Browsing by Author "Lee Yi-Hsuan"

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Audio-separating apparatus and operation method thereof
(2013-03-05)
Lee Yi-Hsuan
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Choi Charles Tak-Ming
This present invention discloses an audio-separating apparatus and operation method thereof. The audio-separating apparatus applies both blind source separation and noise reduction mechanisms. The audio-separating apparatus only uses one microphone to record mixed sound signals. After applying the noise reduction mechanism, noise reduced signals and the mixed sound signals are used as the inputs of the blind source separation. The method may avoid the spatial aliasing effect caused by using a microphone array to record the mixed sound signals. Besides, speech segment losses caused by processing the noise reduction will be effectively recovered, which may help the hearing impaired recognize target speech signals.
Electrical stimulation method and apparatus to stimulate nerve fibers
(2013-08-27)
Choi Charles Tak-Ming
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Lee Yi-Hsuan
The present invention provides an electrical stimulation method and apparatus to stimulate nerve fibers, turning on suitable combination of adjacent electrodes simultaneously to form virtual channels based on predetermined rules, so that the stimulation signal will generate or evoke a nerve response spectrum that matches the original signal spectrum presented as the input sound. The method includes the steps of receiving a sound signal by a receiving unit; dividing the received sound signal into a plurality of frequency bands by a processing unit; extracting a spectral peak from each of the frequency bands and determining a stimulation sequence of frequency bands by the processing unit; and selectively driving a plurality of electrode groups in a plurality of cycles based on the stimulation sequence of frequency bands and a determination rule by the processing unit, so that the nerve response that matches the original signal will be generated.
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS TO STIMULATE NERVE FIBERS
(2011-09-22)
CHOI CHARLES TAK-MING
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Lee Yi-Hsuan
The present invention provides an electrical stimulation method and apparatus to stimulate nerve fibers, turning on suitable combination of adjacent electrodes simultaneously to form virtual channels based on predetermined rules, so that the stimulation signal will generate or evoke a nerve response spectrum that matches the original signal spectrum presented as the input sound. The method includes the steps of receiving a sound signal by a receiving unit; dividing the received sound signal into a plurality of frequency bands by a processing unit; extracting a spectral peak from each of the frequency bands and determining a stimulation sequence of frequency bands by the processing unit; and selectively driving a plurality of electrode groups in a plurality of cycles based on the stimulation sequence of frequency bands and a determination rule by the processing unit, so that the nerve response that matches the original signal will be generated.
METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING STIMULATION TARGET
(2013-04-04)
Choi Charles Tak Ming
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Sun Shu-Hai
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Lee Yi-Hsuan
A method for identifying a stimulation target is provided, which uses microelectrode recording and electrical impedance tomography techniques together in a composite probe. The composite probe includes at least a microelectrode recording sensor and a plurality of microelectrodes, so that after the composite probe is guided and implanted to a depth suitable for the stimulation target based on microelectrode recording signals, tissue structures surrounding the composite probe are delineated by using the plurality of microelectrodes, and the boundary of the stimulation target and the precise location of the composite probe within the stimulation target are determined. Accordingly, the present invention provides a quick and accurate direction for surgeons, eliminating the problem of not knowing the exact location of the implanted probe within the stimulation target as in the case during deep brain stimulation surgeries.
Parameter adjustment device and method thereof
(2014-03-04)
Choi Charles Tak Ming
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Lee Yi-Hsuan
A parameter adjustment device and method thereof for a stimulator is disclosed. The parameter adjustment device comprises a generation unit, a user interface and a process unit. The generation unit generates a test MAP based on a current MAP. The user interface displays the current MAP and the test MAP for choosing one of them as the preferred MAP, and displays a major and a minor for choosing again, the major and the minor is defined as a significant difference and a little difference between the test MAP and the current MAP respectively. The process unit computes the acceptance probability of the preferred MAP based on a major or minor probability correspondence relationship and determines a next MAP by comparing the acceptance probability with the test probability. When one of the termination conditions is satisfied in an iterative operation, the next MAP is outputted as the best MAP.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING A PATIENT SPECIFIC NEURAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION MODEL
(2012-05-10)
Choi Charles Tak Ming
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Lee Yi-Hsuan
A system and a method of constructing a personalized or patient specific neural stimulation model. The method includes measuring an electro-physiology signal of an individual and establishing a personalized or patient specific neural stimulation model that has a preset model parameter and generates a human physiology parameter according to the model parameters; and analyzing the human physiology parameters and regulating the model parameters according to a parameter-optimizing algorithm, such that the human physiology parameters outputted by the personalized or patient specific neural stimulation model matches the measured electro-physiology signal.