Ma, Taipei
Bo-Lun Ma, Taipei TW
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20150289842 | ULTRASONIC GENERATING DEVICE - An ultrasonic generating device, which can generate an ultrasound with complex waveform, includes a first waveform generating element, which emits a first waveform, and a second waveform generating element. The second waveform generating element periodically adjusts the first waveform with at least one frequency higher than the first waveform to form a second waveform in the first waveform. The two waveforms are superposed to form the ultrasound with complex waveform. By means of the penetrating ability of the first waveform, the second waveform can be carried into the object region with the complex waveform, therefore have biological medical effects. | 10-15-2015 |
Che Ma, Taipei TW
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20100247571 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMMUNIZATION AGAINST VIRUS - Immunogenic compositions comprising partially glycosylated viral glycoproteins for use as vaccines against viruses are provided. Vaccines formulated using mono-, di-, or tri-glycosylated viral surface glycoproteins and polypeptides provide potent and broad protection against viruses, even across strains. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising monoglycosylated hemagglutinin polypeptides and vaccines generated therefrom and methods of their use for prophylaxis or treatment of viral infections are disclosed. Methods and compositions are disclosed for influenza virus HA, NA and M2, RSV proteins F, G and SH, Dengue virus glycoproteins M or E, hepatitis C virus glycoprotein E1 or E2 and HIV glycoproteins gp120 and gp41. | 09-30-2010 |
Che Alex Ma, Taipei TW
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20090203641 | ANTIBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED SCREENING METHODS - Moenomycin inhibits bacterial growth by clocking the transglycosylase activity of class A penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs), which are key enzymes in bacterial cell wall synthesis. The binding affinities of moenomycin A with various truncated PBPs were compared showing that the transmembrane domain is important for moenomycin binding. Full-length class-A PBPs from 16 bacterial species were produced, and their binding activities showed a correlation with the antimicrobial activity of moenomycin against | 08-13-2009 |
20100121107 | CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BIFUNCTIONAL TRANSGLYCOSYLASE PBP1B FROM E. COLI AND INHIBITORS THEREOF - The crystal structure at 2.16 Å resolution of the full-length bacterial bifunctional transglycosylase penicillin-binding protein 1b (PBP1b) from | 05-13-2010 |
Chen-Hsuan Ma, Taipei TW
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20140104770 | HEAT DISSIPATING STRUCTURE - A heat dissipating structure is provided and it covers a printed circuit board (PCB) including at least one interface card slot. The heat dissipating structure includes a board, at least one heat sink and at least one interface card opening. The board has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The second surface of the board faces the PCB. The heat sink is formed at the first surface of the board. The interface card opening penetrates through the first surface and the second surface of the board, so as to make the interface card slot exposed in the interface card opening. | 04-17-2014 |
20140110090 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A heat dissipation device is provided. The heat dissipation device is applied to an electronic device with a first heat source and a second heat source. The heat dissipation device includes a housing, an impeller, a first heat conductive assembly, a second heat conductive assembly and an switch. The housing includes an accommodating space, a first outlet and a second outlet. The first outlet and the second outlet are connected to and through the accommodating space. The impeller is disposed in the accommodating space. The first heat conductive assembly is connected to the first outlet and the first heat source. The second heat conductive assembly is connected to the second outlet and the second heat source. The switch is disposed at the first outlet to open or dose the first outlet. | 04-24-2014 |
Chien-Ching Ma, Taipei TW
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20090251689 | LENS MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD APPLIED THEREIN - A lens measuring device and method applied therein. The lens measuring device includes a light source, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and an image analysis module. The method includes enabling the light source to orderly pass through the first polarizer, a lens to be measured, and the second polarizer to generate a light beam to be measured, and then enabling the image analysis module to analyze image-related information of the light beam to be measured, consequently deducing the structural center and energy distribution of the lens to be measured, and then further analyzing errors in polarity and skewness of the lens to be measured. By applying a common light source, the method is spared complicated correction that is otherwise required when a conventional collimating laser light source is applied, and the method can also easily and simultaneously test a plurality of lenses to be measured. | 10-08-2009 |
Chingwo Ma, Taipei TW
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20090168641 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION IN FREQUENCY DOMAIN IN THE ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING BASEBAND RECEIVER FOR IEEE 802.11A/G WIRELESS LAN STANDARD - A method for frequency offset estimation in frequency domain is provided. The method comprises the following steps. First, a phase angle of a signal field of the input signal after processed by Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) and channel equalization is calculated. A frequency offset error originated from at least one frequency offset estimation process in time domain is then estimated according to the phase angle. | 07-02-2009 |
Chungwen Ma, Taipei TW
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20140359615 | Computer Host With a Baseboard Management Controller to Manage Virtual Machines - Disclosed is a computer host, including a visualization platform and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The visualization platform allows a plurality of virtual machines to operate simultaneously on the computer host, and the visualization platform has a daemon for receiving a management command from outside the visualization platform. The BMC executes a management application to generate and send the management command to the daemon. | 12-04-2014 |
Hong-Chan Ma, Taipei TW
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20080244163 | PORTABLE DATA ACCESS DEVICE - A portable data access device is applicable to a data processing system. The portable data access device includes at least a first data access sector preset to be a read-only data access sector, for storing at least data and/or application programs executable by the data processing system; at least a second data access sector set to be a general data access sector; and a controller for interfacing with the data processing system and controlling data access to the first data access sector and the second data access sector. The data processing system may execute the application programs and/or access the data through the portable data access device, and the risk of modifying or damaging the data and/or application programs can be reduced by the read-only data access sector. | 10-02-2008 |
Hsiao-Kang Ma, Taipei TW
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20080260552 | MEMBRANE PUMP - A membrane pump powered by an activating element includes a chamber body. The interior of the chamber body is provided with a first chamber and a second chamber that are in fluid communication with each other. One side or both sides of the chamber body are provided with an inlet pipeline and an outlet pipeline that are in fluid communication with the first chamber and second chamber, respectively. Valves are provided on the inner wall face of same side of the first chamber and the second chamber, thereby preventing the working fluid from generating a backflow phenomenon. Furthermore, the top surface of the chamber body is provided with a membrane. An activating element abuts on the membrane for driving the membrane to swing up and down, thereby pressing the working fluid within the first chamber to circulatively flow in one direction. Via this arrangement, in addition to miniaturize the pump structure to a further extent, the working performance of the pump and the flowing amount of the working fluid are also increased. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260553 | MEMBRANE PUMP DEVICE - A membrane pump device powered by an activating element includes a chamber body and a second chamber body. The interior of the chamber body is provided with a chamber. Both sides of the chamber body are provided with an inlet pipeline and an outlet pipeline that are in fluid communication with the aforementioned chamber, respectively. A valve is provided on the inner wall face of the chamber, thereby preventing the working fluid from generating a backflow phenomenon. Furthermore, the top surface of the chamber body is provided with a membrane. An activating element abuts on the membrane for driving the membrane to swing up and down, thereby pressing the working fluid within the chamber to circulatively flow in one direction. Finally, the second chamber body is in fluid communication with the chamber body. The interior of the second chamber body is provided with another valve. Via this arrangement, in addition to miniaturize the pump structure to a further extent, the working performance of the pump and the flowing amount of the working fluid are also increased. | 10-23-2008 |
Hsin-Yuan Ma, Taipei TW
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20090272792 | COVER AND PACKING BOX STRUCTURE USING THE SAME - A cover and a packing box structure using the same are described. The packing box structure includes one packing container and two covers. The packing container is formed by folding a folding board, and two opposite ends of the folding board overlap each other to form an accommodation space. The two covers are respectively covered on the top and the bottom of the packing container. Further, each cover is of a three-dimensional structure formed through engagement and having an opening on a single side, such that the packing container and the covers can be easily detached/assembled. | 11-05-2009 |
Hui Ma, Taipei TW
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20140138223 | SCISSORS-TYPE CONNECTING MEMBER AND KEY STRUCTURE WITH SCISSORS-TYPE CONNECTING MEMBER - A key structure with a scissors-type connecting member is provided. The key structure includes a base plate, a scissors-type connecting member, and a keycap. The scissors-type connecting member includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame includes a rotating shaft and an extension bulge. The second frame includes a receiving recess and a position-limiting cavity. For combining the first frame with the second frame, the rotating shaft is inserted into the receiving recess and the extension bulge is inserted into the position-limiting cavity. Consequently, a rotating range of the extension bulge is limited. | 05-22-2014 |
20140216905 | KEYCAP STRUCTURE - A keycap structure includes a reinforcement element and a keycap body. The reinforcement element includes two long segments and two short segments. The keycap body includes plural fixing parts and two protruding parts. The plural fixing parts are used for fixing two ends of each long segment of the reinforcement element. The two protruding parts are used for pushing the two short segments of the reinforcement element, so that the reinforcement element is subjected to deformation. Consequently, the reinforcement element generates a reacting force to push against the bilateral sides of the keycap body. Under this circumstance, the top surface of the keycap body is formed as a downwardly-concave arc-shaped surface, so that the shape of the keycap structure is effectively corrected. | 08-07-2014 |
Joen_shen Ma, Taipei TW
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20130206192 | SHORT FORCE ARM DEFLECTION DEVICE - A short force arm deflection device is mounted to a section of a center post of an umbrella between a top cap and a runner and includes an upper deflection member and a lower deflection member pivotally connected to each other, and a barrel receiving a compression spring, The upper and lower deflection members are respectively connected to a lower end of an upper post segment and an upper end of a lower post segment. The barrel, receives the compression spring and goes over the connection portion between the lower deflection member and. the lower post segment. To open, the runner is pulled upwardly by a pull cord to contact the barrel causing a relative rotation between the upper and lower deflection members for realizing deflection between the top cap and the runner for inclining a canopy. | 08-15-2013 |
Joen-Shen Ma, Taipei TW
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20080235086 | Advertisement umbrella - An advertisement umbrella includes a central post, a runner, a crown, ribs and associated stretchers, a top sphere and a canopy. The canopy has a multiple layer structure including an outer layer and an inner layer between which an illuminant is installed. The central post includes a tubular member in which batteries are accommodated to supply electricity to the illuminant, allowing light from the illuminant to transmit through the canopy and present colorful advertisement frames consisting of different characters and patterns on the umbrella canopy. | 09-25-2008 |
20090293926 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR UMBRELLA RIBS - The present invention generally relates to a connecting device designed for connecting umbrella ribs and specifically refers to one installed on each pivoted part existing among all lengthwise ribs and transverse ribs and it contains a hollow tubular sleeve sheathed on the lengthwise rib and a socket sleeve mounted on the top of the transverse rib. The hollow tubular sleeve has two symmetrical elongated wings where the pinholes existed respectively. The socket sleeve is the same as the hollow tubular sleeve having two symmetrical elongated wings where pinholes are on the same line with the central bore located on the top of the socket sleeve. There are slots formed between the socket sleeve and its two symmetrical elongated wings for receiving two symmetrical elongated wings of the hollow tubular sleeve. By using a rivet to pivotally connect the hollow tubular sleeve coupled on the lengthwise rib with the socket sleeve set on the top of the transverse rib together, thus linking the lengthwise rib and transverse rib collectively and that greatly enhancing the connecting strength of the pivoted part thereof. | 12-03-2009 |
20110290288 | POWER GENERATION UMBRELLA - A power generation umbrella includes solar energy components, including a solar energy absorption film, a solar energy accumulator, a transmission line, and an output interface, which are combined with an umbrella structure. The umbrella structure includes a canopy, a skeleton, a runner, and a central post. The solar energy absorption film is uniformly distributed over a top surface of the canopy. The solar energy accumulator and the output interface are arranged inside a hollow portion of the central post and are connected by the transmission line to the solar energy absorption film. The power generation umbrella features both shielding of sun light and rainwater, similar to a regular umbrella, and continuous supply of electrical power to serve a power source for an outdoor activity, so that there is no need for a user to carry a large capacity of power storage for the outdoor activity. The power generation umbrella makes the outdoor activity easy and convenient. | 12-01-2011 |
20110290289 | DUAL-CROWN UMBRELLA - A dual-crown umbrella includes a first central post, an outer crown, a second central post, an inner crown, a third central post, a retainer, a plurality of ribs, a plurality of first stretchers, a plurality of second stretchers, and a covering fabric. The outer crown is fixed to an upper end of the first central post. The inner crown is fixed to an upper end of the second central post. The retainer is fixed to an upper end of the third central post. The first central post is telescopically movable within an upper end opening of the second central post. The second central post is telescopically movable in an upper end of the third central post. Each rib has an upper end pivoted to the outer crown. Each first stretcher has an end pivoted to the retainer and an opposite end pivoted to a first joint of the respective rib. Each second stretcher has an end pivoted to the inner crown and an opposite end pivoted to a second joint of the respective rib. The ribs support the covering. Thus, a dual-crown umbrella featuring excellent stability of support and effort saved opening operation is realized. | 12-01-2011 |
20110291457 | FURNITURE FRAME - A furniture frame includes an assembly of a front frame, a pair of side racks, and a rear board. The front frame includes a closed frame structure made of a tubular member and forms four fitting lugs at a rear side portion thereof in a symmetric manner. The two side racks are made of tubular members to each assume a lying U-shaped structure and each lying-U-shape has an open side at which free ends of limbs of the U-shape each form a bent section. The two side racks are of a symmetric arrangement and structure so that the bent sections are respectively fit into the fitting lugs to demonstrate an expanding resiliency between the connection sections of the two side racks. The rear board is a flat plate having opposite edges that are bent in an arc form to construct pawls thereon, and the pawls on the opposite edges of the rear board are sized and positioned to respectively receive and thus engage the connection sections of the side racks. With such a structural arrangement, the front frame, the side racks, and the rear board can be efficiently assembled together without use of tool to thereby provide a stable and firm furniture frame. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292304 | TELEVISION CABINET FRAME - A television cabinet frame includes a first U-shaped frame member, a second U-shaped frame member, a third U-shaped frame member, and a fourth U-shaped frame member, which are assembled together to form the television cabinet frame. The two ends of each of the first and third U-shaped frame members are configured to form axial holes. The two ends of each of the second and fourth U-shaped frame members are configured to form axial projections. The axial projections are fit into the axial holes to inter-connect the four U-shaped frame members together to form the television cabinet frame. Once completed, the television cabinet frame can be further added with external accessories, such as a front panel, foot members, suction cups, a rear panel, a top panel, and partition boards, to provide a structurally stable television cabinet. | 12-01-2011 |
20120273017 | CUSHIONING DEVICE FOR UMBRELLA - A cushioning device for umbrella includes a first gear, a plate spring, a bolt, and a second gear collectively arranged in a hollow chamber defined between a side cover and a casing. The umbrella has a central post to which an axially-extending toothed rack is mounted. The side cover and the casing of the cushioning device are mounted to the runner of the umbrella to have the second gear mating the rack of the central post. The first gear and the second gear of the cushioning device mate each other. The first gear has a surface to which the plate spring and the bolt are mounted. Rotating the bolt to different extents of tightness makes the plate spring apply different depression forces to the first gear, which changes the frictional resistance between the first gear and the casing. The frictional resistance is transmitted through the second gear and the rack to the central post to form a cushioning resistance between the central post and the runner, making the opening operation of the umbrella gentle and safe | 11-01-2012 |
20130206194 | LEVERAGE-BASED LARGE-SIZED UMBRELLA - An umbrella includes an internal shaft fit into an interior chamber of a central post. A cap is fixed to a top end of the internal shaft. An intermediate collar is movably fit to the central post and a runner located below the collar is fixed to the central post. Each of ribs has an inner end connected to the cap. Each of stretchers has two ends connected to the intermediate collar and the respective rib. Each of the driving bars has ends connected to the runner and the respective rib at a location between the connection of the rib to the cap and the connection of the rib to the respective stretcher. A connector is movably fit over the central post below the runner and is connected by a pull bar to the intermediate collar. The connector includes a fixing member engageable and fixable to the central post. | 08-15-2013 |
20140020725 | STRUCTURE OF UMBRELLA - An umbrella has a central shaft, a crown, a runner, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of stretchers. The crown is a polygon each side of which includes a pivot pin mounted in a perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the upper end of a respective one of the ribs to the crown. The runner is a polygon and has a pivot pin mounted to each side in perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the lower end of a respective one of the stretchers to the runner. When the umbrella is closed, each of the ribs and the stretchers is collapsed in a tangential angle to set at one side of the central shaft and the runner and is not interfered with by the central shaft and the runner. | 01-23-2014 |
Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Taipei TW
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20120004693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING SUCCESSFUL DEFIBRILLATION FOR VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION CARDIAC ARREST - A computer-assisted method for quantitative characterization and treatment of ventricular fibrillation includes acquiring a time series of a ventricular fibrillation (VF) signal using a probe from a patient experiencing VF, subtracting the mean from the time series of the VF signal, calculating a cumulative VF signal after the mean is subtracted from the time series of the VF signal, segmenting the cumulative VF signal by a plurality of sampling boxes, calculating the root-mean-square of the cumulative VF signal as a function of the sampling box size , extracting an exponent of the root-mean-square of the cumulative VF signal as a function of the sampling box size, applying electrical defibrillation to the patient if the exponent is below a predetermined value, and applying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to the patient if the exponent is above a predetermined value. | 01-05-2012 |
Ming-Ren Ma, Taipei TW
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20140143726 | METHOD OF CHOOSING SOFTWARE BUTTON - A method of choosing a software button is applied on a computer with a touch screen. A plurality of software buttons are displayed on the touch screen. The groups of software buttons/software buttons will be set by turns as one target group of software buttons/target software button. A user touches any place on the touch screen to choose the target group of software buttons/target software button. | 05-22-2014 |
Robert Chungwen Ma, Taipei TW
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20140177832 | PROVISION TO AN APPLICATION OF A RANDOM NUMBER NOT GENERATED BY AN OPERATING SYSTEM - A data processing system includes data storage that stores an operating system and an application that performs a security operation and a processor communicatively coupled with the data storage and a random number generator separate from the operating system. The processor executes the operating system and the application. The processor receives a random number from the random number generator and provides the received random number to the application for use in the security operation. | 06-26-2014 |
Shiau-Yi Ma, Taipei TW
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20130024823 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING PATTERNING SYSTEM BASED ON PATTERNING FIDELITY - A method which directly incorporates patterning fidelity into the design of a patterning system is provided. A production result of a target pattern is simulated according to a set of design parameters to obtain a simulated pattern. The target pattern is compared with the simulated pattern to obtain a patterning fidelity, and the values of the set of design parameters of the patterning system are adjusted according to a target patterning fidelity to optimize the values of the set of design parameters of the patterning system. | 01-24-2013 |
Shih-Hsien Ma, Taipei TW
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20090176048 | AgSb recording thin film for the inorganic write-once optical disc and the manufacturing method - A recording material of Ag1-xSbx (x=10.8˜25.5 at. %) films for WORM optical disk recording media is invented. The thermal analysis shows that the phase change temperature of AgSb film is between 250 and 270□. The optical property analysis shows that all the as deposited films have good optical absorption and high reflectivity. The X-ray Diffraction analysis shows that the as deposited film and the annealed film are kept at ∈′-AgSb crystalline phase. The TEM analysis shows that the grain size of the Ag80.9Sb19.1 film will grow after annealing. The dynamic test shows that the carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) of the Ag80.9Sb19.1 optical disc is about 45 dB with λ=657 nm, NA=0.65 and a linear velocity of 3.5 m/s. These Ag | 07-09-2009 |
Shui Yuan Ma, Taipei TW
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20110057347 | Process of manufacturing a plastic product with decorated surfaces - A process of manufacturing a plastic product includes selecting natural or synthetic fiber as a material; adhering a thermoplastic resin onto surfaces of the material to form a thin film thereon by soaking or heating; heating the thin film; forming two releasable films on upper and lower surfaces of the thin film respectively; cutting the thin film into thin film units; heating and pressing the thin film units to form cured thin film units; applying one of the cured thin film units onto an inner surface of a first mold; further heating and pressing the cured thin film unit to form a thin film structure; placing the thin film structure inside a second mold; and injecting a thermoplastic material into the second mold to adhere onto an outer surface of the thin film structure to produce the finished plastic product. | 03-10-2011 |
20110104497 | Reinforced fiber blank and process of manufacturing same - A reinforced fiber blank and process of manufacturing same are provided. The process includes passing a continuous fiber sheet through a bath of thermoplastic resin so that the thermoplastic resin permeates the continuous fiber sheet to form a continuous fiber substrate permeated with the thermoplastic resin; stacking at least one fiber substrate and at least one thermoplastic resin layer to form a stack; and heating and pressing the stack at a temperature between about 60° C. and 150° C. to produce the finished reinforced fiber blank. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104971 | Fibrous article with fabric-like surface and process of manufacturing same - A fibrous article having a fabric-like surface and process of manufacturing same are provided. The fibrous article includes an outer fabric substrate; an intermediate fiber substrate; and an inner thermoplastic resin layer. A first thermoplastic resin is formed between the fabric substrate and the fiber substrate. The first thermoplastic resin is further formed between the fiber substrate and the thermoplastic resin layer. The thermoplastic resin layer is formed by injection molding by causing a second thermoplastic resin to react with the first thermoplastic resin. A person may have the feeling of touching fabric when touches the fibrous article. | 05-05-2011 |
Shyh-Yih Ma, Taipei TW
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20080266446 | AUDIOVISUAL CAPTURE DEVICE - An audiovisual capture device, with its special structural design, can be installed on a lamp socket or a power socket, and is assembled or formed with an electric assembly part at one end of the audiovisual capture device, allowing the audiovisual capture device to be assembled at the lamp socket or the power socket by using this electric assembly part, so as to achieve functions of fixing and of conducting electric current, at a same time. In addition, electronic signals can be transmitted by using the lamp socket or the power socket, simultaneously. | 10-30-2008 |
Teng-Ko Ma, Taipei TW
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20150104698 | ALUMINUM FILM PACKAGING MATERIALS USED FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES - A method for lithium aluminum film packaging materials, with water, high temperature and corrosion resistance, the substrate layer, and then layer, aluminum foil layer, anti-corrosion layer, adhesive layer and the inner layer together constitute from the outermost to innermost layer laminate structure in which one side of the aluminum foil layer, or both side surface of the conductive coating material to said coating and curing anticorrosive layer, and the use of fluorine-containing polyurethane resin constituting the laminated rubber layer and the inner layer of corrosion between the adhesive layer, used lithium batteries as plastic film packaging applications, it can promote lithium battery with Merit water resistance, high temperature resistance and corrosion resistance, and enhance the use of lithium batteries in years. | 04-16-2015 |
Tzyh-Ghuang Ma, Taipei TW
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20090295667 | ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY PLANAR ANTENNA - An ultra high frequency antenna includes a first plane, a second plane opposite to the first plane by a distance, a driven dipole, at least a parasitic element having an indentation, and a balun. The balun includes a coplanar strip line and a microstrip line which has a first strip, a second strip area parallel to the first strip, and a third strip perpendicular to the first and second strips. The coplanar strip line coupled to a truncated ground plane with two narrow slots. The present planer antenna features a compact size, wide impedance bandwidth, moderate gain, and excellent front-to-back ratio. This antenna is well suitable for the applications in RFID handheld readers. | 12-03-2009 |
Wan-Chun Ma, Taipei TW
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20080304081 | Acquisition of Surface Normal Maps from Spherical Gradient Illumination - An apparatus for generating a surface normal map of an object may include a plurality of light sources having intensities that are controllable so as to generate one or more gradient illumination patterns. The light sources are configured and arranged to illuminate the surface of the object with the gradient illumination patterns. A camera may receive light reflected from the illuminated surface of the object, and generate data representative of the reflected light. A processing system may process the data so as to estimate the surface normal map of the surface of the object. A specular normal map and a diffuse normal map of the surface of the object may be generated separately, by placing polarizers on the light sources and in front of the camera so as to illuminate the surface of the object with polarized spherical gradient illumination patterns. | 12-11-2008 |
20090195545 | Facial Performance Synthesis Using Deformation Driven Polynomial Displacement Maps - Acquisition, modeling, compression, and synthesis of realistic facial deformations using polynomial displacement maps are described. An analysis phase can be included where the relationship between motion capture markers and detailed facial geometry is inferred. A synthesis phase can be included where detailed animated facial geometry is driven by a sparse set of motion capture markers. For analysis, an actor can be recorded wearing facial markers while performing a set of training expression clips. Real-time high-resolution facial deformations are captured, including dynamic wrinkle and pore detail, using interleaved structured light 3D scanning and photometric stereo. Next, displacements are calculated between a neutral mesh driven by the motion capture markers and the high-resolution captured expressions. These geometric displacements are stored in one or more polynomial displacement maps parameterized according to the local deformations of the motion capture dots. For synthesis, the polynomial displacement maps can be driven with new motion capture data. | 08-06-2009 |
20120062719 | Head-Mounted Photometric Facial Performance Capture - A camera may capture a sequence of images of a face while the face changes. A camera support may cause the field of view of the camera to remain substantially fixed with respect to the face, notwithstanding movement of the head. A lighting system may light the face from multiple directions. A lighting system support may cause each of the directions of the light from the lighting system to remain substantially fixed with respect to the face, notwithstanding movement of the head. Sequential images of the face may be computed as it changes based on the captured images. Each computed image may include least per-pixel surface normals of the face that are calculated based on multiple, separate images of the face. Each separate image may be representative of the face being lit by the lighting system from a different one of the separate directions. | 03-15-2012 |
Yung Cheng Ma, Taipei TW
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20130206192 | SHORT FORCE ARM DEFLECTION DEVICE - A short force arm deflection device is mounted to a section of a center post of an umbrella between a top cap and a runner and includes an upper deflection member and a lower deflection member pivotally connected to each other, and a barrel receiving a compression spring, The upper and lower deflection members are respectively connected to a lower end of an upper post segment and an upper end of a lower post segment. The barrel, receives the compression spring and goes over the connection portion between the lower deflection member and. the lower post segment. To open, the runner is pulled upwardly by a pull cord to contact the barrel causing a relative rotation between the upper and lower deflection members for realizing deflection between the top cap and the runner for inclining a canopy. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206194 | LEVERAGE-BASED LARGE-SIZED UMBRELLA - An umbrella includes an internal shaft fit into an interior chamber of a central post. A cap is fixed to a top end of the internal shaft. An intermediate collar is movably fit to the central post and a runner located below the collar is fixed to the central post. Each of ribs has an inner end connected to the cap. Each of stretchers has two ends connected to the intermediate collar and the respective rib. Each of the driving bars has ends connected to the runner and the respective rib at a location between the connection of the rib to the cap and the connection of the rib to the respective stretcher. A connector is movably fit over the central post below the runner and is connected by a pull bar to the intermediate collar. The connector includes a fixing member engageable and fixable to the central post. | 08-15-2013 |
20140020725 | STRUCTURE OF UMBRELLA - An umbrella has a central shaft, a crown, a runner, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of stretchers. The crown is a polygon each side of which includes a pivot pin mounted in a perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the upper end of a respective one of the ribs to the crown. The runner is a polygon and has a pivot pin mounted to each side in perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the lower end of a respective one of the stretchers to the runner. When the umbrella is closed, each of the ribs and the stretchers is collapsed in a tangential angle to set at one side of the central shaft and the runner and is not interfered with by the central shaft and the runner. | 01-23-2014 |