive multi-channel controller and its method for a storage device are provided for data transmission between a host and the storage device. The storage device is configured to have multiple channels. A channel use amount is determined based on a data access amount of the host. Then, activated channels are selected among the channels according to the channel use amount. The data transmission is then carried out through the selected channels.	05-06-2010
20110128282	Method for Generating the Depth of a Stereo Image - A method for generating image depth of a stereo image is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a stereo image is received. Next, a number of paths with greater gradient are searched in the stereo image. Then, the image depths of a number of first pixels in the paths are generated. After that, the image depths of a number of second pixels not in the paths are generated according to the image depths of the first pixels.	06-02-2011
20120044244	Method for Image Processing and an Apparatus Thereof - An image processing method is provided. Firstly, input data including a number of original data are received. Next, the original data are converted into a number of converted emulation voltage signals. Then, at least a simulation circuit model including at least a spatial data node, at least a diffusion node and at least a connection device is established, wherein, the at least a connection device is coupled to a part or all of the at least a spatial data node and the at least a diffusion node. Afterwards, a part or all of the converted emulation voltage signals are supplied to the diffusion node to achieve voltage diffusion among the spatial data nodes and the diffusion nodes via the connection device, so that at least a diffused emulation voltage signal is obtained on the diffusion nodes. After that, processed image data are generated according to the diffused emulation voltage signals.	02-23-2012

Chia-Ju Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090008948	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a main body, a detachable object, a sliding latch element, and an elastic element. The main body has an accommodating space. The detachable object is suitable for sliding in a direction to be disposed in the accommodating space. The sliding latch element is suitable for sliding between a first position and a second position. The elastic element connects the sliding latch element and the main body. When the sliding latch element is at the second position, a first locking part of the detachable object does not lock a second locking part of the sliding latch element, a first limit part of the detachable object blocks a second limit part of the sliding latch element, and a third limit part of the sliding latch element restricts a protrusion of the detachable object such that a portion of the detachable object is exposed outside the accommodating space.	01-08-2009
20110075383	FIXING STRUCTURE - A fixing structure is adapted for an electronic device. The electronic device has a circuit board. The fixing structure includes a base plate and a position limiting element. The base plate has a first side and a second side. The position limiting element has a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion. The first limiting portion connects the first side of the base plate, and the second limiting portion connects the second side of the base plate, such that the position limiting element and the base plate together form a receiving space. The circuit board is adapted for passing through the receiving space, so as to be assembled onto the base plate.	03-31-2011

Chia-Nan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110039450	ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to an improved electrical connector adapted to transmit high-definition (HD) digital images. The improved electrical connector comprises a body, a first terminal assembly, a second terminal assembly, a first terminal connecting device, a second terminal connecting device, a first housing and a second housing. The first terminal assembly and the second terminal assembly are adapted to transmit signals, and by using the first housing and the second housing to cover the first terminal assembly and the second terminal assembly simultaneously, the problem of electromagnetic interference (EMI) suffered by the first terminal assembly and the second terminal assembly during high-frequency transmission is obviated, thereby improving the electromagnetic disturbance susceptibility thereof.	02-17-2011

Chia-Tong Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110320026	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MINING AND FEATURE TRACKING FOR FAB-WIDE PREDICTION AND CONTROL - System and method for data mining and feature tracking for fab-wide prediction and control are described. One embodiment is a system comprising a database for storing raw wafer manufacturing data; a data mining module for processing the raw wafer manufacturing data to select the best data therefrom in accordance with at least one of a plurality of knowledge-, statistic-, and effect-based processes; and a feature tracking module associated with the data mining module and comprising a self-learning model wherein a sensitivity of the self-learning model is dynamically tuned to meet real-time production circumstances, the feature tracking module receiving the selected data from the data mining module and generating prediction and control data therefrom; wherein the prediction and control data are used to control future processes in the wafer fabrication facility.	12-29-2011

Chien-Chang Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090079691	CURSOR POSITIONING METHOD BY A HANDHELD CAMERA - A method for positioning a cursor on a computer screen by a handheld camera shooting continuous images to detect movements of user's hand is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the camera is disposed in a handheld device such as laser pointer. The camera shoots a set of serial images of a locale scene and instantly sends to a computer. The computer selects particular feature spots within a first image and records their positions in the image. The computer then search the feature spots in a second image next to the first image. If one of the feature spots can be searched out, a movement of the handheld device can be obtained by calculating relatively positional change of the feature spot in between the two images. The computer can drive the cursor to move correspondingly. If no feature spots can be searched out, the computer abandons the selected feature spots and then selects new feature spots in the second image and search the new feature spots in a third image.	03-26-2009

Chien-Hsien Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110018805	LOCATION-DETECTING SYSTEM AND ARRANGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a location-detecting system including an indication region, one of a camera unit and a light-emitting unit, and an optical device. The indication region is for indication of a target location thereon. One of the camera unit and the light-emitting unit is disposed at a first location of the indication region, and the optical device is disposed at a second location of the indication region and corresponding to one of the camera unit and the light-emitting unit. The optical device is for forming one of a specular reflection camera unit and a specular reflection light-emitting unit, wherein the specular reflection camera unit originates from the camera unit, and the specular reflection light-emitting unit originates from the light-emitting unit.	01-27-2011

Chien-Kuan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120011287	PORT EXPANDER WITH CONNECTION IDENTIFICATION - The port expander such as a USB hub or dock has a control unit and a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports and is used to connect a computer. An application program corresponding to the hub is installed to the computer. The control unit detects whether one of the ports is connected to an external device. The control unit identifies the external device if it has connected to the I/O port and reports a connection status of the I/O port to the program in the computer. Finally, the program shows the connection status of the I/O port and the external device.	01-12-2012

Chih-Chen Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135458	Contact image sensor structure - A contact image sensor structure includes a body, a substrate, and a light source unit. The body has a first side surface and a second side surface. The body has a pin slot that passes through the first side surface and the second side surface. The second side surface has a light source receiving slot, and the light source receiving slot links with the pin slot. The substrate has a plurality of pads. The light source unit is fastened in the pin slot and the light source receiving slot. One end of the light source unit has a plurality of pins. The pins pass through the pin slot and contact the pads of the substrate. Thereby, the pins are electrically connected with the pads without welding. The life time and the reliability of the contact image sensor are enhanced, and the assembling process is simplified.	05-28-2009

Chin-Ching Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120106046	CARRIER, HOST, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE HOST - A carrier includes main body, a conductive elastic element, and a handle. The main body is adapted to carrying an electronic device and has a cavity. The conductive elastic element is disposed in the cavity. The handle is pivotally coupled to the main body. When the handle locks the main body to be located in a lock position, the handle exerts force on the conductive elastic element such that the conductive elastic element protrudes outside the main body through the cavity. When the handle does not lock the main body and exert force on the conductive elastic element to be located at a release position, the conductive elastic element is located inside the main body where it does not interfere with an outside device. This allows convenient insertion and removal of the carrier relative to a cage. Accordingly, the conductive elastic element is not damaged easily.	05-03-2012

Ching Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110151398	DENTAL TRAY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A dental tray and a method for fabricating the same are presented. The dental tray includes a thermoplastic material and a fabric bonded to the thermoplastic material. The method for fabricating a dental tray includes preparing a thermoplastic material and a fabric, and bonding the thermoplastic material to the fabric.	06-23-2011

Ching-Ching Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080257170	Electromagnetic induction heating grill toaster - An electromagnetic induction heating grill toaster that includes a first casing body, a first baking tray, a second casing body, and a second baking tray. The first casing body has a first electromagnetic induction element, a first micro-crystal plate, and a control element. The first baking tray is detachably disposed on the first casing body. The second casing body has one side pivoted on one side of the first casing body and has a second electromagnetic induction element and a second micro-crystal plate. The second baking tray is detachably disposed on the second casing body. The present invention utilizes the advantage of quick heating of electromagnetic induction, in order to reduce the amount of time users need to wait for the grill toast to preheat. Hence, the present invention not only reduces power use, but also saves time for the user.	10-23-2008

Ching-Tse Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110220158	FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CLEANING DEVICE - A fruit and vegetable cleaning device includes a base, a pump, and a pressure vessel. The pump is mounted on the base and includes a water feeding pipe connecting a water inlet port and the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel includes a water discharge port and an electromagnetic valve. The electromagnetic valve includes air inlet and discharge pipes. The pump supplies water to the pressure vessel to allow air to mix with the water inside the pressure vessel, making the water full of tiny air bubbles. As such, residual pesticides remaining on fruits and vegetables may attach to the tiny air bubbles containing in the water when the water is used to clean the fruits and vegetables, and effective cleaning of the fruits and the vegetables can be realized.	09-15-2011

Chin-Hsing Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080231975	Voice coil motor type focusing actuator - A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit, the fixed unit comprises a receiving chamber, a slide fitting channel, a first coil, and a magnet. A movable unit, the movable unit is received inside the receiving chamber of the fixed unit, having a first magnetic conducting flange being affected by the first coil and magnet of the fixed unit, a lens receiving means, a slide fitting rail, the movable unit is movable relative to the fixed unit to define an axial line.	09-25-2008

Chung W. Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080257590	HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTING CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - A manufacturing process of a high thermal conducting circuit substrate is provided. First, a metal core substrate is provided and then the metal core substrate is etched at different etching speeds. Afterwards, two insulating layers are formed respectively on two sides of the etched metal core substrate. In addition, as an option, two conducting layers are formed respectively on two sides of the metal core substrate and are on top of the insulting layers. The conducting layers are patterned according to designs appropriate for the products. Because the high thermal conducting circuit substrate fabricated as the aforementioned manufacturing process mainly comprises the metal core substrate, it helps to elevate the thermal conduction of the circuit substrate itself.	10-23-2008
20090197364	METHOD OF FABRICATING SUBSTRATE - A method of fabricating a substrate includes following steps. First, a metallic panel having a first surface and a second surface is provided. A first half-etching process is carried out to etch the first surface of the metallic panel to a first depth so that a first patterned metallic layer is formed on the first surface. Next, a first insulating material is deposited into gaps in the first patterned metallic layer to form a first insulator. Thereafter, a second half-etching process is carried out to etch the second surface of the metallic panel to a second depth and expose at least a portion of the first insulator so that a second patterned metallic layer is formed on the second surface. The first depth and the second depth together equal the thickness of the metallic panel.	08-06-2009

Chun Hua Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100097261	DIGITIZER WITH VARIABLE SAMPLING CLOCK AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A digitizer comprising an analog to digital converter (ADC), a sampling frequency generator, and a controller. The ADC samples an IF signal to generate a digital signal. The sampling frequency generator is coupled to the ADC and provides a sampling clock of variable frequency to the ADC. The controller is coupled to the sampling frequency generator and determines frequency of the sampling clock.	04-22-2010
20100321576	Digitizer with Variable Sampling Clock and Method Using the Same - A digitizer includes an analog to digital converter (ADC), a sampling frequency generator, and a controller. The ADC samples an IF signal to generate a digital signal. The sampling frequency generator is connected to the ADC and provides a sampling clock of variable frequency to the ADC. The controller is connected to the sampling frequency generator and determines frequency of the sampling clock.	12-23-2010

Chun-Lung Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090019465	OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - An optical disk drive is adapted for reading data from an optical disk. The optical disk drive includes a housing, a tray, and a read module. The tray is disposed in the housing and is adapted for ejecting from the housing. The read module is adapted for reading data from an optical disk. The read module includes a turntable and an optical read head. The turntable includes a number of engaging springs, in which at least one of the engaging springs include added material for superposing the center of the optical disk and the center of the turntable. Furthermore, the optical read head is adapted to move along a tracking path for reading data from the optical disk.	01-15-2009
20090190452	Device and Method for Controlling Zero-Return of Opto-Mechanical System - A device for controlling zero-return of an opto-mechanical system of an optical disc drive is provided. The opto-mechanical system has an optical pickup head for reading data from an optical disc. The zero-return controlling device includes a servo system, a stepper motor driver chip and a signal detecting unit. The servo system issues a triggering signal when the optical disc is loaded. The stepper motor driver chip issues a stepper motor driving signal to the stepper motor in response to the triggering signal. The stepper motor is driven to rotate in response to the stepper motor driving signal. The signal detecting unit is used for detecting the magnitude of the stepper motor driving signal. A suspending signal is issued from the signal detecting unit to the stepper motor driver chip to stop the stepper motor if the magnitude of the stepper motor driving signal exceeds a threshold value.	07-30-2009
20110107360	Optical disk drive - An optical disk drive for improving the snap fit structure of the bezel is provided. The optical disk drive comprises a main body, a top cover and a bezel. The main body further comprises an optical pickup head and a spindle motor. The top cover comprises an aperture. The bezel comprises a snap fit structure for interlocking the aperture. The snap fit structure comprises a snap fit protrusion and a curved surface of the snap fit protrusion is used to engage with the aperture.	05-05-2011

Han-Ching Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135333	LCD with ambient light sense function and method thereof - The invention discloses an LCD with an ambient light sense function and its method. The method compraises the step of: coupling a capacitor to a source electrode of a thin film transistor; calculating a transmission time which required by a potential change from the reduction of electric charges; and finally, calculating an intensity of the ambient light according to the transmission time. The invention further discloses an ambient light sense circuit having a thin film transistor, a capacitor and a read-out switch. As the ambient light changes, a leakage current of the thin film transistor is changed accordingly, and the transmission time which required by the potential change is therefore changed. The read-out switch transmits said potential to a data read-out line in order to calculate the intensity of the ambient light from the transmission time. The LCD of this invention includes a plurality of capacitors, a plurality of read-out switches and a processing module.	05-28-2009

Herbert Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090112121	BLEEDING APPARATUS - A bleeding apparatus includes a first stimulating component for pressing an examinee at a first simulating point so as to induce sense perception, and a second stimulating component for pressing the examinee at a second simulating point so as to induce sense perception. A distance between the first stimulating component and the second stimulating component is less than or equal to a two-point sense threshold of a human perception system. The bleeding apparatus further includes a bleeding component disposed between the first stimulating component and the second stimulating component for bleeding the examinee between the first stimulating point and the second stimulating point when the first stimulating component is pressing the examinee at the first simulating point and the second stimulating component is pressing the examinee at the second simulating point.	04-30-2009
20090112122	BLEEDING APPARATUS - A bleeding apparatus includes a stimulating component for stimulating an examinee on a first region, and a bleeding component for bleeding the examinee on a second region. The second region is adjacent to a boundary of the first region.	04-30-2009

Hsuan-Wei Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100189372	METHOD FOR ACQUIRING PHASE INFORMATION AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE PROFILES - The present invention provides a band-pass filter, being capable of fitting a frequency spectrum area having phase information in a frequency spectrum image, to obtain a spectrum information corresponding to the phase information during the process of obtaining the phase information from the frequency spectrum image with respect to an object's surface profile. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides a method to optimize the spectrum range of the band-pass filter so as to enhance measuring accuracy and efficiency while restoring the surface of the object. In addition, by employing the foregoing method, the present invention further provides a measurement system for measuring three-dimensional surface shapes in which a deformed fringe pattern with respect to the measured object's surface is acquired and the phase information is obtained from the fringe pattern according to the foregoing method so as to restore the surface profile of the measured object.	07-29-2010
20110249423	Lighting Keyboard - A lighting keyboard includes a light emitting module, a keyboard module and a masking film. The keyboard module is disposed on the light emitting module. The masking film is disposed between the light emitting module and the keyboard module. The masking film includes a first optical layer and a second optical layer. The first optical layer has several first openings. The second optical layer is disposed on a surface of the first optical layer. The surface of the first optical layer faces the light emitting module. A portion of the second optical layer is exposed from the first openings. A light shielding rate of the first optical layer is larger than a light shielding rate of the second optical layer.	10-13-2011

Hsu-Feng Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090262610	APPARATUS HAVING SWITCHABLE SERVO GAINS AND OFFSETS FOR OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus having switchable servo gains and offsets for an optical disk drive adjusts its gains and offsets through the coupling of a servo signal and a switch with several changeable paths. The servo signals are either designated to undergo signal reduction with respect to a first offset, through the switch and then be output after a first gain unit performed proportional conversion, or designated to undergo signal reduction with respect to a second offset and then be output after a second gain unit performed proportional conversion. The switch is switched on/off in the light of the working status of the pick-up head, for example, seeking or tracking, at a data area or at a blank, area, and at. a groove area or at a land area, so as to choose different offsets and gains to have the conversion of the servo signals.	10-22-2009
20100135148	DEVICE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF OPTICAL DRIVE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A device and method for reducing power consumption of an optical drive are proposed. The present invention samples a carrier control signal and then compares the samples of the signals with predetermined threshold signals. According to the comparison result, the present invention increases or decreases an output signal index. The variation of the output signal index is used to control phases of diphase excitation control signals so as to control the rotation direction of a motor or make it stop. The present invention need not output the diphase excitation control signals continuously. It only needs to output a predetermined number of the diphase excitation control signals after the output signal index is increased or decreased. Hence, the present invention reduces the time for outputting the control signals and greatly reduces the power consumption of the optical drive thereby.	06-03-2010
20110299373	APPARATUS HAVING SWITCHABLE SERVO GAINS AND OFFSETS FOR OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus having switchable servo gains and offsets for an optical disk drive adjusts its gains and offsets through the coupling of a servo signal and a switch with several changeable paths. The servo signals are either designated to undergo signal reduction with respect to a first offset through the switch and then be output after a first gain unit performed proportional conversion, or designated to undergo signal reduction with respect to a second offset and then be output after a second gain unit performed proportional conversion. The switch is switched on/off in the light of the working status of the pick-up head, for example, seeking or tracking, at a data area or at a blank area, and at a groove area or at a land area, so as to choose different offsets and gains to have the conversion of the servo signals.	12-08-2011
20120072930	DEVICE FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF OPTICAL DRIVE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A device and method for reducing power consumption of an optical drive are proposed. The present invention samples a carrier control signal and then compares the samples of the signals with predetermined threshold signals. According to the comparison result, the present invention produces at least one diphase excitation control signal. The diphase excitation control signal comprises at least one impulse signal, and a negative edge of the impulse signal is adjusted to a predetermined level during the period of the diphase excitation control signal. The present invention reduces the time for outputting the control signals and greatly reduces the power consumption of the optical drive thereby.	03-22-2012

Hwai-Chung Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110047061	Method for detecting abnormal transactions of financial assets and information processing device performing the method - A method for detecting abnormal transactions of a financial asset and an information processing device performing the method are disclosed. The method is used for detecting whether a plurality of account data have a abnormal transaction, and the method comprises the steps of: receiving historic information, wherein the historic information comprises the account data and each number of trades made on each transaction day of each account within a period; establishing a plurality of information matrixes; choosing two of the plurality of information matrixes for making an inner product operation and acquiring an inner product value; constructing the threshold of the inner product value; determining whether the inner product value is greater than the threshold of the inner product value; and if yes, determining the two corresponding accounts of the information matrixes having the abnormal transaction.	02-24-2011

I-Hsiu Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120035687	IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR - Disclosed herein is an implantable electrical stimulator which includes two stimulating electrodes, a system-on-chip and an inductive coil. The system-on-chip can apply electric stimulation to the dorsal root ganglion via the stimulating electrodes. An external power supply can wirelessly charge the system-on-chip through the inductive coil.	02-09-2012

Jan-Ming Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
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
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
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

Jar-Ming Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080318388	METHOD FOR FABRICATING MOS TRANSISTOR WITH RECESS CHANNEL - A method for fabricating a MOS transistor with a recess channel, including: providing a substrate with a plurality of trench capacitors therein, wherein a trench top oxide is positioned on top of each trench capacitor and extended away from the substrate surface; forming a first spacer on side walls of the trench top oxide; forming a second spacer on the first spacer; defining a plurality of active areas, wherein each of the active areas is parallel with each other and comprises at least two of the trench capacitors; forming an isolation area between each of the active area; etching the substrate of the active area by using the second spacer as a mask to form a trench in the active area; removing the second spacer to expose a portion of the substrate, and etching the exposed substrate to enlarge the trench; and forming a gate structure in the trench.	12-25-2008
20100133608	METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for forming a semiconductor device comprising providing a substrate with a pad layer formed thereon. The pad layer and the substrate are patterned to form a plurality of trenches. A trench top insulating layer is formed in each trench. Wherein the trench top insulating layer protrudes from the substrate and has an extension portion extending to the pad layer. The pad layer and the substrate are etched by using the trench top insulating layers and the extension portions as a mask to form a recess in the substrate. And a recess gate is formed in the recess.	06-03-2010

Jen-Hsuan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090214049	Electrostatic Loudspeaker Array - A speaker system that includes an audio signal-receiving interface, a modulating circuit, a phase-control circuit, and a number of speaker units. The audio signal-receiving interface is configured to receive an audio signal, and the modulating circuit is coupled with the audio signal-receiving interface. The modulating circuit is configured to modulate a low frequency component of the audio signal and to generate a modulated signal. The phase-control circuit is coupled with the modulating circuit and the audio signal-receiving interface. The phase-control circuit is configured to receive the modulated signal and a high-frequency component of the audio signal and to control a phase of the modulated signal, a phase of the high-frequency component of the audio signal, or both. The speaker units are coupled with the phase-control circuit and configured to generate sound waves based on signals supplied by the phase-control circuit.	08-27-2009

Jen-Yand Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100127977	POINTING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method for a pointing device includes steps as follows. A present mode is provided. The present mode is set to a first mode, in which a cursor is displayed on a screen. The cursor is moved according to a control signal from the pointing device. When a switch signal is received, the present mode is set to a second mode, in which a selection bar is displayed on the screen. An operation of several arrow keys is simulated according to the control signal, such that the selection bar is moved according to the simulated operation.	05-27-2010

Kuo-Chuan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100105271	PH Buffering Hybrid Material and the Forming Method Thereof - The present invention discloses a pH buffering hybrid material and the forming method thereof. The pH buffering hybrid material comprises a substrate, a conductive polymer layer on the substrate, and a ZnO nanorod layer produced by deposition of ZnO particles as nucleuses on the conductive polymer layer, and the ZnO particles growing into the ZnO nanorods via hydrothermal reaction. The pH buffering hybrid material has the pH turning ability and the potential of conductivity.	04-29-2010

Larry Low-Tone Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090311782	METHOD FOR PROMOTING DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELL INTO INSULIN PRODUCING CELL - A method for promoting a differentiation of stem cells into insulin producing cells is provided. The method includes steps of suspending the stem cells in a first culture medium, aggregating the stem cells to form a cell pellet, and culturing the cell pellet in a second culture medium to promote the differentiation of the stem cells of the cell pellet into the insulin producing cells.	12-17-2009

Lien-Hsun Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100064148	Universal USB power supply - A universal series bus (USB) power supply has a DC power source, a USB power interface and a voltage modulation module. The USB power interface is for connecting to an electronic device that stores a default D+ voltage and a default D− voltage. The voltage modulation module connects to and outputs signals to the D+ and D− terminals of the USB power interface. If voltage levels of the output signals are not respectively identical to the default D+ and D− voltages, the voltage modulation module changes the voltage levels of the signals output to the D+ and D− terminals of the USB power interface until the voltage levels of the output signals are respectively identical to the default D+ and D− voltages. Therefore, the USB power supply may be applied to any kind of electronic device that is charged over a USB interface.	03-11-2010

Ming-Chih Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090264755	High-Intensity Ultrasonic Vessel Ablator Using Blood Flow Signal for Precise Positioning - The present invention relates to a precise blood vessel positioning and high-intensity focused ultrasound ablator by use of one ultrasound transducer.	10-22-2009
20110181614	QUANTIFICATION METHOD OF THE FEATURE OF A TUMOR AND AN IMAGING METHOD OF THE SAME - A quantification method and an imaging method are disclosed, capable of quantifying the margin feature, the cysts feature, the calcifications feature, the echoic feature and the heterogenesis feature of a tumor, and capable of imaging the margin feature, the cysts feature, the calcifications feature and the heterogenesis feature of a tumor. The quantification method and the imaging method calculate the moving variance of the gray scale of each of the pixel points based on the gradient value of the gray scale of these pixel points. Then, depending on the purpose of the quantification method or the imaging method, the maximum value, the minimum value, the mean value, and the standard deviation of the moving variance of the gray scale of these pixel points are calculated, respectively. At final, with the definition of the threshold value and the imaging rule, the above features of the tumor are quantified or imaged.	07-28-2011
20110182489	METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A TUMOR CONTOUR OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention related to a method for retrieving a tumor contour of an image processing system that includes a memory storing a grayscale image and a processor, comprising: receiving an input tumor contour of the grayscale image; defining a tumor contour annular region and a plurality of reference segments of the grayscale image, wherein the input tumor contour is in the tumor contour annular region, and each of the plurality of reference segments is across the tumor contour annular region and includes a plurality of measured points; retrieving a tumor contour suggestion point on each of the plurality of reference segments; and linking all the tumor contour suggestion points on all of the reference segments, for forming the tumor contour. Accordingly, by applying the method of the present invention, a doctor can rapidly and accurately identify the contour of a tumor in a grayscale image.	07-28-2011
20110182522	METHOD FOR MULTI-LAYER CLASSIFIER - The present invention relates to a method for multi-layer classifier applying on a computer readable medium for classifying multiple image samples. The method at least comprising the following steps: (a) receiving a plurality of samples; (b) providing a plurality of attributes, and evaluating a significance of the attributes by a selection criterion; (c) selecting at least one cut-point to establish a discriminant analysis model; (d) proceeding a step of evaluating a performance of the discriminant analysis model by adding the attributes to the discriminant analysis model; and (e) providing a stop criterion. The present invention also provides a computer readable medium for classifying multiple image samples by using the method for multi-layer classifier.	07-28-2011

Ming-Hua Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120088204	LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE - A light therapy device includes a main body, a light-emitting portion and a power supply unit. The light-emitting portion is disposed on the main body. The light-emitting portion has a first light source. The first light source provides light with a specific wavelength and with an energy ranged from 0.01 J/cm	04-12-2012

Pei Chang Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090079668	METHOD FOR MEASURING READABILITY OF SCREEN UNDER SUNSHINE - A method for measuring the readability of a screen under sunshine is disclosed. In this method, a first set of basic data of a screen module to be tested under dark room conditions is measured. Next, a second set of basic data of the screen module under simulated sunshine conditions is measured. A first screen readability interval data and a second screen readability interval data are then obtained according to the first set of basic data and the second set of basic data. Finally, the first screen readability interval data and the second screen readability interval data are used to determine whether or not the screen module can be clearly read under sunshine. These readability interval data can be used as a basis for leave-factory quality inspection of screens.	03-26-2009

Pei-Jan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110256428	BATTERY PACK - The present invention provides a battery pack which comprises a case for defining a space; a first and second cell boxes set inside the space for accepting battery cells; a first, second and third conductors for electrically connecting the electrodes of the battery cells set in the first and second cell boxes; a conductive layout formed on the inside surface of the case for electrically connecting the battery cells; and a circuit board disposed in the space and connected with the battery cells through the conductive layout and the first, second and third conductors. The first cell box, the second cell box, the circuit board and/or at least one of the battery cells is capable of being taken apart from the battery pack and replaced in a non-destructive way.	10-20-2011
20110315665	BATTERY CASING MANUFACTURING METHOD - Disclosed is a battery casing manufacturing method which comprises: providing a casing film; providing a casing body; aligning the casing film and the casing body; and connecting the casing film and the casing body by using a welding process. The welding process transmits energy to the predetermined joint area of the casing film and/or the casing body in a non-physical contact way to make them connected.	12-29-2011

Sheng-Feng Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110013034	METHOD FOR OPERATING DIGITAL CAMERA AND DIGITAL CAMERA USING THE SAME - The invention discloses an electronic device, including an image sensor and a central processing unit (CPU). The image sensor detects a plurality of image frames generated during the manipulation of the electronic device caused by external force. The CPU determines an electronic motion pattern of the plurality of image frames, determines whether the electronic motion pattern matches a predetermined motion pattern defining a functional operation of the electronic device, and performs the functional operation when the electronic motion pattern matches the predetermined motion pattern.	01-20-2011

Shou-Wei Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
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
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

Tien-Tzu Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090209139	ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - An electric connector includes a connector body, to which a terminal pin holder, an electric conduction module, and a circuit board are assembled. A plurality of elastic electric terminal pins is mounted on the terminal pin holder, and each of the electric terminal pins includes a protruded arch section adapted to elastically press against one corresponding first contact provided on the circuit board. The electric conduction module includes a plurality of elastic conducting members, each of which has a sideward bent extension adapted to elastically press against on one corresponding second contact provided on the circuit board. Therefore, the electric connector can be manufactured with simplified process at reduced cost without the need of welding the electric terminal pins to the circuit board, and upgraded signal transmission quality can be obtained with the electric connector.	08-20-2009

Tin-Fan Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100186133	Phalaenopsis Plant Named 'The Pride Of Taiwan' - A new and distinct cultivar of	07-22-2010

Wei-Teh Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100038000	Credit Card Case - A credit card case mainly has a case body and two self-restoring parts disposed within the case body. The case body is formed with an inlet disposed at one end thereof and has two nicks disposed respectively at the upper and lower ends of the inlet. Each of the two self-restoring parts has a locking point disposed at the end thereof that is near the inlet. By means of such a structure, the credit card can push the locking points toward the side ends of the inlet after being placed into the case body till it is fully contained in the containing space within the case body, and the self-restoring parts can be restored elastically and thus lock the edges of the credit card with the locking points.	02-18-2010
20100059038	Portable Barbecue Device - A portable barbecue device includes a heating chamber, a base portion and a plurality of food supporting elements. The food supporting elements may be a plurality of sticks. The heating tube is disposed inside the heating chamber. A plurality of slots are provided on one side of the base portion so as to hold the sticks in place. The motor of the barbecue device may be turned on so that the sticks with food thereon may be rotated around automatically. The output axle of the motor is connected with a set of cogwheels. The cogwheels may mesh with each other or a transmission wheel may be provided between each pair of the cogwheels. Hence, the motor may be turned on to rotate the sticks.	03-11-2010

Wei Yih Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100194679	GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A gesture recognition system includes an image pick-up device, a processor, an operation engine, an optimal template selection means, and a display terminal. The image pick-up device is for capturing an image containing a natural gesture. The processor is for finding out a skin edge of a skin part from the image, and then classifying the skin edge into multiple edge parts at different angles. The operation engine has multiple parallel operation units and multiple gesture template libraries of different angle classes. These parallel operation units respectively find out gesture templates most resembling the edge parts in the gesture template libraries of different angle classes. The optimal template selection means selects an optimal gesture template from the resembling gesture templates found out by the parallel operation units. The display terminal is for displaying an image of the optimal gesture template. Thereby, marker-less and real-time gesture recognition is achieved.	08-05-2010

Wen-Chen Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090208686	3D Bevel Sticky Note Pad - The present invention discloses a 3D bevel sticky note pad, which comprises a plurality of stacked sheet papers with an adhesive portion formed on one side of each sheet paper and between each two neighboring sheet papers. All the sheet papers have identical figures at identical locations. The sheet papers respectively have different lengths from the adhesive portions, and the lengths sequentially increase top down to form a beveled face on the other side of the adhesive portions, and the figures are continuous from the topmost sheet paper to the beveled face. Thereby, the 3D bevel sticky note pad of the present invention has a superior visual effect.	08-20-2009

Yen Ju Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090313460	TRACE COMPRESSION METHOD FOR DEBUG AND TRACE INTERFACE OF MICROPROCESSOR - The present invention proposed a trace compression method for a debug and trace interface of a microprocessor, in which the debug and trace interface is associated with a plurality of registers for storing data. The trace compression method comprises the steps of: (1) finding register content of each of the registers in a first cycle and register content of each of the registers in a second cycle, in which the second cycle is next to the first cycle; (2) calculating difference of the register content of each of the registers in the second cycle and the register content of each of the registers in the first cycle; and (3) packing the differences of the register contents into data trace packets, in which the differences of the register contents of adjacent registers are condensed into a single data trace packet when the differences of the register contents of the adjacent registers are zeroes.	12-17-2009

Yi-Chen Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100169510	AUTO-EXECUTION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHOD - An auto-execution signal processing method and an apparatus performing the method are provided. That method is particularly applied to the apparatus supporting recognition of a human interface device standard. The apparatus preferably has an activation element such as a button, and it is to execute an automatic execution process by a key-activation manually or automatically as in connection with a computer system. Therefore, a predetermined purpose is met. According to a preferred embodiment, the apparatus having the auto-execution function is firstly initialized. Next, the activation element thereon is used to launch the automatic execution process. The process includes a step of driving a Finite State Machine to transfer an executable string of code to a computer system via a connection interface. After that, the executable string is compiled by an operating system in order to launch an application, such as entering a proprietary webpage.	07-01-2010

Yi-Lun Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100145682	Method and Related Device for Simplifying Psychoacoustic Analysis with Spectral Flatness Characteristic Values - The present invention applies spectral flatness characteristic values to simplify psychoacoustic analysis of a sound signal. If the sound signal comprises a plurality of frames, the present invention calculates the energy of the sound signal in a frequency domain, calculates a plurality of spectral flatness, and decides to use a short-block or a long-block Modified Discrete Cosine Transform accordingly. If the sound signal comprises left and right channel signals, the present invention performs psychoacoustic analysis on the sound signal to count energy of the left and right channel signals in a frequency domain, counts spectral flatness of the left and right channel signals, and decides to use middle/side transform or left and right channel encoding to transform the left and right channel signals accordingly.	06-10-2010

Yuan-Kai Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100225353	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING CLOCK SKEW IN A GATED CLOCK TREE - Systems and methods for synthesizing a gated clock tree with reduced clock skew are provided. A gated clock tree circuit with reduced clock skew may include a clock source and edge-triggered state elements. A gated clock tree disposed between the clock source and state elements may include a level in which each logic gate has a common logic type. Logic gates in the gated clock tree may also be configured as logic-gate buffers. The logic gates may also be configured as NAND-gated equivalents. The clock signal distributed through the gated clock tree may drive both positive-edge-triggered and negative-edge-triggered state elements.	09-09-2010

Yuan-Soon Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090232852	USE OF OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A (OMPA) IN TREATMENT/PREVENTION/DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIONS CAUSED BY KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA - The present invention provides a method for the treatment and/or prevention of bacterial infection caused by	09-17-2009
20100087373	DETECTION AND THERAPY OF BACTERIAL INFECTION CAUSED BY ENTEROBACTERIACEAE - The present invention provides a method for the treatment and/or prevention of bacterial infection caused by Enterobacteriaceae bacteria in central nervous system and/or peripheral blood circulation in a mammal by administering effective amount of outer membrane protein A (OmpA) or its derivatives to a mammal. Also provided are a method for vaccinating a mammal to produce an antibody against bacterial infection caused by Enterobacteriaceae family in central nervous system and/or peripheral blood circulation and a method of detecting or diagnosing bacterial infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae family in central nervous system and/or peripheral blood circulation in a mammal. An antibody and a kit on the basis of the vaccinating method and detecting/diagnosing method are also provided.	04-08-2010
20100167400	Composition for Increasing Intracellular Nitric Oxide and Method for the Same - A composition and a method for increasing intracellular nitric oxide is provided. The composition comprises a far-infrared ray releasing substance composed mainly of an oxide mineral for releasing a far-infrared ray, wherein the composition promotes generation of the nitric oxide via irradiation of the far-infrared ray from the far-infrared ray releasing substance. In another aspect, the method comprises setting an effective amount of a far-infrared ray releasing substance in a place close to a cell with an appropriate distance, and incubating the far-infrared ray releasing substance with the cell for a specific period, wherein the appropriate distance lies in an irradiation range of the far-infrared ray releasing substance.	07-01-2010
20110182907	Anti-alpha-Enolase I Antibodies for Diagnosis and Treatment of alpha-Enolase I-Associated Diseases - The invention relates to antibodies against α-enolase I, their pharmaceutical compositions and diagnosis and treatment uses. Particularly, the invention provides polyclonal anti-α-enolase I antibodies and monoclonal single-chain variable fragment (scFv) anti-α-enolase antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and their uses in uses in diagnosis and treatment of cancers, autoimmune disorders, ischemia and bacterial infection.	07-28-2011

Yu-Fang Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080295616	Multi-stage horizontal elutriator - A multi-stage horizontal elutriator includes a flow inlet, a flow outlet, a hollow container that is disposed between said flow inlet and said flow outlet. This hollow container has a guide-in portion, a first parallel plates set, a second parallel plates set, and a guide-out portion. The first plates set is different to the second plates set. So, the aerosol's falling distance can be shortened significantly. The relative culturable ratio and the survival efficiency for bioaerosols are both high. The structure is simple with low cost.	12-04-2008
20090162251	Air sterilization device with low aerosol bounce - An air sterilization device with low aerosol bounce includes an air conditioning pipe, a porous filter media, and a UV light generator. This porous filter media, it is secured on the fixing portion. This porous filter media has many irregularly distributed channels. The channel is coated with a coating layer having a thickness between 10 μm to 1000 μm sticking aerosols for avoiding bounce effect. The UV light generator can emit UV light to kill biological aerosols. It is suitable for long-term usage. So, the bounce effect of aerosols can be significantly reduced. The maintenance cost is low. The sterilization effect is excellent. Plus, the flow rate of the air conditioning system remains high.	06-25-2009

Yuh-Sheve Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090272702	PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ONLINE REJUVENATION OF CONTAMINATED SULFOLANE SOLVENT - A continuous online process for rejuvenating whole stream of contaminated lean sulfolane in an extraction system is provided. In particular, a rejuvenator is installed in the solvent circulation loop to remove the contaminants continuously to keep the solvent clean, effective and less corrosive. Specifically, the rejuvenator comprises a high pressure vessel with a removable cover and a round rack with vertical stainless steel tubes fitted in the high pressure vessel. A magnetic bar is placed in each stainless steel tube. A screen cylinder is installed inside the ring of stainless steel tubes. As the contaminated sulfolane is passed through the rejuvenator, the rejuvenator picks up its contaminants. The rejuvenator can be dissembled to remove the contaminants periodically. The rejuvenator is characterized by simple in construction, reliable in operation, and low in operation and maintenance costs. With this rejuvenator, the extraction system can be operated at high efficiency and high capacity without the dreaded corrosion.	11-05-2009
20100065504	Novel filtration method for refining and chemical industries - A novel design of filters for removing iron rust particulates and other polymeric sludge from refinery and chemical process streams that are paramagnetic in nature is provided. The performance of these filters is greatly enhanced by the presence of the magnetic field induced by magnets. Basically, the filter comprises a high-pressure vessel with means to support the plurality of magnets in the form of bars or plates that are encased in stainless steel tubes or columns. Filters with various configurations are disclosed for accommodating the removal of contaminants from the process streams of different industries, with high efficiency for contaminants removal, simple construction, low operational and maintenance costs, and low hazardous operation.	03-18-2010

Yu-Li (david) Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110087345	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING GPU AUDIO OUTPUT ON GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - The present invention sets forth a method for supporting enhanced audio on a graphics processing unit (GPU) in a computing device having a graphics subsystem. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining whether an option of a GPU audio output is enabled and the graphics subsystem and a first external output device is connected, and routing a first audio stream to the GPU of the graphics subsystem for processing when the option of the GPU audio output is enabled and the graphics subsystem and the first external output device is in connection and causing the processed first audio stream to be transferred along a first transmission path to the first external output device, or otherwise causing a second audio stream to be transferred along a second transmission path to a second external output device.	04-14-2011
20110109636	Method and System for Communicating with External Device Through Processing Unit in Graphics System - The present invention sets forth a method and system for communicating with an external device through a processing unit in a graphics system of a computing device. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating a first set of memory buffers having a first memory buffer and a second memory buffer in the graphics system based on an identification information of the external device, and invoking a first thread processor of the processing unit of the graphics system to perform services associated with a physical layer according to the identification information of the external device by storing a first data stream received from the external device through an I/O interface of the processing unit of the graphics system in the first memory buffer and retrieving a second data stream from the second memory buffer for transmission to the external device through the I/O interface.	05-12-2011
20110145619	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING OUTPUT VOLTAGE TO GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT - The present invention sets forth a method and a system for powering a graphics processing unit (GPU) with a power supply sybsystem. In one embodiment, the method includes generating an offset in response to an operating voltage need of the GPU; and applying the offset to information associated with a first operating voltage of the GPU; wherein the offset causes the first operating voltage to change to a second operating voltage of the GPU.	06-16-2011

Yu-Wei Ho, Taipei City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080253559	Data Security Method, System and Storage Medium for Preventing a Desktop Search Tool from Exposing Encrypted Data - In a data security method for preventing a desktop search tool from exposing encrypted data, when a virtual secure disk receives a control instruction, it is first determined if the control instruction came from the desktop search tool. If not, tasks are performed on the virtual secure disk according to the control instruction. On the other hand, if yes, processing is ended to prevent the desktop search tool from indexing the virtual secure disk, thereby achieving the effects of ensuring data security and privacy.	10-16-2008