Taiwan Biophotonic Corporation

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Chang-Sheng Chu

Yu-Tang Li

Shuang-Chao Chung

Chih-Hsun Fan

Jyh-Chern Chen

Ming-Chia Li

Chung-Fan Chiou

Rung-Ywan Tsai

Lung-Pin Chung

Yeh-Wen Lee

Chih-Tsung Shih

Kuo-Tung Tiao

Pong Lai

Ying-Chih Pu

Jyh-Long Chern

Kuan-Jui Ho

Pei-Cheng Ho

Ying-Tsung Lu

Jung-Po Chen

Yi-Jang Hsu

Chao-Chi Pan

Hung-Chi Chien

Hung-Chun Chen

Chein-Shiu Kuo

Chia-Chen Chen

Cheng-Wei Chu

Tung-Fa Liou

Hsiu-Hsiang Chen

Wen-Shiou Luo

Ching-Chin Wu

Huang-Chen Guo

Wann-Diing Tyan

Eric-G Lin

Pei-Fang Tsou

Chih-tsung Shih

Chung Fan Chiou

An apparatus for detecting an object capable of emitting light. The apparatus comprises a light detector comprising at least two optical sensors capable of determining the intensity of the light; and a computer processing output signal generated by the optical sensors and comparing a result of the processing with a known result corresponding to a known type to determine whether the object belongs to the known type.

Apparatus and method for detection and discrimination molecular object

A dual sensor module includes a substrate, a light source, a first encapsulant, a second encapsulant, a photodetector, and an electrode. The light source is disposed on the substrate. The first encapsulant is formed over the light source. The photodetector is disposed on the substrate. The second encapsulant is formed over the photodetector. The electrode is electrically connected to the substrate and is entirely located between the light source and the photodetector. A dual sensing accessory and a dual sensing device having the dual sensor module for detecting optical and electrical properties are also provided.

Optical sensor

A method for non-invasive glucose monitoring includes the following steps. At least one ray of light is emitted from at least one light source. The light emitted from the light source is leaded into an eyeball and focused on the eyeball through a first beam splitter. The reflected light reflected from the eyeball is transmitted through the first beam splitter to a set of photo detectors. Optical angular information and energy information of the reflected light transmitted to the set of photo detectors are measured. Optical angular difference and energy difference resulting from the light emitted from the light source and the reflected light transmitted to the set of photo detectors are obtained. Glucose information is obtained by analyzing the optical angular difference and the energy difference. Since glucose information has a corresponding relationship with blood glucose information, blood glucose information may be obtained.

Method for glucose monitoring

The present disclosure generally relates to an optical measurement module, an optical measurement device, and a method for optical measurement. The optical measurement module provides optical architecture to measure the optical properties of an analyte. The optical measurement device comprising the optical measurement module is configured to measure the optical properties of an analyte. The method for the optical measurement provides steps for optical measurement.

Module, device and method for optical measurement

The present disclosure relates to an optical sensing accessory, an optical sensing device, and an optical sensing system. An optical sensing accessory, an optical sensing device, or an optical sensing system comprises a plurality of optical sensor modules and other electronic modules to achieve multi-site measurement. An optical sensor module comprises a light source, a photodetector, and a substrate. The light source is configured to convert electric power into radiant energy and emit light to an object surface. The photodetector is configured to receive the light from an object surface and convert radiant energy into electrical current or voltage. An optical sensing accessory, an optical sensing device, or an optical sensing system and comprise the optical sensor module and other electronic modules to have further applications.

Multi-site sensing accessory, multi-site sensing device, and multi-site sensing system

A detecting device for detecting physiological parameters of a biological tissue includes a light source, at least one light detector, a package, an outer cover, and an optical microstructure. The light source is configured to emit a first beam and a second beam. The package is disposed on the light source and the light detector and is located on the transmission paths of the first and second beams. The outer cover covers the light source, the light detector and the package, and includes a top surface. The optical microstructure is located in the transmission paths of the first and second beams, and is arranged in parallel with the top surface of the outer cover. The optical microstructure includes at least one set of circles of different radii, and is made of a diffractive optical element, a holographic optical element, a computer-generated holographic element, a fresnel lens or a lens grating.

Detecting device

The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor module, an optical sensing accessory, and an optical sensing device. An optical sensor module comprises a light source, a photodetector, an electrode and a substrate. The light source is configured to convert electric power into radiant energy and emit light to an object surface. The photodetector is configured to receive the light from an object surface and convert radiant energy into electrical current or voltage. The electrode is configured to detect an external circuit formed by the contact with an object surface. An optical sensing accessory and an optical sensing device comprise the optical sensor module and other electronic modules to have further applications.

An optical measurement device includes a light source, first and second beam splitters, and first and second photodetectors. The light source that generates an emitted light beam. The first beam splitter that divides the emitted light beam into a compensation light beam and a measurement light beam. The first beam splitter directs the measurement light beam to a target. The second beam splitter that redirects the compensation light beam from the first beam splitter. A part of wavelength dependent characteristics of the first beam splitter and the second beam splitter are the same. The first photodetector that detects the compensation light beam redirected from the second beam splitter. The second photodetector that detects the measurement light beam reflected by the target and redirected by the first beam splitter. Another optical measurement device and an optical measurement method are also provided.

Optical measurement device and optical measurement method

An apparatus for detecting an object capable of emitting light. The apparatus includes a light source and a waveguide. The waveguide includes a core layer and a first cladding layer. At least one nanowell is formed in at least the first cladding layer. The apparatus further includes a light detector. The light detector can detect a light emitted from a single molecule object contained in the at least one nanowell.

Apparatus for single-molecule detection

A detecting device includes at least one detecting module. In the detecting module, a light source unit is configured to emit a first beam and a second beam. The wavelength of the first beam is different from that of the second beam. A packaging unit is disposed on the light source unit and a light detecting unit and on transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam from the light source unit. An optical microstructure unit is disposed on the transmission paths of the first beam and the second beam. The first beam and the second beam emitted from the light source unit pass through the packaging unit to pass the optical microstructure unit to be transmitted to a biological tissue, and then pass through the optical microstructure unit to pass the packaging unit to be transmitted to the light detecting unit in sequence.

An apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring includes a light source for generating at least one ray of light, a beam splitter with a focusing function leads the light into an eyeball and focuses on the eyeball, a set of photo detectors for measuring optical angular information and absorption energy information of the light reflected from the eyeball and transmitted through the first beam splitter to the set of photo detectors, and a processing unit. The processing unit receives and processes the Optical angular information and the absorption energy information to obtain an Optical angular difference and an absorption energy difference between the light emitted from the light source and the light transmitted to the set of photo detectors, and analyzes the Optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference to obtain a glucose information, and since the glucose information has a corresponding relationship with a blood glucose information, the blood glucose information may be read.

Apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring

Embodiments encompass a single-molecule detection system and methods of using the detection system to detect an object. Further, embodiments encompass a detection system comprising a movable light coupler, a waveguide, and a light detector. Embodiments further encompass methods of single-molecule detection, including methods of single-molecule nucleic acid sequencing.

Single molecule detection system and methods

The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor module, an optical sensing accessory, and an optical sensing device. An optical sensor module comprises a light source, a photodetector, and a substrate. The light source is configured to convert electric power into radiant energy and emit light to an object surface. The photodetector is configured to receive the light from an object surface and convert radiant energy into electrical current or voltage. An optical sensing accessory and an optical sensing device comprise the optical sensor module and other electronic modules to have further applications.

A method for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring includes the following steps. At least one ray of light is emitted from at least one light source. The light emitted from the light source is leaded into an eyeball and focused on the eyeball through a first beam splitter. The reflected light reflected from the eyeball is transmitted through the first beam splitter to a set of photo detectors. Optical angular information and absorption energy information of the reflected light transmitted to the set of photo detectors are measured. Optical angular difference and absorption energy difference resulting from the light emitted from the light source and the reflected light transmitted to the set of photo detectors are obtained. Glucose information is obtained by analyzing the optical angular difference and the absorption energy difference, and since glucose information has a corresponding relationship with blood glucose information, blood glucose information may be read.

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