Patents Examined by Wei (Victor) Y Chan
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Patent number: 11974376Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring system (13) for monitoring electrical devices (A, B, C, D, K) like luminaires. An assignments providing unit (7) provides assignments between the electrical devices and behavior classes defining expected behaviors, wherein a deviation determination unit (9) determines a deviation a) between a monitored behavior of an electrical device assigned to a behavior class and an expected behavior defined by a behavior class and/or b) between a monitored behavior of an electrical device and a monitored behavior of another electrical device, wherein an output unit (10) provides an output depending on the determined deviation. The deviation can be indicative of a commissioning error, i.e., for instance, of an assignment of an electrical device to a wrong room within a building. The monitoring system can therefore allow for an automatic detection of commissioning errors in a building which may have thousands of electrical devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Ashish Vijay Pandharipande, Jurgen Mario Vangeel, David Ricardo Caicedo Fernandez, Bas Marinus Johannus Van Berkel
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Patent number: 11973280Abstract: An antenna element includes: a target metal groove, M feeding components disposed at the bottom of the target metal groove, M feeding arms and a first insulator disposed in the target metal groove, and a target radiator carried by the first insulator. Each feeding component of the M feeding components is electrically connected to a feeding arm, and the M feeding components are isolated from the target metal groove. The M feeding arms are located between the bottom of the target metal groove and the first insulator, and the M feeding arms is distributed along the diagonal direction of the target metal groove. Each feeding arm of the M feeding arms is coupled to the target radiator and the target metal groove, and a resonance frequency of the target radiator is different from a resonance frequency of the target metal groove, and M is a positive integer.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yijin Wang, Huan-Chu Huang, Xianjing Jian
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Patent number: 11967484Abstract: A pulse generator is disclosed. The pulse generator includes a DC source; a plurality of switches, a transformer; and a pulsing output. The pulse generator can be coupled with a plasma chamber. The pulsing output outputs high voltage pulses having a peak-to-peak voltage greater than 1 kV and a voltage portion between consecutive high voltage bipolar pulses that has a negative slope that substantially offsets the voltage reduction on a wafer within a plasma chamber due to an ion current. The resulting voltage at the wafer may be substantially flat between consecutive pulses.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Bowman, Connor Liston, Kenneth Miller, Timothy Ziemba
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Patent number: 11961714Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a chamber member that defines an interior volume that has an aspect ratio. The chamber member comprises a pair of laterally opposing inlet walls and a loading port. Each of the pair of laterally opposing inlet walls has an inlet port configured to receive output from a remote plasma source. The loading port is arranged between the pair of inlet walls, configured to allow passage of a substrate into the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: LINCO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi-Yuan Huang, Yi-Cheng Liu
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Patent number: 11962100Abstract: A dual-band antenna module includes a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure includes a first insulating substrate, a conductive metal layer, a plurality of grounding supports, and a first feeding pin. The second antenna structure includes a second insulating substrate, a top metal layer, a bottom metal layer, and a second feeding pin. The conductive metal layer is disposed on the first insulating substrate. The grounding supports are configured for supporting the first insulating substrate. The second insulating substrate is disposed above the first insulating substrate. The top metal layer and the bottom metal layer are respectively disposed on a top side and a bottom side of the second insulating substrate. The first frequency band signal transmitted or received by the first antenna structure is smaller than the second frequency band signal transmitted or received by the second antenna structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Inpaq electronic Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ta-Fu Cheng, Shou-Jen Li, Cheng-Yi Wang, Chih-Ming Su
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Patent number: 11950334Abstract: A grow light includes a plurality of cool white LEDs, a plurality of warm white LEDs, and a driver electrically coupled to the cool white LEDs and the warm white LEDs. An intensity level and spectral composition of the radiant energy emitted by the grow light may be tuned or configured by varying a ratio of the quantity of cool white LEDs to the quantity of warm white LEDs, by varying a spatial arrangement among the cool white LEDs and the warm white LEDs, or by varying a level of current provided to some or all of the cool white LEDs and the warm white LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CABATECH, LLCInventor: Anthony Vilgiate
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Patent number: 11949167Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are an antenna, an antenna power supply method, a single-feeding-based method for combining antennas, and a terminal. The antenna comprises: a low-frequency antenna, a high-frequency antenna, and a filter. The filter is provided between the low-frequency antenna and the high-frequency antenna and isolates the low-frequency antenna and the high-frequency antenna. The low-frequency antenna and the high-frequency antenna use the same feeding point for feeding.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Chaofan Shu, Yang Liu
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Patent number: 11938858Abstract: A headlight control device which recognizes an oncoming vehicle using a camera without dazzling the driver of the oncoming vehicle includes a sequence control section that generates a headlight control signal from an image captured by the camera mounted on the vehicle, and a control value calculation section that calculates a control value for a light distribution pattern in the headlight control signal. An image recognition program includes a license plate recognition section that detects a license plate of the preceding vehicle from the image, and a cut-off line recognition section that detects a cut-off line of the headlight from the image. The control value calculation section calculates the control value for the light distribution pattern such that the cut-off line detected by the cut-off line recognition section is positioned higher by a predetermined height than an upper end of the license plate detected by the license plate recognition section.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventor: Nobuya Orihara
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Patent number: 11935730Abstract: Systems and methods for cleaning an edge ring pocket are described herein. One of the methods includes providing one or more process gases to a plasma chamber, supplying a low frequency (LF) radio frequency (RF) power to an edge ring that is located adjacent to a chuck of the plasma chamber. The LF RF power is supplied while the one or more process gases are supplied to the plasma chamber to maintain plasma within the plasma chamber. The supply of the LF RF power increases energy of plasma ions near the edge ring pocket to remove residue in the edge ring pocket. The LF RF power is supplied during the time period in which a substrate is not being processed within the plasma chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Eric Hudson, Scott Briggs, John Holland, Alexei Marakhtanov, Felix Leib Kozakevich, Kenneth Lucchesi
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Patent number: 11922892Abstract: The disclosed devices may include a driver circuit including a voltage boost circuit, a pulse modulation controller, and optionally a headroom processor. The voltage boost circuit may be configured to receive a device input voltage (such as a battery voltage) and generate a backlight drive voltage. The pulse modulation controller may be configured to provide a pulse modulation signal to the voltage boost circuit, and may include a digital circuit or an analog circuit. Example devices may include a backlight unit receiving the backlight voltage. The optional headroom processor may provide a headroom signal to the pulse modulation controller based on a headroom voltage determined from the backlight unit. Devices may further include a backlight unit including an arrangement of light-emissive elements, and may include display devices such as head-mounted devices. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Yuming Liu, Chao Hu, Joaquin Andres Fierro, Nathan Slattengren, David Viviescas, Stella Chung, Tajbid Rahman
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Patent number: 11924000Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include an input device and a load control device. The load control system may include a hub device. The hub device may include a communication circuit and a control circuit. The communication circuit may be configured to receive a digital message from the control device. The control circuit may be configured to determine, based on content of the digital message, whether the control device has experienced a power removal event. The hub device may send, via the communication circuit, a power removal event indication to the control device of whether the control device has experienced the power removal event.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Ankit Bhutani, Timothy Mann, David T. Saveri, III
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Patent number: 11917740Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to transmit a data encoded power signal to addressable devices. A lighting controller sends the data encoded power waveform to a plurality of addressable lighting modules to power and control a behavior of the lighting modules. An inventory function causes the lighting controller to send, one by one, each of the possible unique addresses, or for a particular range of addresses, a command to turn ON lighting modules. The lighting controller monitors the current draw of the power supply or the data encoded power waveform and compares the monitored current with a threshold to determine whether the addressed lighting module responded to the command. The lighting controller provides the user, via a user interface, a list of the responding lighting modules based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.Inventor: Peter John Woytowitz
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Patent number: 11917745Abstract: Provided are a system and method for sterilizing one or more medium via plasma exposure. The sterilization may be accomplished by exposing a respective medium to a given electrical field generated by electrodes disposed to target such medium, and through, optionally, further application of a magnetic field having a portion thereof disposed orthogonally to the generated electrical field.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Nonlinear Ion Dynamics, LLCInventor: Alfred Y. Wong
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Patent number: 11904759Abstract: A vehicle headlamp system includes a vehicle supported power and control system including a data bus. A sensor module can be connected to the data bus to provide information related to environmental conditions or information relating to presence and position of other vehicles and pedestrians. A separate headlamp controller can be connected to the vehicle supported power and control system and the sensor module through the bus. The headlamp controller can include an image frame buffer that can refresh held images at greater than 30 Hz speed. An active LED pixel array can be connected to the headlamp controller to project light according to a pattern and intensity defined by the image held in the image frame buffer and a standby image buffer can be connected to the image frame buffer to hold a default image.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Ronald Johannes Bonne, Jyoti Kiron Bhardwaj
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Patent number: 11910504Abstract: There is provided a rear sign lamp capable of enhancing safety. An LED string (502) includes four LEDs (504_1 to 504_4) connected in series. An LED driver circuit (610) receives a battery voltage (VIN) and supplies a drive current (ILED) stabilized at a target current (IREF) to the LED string (502). A bypass circuit (620) is provided in parallel with a bypassed portion (503) including two adjacent LEDs (504_3 and 504_4) of the LED string (502), and sinks a bypass current (IBYPASS) according to a battery voltage (VIN).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Atsushi Ozawa, Mariko Miwa, Yutaka Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11897384Abstract: A vehicle lighting-based roadway obstacle notification for a motor vehicle has a vehicle headlamp system with a controllable light distribution. A camera is aligned parallel to a forward driving direction records a part of the roadway surface lying in front of the motor vehicle which includes a multiplicity of roadway detection paths. Camera data are individually evaluated in relation to ranges and at least one quantity from among a magnitude of a vertical dimension hi of the roadway, a magnitude of a gradient gradx;i of the roadway, and an instantaneous speed vmom of the motor vehicle, with respect to the roadway detection paths. When at least one predetermined condition in respect of at least one of these quantities is complied with, the vehicle headlamp system is controlled in order to illuminate a part of the width of the roadway in which a roadway anomaly has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Georg J. Maurer, Cyril Coerman, Uwe D. Hoffmann
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Patent number: 11897385Abstract: Provided herein is a headlamp assembly comprising a housing that encloses: a sensor that acquires data associated with a surrounding environment; a light source that illuminates a field of view comprising a portion of the surrounding environment; and one or more processors that analyze the acquired data and determine a direction, field of view, power, or an intensity of the illumination of the portion based on the analyzed data.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Pony AI Inc.Inventors: Timofey Uvarov, Kai Chen
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Patent number: 11897383Abstract: Method for controlling a lighting system with the lighting system including a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source is capable of emitting an elementary light beam with the vertical angular aperture of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object, determining a relative distance between a given point of the host vehicle sensor system and a detected point of the target object and determining a gradient of the road on which the target object is located, determining a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the host vehicle lighting system and a high cut-off point and a low cut-off point, controlling the light sources of the host vehicle lighting system in order to emit a pixelated light beam of the driving beam type in order to generate a dark zone extending substantially between the high and low cut-off points.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Valeo VisionInventor: Fatima Benamar
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Patent number: 11897382Abstract: A vehicle lamp control device includes: an imaging unit that takes an image ahead of a host vehicle; a target analysis unit that detects target objects ahead of the host vehicle based on the information obtained from an imaging unit configured to take an image ahead of the host vehicle; and a tracking unit that determines a specific target object from the target objects detected by the target analysis unit and to detect displacement of the specific target object based on a detection result of an luminance analysis unit configured to detect luminance of each of a plurality of individual areas ahead of the host vehicle based on information obtained from the imaging unit. A light distribution pattern to be formed by a light source unit of a vehicle lamp is determined based on the detection result of the luminance analysis unit and a detection result of the tracking unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Shibata, Takao Muramatsu
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Patent number: 11895763Abstract: A plasma source comprising a first hollow electrode and a second hollow electrode separated by a gap and a dielectric barrier of a constant width; wherein the plasma source is configured to selectively produce a plasma in either one of a first configuration and a second configuration; wherein, i) in the first configuration, a plasma-forming gas flows in the gap while a non plasma-forming gas flows within the first hollow electrode; and ii) in the second configuration, a plasma-forming gas flows within the first hollow electrode and a non plasma-forming gas flows within the gap. The method comprises selecting at least two gases of different breakdown voltages, injecting a first gas in a first electrode separated from a second hollow electrode by a gas gap of a constant width, injecting a second gas in the gas gap under an applied power.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY, NEXPLASMAGEN INC.Inventors: Jean-Sébastien Boisvert, Philip Wong, Valérie Léveillé