YunTech Snatches 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Copper Medal |
Post Department:Office of International Affairs Post Date:2015-11-04 |
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Taipei International
Invention Show & Techomart is a trading platform for intellectual
properties and new techniques that aims to provide an international stage for
Taiwanese inventions. The YunTech team participated in the 2014 Taipei
International Invention Show & Techomart and was awarded 1 gold, 1 silver
and 1 copper medal. The chair of Asian International Association (AIA) also visited
the show and awarded a special award to the invention “Infant Cries Translator,”
invented by Distinguished Professor Chang Chuan-yu of the
Department
of Computer Science and Information Engineering, also the dean of Yuntech’s Office
of Research and Development. This inventionwas the one chosen by the Ministry
of Science and Technology (R.O.C.) as the paradigm invention. The gadget translates
the crying sounds of babies to provide more information to parents wanting to
know why their babies are crying. Due to its special and useful function, this novel
invention was highly praised by industrial fields and the press from all over
the world and was definitely the highlight of this invention show. The gold medal
invention, “Amazing Land,” invented by the team led by Associate Professor
Chang Teng-wen of the Department of Visual Communication Design and Assistant
Professor Hung Chung-wen of the Department of Electrical Engineering, serves as
a cure toy for mentally challenged children. While in display, the invention
attracted a lot of children to try it out.
To create the invention,
“Infant Cries Translator,” Distinguished Professor Chang Chuan-yu and his team
members collected more than 100,000 crying sounds, from National Taiwan
University Hospital (Yunlin Branch). With a large data size, they could better analyze
acoustics features and reached an accuracy rate of 92 %. Through this
application, parents can understand whether their babies are hungry, sleepy,
baby diapers are wet or whether they have stomach aches and so forth. It is
believed the invention will be of great help to novice parents.
“Amazing Land” was invented by students Wang
Yi-ya, Huang Bo-kai, Lin Kai-chen, Wang Chung-yuan and Lin Rei-yuan under the
instructions of Associate Professor Chang Teng-wen and Assistant Professor Hung
Chung-wen. Because of its interactive ability, mentally challenged children can
gain confidence while playing with the toy. The relationship between parents
and children can be strengthened as well. The interdisciplinary cooperation between
the two colleges—Design and Engineering- enabled the development of an
invention that could have both the functions of cure and interactivity. Counseling
and suggestions from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation departments of National
Taiwan University (Yunlin Branch) and Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho
Memorial Hospital helped the team invent a toy that better meets the psychological
needs of mentally challenged children.
The silver medal
invention, “Self-Defensive Coordinated Maneuvering of Platoon and Vehicle Violation
Accident Avoidance System,” was invented by student Yu Bo-han under the
instruction of Professor Chang Ben-jye of the Department of Computer Science
and Information Engineering. The invention is applied to multiple lanes for the
purpose of classifying levels of threats from other vehicles from all sides and
analyzing the danger rate of traffic lanes so as to guide drivers to a safer
route. |
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